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  • Friday, May 22nd
    7:55 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific Time
    Session I: Aortic – Modern Management
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Moderator: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington
    Moderator: Sara L. Zettervall, MD, MPH, FACS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    7:55 AM - 8:00 AM Pacific Time
    Welcoming Remarks
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:00 AM - 8:07 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: Total Percutaneous 3 Vessel Aortic Arch Endovascular Repair Made Simple, But With What Tradeoffs?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:07 AM - 8:14 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 2: What Are the Results of the Current Ascending Arch Device Trials and Are They Promising?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Ali Azizzadeh, MD, FACS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:14 AM - 8:21 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 3: What Are the Current Results of the Post-market Trial on the Commercially Available Off the Shelf Solution for TAAA?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:21 AM - 8:28 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: How Can We Improve Bridging Stent Patency With the Commercially Available Endograft for TAAA?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his) – Keck Medical Center of USC
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:28 AM - 8:35 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 5: Modern Management of TBAD: Will We Reach Consensus and What Are the Areas We Can All Agree?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:35 AM - 8:42 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 6: Modern Results of Open TAAA: Are We Comparing Apples and Oranges When Viewed Against Historical Studies?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Sara L. Zettervall, MD, MPH, FACS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:42 AM - 8:52 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-6
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Panelist: Ali Azizzadeh, MD, FACS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Panelist: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his) – Keck Medical Center of USC
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:52 AM - 8:59 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: My Algorithm For Using PMEG in the Urgent Setting
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    8:59 AM - 9:06 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: Strategies to Extend Iliac Aneurysm Repair into the Distal Hypogastric Branches
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    9:06 AM - 9:13 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 9: Lessons Learned With a New Commercially Available Fenestrated Graft to Treat Juxtarenal AAA's
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    9:13 AM - 9:20 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 10: The Data Clearly Demonstrate We Need to Reconsider AAA Treatment Thresholds and Repair Less AAA
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    9:20 AM - 9:27 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 11: Indications and Technique for EVAR Explant
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    9:27 AM - 9:34 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 12: Moving Beyond Center and Surgeon Volume as an Indicator of Quality in the Care of AAA Patients
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    9:34 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 7-12 and Wrap-up Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:15 AM - 11:52 AM Pacific Time
    Session II: Lower Extremity
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Moderator: Niten Singh, MD
    Moderator: Venita Chandra, MD – Stanford
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:15 AM - 10:22 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: New Technologies for Tibial Artery Intervention (Bioresorbable Scaffolds, Limus-coated Ballons): Are We Seeing Positive Results With These Innovations?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:22 AM - 10:29 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 2: What is Next on the Horizon for Intravascular Lithotripsy? Will Its Use Become Routine in Calcified Vessels?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:29 AM - 10:36 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 3: Are We Underestimating Embolization in CLTI Interventions and How Can We Study This Further and Avoid It?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:36 AM - 10:43 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: Age and Outcomes of Procedures in Patients with CLTI
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: William P. Robinson, MD – SIU Medicine
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    10:43 AM - 11:00 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-4
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Panelist: William P. Robinson, MD – SIU Medicine
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:00 AM - 11:07 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 5: Endovascular-first Burns Bridges in Patients That Have a Suitable Vein Bypass Option: How Do We Change This Practice?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:07 AM - 11:14 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 6: Update On the Latest Substudies of the BEST-CLI
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:14 AM - 11:21 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: Deep Venous Arterialization: Top Tips to be Successful With This Modality
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:21 AM - 11:28 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: Why the Care of CLTI Patients Is So Varied: How Do We Come to a Consensus on Management?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:28 AM - 11:35 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 9: Using the Wound as Guide for Reinterventions as Opposed to Noninvasive Studies: Should We be More Aggressive in the Stagnant Wound?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Venita Chandra, MD – Stanford
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    11:35 AM - 11:52 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 5-9 and Wrap-up Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    12:55 PM - 2:22 PM Pacific Time
    Session III: Venous
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Moderator: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – University of Washington Department of Vascular Surgery
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    12:55 PM - 1:02 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: Who Are the Patients With Superficial Venous Incompetence We Should Not Offer Interventions?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – University of Washington Department of Vascular Surgery
