2025 VEITHsymposium - Session Detail

Tuesday, November 18 - Saturday, November 22, 2025

VEITHsymposium
PROGRAMS A, B, C-1 AND C-2 ARE CONCURRENT TUESDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM A (SESSIONS 1-8) - PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES OF HEART VALVES AND THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTA
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
SESSION 1: PROGRESS IN TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT AND TREATMENT OF ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
Moderators: TBD
SESSION 1 SCHEDULE
7:04 AM - 7:07 AM
Opening Remarks
Presenter(s): Frank J. Veith, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES
7:08 AM - 7:13 AM
Update On Improvements In Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) Including Alternate Access And When Is Open Surgical Valve Replacement Currently Indicated
Presenter(s): Ali B. Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:14 AM - 7:19 AM
Update On The Status Of Transcatheter Mitral And Tricuspid Valve Replacement/Repair
Presenter(s): Roxana Mehran, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:20 AM - 7:25 AM
Prevention Of Cerebral Embolization During Aortic Valve And Arch Instrumentation By Promoting Aortic Flow Caudally From An Aortic Sheath Into A Femoral Venous Sheath: Experimental And Clinical Experience
Presenter(s): Juan C. Parodi, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

THE ASCENDING AORTA AND ARCH
7:26 AM - 7:31 AM
Challenges And Successes With Endografts In The Treatment Of Ascending Aortic Dissections (TAADs), Penetrating Ulcers And Pseudoaneurysms
Presenter(s): Rodney A. White, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:32 AM - 7:37 AM
Progress In Endovascular Treatment Of Type A Aortic Dissections (TAADs) In 2025: What Is Here And What Is Coming: Experience With Ascending Aortic Endografting Including The Gore Device In The ARISE II Trial
Presenter(s): Eric E. Roselli, MD / Ali Azizzadeh, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:38 AM - 7:43 AM
Advances In Endograft Repair Of The Ascending Aorta Without And With Involvement Of The Aortic Valve (Endo-Bentall): What Lesions Are Or Will Be Suitable: World Clinical Experience With Endo-Bentall To Date
Presenter(s): Ali B. Khoynezhad, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:44 AM - 7:49 AM
DEBATE: Update On Endo-Bentall Procedures For Combined Ascending Aorta And Valve Disease: Devices And Results To Date: Open Surgery Is Destined To Be Replaced
Presenter(s): Stephan Haulon, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:50 AM - 7:55 AM
DEBATE: Not So: Combined Ascending Aorta And Valve Disease Is Still And Will Be Best Treated By Open Surgery
Presenter(s): Anthony L. Estrera, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

7:56 AM - 8:02 AM
Panel Discussion
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

11:36 AM - 11:41 AM
Physician And Industry Responsibility In Overuse Of Technology (Atherectomy, CAS, EVAR, Etc.): What Is Happening To Correct This Overuse Especially Important In View Of The Recent Media Spotlight On This Issue
Presenter(s): Murray L. Shames, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor