2023 PROGRAM

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

VS WOUND CARE SYMPOSIUM Co-Directors: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
7:30 AM	7:55 AM	Attendee Breakfast
7:55 AM	8:00 AM	Welcome	Moderators: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias
		Session 1: Basic Concepts	Moderators: Mohsen Bannazadeh and Nicholas Sikalas
8:00 AM	8:07 AM	Wound Etiology	Alisha Oropallo
8:07 AM	8:16 AM	How to Best Evaluate a Wound	George Koullias
8:16 AM	8:24 AM	Principles of Wound Healing	Dimitris Virvilis
8:24 AM	8:32 AM	Arterial and Venous Assessment	Antonios Gasparis
8:32 AM	8:40 AM	Imaging for Wounds – What Do We Look For?	Nicos Labropoulos
8:40 AM	8:50 AM	Discussion
		Session 2: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan	Panel: Alisha Oropallo, William Marston and Nicholas Sikalas
8:50 AM	9:30 AM	Patient With a Venous Ulcer	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
9:30 AM	10:00 AM	Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 3: Local Wound Care	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Thomas Serena
10:00 AM	10:08 AM	Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: What You Should Be Using and When	Dimitris Virvilis
10:08 AM	10:16 AM	Here to Stay: Platelet Rich Plasma in Wound Care	George Koullias
10:16 AM	10:24 AM	Topical Oxygen: What’s the Evidence?	Thomas Serena
10:24 AM	10:32 AM	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: When to Make the Referral	John Reynolds
10:32 AM	10:40 AM	Live Cells and Dehydrated Amniotic Products	George Koullias
10:40 AM	10:48 AM	Cryopreserved and Lyophylized Amniotic Products	John Lantis
10:48 AM	11:00 AM	Discussion
		Session 4: Clinical Case Presentation of Different Wounds	Moderators: Steven Dean and Nicholas Sikalas
11:00 AM	11:05 AM	New Small Ulcer	Dimitris Virvilis
11:05 AM	11:09 AM	Very Large Ulcer	Steve Elias
11:09 AM	11:15 AM	What Ulcer is This?	Steven Dean
11:15 AM	11:20 AM	Is This a Venous Ulcer?	William Marston
11:20 AM	11:25 AM	Don’t Forget the Differential Diagnosis	Alisha Oropallo
11:25 AM	11:30 AM	Why Is It So Painful?	Lee Ruotsi
11:30 AM	11:40 AM	Discussion
		Session 5: How, When and What Type of Local Dressings and Compression	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Lee Ruotsi
11:40 AM	11:45 AM	How to Choose Amongst Dozens of Collagen Dressings?	Dot Weir
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Dressing Management: Making the Right Choice	Dot Weir
11:50 AM	11:55 AM	Principles of Compression for Venous Ulcers	Suzie Ehmann
11:55 AM	12:00 PM	How to Know if Your Compression is Effective	Fedor Lurie
12:00 PM	12:15 PM	Advanced Principles of Compression – Presentation of Complex Compression Cases	Suzie Ehmann
12:15 PM	12:25 PM	Discussion
12:25 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 6: Local Interventions	Moderators: George Koullias and Lee Ruotsi
1:30 PM	1:38 PM	Removing Biofilm: What is So Difficult?	William Marston
1:38 PM	1:46 PM	The Role of Acellular Matrix Products	John Lantis
1:46 PM	1:54 PM	When Biopsy is the Next Best Step?	William Marston
1:54 PM	2:02 PM	Proper Wound Hygiene: What’s the Best Cleanser?	Dot Weir
2:02 PM	2:10 PM	Preparing the Wound Bed for Intervention	Alisha Oropallo
2:10 PM	2:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 7: Vascular Procedures for Ulcer Healing – Learning Through Clinical Cases	Moderators: William Marston and John Lantis
2:20 PM	2:25 PM	Arterial Obstruction	Nicholas Sikalas
2:25 PM	2:30 PM	Heel Ulcer	Mohsen Bannazadeh
2:30 PM	2:35 PM	Superficial Vein Reflux	Antonios Gasparis
2:35 PM	2:39 PM	Iliac Vein Obstruction	Steve Elias
2:45 PM	2:50 PM	Mixed Disease	Luis Leon
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Discussion
		Session 8: Wound Care Mix	Moderators: Sami Khan and Luis Leon
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Osteomyelitis in Wounds: Now What?	Samuel Hoisington
3:05 PM	3:10 PM	Accelerated Healing: Initiating Early Intervention	Mohsen Bannazadeh
3:10 PM	3:15 PM	The Role of Skin Grafting	Sami Khan
3:15 PM	3:20 PM	How to Prevent Recurrence	Samuel Hoisington
3:20 PM	3:30 PM	Discussion
3:30 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 9: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Alisha Oropallo
4:00 PM	4:08 PM	More Than Meets the Eye: Detecting Wound Infections Through Technology	Thomas Serena
4:08 PM	4:16 PM	Making Better Decisions: Assessing Microperfusion	Alisha Oropallo
4:16 PM	4:24 PM	Wound Assessment Made Easy: Bringing the Wound EMR into Your Practice	Thomas Serena
4:24 PM	4:32 PM	New Updates: Cellular Tissue-based Products	John Lantis
4:32 PM	4:40 PM	Is the Wound Really Infected? Differentiating Inflammatory Response vs. Infection	Lee Ruotsi
4:40 PM	4:50 PM	Discussion
		Session 10: Video Session – How I Do It	Moderators: Sami Khan and William Marston
4:50 PM	4:58 PM	Wound Debridement	George Koullias
4:58 PM	5:06 PM	Application of Cellular Tissue-based Product With Multilayer Compression for Venous Ulcers	Alisha Oropallo
5:06 PM	5:14 PM	Reconstruction for Difficult Wounds to Heal	Sami Khan
5:14 PM	5:22 PM	Negative Pressure Use in Venous Ulcers	John Lantis
5:22 PM	5:30 PM	Discussion
		Session 11: Starting, Maintaining and Expanding a Wound Care Practice	Moderators: Steve Elias and Antonios Gasparis
5:30 PM	5:38 PM	The New Start Up: Bringing an Office-based Wound Care to Your Practice	George Koullias
5:38 PM	5:46 PM	Nuts and Bolts of a Wound Care Center: What You Need	Alisha Oropallo
5:46 PM	5:54 PM	Maximizing your Reimbursement: Are You Adding the Right Codes to Your Leg Ulcer Management?	Thomas Serena
5:54 PM	6:02 PM	How to Maintain and Expand Your Practice	Lee Ruotsi
6:02 PM	6:10 PM	Discussion
6:10 PM	6:20 PM	Concluding Remarks	George Koullias and Alisha Oropallo

