Oral Abstracts - "Abstracts on the Bayou…not your ‘Bread and Butter’ VLM: but could it be?"

Program Chair(s)

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  Sonja Stiller- Martin, MD, DABVLM

  Physician/owner
  Center for Advanced Vein Care
  Mentor, Ohio

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

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  Sherry Scovell, MD

  Vascular Surgeon
  Massachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School
  Danvers, Massachusetts

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Moderator(s)

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  Robert Worthington-Kirsch, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAVLS, RVT, RPVI, RPhS

  Physician
  United Vein and Vascular Centers
  New Port zrichey, Florida

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
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  Julianne Stoughton, MD, FACS

  Vascular Surgeon
  Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, Massachusetts

  I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentations:

• 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM US CDT

  Oral Abstracts - "Abstracts on the Bayou…not your ‘Bread and Butter’ VLM: but could it be?"
  

  Program Chair: Sonja Stiller- Martin, MD, DABVLM – Center for Advanced Vein Care

  Program Chair: Sherry Scovell, MD – Massachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical School

  Moderator: Robert L. Worthington-Kirsch, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, FAVLS, RVT, RPVI, RPhS – United Vein and Vascular Centers

  Moderator: Julianne Stoughton, MD, FACS – Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School
• 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM US CDT

  Abstract Committee Member
  

  Faculty: Faisal Aziz, MD, FACS – Penn State University

  Faculty: Julianne Stoughton, MD, FACS – Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

  Faculty: Kush R. Desai, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University

  Faculty: Joseph E. Spahr, MD – INDIANA VEIN SPECIALISTS

  Faculty: Elena Rinehardt, MD, FSVS, RPVI – Elliot Health System
• 4:16 PM – 4:28 PM US CDT

  ICG Is a Tool for Very Early Detection of Lymph Stasis in Patients After Mastectomy
  

  Co-Author: Marzanna T. Zaleska, PhD DSc (she/her/hers) – Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

  Presenting Author: Natalia Ewa Krzesniak, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland.
• 4:28 PM – 4:41 PM US CDT

  Multisystemic Presentation of Iliac Venous Compression Disease (May-Thurner Syndrome) That Improves or Resolve After Intervention: A Single-center Experience of a 289-patient Analysis of Non-thrombotic Iliac Venous Compression Interventions and Outcome
  

  Presenting Author: Kurtis Kim, MD, FACS, FSVS, RPVI (he/him/his) – International Foundation of Abdominal Vascular Compression Syndromes
• 4:41 PM – 4:54 PM US CDT

  Ambulatory Phlebectomy Mobile App in the Treatment of Superficial Venous Disease
  

  Presenting Author: John Blebea, MD, MBA, FACS – Central Michigan University

  Co-Author: Kenneth Harper, MD, FACS, RPhS – Vein Specialists of the South

  Co-Author: Paul McNeil

  Co-Author: James D. Albert, MD RPVI FAVLS – Albert Vein Institute

  Co-Author: Norma Smith

  Co-Author: Mark Meissner, MD – University of Washington

  Co-Author: Keith Moore, MD, DABVLM, RVT, RVSWCC, RPVI, RPhS, CLT-LANA – CVR Atlanta

  Co-Author: Sandra Carr

  Co-Author: Kathleen Gibson, MD, FACS, FAVLS – Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons

  Co-Author: Todd Hanen

  Co-Author: Marlin W. Schul, MD, RVT, FAVLS, DABLM, DFAVF
• 4:54 PM – 5:07 PM US CDT

  Venous Disorders as an Occupational Disease: Data, Pathophysiology, and Modification Strategies
  

  Presenting Author: Tobias Hirsch, MD, PhD – Vein Competency Centre Halle, Germany

  Co-Author: Uwe Wahl, MD – Department of Internal Medicine, BG Hospital Bergmannstrost Halle, Germany
• 5:07 PM – 5:20 PM US CDT

  Weightlessness Associated Cephalad Fluid Shifts; The Potential to Evaluate Venous and Lymphatic Dysfunction
  

  Presenting Author: Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, AWCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT, CORE – Nova Southeastern University

  Co-Author: Frank Aviles, Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, MAPWCA – NRMC

  Co-Author: Matthew M. Melin, MD – M Health Fairview

  Co-Author: Patrick Hardigan

  Co-Author: Nate Sirkis

  Co-Author: Johanna Pannunzio

  Co-Author: Chantal Hubbard
• 5:20 PM – 5:33 PM US CDT

  Trans-abdominal Ultrasonography Accurately Identifies a Significant Iliac Vein Area Reducing Lesion in Patients with Pelvic Venous Insufficiency
  

  Presenting Author: Tess Calcagno, PharmD – Center for Vascular Medicine

  Co-Author: Richard Kennedy, PA-C – Center for Vascular Medicine

  Co-Author: Guarav Lakhanpal, MD – Center for Vascular Medicine

  Co-Author: Sanjiv Lakhanpal, MD, FACS, DABVLM – Center for Vein Restoration

  Co-Author: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center For Vein Restoration
• 5:46 PM – 5:59 PM US CDT

  The Paradox of High Quality of Life and Adherence to the Treatment of Patients with Lymphedema of the Lower Extremities
  

  Presenting Author: Tatiana R. Saganova, Junior Fellow – Lomonosov Moscow State University

  Co-Author: Tatiana V. Apkhanova, PhD – National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia

  Co-Author: Tatiana Konchugova, MD, Professor, Head of the Department of Physiotherapy and Reflexology – Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology" of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

  Co-Author: Olga Yurova, MD, Professor, Chief Researcher of the Department of Somatic Rehabilitation, Reproductive Health AND Active Longevity, Deputy Director for Educational and Scientific Activities, Head of the Educational Center – FSBI "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology" of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia

  Co-Author: Sergey V. Sapelkin, Chief Researcher – National Medical Research Center for Surgery named after Vishnevsky A.V. Ministry of Health of Russia

  Co-Author: Detelina B. Kulchitskaya, Mrs., Chief Researcher – National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology of the Ministry of Health of Russia