Learn valuable compensation information by completing survey

Members Frequently Wonder How

THEIR financial compensation compares to other vascular surgeons in their geographic area. How about to those in academics versus private practice? To those of a different gender, race or age? Do others get compensated for being on-call?

The SVS Financial Compensation Task Force created a survey to answer these questions; participants can gain knowledge of the vascular surgery compensation market as they negotiate personal compensation packages.

The initiative launched in June at VAM 2023 and is a response to pressing requests from SVS members. The Task Force created a survey to answer these questions, partnering with Phairify, a firm devoted to creating valid survey data, to ensure reliable results. The committee met virtually bi-weekly from January through May to fulfill the mandate of completing the survey form to distribute to SVS members at VAM. The committee and Phairify also developed templates for those participants who wished to learn more about a particular issue, such as compensation for medicolegal expert billing, medical industry relations and being on-call.

Study participants must be residents of the U.S. in the Active member category. Participants will receive immediate access to compensation benchmark data based on anonymous information submitted from other SVS members for all data fields that meet the threshold of at least 10 responses. Participants can gain knowledge of the vascular surgery compensation market as they negotiate personal compensation packages.

There is no cost to participate. Members must enter data in a short 15-minute survey to review the results. The data are completely de-personalized and no identifiable information is accessible to any external agency. A strict application process must be followed to publish any data based on survey results.

SVS members can participate in the survey at any time going forward. “Do it now!” said Task Force Chair Keith Calligaro, MD, now SVS vice president. “Please participate in this vitally important survey and learn how your financial package compares to that of other SVS members.”

To access the survey, visit vascular.org/Compensation Study2023. Select “Society for Vascular Surgery” from the menu and enter the email address associated with your SVS membership to set up an account and access the sur vey. After completing the survey, members can log in at any time at www.phairify.com. Email questions or concerns to SVSQuality@vascularsociety.org

Besides Calligaro, Compensation Task Force members include Bernadette Aulivola, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, Sira Duson, MD, Geetha Jeyabalan, MD, Judith Lin, MD, Joseph Lombardi, MD, Dan McDevitt, MD, Richard Powell, MD, and Matthew Smeds, MD. Beth Bales