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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, February 22, 2023
  • 11:50 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Welcome
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Lymphedema Session

    Moderator: Miguel A. Amore, MD – Central Military Hospital. Buenos Aires

    Moderator: Arjun Jayaraj, MD – RANE Center for Venous and Lymphatic Disease at St. Dominic Hospital

    Speaker: Alexandra Tedesco, MD – Tufts Medical Center

    Speaker: Arjun Jayaraj, MD – RANE Center for Venous and Lymphatic Disease at St. Dominic Hospital

    Speaker: Paul Pittaluga, MD – Paris Veine Institut

    Speaker: Stanley G. Rockson, MD – Stanford University

    Speaker: Elna M. Masuda, MD – Hawaii Pacific Health

  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Wound Care

    Moderator: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Moderator: Christine Shokrzadeh, MD, FACS, RPVI – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Speaker: Joel P. Harding, DO – University of California Davis

    Speaker: Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD – Stanford University

    Speaker: Magdiel Trinidad Trinidad, Sr., MD – Hospital Angeles del carmen

    Speaker: Andrea T. Obi, MD – University of Michigan

  • 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM CST
    EVF/AVF Session

    Moderator: Joseph Raffetto, MD – VA Boston HCS

    Speaker: Marzia Lugli, MD – Hesperia Hospital

    Speaker: Andrea T. Obi, MD – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Kush Desai, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Speaker: Dominik Heim, MD – Venenzentrum

  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    SVS/AVF Session

    Moderator: Michael Dalsing, MD – Indiana University

    Speaker: Marc A. Passman, MD – Division Vascular Surgery & Endovascular Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Speaker: Laura Drudi, MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC – Centre de recherche

    Speaker: Matthew J. Sideman, MD – UT Health San Antonio

    Speaker: Kellie Brown, MD, DSVS, FACS – The Medical College of Wisconsin

    Speaker: Vince Rowe, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

  • 4:00 PM – 4:15 PM CST
    BREAK
  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM CST
    SVM/AVF: Anticoagulation in Specific Patient Populations

    Moderator: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

    Speaker: Randy K. Ramcharitar, MS, MD – University of Virginia Medical Center

    Speaker: Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD – Stanford University

    Speaker: Siri Neelati, MD – University of Kansas Health System

    Speaker: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School

  • 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    AVLS/AVF: Venous Ulcers & Inflammation

    Moderator: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – Lake Washington Vascular Associates

    Moderator: Mark H. Meissner, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine

    Speaker: Mark H. Meissner, MD – University of Washington School of Medicine

    Speaker: Matthew M. Melin, MD – M Health Fairview

    Speaker: Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD – Stanford University

    Speaker: Marlin W. Schul, MD, MBA – Center for Vein Restoration

  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM CST
    AVF-Philips IVUS Case Compeition

    Speaker: Adam c. Reichard, MD – Trihealth

    Speaker: Nicholas Stafford

    Speaker: Pedro Furtado Neves

    Speaker: Catherine Go

  • Thursday, February 23, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM CST
    Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by Inari Medical

    Speaker: Shon Chakrabarti, MD, MPH – Inari Medical

    Speaker: David Dexter, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Speaker: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Deep Venous Session

    Moderator: Angela Kokkosis, MD – Stony Brook University Medical Center

    Moderator: Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS – Yale University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Nishant Agrawal, B.S. – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

    Speaker: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Speaker: Taimur Saleem, MD, FACS – The Rane Center for DVT and Lymphatic Diseases

    Speaker: Sebastian Cifuentes, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Speaker: Jason B. Storch, BA – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Speaker: Marzia Lugli, MD – Hesperia Hospital

    Speaker: Erin H. Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Ashna Raiker, Bachelors of Science – Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University

    Speaker: Kate Dobesh, MD, JD – Henry Ford Health

  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST
    BREAK - Sponsored by Inari Medical
  • 10:15 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    One World, Many Voices Session

    Moderator: Sheila N. Blumberg, MD, MS – NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

    Moderator: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Moderator: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Sebastian Cifuentes, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Faisal Aziz, MD – Penn State Health

    Speaker: Rebeca Reachi-Lugoi, MD – HOSPITAL DE BENEFICENCIA ESPAÑOLA

    Speaker: Clay Wiske, MD – New York University

    Speaker: Johann C. Ragg, MD – angioclinic vein centers

    Speaker: Nikita Singh, MD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (

    Speaker: Safa Salim, PhD, MBBS – Imperial College London

    Speaker: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Speaker: Anil Hingorani, MD – NYU Lutheran Medical Center

    Speaker: Elna M. Masuda, MD – Hawaii Pacific Health

    Speaker: Ruth L. Bush, MD JD MPH – John Sealy School of Medicine-UTMB

  • 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM CST
    LUNCH
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Sponsored Lunch Symposium by Boston Scientific

    Speaker: Mikel Sadek, MD – New York University Langone Health

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

  • 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST
    VTE Session

    Moderator: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center - University of Athens

