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Certificates will be available June 16, 2009.

Wednesday May 20  | Thursday May 21  | Friday May 22

Wednesday May 20, 2009
Nurse and Technologist Symposium     Moderator: Laurie Ventura, RN
8:00 AM  Welcome and Introduction     Speaker: Laurie Ventura, RN
8:05 AM  If You Can't Name it, Don't Dilate it     Speaker: Stephen Ramee, MD
8:20 AM  Live Case Demonstration     Moderator: Laurie Ventura, RN,
Panelists: Arthur Grant, MD, Stephen Ramee, MD, James Smith, DO
9:00 AM  Interventional Therapy for DVT/PE     Speaker: James Smith, DO
9:20 AM  Acute Limb Ischemia: Recognition and treatment     Speaker: Hernan Bazan, MD
9:40 AM  Sealing with Success: Picking the Right Tool for the Job     Speaker: Arthur Grant, MD
10:00 AM  Break & Visit Exhibits    
10:30 AM  Live Case Demonstration     Moderator: Laurie Ventura, RN,
Panelists: J. Stephen Jenkins, MD, James Smith, DO
11:00 AM  Carotid Stenting: Nursing Considerations     Speaker: Laurie Ventura, RN
11:20 AM  Vertebral Stenting in 2009: Outcomes, Reimbursement and Complications     Speaker: J. Stephen Jenkins, MD
11:40 AM  Stroke Therapy: Recognition and Treatment     Speaker: Lawrence Wechsler, MD
12:00 PM  Lunch & Visit Exhibits    
1:00 PM  Vascular Access Complications and Treatment     Speaker: Zoltan Turi, MD
1:20 PM  Renal Artery Stenosis: Who benefits from a stent, and who not to stent     Speaker: Mark Grise, MD
1:40 PM  Pharmacotherapy: Antiplatelet & Anticholesterol Therapy in PVD Patients     Speaker: Michael Jaff, DO
2:00 PM  Live Case Demonstration     Moderator: Laurie Ventura, RN,
Panelists: Michael Jaff, DO, Christopher White, MD
2:30 PM  Break and visit Exhibits    
3:00 PM  Case Presentatinos     Moderator: Laurie Ventura, RN,
Speakers: Dana Ascani, RN, Sarah Hubley, RN, BSN, Jana Kellogg, RN, Deborah Roberts, RN
3:20 PM  Percutaneous Aortic and Mitral Valve Repair     Speaker: Zoltan Turi, MD
3:40 PM  Percutaneous PFO/ASD Closure     Speaker: Paul Kramer, MD
4:00 PM  Case Reviews: Recognition and Management of complications Faculty     Panelist: Paul Kramer, MD,
Speakers: Stephen Ramee, MD, Zoltan Turi, MD
Stroke Symposium    
8:00 AM  Stroke prevention with extra-cranial carotid disease: What is “best” medical therapy     Speaker: Richard Milani, MD
8:20 AM  Stroke prevention with surgical therapy for extra-cranial carotid disease     Speaker: Charles Sternbergh, MD
8:40 AM  Stroke prevention with stents for extra-cranial carotid disease     Speaker: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD
9:00 AM  Stroke prevention: Treatment of vertebro-basilar disease     Speaker: J. Stephen Jenkins, MD
9:20 AM  Questions & Answers     Moderator: Tyrone Collins, MD,
Panelists: J. Stephen Jenkins, MD, Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Charles Sternbergh, MD
9:30 AM  Break & Visit Exhibits    
10:00 AM  Cerebrovascular anatomy and common variations: what you need to know     Speaker: Mark Wholey, MD
10:20 AM  Acute stroke therapy: IV Thrombolysis     Speaker: Lawrence Wechsler, MD
10:40 AM  Acute stroke therapy: IA Lysis, Thrombectomy, Angioplasty & Stenting     Speaker: Stephen Ramee, MD
11:00 AM  Acute stroke therapy: Protecting the brain with drugs and hypothermia     Speaker: Paul McMullan, MD
11:20 AM  Stroke prevention: Treatment of intracranial arterial stenosis     Speaker: Tyrone Collins, MD
11:40 AM  Questions and Answers     Panelists: Paul McMullan, MD, Stephen Ramee, MD
Structural and Valvular Heart Disease Symposium     Moderator: Stephen Ramee, MD
1:00 PM  PFO, Migraine and Stroke: Are They Related?     Speaker: Paul Kramer, MD
1:30 PM  PFO and ASD closure     Speaker: Ziyad Hijazi, MD
1:45 PM  Atrial Appendage closure     Speaker: Zoltan Turi, MD
2:00 PM  VSD closure     Speaker: Victor Lucas, MD
2:15 PM  Questions & Answers     Panelists: Ziyad Hijazi, MD, Paul Kramer, MD, Victor Lucas, MD, Zoltan Turi, MD
