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Philips expands commercial availability of LumiGuide imaging system

Philips has announced the expanded commercial availability of LumiGuide 3D device guidance—the much-heralded first real-time artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled light-based navigation solution for image-guided therapy—across...

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The globalization of aortic innovation: A cautionary tale of U.S. regulatory...

In 1954, Dr. Michael DeBakey transformed vascular surgery with a homemade Dacron graft sewn on his wife’s sewing machine. His spirit of innovation laid...

Unionization for vascular surgeons: Are you ready to join?

Vascular Specialist readers may wonder why I am now raising this topic amid current challenges facing vascular surgery, like governmental concerns, low reimbursement, specialty...

SVS news

NIH-funded WARRIORS trial advances toward launch

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has approved funding for the WARRIORS international randomized trial comparing endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with watchful waiting in...

Leadership development program cohort 6 celebrates graduation

The sixth cohort of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) Leadership Development Program (LDP) gathered Oct. 19–20 in Rosemont, Illinois, for a capstone workshop...

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Chinmaya Shelgikar, MD, discusses the benefits of vascular surgeons performing geniculate artery embolization. Geniculate artery embolization (GAE) is an intra-arterial, catheter-based procedure used to treat chronic knee pain that is caused by osteoarthritis (OA). It targets the distal branches of the...

VAM news

Proposals for the new "Hot Topics” session at the 2026 Vascular Annual Meeting (VAM) recently drew in a slew of responses for the inaugural iteration of the program feature. Hot Topics sessions are designed to feature short, high-impact presentations on...

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