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:02 PM - 1:09 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 2: Venous Leg Ulcers: Understanding Variability and Mimics Are Essential
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:09 PM - 1:16 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 3: The Swollen Leg
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:16 PM - 1:23 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: Lasers, Radiofrequency, Foam, Glue - My Algorithm For Deciding Which Ablation Technique to Use
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:23 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 5: Combined Superficial and Deep Venous Disease - Which Should I Treat, and in What Order?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:30 PM - 1:37 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for talks 1-5
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:37 PM - 1:44 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 6: NIVLs- Choosing Who to Stent. Can We Accurately Predict Who Will Get Better?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Mark H. Meissner, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:44 PM - 1:51 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: Crossing Chronic Venous Occlusions - Recanalization Tips and Tricks
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:51 PM - 1:58 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: Management of Acute, Subacute and Chronic Stent Thrombosis
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    1:58 PM - 2:05 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 9: How Do We Measure Outcomes After Treatment for Venous Origin Chronic Pelvic Pain?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – University of Washington Department of Vascular Surgery
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:05 PM - 2:22 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 6-9 and Wrap-up Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Panelist: Mark H. Meissner, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine
    Panelist: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:22 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific Time
    Session IV: Physician Practice
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:22 PM - 2:29 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: Thinking Outside the Box: Implementing OBL's at Academic Centers is Critical
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:29 PM - 2:36 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 2: Creating a PERT Team: It Has Worked for My Institution and Why You Should Participate
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Patrick Muck, MD, RVT – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:36 PM - 2:43 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 3: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Your Practice: It Will Make You More Efficient
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:43 PM - 2:50 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: Annual Coding and Billing Update: The good, the Bad and the Ugly
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-4
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Panelist: Patrick Muck, MD, RVT – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    3:00 PM - 3:07 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 5: Debate: CREST 2: The Results Show That TFCAS for Asymptomatic Patients Wins and Why I Believe It
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    3:07 PM - 3:14 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 6: Debate: CREST 2: Wait a Minute: We Need to Take into Account a Few Facts About the Trial Before Widespread Adoption
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Wei Zhou, MD
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    3:14 PM - 3:21 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) Are Here for Our Residencies: Will We Finally Solve the "Autonomy" Issue?
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    3:21 PM - 3:28 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: Understanding the Value of Vascular Surgeons in Trauma: How to Make the Case to the C-suite
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    3:28 PM - 3:40 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 5-8 and Wrap-up Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:10 PM - 5:40 PM Pacific Time
    Session V: Technical Pearls and Tips
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:10 PM - 4:17 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: Pre-emptive Management of the Aortic Sac to Prevent Endoleaks: My Algorithm for Success
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:17 PM - 4:24 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 2: Visceral Vessel Occlusion: My algorithm for Open and Hybrid Reconstruction
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:24 PM - 4:31 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 3: New Advances in Stent Design and Technology to Make TFCAS Even Safer Than Devices Utilized in the CREST 2
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:31 PM - 4:38 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: It Was Not Included in CREST 2 But Here Are the Top 5 Reasons I Believe TCAR is Still the Safest Modality
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:38 PM - 4:45 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 5: My Top Tips for Tibial and Pedal Bypass: How I Do It
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:45 PM - 4:55 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-5
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    4:55 PM - 5:02 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 6: Management of the Infected Aorta: My Top Technical Tips
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Speaker: Peter J. Rossi, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    5:02 PM - 5:09 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: Acute Limb Ischemia: What Endovascular Devices are Available and What is My Go to Device
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    5:09 PM - 5:16 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: My Top Tips in Open Retroperitoneal Repair of Juxta- and -Pararenal Aneurysms
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    5:16 PM - 5:23 PM Pacific Time
    Talk 9: My Top 5 Technical Tips in Treating Patients With Genetic Aortopathies
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    5:23 PM - 5:40 PM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 6-9 and Wrap-up Discussion
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    Panelist: Peter J. Rossi, MD – Medical College of Wisconsin
    General Session
  • Friday, May 22nd
    6:15 PM - 6:30 PM Pacific Time
    Closing Talk
    Location: Grand Ballroom I
    General Session