2:30 PM  Break & Visit Exhibits    
3:00 PM  MRA/CTA vs. TEE for imaging structural heart disease     Speaker: Sangeeta Shah, MD
3:20 PM  Percutaneous mitral valve repair     Speaker: Peter Fail, MD
3:40 PM  Percutaneous aortic valve repair     Speaker: Michael Mack, MD
4:00 PM  Building a percutanous valve repair program     Speaker: Steven Bailey, MD
4:20 PM  Case Reviews: Recognition and Management of complications     Speakers: Steven Bailey, MD, Peter Fail, MD, J. Stephen Jenkins, MD, Michael Mack, MD, Sangeeta Shah, MD
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Thursday May 21, 2009
General Session I: 10 things you need to know about Carotid Intervention (Part I of II)     Moderators: Michael Jaff, DO, Christopher White, MD
8:00 AM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: Michael Jaff, DO, Christopher White, MD,
Panelists: Michael Cowley, MD, Mark Creager, MD, Mark Grise, MD, L. Hopkins, MD, Elad Levy, MD, Stephen Ramee, MD, Kenneth Rosenfield, MD
9:00 AM  Pharmacological therapy to prevent stroke     Speaker: Mark Creager, MD
9:10 AM  Optimal patient selection for carotid stents     Speaker: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD
9:20 AM  Credentials and Reimbursement for carotid stents     Speaker: Michael Cowley, MD
9:30 AM  Carotid stent design: Open vs. Closed Cell     Speaker: Robert Bersin, MD
9:40 AM  Embolic protection devices: Strengths and weaknesses     Speaker: Mark Grise, MD
9:50 AM  Managing carotid stent complications     Speaker: Elad Levy, MD
General Session II: 10 things you need to know about Carotid Intervention (Part II of II)     Moderators: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Christopher White, MD
10:30 AM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Christopher White, MD,
Panelists: Gary Ansel, MD, J. Michael Bacharach, MD, Michael Jaff, DO
11:15 AM  Featured Lecture: Asymptomatic carotid stenosis patients: to treat or not to treat?     Speaker: Michael Jaff, DO
11:30 AM  Difficult anatomy for carotid stenting: Know when to say no     Speaker: J. Michael Bacharach, MD
11:40 AM  Carotid stents vs. CEA in elderly patients     Speaker: Gary Ansel, MD
11:50 AM  Treatment of hypotension and bradycardia during and after CAS     Speaker: Paul McMullan, MD
Luncheon Symposium I    
12:05 PM  Vascular Jeopardy     Moderators: Michael Jaff, DO, Jeffrey Olin, DO
Luncheon Symposium II     Moderator: John Reilly, MD
12:05 PM  Case Presentations    
General Session III: 10 things you need to know about Complex Cerebrovascular Intervention     Moderators: L. Hopkins, MD, J. Stephen Jenkins, MD
1:00 PM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: L. Hopkins, MD, J. Stephen Jenkins, MD,
Panelists: Jacques Busquet, MD, Kenneth Gaines, MD, Paul McMullan, MD, Christopher White, MD
1:45 PM  Featured Lecture: Acute Stroke Intervention: Who is on the team?     Speaker: Christopher White, MD
2:00 PM  Stroke recognition and imaging: selecting patients for therapy     Speaker: Kenneth Gaines, MD
2:10 PM  Acute stroke therapy: How cool is hypothermia?     Speaker: Paul McMullan, MD
2:20 PM  Acute stroke therapy: Thrombolysis and Catheter-Based Treatment     Speaker: L. Hopkins, MD
2:30 PM  Subclavian and innominate artery intervention     Speaker: Jacques Busquet, MD
2:40 PM  Vertebral artery intervention     Speaker: J. Stephen Jenkins, MD
2:50 PM  Elective intracranial intervention     Speaker: Stephen Ramee, MD
General Session IV: 10 things you need to know about Vascular Access and Acute Limb Ischemia     Moderators: J. Michael Bacharach, MD, J. Stephen Jenkins, MD
3:30 PM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: J. Michael Bacharach, MD, J. Stephen Jenkins, MD,
Panelists: Hernan Bazan, MD, Bart Dolmatch, MD, Bruce Gray, DO
4:15 PM  Featured Lecture: Surgery vs. Catheter-based therapy for acute limb ischemia.     Speaker: Hernan Bazan, MD
