Wednesday
SESSION 38: UPDATES AND ISSUES IMPORTANT TO ALL VASCULAR SURGEONS AND SPECIALISTS: FUTURE REIMBURSEMENT; VASCULAR REGISTRIES AND THE VQI, VALUE OF GUIDELINES AND RCTs: THE FDA: STATISTICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MISCELLANEOUS
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
Moderators:Jack L. Cronenwett, MD / Sean P. Roddy, MD  
SESSION 38 SCHEDULE
4:57 PM - 5:02 PM What Obstacles And Blows Are Vascular Surgeons And Other Vascular Specialists Facing In 2023: Will Planned Increased Reimbursement For Office And Hospital Visits Cause More Decreases In Procedural Reimbursements
  Presenter(s):Sean P. Roddy, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:03 PM - 5:08 PM VQI Collaboration With The International Consortium of Vascular Registries (ICVR): How Can It Better Evaluate Aortic Endograft Performance
  Presenter(s):Adam Beck, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:09 PM - 5:14 PM

Power Point Presentation with Synched Audio
The Role And Value Of Guidelines And RCTs In Vascular Practice; Why Guidelines And RCTs Can Be Misleading: What To Do About The Problem
  Presenter(s):Anders Wanhainen, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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REGULATORY AND FDA ISSUES
5:15 PM - 5:20 PM How Can A Device Qualify With The FDA For BREAKTHROUGH Status And How Does It Differ From SAFER Status
  Presenter(s):Valerie M. Merkle, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:21 PM - 5:26 PM Past, Present And Future Collaboration Between Industry, Clinicians And The FDA To Address Unmet Clinical Needs: We Should Not Be Adversaries
  Presenter(s):Dorothy B. Abel, BSBME  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE ISSUES
5:27 PM - 5:32 PM Improved And Simplified Clinical Trial Statistics For Dummies: Why p Values Are Decreasing In Importance And Bayesian Statistics Are Increasing In Importance: What Is The Latter
  Presenter(s):Charles C. Miller, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:33 PM - 5:38 PM Registry Based RCTs (RBRCTs): What Are They, How Do They Work And Why Are They Better Than Other Evidence-Based Techniques
  Presenter(s):Jens Eldrup-Jorgensen, MD / Jack L. Cronenwett, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:39 PM - 5:44 PM Panel Discussion
MISCELLANEOUS
5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Managing Various Specialties And Generations Of Specialists In A Multi-Specialty Vascular Institute Or Center: How To Satisfy Everyone And Optimize Patient Outcomes
  Presenter(s):Gary M. Ansel, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:51 PM - 5:56 PM Despite What The New York Times And Others Say, Close Relationships Of Vascular Surgeons With Industry Are Mostly Ethical And Beneficial To Patients And Society: Pitfalls To Avoid
  Presenter(s):Bruce A. Perler, MD, MBA  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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5:57 PM - 6:02 PM Innovation In Vascular Surgery: Ideas, Funding, Partners And Intellectual Property: How To Turn Fantasy Into Reality
  Presenter(s):Jeffrey H. Lawson, MD, PhD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:03 PM - 6:08 PM Current Quality Analysis For Vascular Surgeons And Vascular Specialists Does Not Reflect Quality Of Care: Why And What Can Be Done About It
  Presenter(s):Richard F. Neville, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:09 PM - 6:14 PM Editorial Update On The JVS And All Its Progeny: Its Status And How It Will Be Improved
  Presenter(s):Ronald L. Dalman, MD / Thomas L. Forbes, MD  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:15 PM - 6:20 PM Effects Of The Affordable Care Act (ACA) On Vascular Surgical Outcomes: Does The Medicaid Expansion Of The ACA Improve Outcomes Or Not
  Presenter(s):Mohammad H. Eslami, MD, MPH  
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
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6:21 PM - 6:30 PM Panel Discussion
End of Program E

END OF SESSION 38
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