VS PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING Co-Directors: Kush Desai and Efthymios Avgerinos
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
1:55 PM	2:00 PM	Welcome and Scope of the Course	Kush Desai
		Session 1: Superficial Venous Disease	Moderator: Steve Elias
2:00 PM	2:05 PM	The Basics: Epidemiology, Classification, Clinical Findings and Diagnosis	Nicos Labropoulos
2:05 PM	2:12 PM	Conservative Management	Rafael Malgor
2:12 PM	2:19 PM	Time to Intervene: When and How	Ramona Gupta
2:19 PM	2:26 PM	Thermal Ablation Devices	Igor Sincos
2:26 PM	2:33 PM	Non-thermal Ablation Devices	Steve Elias
2:33 PM	2:40 PM	Sclerotherapy Basics	Vitor Gornati
2:40 PM	2:50 PM	Short Clinical Cases – Simple Reflux Patterns	Angela Kokkosis
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Short Clinical Cases – Complex Reflux Patterns	Neil Khilnani
3:00 PM	3:15 PM	Discussion
		Session 2: Lymphedema	Moderator: Steven Dean
3:15 PM	3:22 PM	The Basics: Etiology, Physiology, Clinical Findings and Differential Diagnosis, Classification	Antonios Gasparis
3:22 PM	3:29 PM	Optimal Lymphedema Management	Laura Redman
3:29 PM	3:36 PM	All You Need to Know on Lipedema	Steven Dean
3:36 PM	3:45 PM	Discussion
3:45 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break
		Session 3: Deep Venous Disease	Moderator: Efthymios Avgerinos
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Acute DVT: Epidemiology, Clinical Findings, Risks, Diagnosis	Nicos Labropoulos
4:05 PM	4:12 PM	Medical Management of Acute DVT: Anticoagulants, Compression, Length of Treatment	Rafael Malgor
4:12 PM	4:19 PM	Interventional Management of Acute DVT: Thrombolysis and Thromboaspiration	Efthymios Avgerinos
4:19 PM	4:26 PM	Post-thrombotic Syndrome – Conservative and Interventional Management	Antonios Gasparis
4:26 PM	4:33 PM	NIVLs: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment	Kush Desai
4:33 PM	4:40 PM	Dedicated Venous Stents	William Marston
4:40 PM	4:50 PM	Case Presentation – Iliofemoral DVT	Nicholas Sikalas
4:50 PM	5:00 PM	Case Presentation – Chronic Iliocaval Obstruction	Kush Desai
5:00 PM	5:15 PM	Discussion
		Session 4: Pelvic Vein Disease	Moderator: Neil Khilnani
5:15 PM	5:22 PM	Diagnosis and Classification	Mark Meissner
5:22 PM	5:29 PM	Management of Varicose Veins of Pelvic Origin	Ramona Gupta
5:29 PM	5:36 PM	Treatment of Pelvic Vein Reflux	Ronald Winokur
5:36 PM	5:43 PM	Management of Reflux and Obstruction	Kush Desai
5:43 PM	5:58 PM	Discussion
		Session 5: Pulmonary Embolism	Moderator: Akhilesh Sista
5:58 PM	6:05 PM	The Basics: Classification, Diagnosis, Post PE Syndrome	Mark Meissner
6:05 PM	6:12 PM	PE Intervention: Who and How?	Akhilesh Sista
6:12 PM	6:19 PM	Tools and Devices	Kush Desai
6:19 PM	6:26 PM	Case Presentation	Efthymios Avgerinos
6:26 PM	6:36 PM	Discussion
6:36 PM	6:40 PM	Concluding Remarks	Efthymios Avgerinos

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

VS WOUND CARE SYMPOSIUM Co-Directors: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
7:30 AM	7:55 AM	Attendee Breakfast
7:55 AM	8:00 AM	Welcome	Moderators: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias
		Session 1: Basic Concepts	Moderators: Mohsen Bannazadeh and Nicholas Sikalas
8:00 AM	8:07 AM	Wound Etiology	Alisha Oropallo
8:07 AM	8:16 AM	How to Best Evaluate a Wound	George Koullias
8:16 AM	8:24 AM	Principles of Wound Healing	Dimitris Virvilis
8:24 AM	8:32 AM	Arterial and Venous Assessment	Antonios Gasparis
8:32 AM	8:40 AM	Imaging for Wounds – What Do We Look For?	Nicos Labropoulos
8:40 AM	8:50 AM	Discussion
		Session 2: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan	Panel: Alisha Oropallo, William Marston and Nicholas Sikalas
8:50 AM	9:30 AM	Patient With a Venous Ulcer	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
9:30 AM	10:00 AM	Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 3: Local Wound Care	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Thomas Serena
10:00 AM	10:08 AM	Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: What You Should Be Using and When	Dimitris Virvilis
10:08 AM	10:16 AM	Here to Stay: Platelet Rich Plasma in Wound Care	George Koullias
10:16 AM	10:24 AM	Topical Oxygen: What’s the Evidence?	Thomas Serena
10:24 AM	10:32 AM	Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: When to Make the Referral	John Reynolds
10:32 AM	10:40 AM	Live Cells and Dehydrated Amniotic Products	George Koullias
10:40 AM	10:48 AM	Cryopreserved and Lyophylized Amniotic Products	John Lantis
10:48 AM	11:00 AM	Discussion
		Session 4: Clinical Case Presentation of Different Wounds	Moderators: Steven Dean and Nicholas Sikalas
11:00 AM	11:05 AM	New Small Ulcer	Dimitris Virvilis
11:05 AM	11:09 AM	Very Large Ulcer	Steve Elias
11:09 AM	11:15 AM	What Ulcer is This?	Steven Dean
11:15 AM	11:20 AM	Is This a Venous Ulcer?	William Marston
11:20 AM	11:25 AM	Don’t Forget the Differential Diagnosis	Alisha Oropallo
11:25 AM	11:30 AM	Why Is It So Painful?	Lee Ruotsi
11:30 AM	11:40 AM	Discussion
		Session 5: How, When and What Type of Local Dressings and Compression	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Lee Ruotsi
11:40 AM	11:45 AM	How to Choose Amongst Dozens of Collagen Dressings?	Dot Weir
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Dressing Management: Making the Right Choice	Dot Weir
11:50 AM	11:55 AM	Principles of Compression for Venous Ulcers	Suzie Ehmann
11:55 AM	12:00 PM	How to Know if Your Compression is Effective	Fedor Lurie
12:00 PM	12:15 PM	Advanced Principles of Compression – Presentation of Complex Compression Cases	Suzie Ehmann
12:15 PM	12:25 PM	Discussion
12:25 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 6: Local Interventions	Moderators: George Koullias and Lee Ruotsi
1:30 PM	1:38 PM	Removing Biofilm: What is So Difficult?	William Marston
1:38 PM	1:46 PM	The Role of Acellular Matrix Products	John Lantis
1:46 PM	1:54 PM	When Biopsy is the Next Best Step?	William Marston
1:54 PM	2:02 PM	Proper Wound Hygiene: What’s the Best Cleanser?	Dot Weir
2:02 PM	2:10 PM	Preparing the Wound Bed for Intervention	Alisha Oropallo
2:10 PM	2:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 7: Vascular Procedures for Ulcer Healing – Learning Through Clinical Cases	Moderators: William Marston and John Lantis
2:20 PM	2:25 PM	Arterial Obstruction	Nicholas Sikalas
2:25 PM	2:30 PM	Heel Ulcer	Mohsen Bannazadeh
2:30 PM	2:35 PM	Superficial Vein Reflux	Antonios Gasparis
2:35 PM	2:39 PM	Iliac Vein Obstruction	Steve Elias
2:45 PM	2:50 PM	Mixed Disease	Luis Leon
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Discussion
		Session 8: Wound Care Mix	Moderators: Sami Khan and Luis Leon
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Osteomyelitis in Wounds: Now What?	Samuel Hoisington
3:05 PM	3:10 PM	Accelerated Healing: Initiating Early Intervention	Mohsen Bannazadeh
3:10 PM	3:15 PM	The Role of Skin Grafting	Sami Khan
3:15 PM	3:20 PM	How to Prevent Recurrence	Samuel Hoisington
3:20 PM	3:30 PM	Discussion
3:30 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
		Session 9: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Alisha Oropallo
4:00 PM	4:08 PM	More Than Meets the Eye: Detecting Wound Infections Through Technology	Thomas Serena
4:08 PM	4:16 PM	Making Better Decisions: Assessing Microperfusion	Alisha Oropallo
4:16 PM	4:24 PM	Wound Assessment Made Easy: Bringing the Wound EMR into Your Practice	Thomas Serena
4:24 PM	4:32 PM	New Updates: Cellular Tissue-based Products	John Lantis
4:32 PM	4:40 PM	Is the Wound Really Infected? Differentiating Inflammatory Response vs. Infection	Lee Ruotsi
4:40 PM	4:50 PM	Discussion
		Session 10: Video Session – How I Do It	Moderators: Sami Khan and William Marston
4:50 PM	4:58 PM	Wound Debridement	George Koullias
4:58 PM	5:06 PM	Application of Cellular Tissue-based Product With Multilayer Compression for Venous Ulcers	Alisha Oropallo
5:06 PM	5:14 PM	Reconstruction for Difficult Wounds to Heal	Sami Khan
5:14 PM	5:22 PM	Negative Pressure Use in Venous Ulcers	John Lantis
5:22 PM	5:30 PM	Discussion
		Session 11: Starting, Maintaining and Expanding a Wound Care Practice	Moderators: Steve Elias and Antonios Gasparis
5:30 PM	5:38 PM	The New Start Up: Bringing an Office-based Wound Care to Your Practice	George Koullias
5:38 PM	5:46 PM	Nuts and Bolts of a Wound Care Center: What You Need	Alisha Oropallo
5:46 PM	5:54 PM	Maximizing your Reimbursement: Are You Adding the Right Codes to Your Leg Ulcer Management?	Thomas Serena
5:54 PM	6:02 PM	How to Maintain and Expand Your Practice	Lee Ruotsi
6:02 PM	6:10 PM	Discussion
6:10 PM	6:20 PM	Concluding Remarks	George Koullias and Alisha Oropallo

