Perspectives on Surgical Leadership: A Panel Discussion at the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

Jean Bismuth; Murray Shames; Audra Duncan; Erica L Mitchell; David Howard; Kenneth M Slaw; Perry DeAugustine; Nadia Wise; Pedro G R Teixeira; Jason T Lee

doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001227

Perspectives on Surgical Leadership: A Panel Discussion at the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery

J Am Coll Surg. 2024 Oct 15. doi: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001227. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, USF Health Morsani School of Medicine, Tampa, Florida.
² Western University, London, ON, Canada.
³ Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University of Tennessee Health and Sciences Center, Memphis, TN.
⁴ Tampa General Hospital, University of South Florida Muma College of Business, Tampa, FL.
⁵ Society for Vascular Surgery, Chicago, IL.
⁶ PFD Consulting, Inc, Cypress, CA.
⁷ Surgery and Perioperative Medicine, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network, South Australia, AU.
⁸ University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School, Austin, TX.
⁹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Baszucki Family Vascular Surgery Biobank, Stanford Health Care, Palo Alto, CA.

PMID: 39451134
DOI: 10.1097/XCS.0000000000001227

Abstract

Leadership is a skill that all surgeons are confronted with in some capacity. Surprisingly in the US most training programs do not offer a structured program in leadership and there certainly are no metrics used to assess leadership competency. As a response to this, at The Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery (SCVS) a panel of leaders in vascular surgery both national and international, along with leadership experts discussed some of the salient issues in this space. This document is the result of this discussion and serves as a good framework for understanding needs and current shortcomings of leadership training.