VEITHsymposium™

Program (2014)

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.

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TUESDAY PROGRAMS
Program A:	(Sessions 1-8) 6:49 A.M. – 5:55 P.M. (9.5 CME Credits) Valve And Aortic Diseases And Their Treatment Carotid Disease And Its Treatment
Location:	Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Program B:	(Sessions 9-16) 6:45 A.M. – 6:08 P.M. (10 CME Credits) Lower Extremity Disease And Its Treatment
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

Program C:	(Sessions 17-24) 6:40 A.M. – 6:10 P.M. (10.25 CME Credits) Natural History, Medical Treatment, Renal Denervation, New DES, CCSVI, Complications, Endoleaks And Important Issues
Location:	Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS
Program D:	(Sessions 25-33) 6:45 A.M. – 6:08 P.M. (10 CME Credits) New Technologies, TAAAs, CHIMPS, Parallel Grafts, F/B EVAR, Military Topics, Multilayer Stents, Robotics And Guidance Systems, Laparoscopy And Ruptured Aneurysms
Location:	Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Program E:	(Sessions 34-41) 6:45 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. (9.75 CME Credits) Lower Extremity Ischemia, Popliteal Aneurysms, Aortic And Graft Infection, Vascular Disease And Medical Treatment, Technology Updates, Imaging, Thoracic Outlet, New Concepts And More On Renal Denervation
Location:	Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

WEDNESDAY MORNING PROGRAMS
Program F:	(Sessions 42-43) 7:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. (4.5 CME Credits) New Developments In Management Options For Pulmonary Embolism Course Leader: Michael R. Jaff, DO
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
Program F:	(Sessions 44-47) 1:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. (3.75 CME Credits) Large Vein Occlusive Disease And Its Treatment Course Leader: Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

THURSDAY PROGRAMS
Program G:	(Sessions 48-55) 6:45 A.M. – 5:57 P.M. (10 CME Credits) New Developments In Treatment Of AAAs, EVAR, Aortic Branch Lesions, Laparoscopy; Natural History, Office Practice, Issues, New Techniques, More On Multilayer Stents, Open Surgery, Aortic Coarctation, Hypogastric And Visceral Arteries
Location:	Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Program H:	(Sessions 56-63) 6:45 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. (9.75 CME Credits) New And Updated Endograft Devices And Associated Technological Advances For The Aorta And Its Branches In The Abdomen, Chest And Lower Extremities; Improved Prosthetic Grafts; Endostaples
Location:	Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Program I:	(Sessions 64-71) 6:49 A.M. – 5:30 P.M. (9.75 CME Credits) Advances And New Information In Venous Disease And Its Treatment Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, RPVI; Lowell S. Kabnick, MD; Thomas W. Wakefield, MD
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

Program J:	(Sessions 72-73) 8:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. (8 CME Credits) Multidisciplinary Acute Stroke Management
Location:	Murray Hill Suites East and West, 2nd Floor

FRIDAY PROGRAMS
Program K:	(Sessions 74-81) 6:45 A.M. – 5:45 P.M. (9.75 CME Credits) New Techniques And Technology; Carotid; Thoracic And Abdominal Aneurysm Disease; Carotid And Supra-Aortic Trunks; CAS vs. CEA – Bright Future For CAS; Late Breaking Information; Updates, More New Techniques And Ruptured AAA Topics
Location:	Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Program L:	(Sessions 82-89) 6:45 A.M. – 5:47 P.M. (9.5 CME Credits) New Information, Updates, New Technology And Concepts Regarding The Abdominal And Thoracic Aorta, Carotid And Lower Extremity Disease And Miscellaneous Topics
Location:	Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Program M:	(Sessions 90-96) 6:49 A.M. – 5:10 P.M. (9.25 CME Credits) More Advances And New Or Updated Information In Venous Disease And Its Treatment Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, RPVI; Lowell S. Kabnick, MD; Thomas W. Wakefield, MD
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

SATURDAY PROGRAMS
Program N:	(Sessions 97-103) 8:00 A.M. - 5:15 P.M. (8.25 CME Credits) Endovascular Treatment Of Venous Disease Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, RPVI; Lowell S. Kabnick, MD; Thomas W. Wakefield, MD
Location:	Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor

Program O:	(Sessions 104-108) 8:00 A.M. - 4:50 P.M. (7.5 CME Credits) Hemodialysis Access Course Leaders: Larry A. Scher, MD and Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH
Location:	Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor

Program P:	(Sessions 109-113) 7:55 A.M. - 3:05 P.M. (6 CME Credits) Complex Vascular Malformations And Vascular Tumors Course Leaders: Wayne F. Yakes, MD and Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD
Location:	Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor

Program Q:	(Sessions 114-118) 8:30 A.M. - 3:40 P.M. (6 CME Credits) WOUNDS Course Leader: Dieter O. Mayer, MD
Location:	Gramercy Suites East and West, 2nd Floor

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - Program Details

Open All 2014 Tuesday 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

PROGRAMS A, B AND C ARE CONCURRENT TUESDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM A (SESSIONS 1-8 - VALVULAR AND AORTIC DISEASE, CAROTID DISEASE AND THEIR TREATMENT; 6:49 A.M. to 5:55 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 1:	PROGRESS IN TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVES AND NEW APPROACHES TO ASCENDING AORTIC DISEASE
SESSION 2:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF AORTIC ARCH LESIONS AND DISSECTIONS
SESSION 3:	TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTIONS (TBADs) AND THEIR TREATMENT
SESSION 4:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN TEVAR AND THE MANAGEMENT OF TBAD PATIENTS
SESSION 5:	IN HONOR OF JAMES A. DEWEESE, MD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CAROTID DISEASE
SESSION 6:	MORE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CAROTID DISEASE
SESSION 7:	MORE ON THORACIC AND THORACOABDOMINAL ANEURYSMS (TAAAs); PREVENTING SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA (SCI)
SESSION 8:	MORE ON THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE, TEVAR AND TBADs
PROGRAM B (SESSIONS 9-16 - LOWER EXTREMITY DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; 6:45 A.M. to 5:57 P.M.) Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 9:	LOWER EXTREMITY OCCLUSIVE DISEASE MANAGEMENT HOT TOPICS – NEW TECHNIQUES AND NEW DEVICES
SESSION 10:	LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS – MORE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TECHNIQUE; DEBATES
SESSION 11:	MORE LOWER EXTREMITY HOT TOPICS – NEW STENT AND DRUG ELUTING BALLOON (DEB) DATA; IMPACT AND COST ISSUES
SESSION 12:	IN HONOR OF ROBERT B. RUTHERFORD, MD: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA; CLI, STENTS AND DEBs
SESSION 13:	IN HONOR OF JOHN J. BERGAN, MD: MORE LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA TREATMENT – ROLE OF OPEN SURGERY; IN STENT RESTENOSIS (ISR) MANAGEMENT – DEBs, DESs, ATHERECTOMY
SESSION 14:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS WITH STENT-GRAFTS FOR OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ISR
SESSION 15:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA (ALI) AND INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION
SESSION 16:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN CHRONIC CLI AND ITS TREATMENTS: THE ANGIOSOME CONCEPT – PROS AND CONS
PROGRAM C (SESSIONS 17-24 - NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICAL TREATMENT, INTERVENTION FOR MEDICAL DISEASES, RENAL DENERVATIONS, COMPLICATIONS, ENDOLEAKS, CCSVI, ISSUES, RCTs, GUIDELINES, GOVERNMENT REIMBURSEMENT, BOARD, CERTIFICATION, TRAINING, SIMULATION; 6:40 A.M. to 6:05 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 17:	NATURAL HISTORY, BEST MEDICAL TREATMENT, PREVENTION OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS AND ITS COMPLICATIONS
SESSION 18:	INTERVENTIONAL TREATMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND OTHER MEDICAL DISEASES – RENAL DENERVATION
SESSION 19:	TREATMENT AND AVOIDANCE OF COMPLICATIONS; ENDOLEAKS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT
SESSION 20:	OPTIMAL PERIPROCEDURAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT IN VASCULAR PATIENTS; SOME INTERESTING HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY; THE CCSVI FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) CONTROVERSY
SESSION 21:	ISSUES: VARIABLE VASCULAR CARE, GOVERNMENT, FDA, HEALTH CARE REFORM, ETHICS
SESSION 22:	ISSUES RELATED TO INDEPENDENCE FOR VASCULAR SURGERY, RESIDENCY TRAINING, BUSINESS, REIMBURSEMENT, COST/BENEFIT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST (COI)
SESSION 23:	OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, IMPROVING CARE, RCTs, REGISTRIES
SESSION 24:	ISSUES RELATING TO SIMULATION, TRAINING AND EDUCATION

