Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society Presidential Address Steamboat Springs, Colorado February 1, 2020 “How Reptiles, the SR-71, 9/11, and Bill Murray Make US Better Surgeons” by, James H. Black, III, MD

Leading the Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society (VESS) has been a great honor. Our society represents many things to many people, for me its friendship, support, knowledge, and growth. While Presidential addresses are a new thing for me, but don ’t be surprised, I may veer back to aortic surgery once or twice. Maybe just maybe, I will have other opportunities to address my colleagues en-masse, but since this may be my last shot at this, I really thought hard what I could say. I worried about being to tangential, or not having enough quips to keep people interested, or just not having anything worth saying.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - October 12, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: James H. Black Source Type: research