2025 PROGRAM

Venous Symposium 2023 Program Coming Soon!

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.

Thursday, May 8, 2025

VS Day 1 – THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025

		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 Dermato-phlebology – The Patient, the Clinic, the Equipment and Treatment Techniques	Moderators: Rodrigo Kikuchi and Peggy Bush
7:05 AM	7:10 AM	Spectrum of Patients for Treatment	Tomasz Urbanek
7:10 AM	7:15 AM	What is Being Treated?	Ronald Bush
7:15 AM	7:20 AM	Transdermal Energy	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:20 AM	7:25 AM	Liquid and Foam Sclerotherapy	Vitor Gornati
7:25 AM	7:30 AM	Microphlebectomies	Ronald Bush
7:30 AM	7:35 AM	Techniques and Equipment	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:35 AM	7:40 AM	Patient Preparation and Expectations	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:40 AM	7:45 AM	Important Aspects for Running a Good Practice	Peggy Bush
7:45 AM	8:10 AM	VS Live Imaging and Discussion – Understadning the Structures and the Pathology	Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 2: VS Live – Patients With Chronic Venous Disease: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan	Panel: Steve Elias, Peter Pappas and Ramona Gupta
8:10 AM	8:30 AM	Patient with Varicose Veins	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
8:30 AM	8:50 AM	Patient with Skin Damage	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 3: Clinical Presentation, Evaluation and Imaging	Moderators: Joseph Raffetto and Kathleen Gibson
8:50 AM	8:55 AM	Pain of Venous Origin	Mark Meissner
8:55 AM	9:00 AM	Skin Damage	William Marston
9:00 AM	9:05 AM	Nonhealing Ulcer	Stephen Black
9:05 AM	9:10 AM	Recurrent Varicose Veins	Kathleen Gibson
9:10 AM	9:15 AM	Venous Malformation	Laura Redman
9:15 AM	9:20 AM	Lymphedema	Steven Dean
9:20 AM	9:30 AM	Discussion
9:30 AM	10:15 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 4: Management of Superficial Vein Disease	Moderators: Igor Sincos and Ramona Gupta
10:15 AM	10:22 AM	Treating Patients with Differfent Patterns of GSV Reflux	Peter Pappas
10:22 AM	10:29 AM	Treatment of ASV Reflux	Edward Boyle
10:29 AM	10:36 AM	Treatment of Different SSV Relfux Patterns	Neil Khilnani
10:36 AM	10:43 AM	Management of Nonsaphenous Vein Reflux	Ramona Gupta
10:43 AM	10:48 AM	Clinical Case – Venous Aneurysm	Dimitrios Kontothanassis
10:48 AM	11:00 AM	Discussion
		Session 5: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Antonios Gasparis and Neil Khilnani
11:00 AM	11:15 AM	Reflux Affecting Different Veins	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
11:15 AM	11:30 AM	Reflux Involving the SSV	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 6: VS Video Session – How I Do It	Moderator: Ramona Gupta and Edward Boyle
11:30 AM	11:35 AM	Tips and Tricks in Vein Ablation	Lina Vargas
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Best Ways to Optimize Phlebectomies	Dimitrios Kontothanassis
11:40 AM	11:45 AM	Tips and Tricks in Foam Sclerotherapy	Ramona Gupta
11:45 AM	11:50 AM	Treatment of Venous Malformation	Laura Redman
11:50 AM	12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 7: Reviewing Clinical CVD Guidelines Through Clinical Cases – In Collaboration with the American Venous Forum (AVF)	Moderators: Joseph Raffetto and Mark Meissner
1:30 PM	1:38 PM	Venoactive Drugs and Treatment of Post-thrombotic Syndrome	Joseph Raffetto
1:38 PM	1:46 PM	Classification of Pelvic Venous Disorders and Clinical Importance	Kathleen Gibson
1:46 PM	1:54 PM	The State of the Art in Venous Stenting: Who Benefits and How to Assess Success?	Suresh Vedantham
1:54 PM	2:02 PM	Which Patients with Venous Ulcers Benefit the Most from EVRA Recommendations?	Alun Davies
2:02 PM	2:10 PM	Are Certain Anticoagulants More Effective than Others for VTE?	Mark Meissner
2:10 PM	2:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 8: Practical Issues in the Management of VTE	Moderators: Alex Spyropoulos and Marcial Fallas
2:20 PM	2:27 PM	Treatment of Different Types of DVT After Ablation	Rafael Malgor
2:27 PM	2:34 PM	Practical Issues in the Planning and Follow-up of DVT Treatment	Mark Meissner
2:34 PM	2:41 PM	Impact of Thrombophilia on VTE Management	Victor Tapson
2:41 PM	2:48 PM	Issues with Anticoagulation and How to Resolve Them	Alex Spyropoulos
2:48 PM	2:55 PM	Discussion
		Session 9: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Suresh Vedantham and Igor Sincos
2:55 PM	3:15 PM	Evaluation of Post-thrombotic Disease	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
3:15 PM	4:00 PM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
3:15 PM	4:00 PM	Scientific Poster Presentations and Judging	Judges: Jose Diaz, Joseph Raffetto and Peter Pappas
		Session 10: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Stephen Black and Erin Murphy
4:00 PM	4:05 PM
4:05 PM	4:10 PM
4:10 PM	4:15 PM
4:15 PM	4:20 PM
4:20 PM	4:25 PM
4:25 PM	4:30 PM
4:30 PM	4:35 PM
4:35 PM	4:45 PM	Discussion
		Session 11: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Parag Patel and Houman Jalaie
4:45 PM	5:00 PM	How to Evaluate the Iliofemoral Veins	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
5:00 PM	5:10 PM	Evaluation of Combined Superficial and Deep Vein Disease	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 12: Individualizing Care in Patients with Edema	Moderators: Steven Dean and Manjit Gohel
5:10 PM	5:17 PM	Clinical and Objective Findings to Direct the Treatment	Giovanni Mosti
5:17 PM	5:24 PM	Cases with Lymphedema	Laura Redman
5:24 PM	5:31 PM	Cases with Lipedema	Vitor Gornati
5:31 PM	5:38 PM	Cases with Mixed Disease	Steven Dean
5:38 PM	5:43 PM	Complications of Treatment	Zoe Deol
5:43 PM	5:48 PM	Treatment Expectations of Patients and Practitioners	Fedor Lurie
5:48 PM	6:00 PM	Discussion
7:00 PM	8:00 PM	Networking Reception With the Exhibitors
8:00 PM	10:00 PM	Evening Reception