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - Program Details

Open All 2014 Wednesday 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 D AND E ARE CONCURRENT WEDNESDAY PROGRAMS;
PROGRAM D (SESSIONS 25-33 - New Technologies, TAAAs, CHIMPS, Parallel Grafts, F/B EVAR, Military; 6:45 A.M. to 6:08 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 25:	EXCITING NEW TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES
SESSION 26:	NEW INFORMATION ABOUT PARALLEL GRAFTS – CHIMNEYS, PERISCOPES AND SANDWICH GRAFTS (CHIMPS) FOR TAAAs
SESSION 27:	IN HONOR OF ROY K. GREENBERG, MD: MORE ABOUT TAAAs: OPEN SURGERY, CHIMPS, FENESTRATED AND BRANCHED (F/B) ENDOGRAFTS
SESSION 28:	MORE ABOUT PARALLEL GRAFTS AND F/B GRAFTS FOR AAAs, TAAAs AND COMPLICATIONS OF TBADs
SESSION 29:	A TRIBUTE TO OUR MILITARY (8 AND 9-MINUTE TALKS)
SESSION 30:	NEW CONCEPTS, DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS, CONTROVERSIES IN VASCULAR DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT
SESSION 31:	NEW DATA ON MULTILAYER FLOW MODULATING (MLFM) BARE STENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS
SESSION 32:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ROBOTICS, ENDOVASCULAR GUIDANCE, ENDOSCOPY ACCESS AND OTHER IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY
SESSION 33:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF RUPTURED AAAs
PROGRAM E (SESSIONS 34-41 - LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA, POPLITEAL ANEURYSMS, AORTIC AND GRAFT INFECTION, VASCULAR DISEAE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT, TECHNOLOGY UPDATES, IMAGING, THORACIC OUTLET, NEW CONCEPTS AND MORE ON RENAL DENERVATION; 6:45 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 34:	NEW FINDINGS AND INFORMATION ON THE TREATMENT OF POPLITEAL ANEURYSM
SESSION 35:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTED AORTIC GRAFTS AND ENDOGRAFTS; VALUE OF EVAR FOR MYCOTIC ANEURYSMS
SESSION 36:	EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASE
SESSION 37:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ENDOVASCULAR TECHNOLOGY, TECHNIQUES AND THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DISEASE
SESSION 38:	ADVANCES IN IMAGING
SESSION 39:	ADVANCES AND UPDATES IN THE TREATMENT OF THORACIC OUTLET SYNDROMES, AN HISTORICAL VIGNETTE AND NEW DEVICES AND CONCEPTS
SESSION 40:	NEW CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES, UPDATES
SESSION 41:	NEW CONCEPTS IN ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATONS; MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RENAL DENERVATION AND OTHER WAYS TO TREAT RESISTANT HYPERTENSION; AMPUTATIONS
PROGRAM F - WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSIONS (SESSIONS 42 AND 43 - NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN MANAGEMENT OPTIONS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM; 7:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M.) Course Leader: Michael R. Jaff, DO Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 42:	MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE SPECTRUM AS IT EVOLVES – DRUGS, DEVICES AND SURGERY – PART 1
SESSION 43:	MANAGEMENT OF PULMONARY EMBOLISM: THE SPECTRUM AS IT EVOLVES – DRUGS, DEVICES AND SURGERY – PART 2
PROGRAM F - WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SESSIONS (SESSIONS 44-47 - LARGE VEIN OCCLUSIVE DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.) Course Leader: Kenneth Ouriel, MD, MBA Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 44:	OCCLUSION OF THE DEEP VEINS OF THE LEG: CAUSES, RISKS TO THE PATIENT, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREATMENT
SESSION 45:	ACUTE LOWER EXTREMITY DVT: AVOIDING EARLY AND LATE ADVERSE OUTCOMES
SESSION 46:	NOVEL BALLOONS, STENTS, THROMBOLYSIS, ULTRASOUND, AND MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY DEVICES FOR LARGE VEIN OCCLUSIONS
SESSION 47:	TREATMENT OF INFERIOR VENA CAVA THROMBUS, MALIGNANCY, INJURY AND OCCLUSION

