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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017
7:00 am MOCK ORAL EXAMS
12:25 pm-5:00 pm POSTGRADUATE COURSE: CASE PRESENTATIONS IN VASCULAR DISEASE MANAGEMENT
12:25 pm Welcome/Introduction
Mark A. Farber
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
12:30 pm-1:30 pm AORTIC DISEASE
Moderator: Mark A. Farber
  Case Presentations
12:30 pm Type Ia Endoleaks Management - What works?
Manish Mehta
Vascular Health Partners, Queensbury, NY
12:40 pm Type II Endoleaks: How and When to Treat
Alan B. Lumsden
Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX
12:50 pm TBAD - False Lumen Management
W. Anthony Lee
Surgical Associates of Palm Bach County, Boca Raton, FL
1:00 pm RAAA - How to treat short necks
Adam W. Beck
University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
1:10 pm Managing the L SCA with TEVAR
Jean M. Panneton
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
  Data for Clinical Decision Making
1:20 pm FEVAR - When should they be Used
James H. Black, III
John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
1:25 pm Chimneys/Snorkels - When to Avoid?
David J. Minion
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY
1:30 pm-2:30 pm CAROTID DISEASE
Moderator: R. Clem Darling, III
  Case Presentation
1:30 pm Managing Recurrent Stenosis
Ali F. AbuRahma
West Virginia University, Charleston, WV
1:40 pm Carotid Stenting
Yazan Duwayri
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1:50 pm Managing tandem lesions
Marc A. Passman
UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
2:00 pm Managing the Acute Stroke
Christopher J. Kwolek
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
2:10 pm Preventing stroke with TEVAR
Carlos H. Timaran
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  Data for Clinical Decision Making
2:20 pm Evidence supporting Medical Therapy
John W. Hallett, Jr.
Roper St. Francis Heart and Vascular Center, Charleston, SC
2:25 pm Current Role of TPA
Mahmoud Malas
John Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
2:30 pm-3:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm-4:00 pm VENOUS/DIALYSIS ACCESS
Moderator: Marc A. Passman
  Case Presentations
3:00 pm May Thurner Syndrome; Is a More Aggressive Approach Warranted?
Richard F. Neville
George Washington University MFA, Washington, DC
3:10 pm IVC Filter Complications
William A. Marston
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
3:20 pm Saphenous Ablation - Best Approach
Russell H. Samson
Sarasota Vascular Specialists, Sarasota, FL
3:30 pm Managing Perforators
Scott L. Stevens
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
3:40 pm Managing Steal Syndrome
Thomas S. Huber
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
  Data for Clinical Decision Making
3:50 pm New Anticoagulants Make a Difference?
Malachi G. Sheahan, III
LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
3:55 pm Fistula First Outcomes
J. Gregory Modrall
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
4:00 pm-5:00 pm LOWER EXTREMITY INTERVENTIONS
Moderator: Matthew S. Edwards
  Case Presentations
4:00 pm Managing Recurrent Stenosis
Mark G. Davies
UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX
4:10 pm Approach to Multilevel Disease
John F. Eidt
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
4:20 pm When Is Atherectomy Beneficial?
Ali Azizzadeh
University of Texas, Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
4:30 pm Management of Popliteal Aneurysms
Luis A. Sanchez
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
4:40 pm When is Thrombolysis Indicated
Mark G. Davies
UT Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX
  Data for Clinical Decision Making
4:50 pm Evidence for surgical BK intervention?
Spence M. Taylor
Health Sciences Administration Building, Greenville, SC
4:55 pm Evidence for Endovascular BK intervention?
Peter R. Nelson
University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
5:00 pm ADJOURN
6:00 pm-7:30 pm Welcome Reception
 
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017
6:30 am 5k Run
6:30 am-7:30 am NEW MEMBERS' BREAKFAST
7:45 am-7:50 am PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME
Samuel R. Money
7:50am-9:30 am SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Presiding: Patrick A. Stone
William D. Jordan, Jr.
7:50 am 1. Survival Following Fenestrated/Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair - Implications for Decision Making
Jocelyn M. Beach, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, F. Ezequiel Parodi, Yuki Kuramochi, Corey Brier, Eugene H. Blackstone, Matthew J. Eagleton
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Kenneth J. Cherry
8:10 am 2. Implementation of a Bundled Protocol Significantly Reduces Risk of Spinal Cord Ischemia after Branched/Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Repair
Salvatore T. Scali1, Moses Kim1, Kristina A. Giles1, Brittney Miller1, Robert J. Feezor1, Javairiah Fatima1, Scott A. Berceli1, Thomas S. Huber1, Adam W. Beck2
1University of Florida- Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, 2University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Discussant: W. Anthony Lee
8:30 am 3. Covered Stents Reduce Interventions and Improve Patency over Bare Metal Stents for Mesenteric Occlusive Disease
Jessica L. Hogan, Charles S. Joels, Larry R. Sprouse, Jr., Heather Mixon, Jenny M. Holcombe
University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN

Discussant: Mark P. Androes
8:50 am 4. Outcomes Of Re-Intervention After Tibial Endovascular Intervention
Hallie E. Baer-Bositis, Taylor D. Hicks, Georges M. Haider, Matthew J. Sideman, Maureen K. Sheehan, Lori L. Pounds, Mark G. Davies
University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Discussant: Michael C. Stoner
9:10 am 5. Impact of Early versus Late Timing of TEVAR On Aortic Remodeling and Long-Term Survival Following Type B Aortic Dissection
Babatunde A. Yerokun, Muath Bishawi, Adam R. Williams, David N. Ranney, Ehsan Benrashid, Richard L. McCann, G. Chad Hughes
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Discussant: Ali Azizzadeh
9:30 am FOUNDERS' AWARD PAPER
Lower Extremity Bypass is Associated with Lower Short-Term Major Adverse Limb Events and Equivalent Major Adverse Cardiac Events Compared to Endovascular Intervention in A National Cohort with Critical Limb Ischemia
James H. Mehaffey, Robert Hawkins, Anna Fashandi, Margret C. Tracci, Kenneth Cherry, Irving Kron, Gilbert Upchurch, William P. Robinson
UVA, Charlottesville, VA
9:50 am INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION OF AWARD
Patrick A. Stone
  • Introduction of New Members
  • Presentation of the S. Timothy String Presidential Award
10:00 am Women's Tennis Open Play
10:05-10:35 am COFFEE BREAK
10:35-12:15 pm SCIENTIFIC SESSION II
Presiding: Patrick A. Stone
William D. Jordan, Jr.
10:35 am 6. Carotid Artery Revascularization in Patients with Contralateral Carotid Artery Occlusion: Stent or Endarterectomy?
Besma Nejim, Jasninder Dhaliwal, Sameen Meshkin, Muhammad Rizwan, Akshay Gupta, Satinderjit Locham, Hanaa Dakour Aridi, Caitlin Hicks, Mahmoud B. Malas
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Ali F. AbuRahma
10:55 am 7. Outcomes of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Adult Aortic Coarctation Patients
Satish H. Chandrasekhar1, Salvatore T. Scali1, Salim Lala1, Kristina A. Giles1, Adam W. Beck2, Javairiah Fatima1, Scott A. Berceli1, Thomas S. Huber1, Robert J. Feezor1
1University of Florida- Gainesville, Gainesville, FL, 2University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Discussant: Edward H. Garrett
11:15 am 8. Outcomes of Concomitant Renal Reconstruction During Open Para-visceral Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Mathew Wooster, Martin Back, Shivangi Patel, Murray Shames
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Discussant: Matthew S. Edwards
11:35 am 9. Importance of Post-Procedural Wound, Ischemia and Foot
Infection (WIfI) Restaging in Predicting Limb Salvage

Charles Leithead, Emily Spangler, Marc Passman, Zdenek Novak, Adam Witcher, Mark Patterson, Adam Beck, Benjamin Pearce
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Discussant: William A. Marston
11:55 am 10. Determinants and Outcomes of Non-operative Management of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injuries
Samuel D. Leonard, Harleen K Sandhu, Alexa Perlick, Charles C. Miller, III, Kristofer M. Charlton-Ouw, Naveed U. Saqib, Anthony L. Estrera, Hazim J. Safi, Ali Azizzadeh
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, Houston, TX

Discussant: David L. Cull
12:15 pm THE JESSE E. THOMPSON, M.D. DISTINGUED GUEST LECTURER
Samuel R. Money

Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned to Repeat It
A. Ross Naylor
Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK

12:45 pm ADJOURN
1:00 pm Sporting Clays
6:00 pm-7:00 pm Cocktail Reception
 
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017
7:00-8:00 am MODERATED POSTER SESSION
Moderator: Scott A. Berceli