VS Allied Health Care Course Thursday, May 8, 2025
3:35 PM	3:40 PM	Welcome	Luis Leon
		Essentials for Your Practice	Moderators: Jennifer Clark and Peggy Bush
3:40 PM	3:45 PM	Enhancing Your Role in the Interventional Team During a Venous Procedure	Luis Leon
3:45 PM	3:50 PM	How to Begin and Brand a New Practice	Jennifer Clark
3:50 PM	3:55 PM	Health Care Team Interaction with the Patient	Peggy Bush
3:55 PM	4:00 PM	Discussion
		Edema	Moderators: Zoe Deol and Mohsen Bannazadeh
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Understanding the Development of Edema	Jennifer Clark
4:05 PM	4:10 PM	Understanding Lymphedema and Lipedema from Clinical Cases	Vitor Gornati
4:10 PM	4:15 PM	Clinical Cases of Edema After Venous Interventions	Kristy Stanfield
4:15 PM	4:20 PM	Use of Compression in Patients with Different Pathology	Laura Redman
4:20 PM	4:30 PM	Discussion
		Management of Venous Reflux	Moderators: Ramona Gupta and Vitor Gornati
4:30 PM	4:35 PM	Evaluation of Patient with Venous Reflux	Ignacio Escotto
4:35 PM	4:40 PM	How to Optimize Interventions for Superficial Vein Reflux	Ramona Gupta
4:40 PM	4:45 PM	Treatment for Pelvic Vein Reflux	Kimberly Scherer
4:45 PM	4:50 PM	Clinical Case – Saphenous Reflux	Krystal Sposito
4:50 PM	5:05 PM	Discussion
		Management of Venous Obstruction	Moderators: Dimitris Virvilis and Daphne Gonzalez
5:05 PM	5:10 PM	Who Should be Treated	Dimitris Virvilis
5:10 PM	5:15 PM	Clinical Case – Iliocaval Obstruction	Igor Sincos
5:15 PM	5:20 PM	Clinical Case – Symptomatic Nonthrombotic Iliac Vein Stenosis	Daphne Gonzalez
5:20 PM	5:30 PM	Discussion
		Venous Thromboembolism	Moderators: Kristan Probeck and Alex Spyropoulos
5:30 PM	5:35 PM	Enhancing Your Role on the Management of VTE	Kristan Probeck
5:35 PM	5:40 PM	Anticoagulation for VTE – Which Medication Should be Given and In What Patient?	Alex Spyropoulos
5:40 PM	5:45 PM	Management of DVT After Superficial Venous Interventions	Rafael Malgor
5:45 PM	5:50 PM	Clinical Case – Recurrent DVT	Marcial Fallas
5:50 PM	6:00 PM	Discussion

