Vascular Cures is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Kevin Heath to the Board of Directors as of October, 2019. Kevin is currently the Medical Director leading the Education Solutions team within OptumCare Clinical Performance. Prior to his current … Read More
The Summer 2019 Newsletter has Arrived!
It has been another significant and exciting year for Vascular Cures. In January, the PROM-PAD Working Group held a kick-off meeting that launched their work to make recommendations to the research & care community on how best to prioritize the … Read More
Vascular Cures Welcomes Margaret Wong to Board of Directors
Vascular Cures enthusiastically welcomed Margaret Wong as its newest board member in May. She is the Director of Managed Markets Marketing at Gilead Sciences, Inc. and holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, Graduate Certification in Applied HEOR from Thomas … Read More
Vascular Cures Hosts Successful 2019 Circulate! Event
The 2019 CIRCULATE! event, Vascular Cures’ annual meeting and gala which this year focused on “Celebrating our Vascular Heroes”, was a huge success. Hosted at the San Francisco Zoo on May 2nd, the evening brought together community leaders, … Read More
The benefits of #walking are widespread, but for #PAD patients walking may be a method of pain management:
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/heart-and-vascular-blog/2016/february/the-best-workout-to-manage-symptoms-of-peripheral-artery-disease#:~:text=When%20your%20muscles%20cramp%20in,as%20the%20progression%20of%20PAD.
#HealthForAll
According to a recent study, the @HeartNews finds: "People living in rural areas of the United States are less likely to get the most advanced treatments for stroke and more likely to die in the hospital than their urban counterparts." #HealthForAll
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/06/18/stroke-patients-more-likely-to-die-in-rural-hospitals-than-in-urban-ones
The recent story on @padadvocate's work highlights the need for policies to support access to clinically appropriate PAD screening and treatment for America’s most at-risk patient populations.
#TogetherAgainstLimbLoss http://ow.ly/HZLy50zTToz