    Moderator: Jennifer Ellis, MD – University of Rochester

    Speaker: Suresh Vedantham, MD – Washington University in St. Louis

    Speaker: Kush Desai, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Speaker: James Horowitz, MD – NYU Grossman School of Medicine

    Speaker: Hilary Hayssen, MD – University of Maryland, Baltimore VA Medical Center

    Speaker: Aatira Vijay, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School

    Speaker: David Dexter, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Speaker: Hiba Ali, MD – Jobst Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Adam c. Reichard, MD – Trihealth

    Speaker: Mattea Pellerito – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Kyle Reynolds, MD – MedStar Health

  • 1:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    Physician-in-Training Session I: Superficial Venous

    Moderator: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Moderator: Steve Elias, MD, FACS, DFAVF, DABVLM – Englewood Health network

    Speaker: Pamela Kim, MD – Center for Vein Restoration

    Speaker: Eric Hager, MD – University of Pittsburgh

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM CST
    BREAK - Sponsored by JOBST
  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Superficial Venous

    Moderator: Daniel L. Monahan, MD – Monahan Vein Clinic

    Moderator: Christine Shokrzadeh, MD, FACS, RPVI – University of Texas Medical Branch

    Speaker: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – Lake Washington Vascular Associates

    Speaker: Steve Elias, MD, FACS, DFAVF, DABVLM – Englewood Health network

    Speaker: Paula Pinto Rodriguez – Yale School of Medicine

    Speaker: Halbert Bai, MPH – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Speaker: Stephanie D. Talutis, MD, MPH – University of California Los Angeles

    Speaker: Furqan Muqri, MD – Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center

    Speaker: Ahsan Zil-E-Ali, MBBS, MPH – Division of Vascular Surgery, Penn State Heart and Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Anil Hingorani, MD – NYU Lutheran Medical Center

    Speaker: Julianne Stoughton, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Speaker: Oskar Nelzén, MD – Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery and Department of Medical and Health Sciences

  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    AVF Research in Action

    Moderator: Faisal Aziz, MD – Penn State Health

    Moderator: Andrea T. Obi, MD – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Joseph A. Caprini, MD, MS, FACS, RVT, DFSVS – University Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine

    Speaker: Brajesh K. Lal, MD – University of Maryland

    Speaker: Steve Elias, MD, FACS, DFAVF, DABVLM – Englewood Health network

    Speaker: Antonios Gasparis, MD, FACS – Stony Brook Medicine

    Speaker: Rafael Demarchi Malgor, MD, MBA – The University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center

    Speaker: Chandu Vemuri, MD – University of Michigan

  • 5:45 PM – 7:15 PM CST
    Welcome Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • Friday, February 24, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM CST
    Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by Medtronic

    Speaker: Erin H. Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Patrick Muck, MD – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital

  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Villavicencio & International Session

    Moderator: Ruth L. Bush, MD JD MPH – John Sealy School of Medicine-UTMB

    Moderator: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD – Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Speaker: Ruth L. Bush, MD JD MPH – John Sealy School of Medicine-UTMB

    Speaker: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD – Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

    Speaker: Rachael I. Morris, MD – King's College London

    Speaker: Neel V. Gadhoke, BS – Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School

    Speaker: Jorge H. Ulloa, M.D – Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota

    Speaker: Ferdinand Steinbacher, MD – Karl Landsteiner Institue for functional Phlebosurgery

    Speaker: Tomohiro Ogawa, MD – Fukushima Daiichi Hospital

    Speaker: Matthew Vuoncino, MD – UC Davis

    Speaker: Øystein H. Rognerud, MD – Oslo University Hospital

    Speaker: Kazuyo Sujino, MD – Murayama Medical Clinic, Kannai Medical Clinic, and Medical Corporation Keihakukai

  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST
    Physician-in-Training Session II: Deep Venous

    Moderator: Steve Elias, MD, FACS, DFAVF, DABVLM – Englewood Health network

    Moderator: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Speaker: Avianne Bunnell, MD PRVI – Pinellas Vascular

  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST
    BREAK - Sponsored by Medtronic
  • 10:15 AM – 11:10 AM CST
    President's Session

    Moderator: William A. Marston, MD – University of North Carolina Hospitals

    Speaker: Brajesh K. Lal, MD – University of Maryland

    Speaker: Antonios Gasparis, MD, FACS – Stony Brook Medicine

    Speaker: Chandu Vemuri, MD – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Ruth L. Bush, MD JD MPH – John Sealy School of Medicine-UTMB

    Speaker: Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD, FACS, RVT – NYU Langone Health

  • 11:10 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Strandness Keynote

    Moderator: William A. Marston, MD – University of North Carolina Hospitals

    Moderator: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Donna Mendes, MD, FACS – Mount Sinai

  • 11:45 AM – 1:45 PM CST
    LUNCH
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Symposium Sponsored by Medtronic
  • 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM CST
    Deep & VTE Session

    Moderator: Nasim Hedayati, MD, MAS, DFSVS, FACS – University of California Davis

    Moderator: Alvaro Orrego, MD, FACS – Laser & Veins

    Speaker: Kush Desai, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Speaker: Sriganesh B. Sharma, MD, PhD – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Kirill Lobastov, PhD – Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

