25th Annual Vascular Surgery Seminar and Meeting of the Society for Military Vascular Surgery

The 25th Annual (Silver Anniversary) Vascular Surgery Seminar and Meeting o f the Society for Military Vascular Surgery was held in the Jay P. Sanford Auditorium at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services U niversity of the Health Sciences (USUHS), 4-6 December 1997. This highly su ccessful exchange included active duty military surgeons, military surgeons in the reserves, retired military officers continuing second careers in ci vilian vascular surgery, distinguished visiting professors from the United States and abroad, International Guest Scholars, USUHS Faculty as well as c olleagues and friends. The emphasis continued to be directed to ensuring th at military vascular surgery remains current, recognizing the rich heritage of contributions to Vascular surgery in general that have come from surgeo ns serving on battlefields around the world, particularly in this 20th cent ury. (C) 1998 The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. Publish ed by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.