SESSION 1 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 1: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 1
Moderators:TBD
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7:50 AM - 7:59 AM Introduction
  Presenters(s):Larry A. Scher, MD / Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
PART 1A: ACCESS PLANNING, DYSFUNCTIONAL FISTULAS AND CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS
Moderator(s): Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Results Of The Dialysis Access Consortium: Where Do We Go From Here?
 
8:11 AM - 8:21 AM Does Physical Examination Have A Role In The Planning And Evaluation Of Hemodialysis Access?
 
8:22 AM - 8:32 AM Update On Ultrasound Imaging For Hemodialysis Access
 
8:33 AM - 8:43 AM Fundamentals Of Angiographic Evaluation Of AV Access
  Presenters(s):Timothy W.I. Clark, MD  
8:44 AM - 8:54 AM Facilitating Endovascular Access Procedures Using Flouro Trace
  Presenters(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
8:55 AM - 9:05 AM Management Of The Immature Fistula
  Presenters(s):Theodore F. Saad, MD  
9:06 AM - 9:16 AM Salvaging The Unsalvageable Fistula
 
9:17 AM - 9:27 AM Dialysis Catheters Are Bad News
 
9:28 AM - 9:38 AM Catheters Don’t Kill Patients
 
9:39 AM - 9:59 AM Panel Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Break / Visit Exhibits
PART 1B: MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL VENOUS PROBLEMS
Moderator(s): Theodore F. Saad, MD / Joseph N. Shams, MD  
10:21 AM - 10:31 AM Pathophysiology Of Fibrin Sheath Development
 
10:32 AM - 10:42 AM Removal Of Embedded Catheters
  Presenters(s):Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
10:43 AM - 10:53 AM Catheter Exchange Procedures
 
10:54 AM - 11:04 AM Catheter-Related Central Venous Stenosis
 
11:05 AM - 11:15 AM Pacemaker/Defibrillator Related Central Venous Stenosis
  Presenters(s):Theodore F. Saad, MD  
11:16 AM - 11:26 AM Power Wire For Central Venous Stenoses
 
11:27 AM - 11:37 AM Use Of The Peripheral Cutting Balloon For Treatment Of Cephalic Arch Stenosis Associated With Brachiocephalic Fistulas
 
11:38 AM - 11:48 AM Fatal Complications Of SVC Angioplasty
  Presenters(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
11:49 AM - 12:10 PM Panel Discussion
12:10 PM - 1:05 PM Lunch Break / Visit Exhibits
END OF SESSION 1
 
SESSION 2 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 2: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 2
Moderators:TBD
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PART 2A: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS COMPLICATIONS / THROMBECTOMY PROCEDURES
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
1:05 PM - 1:15 PM Surgical vs. Percutaneous Thrombectomy: Which Is Best?
 
1:16 PM - 1:26 PM Techniques For Percutaneous Thrombectomy
  Presenters(s):Thomas M. Vesely, MD  
1:27 PM - 1:37 PM Management Of Arterial Embolization During Percutaneous Thrombectomy Of Hemodialysis Grafts And Fistulas
  Presenters(s):Joseph N. Shams, MD  
1:38 PM - 1:43 PM Debate: Should Interventionalists Do Surgery: Pro
 
1:44 PM - 1:49 PM Debate: Should Interventionalists Do Surgery: Con
  Presenters(s):Marc H. Glickman, MD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Vascular Access Hemorrhagic Deaths Among Hemodialysis Patients
 
2:01 PM - 2:11 PM Are Antiplatelet Drugs Or Anticoagulation Ever Indicated To Maintain Access Patency?
  Presenters(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
2:12 PM - 2:32 PM Panel Discussion
2:33 PM - 2:55 PM Break / Visit Exhibits
PART 2B: UPDATE ON NEW TECHNOLOGIES (5 MINUTE TALKS)
Moderator(s): Larry A. Scher, MD / Marc H. Glickman, MD  
2:56 PM - 3:01 PM Topical rThrombin For Wound Hemostasis
 
3:02 PM - 3:07 PM Role Of Heparin Bonded ePTFE Grafts In Dialysis Access
 
3:08 PM - 3:13 PM Preliminary Experience With The Duraspan Hemodialysis Catheter
  Presenters(s):Melvin Rosenblatt, MD  
3:14 PM - 3:19 PM Recombinant Human Elastase For Improved Vascular Access
  Presenters(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion
PART 2C: IMPORTANT TOPICS IN VASCULAR ACCESS
Moderator(s): Larry A. Scher, MD / Marc H. Glickman, MD  
3:31 PM - 3:41 PM Optimizing Hemodialysis Cannulation Methods: Role Of Buttonhole Cannulation
 
3:42 PM - 3:52 PM Clinical Practice Guidelines For Hemodialysis Access
 
3:53 PM - 4:03 PM Reimbursement For Vascular Access: What Does The Future Hold?
 
