International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies
Newsletter Vol 9 - No 1 | January 2025

ISSVA President's Message

Dear ISSVA Colleagues,

Though we are a few weeks into the new year, I want to wish you all a healthy and happy start to 2025. For ISSVA, we are looking forward to all the year has to offer - including our upcoming Debates & Updates meeting in Paris, 23-25 April. As of this message, more than 200 people have registered to attend this limited meeting which means that fewer than 200 spots are left for you to join us. We are again offering this meeting in-person and virtually and hope that you will join us to learn and debate the latest in vascular anomalies. I encourage you to register and also book your hotel room as soon as possible.

The ISSVA Board of Directors met last weekend and I am happy to report that we have approved the first set of applicants for our new ISSVA committees, and those selected will receive notification soon. I am looking forward to the next phase where ISSVA members can work together to advance the mission of promoting the highest standards of care for patients with vascular anomalies.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@issva.org.

With warm regards,
Leo Schultze Kool
President, ISSVA

Register & Book Your Hotel Today: ISSVA Debates & Updates 2025

Registration for everyone is now open.
This meeting has a maximum capacity of 400 attendees in-person. This is a fully hybrid meeting, and there are no capacity limits on the virtual portion. All attendees, both in-person and virtual, will have access to the fully recorded sessions after the meeting takes place. 

Accommodations
The dedicated ISSVA hotel block is now open for booking at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center. 

We have a limited number of hotel rooms available to ISSVA members, so book once you've confirmed your registration. Please note that the special rate for ISSVA is available for bookings made for three consecutive nights, from 22-25 April 2025. All reservations will be charged on your provided card after March 7th when the hotel block closes. 

Venue
The meeting will be located at the Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center. 
Paris Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center
17 Bd Saint-Jacques
75014 Paris, France

Hotel & Conference Center Area
The Rive Gauche Hotel & Conference Center is located roughly 60 minutes from the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and 20+ minutes from the Paris-Orly Airport. There are great options for public transit around the Rive Gauche and many restaurants and bars within a 10-20 minute walk away. 

The Rive Gauche is located on the Left Bank of Paris, in the La Butte Aux Cailles neighborhood which is an artistic area of the city with beautiful street art and local shops. Within a 30 minute walk of the hotel you can find the Catacombs, Montparnasse Cemetery, Giacometti Institute, Curie Museum, Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montparnasse Tower, Jardin du Luxembourg and the Pantheon. 

Journal of Vascular Anomalies (JoVA)

JoVA is now indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): and moving towards Pubmed Central indexing.

Follow JoVA on X: @JOVAJournal

We invite you to read some of JoVA's most recent publications:

ISSVA 2024 World Congress Meeting Abstracts

Case Report

Scientific Research

Clinical Study

Call for Papers

The Editorial staff of JOVA is issuing a Call for Papers. This peer reviewed, open access journal is dedicated to the discovery and report of the scientific investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of congenital and acquired human vascular lesions. JOVA is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and is available worldwide on Ovid®. Some manuscripts already have PubMed IDs.

We are accepting the following article types:

Submit today to ISSVA’s journal dedicated to Vascular Anomalies. Expedited review and publication! ISSVA members get discounted open access publication fee of only $250.

Submit a Manuscript

Don't forget to renew your membership for 2025! 
Your membership may expire on 31 January if you have not yet renewed. Continue to receive ISSVA updates and have access to ISSVA member benefits by renewing today!

If you prefer to renew with a written invoice, please reach out to us at info@issva.org or you can renew online on the ISSVA website.

Message Boards: Read the latest messages or start a conversation online with other members - ISSVA Message Boards.

Social Media: Follow ISSVA on Twitter @ISSVA_org

World of Vascular Anomalies

ISSVA believes it's important to unite the vascular anomalies community so we share with you, our members, the below events and changes in the field that are not organized or associated with ISSVA, but may be of interest to you. Please note that the events and news items listed below do not indicate an endorsement or sponsorship of these events by ISSVA.

Lymphatic Malformation Institute 2025 Pilot Award

Lymphatic Malformation Institute (LMI; https://www.lmiresearch.org) a non-profit organization that funds research on CCLA, GLA, GSD, and KLA, is announcing it’s 2025 Pilot Award. 

PILOT AWARD
Funding level: Maximum of $75,000 may be requested
Period: Up to 1 year of support is available
Description: Pilot awards are intended to test new hypotheses or technologies that have the potential to significantly advance our understanding or treatment of CCLA, GLA, GSD, or KLA. Preliminary data are required.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, genetic analysis, biomarker identification, preclinical model development and characterization, imaging, and single-cell RNA sequencing of animal or patient samples. 

How to apply: Submit a letter of intent (LOI) to the LMI. If your LOI is selected, you will be invited to submit a full grant application.

LOIs for Pilot Awards are due by March 21, 2025. LOIs should be submitted to grants@lmiresearch.org by 11:59 PM CST.

Invitations for full applications will be sent by March 26, 2025. Full applications are due May 30, 2025.

Please visit https://www.lmiresearch.org/apply-for-funding/ to download grant application forms and instructions. Feel free to contact Mike Dellinger at mdellinger@lmiresearch.org  or michael.dellinger@utsouthwestern.edu if you have any questions.

To have your event or news item featured in this section of the newsletter, email info@issva.org.

Are we missing any meetings or items of interest?

If you are aware of an upcoming educational opportunity, meeting or other item of interest that should be included, please let us know at info@issva.org so we can review the item and, if appropriate, share it with our membership in our next newsletter.