Friday, May 9, 2025

VS Day 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025
		TITLE	FACULTY
7:00 AM	7:30 AM	Attendee Breakfast
		Session 13: VS Dermato-phlebology – Understand Treatment Through Clinical Cases	Moderators: Tomasz Urbanek and Ignacio Escotto
7:30 AM	7:35 AM	Foam Sclerotherapy: The Right Volume, Dilutions and Technique of Infusion	Vitor Gornati
7:35 AM	7:40 AM	Management of Sclerotherapy Complications	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:40 AM	7:45 AM	Treating Multiple Veins in Different Depths of the Same Area	Ronald Bush
7:45 AM	7:50 AM	Using Laser Alone or in Combination with Other Methods	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:50 AM	7:55 AM	How to Use Imaging Techniques in the Treatment of Small Veins	Tomasz Urbanek
7:55 AM	8:00 AM	Use of Medication	Ignacio Escotto
8:00 AM	8:10 AM	Discussion
		Session 14: Techniques and Progress in Thrombus Removal	Moderators: Kush Desai and Parag Patel
8:10 AM	8:15 AM	Bilateral Iliofemoral Thrombosis	Elias Hohlastos
8:15 AM	8:20 AM	IVC Filter Thrombosis with Long Extension	Kush Desai
8:20 AM	8:25 AM	Chronic Posththrombotic Changes and Acute Iliofemoral DVT	Erin Murphy
8:25 AM	8:30 AM	Thrombus That is Hard to Remove	Steven Abramowitz
8:30 AM	8:35 AM	Tips and Tricks for Treating Submassive PE	Patrick Muck
8:35 AM	8:45 AM	Discussion
		Session 15: Pelvic Vein Disorders – In Collaboration with the American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS)	Moderators: Neil Khilnani and Kathleen Gibson
8:45 AM	8:52 AM	Symptoms of Pelvic Venous Reflux – What We Are Learning From PROM Development	Neil Khilnani
8:52 AM	8:59 AM	Are Symptoms of Compensated Iliac Obstruction Different Than Primary Reflux and What Advice Do You Have to Determine the Best Treatment for Combined Reflux and Obstruction Anatomy with VO-CPP?	Kathleen Gibson
8:59 AM	9:06 AM	Neuropsychological, Bladder, Bowel, Migraine, Fibromyalgia and POTS Symptoms Are Often Noted by Women with Venous Origin Chronic Pelvic Pain: Are Some Caused by Chronic Pelvic Pain or Is There Something Else Going On?	Mark Meissner
9:06 AM	9:11 AM	PeVD Nomenclature Changes in the Literature	Elizabeth Fashakin
9:11 AM	9:16 AM	International Survey of PeVD Practice	Peyton Cramer
9:16 AM	9:21 AM	Delphi Consensus for Required Outcome Measures in Venous Origin Chronic Pelvic Pain Research	Adam Gwóźdź
9:21 AM	9:26 AM	Delphi Consensus for the Evaluation and Management of Venous Origin Chronic Pelvic Pain	Kimberly Scherer
9:26 AM	9:35 AM	Discussion
9:35 AM	10:20 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 16: Venous Stenting – Indications, Planning, Placement and Patient	Moderators: Paul Gagne and Houman Jalaie
10:20 AM	10:27 AM	Patient Selection and Planning	Paul Gagne
10:27 AM	10:34 AM	Tips and Tricks for Stent Placement	Erin Murphy
10:34 AM	10:41 AM	What to Do When Things Go Wrong	Stephen Black
10:41 AM	10:48 AM	Management of Tough Occlusions	Kush Desai
10:48 AM	10:55 AM	Anticoagulation Therapy and Follow-up	William Marston
10:55 AM	11:00 AM	Clinical Case	Elias Hohlastos