Thursday, November 20, 2014 - Program Details

Open All 2014 Thursday 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 G, H AND I ARE CONCURRENT THURSDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM G (SESSIONS 48-55 - AAAs, EVAR, AORTIC BRANCHES, LAPAROSCOPY, NATURAL HISTORY, OFFICE PRACTICE, MORE ISSUES, NEW TECHNIQUES, MORE ON MLFM STENTS, OPEN SURGERY, AORTIC COARCTATION, HYPOGASTRIC AND VISCERAL ARTERIES; 6:45 A.M. to 5:57 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 48:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN AAAs AND EVAR
SESSION 49:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TREATMENT OF LESIONS OF THE AORTIC RANCHES AND THE VISCERAL SEGMENT OF THE AORTA
SESSION 50:	NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN LAPAROSCOPIC VASCULAR SURGERY, PRESERVATION OF OPEN SURGICAL SKILLS, AND THE NATURAL HISTORY OF AAAs WITHOUT TREATMENT AND AFTER EVAR
SESSION 51:	HOT TOPICS IN THE TREATMENT OF JUXTARENAL AND PARARENAL AAAs, TAAAs AND RAAAs
SESSION 52:	SOME ISSUES WITH MALPRACTICE, OFF-LABEL USE, OUTPATIENT PRACTICE, CENTRALIZATION AND TRAINING, UPDATES
SESSION 53:	NEW TECHNOLOGIES, TECHNIQUES, UPDATES AND MORE ON MLFM STENTS
SESSION 54:	OPEN SURGERY AND AORTIC COARCTATION RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 55:	VISCERAL, RENAL AND HYPOGASTRIC ARTERY ISSUES
PROGRAM H (SESSIONS 56-63 - NEW AND UPDATED ENDOGRAFT DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES FOR THE AORTA AND ITS BRANCHES IN THE ABDOMEN, CHEST AND LOWER EXTREMITIES; IMPROVED PROSTHETIC GRAFTS AND ENDOSTAPLES; 6:45 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 56:	NEW AND UPDATED ENDOVASCULAR GRAFTS AND DEVICES FOR USE IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC DISEASE
SESSION 57:	MORE ABOUT NEW AND UPDATED ENDOVASCULAR GRAFTS, DEVICES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR TREATING ABDOMINAL AORTIC DISEASE,COMPLEX AAAs AND INFECTIONS
SESSION 58:	NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOGRAFTS, DEVICES, TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION FOR TREATING THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE AND COMPLEX ANEURYSMS
SESSION 59:	MORE NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOGRAFTS, DEVICES, TECHNOLOGIES AND INFORMATION FOR TREATING THORACIC AORTIC DISEASE AND COMPLEX ANEURYSMS
SESSION 60:	NEW OR IMPROVED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES, STENTS, BIOABSORBABLE STENTS AND STENT-GRAFTS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY DISEASE AND ISCHEMIA
SESSION 61:	NEW AND IMPROVED TECHNIQUES, STENTS, STENT-GRAFTS AND PROSTHETIC (PTFE) VASCULAR GRAFTS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY DISEASE AND ISCHEMIA
SESSION 62:	ADDITIONAL NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO LOWER EXTREMITY ISCHEMIA AND POPLITEAL ANEURYSM MANAGEMENT
SESSION 63:	NEW AND IMPROVED DEVICES FOR ENDOSTAPLING OR ENDOANCHORING FOR EVAR AND TEVAR
PROGRAM I (SESSIONS 64-70 - ADVANCES AND NEW INFORMATION IN VENOUS DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; 6:49 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.) Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT; Lowell S. Kabhnick, MD; and Thomas W. Wakefield, MD Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 64:	VENOUS CLINICAL EXAMINATION AND SELECTING PATIENTS APPROPRIATELY
SESSION 65:	FIRST-LINE VENOUS IMAGING TECHNIQUES AND PHYSIOLOGIC TESTING
SESSION 66:	SUPERFICIAL VEIN TREATMENT STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES
SESSION 67:	WOUNDS, COMPRESSION, NEW HORIZONS FOR VENOUS DISEASE MANAGEMENT
SESSION 68:	VENOUS SOCIETAL AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES
SESSION 69:	MEDICAL AND INTERVENTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE
SESSION 70:	CROSS-SECTIONAL VENOUS IMAGING TO CLARIFY DIFFICULT CLINICAL SCENARIOS
SESSION 71:	FEMORO-ILIOCAVAL INTERVENTIONAL STRATEGIES TO REDUCE VENOUS HYPERTENSION, HOT IDEAS FOR RECANALIZING CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSIONS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT
MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT (SESSIONS 72-73 - VEITHsymposium; SESSIONS 21-26 - AIMsymposium; 8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.) Course Leader: Allan L. Brook, MD Location: Murray Hill Suites East and West, 2nd Floor
SESSION 72:	MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 1
SESSION 73:	MULTIDISCIPLINARY ACUTE STROKE MANAGEMENT - PART 2

