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Dr. David Rigberg is a clinical professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Program Director for the Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency and Fellowship at UCLA. He is the president of the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society as well as the chair of the SVS Resident and Student Outreach Committee. He serves on faculty for the Medical Student and Resident Simulation Program at the VAM and the annual Cardiovascular Fellows Boot Camp in Houston. He joins us to discuss career development and education in vascular surgery, the satisfaction he gets from his venous work, and the role music plays in his life.

Career development & training:

• Introduction to Academic Vascular Surgery
• SVS Vascular Annual Meeting
• Dr. Malachi Sheahan’s Fundamentals of Vascular Surgery
• Houston Methodist Cardiovascular Fellows Bootcamp
• Cardiovascular Fellows Bootcamp - YouTube channel
• Pacific Northwest Endovascular Course

Vascular Surgery workforce

• Recruitment for vascular disease management struggles to keep up with expected demands on the workforce

 Operative tips & tricks

• Balloon Control of the Suprahepatic Inferior Vena Cava: A Novel Technique for Renal Cell Carcinoma Tumor Thrombus
• Tips and Tricks: Dealing with a troublesome peritoneal dialysis catheter