Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG)

The Vascular Surgery Interest Group (VSIG) aims to:

Encourage a career in vascular surgery

To raise awareness of the specialty among medical students and promote membership
- Create a formal program of connecting interested students with faculty
- Faculty/resident/student dinners/mixers
- Help set up shadowing experiences (OR, clinics, wards)
Invite attendings from both private practice and academia to speak on a variety of relevant topics

Take part in outreach within the community

Help run a health table at a local health fair, high school, or other suitable venue on relevant topics

Encourage research within vascular surgery

Journal clubs
Solicit research opportunities from faculty and provide information for interested students

Provide education to medical students

Attend vascular surgery conference
Rounds with the Chief of Vascular Surgery/Vascular surgery fellows
Shadow clinical experiences
Attend vascular operations, suturing skills, scrubbing, vascular anastomoses workshops
Visit simulation labs, anatomy sessions, non-invasive vascular labs
Study groups
Vascular surgery rotation tip sheet

Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS): https://vascular.org/

President: Samuel Passarelli (spassarelli@luc.edu)

Vice President of Research: Germaine Harvey (gharvey3@luc.edu)

Vice-President of Clinical Exposure Coordinator: Caitlin Kacena (ckacena1@luc.edu)