4:30 PM  CTA/MRA will replace diagnostic invasive angiography for lower extremity disease     Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD
4:40 PM  Percutaneous treatment of large vessel perforation and retroperitoneal bleeding     Speaker: Bruce Gray, DO
4:50 PM  Percutaneous treatment of access site pseudoaneurysms     Speaker: Olusegun Osinbowale, MD
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Friday May 22, 2009
General Session V: 10 things you need to know about Renovascular Hypertension     Moderators: Tyrone Collins, MD, Jeffrey Olin, DO
8:00 AM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: Tyrone Collins, MD, Jeffrey Olin, DO,
Panelists: Michael Jaff, DO, Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, Yung Wei-Chi, DO, Christopher White, MD, Thomas Zeller, MD
8:45 AM  Featured Lecture: Challenges and Pitfalls of Hospital and Physician Specific Reporting: What Should the Rules of Engagement Be?     Speaker: Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, FACC, FSCAI
9:00 AM  Renal intervention to Preserve Renal Function     Speaker: Michael Jaff, DO
9:10 AM  Renal FMD: is hemodynamic assessment is necessary     Speaker: Jeffrey Olin, DO
9:20 AM  Renal atheroembolism: Can it be prevented?     Speaker: Michel Henry, MD
9:30 AM  Non-invasive imaging for renal stent patency     Speaker: Yung Wei-Chi, DO
9:40 AM  Renal artery in-stent restenosis: How and when to treat     Speaker: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD
9:50 AM  Improving your clinical response rate for renal intervention?     Speaker: Thomas Zeller, MD
General Session VI: 10 things you need to know about Lower Extremity Disease (Part I of II)     Moderators: Gary Ansel, MD, Tyrone Collins, MD
10:30 AM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: Gary Ansel, MD, Tyrone Collins, MD,
Panelists: J. Michael Bacharach, MD, Paul Kramer, MD, John Reilly, MD, Thomas Zeller, MD
11:15 AM  Featured Lecture: Abdominal aortic aneurysms: who gets surgery and who gets an endograft ?     Speaker: J. Michael Bacharach, MD
11:30 AM  Treatment of SFA occlusions     Speaker: Thomas Zeller, MD
11:40 AM  Endovascular treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency     Speaker: Paul Kramer, MD
11:50 AM  Treatment of SFA in-stent restenosis     Speaker: Gary Ansel, MD
Luncheon Symposium III     Moderator: John Reilly, MD
12:05 PM  Case Presentations    
Luncheon Symposium IV    
12:05 PM  Reimbursement for PTA     Speaker: Nikki Vendegna, CPC
General Session VI: 10 things you need to know about Lower extremity disease (Part II of II)     Moderators: Bruce Gray, DO, Stephen Ramee, MD
1:30 PM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderators: Bruce Gray, DO, Stephen Ramee, MD,
Panelists: Gary Ansel, MD, Mark Grise, MD
2:15 PM  Featured Lecture: Primary vs. Provisional Stenting: How should we treat SFA lesions?     Speaker: Mark Grise, MD
2:30 PM  Covered stents for SFA disease: Pro’s and Con’s     Speaker: Amir Motarjeme, MD
2:40 PM  A New Concept of Stent: The Multi-layer Stent. First Human Study in Peripheral Aneurysms     Speaker: Michel Henry, MD
2:50 PM  Adjunctive SFA therapies: Laser/Cryo/Atherectomy therapy     Speaker: Bruce Gray, DO
General Session VI: 10 things you need to know about Lower extremity disease (Part III of III)     Moderator: Stephen Ramee, MD
3:30 PM  Live Case Demonstrations     Moderator: Stephen Ramee, MD,
Panelists: Arthur Grant, MD, William Li, MD, James Smith, DO
4:15 PM  Featured Lecture: Treatment of no option ischemic limbs: novel therapies     Speaker: William Li, MD
4:30 PM  Role of stents and drug-eluting stents below the knee     Speaker: Arthur Grant, MD
4:40 PM  DVT: the role for interventional therapy     Speaker: James Smith, DO
4:50 PM  Questions and Answers    
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