Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 771-775.e4 , March 2010

Assessment of public knowledge about the scope of practice of vascular surgons

  • Alik Farber, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Mass
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alik Farber, MD, Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, 88 E. Newton St, Ste. D506, Boston, MA 02118-2393
    • ,
  • Brandon M. Long, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif
    • ,
  • Stephen R. Lauterbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Utica, NY
    • ,
  • Todd Bohannon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Tex
    • ,
  • Carolyn L. Siegal, DPM

      Affiliations

    • New England Podiatry Associates, Chestnut Hill, Mass

Received 19 July 2009 ,Accepted 29 August 2009.

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 The following companies donated funds to support this project: Otsuka, WL Gore, Pharnacia, Abbott, and Bristol Myers Squibb. These funds were used to pay for the services provided by California Survey Research Services, Inc., which obtained the nationwide digit dial sample file and conducted the telephone surveys.

 Additional material for this article may be found online at www.jvascsurg.org.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01825-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.091

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 771-775.e4 , March 2010

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