Agenda
Friday, April 28, 2006

7:15 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 am – 8:05 am
Welcome
Ronald Fairman, MD

Session I – Moderator – Ronald Fairman, MD

8:05 am – 8:25 am
Review of Cerebro-vascular Anatomy:
Arch, Great Vessels Carotid and Intracranial Arteries
Mark Wholey, MD

8:25 am – 8:45 am
Fundamentals of Cerebro-vascular Arteriography
Ross Milner, MD

8:45 am – 9:05 am
Imaging Modalities for Carotid and Brachiocephalic Interventions
Edward Woo, MD

9:05 am – 9:25 am
DRUGS: Anti-platelet Agents, Anticoagulation Strategies,
Managing Vasospasm, IIb IIIa Inhibitors, Thrombolytics
Christopher Skelly, MD

9:25 am – 9:45 am
Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers

9:45 am – 10:00 am
Break

Session II – Moderator – Jeffrey Carpenter, MD

10:00 am – 10:25 am
Techniques and Devices Used in Carotid Angioplasty
and Stenting: Embolic Protection
Rodney White, MD

10:25 am – 10:45 am
Avoiding, Identifying, and Handling Complications Associated
With Carotid Stenting: “Neuro-rescue”
Mark Wholey, MD

10:45 am – 11:00 am
Taped Carotid Stent Case
Arthur Topoulos, MD

11:00 am – 11:20 am
Percutaneous Intervention for Great Vessel Disease
Jeffrey Carpenter, MD

11:20 am – 11:40 am
Current Status of Carotid Intervention Trials
Michael Golden, MD

11:40 am – 12:00 pm
Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Lunch

Session III – Moderator – Michael Golden, MD

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm
Taped Carotid Stent Case
Shane Parmer, MD

1:20 pm – 1:40 pm
My Worst Percutaneous Carotid Stent Case:
Importance of Case Selection
Frank Criado, MD

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm
Surveillance Strategies Following Carotid Interventions:
Re-interventions, Managing In-stent Stenosis
Daniel McCormick, DO

2:00 pm – 2:20 pm
Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Thoracic Carotid Interventions: Re-interventions, Managing In-stent Stenosis
Frank Criado, MD

2:20 pm – 2:40 pm
Panel Discussion/Questions and Answers

2:40 pm – 3:00 pm
Break

Session IV – Moderator – Omaida Velázquez, MD

3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
Anatomic Features Necessitating Open AAA Repair
Mark Farber, MD


3:20 pm – 3:40 pm
Device Selection: Strengths and Weaknesses
of Currently FDA-approved AAA Endografts
David Deaton, MD

3:40 pm – 4:00 pm
Taped AAA Stent Case
Edward Woo, MD

4:00 pm – 4:20 pm
Preoperative Imaging Essentials for Thoracic
and Abdominal Aortic Endovascular Repair
Harold Litt, MD, PhD

4:20 pm – 4:40 pm
Gender Issues in the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta
Omaida Velázquez, MD

4:40 pm -5:00 pm
Panel Discussion/Questions and Answers

5:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Adjourn


5:15 pm
Cocktail Reception



Saturday, April 29, 2006

7:30 am – 8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast

Session V – Moderator – Jeffrey Carpenter, MD

8:00 am – 8:20 am
Re-interventions, Secondary Procedures, Managing Endoleaks Following
AAA Stent Repair
William Stavropoulos, MD

8:20 am – 8:40 am
Strategies for EVAR in Patients With Renal Insufficiency
Christopher Skelly, MD

8:40 am – 9:00 am
My Worst AAA Stent Case
Ross Milner, MD

9:00 am – 9:20 am
Current Status of AAA Stent Clinical Trials
Jeffrey Carpenter, MD

9:20 am – 9:40 am
Converting to Open Repair: Strategies and Techniques
Ronald Fairman, MD

9:40 am – 10:00 am
Panel Discussion/Questions and Answers

10:00 am – 10:20 am
Break

Session VI – Moderator – Ronald Fairman, MD

10:20 am – 10:40 am
Understanding Thoracic Aortic Pathology
Joseph Bavaria MD

10:40 am – 11:00 am
Endovascular Approaches
for Acute and Chronic Thoracic Aortic Dissection
Rodney White, MD

11:00 am – 11:20 am
Challenges/Limitations of Endovascular Therapy in the Thoracic Aorta
Ronald Fairman, MD

11:20 am – 11:40 am
Current FDA-approved Thoracic Endografts
Joseph Bavaria, MD

11:40 am – 11:50 am
Taped Thoracic Endograft Case
Mark Farber, MD

11:50 am – 12:10 pm
Current Status of Thoracic Aortic Endograft Clinical Trials
Mark Farber, MD

12:10 pm – 12:25 pm
Boxed Lunch Break

12:25 pm – 12:45 pm
Secondary Procedures, Managing Endoleaks, Paraplegia Following Thoracic Endografting
Alberto Pochettino, MD

12:45 pm – 1:05 pm
Coding and Reimbursement Issues for Carotid Interventions
Roseanne Wholey

1:05 pm – 1:25 pm
Coding and Reimbursement Issues for EVAR in
the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta
Roseanne Wholey

1:25 pm – 1:45 pm
Regulatory Update on FDA Approval of AAA and Thoracic Endografts
Dorothy Abel

1:45 pm – 2:00 pm
Panel Discussion/Questions and Answers

2:00 pm
Concluding Remarks
Adjourn