VS LATIN COURSE – CANCELLED Co-Directores Ignacio Escotto y Nicos Labropoulos
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
		TÍTULO	FACULTAD
1:30 PM	1:35 PM	Bienvenida	Ignacio Escotto
		Sesión 1: Enfermedad Venosa Superficial	Moderador: Rodrigo Kikuchi
1:35 PM	1:40 PM	Hallazgos Clínicos y Diagnóstico	Marco Meza
1:40 PM	1:47 PM	Tratamiento Conservador	Jorge Ulloa
1:47 PM	1:54 PM	Que Pacientes Requieren Tratamiento	Lorena Grillo
1:54 PM	2:01 PM	Dispositivos de Ablación Térmica	Marcial Fallas
2:01 PM	2:08 PM	Dispositivos de Ablación No-Térmica	Nora Sánchez
2:08 PM	2:15 PM	Consejos y Trucos Para la Ablación Térmica	Vitor Gornati
2:15 PM	2:25 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 2: Patrones y Evaluación del Reflujo Venoso Superficial	Moderadora: Lorena Grillo
2:25 PM	2:30 PM	Cómo Optimizar la Evaluación Ecográfica del Reflujo Venoso	Adriano Souza
2:30 PM	2:35 PM	Caso Clínico de Con Patrón de Reflujo Superficial Simple	Karol Lajam
2:35 PM	2:40 PM	Caso Clínico de Con Patrón de Reflujo Superficial Complejo	Jorge Ulloa
2:40 PM	2:45 PM	Patrones de Reflujo Venoso Superficial	Flora Ibarra
2:45 PM	2:55 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 3: Enfermedad Estética Venosa	Moderadora: Nora Sánchez
2:55 PM	3:02 PM	Bases de la Escleroterapia Estética	Vitor Gornati
3:02 PM	3:09 PM	Procedimientos de Venosos Estéticos. Consejos y Trucos	Rodrigo Kikuchi
3:09 PM	3:16 PM	Como Seleccionar al Pacientes Adecuados Para Tratamiento Venosos Estético	Marco Meza
3:16 PM	3:23 PM	Caso de Flebología Estética	Rodrigo Kikuchi
3:23 PM	3:30 PM	Discusión
3:30 PM	4:00 PM	Receso
		Sesión 4: Enfermedad Venosa Profunda	Moderadora: Gloria Salazar
4:00 PM	4:07 PM	Manejo Médico de la TVP Aguda: Anticoagulantes, Compresión, Duración del Tratamiento	Nelsón Encarnación
4:07 PM	4:14 PM	Manejo Intervencionista de la TVP Aguda: Trombólisis y Tromboaspiración	Ignacio Escotto
4:14 PM	4:21 PM	Síndrome Postrombótico – Manejo Conservador e Intervencionista	Marcial Fallas
4:21 PM	4:28 PM	NIVLs: Epidemiología, Diagnóstico, Tratamiento	Gabriel Hernández
4:28 PM	4:35 PM	Stents Venosos Dedicados	Gloria Salazar
4:35 PM	4:40 PM	Presentación del caso – TVP Iliofemoral	Vanesa Rubio
4:40 PM	4:45 PM	Un Caso de TVP Ilio-femoral que no Le Fue Bien	Luis León
4:45 PM	4:55 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 5: Enfermedad Venosa Pélvica	Moderador: Ignacio Escotto
4:55 PM	5:02 PM	Diagnóstico y Clasificación	Vitor Gornati
5:02 PM	5:09 PM	Manejo de las Venas Varicosas de Origen Pélvico	Nora Sánchez
5:09 PM	5:16 PM	Manejo del Reflujo de la Vena Pélvica	Gloria Salazar
5:16 PM	5:23 PM	Manejo de Reflujo y Obstrucción	Gabriel Hernández
5:23 PM	5:28 PM	Caso Clínico de Obstrucción Venosa Crónica	Vanesa Rubio
5:28 PM	5:35 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 6: Manejo de la Embolia Pulmonar	Moderador: Jorge Ulloa
5:35 PM	5:42 PM	Clasificación, Diagnóstico del Síndrome Post TEP	Nelsón Encarnación
5:42 PM	5:49 PM	Intervención de TEP: Quién y Cómo	Luis León
5:49 PM	5:54 PM	Presentacion de Caso Clinico TEP	Rafael Malgor
5:54 PM	6:00 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 7: Educación, Colaboración e Información en Flebología	Moderador: Nicos Labropoulos
6:00 PM	6:07 PM	Horizontes para la Investigación y la Colaboración	José Díaz
6:07 PM	6:14 PM	Información Errónea y Desinformación en Enfermedades Venosas y Linfáticas	Rodrigo Kikuchi
6:14 PM	6:21 PM	Educación en Flebología: Lo que Debemos Mejorar	Ignacio Escotto
6:21 PM	6:26 PM	Discusión
		Sesión 8: Linfedema	Moderador: Gabriel Hernández
6:26 PM	6:31 PM	Hallazgos Clínicos y Diagnóstico Diferencial	Karol Lajam
6:31 PM	6:36 PM	Tratamiento óptimo del Linfedema	Lorena Grillo
6:36 PM	6:41 PM	Todo lo que Necesitas Saber de Linfedema	Daphne González
6:41 PM	6:50 PM	Discusión
6:50 PM	6:55 PM	Despedida y Evaluación Final	Nicos Labropouls and Ignacio Escotto

VS PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING Co-Directors: Kush Desai and Efthymios Avgerinos
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
1:55 PM	2:00 PM	Welcome and Scope of the Course	Kush Desai
		Session 1: Superficial Venous Disease	Moderator: Steve Elias
2:00 PM	2:05 PM	The Basics: Epidemiology, Classification, Clinical Findings and Diagnosis	Nicos Labropoulos
2:05 PM	2:12 PM	Conservative Management	Rafael Malgor
2:12 PM	2:19 PM	Time to Intervene: When and How	Ramona Gupta
2:19 PM	2:26 PM	Thermal Ablation Devices	Igor Sincos
2:26 PM	2:33 PM	Non-thermal Ablation Devices	Steve Elias
2:33 PM	2:40 PM	Sclerotherapy Basics	Vitor Gornati
2:40 PM	2:50 PM	Short Clinical Cases – Simple Reflux Patterns	Angela Kokkosis
2:50 PM	3:00 PM	Short Clinical Cases – Complex Reflux Patterns	Neil Khilnani
3:00 PM	3:15 PM	Discussion
		Session 2: Lymphedema	Moderator: Steven Dean
3:15 PM	3:22 PM	The Basics: Etiology, Physiology, Clinical Findings and Differential Diagnosis, Classification	Antonios Gasparis
3:22 PM	3:29 PM	Optimal Lymphedema Management	Laura Redman
3:29 PM	3:36 PM	All You Need to Know on Lipedema	Steven Dean
3:36 PM	3:45 PM	Discussion
3:45 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break
		Session 3: Deep Venous Disease	Moderator: Efthymios Avgerinos
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Acute DVT: Epidemiology, Clinical Findings, Risks, Diagnosis	Nicos Labropoulos
4:05 PM	4:12 PM	Medical Management of Acute DVT: Anticoagulants, Compression, Length of Treatment	Rafael Malgor
4:12 PM	4:19 PM	Interventional Management of Acute DVT: Thrombolysis and Thromboaspiration	Efthymios Avgerinos
4:19 PM	4:26 PM	Post-thrombotic Syndrome – Conservative and Interventional Management	Antonios Gasparis
4:26 PM	4:33 PM	NIVLs: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment	Kush Desai
4:33 PM	4:40 PM	Dedicated Venous Stents	William Marston
4:40 PM	4:50 PM	Case Presentation – Iliofemoral DVT	Nicholas Sikalas
4:50 PM	5:00 PM	Case Presentation – Chronic Iliocaval Obstruction	Kush Desai
5:00 PM	5:15 PM	Discussion
		Session 4: Pelvic Vein Disease	Moderator: Neil Khilnani
5:15 PM	5:22 PM	Diagnosis and Classification	Mark Meissner
5:22 PM	5:29 PM	Management of Varicose Veins of Pelvic Origin	Ramona Gupta
5:29 PM	5:36 PM	Treatment of Pelvic Vein Reflux	Ronald Winokur
5:36 PM	5:43 PM	Management of Reflux and Obstruction	Kush Desai
5:43 PM	5:58 PM	Discussion
		Session 5: Pulmonary Embolism	Moderator: Akhilesh Sista
5:58 PM	6:05 PM	The Basics: Classification, Diagnosis, Post PE Syndrome	Mark Meissner
6:05 PM	6:12 PM	PE Intervention: Who and How?	Akhilesh Sista
6:12 PM	6:19 PM	Tools and Devices	Kush Desai
6:19 PM	6:26 PM	Case Presentation	Efthymios Avgerinos
6:26 PM	6:36 PM	Discussion
6:36 PM	6:40 PM	Concluding Remarks	Efthymios Avgerinos

