Pleased to report NHS England have renewed the CQUIN to support the 5 day target to revascularisation for emergency patients with CLTI for another year 2023/24 england.nhs.uk/nhs-standard-c… VSQIP Vascular Society The British Society of Interventional Radiology Penny Birmpili Ellie Atkins Jonathan Boyle rob sayers Professor Denis Harkin

Athanasios Saratzis Vascular Society Matt Bown Hany Zayed Vascular Exercise Research DM PAD Trial Patrick Coughlin Robert Hinchliffe Thank you for sharing. This is so important. Would be interesting if we could run a similar analysis leveraging EU data to understand if the situation is different (or not) in different countries.

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One-year joint RCSEng/VSGBI research fellowships available here: rcseng.ac.uk/standards-and-… Deadline 28th Feb. Opportunity to work with the NVR team at RCSEng Clinical Effectiveness Unit or your own researcher-led project!

A new fellowship opportunity is available, the closing date for applications for the Joint RCSEng and VS fellowship is 28 February at 2pm To find out more and to apply visit bit.ly/3DwvZl2 The Royal College of Surgeons of England Rouleaux Club

VERN Matt Bown I worry about doing them NOT on clopi. DAPT for me pre-op every time... not wishing to bias your survey

VERN Tamer El-Sayed Matt Bown Dual antiPLT therapy until the minute of the operation.

We're recruiting! Looking for a Senior Clinical Research Manager to help us with looking after a broad vascular portfolio of clinical vascular research, icluding several national/international trials & complex projects. Please visit link below 👇🏻 or DM! jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/7233…

Congratulations to Professor Matthew Bown Matt Bown who will become the British Heart Foundation’s first-ever Chair of Vascular Surgery Uni of Leicester Cardiovascular Sciences this weekend. The British Heart Foundation has awarded him nearly £900,000 to continue his pioneering vascular research University of Leicester Leicester's Research

Many congratulations to my friend Thanos Saratzis who has today been promoted to the position of Professor of Vascular Surgery University of Leicester Uni of Leicester Cardiovascular Sciences Endovascular pioneer, international research leader and general great bloke.

Fully funded qualitative PhD opportunity in Leicester exploring acceptability, ethics and risk communication methods in genomically enhanced population screening programmes: findaphd.com/phds/project/g… Athanasios Saratzis Prof.Turi King AAA Screening Leicestershire Anne Stevenson SAPPHIRE research

Major step forward in AAA research. 1) massive increase in our understanding of the genetic architecture of disease; 2) identification of potential therapeutic pathway; 3) inkling of clinical utility for polygenic risk scores for disease prediction.

Shortlisted for "Mending a broken heart" – The British Heart Foundation photography competition. sciencefocus.com/news/mending-a… Work from Matt Bown BHF Research Accelerator Award Uni of Leicester University of Leicester Leicester Vascular Research

Very proud to see all the hard work come to fruition! Please join us to celebrate Thanos's major, major contribution to collaborative vascular research! Wed 7 Feb 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM: INAUGURAL LECTURE SERIES - Professor Athanasios Thanos Saratzis tickettailor.com/events/univers…

Great opportunity for combined clinical and academic training in vascular surgery in Leicester! Get in touch if you're interested! jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/9741…

NEJM 1986: "I suggest an alternative equipoise concept, based on controversy in the clinical community. Equipoise exists when there is uncertainty within the expert community & not necessarily on the part of the individual investigator, re- the preferred treatment."