Program Agenda 2012

Tuesday, February 21

7:00 – 7:15 am
Welcome and Course Overview

7:15 – 7:45 am
CCSVI: Overview of the Controversy, Current Status and Techniques
Richard Saxon, MD

7:45 – 8:15 am
Use of Anticoagulants with Carotid Endarterectomy
Tim Sullivan, MD

8:15 – 8:45 am
How Will CREST Impact Our Treatment of Patients with Carotid Stenosis?
Tim Sullivan, MD

8:45 – 9:15 am
Carotid Stent IDE Trial Update
Jon Matsumura, MD

9:15 – 9:30 am
Break

9:30 – 10:00 am
Surgical and Endovascular Therapy for Vertebral Artery Disease
Tim Sullivan, MD

10:00 – 10:30 am
Reducing Neurologic Complications With TEVAR
Jon Matsumura, MD

10:30 – 11:00 am
Intra-arterial Treatment of Stroke
Scott Schultz, MD

11:00 – 12:00 am
Hands-on EVAR Workshop and Stroke Workshop
Scott Schultz, MD and William McMillan, MD

12:00 – 3:00 pm
Lunch – Box lunches provided

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Lessons Learned in the First Year of Healthcare Reform
Troy Roovers, MBA, MHA

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Coding Update
Scott Trerotola, MD

4:00 – 5:30 pm
The View from Washington: Where is Healthcare Reform Really Going?
Pat Basu, MD

5:30 – 6:00 pm
Healthcare reform Q & A
Panel (Basu, Roovers, Trerotola)

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception (All Participants Welcome)

7:00 – 7:30 am
Acute Limb Ischemia
Steve Johnson, MD

7:30 – 8:00 am
Mesenteric Ischemia
Steve Johnson, MD

8:00 – 8:30 am
Open AAA repair – When is it Indicated?
Mark Nehler, MD

8:30 – 9:00 am
An Overview of Hepatocellular Cancer: Staging, Transplant and Interventions
Jan Durham, MD

9:00 – 9:15 am
Break

9:15 – 9:45 am
Durability II: How Do Self-Expanding Stents Really Perform?
Jon Matsumura, MD

9:45 – 10:15 am
Infra-Inguinal Interventions: The Latest Devices and Techniques
Richard Saxon, MD

10:15 – 10:45am
Updates on Advances in Fenestrated Devices
Carlos Timaran, MD

10:45 – 11:15am
Hybrid Grafts for Thoraco-Abdominal Aneurysms
William McMillan, MD

11:15am – 3:00 pm
Lunch – Box lunches provided

3:00 – 3:30 pm
Update on Closure Devices for Stroke Prevention (PFO and LAA occluders)
Irfan Altafullah, MD

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Technical Differences in Intra-arterial Approaches – Conventional, Bead, SIRT
Jan Durham, MD

4:00 – 4:30 pm
21^stCentury Caval Filtration
Scott Trerotola, MD

4:30 – 5:00 pm
The New TASC IIb Lesion Classification System
Mark Nehler, MD

5:00 – 5:30 pm
Bare Facts: What Clinicians Should Know About Statistics
Irfan Altafullah, MD

5:30 – 6:00 pm
Outpatient PAD: Today’s Business Model
Troy Roovers, MBA, MHA

6:00 – 6:30 pm
TEVAR and EVAR Complications
Panel

7:00 – 7:30 am
Fenestrated Grafts for TEVAR
Carlos Timaran, MD

7:30 – 8:00 am
Advances in Embolization Devices
Steve Johnson, MD

8:00 – 8:30 am
Surgical Creations of Successful Dialysis Access
Mark Nehler, MD

8:30 – 9:00 am
Fenestrated Grafts for EVAR
Carlos Timaran, MD

9:00 – 9:15 am
Break

9:15 – 9:45 am
The Business Side of an Interventional Cancer Practice
Jan Durham, MD

9:45 – 10:15 am
Update on Device Trials and New Developments in SFA Interventions
Richard Saxon, MD

10:15 – 10:45 am
Endovascular Complications
Panel

10:45 – 11:00 am
Wrap Up Discussion, Turn in Evaluations and Adjourn
Box lunches provided