VS Day 1 – THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023

		TITLE	FACULTY
6:30 AM	7:00 AM	Attendee Breakfast
7:00 AM	7:05 AM	Welcome to the Venous Symposium	Nicos Labropoulos
		Session 1: VS Aesthetic Vein Course – Basic Concepts	Moderators: Rodrigo Kikuchi and Laura Redman
7:05 AM	7:10 AM	Introduction to VS Aesthetic Vein Course	Ronald Bush
7:10 AM	7:18 AM	Patterns of Small Vein Reflux	Nicos Labropoulos
7:18 AM	7:26 AM	Pathophysiology and Treatment Insights	Ronald Bush
7:26 AM	7:34 AM	Energy Requirements For More Effective Treatment of Small Veins	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:34 AM	7:42 AM	What to Ask the Patient and What to Look For	Vitor Gornati
7:42 AM	7:50 AM	Liquid or Foam? How to Prepare it and What Dilutions to Give	Elias Arcenio Neto
7:50 AM	7:58 AM	Clinical Case – Tributaries and Fine Veins	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:58 AM	8:20 AM	VS Live Imaging – Small Veins	Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
8:20 AM	8:30 AM	Discussion
		Session 2: VS Live – Patients With Chronic Venous Disease: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan	Panel: Steve Elias, Antonios Gasparis, Kathleen Gibson, Erin Murphy and Peter Pappas
8:30 AM	9:00 AM	Patient With Varicose Veins	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
9:00 AM	9:30 AM	Patient With Skin Damage	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
9:30 AM	10:00 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 3: Treatment Options in Patients With Superficial Vein Reflux	Moderators: Ignacio Escotto and Ramona Gupta
10:00 AM	10:08 AM	Anterior Saphenous Vein	Ramona Gupta
10:08 AM	10:16 AM	Small Saphenous Vein	Kathleen Gibson
10:16 AM	10:24 AM	Great and Small Saphenous Vein	Ignacio Escotto
10:24 AM	10:32 AM	Veins Too Close to the Skin	Ronald Bush
10:32 AM	10:40 AM	Anatomic Challenges	Vitor Gornati
10:40 AM	10:48 AM	Nonsaphenous Veins	Neil Khilnani
10:48 AM	11:00 AM	Discussion
		Session 4: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Antonios Gasparis, Neil Khilnani and Angela Kokkosis
11:00 AM	11:30 AM		Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 5: Challenging Cases	Moderators: Minhaj Khaja and Apostolos Tassiopoulos
11:30 AM	11:35 AM	Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	Rafael Malgor
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Iliocaval Obstruction	Igor Sincos
11:40 AM	11:45 AM	Complex Superficial Vein Reflux	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Post-thrombotic Disease	Minhaj Khaja
11:50 AM	11:55 AM	Venous Malformation	Laura Redman
11:55 AM	12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 6: Factors Impacting Venous Return – In Collaboration With the American Venous Forum (AVF)	Moderators: William Marston and Antonios Gasparis
1:30 PM	1:38 PM	Superficial and Deep Vein Reflux	Fedor Lurie
1:38 PM	1:46 PM	Deep Vein Obstruction	William Marston
1:46 PM	1:54 PM	Obesity	Kathleen Gibson
1:54 PM	2:02 PM	Static Foot Disorders	Nicos Labropoulos
2:02 PM	2:10 PM	Heart Failure and Other Factors	Nicos Labropoulos
2:10 PM	2:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 7: Superficial and Deep Vein Thrombosis	Moderators: Victor Tapson and Luis Leon
2:20 PM	2:28 PM	Practical Approach on Treating Calf DVT	Patrick Muck
2:28 PM	2:36 PM	Management of Superficial Vein Thrombosis	Angela Kokkosis
2:36 PM	2:44 PM	Optimal Duration of Anticoagulation	Victor Tapson
2:44 PM	2:52 PM	Current Issues With DVT Treatment and How to Resolve Them	Mark Meissner
2:52 PM	3:02 PM	Discussion
		Session 8: VTE Clinical Cases	Moderators: Steven Abramowitz and Erin Murphy
3:02 PM	3:07 PM	Upper Extremity DVT	Apostolos Tassiopoulos
3:07 PM	3:12 PM	Recurrent DVT With Iliac Vein Obstruction	Efthymios Avgerinos
3:12 PM	3:17 PM	DVT After Endovenous Ablation	Igor Sincos
3:17 PM	3:22 PM	Iliac Vein Stent Thrombosis	Sonya Noor
3:22 PM	3:30 PM	Discussion
3:30 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 9: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Minhaj Khaja and Patrick Muck
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU): Finally Ultrasound for Treatment Not Just Imaging	Steve Elias
4:05 PM	4:10 PM	Advances in Imaging for Venous Diagnosis and Intervention	Minhaj Khaja
4:10 PM	4:15 PM	Development of an International Standard Set of Outcome Measures for VTE Patients	Stephen Black
4:15 PM	4:20 PM	What We Need in New Trials of Acute DVT Therapies	Suresh Vedantham
4:20 PM	4:25 PM	Acute, Chronic or Both: The Big Picture Needed for Innovating Venous Thrombosis Treatment	Jose Diaz
4:25 PM	4:30 PM	Trial Updates for Patients with Chronic Venous Disease Enrolled in the Spectrum Study Program: Study Design and Current Status	Kathleen Gibson
4:30 PM	4:35 PM	BOLT Study: Using Aspiration for DVT	Kush Desai
4:35 PM	4:40 PM	VEINS – An International Platform Trial Collaboration	Alun Davies
		Session 10: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Peter Pappas and Ramona Gupta
4:40 PM	5:10 PM		Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 11: Lymphedema, Phlebolymphedema and Lipedema	Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos
5:10 PM	5:18 PM	How I Evaluate the Patient With a Swollen Leg	Steven Dean
5:18 PM	5:26 PM	Lipedema – Current Diagnostic and Management Options	Laura Redman
5:26 PM	5:34 PM	Understanding Phlebolymphedema and Its Treatment Implications	Antonios Gasparis
5:34 PM	5:42 PM	Short Clinical Cases	Fedor Lurie
5:42 PM	5:47 PM	Effects of Varicose Vein Treatment in Patients With Lipedema	Paul Pittaluga
5:47 PM	5:52 PM	A Clinical Case of Phlebolymphedema	Nicos Labropoulos
5:52 PM	6:05 PM	Discussion
6:30 PM	7:30 PM	Networking Reception With the Exhibitors
7:30 PM	10:00 PM	Evening Reception

