Events : Professional
2nd Annual Venous Disease Coalition Annual Meeting
Surgeon General Announces Call to Action at VDC Meeting
Members of the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) and the Office of the Surgeon General came together at the VDC Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. on Monday, September 15th. Acting Surgeon General Rear Admiral Steven K. Galson issued “The Surgeon General’s Call to Action for the Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism,” which combined affect hundreds of thousands of Americans each year.
The afternoon session was a gathering of VDC members including a moderated session by Dr. Samuel Goldhaber, VDC Chair. Here is a list of panlists and their slide presentations in PDF format:
- Why is CDC Concerned About Venous Thromboembolism? - Dr. Hani K. Atrash, MD, MPH, Director, Division of Blood Disorders , National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The changing care paradigm for DVT - Samuel Z. Goldhaber, MD
- DVT risk – a problem of genes or the environment? - Thomas Ortel, MD, PhD
- Why women should care about DVT - Suman Rathbun, MD
- Emerging medical treatments for DVT - Jeffrey Weitz, MD
- Will clot-busting therapies revolutionize DVT care? - Suresh Vedantham, MD
- New ACCP guidelines for DVT - William Geerts, MD
- New strategies to educate the public about DVT - Robert McLafferty, MD
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