The ‘I’s have it: Ethics and the vascular community

In conclusion, I congratulate Dr. Lawrence and the SVS VAM organizing committee under the leadership of Dr. Ronald M. Fairman for putting this potentially contentious subject on the program. For by so doing, vascular surgeons demonstrate that we have the courage and ethics to acknowledge some of our shortcomings. At the same time we prove our leadership as the specialty most suited to treat and protect patients with vascular disease.