VDF Launches New Venous Disease Coalition

This past September, the newly formed Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) was officially launched at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The VDC is a collaborative network of professional and public organizations united by one mission to increase public and health professional awareness of venous disease, including venous thromboembolism disease (VTE). VTE is the third most common vascular disorder after heart attack and stroke and includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), which affect almost one million Americans each year.

VTE is preventable, and the VDC is committed to providing public and health-care-provider education about VTE and other venous diseases to improve the quality of life for many Americans.

While the Vascular Disease Foundation has taken the lead in creating this unique coalition, there are 18 other major national public health organizations and professional vascular societies that have joined VDF in partnership toward the important mission of providing public and health-care-provider education about venous diseases. In addition to VDF, participating organizations include the American Academy of Physician Assistants, American College of Cardiology, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Phlebology, American Society of Hematology, American Thrombosis Hemostasis Network, American Venous Forum, Anticoagulation Forum, Hemophilia and Thrombosis Research Society, National Alliance of Thrombosis and Thrombophilia, North American Thrombosis Forum, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, Society for Vascular Nursing, Society for Vascular Surgery, and the Society of Vascular Ultrasound.

The VDC would like to thank our member organizations, and sponsors for supporting our inaugural event! A special thanks to Susan Shurin, MD Deputy Director NHLBI, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-07/CO), Representative Michael Rush (D/Boston) and patient spokesperson Michael Hefron for their time and support of the VDC.

For more information, please visit www.VenousDiseasCoalition.org