In this two-part series Steve Elias, MD talks to renowned vascular surgeon and organiser of the VEITHsymposium™, Professor Frank Veith.

Part-one sees them discuss a variety of topics in the vascular world including the origins and growth of the VEITHsymposium™ (which is now in its 47th year!), the importance of leadership, working with cardiologists and the controversial issues around procedure abuse in medicine.

Part-two follows soon.

For more information on VEITHsymposium, program and registration details can be found at https://www.veithsymposium.org.

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What to listen for:

In this episode they discuss:

• [01.00] The history and growth of VEITHsymposium
• [06.25] The endovascular revolution
• [10.00] The importance of leadership
• [11.00] Money talks: the imperfections of medicine and behaviour
• [12.55] The value of education for the treating venous disease
• [16.00] CLI: amputations vs quality of life
[20.35] New treatment procedures in venous disease
• [25.00] Establishing standards in vein care education: multi-specialties
• [28.40] Learning from cardiologists: radial and peripheral access
• [30.44] The good, the bad and the ugly: procedure abuse, the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) and the importance of data.

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