De Maeseneer receives CX award for dedication to specialist venous care

Marianne De Maeseneer (Rotterdam, Netherlands) was at the podium to dispense tips for success and longevity as a venous specialist. For CX executive board member Manj Gohel (Cambridge, United Kingdom), no one is better placed to deliver such advice than De Maeseneer, he told symposium attendees.

DE MAESENEER WAS GIVING THE penultimate talk in yesterday’s superficial venous and lymphatic consensus update session, and Gohel, as co-moderator, was welcoming her to the podium. She kicked off her message by recasting the title as ‘How to be a good and happy venous specialist’, shortlisting the keys as curiosity, exchange of ideas, commitment to clinical practice, research and scientific societies, worklife balance and passion.

“Passion about the patients, passion about the team you are working with, about research, about education—this is all very important to become and stay a happy and good working venous surgeon, and hopefully long-living venous specialist,” she said.

Co-moderator Stephen Black (London, United Kingdom), also a CX executive board member, invited De Maeseneer to remain at the podium to receive the CX Lifetime Achievement Award. Presented by Armando Mansilha (Porto, Portugal), another member of the CX executive board, she becomes the secondever recipient. “I do not think anyone has put more into defining how we treat our specialty,” said Black.

“If any of you can emulate a career in veins, and put veins on the map, Marianne is a great role model to follow.”