Education

Rebuilding the Educational Home for Venous & Lymphatic Medical Learning

For more than 40 years AVLS has helped define excellence in venous and lymphatic care through education, collaboration, certification support, and multidisciplinary engagement.

As healthcare evolves, so must venous and lymphatic education.

Over the next three years, the AVLS educational vision is committed to rebuilding and expanding a modern learning ecosystem that combines:

• Live National Experiences
• Digital Learning
• Collaborative Partnerships
• Distance Education
• Practical Case-Based Training and
• Ongoing Professional Community Engagement

To ensure that clinicians at every stage of practice have access to high-quality, clinically relevant, multidisciplinary venous & lymphatic education – wherever they learn best.

Rebuilding Access, Consistency, and Community

2026 focuses on restoring educational continuity and reconnecting the venous & lymphatic community through accessible digital education and renewed member engagement.

Key Initiatives

• Relaunch AVLS Online Education Portal & CME Store
• Restore on-demand CME access and archived educational content
• Resume live webinar programming (July-December 2026)
• Expand multidisciplinary educational participation
• Re-establish regular member educational touch points
• Support certification pathways and continuing competency

Planned Educational Activities

• Live webinars
• Case-based panel discussions
• Fundamentals series for new practitioners
• Advanced clinical topic updates
• Coding, reimbursement, and practice management programming
• Collaborative educational sessions with partner societies

Digital Learning Goals

• Expand distance-learning opportunities
• Increase access for geographically diverse learners
• Develop enduring CME content libraries
• Create flexible learning pathways for physicians, APPs, sonographers, nurses, and therapists

National Collaboration and In-Person Learning

2027 marks AVLS’s return to larger in-person educational engagement through strategic partnerships and expanded hybrid programming.

Key Initiatives

• Develop AVLS @ SCAI - Fort Lauderdale, FL (May 2-4, 2027)
• Expand collaborative education with aligned societies
• Develop hybrid live + virtual educational experiences
• Increase research integration into educational programming
• Support emerging technologies and evolving standards of care

Planned Educational Activities Expand

• In Person networking: AVLS @ SCAI - Fort Lauderdale, FL (May 2-4, 2027)
• Live procedural an case-based education
• Venous and lymphatic multidisciplinary forums
• Pelvic venous disease programming
• Advanced ultrasound and imaging education
• Registry-informed educational sessions
• Young physician and fellow engagement initiatives

Strategic Educational Goals& Expand

• Re-establish AVLS national educational visibility
• Strengthen multidisciplinary collaboration
• Expand educational relevance across specialties
• Build scalable educational infrastructure

Defining the Future of Venous & Lymphatic Education

By 2028, AVLS aims to be recognized as the leading multidisciplinary educational platform dedicated exclusively to venous and lymphatic medicine.

Key Initiatives

• Expand national and international partnerships
• Advance longitudinal educational pathways
• Integrate registry and outcomes data into education
• Support future leaders in venous & lymphatic medicine
• Expand practical and competency-based education

Planned Educational Activities2027 - Reeengage & Expand

• AVLS @ SCAI - Indianapolis, IN (May 4-6, 2028)
• Longitudinal certificate programs
• Advanced masterclass programming
• Interactive digital case simulations
• Expanded lymphatic education pathways
• Practice optimization and leadership education
• Fellowship and early-career mentorship initiatives

Long-Term Vision Expand

AVLS will continue evolving into a:

• Year-round educational platform
• Multidisciplinary professional home
• Trusted CME provider
• Leader in practical venous & lymphatic education and
• Collaborative voice advancing patient care through education