General Surgery Resident Section Resources

This area is designed to give SVS General Surgery Resident Section members direct access to valuable vascular surgery career resources, as well as promote a network of similarly interested residents.

Be sure to bookmark this page for quick access to the following resources.

Career Resources

Find a vascular surgeon mentor
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.

Curriculum Resources

Competency-based Curriculum for General Surgery Residents (SCORE)
Vascular Surgery Curriculum
OR-Live - Web casts of basic vascular cases

Meetings and Events

List of upcoming meetings and events of interest to residents

Podcasts and Videos

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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:

SVS Presidential Address: Does Vascular Surgery Cost Too Much?
Diabetic Foot Management
The Coat of Many Colors: Paving the Way for Diversity on Both Sides of the Patient Care Paradigm

Professional Organizations

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin - Offers resident section and various resources
American College of Surgeons - Offers resident membership and various resources for residents interested in surgery
American Medical Association- Offers resident membership and various resources
American Medical Women's Association- Offers resident membership and various resources
Association of Women Surgeons- Offers resident membership and various resources such as a pocket mentor manual for women interested in a career in surgery
Chinese American Medical Society - Offers resident membership and various resources
Chinese American Physician's Society - Offers scholarships and various resources
National Arab-American Medical Association - Offers membership and various resources
National Hispanic Medical Association - Offers membership, scholarship, mentorship and resources
National Medical Association - Offers resident membership and various resources for African American physicians

Publications

Discounts on vascular surgery books
Online edition of Vascular Specialist
Current and archived issues of student and resident e-newsletter, On the Cutting Edge
Medscape- Resources such as blogs and articles 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 Resident Research Prize
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
Open vascular resident positions
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.

For more information on any of the resources or your membership, email studentresident@vascularsociety.org or call 312-334-2309.

General Surgery Resident Section Governing Council

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 SVS 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 General Surgery Resident Section Governing Council

Mattthew J. Alef, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PGY-5
Jonathan Bath, MD, UCLA, PGY-3
Kristina Giles, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, PGY-3
Traci A. Kimball, MD, University of Colorado, PGY-6
Susanna M. Nazarian, MD, Johns Hopkins University, PGY-7
Elizabeth Pocock, MD, UC San Diego, PGY-5
Chandu Vemuri, MD, University of Michigan, PGY-5

Linda M. Harris, MD, University of Buffalo, serves as the SVS Active Member on the Resident Governing Council.

To contact the Resident Section Governing Council, email studentresident@vascularsociety.org or call 800-258-7188.

Updated August 2009

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