Program (2011)
The program features over 900 rapid-fire presentations offered in more than 100 sessions throughout the five-day event. Click on the day below to review the sessions, then click on the session number to see a listing of presentations and speakers within a session.

  View/Search/Print Complete 2011 Program Brochure in PDF
View/Print Entire 2011 Program

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Open All 2011 Wednesday Sessions
COMBINED PROGRAM FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY AND CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

VEITHsymposium and AIMsymposium HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS PROGRAM
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 1: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS (PART 1)
SESSION 2: HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS - PART 2 (8-MINUTE TALKS)
NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY AT VEITHsymposium
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 3: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS WITH AORTIC REPAIR (PART 1 - STROKE)
SESSION 4: NEW HORIZONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS WITH AORTIC REPAIR (PART 2 - PARAPLEGIA)
VEITHsymposium and AIMsymposium ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS PROGRAM
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 5: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 1 (7-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 6: ENDOVENOUS MANAGEMENT OF VARICOSE VEINS - PART 2 (7-MINUTE TALKS)
WOUNDS AT VEITHsymposium
Location: Gramercy Suites A & B, 2nd Floor
SESSION 7: WOUNDS - PART 1
SESSION 8: WOUNDS - PART 2
AIMsymposium and VEITHsymposium MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENTPROGRAM
Location: Murray Hill Suites A & B, 2nd Floor
SESSION 9: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 1
SESSION 10: MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 2

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Open All 2011 Thursday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallerly, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS A AND B ARE CONCURRENT THURSDAY MORNING SESSIONS
PROGRAM A (SESSIONS 11, 12 & 13 - CARDIAC AND THORAIC AORTIC DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT; 6:30 A.M. to 10:10 A.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 11: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION (TAVI) AND ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF OTHER CARDIAC AND ASCENDING AORTIC AND ARCH LESIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 12: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC ARCH LESIONS AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 13: PROGRESS IN UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGEMENT OF AORTIC DISSECTIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM B (SESSIONS 14, 15 & 16 - NEW ENDOVASCULAR APPROACHES TO LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE; 6:35 A.M. to 10:10 A.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 14: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS 1 (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM B (SESSIONS 14, 15 & 16 - NEW ENDOVASCULAR APPROACHES TO LOWER EXTREMITY ARTERIAL DISEASE; 6:35 A.M. to 10:10 A.M.)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 15: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS III (5-MINUTE TALKS)
Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 16: LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS III (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PLENARY SESSION (SESSION 17; 10:10 A.M. TO 12:00 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 17: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY SFA AND CRURAL ARTERY TREATMENT AND CLI TREATMENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
VEITHsymposium and AIMsymposium SPECIAL LUNCHEON PROGRAM
Location: Murray Hill Suites A & B, 2nd Floor
SESSION 18: LUNCHEON PROGRAM: MANAGEMENT OF PROXIMAL VENOUS OBSTRUCTION. (PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PLEASE E-MAIL ADMIN@VEITHSYMPOSIUM.ORG TO PRE-REGISTER COMPLIMENTARY.)
PLENARY SESSIONS (SESSIONS 19 - 23; 1:00 P.M. TO 6:50 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East and West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 19: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEVAR AND EVAR (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 20: CRITICAL EVALUATION OF CAROTID ARTERY STENTING (CAS) IN NOVEMBER 2011: WHERE IS IT AND WHERE IS IT GOING (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 21: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LOWER EXTREMITY STENT-GRAFTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 22: NEW OR UPDATED CONCEPTS IN VASCULAR DISEASE OR ITS TREATMENT: CONTROVERSY OVER THE INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF CCSVI IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 23: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Friday, November 18, 2011