Friday, November 21, 2014 - Program Details

Open All 2014 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 K, L AND M ARE CONCURRENT FRIDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM K (SESSIONS 74-81 - NEW TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY; CAROTID; THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL ANEURYSM DISEASE; CAROTID AND SUPRA-AORTIC TRUNKS; CAS vs. CEA – BRIGHT FUTURE FOR CAS; LATE BREAKING INFORMATION; UPDATES, MORE ON RUPTURED AAAs; 6:45 A.M. to 5:40 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 74:	NEW OR IMPROVED TECHNIQUES OR TECHNOLOGIES; SOME HOT CAROTID AND VERTEBRAL TOPICS
SESSION 75:	MORE ABOUT THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC DISEASE AND AORTIC DISSECTIONS; LARGE SHEATH ENDOVASCULAR ACCESS
SESSION 76:	IN HONOR OF DAVID E. SUMNER, MD: CAROTID ARTERY AND SUPRA-AORTIC BRANCH TOPICS
SESSION 77:	CAS vs. CEA RELATED TOPICS: THE FUTURE FOR CAS IS BRIGHT
SESSION 78:	MORE ABOUT CEA AND CAS
SESSION 79:	LATE BREAKING AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS
SESSION 80:	MORE LATE BREAKING INFORMATION AND UPDATES
SESSION 81:	MORE LATE BREAKING INFORMATION AND UPDATES; ADDITIONAL VITAL NEW DATA ON RUPTURED AAAs
PROGRAM L (SESSIONS 82-89 - NEW INFORMATION, UPDATES, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND CONCEPTS REGARDING THE ABDOMINAL AORTA, THORACIC AORTA, CAROTID ARTERIES, LOWER EXTREMITY DISEASE AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS; 6:45 A.M. to 5:47 P.M.) Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 82:	ABDOMINAL AORTA AND ILIAC ARTERY RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 83:	MORE ABDOMINAL AORTA RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 84:	THORACIC AORTA AND ARCH BRANCH RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 85:	MORE THORACIC AORTA AND ARCH BRANCH RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 86:	CAROTID RELATED TOPICS AND RECENT ADVANCES IN ACUTE STROKE TREATMENT
SESSION 87:	MORE CAROTID RELATED TOPICS
SESSION 88:	LOWER EXTREMITY AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
SESSION 89:	MORE LOWER EXTREMITY AND MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
PROGRAM M (SESSIONS 90-96 - MORE ADVANCES AND NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION IN VENOUS DISEASE AND ITS TREATMENT; 6:49 A.M. to 5:10 P.M.) Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT; Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, and Thomas W. Wakefield, MD Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 90:	MORE STRATEGIC METHODS TO DEAL WITH SAPHENOUS INCOMPETENCE AND VARICOSE VEINS
SESSION 91:	MORE STRATEGIES FOR CORRECTING SEVERE DEEP VENOUS REFLUX AND/OR OBSTRUCTION
SESSION 92:	OTHER MISCELLANEOUS VENOUS CONDITIONS
SESSION 93:	PELVIC INCOMPETENCE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
SESSION 94:	MORE STRATEGIES FOR THROMBOEMBOLIC EVENTS IN THE VENOUS SYSTEM INCLUDING THE AXILLO-SUBCLAVIAN SYSTEM
SESSION 95:	ENDOVASCULAR AND OPEN SOLUTIONS FOR INFERIOR VENA CAVA TUMORS AND OCCLUSIONS
SESSION 96:	VENA CAVA FILTRATION STRATEGIES, PITFALLS, AND COMPLICATIONS AND MORE ABOUT ILIAC VEIN STENTING