4:04 PM - 4:14 PM Vascular Access Surveillance And The CMS MAT-V551 Requirement
  Presenters(s):William D. Paulson, MD  
4:15 PM - 4:25 PM Radial-to-Cephalic Arteriovenous Fistulas As A Method Of Choice In Children And Adolescents
 
4:26 PM - 4:36 PM Perfect Dialysis Access Graft: Are We There Yet?
 
4:37 PM - 4:47 PM Ischemic Monomelic Neuropathy
  Presenters(s):Larry A. Scher, MD  
4:48 PM - 5:10 PM Panel Discussion
5:10 PM - 5:10 PM Adjourn
END OF SESSION 2
 
SESSION 3 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 3: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 1
Moderators:TBD
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7:50 AM - 8:00 AM Welcome And Introduction
  Presenters(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
PART 1A: THE BASICS OF STROKE
Moderator(s): TBD / Joshua A. Hirsch, MD  
8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Revisiting The Common Anatomic Locations And Risk Factors That Lead To Stroke: Embolic, Thrombotic And Hypoperfusion Scenarios
 
8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Differences In The Anterior And Posterior Circulations: Does A TIA Have The Same Implications?
  Presenters(s):Lawrence Wechsler, MD  
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Differential Diagnosis And Stroke Mimics: Necessity Of Early Stroke Diagnosis And Its Implications
  Presenters(s):Daniel Labovitz, MD  
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Practical Considerations In The Early Treatment Of Stroke: Evolution Into The 21st Century
 
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Importance Of Time - How To Streamline And Improve Times To Treatment: Triage Issues
 
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Discussion
PART 1B: STATE-OF-THE-ART NEUROIMAGING FOR STROKE: TIME VS. PHYSIOLOGY: ARE WE THERE YET?
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM What Are We Trying To Image: Lessons From Recent Trials: And Patient Selection Derived From Imaging
 
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Acute Stroke Imaging: Perfusion And Collateral Circulation, Best Methods And Implications
 
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Neurovascular Calcium Scoring: Does It Work For Predicting Stroke?
 
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM CTA/CTP: Pros And Cons In The Acute Setting
  Presenters(s):Todd S. Miller, MD  
9:40 AM - 9:50 AM MRI/MRA/DWI/Perfusion: Added Value Or Wasted Time In The Acute Setting?
 
9:50 AM - 10:00 AM Discussion
PART 1C: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CAROTID STENTING 2009
Moderator(s): Philip M. Meyers, MD / Aman Patel, MD  
10:00 AM - 10:10 AM Carotid Disease And Stroke - Natural History And Implications For Intervention: Review Of The Recent And Relevant Trials
 
10:10 AM - 10:15 AM How To Predict Which Asymptomatic Patients Are At High Risk For Stroke So They Can Be Treated Early
 
10:15 AM - 10:20 AM The Case For Carotid Stenting: My Pearls!
  Presenters(s):Mark H. Wholey, MD  
10:20 AM - 10:25 AM Anatomic And Lesion Characteristics Are Accurate Predictors Of Stroke From CAS: What Technique Is Best For Determining This?
  Presenters(s):Mark H. Wholey, MD  
10:25 AM - 10:35 AM Medical Treatment vs. Intervention For Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis: My Decision Pearls
 
10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Carotid Injury And Repair: Techniques, Technology And Beyond
  Presenters(s):Gregg H. Zoarski, MD  
10:45 AM - 11:15 AM Break / Visit Exhibits
PART 1D: ACUTE STROKE THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS 2009
Moderator(s): Philip M. Meyers, MD / TBD  
11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Current Guidelines For IV Therapy
  Presenters(s):Steven H. Rudolph, MD  
11:25 AM - 11:35 AM Intra-arterial Pharmacological Thrombolysis: History And Present Options
  Presenters(s):Osama O. Zaidat, MD  
11:35 AM - 11:45 AM IA Thrombectomy Devices: State-Of-The-Art Options And Risks
  Presenters(s):Aquilla S. Turk, DO  
11:45 AM - 11:55 AM Current Protocols For Reperfusion In Acute Stroke In A High Volume Tertiary Stroke Center
 
