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This area is designed to give medical students direct access to valuable vascular surgery career resources and additional information on the SVS Medical Student Section.
Section Information | Career Resources | Clerkship/Curriculum Resources | Meetings and Events |
Podcasts and Videos | Professional Organizations | Publications and Online Libraries | Research Resources | Training Program and Application Resources
SVS Medical Student Section
The Section serves as a platform for medical students to gain access to valuable vascular surgery career resources and promote a network of similarly interested students. Members of the Medical Student Section include students from medical schools in the U.S., Canada and internationally. SVS Medical Student Section members are charged a $25 one-time payment for the duration of their medical school career. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Click here for more information on the Section or to apply. Already a member? Visit the Student Section Member Area.
The Section’s activities are overseen by an eight-member Governing Council that is elected by the Section’s members at each Vascular Annual Meeting (except for one Active Member that is appointed by the SVS President). The Governing Council is responsible for carrying out policies and actions items adopted by the Section, as well as directing its agenda and strategies. The Governing Council Section meeting will be presided over by a Chair elected by and from among the Governing Council members.
2009-2010 SVS Medical Student Section Governing Council
- Devin Zarkowsky, Albany Medical College, MS4, Chair
- Noah Cohen, SUNY Upstate Medical University, MS3
- Elizabeth (Liz) Genovese, University of Pittsburgh, MS4
- Gerhardt Konig, University of Pittsburgh, MS4
- Andrew Leake, Eastern Virginia Medical School, MS3
- Prathima Nandivada, Stony Brook University, MS4
- Tyler J. Wallen, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, MS2
Melina Kibbe, MD, Northwestern University, serves as the SVS Active Member on the Student Governing Council.
Career Resources
- Find a vascular surgeon mentor
- Choosing Vascular Surgery in Medical School - By Angela Kokkosis, MD
- Tips on Applying for Vascular Surgery Residency Programs - By Shivprasad Nikam, MD
- Frequently Asked Questions - Vascular Surgery Residency Application & Interview Process - The data in this FAQ was collected from vascular residents enrolled in vascular surgery programs in 2008-2009. It is intended to be used only as a resource to medical students and general surgery residents as they research, apply, and interview at vascular surgery residency programs. The data is not to be regarded as an endorsement or policy statement from the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Clerkship/Curriculum Resources
- Competency-based Curriculum for General Surgery Residents (SCORE)
- Vascular Surgery Curriculum
- Virtual Vascular Clerkship- Web Initiative for Surgical Education Modules (WISE-MD) designed by NYU School fo Medicine as an integral part of the third year medical student surgical clerkship
- OR-Live - Web casts of basic vascular cases
Meetings and Events
Podcasts and Videos
- Monthly podcasts on vascular surgery topics
- Videos of vascular surgeons discussing their careers
- History of vascular surgery video
- Vascular surgeons in the news
2008 Vascular Annnual Meeting sessions:
- How to Review A Scientific Paper for JVS: A View from the Editors' Desk
- E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum: Diversity in Surgery
2009 Vascular Annual Meeting sessions:
Professional Organizations
- American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin - Offers medical student and resident section and various resources
- American College of Surgeons - Offers medical student membership and various resources for medical students interested in surgery
- Association of American Medical Colleges' Aspiring Docs Web site - Resources for minority pre-medicine and medical students
- American Medical Association's Medical Student Section - Offers membership and various resources
- American Medical Student Assocation's Surgery Specialty Forum - Resources such as list servs, vascular surgery interviews and residency information for medical students interesed in surgery
- American Medical Women's Association - Offers student membership, scholarships and various resources
- Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association - Offers list servs, research opportunities and leadership training
- Association of Native American Medical Students - Offers student membership, list servs and various resources
- Association of Women Surgeons - Offers student membership and various resources for women interested in a career in surgery
- Chinese American Medical Society - Offers student membership, scholarship and various resources
- Chinese American Physician's Society - Offers scholarships and various resources
- Latino Medical Student Association - Offers scholarships, mentorship and various resources
- National Arab-American Medical Association - Offers student membership and various resources
- National Association of Medical Minority Educators, Inc. - Resources and scholarships for minority pre-medicine and medical students
- National Hispanic Medical Association - Offers student membership, scholarship, mentorship, regional societies and resources
- National Network of Latin American Medical Students - Offers membership, scholarship and various resources
- Student National Medical Association - Resources and scholarships for medical students of color
- Student Osteopathic Surgical Association - Offers membership, scholarships and various resources
Publications and Online Libraries
- Discounts on vascular surgery books
- Online edition of Vascular Specialist
- Current and archived issues of student and resident e-newsletter, On the Cutting Edge
- MedicalStudent.com - A digitial library of medical information for students
- Medscape Med Students - Resources such as blogs and articles for medical students, as well as sections on general surgery and vascular surgery
- PubMed - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to the 1950s. PubMed includes links to full text articles and other related resources.
Research Resources
- Lifeline Student Research Fellowship
- NIH Research Resources - Use the NIH RePORT to find research, data and analyses of NIH research and development activities, such as award trends and success rates. Use CRISP to find out what research is being done in a particular area.
- Research opportunities
- Vascular research graduate training programs and fellowships
Training Program and Application Resources
- Fellowship and Residency Electronic Interactive Database (FREIDA)
- Find a vascular training program
- National Resident Matching Program
- Tips on Applying for Vascular Surgery Residency Programs - By Shivprasad Nikam, MD
- Frequently Asked Questions - Vascular Surgery Residency Application & Interview Process - The data in this FAQ was collected from vascular residents enrolled in vascular surgery programs in 2008-2009. It is intended to be used only as a resource to medical students and general surgery residents as they research, apply, and interview at vascular surgery residency programs. The data is not to be regarded as an endorsement or policy statement from the Society for Vascular Surgery.
Updated August 2009
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