Saturday
SESSION XXVII: ISSUES AND UPDATES ON THE ISVS, THE ABVS, THE SVS AND THE PRIMARY CERTIFICATE: PROS AND CONS AND WHERE IS VASCULAR SURGERY GOING (7-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION XXVII SCHEDULE
10:00 AM - 10:07 AM What Is Happening With The ISVS? Progress Made And Relationship With This Meeting And Other Organizations: Why All Vascular Surgeons And Others Should Join
  Presenters(s): Peter R.F. Bell, M.D., F.R.C.S., D.S.C., K.B.E.  
10:08 AM - 10:15 AM How To Meet Current Challenges To Surgical Education In Today’s Unfriendly Environment
  Presenters(s): Thomas S. Riles, M.D.  
10:16 AM - 10:23 AM Current And Future Roles Of Various SVS Publications And Outlets: The Vascular Web, Vascular Specialist And The JVS – What They Mean For Vascular Surgeons
  Presenters(s): K. Wayne Johnston, M.D., F.R.C.S.  
10:24 AM - 10:31 AM What The SVS Is Doing To Define, Protect And Support Vascular Surgery In A Changing World
  Presenters(s): Enrico Ascher, M.D.  
10:32 AM - 10:39 AM What New Pathways Are Available To Train Vascular Surgeons Under The Primary Certificate? Are They Working And How Many Programs Have Applied?
  Presenters(s): Jerry Goldstone, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S., Ed  
10:40 AM - 10:47 AM Why The Primary Certificate In Vascular Surgery Will Fail To Meet The Needs Of The Specialty
  Presenters(s): Ramon Berguer, M.D., Ph.D.  
10:48 AM - 10:55 AM Status Of The ABVS: Where Do We Go From Here To Gain Independent Board Status?
  Presenters(s): Robert W. Hobson II, M.D.  
10:56 AM - 11:05 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION XXVII