11:55 AM - 12:05 PM What Is The Best Model For A Bridging Protocol: Summary Of IMS Trials – Lessons Learned
 
12:05 PM - 12:15 PM Acute Stroke Angioplasty And Stenting: Follow The Cardiac Model? Who Should Be Credentialed?
  Presenters(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
LUNCHEON PROGRAM: ACUTE STROKE INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES: LATEST AND GREATEST
Moderator(s): Peter K. Nelson, MD / TBD / Joshua A. Hirsch, MD  
12:15 PM - 12:25 PM INR Stroke Trials: NIH Update
 
12:25 PM - 12:35 PM My Best Stroke Cases: Learning Points And Pearls
  Presenters(s):David Fiorella, MD  
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM Lessons Learned And How To Stay Out Of Trouble
  Presenters(s):Don Frei, MD  
12:45 PM - 12:55 PM Stroke Reimbursement: Fact And Fiction
 
12:55 PM - 1:15 PM Discussion
END OF SESSION 3
 
SESSION 4 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 4: AIMSYMPOSIUM MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 2 AND
INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS
Moderators:TBD
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PART 2A: STROKE AND NEURO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS
Moderator(s): TBD / TBD  
1:15 PM - 1:25 PM How To Best Form And Utilize A Stroke Unit/Neuro ICU
 
1:25 PM - 1:35 PM How To Organize Your Stroke Center/Team: Materials And Methods, Money And Men
 
1:35 PM - 1:45 PM Neurosurgical Management Of Large Stroke Volumes And Hemicraniectomy: Indications And Issues
 
1:45 PM - 1:55 PM Discussion
PART 2B: INTRACRANIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS MANAGEMENT
Moderator(s): Aquilla S. Turk, DO / Philip M. Meyers, MD  
1:55 PM - 2:05 PM Natural History And Managing The Risk Factors Of Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease (ICAD)
  Presenters(s):Daniel Labovitz, MD  
2:05 PM - 2:15 PM Patient Selection For Treating ICAT
  Presenters(s):Philip M. Meyers, MD  
2:15 PM - 2:25 PM Interventional Treatment Options For ICAT
  Presenters(s):Aquilla S. Turk, DO  
2:25 PM - 2:35 PM SAMMPRIS Update
  Presenters(s):Colin P. Derdeyn, MD  
2:35 PM - 2:45 PM Neurovascular Territories For The Interventionalist
  Presenters(s):Joshua A. Hirsch, MD  
2:45 PM - 2:55 PM Legal Ramification If You Do Or Do Not Treat With An FDA Approved Drug And/Or Device
  Presenters(s):Michael I. Weintraub, MD  
2:55 PM - 3:30 PM Discussion
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Break / Visit Exhibits
INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS: PART 1 - DISC THERAPY
Moderator(s): Gregg H. Zoarski, MD / Joshua A. Hirsch, MD / TBD  
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Percutaneous Disc Therapy: Devices, Ozone And Beyond
 
4:10 PM - 4:15 PM Debate 1: Percutaneous Is Obviously Best!
 
4:15 PM - 4:20 PM Debate 2: Minimally Invasive Coned Surgery Is Obviously Better!
4:20 PM - 4:30 PM Cases And Discussion
  Panelist(s): Kieran P.J. Murphy, MD, FRCPC / Jeffrey Stone, MD / John K. Houten, MD  
INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS: PART 2 - FAILED BACK SYNDROME
Moderator(s): Gregg H. Zoarski, MD / Joshua A. Hirsch, MD / TBD  
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM Spinal Fusion Technology: What We Need To Understand And New Techniques
 
4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Postoperative Pain And Interventional Therapy
  Presenters(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Panel Discussion
  Panelist(s): Alok Sharan, MD / Allan L. Brook, MD  
INNOVATIVE INTERVENTIONAL MANAGEMENT OF SPINAL DISORDERS: PART 3 - VERTEBRAL AUGMENTATION: FACTS AND FICTION
Moderator(s): Gregg H. Zoarski, MD / Joshua A. Hirsch, MD / Allan L. Brook, MD  
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Percutaneous Treatment Of VBF: Past, Present And Future
 
