Tuesday
SESSION 1: ENDOVENOUS TREATMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS AND OTHER VENOUS TOPICS - PART 1
SESSION 1 SCHEDULE
8:00 AM - 8:06 AM Welcome: Endovascular Tour Of C1 - C6 Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, FACS  
8:07 AM - 8:12 AM Anatomy And Nomenclature Of The Venous System
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Adelman, MD  
8:13 AM - 8:18 AM Venous Mapping And Reflux Study
  Presenter(s):Thomas W. Wakefield, MD  
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8:19 AM - 8:24 AM Proper Clinical Evaluation
  Presenter(s):Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD  
8:25 AM - 8:30 AM Epidemiology Of Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Peter Gloviczki, MD  
8:31 AM - 8:36 AM How To Use CEAP And VCSS In Clinical Practice
  Presenter(s):Robert B. McLafferty, MD  
8:37 AM - 8:42 AM Step-By-Step Endovenous Thermal Ablation Of The GSV
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
8:43 AM - 8:48 AM Step-By-Step Endovenous Thermal Ablation Of The SSV
  Presenter(s):Julianne Stoughton, MD, FACS  
8:49 AM - 8:54 AM Step-By-Step: Ambulatory Phlebectomy
  Presenter(s):Sylvain Chastanet, MD  
8:55 AM - 9:00 AM Should We Treat Truncal Reflux And Varicose Veins All In One Session
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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9:01 AM - 9:06 AM The Affordable Care Act Will Replace Volume-Based Medicine With A Value-Based System: How Will This Affect Chronic Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Mark H. Meissner, MD  
9:07 AM - 9:12 AM DEBATE: C2 Venous Disease Is Stable, Should Not Be A Covered Insurance Benefit
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, FACS  
9:13 AM - 9:18 AM DEBATE: C2 Venous Disease Is Progressive, Should Be A Covered Insurance Benefit
  Presenter(s):Cees H.A. Wittens, MD, PhD  
9:19 AM - 9:24 AM Review Of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing Endovenous Thermal And Chemical Ablation
  Presenter(s):Bo G. Eklof, MD, PhD  
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9:25 AM - 9:30 AM Does Multiple Axial Vein Incompetence Increase The Clinical Severity Of Venous Disease
  Presenter(s):Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh  
9:31 AM - 9:36 AM Venous Disease Pathophysiology: What We Know And What We Do Not Know
  Presenter(s):Peter J. Pappas, MD  
9:37 AM - 9:42 AM What Is New In DVT Treatment
  Presenter(s):John Blebea, MD, MBA  
9:43 AM - 9:48 AM Venous Ulcers: Contemporary Management
  Presenter(s):Joseph A. Caprini, MD  
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9:49 AM - 9:54 AM Saphenous Reflux Correction Does Not Aid Ulcer Healing . . . Really: Is The ESCHAR Trial Bogus
  Presenter(s):William A. Marston, MD  
9:55 AM - 10:00 AM DEBATE: Preemptive Strike On Perforators Reduces Recurrences
  Presenter(s):Mark S. Whiteley, MS, FRCS  
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10:01 AM - 10:06 AM DEBATE: Preemptive Strike On Perforators Does Not Reduce Recurrences
  Presenter(s):Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD  
10:07 AM - 10:12 AM Perforator Ablation For CEAP 5/6: UCLA Experience
  Presenter(s):Peter F. Lawrence, MD  
10:13 AM - 10:18 AM Hurt Locker: Complications Of Foam And Liquid Sclerotherapy
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
10:19 AM - 10:24 AM Hurt Locker: Steps To Avoid Endothermal Heat Induced Thrombosis
  Presenter(s):Mikel Sadek, MD  
10:25 AM - 10:30 AM Hurt Locker: Steps To Avoid Saphenous And Sural Nerve Paresthesia
  Presenter(s):Jean Luc Gerard, MD  
10:31 AM - 10:36 AM Improving Sensitivity And Splecificity For Imaging Iliac Vein Compression With MR Or CT
  Presenter(s):Barry Stein, MD, FSIR, FACR  
10:37 AM - 10:42 AM Step-By-Step Diagnostic Evaluation For Patients With Suspected May-Thurner Syndrome
  Presenter(s):Brian G. DeRubertis, MD  
10:43 AM - 10:48 AM Are The NICE 2013 UK Guidelines On The Management Of Venous Disease The Same As The SVS/AVF
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
10:49 AM - 10:54 AM Optimal C1 Venous Disease Treatment: My Pearls
  Presenter(s):Julianne Stoughton, MD, FACS  
10:55 AM - 11:00 AM Does Saphenous Ablation Ever Help C3 Patients Who Do Not Have Varicose Veins
  Presenter(s):Edward G. Mackay, MD  
11:01 AM - 11:06 AM Potential Advantages Of A New Patient Based Quality Of Life Measure (VVsymQ): Is It A Practical Metric To Aid In Payor Approval
  Presenter(s):Mark A. Adelman, MD  
11:07 AM - 11:12 AM RF Segmental Ablation: 5-Year Data
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Dietzek, MD, RPVI, FACS  
11:13 AM - 11:18 AM Mechanochemical Ablation: 17K Cases
  Presenter(s):Steve Elias, MD  
11:19 AM - 11:24 AM Vein Diameter Is A Poor Determinate By Which To Ration Varicose Vein Treatment
  Presenter(s):Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh  
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11:25 AM - 11:30 AM The Incidence Of Contralateral Iliac Venous Thrombosis After Stenting Across The Iliocaval Confluence
  Presenter(s):David L. Gillespie, MD  
11:31 AM - 11:36 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Venous CTO Above The Inguinal Ligament
  Presenter(s):Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, FACS  
11:37 AM - 11:42 AM Endovascular Treatment Of Venous CTO Below The Inguinal Ligament
  Presenter(s):Mark J. Garcia, MD  
11:43 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
  Panelist(s): Mark A. Adelman, MD / Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, FACS / Alun H. Davies, MA, DM, FRCS, FHEA, FEBVS, FACPh / Mark J. Garcia, MD / Peter Gloviczki, MD / Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, FACPh / Peter F. Lawrence, MD / Thomas F. O'Donnell, Jr., MD / Mark S. Whiteley, MS, FRCS  
12:00 PM - 12:55 PM Lunch Break – Rhinelander Gallery (2nd Floor)
Visit Exhibits and Pavilions (2nd and 3rd Floors)

END OF SESSION 1
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