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8:00-9:00 am SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Presiding: William A. Marston
William D. Jordan, Jr.
8:00 am 11. Long-Term Results of Endovascular Repair for Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
David N. Ranney, Morgan L. Cox, Babatunde Yerokun, Ehsan Benrashid, Richard L. McCann, G. Chad Hughes
Duke University, Durham, NC

Discussant: Yazan Duwayri
8:20 am 12. Open Branched Graft Reconstruction of Aortic Aneurysms in Connective Tissue Disorders versus Degenerative Disease: A 10-year Institutional Experience
Caitlin W. Hicks, Jennifer Lue, Natalia O. Glebova, Bryan A. Ehlert, James H. Black, III
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Discussant: W. Charles Sternbergh
8:40 am 13. Complications After Endovascular Treatment of Hepatic Artery Stenosis Following Liver Transplantation
Leighton E. Goldsmith, J. Seal, C. Brinster, T. A. Smith, H. A. Bazan, W. .C Sternbergh, III
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA

Discussant: Mitchell H. Goldman
9:00-9:30 am COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
9:30-10:30 am SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV
Presiding: William A. Marston
William D. Jordan, Jr.
9:30 am 14. Risk Factors for Unplanned Readmission and Stump Complications following Major Lower Extremity Amputation
John Phair, Charles DeCarlo, Saadat Shariff, Larry Scher, Evan Lipsitz , Karan Garg
Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Discussant: Daniel F. Fisher
9:50 am 15. High Hemoglobin A1c Associated With Increased Adverse Limb Events In Peripheral Arterial Disease Patients Undergoing Revascularization
Shipra Arya1, Zachary O. Binney2, Anjali Khakharia1, Luke P. Brewster1, Peter W. Wilson1, William D. Jordan, Jr. 1, Yazan Duwayri1
1Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA

Discussant: Christopher G. Carsten
10:10 am 16. A Comparison of Preoperative and Intraoperative Vein Mapping Sizes for Arteriovenous Fistula Creation
Samuel H. Hui, Ryan Folsom, Lois Killewich, Mailinh Vu, Christine Li, Joel Michalek, Aron Trevino, Mark G. Davies, Lori Pounds
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Discussant: Thomas S. Huber
10:30-11:30 am VASCULAR ACCESS AND CENTRAL VENOUS PROCEDURES
Moderators: Claudie Sheahan
Thomas Huber
10:30 am The Role of AV Grafts in 2017
Christopher G. Carsten, III
Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC
10:42 am Vascular Access Surgery in the Elderly Patient
Joseph-Vincent Blas
Greenville Health System, Greenville, SC
10:54 am Complex Venous Interventions
Marc A. Passman
UAB Medical Center, Birmingham, AL
11:06 am Robotic IVC Surgery
Victor Davila
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
11:30 am INTRODUCTION OF SAMUEL R. MONEY
Eric D. Endean
11:45 am PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Samuel R. Money
12:15 pm ADJOURN
1:00 pm Golf Tournament
1:00 pm Men's Tennis Open Play
6:30 pm-10:00 pm President's Reception & Dinner
10:00 pm-1:00 am President's After Party
 