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM Latest Technology And Innovative Techniques
  Presenters(s):R. Sean Pakbaz, MD  
QUESTION AND ANSWER
5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Best Cement Choice, And Why?
5:30 PM - 5:40 PM Best Device Choice, And Why?
CASE PRESENTATION AND PANEL DISCUSSION
5:40 PM - 6:00 PM If My Mother Has A Vertebral Compression Fraction, Would I Recommend Treatment: Evidence And Support
  Panelist(s): Orlando Ortiz, MD / Jeffrey Stone, MD / Kieran P.J. Murphy, MD, FRCPC  
END OF SESSION 4
 
SESSION 5 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 5: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 1
Moderators:Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT / TBD
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8:00 AM - 8:09 AM Welcoming Remarks
  Presenters(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
8:10 AM - 8:19 AM How To Identify The Best Patients For Endovenous Thermal Ablation
 
8:20 AM - 8:29 AM Which Patients Are Not Suitable For Endovenous Thermal Ablation?
  Presenters(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
8:30 AM - 8:39 AM Generating The Venous Map With Duplex Ultrasound
  Presenters(s):Neil M. Khilnani, MD  
8:40 AM - 8:49 AM Great Saphenous vs. Small Saphenous Vein Ablation: Similarities And Differences Of Procedure
 
8:50 AM - 8:59 AM Endovenous Thermal Ablation: How I Choose Between RF Or Laser
 
9:00 AM - 9:09 AM Catheter-Directed Foam Sclerotherapy Treatment Of Saphenous Vein Incompetence
 
9:10 AM - 9:19 AM Lessons Learned After 3,000 Endovenous Ablations
 
9:20 AM - 9:35 AM Panel Discussion
9:36 AM - 9:45 AM Fire, Foam, And Knife For Varicose Veins: What Have Prospective Randomized Clinical Trials Taught Us?
 
9:46 AM - 9:55 AM What Studies Are Needed To Help Vein Doctors Treat Patients Better?
 
9:56 AM - 10:05 AM Preservation Of The Saphenous Vein In Patients With Varicose Veins
 
10:06 AM - 10:15 AM The CHIVA Approach To Varicose Vein Treatment
 
10:16 AM - 10:25 AM Matrix Metalloproteinases And Varicose Veins
 
10:26 AM - 10:35 AM Current Information On The Development And Treatment Of Venous Ulcers
 
10:36 AM - 10:45 AM How To Treat Ascending GSV Superficial Thrombophlebitis
 
10:46 AM - 10:54 AM Ileofemoral Venous Reflux And Obstruction: Diagnosis And Treatment
 
10:55 AM - 11:04 AM Venous Stenting: When, Where, Whom, How?
 
11:05 AM - 11:14 AM Deep Vein Considerations During Superficial Venous Treatment
  Presenters(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
11:15 AM - 11:24 AM The Future Of Venous Imaging: Will It Be Duplex Ultrasound, MRV, Or CTV?
  Presenters(s):Barry Stein, MD, FSIR, FACR  
11:25 AM - 11:34 AM Pelvic Venous Syndromes
  Presenters(s):Melvin Rosenblatt, MD  
11:35 AM - 11:44 AM Are Surgeons Letting Vein Care Slip Away?: Are Phlebologists Taking Over?
 
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION 5
 
SESSION 6 SCHEDULE
Wednesday
SESSION 6: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 2
Moderators:Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT / TBD
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12:30 PM - 12:39 PM DVT Update: Current Recommendations For Treatment And Prophylaxis
 
12:40 PM - 12:49 PM Current Data On Radiofrequency Ablation With The ClosureFAST Catheter
 
12:50 PM - 12:59 PM Venous Laser Updates: New Wavelength Or Fibers?
 
1:00 PM - 1:09 PM Management Of The Anticoagulated Patient Who Needs Endovenous Ablation And Phlebectomy
 
1:10 PM - 1:19 PM Phlebectomy, Trivex, Or Sclerotherapy For Bulging Varicose Vein Tributaries?
 
1:20 PM - 1:29 PM Foam vs. Liquid Sclerotherapy In The Management Of Varicose Veins
  Presenters(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT  
1:30 PM - 1:39 PM Considerations For Treatment Of Infrapopliteal Deep Venous Thrombosis
 
1:40 PM - 1:49 PM Thrombotic Complications Of Endovenous Therapy For Varicose Veins
 
1:50 PM - 1:59 PM Thrombophilia: When To Order? What To Order? How To Treat And For How Long?
 
