The Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA-WG) met for a one and half days meeting in Brussels, Belgium on January 30th and 31st. It was chaired by Prof. Miikka Vikkula (VASCA-WG Chair) and Prof. Leo Schultze Kool (VASCA-WG Co-Chair). Attendees included patient representatives from the European Patient Advocacy Group (ePAG) for…
We are proud to congratulate Professor Miikka Vikkula, Chair of the Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA-WG) as the recipient of the 2023 Earl P. Benditt Award presented by the North American Vascular Biology Organisation. The Earl P. Benditt award recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding discovery or developed…
We are excited to feature an interview with Dr. Birutė Vaišnytė, a vascular surgeon from Vilnius, Lithuania, in our first VASCERN Spotlight of 2023. Dr. Vaišnytė is a member of the Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA-WG). In this interview, she discusses how she became interested in the field of vascular…
In this VASCERN Exchange Program interview, we are thrilled to interview Dr. Carine Van Der Vleuten from the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Dr. Carine Van Der Vleuten is a member of the Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA-WG). In this article, she shares her experience during the exchange…
A new article titled The VASCERN-VASCA working group diagnostic and management pathways for severe and/or rare infantile hemangiomas has been published in the VASCERN Special Issue of the European Journal of Medical Genetics. It is co-authored by members of the Vascular Anomalies Working Group (VASCA WG). Infantile hemangiomas (IH) are…
