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CMS 2026 Fee Schedule Proposal: What Vein Specialists Should Know

Aug 5, 2025
AVF Healthcare Policy Committee chair Harry Ma, MD breaks down CMS's proposed 2026 Physician Fee Schedule, explaining two pro...
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14 min read

Early Career Course, Member Spotlights, and Wound Care in Space

Aug 5, 2025
This issue promotes AVF's September 2025 Venous Early Career Course in Chicago and recaps the Vein & Lymphatic Summit's c...
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00:38:52

AVF Honors Rising Researchers With Grants And Awards

Feb 20, 2025
The American Venous Forum's awards session recognized early-career researchers across basic science, clinical, and case-based...
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00:59:25

Late-Breaking Trials Spotlight New Venous Devices And Training

Feb 20, 2025
A late-breaking trials session brought seven new studies to the American Venous Forum, from a hybrid iliac vein stent system...
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00:59:13

AVF Sumner Session: Lessons in Mentorship and Sponsorship

Feb 18, 2025
The Sumner Session honors mentorship with reflections from five faculty leaders. Speakers describe passive versus active ment...
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00:25:40

AVF Session: IAC Accreditation and Building an Aesthetic Practice

Feb 17, 2025
Two practice-building talks cover what it takes to earn IAC vein center accreditation, including provider case volume and CME...
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01:38:40

AVF Joint APP and PIT Session: Live Ultrasound Case Teaching

Feb 16, 2025
A joint session for physicians in training and advanced practice providers walks through four live patient cases combining hi...
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How AVF Membership Helps Launch Vascular Surgery Careers

Dec 20, 2024
This issue makes the case that venous expertise and AVF membership can accelerate a young vascular specialist's career. One a...
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10 min read

AVF Launches DEFIANCE Trial, Advances Policy and Training

Dec 20, 2024
This issue announces AVF's partnership with Inari Medical on DEFIANCE, a multinational randomized trial comparing mechanical...
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8 min read

Member Spotlight: A Resident's Path Into Vascular Surgery

Dec 19, 2024
This issue features a Member Spotlight interview with Mennatalla Hegazi, MD, a general surgery resident at UC Irvine spending...
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Timing, Terminology, and the Future of Office-Based Vein Care

Jul 26, 2024
This issue tackles three practical questions for venous specialists. One article weighs the ongoing debate over whether to pe...
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Lymphedema Coverage Documentation and New Wearable Compression Tech

May 29, 2024
This issue focuses on lymphedema compression coverage and emerging wearable technology. It outlines what medical record docum...
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00:56:15

Sumner Session: Panel Wisdom On Leadership And Mentorship

Mar 4, 2024
Honoring past AVF president David S. Sumner, this session gathers senior venous leaders for an open panel on leadership devel...
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01:37:48

Venous Health Inequities: Disparities, Access, And Research Equity

Mar 4, 2024
This session documents racial and social disparities across venous thromboembolism, from higher VTE rates in Black veterans a...
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02:03:59

APP Track: Venous Ulcers, Compression, And Leg Edema Workup

Mar 3, 2024
This advanced practice track walks APPs and nurses through the full venous leg ulcer workup, from confirming the diagnosis an...
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00:58:23

AVLS Showcase: Ablation Position Statements And Registry Data

Mar 3, 2024
This AVLS showcase presents society position statements and registry findings on venous ablation. Cyanoacrylate closure guida...
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01:39:38

Sclero Now: An Entry-Level Guide To Sclerotherapy Practice

Mar 3, 2024
An entry-level sclerotherapy course for advanced practice providers covered the full workflow of treating spider and reticula...
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01:34:43

APP Education Day Covers Core Venous Disease Fundamentals

Mar 3, 2024
A full day of advanced practice provider education opened with practical guidance on building an APP role in a vein center, f...
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7 min read

Vascular Verification, Compression Campaign, and New DVT Devices

Jan 26, 2024
This issue covers the new ACS/SVS Vascular Verification Program, which sets outpatient quality and safety standards across ni...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Calls for Venous Training Standards

Jan 26, 2024
In this January/February issue's editor's letter, the theme of bursting bubbles frames a broader push to end isolated, undert...
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Vein Specialist Newsletter Welcomes APPs and Profiles Researchers

Nov 17, 2023
This issue opens with an advanced practice provider's account of AVF broadening membership to include nurse practitioners and...
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VENOUS2023 Recap: Training, International, and Allied Health Sessions

Mar 27, 2023
This issue of Vein Specialist recaps three educational tracks from VENOUS2023: the Physicians-in-Training sessions, which pai...
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00:18:49

Strandness Keynote: A Career Breaking Barriers in Vascular Surgery

Feb 24, 2023
This session opened with a tribute to Doctor Eugene Strandness, a founder of vascular ultrasound and mentor to many vascular...
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02:13:53

Allied Health Session: APP Blueprint, Compression and Sclerotherapy

Feb 24, 2023
This Allied Health and Aesthetics program opened with a blueprint for onboarding advanced practice providers into a vein prac...

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