2:00 PM - 2:09 PM Should Adjuvant Procedures Be Performed At The Same Time As Endothermal Ablation?: Evidence Based
 
2:10 PM - 2:19 PM When Should Perforators Be Considered For Treatment?
 
2:20 PM - 2:29 PM Recurrent Varicose Veins: Can They Be Prevented? Can They Be Treated Effectively?
 
2:30 PM - 2:39 PM Role Of Laser vs. Sclerotherapy For Spider Telangiectasias?
 
2:40 PM - 2:49 PM Management Of Venous Malformations: Cut, Cook, Squirt?
  Presenters(s):Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR  
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Complications Of Foam Sclerotherapy: What I Have Witnessed
 
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Establishing VTE Protocols For Prevention And Intervention
 
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Building Your DVT Practice
 
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM Ask The Panel
  Panelist(s): Jose I. Almeida, MD, FACS, RVT / Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh / Ronald G. Bush, MD / Edward G. Mackay, MD / Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD / Peter F. Lawrence, MD / Peter J. Pappas, MD / Peter H. Lin, MD  
3:50 PM - 3:50 PM Adjourn
END OF SESSION 6
 
SESSION 7 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 7: ONCOLOGY WORKSHOP 1
Moderators:Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD / TBD
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7:35 AM - 7:40 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenters(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
7:40 AM - 8:40 AM Case Presentations: Multidisciplinary Approach Yields The Best Approach
  Presenters(s):Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD / 
END OF SESSION 7
 
SESSION 8 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 8: ONCOLOGY WORKSHOP 2
Moderators:Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR /  / TBD
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8:40 AM - 9:40 AM Hands-On Percutaneous Tumor Ablation: RF, Cryo, Microwave, IRE
  Presenters(s):Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR / 
END OF SESSION 8
 
SESSION 9 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 9: ONCOLOGY WORKSHOP 3
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9:40 AM - 10:40 AM Chemoembolization And Y90
  Presenters(s):Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD / Karen T. Brown, MD / Jonathan Susman, MD  
END OF SESSION 9
 
SESSION 10 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 10: HOT TOPICS IN LOWER EXTREMITY ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators: / Jacob Cynamon, MD
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6:40 AM - 6:45 AM Opening Remarks
  Presenters(s):Frank J. Veith, MD  
6:45 AM - 6:50 AM Overview Of Atherectomy Devices: What Is The Evidence They Add Anything But Cost?
 
6:51 AM - 6:56 AM Debate 4: Rotational Atherectomy Devices Really Work In Certain Specific Situations: What Are They? What Is The Proof?
 
6:57 AM - 7:03 AM Debate 4: Atherectomy Devices Are A Waste Of Time And Money
 
7:04 AM - 7:09 AM Value And Limitations Of The ANGIOSCULPT Scoring/Cutting PTA Balloon For Infrapopliteal Lesions: 2-Year Results Of The MASCOT Trial: Will This Decrease The Need For Stents?
 
7:10 AM - 7:15 AM Cool Excimer Laser Assisted PTA vs. Balloon PTA With New Improved Balloons For Tibial Occlusive Disease Causing Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI): Is The Laser Of Real Value And When?
 
7:16 AM - 7:21 AM Tips, Tricks And Bailout Strategies For Subintimal Angioplasty Of Long Infrainguinal Occlusions
 
7:22 AM - 7:27 AM Debate 5: Update And 12-Month Results With Drug Eluting Balloons Show Clear Benefit For Treating SFA And Popliteal Lesions
 
7:28 AM - 7:33 AM Debate 5: It Is Not So Clear That Drug Eluting Balloons Work
 
7:34 AM - 7:39 AM Prevention And Treatment Of In-Stent Restenosis
 
7:40 AM - 7:45 AM Will Long Nitinol Stents (Like the 20 cm EVERFLEX) Replace Bypass Surgery For Long Fempop Occlusions?
 
7:46 AM - 7:58 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 10
 
SESSION 11 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 11: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING STENTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators: / TBD
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7:59 AM - 8:04 AM Role Of Current Stents In Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease In 2009: What Is The Most Recent Evidence Including That From The STRIDES And VIASTAR Studies?
 
8:05 AM - 8:10 AM 2-Year Results Of The ZILVER-PTX Drug-Eluting Stent For SFA Lesions
  Presenters(s):Michael D. Dake, MD  
8:11 AM - 8:16 AM Status Of The TURBO BOOSTER Spectranetics Laser For Lower Extremity Occlusive Disease: Has It Changed Things?
 