    Speaker: Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS – Yale University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Zbigniew Krasiński, Prof – 1- Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Angiology and Phlebology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

    Speaker: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center - University of Athens

    Speaker: Sina Zarrintan, MD, MS, MPH – University of California San Diego

    Speaker: Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health

  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    BREAK - Sponsored by Boston Scientific
  • 3:15 PM – 4:45 PM CST
    Poster Session
  • 4:45 PM – 6:15 PM CST
    Superficial & Deep Venous

    Moderator: John Carson, MD, FACS, RPVI – University of California Davis

    Moderator: Lori Pounds, MD, FACS, RPVI, DFAVF – UT Health San Antonio

    Speaker: Arjun Jayaraj, MD – RANE Center for Venous and Lymphatic Disease at St. Dominic Hospital

    Speaker: Antonios Gasparis, MD, FACS – Stony Brook Medicine

    Speaker: Erasto Aldrett, MD – GRUPO DE ATENCIÓN VASCULAR INTEGRAL

    Speaker: Pavel Kibrik, DO – NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

    Speaker: David Dexter, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Speaker: Naoki Sakakibara, MD PhD – Edogawa Hospital Vein Center

    Speaker: Khanjan Nagarsheth, MD – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Speaker: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center - University of Athens

    Speaker: Vishu Chandrasekhar, BA – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Speaker: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD – Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

  • 6:45 PM – 10:45 PM CST
    AVF Gala (Ticket Required)
  • Saturday, February 25, 2023
  • 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM CST
    Sponsored Breakfast Symposium by Philips

    Speaker: Erin H. Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Kush Desai, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM CST
    Sumner Session

    Moderator: Glenn R. Jacobowitz, MD, FACS, RVT – NYU Langone Health

    Speaker: Sheila N. Blumberg, MD, MS – NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Speaker: David Dexter, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School

  • 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    AVF Highlights, Top Abstracts, & Awards

    Moderator: William A. Marston, MD – University of North Carolina Hospitals

    Moderator: Mikel Sadek, MD – New York University Langone Health

    Speaker: Andrea T. Obi, MD – University of Michigan

    Speaker: Arjun Jayaraj, MD – RANE Center for Venous and Lymphatic Disease at St. Dominic Hospital

    Speaker: Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS – Yale University School of Medicine

    Speaker: Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD – Stanford University

    Speaker: Khanh P. Nguyen, MD – OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY (OHSU)

    Speaker: Bowen Xie, MD – Univeristy of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Speaker: Scott Robinson, MD, PhD – Universtiy of Florida

  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    BREAK - Sponsored by Metapharm
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CST
    Member Business Meeting
  • 11:45 AM – 1:15 PM CST
    LUNCH
  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CST
    Sponsored Lunch Symposium by BD

    Speaker: Steve Elias, MD, FACS, DFAVF, DABVLM – Englewood Health network

    Speaker: Erin H. Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Patrick Muck, MD – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital

    Speaker: David Dexter, MD – Eastern Virginia Medical School

  • 1:15 PM – 1:50 PM CST
    The AVF Toolkit

    Moderator: Mona Li, MD FACS – Medical College of Wisconsin

    Moderator: Mikel Sadek, MD – New York University Langone Health

    Speaker: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St Peters Health Partners

    Speaker: John Blebea, MD, MBA – Central Michigan University College of Medicine

    Speaker: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD, RPVI, RVT – Jobst Vascular Institute

    Speaker: Harold J. Welch, MD – Lahey Clinic

    Speaker: Beverley Chan, MD, FRCSC – Vascular Health Bronte & Halton Healthcare

    Speaker: Anil Hingorani, MD – NYU Lutheran Medical Center

    Speaker: Sheila Coogan, MD, FACS – McGovern Medical School

    Speaker: Mona Li, MD FACS – Medical College of Wisconsin

  • 1:50 PM – 3:50 PM CST
    Allied Health & Aesthetics

    Moderator: Arjun Jayaraj, MD – RANE Center for Venous and Lymphatic Disease at St. Dominic Hospital

    Moderator: Lorraine Loretz, DPM, NP – UMass Memorial Medical Center (retired)

    Moderator: Julianne Stoughton, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Speaker: Lorraine Loretz, DPM, NP – UMass Memorial Medical Center (retired)

    Speaker: Terri E. Morrison, RN, BS – Terri Morrison consulting LLC, @centerforvein, Independent RN

    Speaker: Julianne Stoughton, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Speaker: Ronald Bush, MD, FACS – Water's Edge Dermatology

    Speaker: Peggy Bush, APRN – Water's Edge Dermatiology

    Speaker: Sherry Scovell, MD – Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital

    Speaker: Margaret Mann, MD – Innova Dermatology

    Speaker: Jessica Ochs, PA-C – Albert Vein Institute

    Speaker: Lori Pounds, MD, FACS, RPVI, DFAVF – UT Health San Antonio

  • 3:50 PM – 3:55 PM CST
    Closing Remarks