Leaving the nest: should vascular surgery seek board status separate from general surgery?

Current changes that impact on vascular surgery include altered financial support, the introduction of endovascular treatments, and possible reentrance of general surgeons into the vascular field. In addition, vascular surgery in competition with interventional specialties (radiology and cardiology) for patients. These changes and the enhanced competition mandate that vascular surgery and vascular surgeons adapt by becoming competent with...