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Events of interest

Journal of Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders EVENTS OF INTEREST News items of interest to the vascular surgeon must be received at leas...

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Vascular Surgery Venous and Lymphatic Disorders EVENTS OF INTEREST News items of interest to the vascular surgeon must be received at least 8 weeks before the desired month of publication. Announcements published at no charge include those received from a sponsoring society of this Journal, those courses and conferences sponsored by state, regional, national, or international vascular surgical organizations, and university-sponsored continuing medical education courses. Send applicable events to Andrew O’Brien, Journal Manager, at [email protected]. All other news items selected for publication carry a charge of $60.00 US for each insertion, and the fee must accompany the request to publish. Send announcements and payment, payable to this Journal, to Issue Management, Elsevier Inc., 1600 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 1800, Philadelphia, PA, 19103.

VRIC is May 3

more. VAM will be held May 31-June 3 (plenaries and exhib-

There’s still time to attend the 2017 Vascular Research Ini-

its will be June 1-3) in sunny San Diego, at the San Diego

tiatives Conference, May 3 in Minneapolis, Minn. VRIC focuses

Convention Center. The headquarters hotel is the Marriott

on translational research and vascular biology and brings

Marquis San Diego Marina. Visit vsweb.org/VAM17 for more

together researchers to better understand the biology of

information.

vascular disease. The Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Scientific Sessions are held the following day at the same location, the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. Special room rates are available by mentioning the AHA ATVB 2017 meeting. Visit www.vsweb.org/VRIC17 for more information. VAM 2017: Registration, Housing Now Open Register today for the 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting, the premier meeting for vascular health professionals. This

CME Credit Available to JVS-VL Readers One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit for Continuing Medical Education (CME) can be obtained by successfully answering questions about the CME article from each issue of the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Venous and Lymphatic Disorders (JVS-VL). Selected by the JVS editors, the CME article contains information relevant to vascular surgery practice. The Senior Editor develops the exam questions.

year’s VAM will feature more and potentially longer sessions

Access to the CME questions is free and open to the public.

with collaborative specialty societies, a review course aimed

After successfully answering the questions, Journal subscribers

at covering top missed questions from the Vascular Educa-

can print a CME certificate at no cost. For nonsubscribers,

tion Self-Assessment Program (VESAP), guideline summa-

there is a $10 fee per examination to receive a certificate of

ries on critical topics, sessions of special interest for

completion. CME accreditation is provided by the Society for

community practice environments, hands-on workshops,

Vascular Surgery. To access CME questions or to obtain addi-

plenary sessions, alumni receptions and much, much

tional information, visit http://www.jvsvenous.org/cme/home.

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