8:17 AM - 8:22 AM New Concepts In Stent Design: The Micromesh-Covered SESAME Stent: Design And Clinical Experience
 
8:23 AM - 8:28 AM Technical Tips And Results Of Transpedal Approach For Revascularizing Tibial Artery Occlusions Which Cannot Be Crossed From Above
 
8:29 AM - 8:34 AM Indication And Techniques For Transpedal Approach In The Treatment Of Critical Limb Ischemia
 
8:35 AM - 8:40 AM New Technique For Distal PTA Of Tibial Arteries: The Pedal Arch Route For Access: Can It Work In Diabetics?
 
8:41 AM - 8:46 AM Need For Distal Embolic Filtration Devices With Lower Extremity Atherectomy And Laser Angioplasty
 
8:47 AM - 8:52 AM Incidence Of Embolization After Lower Extremity Percutaneous Revascularization
 
8:53 AM - 8:58 AM Choice Of Access For Below-Knee Interventions: Up And Over vs. Antegrade
 
8:59 AM - 9:10 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 11
 
SESSION 12 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 12: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
Moderators:Frank J. Veith, MD / TBD
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9:10 AM - 9:15 AM Devices And Simplified Strategies For Crossing Total Occlusions
 
9:16 AM - 9:21 AM Value And Limitations Of Drug-Eluting Stents (DES) In The Treatment Of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)
 
9:22 AM - 9:27 AM DES vs. Bare Metal Stents (BMS) To Treat Below-Knee Lesions: 1-Year Angiographic Results Of The DESTINY Trial
 
9:28 AM - 9:33 AM Below-Knee DES For CLI: Results With 2-Year Follow-Up
 
9:34 AM - 9:39 AM Intraoperative Stem Cell Treatment Delivered With A Novel Device To Improve Limb Salvage Rates
 
9:40 AM - 9:45 AM Debate 6: DES In The SFA Will Have A Positive Impact
 
9:46 AM - 9:51 AM Debate 6: DES In The SFA Are Not Needed
 
9:52 AM - 9:57 AM 5-Year Results With Zilver Stents Across The Knee Are Good
 
9:58 AM - 10:03 AM With Foot Gangrene And Ulceration Wound Healing Occurs Faster And Better With A Bypass Than With Endovascular Treatments
 
10:04 AM - 10:18 AM Panel Discussion

CONCLUSION OF PROGRAMS A AND B. AIMsymposium continues in the Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor as Plenary Sessions. VEITHsymposium continues in the Grand Ballroom, 3rd Floor as Plenary Sessions.
END OF SESSION 12
 
SESSION 13 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 13: IMAGING FOR VASCULAR INTERVENTION
Moderators:TBD
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11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Preprocedural Imaging MRA Or CTA: Which Is Best For Evaluation Of PVD?
  Presenters(s):Barry Stein, MD, FSIR, FACR  
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Preprocedural Imaging MRA Or CTA: Which Is Best For Evaluation Of Aortic And Visceral Disease?
  Presenters(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Improved MRA With Improved Blood Pool Contrast
 
11:30 AM - 11:40 AM In Patients With Renal Insufficiency, MRA Can Be Performed Adequately Without Contrast
  Presenters(s):Eli Atar, MD  
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM How To Grow Your Interventional Practice Using Cross-Sectional Imaging
  Presenters(s):Timothy W.I. Clark, MD  
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM The IR Suite Of The Future Is Here Today: How We Have Incorporated Imaging And Surgery In Our Center
  Presenters(s):Barry T. Katzen, MD  
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Technical Tips For CO2 Angiography
  Presenters(s):James Caridi, MD  
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM The Value Of Fluoro CT For Vascular And Non Vascular Intervention
 
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Fluoro-TRACE: A New Roadmapping Technique That Simplifies Vascular Intervention
  Presenters(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
12:30 PM - 12:40 PM Panel Discussion
12:40 PM - 1:20 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION 13
 