VS Day 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
6:30 AM	7:00 AM	Attendee Breakfast
		Session 12: VS Aesthetic Vein Course – Treatment Methods and How to Use Them	Moderators: Elias Arcenio Neto and Vitor Gornati
7:00 AM	7:08 AM	How to Optimize Sclerotherapy	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:08 AM	7:16 AM	Complications of Sclerotherapy and How to Resolve Them	Ronald Bush
7:16 AM	7:24 AM	Expectations for Sclerotherapy and Care During and After the Treatment	Vitor Gornati
7:24 AM	7:32 AM	What Have We Learned From Using Tumescent Assisted Sclerotherapy?	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:32 AM	7:40 AM	Microsurgery: Experience With Routine Use	Ronald Bush
7:40 AM	7:48 AM	Single vs. Combined Techniques: When and How?	Vitor Gornati
7:48 AM	7:56 AM	Treating Veins of Different Color, Size and Depth	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:56 AM	8:04 AM	Treatment of Superficial Vein Malformations	Laura Redman
8:04 AM	8:12 AM	Clinical Case – Clusters of Reticular and Fine Veins	Elias Arcenio Neto
8:12 AM	8:30 AM	Discussion
		Session 13: Progress With Thrombus Removal	Moderators: Akhilesh Sista and Kush Desai
8:30 AM	8:35 AM	Dealing With Thrombus From Calf to the Iliac Veins	Efthymios Avgerinos
8:35 AM	8:40 AM	Thrombus Not So Easy to Remove	Steven Abramowitz
8:40 AM	8:45 AM	Bilateral Extensive Thrombosis	Patrick Muck
8:45 AM	8:50 AM	Recurrent Iliofemoral Thrombosis	Kush Desai
8:50 AM	8:55 AM	Which Thrombectomy Device and When?	Akhilesh Sista
8:55 AM	9:10 AM	Discussion
		Session 14: Pelvic Vein Disorders – In Collaboration With the American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS)	Moderators: Kathleen Gibson and Neil Khilnani
9:10 AM	9:18 AM	Understanding the Symptoms and Developing the Tool for PeVD Assessment	Neil Khilnani
9:18 AM	9:26 AM	Benefits of the SVP Classification Through Clinical Examples	Mark Meissner
9:26 AM	9:34 AM	Treatment of Pelvic Venous Reflux: Evidence-based Techniques	Ronald Winokur
9:34 AM	9:42 AM	How I Assess a Non-thrombotic Iliac Vein Lesion and When Do I Treat It?	Gloria Salazar
9:42 AM	9:50 AM	Decisions and Techniques for Treating Vulvar Varicose Veins	Kathleen Gibson
9:50 AM	10:00 AM	Discussion
10:00 AM	10:30 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 15: Current Thoughts and Developments on Venous Stenting	Moderators: Thomas Maldonado and Sonya Noor
10:30 AM	10:38 AM	How to Predict Which Patient With Swelling Will Benefit From Non-thrombotic Iliac Vein Stenting?	Erin Murphy
10:38 AM	10:46 AM	A Look at Long-Term Venous Stent Data	William Marston
10:46 AM	10:54 AM	Tips and Tricks on Stent Sizing and Deployment	Sonya Noor
10:54 AM	11:02 AM	What You Should Know About Stent Fracture and Migration	Stephen Black
11:02 AM	11:10 AM	Why Stents Fail and How to Avoid It	Kush Desai
11:10 AM	11:20 AM	Discussion
		Session 16: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Antonios Gasparis and Angela Kokkosis
11:20 AM	11:35 AM		Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 17: VS Keynote Lecture
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Keynote Speaker – Introduction	Nicos Labropoulos
11:40 AM	12:00 PM	Keynote Lecture: New Trails to Blaze in the Fight Against Venous Disease	Suresh Vedantham
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 18: Venous Malformations	Moderators: Robert Lookstein and Laura Redman
1:30 PM	1:35 PM	Understanding Venous Malformations – Evolution and Clinical Presentation	Laura Redman
1:35 PM	1:40 PM	Planning and Imaging	Mark Meissner
1:40 PM	1:45 PM	Management of Complex Venous Malformations	Robert Lookstein
1:45 PM	1:50 PM	How to Avoid and Manage Complications of Treatment	Ronald Winokur
1:50 PM	2:00 PM	Discussion
		Session 19: VS Compression Club	Moderators: Giovanni Mosti and Rodrigo Kikuchi
2:00 PM	2:08 PM	Which Type of Compression on What CVD Patient and For How Long?	Fedor Lurie
2:08 PM	2:16 PM	Compression for Lymphedema and Lipedema	Laura Redman
2:16 PM	2:24 PM	What We Know and What We Need to Accomplish?	Giovanni Mosti
2:24 PM	2:45 PM	Live Demonstration & Interactive Discussion	Dimitris Kontothanassis and Giovanni Mosti
		Session 20: Clinical Cases and Interventions for C3 Disease	Moderators: Angela Kokkosis and Peter Pappas
2:45 PM	2:50 PM	Superficial Vein Reflux – Treat or Not to Treat	Peter Pappas
2:50 PM	2:55 PM	Bilateral Lower Limb Edema and Iliac Vein Obstruction	Kathleen Gibson
2:55 PM	3:00 PM	Management of Unilateral Lower Limb Swelling Out of Proportion	Gloria Salazar
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Options for Persistent Swelling After Venous Intervention	Steve Dean
3:05 PM	3:10 PM	Post-thrombotic Deep Vein Disease	Thomas Maldonado
3:10 PM	3:15 PM	IVC Filter and Bilateral Lower Limb Edema	Kush Desai
3:15 PM	3:45 PM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 21: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Erin Murphy and Neil Khilnani
3:45 PM	4:05 PM		Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 22: Progress in the Management of PE	Moderators: Efthymios Avgerinos and Kush Desai
4:05 PM	4:13 PM	Clinical Evaluation of the PE Patient: Who Potentially Benefits From Intervention?	Mark Meissner
4:13 PM	4:21 PM	Mechanical Thrombectomy Renders Lytics Obsolete	Patrick Muck
4:21 PM	4:29 PM	Lytic Therapy Remains at the Center of Interventional PE Treatment	Parag Patel
4:29 PM	4:37 PM	Update on PE-TRACT: Why an RCT in PE Intervention is Needed Now More Than Ever	Akhilesh Sista
4:37 PM	4:45 PM	Why a Multidisciplinary Approach is the Best Approach in PE Management	Victor Tapson
4:45 PM	4:55 PM	Discussion
		Session 23: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Parag Patel and Igor Sincos
4:55 PM	5:00 PM	Update on the PeVD EMBOLIZE Trial	Ronald Winokur
5:00 PM	5:05 PM	AI Technology on DVT Diagnosis	Efthymios Avgerinos
5:05 PM	5:10 PM	Purpose-built Iliocaval Stent System	Kush Desai
5:10 PM	5:15 PM	Closing the Loop: Clinical Pearls From the ATTRACT Trial	Suresh Vedantham
5:15 PM	5:20 PM	Role of Statins on VTE	Jose Diaz
5:20 PM	5:25 PM	New Patient Reported Outcome Tools in Venous Disease	Ramona Gupta
5:25 PM	5:30 PM	Local Anti-Inflammation to Improve Outcomes of Endovascular DVT Recanalization	Stephen Black
5:30 PM	6:20 PM	Session 24: Synergy in Industry and Medicine	Moderators: Nicos Labropoulos and Steve Elias
			Panel: Kush Desai, Kathleen Gibson, Erin Murphy and Parag Patel

