title: The future of vascular surgery: an Australasian perspective.
abstract: This article briefly outlines the current status of vascular surgery in Australia and New Zealand, reports on the future practice and research challenges as perceived by vascular surgeons in our two countries, and finally, explores how the current vascular surgical research efforts in Australasia map to those challenges.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Queensland and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Philip J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*