SESSION 14 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 14: SFA/POPLITEAL/TIBIAL DISEASE
Moderators:TBD
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1:20 PM - 1:30 PM What Is The Best Medical Treatment For PVD?
  Presenters(s):Andrew S. Blum, MD  
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Intermittent Claudication: What Have We Learned From The Randomized Trials?
  Presenters(s):Timothy P. Murphy, MD  
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM New And Improved Stents Can Improve Results Of SFA Stenting
  Presenters(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM The Contemporary “CLI Tool Box”: New Devices Including Atherectomy Devices And New Crossing Systems
  Presenters(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM Crossing Long Tibial Occlusions: Technical Tips
  Presenters(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM The Micromesh-Covered Stent (SESAME Stent): A New Concept In Stent Design
 
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Current Status Of Angiogenesis In Patients With Non Reconstructible PVD
 
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Popliteal Aneurysms: Stent-Grafts Should Be The Preferred Mode Of Treatment
  Presenters(s):Barry T. Katzen, MD  
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Duplex Guided PTA: Is It Truly Feasible Or Is It A Hoax?
 
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Outpatient Endovascular Procedures: What Can And Cannot Be Done In The Outpatient Center?
 
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 14
 
SESSION 15 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 15: RENAL
Moderators:David W. Trost, MD
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3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Improving Renal Perfusion During Contrast Studies May Help Preserve Renal Function In Patients With Renal Insufficiency
  Presenters(s):John H. Rundback, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Renal Intervention: Techniques And Results Of A Large Single Center Study
  Presenters(s):Thomas A. Sos, MD  
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM New Improved Renal Stent Systems: Is Smaller Better?
  Presenters(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM What Have We Learned From The Randomized Renal Artery Stent Trials?
  Presenters(s):Timothy P. Murphy, MD  
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 15
 
SESSION 16 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 16: VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
Moderators:Jacob Cynamon, MD
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4:20 PM - 4:30 PM Venous Thromboembolic Disease: Randomized Prospective Trial To Determine Efficacy Of Aggressive Management Of DVT
 
4:30 PM - 4:40 PM Tips And Tricks For Stenting Chronic Venous Occlusions
 
4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Outpatient Treatment Of DVT
 
4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Optional IVC Filter Removal: Tips For Difficult Cases
  Presenters(s):David W. Trost, MD  
5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Fatal Complications Of Interventional Management Of SVC Syndrome
  Presenters(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
5:10 PM - 5:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 16
 
SESSION 17 SCHEDULE
Thursday
SESSION 17: UTERINE FIBROID EMBOLIZATION/PELVIC ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION
Moderators:TBD
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5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Pelvic Congestion Syndrome And Varicoceles: New Treatment Techniques Based On Recent Data
 
5:30 PM - 5:40 PM Step-By-Step Principles And New Approaches In Treating High Flow Pelvic AVMs
  Presenters(s):Robert J. Rosen, MD  
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM Overview Of Uterine Fibroids And Their Management
  Presenters(s):David N. Siegel, MD  
5:50 PM - 6:00 PM We Can Now Recommend UFE To Patients Who Want To Maintain Or Improve Their Fertility – Or Can We?
 
6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Tried And True Embolic Agent For UFE: Why Gamble When The Results Are So Good?
 
6:10 PM - 6:20 PM We Can Do Better: A New Embolic Agent With Improved Features
  Presenters(s):Götz M. Richter, MD, PhD  
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Comparing New Entrants To Established Standards: Quantitative In Vitro And In Vivo Comparisons Of Embozene To Embosphere
 
6:30 PM - 6:40 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 17
 
SESSION 18 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 18: SFA/POPLITEAL/TIBIAL DISEASE (CONTINUED)
Moderators:Andrew S. Blum, MD
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7:30 AM - 7:40 AM Stent-Graft vs. Nitinol Stent For SFA Occlusive Disease: Results Of The VIBRANT Trial
 
7:40 AM - 7:50 AM Edge Stenosis After SFA Stents Or Stent-Grafts: Prevention And Management
  Presenters(s):Richard R. Saxon, MD  
7:50 AM - 8:00 AM Subintimal Angioplasty For SFA And Tibial Revascularization: Techniques For Improved Results
 
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 18
 
SESSION 19 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 19: AORTA
Moderators:TBD
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8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Endovascular Management Of Type B Dissections: What Works Best?
 