VS Day 3 – SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023
		TITLE	FACULTY
6:30 AM	7:00 AM	Attendee Breakfast
		Session 25: VS Aesthetic Vein Course – Aesthetic Vein Mix and Practice Pearls	Moderators: Peggy Bush and Ignacio Escotto
7:00 AM	7:08 AM	Combining Sclerotherapy and Thermal Energy	Vitor Gornati
7:08 AM	7:16 AM	Treating Veins in Other Areas of the Body	Ronald Bush
7:16 AM	7:24 AM	Techniques for Treating Foot and Hand Veins	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:24 AM	7:32 AM	Too Many Veins to Treat – Planning and Execution	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:32 AM	7:40 AM	Veins That Are Not So Easy To Treat	Ronald Bush
7:40 AM	7:48 AM	Dealing With Small Veins Connecting With the Pelvis	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:48 AM	7:56 AM	How to Document Your Treatment Effects	Elias Arcenio Neto
7:56 AM	8:04 AM	Dealing With Patient Expectations	Laura Redman
8:04 AM	8:12 AM	Reduce Cost, Maintain/Improve Quality and Practice Expansion	Peggy Bush
8:12 AM	8:22 AM	Discussion
		Session 26: Best Poster Presentation	Moderators: Ignacio Escotto and Mark Meissner
8:22 AM	8:25 AM	Poster 1
8:25 AM	8:28 AM	Poster 2
8:28 AM	8:31 AM	Poster 3
8:31 AM	8:34 AM	Voting and Winner Presentation
		Session 27: Best IVUS Presentation	Moderators: Efthymios Avgerinos and Steven Abramowitz
8:34 AM	8:37 AM	Case 1
8:37 AM	8:40 AM	Case 2
8:40 AM	8:42 AM	Voting and Winner Presentation
		Session 28: Understanding Inflammation and Its Impact on Venous Disease	Moderators: Fedor Lurie and Angela Kokkosis
8:42 AM	8:50 AM	Role of Inflammation in CVD and Venous Thrombosis	Jose Diaz
8:50 AM	8:58 AM	Are Venous Interventions Having an Effect on Inflammation?	Vitor Gornati
8:58 AM	9:06 AM	Compression to Regulate Inflammation	Fedor Lurie
9:06 AM	9:14 AM	Pharmacologic Treatment	Ignacio Escotto
9:14 AM	9:22 AM	Local Anti-inflammation to Improve Outcomes of Endovascular Deep Venous Interventions	Stephen Black
9:22 AM	9:30 AM	Discussion
9:30 AM	10:00 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 29: VS Journal Club – From the Press to Your Clinical Practice	Moderators: Stephen Black and Erin Murphy
10:00 AM	10:05 AM	What to Believe and What Not	Alun Davies
10:05 AM	10:10 AM	Superficial Vein Disease	Peter Pappas
10:10 AM	10:15 AM	Deep Vein Disease	Mark Meissner
10:15 AM	10:20 AM	Venous Thromboembolism	Victor Tapson
		Session 30: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Steve Elias and Erin Murphy
10:20 AM	10:40 AM		Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 31: Chronic Venous Obstruction – Expert Panel Tackling Tough Clinical Cases – In Collaboration With the Society of Interventional Radiology	Moderators: Kush Desai and Neil Khilnani
10:40 AM	10:48 AM	Challenging Inflow Disease	Ronald Winokur
10:48 AM	10:56 AM	Chronic Iliac Vein Stent Occlusion	Akhilesh Sista
10:56 AM	11:04 AM	Iliocaval Obstruction Involving an IVC Filter	Kush Desai
11:04 AM	11:12 AM	Combined Superficial and Deep Vein Treatment in Post-thrombotic Disease	Suresh Vedantham
11:12 AM	11:20 AM	Stent Problems Complicated With Recurrent Acute Thrombosis	Parag Patel
11:20 AM	11:30 AM	Discussion
		Session 32: VS Video Session – How I Do It	Moderators: Steve Elias and Jorge Ulloa
11:30 AM	11:35 AM	How to Get Great Results With Micro-phlebectomy	Paul Pittaluga
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Thermal Ablation	Igor Sincos
11:40 AM	11:45 AM	Non-thermal Ablation	Steve Elias
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Cleaning and Wrapping the Limb After Superficial Vein Procedures	Dimitrios Kontothanassis
11:50 AM	12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 33: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Erin Murphy and Neil Khilnani
1:30 PM	1:35 PM	DEFIANCE	Steven Abramowitz
1:35 PM	1:40 PM	DAVE Study: Human Allograft for Leg Ulcer Healing	Alun Davies
1:40 PM	1:45 PM	Air-Inflated Inelastic Compression Wrap	Giovanni Mosti
1:45 PM	1:50 PM	Discussion
		Session 34: Current Concepts and Progress in Wound Care	Moderators: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias
1:50 PM	1:58 PM	Understanding the Ulcer and Its Evolution	Alisha Oropallo
1:58 PM	2:06 PM	First Steps in Managing a VLU	Marcial Fallas
2:06 PM	2:14 PM	When to Intervene and Treatment Algorithm for Venous Disease	Steve Elias
2:14 PM	2:22 PM	How to Choose Amongst Dozens of Collagen Dressings?	George Koullias
2:22 PM	2:30 PM	Decision-making in Patients With Mixed Arterial and Venous Disease	Nicholas Sikalas
2:30 PM	2:40 PM	Discussion
		Session 35: VS Mix	Moderators: Antonios Gasparis and Stephen Black
2:40 PM	2:45 PM	Is That Venous?	Steven Dean
2:45 PM	2:50 PM	Thrombophilia Testing, When It Needs to Be Done and What Do I Order?	Victor Tapson
2:50 PM	2:55 PM	How Do I Treat Femoro-popliteal Disease?	Steve Elias
2:55 PM	3:00 PM	Unilateral Swelling and Shortness of Breath Without VTE	Nicholas Sikalas
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Treatment of Left Renal Vein Obstruction	Stephen Black
3:05 PM	3:10 PM	Connecting the Venous and Lymphatic World	Laura Redman
3:10 PM	3:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 36: Clinical Images – How Do You Treat This?	Case Presenter: Neil Khilnani
3:20 PM	3:40 PM	Rapid-fire Decision-making and Treatment	Panel: Steve Elias and Dimitrios Kontothassis
		Session 37: Superficial Vein Disease – Perfecting the Treatment	Moderators: Angela Kokkosis and Steve Elias
3:40 PM	3:45 PM	Segmental Saphenous Reflux	Paul Pittaluga
3:45 PM	3:50 PM	Ablation of Refluxing Saphenous Vein After Previous Thrombosis	Antonios Gasparis
3:50 PM	3:55 PM	Anterior Saphenous Vein to GSV Reflux	Marcial Fallas
3:55 PM	4:00 PM	Huge Great Saphenous Vein	Dimitrios Kontothanassis
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Large Refluxing Perforator in a Nonhealing Ulcer	Jorge Ulloa
4:05 PM	4:10 PM	Treatment of Recurrent Varicose Veins	Angela Kokkosis
4:10 PM	4:20 PM	Discussion
4:20 PM	4:30 PM	Closing Remarks	Nicos Labropoulos and Antonios Gasparis

