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Symposium Agenda

Day 1: Friday, May 8

MORNING SESSION I | AORTA

Time Topic Speaker
8:00 Keynote: Evolution of Vascular Surgery Training Michael Lilly
8:30 Branch Patency in Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Reconstruction James Black
8:40 Sac Perfusion Technique for Spinal Cord Rescue Carlos Bechara
8:50 IOPS vs FORS Behzad Farivar
9:00 Preventing Endoleaks in EVAR Repair Andrew Barleben
9:10 Intraoperative Contrast Ultrasound for Endoleaks Kendal Endicott
9:20 Do Bridging Stents Matter? Westley Ohman
9:30 Endovascular Arch Repair Luis Sanchez
9:40 Fellow Case  
10:00 BREAK  

MORNING SESSION II | ARTERIAL DISEASE

Time Topic Speaker
10:30 CREST-2 Trial and its Implications Brajesh Lal
10:40 Training the Next Generation of Vascular Surgeons Charles Fox
10:50 Hybrid/Endovascular Aorto-Bifemoral Bypass Ali Khalifeh
11:00 ERAS for Lower Extremity Bypass Danielle Pineda
11:10 Optimal Medical Management of PVD Sarasijhaa Desikan
11:20 ISVL Justin Nelms
11:30 APP Presentation  
11:40 Fellow Case  
12:00 LUNCH  

AFTERNOON SESSION | VENOUS & DIALYSIS

Time Topic Speaker
1:10 Device Innovation, Patents & Marketing Robert Conway
1:20 Internal Jugular Vein Compression Syndrome Joseph Karam
1:30 SVS Compensation Study Joseph Haurani
1:40 Treatment of Venous TOS Rajabrata Sarkar
1:50 Harvesting the Femoral Vein John Karwowski
2:00 APP Presentation  
2:10 Fellow Case  

 

Day 2: Saturday, May 9

7:30 - 8:00 am Registration and Breakfast

MORNING SESSION I | VACS

Time Topic Speaker
8:00 Keynote: History of Vascular Surgery at UM Marshal Benjamin
8:30 Ruptured AAA Babak Abaie
8:40 Acute Type A Dissection and Visceral Malperfusion Aakash Shah
8:50 Acute Limb Ischemia Mohammad Eslami
9:00 Emergency Endovascular Rescue of Type 1A Animesh Rathore
9:10 Pulmonary Embolism KJ
9:20 Endovascular Treatment of Acute DVT Javaneh Jabari
9:30 APP Presentation  
9:40 Fellow Case  
10:00 BREAK  

MORNING SESSION II | VACS

Time Topic Speaker
10:30 Endovascular Aortic Root Repair Mehrdad Ghoreishi
10:40 Bailouts from Complex Endovascular Aortic Repair Andi Peshkepija
10:50 Acute Type B Dissection with Malperfusion William Yoon
11:00 Infected Intracavitary Grafts Raghuveer Vallabhaneni
11:10 Vascular Trauma Rishi Kundi
11:20 Lessons from Year One in Academic Practice Vashisht Madabhushi
11:30 APP Presentation  
11:40 Fellows Case  
12:00 LUNCH