Saturday, November 22, 2014 - Program Details

Open All 2014 Saturday 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

PROGRAMS N, O, P AND Q ARE CONCURRENT SATURDAY PROGRAMS
PROGRAM N (SESSIONS 97-103 - ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF VENOUS DISEASE; 8:00 A.M. to 5:15 P.M.) Course Leaders: Jose I. Almeida, MD, RVT, RPVI; Lowell S. Kabnick, MD; Thomas W. Wakefield, MD Location: Grand Ballroom East, 3rd Floor
SESSION 97:	BASICS OF SUPERFICIAL VENOUS DISEASE
SESSION 98:	EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SUPERFICIAL VENOUS DISEASE - PART 1
SESSION 99:	EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SUPERFICIAL VENOUS DISEASE - PART 2
SESSION 100:	FUTURE OF VENOUS DISEASE
SESSION 101:	EVIDENCE AND RESEARCH NEEDED FOR ENDOVENOUS TREATMENT
SESSION 102:	MORE TOPICS REGARDING TRUNCAL REFLUX, CLUSTERS AND SPIDER TELANGIECTASIA
SESSION 103:	ENDOVENOUS CASE PRESENTATION, PRE-RECORDED VIDEO, EVIDENCE AND MORE
PROGRAM O (SESSIONS 104-108 - IMPROVING OUTCOMES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS; 8:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M.) Course Leaders: Anton N. Sidawy, MD, MPH and Larry A. Scher, MD Course Co-Leaders: John E. Aruny, MD and Haimanot Wasse, MD, MPH Location: Grand Ballroom West, 3rd Floor
SESSION 104:	PREOPERATIVE PLANNING FOR HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
SESSION 105:	OPTIMIZING OUTCOMES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
SESSION 106:	POLITICAL, ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN HEMODIALYSIS
SESSION 107:	NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND CONCEPTS IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
SESSION 108:	UPDATE ON CLINICAL ISSUES IN HEMODIALYSIS ACCESS
PROGRAM P (SESSIONS 109-113 - COMPLEX VASCULAR MALFORMATION AND VASCULAR TUMORS; 7:55 A.M. to 3:05 P.M.) Course Leaders: Wayne F. Yakes, MD and Krassi Ivancev, MD, PhD Location: Trianon Ballroom, 3rd Floor
SESSION 109:	CLASSIFICATION, IMAGING, AND EMBOLIC AGENTS FOR VASCULAR ANOMALIES
SESSION 110:	MANAGEMENT OF HEAD AND NECK VASCULAR ANOMALIES
SESSION 111:	UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR MALFORMATION MANAGEMENT – PART 1
SESSION 112:	UPPER AND LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR MALFORMATION MANAGEMENT – PART 2
SESSION 113:	CHEST, ABDOMEN, PELVIS AND BUTTOCK VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS
PROGRAM Q (SESSIONS 114-118 - WOUND CARE ORGANIZATION, UPDATES, NEW TECHNIQUES, DEBATES, SCIENCE; 8:30 A.M. to 3:40 P.M.) Course Leader: Dieter O. Mayer, MD Location: Gramercy Suites East and West, 2nd Floor
SESSION 114:	UPDATES AND NEW CONCEPTS IN WOUND CARE
SESSION 115:	GREAT DEBATES
SESSION 116:	EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE IN WOUND CARE
SESSION 117:	THE DIABETIC FOOT
SESSION 118:	VASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN WOUND CARE