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12th Annual Vascular Disease Update

Continuing Medical Education

Presented by University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Hilton Cleveland Downtown
100 Lakeside Avenue East
Cleveland

Earn up to 11.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

Friday, April 14, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. | General CME Sessions

5:30 – 8 p.m. | Non-CME Industry Symposium Dinner

Saturday, April 15, 2023

7 – 8 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast

8 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Concurrent CME Sessions (choose one)

• Pulmonary Embolism: Latest Approaches to Care

• Vascular Laboratory: From Fundamentals to State-of-the-Art Diagnostics

OVERVIEW

This in-person course covers topics in vascular medicine, surgery and endovascular treatments, including diagnostic testing, clinical guidelines and the latest research. Learn more about potential benefits and risks of various therapies, and how they might impact patient care.

• Current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for arterial, venous and aortic disease

• Keynote lecture: What the IRAD Registry has taught us about aortic dissection

• Recent advances in medical, endovascular and surgical therapies for vascular disorders

• Multispecialty care of patients with vascular disease

• Optimal imaging methods and interpretation of noninvasive vascular studies

• Risk stratification and treatment of pulmonary embolism across disease severity

 WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This conference is intended for vascular surgeons, vascular medicine physicians, internists, family medicine physicians, cardiologists, hospitalists, emergency medicine physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, residents, fellows, vascular technologists and vascular sonographers.

ACCREDITATION STATEMENT

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for clinicians. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine designates these live activities for a maximum of 11.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Clinicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AGENDA

Friday, April 14 | General Sessions | Hope Ballroom D

8:30 - 8:35 am | Welcome/Announcements
Jae Cho, MD 

8:35 - 10 am  | Session 1: Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery

Moderator: Heather Gornik, MD

8:35 - 8:45 am | PAD: Developing a National Action Plan for an Under-Recognized Cardiovascular Threat
Natalie Evans, MD

8:45 - 8:55 am | The Changing Landscape of Endovascular Management for CLI (Including Pedal Arch Recanalization, Limb Flow)
Geetha Jeyabalan, MD

8:55 - 9:05 am | How Multispecialty Care Can Save Limbs and Lives of Patients with PAD: The UH LSAC Experience
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD

9:05 - 9:15 am | SGLT2, GLP1, PSCK9, DOAC, Oh my! State-of-the-Art Medical Therapies for Patients with Atherosclerotic Disease
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

9:15 - 9:25 am | BEST CLI: The Long Journey, the Key Findings
Matthew Menard, MD

9:25 - 9:35 am | Reflecting on BEST CLI: How Will These Data Inform My Vascular Practice? What Are the Unanswered Questions?
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD

9:35 - 9:45 am | CLTI Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Presenter: Tarek Hammad, MD; Faculty Discussion 

9:45 - 10 am | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Heather Gornik, MD; Session 1 Faculty Discussion

10 - 10:15 am | Networking Break | Hope Ballroom B Foyer

10:15 am - 12:20 pm | Session 2: Aortic and Carotid Disease

Moderator: Jae Cho, MD

10:15 - 10:24 am | Modern Management of the Patient with Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: What Do the Data Show?
Cathy Sila, MD

10:24 - 10:33 am | What is the Optimal Timing of Revascularization for Symptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis? 
Sophia Sundararajan, MD

10:33 - 10:42 am | The Current Status of TCAR
Ravi Ambani, MD

10:42 - 10:51 am | 2022 Multisocietal Aortic Disease Guideline Updates: What is New; What the Vascular Specialist Should Know
Madonna Michael, MD

10:51 - 11 am | Endovascular Therapy for Complex Aortic Disease: What Is on the Horizon?
William Yoon, MD

11 - 11:09 am | Update on Management of Type-A Aortic Dissection
Cristian Baeza, MD

11:09 - 11:18 am | Contemporary Approach to Root and Aortic Valve Reconstruction
Yakov Elgudin, MD, PhD 

11:18 - 11:27 am | Update on Management of Type-B Aortic Dissection
Benjamin Colvard, MD

11:27 - 11:36 am | Novel Imaging Techniques to Improve Procedural Outcomes and Reduce Radiation Exposure
Frank Caputo, MD

11:36 am - 12:06 pm | Keynote: What the IRAD Registry Has Taught Us About Aortic Dissection
Keynote Speaker: Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD

12:06 - 12:20 pm | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A 
Moderator: Jae Cho, MD; Session 2 Faculty Discussion

12:20 - 1:10 pm | Lunch and Exhibits | Hope Ballroom B Foyer

1:10 - 2:55 pm | Session 3: Venous and Lymphatic Disease

Moderator: Teresa Carman, MD

1:10 - 1:20 pm | Diagnostic Approach to the Swollen Limb: Is It Venous Disease? Lymphatic Disease? Something Else?
Ghassan Elkadi, MD 