This educational activity provides training necessary for licensed attendees to maintain state licensing requirements. The tuition for this educational activity is subsidized in part by unrestricted educational grants, including for those attendees who have successfully completed the state licensing requirements for their respective fields.

Venous Symposium 2023 Program Coming Soon!

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

VS WOUND CARE SYMPOSIUM

Co-Directors: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Session 1: Basic Concepts

Session 2: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan

Session 3: Local Wound Care

Session 4: Clinical Case Presentation of Different Wounds

Session 5: How, When and What Type of Local Dressings and Compression

Session 6: Local Interventions

Session 7: Vascular Procedures for Ulcer Healing – Learning Through Clinical Cases

Session 8: Wound Care Mix

Session 9: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation

Session 10: Video Session – How I Do It

Session 11: Starting, Maintaining and Expanding a Wound Care Practice

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

VS WOUND CARE SYMPOSIUM

Co-Directors: Alisha Oropallo and George Koullias

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Session 1: Basic Concepts

Session 2: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan

Session 3: Local Wound Care

Session 4: Clinical Case Presentation of Different Wounds

Session 5: How, When and What Type of Local Dressings and Compression

Session 6: Local Interventions

Session 7: Vascular Procedures for Ulcer Healing – Learning Through Clinical Cases

Session 8: Wound Care Mix

Session 9: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation

Session 10: Video Session – How I Do It

Session 11: Starting, Maintaining and Expanding a Wound Care Practice

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