Policy/Advocacy Session 1

Moderator(s)

• PC

  Peter Connolly, MD

  Weill Cornell Medical College
  New York, New York
• SL

  Sean Lyden, MD

  Professor and Chairman
  The Cleveland Clinic
  Cleveland, Ohio

Presentations:

• 2:00 PM - 2:08 PM EDT

  How Vascular Surgery is Impacted by Government, and How We Work to Fight the Issues
  

  Speaker: Matthew J. Sideman, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
• 2:08 PM - 2:16 PM EDT

  Medicare and the Balanced Budget Amendment
  

  Speaker: Margaret C. Tracci, MD – University of Virginia Health System
• 2:16 PM - 2:24 PM EDT

  Important Recent Pushes by the Government Relations Committee
  

  Speaker: Sean P. Lyden, MD – The Cleveland Clinic
• 2:24 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

  Panel Discussion