1:20 - 1:30 pm | Wha's New in Anticoagulation Management for VTE: 2023 Edition
Teresa Carman, MD

1:30 - 1:40 pm | Interventional Management of Acute DVT and PE: Who Benefits and What are the Latest Techniques?
Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD

1:40 - 1:50 pm | Emerging and Experimental Therapies for Patients with Post-Thrombotic Syndrome
Karem Harth, MD

1:50 - 2 pm | Maximizing Compression Therapies for Patients with Venous Disease and Lymphedema 
Ghassan Elkadi, MD

2 - 2:10 pm | Fundamentals of Wound Care for Patients with Vascular Disease
Teresa Carman, MD

2:10 - 2:20 pm | 2023 Approach to Superficial Venous Disease 
Karem Harth, MD

2:20 - 2:30 pm | Novel Approaches to Get #FilterOut
Mohammad Al-Natour, MD

2:30 - 2:40 pm | Chronic Venous Disease Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Presenter: Jason Fried, DO; Faculty Discussion

2:40 - 2:55 pm | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Teresa Carman, MD; Session 3 Faculty Discussion

2:55 - 3:15 pm Networking Break | Hope Ballroom B Foyer

3:15 - 4:05 pm | SESSION 4: Dialysis Access and Perioperative Considerations

Moderator: W. Michael Park, MD

3:15 - 3:25 pm | Rethinking Dialysis Access: What Every Clinician Should Know 
Lee Kirksey, MD

3:25 - 3:35 pm | AV Access After Renal Transplantation: Does it Cause Heart Failure?
W. Michael Park, MD

3:35 - 3:45 pm | Case Studies in Challenging Dialysis Access Management
Cherie Phillips, MD

3:45 - 3:55 pm | Cardiovascular Risk Stratification and Management of Vascular Patients
Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD

3:55 - 4:05 pm | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: W. Michael Park, MD; Session 4 Faculty Discussion

4:05 - 5:15 pm | SESSION 5: And Now For Something Unusual

Moderator: Jeffrey Boyko, DO

4:05 - 4:15 pm | FMD and Genetic Arteriopathies: 2023 Update 
Heather Gornik, MD

4:15 - 4:25 pm | Vascular Compression Syndromes: The Zebras You Should Know
W. Michael Park, MD

4:25 - 4:35 pm | Large Vessel Vasculitis - What the Vascular Specialist Must Know
Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, MD

4:35 - 4:45 pm | Parade of Vascular Zebras: Case Presentation and Panel Discussion
Presenter: Virginia Wong, MD; Faculty Discussion

4:45 - 5:15 pm | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Jeffrey Boyko, DO; Session 5 Faculty Discussion 

PROGRAM CONCLUDES

5:30 - 8 pm NON-CME INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM DINNER  | HOPE Ballroom D

Saturday, April 15 | Concurrent Symposium: State-of-the-Art Approach to Pulmonary Embolism (PE) | Hope Ballroom A

8 - 8:05 am | Welcome/Announcements
Jun Li, MD and Robert Schilz, DO

8:05 - 8:55 am | Session 1: PE Risk Stratification: 2023 Updates

Moderator: Teresa Carman, MD

8:05 - 8:17 am | Biomarkers and Risk Scores for PE: What is New?
Robert Schilz, DO

8:17 - 8:29 am | CT PE: Looking to the Future
Amit Gupta, MD

8:29 - 8:41 am | Echo and POCUS: Best Practices to Assess the RV and Beyond
Ellen Sabik, MD

8:41 - 8:55 am | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Teresa Carman, MD; PE Session 1 Faculty Discussion

8:55 - 9:45 am | SESSION 2: Calling the PERT! Case Studies in PE Management

Moderator: Jun Li, MD

8:55 - 9 am | Intermediate Risk PE Case Presentation
Abdelsalam Elshaikh, MD

9 - 9:20 am | Case Panel Discussion: Intermediate Risk PE
Teresa Carman, MD; Clint Oommen, MD; Rana Hejal, MD; Rajesh Chandra, MD; Mohammed Al-Natour, MD

9:20 - 9:25 am | High-Risk PE Case Presentation
Rafey Feroze, MD

9:25 - 9:45 am | Case Panel Discussion: High Risk PE
Yulanka Castro-Dominguez, MD; Maroun Matta, MD; Ghassan Elkadi, MD; Robert Hughes, MD; Vikas Aggarwal, MD

9:45 - 10:05 am | Break and Hands-On Exhibits | Hope Ballroom B Foyer

10:05 - 10:55 am | Session 3: Interventional Therapies

Moderator: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD

10:05 - 10:17 am | Mechanical Thrombectomy: Current and New Devices on the Horizon
Tarek Hammad, MD

10:17 - 10:29 am | Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis: How I Incorporate into My Practice
Salim Abboud, MD

10:29 - 10:41 am | Role of Cardiac Surgery: ECMO, Open Embolectomy, and Clot in Transit
Kelsey Gray, MD

