Impact of COVID-19 on patients undergoing scheduled procedures for chronic venous disease.

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered the medical landscape. Various strategies have been employed to preserve hospital beds, personal protective equipment, and other resources to accommodate the surges of COVID-19 positive patients, hospital overcapacities, and staffing shortages. This has had a dramatic effect on vascular surgical practice.

Development of an International Virtual Multidisciplinary Tumor Board for Breast Cancer in Mongolia.

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among Mongolian women and mortality rates are high. We describe a virtual multi-institutional and multidisciplinary tumor board (MTB) for breast cancer created to assist the National Cancer Center of Mongolia.

Materials And Methods: A virtual MTB for breast cancer was conducted with participation of two United States and 1 Mongolian cancer centers.

Medical Student Perspectives on Choosing a Career in Vascular Surgery.

Background: Vascular surgery is facing an impending workforce shortage as the population ages and the demand for vascular surgical services increases. The integrated vascular surgery residency (0+5) paradigm is well-established and provides a mechanism to increase the number of board-certified vascular surgeons. Recruitment of medical students to these programs has proven challenging with unfilled positions in each of the past 2 years.