Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 621-629 , October 2007

Vascular surgery training and certification: An international perspective

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Nev, Mar 8-11, 2006, by Dr Cronenwett and at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Program Directors in Vascular Surgery, Washington, DC, Mar 29-31, 2007, by Dr Liapis.

  • Jack L. Cronenwett, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03755.
    • ,
  • Christos D. Liapis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece.

Received 8 April 2007 ,Accepted 23 June 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.

PII: S0741-5214(07)01069-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.06.033

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 621-629 , October 2007

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