Dec 9, 2018
Dr. Thomas Forbes is a professor
of surgery and RJ Elliot Chair and Division
Head of Vascular
Surgery at the University of Toronto (@UofTVascular), and
the program director of
the Advanced Aortic Surgery Fellowship at the University
of Toronto. He is also
an associate editor of the Journal of Vascular Surgery
and the chair of the
Document Oversight Committee of the Society for
Vascular Surgery. He
joins us to discuss the application of new technologies in
vascular
surgery, insight into Canadian vascular
surgery, vascular surgical training, subspecialization and
regionalization, personalized medicine, and the personality of the
vascular surgeon.
(0:20) Full biography: https://surgery.utoronto.ca/content/thomas-forbes
(5:57) Dr. Wayne Johnson - Founding Chair in
the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Toronto Division, founder
of the Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery:
https://www.uhn.ca/PMCC/media/Globe_Mail/Pages/forefather_vascular_surgery_Canada_globe-2016.aspx
(7:28) Dr. Jim May of the Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital, Australia, one of the early pioneers of endovascular surgery:
http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/people/academics/profiles/james.may.php
(8:27) “Iliac on a stick”; terminology for
removing devices of the time: https://bit.ly/2SvtXaW
(10:08) A model approach that allows Canadian
surgeons to implement new technologies in practice: The PMCC Innovation
Committee, co-founded by a vascular surgeon, Dr. Barry Rubin:
https://www.uhn.ca/PMCC/media/Globe_Mail/Pages/Peter-Munk-Cardiac-Centre-Innovation-Committee-2017.aspx
(11:28) Recent FDA proposed changes to device
approval process spark fears of dangers of rapid device
adoption: https://vascularnews.com/us-fda-plan-shakeup-of-its-510k-clearance-programme/
(13:44) Regionalization of fenestrated
endovascular device practice patterns: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29843567
(19:08) Advanced Aortic Surgery fellowship at
the University of Toronto:
https://surgery.utoronto.ca/fellowships-division-vascular-surgery
(29:55) Centers of Excellence:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516836/pdf/12913_2017_Article_2340.pdf
(31:26) SVS Clinical Practice Guideline:
https://vascular.org/research-quality/guidelines-and-reporting-standards/clinical-practice-guidelines
(33:18) Leapfrog initiative: http://www.leapfroggroup.org/about
(33:23) The Volume Pledge:
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/clinical-care/surgical-specialization-may-trump-volume-measure-quality
(35:31) “Personalized vascular surgery”:
https://www.mdedge.com/vascularspecialistonline/article/106142/vascular-surgery-its-personal
(38:43) Dr. Forbes on heart health: “Let’s be
more active”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhhW_E9cAr4
(40:28) Vascular surgeons are the firefighters
of the surgery world: https://bit.ly/2G7UFF5
(42:51) MEGS: The Montefiore endovascular
grafting system:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1421179/figure/f1-2/?report=objectonly