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Aortic Arch Aneurysms Can Be Treated With Branched Endografts
 
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Clinical Experience With A New Fenestrated Endograft For Pararenal AAA
 
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Do Small AAAs Need To Be Treated: Results Of Randomized Trials
 
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Aortic Coarctation Is Best Managed With Serial Dilatation Of An ICAST Covered Stent
  Presenters(s):Elchanan Bruckheimer, MBBS  
9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Are There Conditions That Predispose To Type II Endoleaks
  Presenters(s):Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR, FAHA  
9:20 AM - 9:30 AM How And Why I Use Onxy To Treat Type II Endoleaks
  Presenters(s):Plinio Rossi, MD  
9:30 AM - 9:40 AM How And Why I Use Glue To Treat Type II Endoleaks
  Presenters(s):Robert J. Rosen, MD  
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM Panel Discussion
10:10 AM - 10:30 AM Break
END OF SESSION 19
 
SESSION 20 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 20: RENAL TUMORS
Moderators:TBD
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10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Preoperative Renal Embolization For Renal Cell Tumors
  Presenters(s):Curtis W. Bakal, MD, MPH  
10:40 AM - 10:50 AM Percutaneous Temporary Vessel Occlusion With A Reversible Thermoplastic Polymer For Bloodless Minimal Invasive Renal Surgery (LEGOO)
  Presenters(s):Sebastian Flacke, MD, PhD  
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Management Of Renal Tumors – Transarterial And Percutaneous: The Whole Gamut
 
11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Debate: Percutaneous Cryotherapy Has An Important Role In The Management Of Renal Tumors
  Presenters(s):Timothy W.I. Clark, MD  
11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Debate: Percutaneous Cryotherapy Has A Minimal (If Any) Role In The Management Of Renal Tumors
  Presenters(s):Reza Ghavamian, MD  
11:20 AM - 11:30 AM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 20
 
SESSION 21 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 21: PORTAL HYPERTENSION
Moderators:Jonathan Susman, MD
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11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Pathophysiology Of Portal Hypertension
  Presenters(s):John F. Reinus, MD  
11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Portal Vein And SVM Thrombosis: Should I Treat It, And If So, How?
 
11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Why And How To Narrow A TIPS
  Presenters(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM (BRTO) Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration For The Treatment Of Gastric And Esophageal Varices: Indications And Techniques
 
12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Panel Discussion
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
END OF SESSION 21
 
SESSION 22 SCHEDULE
Friday
SESSION 22: INTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY: LIVER AND CANCER METASTASES
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1:00 PM - 1:10 PM Liver Transplant And The Interventional Radiologist
  Presenters(s):Paul J. Gaglio, MD  
1:10 PM - 1:20 PM UNOS Criteria For Liver Transplantation: How It Effects Choice Of Surgery vs. Local Regional Therapy
  Presenters(s):Milan Kinkhabwala, MD  
1:20 PM - 1:30 PM Percutaneous Management Of Post Liver Transplant Complications
  Presenters(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Volumetric Measurements And Portal Vein Embolization To Facilitate Partial Hepatectomy
 
1:40 PM - 1:50 PM CO2 DSA For Interventional Oncology
  Presenters(s):James Caridi, MD  
1:50 PM - 2:00 PM PRECISION V Study: Conventional TACE vs. DC Beads For Treatment Of HCC: A Randomized Trial
 
2:00 PM - 2:10 PM RFA For HCC
 
2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Cyberknife vs. Percutaneous Ablation Techniques: Results In Lung And Liver Tumors
 
2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Percutaneous Hepatic Artery Infusion Of Chemotherapy With Venous Filtration: The Delcath System
 
2:30 PM - 2:40 PM IRE: Is It The Holy Grail For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer?
 
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Fiducial Implantation For Sterotactic Radiotherapy: How I Do It
 
2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Drug Eluting Beads: The Italian Experience Using Combined Therapy
  Presenters(s):James Caridi, MD  
3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Bland Embolization And RFA At Same Session: Advantages And Disadvantages
 
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM Hepatic Arterial Management Of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
  Presenters(s):Karen T. Brown, MD  
3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Y90 Embolization For Hepatic Metastases
 
3:30 PM - 3:40 PM Tissue Characteristics After Ablation (RF, Cryo, MW, IRE) Of Liver Tumors: Is There Prognostic Value?
  Presenters(s):Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD  
3:40 PM - 3:50 PM Interventional Oncology + Molecular Imaging = The Future Of Cancer Therapy
 
3:50 PM - 4:00 PM What, If Any Interventional Oncology Procedures Can Be Done In An Outpatient Setting?
 
4:00 PM - 4:10 PM The Future Of Interventional Oncology
  Presenters(s):Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD  
4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Panel Discussion And Closing Remarks
4:20 PM - 4:20 PM Adjourn
END OF SESSION 22