Primary professional memorial: vascular.org/news-advocacy/articles-press-releases/former-svs-president-abbott-mourned . Jonathan Gertler, MD, writing for Massachusetts General Hospital, 4 April 2023. Names William Martin Abbott, describes his vascular surgery and laboratory work at MGH, and records his 1992 presidency of the Society for Vascular Surgery. The 2001 follow-up artery paper names William Abbott and his MGH Department of Surgery affiliation.