Open All 2011 Friday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

PROGRAMS C AND D ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY MORNING SESSIONS
PROGRAM C (SESSIONS 24 - 27; 6:40 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 24: NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 25: THORACOABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS (TAAAS) AND TECHNIQUES TO REVASCULARIZE RENAL AND VISCERAL ARTERIES: CHIMNEYS, SNORKELS, SANDWICH GRAFTS AND THE MULTILAYER STENT (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 26: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY (LE) ISCHEMIA AND CLI (5-MINUTE TALKS) (OTHER RELATED TALKS/TOPICS ARE IN SESSIONS 14-17 AND 28)
SESSION 27: ADVANCES IN MEDICAL TREATMENTS, TREATMENT OF MEDICAL PROBLEMS AND COMPLICATIONS: (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM D: LOWER EXTREMITY TOPICS (SESSIONS 28 - 30; 6:50 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 28: NEW LATE BREAKING CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND MISCELLANEOUS HOT TOPICS RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY AND AORTIC DISEASE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 29: NEW LATE BREAKING CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND MISCELLANEOUS HOT TOPICS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 30: MORE LATE BREAKING NEW CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND HOT TOPICS (5-MINUTES TALKS)
PROGRAMS E AND F ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
PROGRAM E (SESSIONS 31 - 32; 1:00 P.M. to 3:06 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 31: MORE ON THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT (5-MINUTE TALKS - OTHER RELATED TOPICS ARE IN SESSIONS 25, 28, 30 AND 37)
SESSION 32: PROGRESS IN VASCULAR IMAGING AND GUIDANCE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM F (SESSIONS 33 - 34; 1:10 P.M. to 3:20 P.M.
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 33: LATE BREAKING CONCEPTS OR DATA RELATED TO THORACIC OR ABDOMINAL AORTIC DISEASE (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 34: NEW CONCEPTS AND LATE BREAKING INFORMATION (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS G AND H ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON VENOUS SESSIONS
PROGRAM G (SESSIONS 35 - 36; 3:20 P.M. to 5:50 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 35: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE - PART IA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 36: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE - PART IB (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM H (SESSIONS 37 - 38; 3:20 P.M. to 5:50 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 37: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE - PART IIA (5-MNIUTE TALKS)
SESSION 38: PROGRESS IN THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE - PART IIB (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Open All 2011 Saturday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - Rhinelander Gallery - 2nd Floor
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:15AM - Continental Breakfast - Rhinelander Gallery, 2nd Floor

SESSION 39: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS AND THEIR TREATMENT: LAPAROSCOPY (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 40: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TREATMENT OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTA AND ITS BRANCHES
SESSION 41: THE FUTURE: ISSUES REGARDING HEALTH CARE, THE GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY RELATIONSHIPS AND PRACTICE PATTERNS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 42: A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY (6-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 43: LUNCHEON SESSION: NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 44: ISSUES RELATED TO MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION, TRAINING, AND SIMULATION (FAST PACED 4-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 45: FDA, ETHICS, HEALTH CARE REFORM AND COSTS, GUIDELINES, STANDARDS, HISTORY, MALPRACTICE ISSUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAMS I AND J ARE CONCURRENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS
PROGRAM I (SESSIONS 46 - 47; 3:10 P.M. to 6:10 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 46: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS RELATED TO VASCULAR DISEASE NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICAL TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 47: UPDATES, NEW TECHNIQUES, NEW CONCEPTS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
PROGRAM J (SESSIONS 48 - 49; 3:10 P.M. to 6:10 P.M.)
Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 48: UPDATES, NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW CONCEPTS, NEW HORIZONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 49: NEW CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND NEW TECHNIQUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Open All 2011 Sunday Sessions

6:00AM - General Registration - 2nd Floor Promenade
6:00AM - Faculty Registration - Morgan Suite - 2nd Floor
6:30AM - Continental Breakfast - Grand Ballroom Foyer - 3rd Floor

SESSION 50: NEW DEVELOPMENTS, CONCEPTS, UPDATES AND TECHNIQUES FOR EVALUATING CAROTID PLAQUES (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 51: MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 52: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN DISEASES OF SUPRA-AORTIC TRUNKS, CAROTIDS AND VERTEBRALS (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 53: NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND CONTROVERSIES RELATED TO CAS AND CEA (5-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 54: NEW HORIZONS, CONCEPTS, UPDATES, LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENTS, HORIZONS (5-MINUTE TALKS)

Special Non-CME Accredited Activities

Past Programs

2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005