The Vascular Voice - Inside the Editorial "A Call for Pay"

About this episode

The episode discusses the editorial 'A Call for Call Pay' and the implications of surgical call compensation in vascular surgery.

Jacob Soucy ( @JacobWSoucy ) hosts an inside look at a timely and thought-provoking editorial published in The Vascular Specialist , the official news magazine of the Society for Vascular Surgery. In this episode, we explore the evolving conversation around surgical call and compensation through the lens of the editorial "A Call for Call Pay." The discussion challenges the traditional framing of call as simply part of the job and instead examines it as a measurable burden of availability that carries legal, financial, and personal implications. This conversation highlights why the valuation of call may represent one of the defining structural issues in modern vascular surgery practice. Jacob speaks with Dr. Malachi G. Sheahan III about the motivation behind the piece, how hospital systems value call, what the true cost of call coverage is, and what the future may hold if the current model remains unchanged. Show Guest Dr. Malachi G. Sheahan III is Professor and Chair of Surgery at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery. He previously served as Program Director for both the fellowship and integrated residency in vascular…

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Soucy

Guest: Dr. Malachi G. Sheahan III

Topics covered

• surgical call
• compensation
• vascular surgery
• healthcare policy
• workforce issues

Keywords

• surgical call
• compensation
• vascular surgery
• healthcare
• editorial
• workforce policy
• availability burden

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Society for Vascular Surgery, The Vascular Specialist, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Books & works: A Call for Call Pay

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