SESSION 1: PROGRESS IN TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES AND NEW APPROACHES TO ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE

Moderators:Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD / Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  

SESSION 2: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATMENT OF AORTIC ARCH LESIONS AND DISSECTIONS

Moderators:Hazim J. Safi, MD / Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  

SESSION 3: TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTIONS (TBADs) AND THEIR TREATMENT: THORACIC AORTIC

Moderators:Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, PhD / Joseph S. Coselli, MD  

SESSION 4: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEVAR, THE AORTA AND MANAGING TBAD PATIENTS

Moderators:Richard P. Cambria, MD / Christoph A. Nienaber, MD, PhD / Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  

SESSION 5: NEW KEY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CAROTID DISEASE

Moderators:Frank J. Veith, MD / Wesley S. Moore, MD  

SESSION 6: EXCITING PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE STROKES

Moderators:Sriram S. Iyer, MD, FACC / Horst Sievert, MD  

SESSION 7: MORE ABOUT TBADs, THORACIC ANEURYSMS AND TEVAR

Moderators:Matt M. Thompson, MD / Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  

SESSION 8: HOW SHOULD MOST PATIENTS WITH UNCOMPLICATED ACUTE TBAD BE TREATED: CONTROVERSY EXISTS AND WILL CONTINUE: THE PROS AND CONS OF EARLY TEVAR

Moderators:Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD / Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD  

SESSION 9: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAAs AND EVAR

Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  

SESSION 10: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC BRANCH LESIONS – ESPECIALLY OF THE AORTO-ILIAC SEGMENT - AND TRAUMATIC AORTIC INJURY

Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Barry T. Katzen, MD  

SESSION 11: VASCULAR LAPAROSCOPY, SOME ROBOTICS AND OPEN SURGERY SKILLS

Moderators:Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD / Alan B. Lumsden, MD, FACS  

SESSION 12: UPDATE ON OPTIMAL TREATMENT METHODS FOR JUXTARENAL AND PARARENAL AAAs: IT IS STILL CONTROVERSIAL AND OTHER NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TAAA TREATMENT, TEVAR AND TBAD

Moderators:Giovanni Torsello, MD / Matthew J. Eagleton, MD  

SESSION 13: OUTPATIENT VASCULAR AND BUSINESS ISSUES

Moderators:Richard J. Powell, MD / Enrico Ascher, MD  

SESSION 14: NEW TECHNIQUES, CONCEPTS AND UPDATES

Moderators:Kim J. Hodgson, MD / Daniel G. Clair, MD  

SESSION 15: RENAL AND VISCERAL ARTERY ISSUES

Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, MD / James C. Stanley, MD  

SESSION 16: TOPICS RELATED TO OPEN SURGERY AND THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC COARCTATIONS

Moderators:Richard P. Cambria, MD / Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  

SESSION 17: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE MOMENTUM FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS REAL – PART 1

Moderators:Michael R. Jaff, DO  

SESSION 18: MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE MOMENTUM FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT IS REAL – PART 2

Moderators:Michael R. Jaff, DO  

SESSION 19: RAPID EXPANSION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OF LARGE VEIN STENOSIS, THROMBOSIS, AND OCCLUSION

Moderators:Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA / Peter Gloviczki, MD  

SESSION 20: ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGIC REGIMENS FOR ACUTE LOWER EXTREMITY DVT: NEW EVIDENCE FOR CLINICAL SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS

Moderators:Thomas W. Wakefield, MD / Mark J. Garcia, MD  

SESSION 21: NEW DEVICES FOR TREATING LARGE VEIN OCCLUSIVE DISEASE

Moderators:Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD / Robert A. Lookstein, MD, FSIR, FAHA  

SESSION 22: THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, MD / Seshadri Raju, MD  

SESSION 23: LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE MANAGEMENT – HOT TOPICS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Moderators:Enrico Ascher, MD / Craig M. Walker, MD  

SESSION 24: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Moderators:Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  

SESSION 25: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND HOT TOPICS

Moderators:Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Frank J. Veith, MD  

SESSION 26: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND HOT TOPICS

Moderators:Daniel G. Clair, MD / Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD  

SESSION 27: LOWER EXTREMITY NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO TREATMENT OF IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR)

Moderators:Andrej Schmidt, MD / Marc Bosiers, MD  

SESSION 28: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY STENT-GRAFTS, POPLITEAL ANEURYSMS AND OTHER CLI TOPICS OF INTEREST

Moderators:Wesley S. Moore, MD / Craig M. Walker, MD  

SESSION 29: ADVANCES IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LIMB ISCHEMIA (ALI) AND INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION (IC)

Moderators:Keith D. Calligaro, MD / Michael S. Conte, MD  

SESSION 30: CLI AND THE ANGIOSOME CONCEPT; REOPERATIONS AND REINTERVENTION; OTHER NEW CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES

Moderators:Timur P. Sarac, MD / Cynthia K. Shortell, MD  

SESSION 31: NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND ANTI-ATHEROSCLEROTIC MEDICATIONS

Moderators:Keith D. Calligaro, MD / Hans-Henning Eckstein, MD, PhD  

SESSION 32: RENAL DENERVATION AND OTHER TREATMENTS FOR RESISTANT HYPERTENSION: BLACK BOX WARNINGS; KEY CAROTID TOPIC

Moderators:Ronald L. Dalman, MD / Ali F. AbuRahma, MD  

SESSION 33: TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF COMPLICATIONS; ENDOTENSION AND ENDOLEAKS

Moderators:Neal S. Cayne, MD / Timur P. Sarac, MD  

SESSION 34: HISTORY, MEDICAL/SURGICAL TOPICS AND IMPORTANT ISSUES

Moderators:Herbert Dardik, MD / Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  

SESSION 35: ISSUES, ETHICS, HEALTH CARE REFORM AND THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)

Moderators:Robert M. Zwolak, MD, PhD / Ronald L. Dalman, MD  

SESSION 36: ACOs, GOVERNING BODIES (BOARDS/RRC), INDEPENDENCE, EDUCATION, REIMBURSEMENTS, TRAINING, SIMULATION

Moderators:Peter F. Lawrence, MD / Michel Makaroun, MD  

SESSION 37: VASCULAR CARE, MALPRACTICE LAW, CONTRACTS, COSTS, REIMBURSEMENT AND THE FDA

Moderators:Russell H. Samson, MD, RVT, FACS / Sean P. Roddy, MD  

SESSION 38: ISSUES: PUBLISHING MDs’ RESULTS; RESEARCH TIPS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; RCTs; GUIDELINES; ACA; DISHONEST WITNESSES; VQIs AND SOCIETIES

Moderators:Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH / Ronald M. Fairman, MD  

SESSION 39: MORE NEW DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THORACIC AORTA AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS

Moderators:Germano Melissano, MD / Michael J. Jacobs, MD  

SESSION 40: MORE TOPICS RELATING TO THE ASCENDING AORTA, THE ARCH AND PARALLEL GRAFTS

Moderators:Rodney A. White, MD / Mario L. Lachat, MD  

SESSION 41: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO FENESTRATED, BRANCHED AND PARALLEL GRAFTS; JUXTARENAL AAAs AND TAAAs

Moderators:Eric L.G. Verhoeven, MD, PhD / Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM  

SESSION 42: UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING (MLFM) STENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS

Moderators:Frank J. Veith, MD / Clifford J. Buckley, MD  

SESSION 43: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO AAAs, THE ABDOMINAL AORTA AND EVAR

Moderators:Roger M. Greenhalgh, MD / Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA  

SESSION 44: RECORDED LIVE COMPLEX ENDOVASCULAR CASES: COMPLICATIONS WITH SOLUTIONS

Moderators:Plinio Rossi, MD / Andrew Holden, MBChB / Carlo Setacci, MD / Frank J. Veith, MD  

SESSION 45: INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES FOR CHALLENGING PERIPHERAL LESIONS

Moderators:Giancarlo Biamino, MD, PhD / Andrej Schmidt, MD / D. Christopher Metzger, MD  / Koen Deloose, MD / Peter C.J. Goverde, MD  

SESSION 46: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO AAAs, THE AORTA AND EVAR

Moderators:James May, MD, MS, FRACS, FACS / Enrico Ascher, MD  

SESSION 47: NEW TECHNIQUES, TECHNOLOGY AND CONCEPTS

Moderators:Keith D. Calligaro, MD / Nicholas J.W. Cheshire, MD  

SESSION 48: ADVANCES IN BRANCHED AND FENESTRATED EVAR (F/BEVAR) AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR LESIONS NEAR TO OR IN THE VISCERAL AORTA

Moderators:Timothy A.M. Chuter, DM / Frank J. Veith, MD  

SESSION 49: MORE TOPICS RELATED TO F/BEVAR AND PARALLEL GRAFTS FOR TREATMENT OF AAAs AND TAAAs

Moderators:Mark A. Adelman, MD / Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD  

SESSION 50: IN TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY: TOPICS RELATED TO MILITARY TRAUMA AND VASCULAR SURGERY (7 And 10-MINUTE TALKS)

Moderators:Norman M. Rich, MD, FACS, DMCC / Eric Elster, MD  

SESSION 51: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF RUPTURED AAAs (RAAAs): IT’S STILL CONTROVERSIAL

Moderators:Benjamin W. Starnes, MD / Jean-Pierre Becquemin, MD, FRCS