SVS Medical Student Section Resources

This area is designed to give SVS Medical Student Section members direct access to valuable vascular surgery career resources, as well as promote a network of similarly interested students.

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

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

List of upcoming meetings, events and career/residency fairs of interest to students

Podcasts and Videos

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 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 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.

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

Medical Student 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 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

Please note Melina Kibbe, MD, Northwestern University, serves as the SVS Active Member on the Student Governing Council.

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

Updated August 2009

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