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017
7:00 am-8:00 am POTPOURRI
Moderators: Paul Armstrong
Cynthia K. Shortell
7:00 am V1. Nutcracker Syndrome
Matthew Piotrowski, Sashi Inkollu, Alan Lumsden, Carlos Bechara
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
7:05 am V2. Robotic assisted Left Renal Vein Transposition: A Case report of a Novel Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Renal Nutcracker Syndrome
Anthony H. Chau, Haidar Abdul-Muhsin, Xin Peng, Christopher Martin, Erik Castle, Samuel R. Money
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
7:10 am V3. Endovascular Treatment of Nutcracker Syndrome: A Case Report
Anthony Rios, Pouria Parsa, John Eidt, Stephen Hohmann, Bradley Grimsley
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
7:15 am PANEL DISCUSSION
7:20 am C1. Nickel allergy in a Patient with Claudication
James M. Chang, Victor J. Davila, Ryan W. Day, Samuel Money
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
7:25 am C2. Systemic Hyper-Sensitivity Reaction to Endovascular Stainless Steel Stent
Junior Univers, Stephen Tonks, Michael Freeman
University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
7:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION
7:35 am C3. A Complex Case of Extent III Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm With Takayasu Arteritis
Akiko Tanaka, Rana O. Afifi, Hazim J. Safi, Anthony L. Estrera
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
7:41 am C4. Giant Iliac Artery Aneurysm after Failed Endovascular Therapy
Omar Tahir, Westley M Smith, Walter McCarthy, Amy B Reed
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
7:47 am C5. Successful Surgical Management of Secondary Aortoesophageal Fistula With Stent Graft Infection
Akiko Tanaka1, Evans S. Cohen2, Hazim J Safi1, Anthony L. Estrera1
1University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2Heart Center, Inc.
7:54 am C6. Isolated Lower Extremity Vasculitis Leading to Progressive Critical Limb Ischemia
Pouria Parsa, Anthony Rios, Lisa N. Anderson, John F. Eidt, Bradley Grimsley
Baylor University, Dallas, TX
8:00 am-9:00 am VASCULAR CASE CONFERENCE
Moderators: Marc A. Passman
Cynthia K. Shortell
Panel: Eric D. Endean
Marc E. Mitchell
W. Charles Sternbergh
8:00 am C7. Bridging the Gap: Intra-operative Cone-beam CT Guided Endovascular Recanalization of an Interrupted Aortic Arch
Philip L. Auyang
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
8:15 am C8. Parallel Sent Graft Repair of Arch Aneurysm
Kate X. Peng, Victor J. Davila, Samuel R. Money
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ
8:30 am C9. Open Removal of a Trapease Inferior Vena Caval Filter
Alan B. Lumsden, Sashi Inkollu Houston Methodist
DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, Houston, TX
8:45 am C10. Traumatic Aortic Pseudoaneurysm with Bullet Embolism Following Multiple Gun Shot Wounds
Nicholas M Kunda, Mark L. Keldahl
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL
9:00 am-10:00 am SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Presiding: Ali Azizzadeh
William D. Jordan, Jr.
9:00 am 17. Improving Outcomes and Value with Staged Hybrid Extent II Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Robert B. Hawkins1, J. Hunter Mehaffey1, Adishesh K. Narahari1, Amit Jain2, Ravi Ghanta1, Irving L. Kron1, John A. Kern1, Gilbert R. Upchurch1
1University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Discussant: Hazim J. Safi
9:20 am 18. Anatomical/Technical Predictors of Perioperative Clinical Outcomes after Carotid Artery Stenting
Ali F AbuRahma, Trevor DerDerian, Nizar Hariri, Elliott Adams, Joseph AbuRahma, L Scott Dean, Aravinda Nanjundappa, Patrick A. Stone, John E Campbell
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of W. Va. Univ., Charleston, WV

Discussant: Gregory J. Pearl
9:40 am 19. Competitive athletes: Immediate and long term results of first rib resection and scalenectomy for thoracic outlet syndrome
William P. Shutze, Sr.1, Allen Dao2, Kimberly Tran2, Ryan Shutze3, Brad Richardson4, Greg Pearl1, Gerald Ogola4, Allan Young1, Pouria Parsa1
1Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 2University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 3Texas Vascular Associates, Dallas, TX, 4University of South Alabama Department of Surgery, Mobile, AL, 5Baylor Scott and White Health, Dallas, TX

Discussant: Paul Armstrong
10:00 am-10:30 am COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:30 am-11:50 am SCIENTIFIC SESSION VI
Presiding: Ali Azizzadeh
William D. Jordan, Jr.
10:30 am 20. Increased Stroke Rate in Medically Managed Carotid Stenosis Patients
Mary Hunter Benton1, Luckett J. Daniel2, Jason P. Fine2, William A. Marston1, Katharine L. McGinigle1
1Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 2University of North Carolina Department of Biostatistics, Chapel Hill, NC

Discussant: Scott Stevens
10:50 am 21. Determining Patient Risk Factors Associated with Accelerated Growth of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
Ryan Cousins, David Dexter, Sadaf Ahanchi, Gordon Stokes, Sarah Ongstad, Brandon Cain, Obie Powell, Niraj Parikh, Jean Panneton
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA

Discussant: Maureen K. Sheehan
11:10 am 22. Sarcopenia Predicts Poor Long-Term Survival in Patients Undergoing Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Daniel H. Newton1, Candice Kim1, Nathaniel Lee1, John Pfeifer2, Michael F. Amendola2
1VCU Health System, Richmond, VA, 2Hunter Holmes McGuire VAMC, Richmond, VA

Discussant: Murray L. Shames
11:30 am 23. Intra-Operative Gutter Endoleaks that Merritt Our Attention
Adam Tanious, Mathew Wooster, Martin Back, Murray L. Shames
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

Discussant: Benjamin J. Pearce
11:50 am ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)
12:20 pm ADJOURN


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