Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2003

Presidential address: The American Association for Vascular Surgery: A tradition of imagination, innovation, and change

Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Jun 9-12, 2002.

Received 29 July 2002 ,Accepted 30 July 2002.

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☆☆ Reprint requests: William H. Pearce, MD, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 201 E Huron, #10-105, Chicago, IL 60611 (e-mail: wpearce@nmh.org).

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doi: 10.1067/mva.2003.3

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 37, Issue 1 , Pages 2-7 , January 2003

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