Third Annual Meeting of the World Federation of Vascular Societies
The World Federation of Vascular Societies, whose membership consists of the
major vascular societies of the world, provides a forum for the international exchange of
scientific, educational and political issues related to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention
of vascular diseases.
The objectives of the World Federation are:
The advancement at an international level of the knowledge and study of vascular surgery.
To promote at an international level research in all aspects of vascular disease and to disseminate the results of such research.
To hold symposia or congresses and to distribute information.
To advance the cooperation between national and regional vascular surgical societies,to facilitate the exchange of ideas, to share common experiences and to promote and standardise the education in vascular surgery.
To encourage and promote at an international level best vascular surgical practice in the management of patients presenting with vascular diseases.
To act as an international conduit for discussion between vascular surgeons and when appropriate to be a spokesperson at an international level for such surgeons.
The World Federation is composed of member societies consisting of constituted regional
Vascular Societies. Member societies are usually composed of a formally constituted association
of national societies representing one of the major geographical regions of the world.
The Symposium will be held in connection with the annual meeting
of the European Society for Vascular Surgery. To attend, please
register for that meeting on www.esvs.org
Programme
Presidential Address, 14h30
Session 1, “Politics of Training and Sub-specialisation”, 1440 - 1610
Treatment of vascular disease is becoming more complex with many endovascular and
pharmaceutical options. In many countries, all of these are offered by the vascular surgeon/
vascular specialist. In light of this development, will the vascular surgeon/vascular specialist
expand his or her training and become trained in all aspects - the multipotent vascular
specialist - or will he or she specialize within a small area dealing with vascular diseases:
i.e. an open vascular surgeon, an endovascular specialist and an expert in vascular medicine
- as cardiac disease is dealt with today by cardiac surgeons, invasive and non-invasive
cardiologists. Each regional member of the World Federation of Vascular Societies will
present their views on the future of this.
Coffee break
Session 2, 1630 - 1800
Current and future treatment of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Each region will present
the best research within PAD and how they see the future of PAD treatment.
Presidents of the World Federation
Jan Brunkwall (2007)
Peter Gloviczki (2007 – 2008)
Henrik Sillesen (2008 – 2009)
Secretary-General
Martin Veller (2007 – 2010)
Email: acv@icon.co.za
Coming meetings of the WFVS
2010 Kyoto, Japan, hosted by the Japanese Vascular Society (JVS)
2011 Chicago, Illinois, USA, hosted by the American Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)
2012 to be confirmed
2013 to be confirmed