10:41 - 10:55 am | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD; PE Session 3 Faculty Discussion

10:55 am - 12 pm | Session 4: The Aftermath of Pulmonary Embolism

Moderator: Robert Schilz, DO

10:55 - 11:07 am | Post PE Follow-Up: Establishing a Standard of Care
Vikas Aggarwal, MD

11:07 - 11:19 am | How Do We Evaluate a Patient with Suspected CTEPH and CTED? What Are the Diagnostic Criteria?
Robert Schilz, DO

11:19 - 11:31 am | Anticoagulation Strategies Following Pulmonary Embolism: How Long, What Agent, and How Do We Decide?
Teresa Carman, MD

11:31 - 11:46 am | How to Build a CTEPH/Chronic Thromboembolic Program (Organizational, Programmatic, and Procedural Aspects)
Vikas Aggarwal, MD

11:46 am - 12 pm | Moderated Panel Discussion and Q & A
Moderator: Robert Schilz, DO; PE Session 4 Faculty Discussion

PROGRAM CONCLUDES 

Saturday, April 15 | Concurrent Symposium: Vascular Laboratory - From Fundamentals to State-of-the-Art Diagnostics | Hope Ballroom D

8 - 8:05 am | Welcome/Announcements
Natalie Evans, MD and Karem Harth, MD

8:05 - 9:40 am | Session 1: Basics of the Vascular Lab

Moderator: Karem Harth, MD

8:05 - 8:15 am | High Yield Review of Ultrasound Principles, Physics, and Artifacts 
Melinda Bender, RVT, RDMS

8:15 - 8:25 am | Interpretation of Arterial and Venous Waveforms: SVU/SVM Consensus Update
Natalia Fendrikova-Mahlay, MD

8:25 - 8:40 am | Venous Duplex of the Extremities
Natalie Evans, MD

8:40 - 8:55 am | Arterial Duplex of the Extremities: Native Vessels, Stents, and Grafts
Heather Gornik, MD

8:55 - 9:05 am | Arterial Physiologic Testing
Natalie Evans, MD

9:05 - 9:20 am | Extracranial Carotid Duplex: Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls
Heather Gornik, MD

9:20 - 9:30 am | What is That? Non-Vascular Incidental Findings in the Vascular Lab
Lisa Smith, RVT 

9:30 - 9:40 am | Q & A with Faculty
Moderator: Dr Karem Harth; Vascular Lab Session 1 Faculty Discussion

9:40 - 10 am | Break and Hands-On Exhibits | Hope Ballroom B Foyer                                   

10 am - 12 pm | Session 2: State-of-the-Art Vascular Diagnostics

Moderator: Natalie Evans, MD 

10 - 10:20 am | Evaluation of the Native and Post-Surgical Aorta
Benjamin Colvard, MD

10:20 - 10:35 am | Renal and Mesenteric Duplex: Tips for Getting the Best Images
Lauren Satterlee, RVT

10:35 - 10:50 am | Pelvic Venous Disease in the Vascular Lab: A Comprehensive Evaluation
Karem Harth, MD

10:50 - 11:05 am | Optimizing Vein Mapping in Light of BEST-CLI
Matthew Menard, MD 

11:05 - 11:20 am | How I Use the Vascular Lab in Planning Below Knee Intervention for PAD
Geetha Jeyabalan, MD

11:20 - 11:35 am | Venous Insufficiency Evaluation and Surveillance after Endovenous Intervention
Karem Harth, MD

11:35 - 11:50 am | Uses of Point of Care Ultrasound in Dialysis Access
Virginia Wong, MD 

11:50 am - 12 pm | Q & A with Faculty
Moderator: Natalie Evans, MD; Vascular Lab Session 2 Faculty Discussion 

PROGRAM CONCLUDES

FEES*

Physician - Day 1 $100
Physician - Day 2 $100
Physician - Both days $175
Trainne/Nurse/Tech - Day 1 $ 50
Trainee/Nurse/Tech - Day 2 $ 50
Trainee/Nurse/Tech - Both days $ 75

*Parking not included. Arrive at Hilton main entrance for valet or self-parking is available across the street in the Huntington Park Garage.

REGISTRATION

Register online at CWRU.Cloud-CME.com/Vascular2023

QUESTIONS?

Contact the CME Program at medcme@case.edu or 216-983-1239.

POLICY DISCLOSURE

The policy of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine CME Program requires that the Activity Director, planning committee members and all activity faculty (that is, anyone in a position to control the content of the education activity) disclose to the activity participants all relevant financial relationships with commercial interests. Disclosure will be made to activity participants prior to the commencement of the activity. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine CME Program also requires that faculty make clinical recommendations based on the best available scientific evidence and that faculty identify any discussion of “off-label” or investigational use of pharmaceutical products or medical devices.