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General Session

Session I: Aortic – Modern Management

Friday, May 22, 2026
7:55 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific Time
Location: Grand Ballroom I

Presentations:

  • 7:55 AM - 8:00 AM Pacific Time
    Welcoming Remarks

    Speaker: Niten Singh, MD

  • 8:00 AM - 8:07 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 1: Total Percutaneous 3 Vessel Aortic Arch Endovascular Repair Made Simple, But With What Tradeoffs?

    Speaker: Andres Schanzer, MD

  • 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?

    Speaker: Ali Azizzadeh, MD, FACS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

  • 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?

    Speaker: Jason T. Lee, MD (he/him/his)

  • 8:21 AM - 8:28 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 4: How Can We Improve Bridging Stent Patency With the Commercially Available Endograft for TAAA?

    Speaker: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his) – Keck Medical Center of USC

  • 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?

    Speaker: Jade Hiramoto, MD, MAS (she/her/hers) – UCSF

  • 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?

    Speaker: Sara L. Zettervall, MD, MPH, FACS (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  • 8:42 AM - 8:52 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-6

    Panelist: Ali Azizzadeh, MD, FACS – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Panelist: Jason T. Lee, MD (he/him/his)

    Panelist: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his) – Keck Medical Center of USC

    Panelist: Jade Hiramoto, MD, MAS (she/her/hers) – UCSF

  • 8:52 AM - 8:59 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 7: My Algorithm For Using PMEG in the Urgent Setting

    Speaker: Dean J. Arnaoutakis, MD, MBA

  • 8:59 AM - 9:06 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 8: Strategies to Extend Iliac Aneurysm Repair into the Distal Hypogastric Branches

    Speaker: Ravi Veeraswamy, MD

  • 9:06 AM - 9:13 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 9: Lessons Learned With a New Commercially Available Fenestrated Graft to Treat Juxtarenal AAA's

    Speaker: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington

  • 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

    Speaker: David Stone, MD

  • 9:20 AM - 9:27 AM Pacific Time
    Talk 11: Indications and Technique for EVAR Explant

    Speaker: Mark Conrad, MD

  • 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

    Speaker: Salvatore Scali, MD (he/him/his)

  • 9:34 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific Time
    Panel Discussion for Talks 7-12 and Wrap-up Discussion

    Panelist: Dean J. Arnaoutakis, MD, MBA

    Panelist: Ravi Veeraswamy, MD

    Panelist: David Stone, MD

    Panelist: Mark Conrad, MD

    Panelist: Salvatore Scali, MD (he/him/his)