Vascular Disease in Women

Section 1: Thoracic Aortic Disease
1a. Thoracic aortic disease in women: Sex disparities in etiology, presentation, and outcomes
1b. Thoracic aortic aneurysm repair in women
1c. Thoracic aortic dissection repair in women
1d. Thoracic aorta—What we still don’t know

Section 2: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
2a. Abdominal aortic aneurysm—Do women present differently than men?
2b. Abdominal aortic repair in women: Criteria for repair and device selection
2c. Abdominal aortic aneurysms in women, what we still do not know

Section 3: Carotid Artery Disease
3a. Carotid artery disease: Do women present differently than men?
3b. Outcomes of carotid interventions in women
3c. Carotid artery disease—What we still don’t know

Section 4: Hemodialysis Access
4a. Hemodialysis Access: What We Know
4b. Women and hemodialysis access: What we still do not know

Section 5: Venous Disease
5a. Venous insufficiency and varicose veins in women management tips and tricks
5b. The management of May-Thurner syndrome in women
5c. Venous disease in pregnancy
5d. Venous disease—What we still do not know

Section 6: Suprainguinal Peripheral Artery Disease
6a. Suprainguinal and infrainguinal peripheral artery disease—Do women present differently than men
6b. Suprainguinal endovascular procedures in women: Are all treatments created equal?
6c. suprainguinal peripheral artery disease: Open management
6d. Suprainguinal peripheral artery disease—Topics for future investigation

Section 7: Infrainguinal Peripheral Artery Disease
7a. Infrainguinal peripheral artery disease—Endovascular treatment in women compared with men
7b. Outcomes of open treatment of infrainguinal peripheral artery disease in women
7c. What we still do not know in the treatment of infrainguinal peripheral artery disease in women

Section 8: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
8a. Thoracic outlet syndrome, do women present differently than men?
8b. Thoracic outlet syndrome: Treatment approaches
8c. What we do not know about thoracic outlet syndrome in women

Section 9: Vasculitis
9. Vasculitis

Section 10: Sex Issues in Vascular Surgery Research
10. Vascular disease prevention and screening in women
11. Race and cultural issues
12. Sex bias in surgical research
13. Assessment of female sex in preclinical vascular models

Section 11: Practice Issues
14. Leadership and women: Two perspectives
15. Building an academic career
16. Joining and building a successful private practice
17. Radiation safety for women: What physicians and patients need to know
18. Gendered risk factors for burnout—Work-life integration and other workplace challenges
19. Contemporary topics focused on the experience of women in the United States surgical workforce
20. Pregnancy perceptions and experiences for surgeons and surgical trainees