Vascular Links

ACCREDITATION & CREDENTIALING

• Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)
• American College of Radiology (ACR)
• American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)
• Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI)
• The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
• Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL)
• Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations (JCAHO)

ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION

• Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JRCDMS)
• American Medical Association Specialty Service Societies (AMA SSS)

PUBLIC EDUCATION

• American Venous Forum An international consortium of venous and lymphatic specialists dedicated to improving patient care
• Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) Coalition Saving Limbs and Lives
• The Vascular Disease Foundation Fighting Vascular Disease... Improving Vascular Health
• VascularWeb provided by the Society for Vascular Surgery
• Vein Disorder Education Center Patient Education and Spider Vein/Varicose Vein Referral Service

ASSOCIATIONS (U.S.)

• American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
• American Hospital Association
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
• American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)
• Health Professions Network
• Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society (PVSS)
• Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
• Society of Interventional Radiology
• Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS)
• Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology (SVMB)
• Society for Vascular Nursing (SVN)
• Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)
• Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS)

ASSOCIATIONS (International)

• 22nd World Congress of the International Union of Angiology - a Society for Vascular Medicine and Surgery and Vascular Interventions, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in June 2006
• 16th Congress of the Mediterranean League of Angiology & Vascular Surgery Crete, Greece, June 9-12, 2006
• Canadian Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (CSDMS)
• European Society for Vascular Surgery
• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR)
• World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (WFUMB)

GOVERNMENT

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Healthfinder

MEDICARE CARRIERS

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ONLINE DISCUSSION GROUPS

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PUBLISHERS

• Davies Publishing, Inc
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Mosby/Elsevier
• National Library of Medicine
• PubMed
• Vascular Medicine Journal
  The International Journal of Research Review and Clinical Practice

RESEARCH & REFERENCE

• Atherothrombosis.org a professional resource center for interactive communication and innovative approaches
• Center for Vascular Disease, University of Southern California
• DrugDev123.com: all you need in clinical R&D
• InCirculation.net Cardiovascular medicine from A to Z
• MedBioWorld 25,000 links to journals, associations and databases
• MedCompare The buyer's guide for medical professionals
• MedMark
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• PDR.net the online home of the PDR and mobilePDR
• Vascular Surgery Research Lab, Yale University
• Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory, University of Vermont
• Vascular Web One source for Vascular Health Information

Vascular Ultrasound Resources

• Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute Your 1st Choice in AMA Cat. 1 CME since 1985
• Sonoworld Your Global Source for Ultrasound
• Sound Ergonomics Consultants for Occupational Health
• VascularWeb provided by the Society for Vascular Surgery
• vascular-web.com a TOTAL Resource for Vascular Professionals