11:00 AM	11:10 AM	Discussion
		Session 17: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Antonios Gasparis and Houman Jalaie
11:10 AM	11:25 AM	Evaluation of Venous Stenting	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
11:25 AM	11:35 AM	Special Presentation: The Art of Surgery and the Art of Magic!	Peter Gloviczki
		Session 18: VS Keynote Lecture
11:35 AM	11:40 AM	Keynote Speaker – Introduction	Nicos Labropoulos
11:40 AM	12:00 PM	Keynote Lecture:
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 19: Synergy in Industry and Medicine – Evaluating and Implementing Medical Innovations	Moderators: Alun Davies and Neil Khilnani
1:30 PM	1:32 PM	Overview
		What is the Process from Innovation to Patient Care?
1:32 PM	1:37 PM	EU Perspective	Houman Jalaie
1:37 PM	1:42 PM	UK Perspective	Manjit Gohel
1:42 PM	1:47 PM	US Perspective	Suresh Vedantham
1:47 PM	1:52 PM	Discussion
		What Does the Industry Need to Consider Bringing Innovation to Market?
1:52 PM	1:57 PM		Parag Patel
1:57 PM	2:02 PM		Victor Tapson
2:02 PM	2:20 PM	Panel Discussion
		Session 20: VS Compression Club – Learn from Clinical Cases	Moderators: Alun Davies and Fedor Lurie
2:20 PM	2:25 PM	Clinical Cases of Venous Disease	Giovanni Mosti
2:25 PM	2:30 PM	Clinical Cases of Thrombotic and Postthrombotic Disease	Fedor Lurie
2:30 PM	2:35 PM	Clinical Cases of Lymphedema, Lipedema and Other Conditions	Steven Dean
2:35 PM	3:00 PM	Live Demonstration & Interactive Discussion	Dimitrios Kontothanassis and Giovanni Mosti
3:00 PM	3:45 PM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 21: Clinical Cases and Interventions	Moderators: Peter Gloviczki and Rafael Malgor
3:45 PM	3:50 PM	Symptoms Out of Proportion with Infraingunal Ultrasound Findings	Erin Murphy
3:50 PM	3:55 PM	Unusual Case of Superficial Vein Reflux	Marcial Fallas
3:55 PM	4:00 PM	Pelvic Pain and Extensive Large Varicose Veins in the Limb	Gloria Salazar
4:00 PM	4:05 PM	Symptomatic Femoro-popliteal Disease and Superficial Vein Reflux	Steve Elias
4:05 PM	4:10 PM	Ulcer with Mixed Etiology	Luis Leon
4:10 PM	4:15 PM	Persistent Lower Limb Edema	Thomas Maldonado
4:15 PM	4:25 PM	Discussion
		Session 22: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Gloria Salazar and Neil Khilnani
4:25 PM	4:40 PM	Pelvic Reflux	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 23: VS Mix	Moderators: Paul Gagne and Kimberly Scherer
4:40 PM	4:45 PM	Intersafenous Reflux	Igor Sincos
4:45 PM	4:50 PM	Thoracic Inlet Syndrome	Rafael Malgor
4:50 PM	4:55 PM	IVC Filter Removal	Minhaj Khaja
4:55 PM	5:00 PM	Thrombus Removal for Iliofemoral DVT Extending to the Calf Veins	Daniel Han
5:00 PM	5:05 PM	A Case that Went Wrong	Elias Hohlastos
5:05 PM	5:15 PM	Discussion
		Session 24: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderators: Peter Pappas and Robert Lookstein
5:15 PM	5:20 PM	ELAFOS Study – Thermal Ablation Clinical Ouctomes After 10 years	Dimitrios Kontothanassis
5:20 PM	5:25 PM	New Anticoagulants: Beyond the DOACs	Alex Spyropoulos
5:25 PM	5:30 PM	Updates in VTE Trials: The STRIKE-PE Study	Robert Lookstein
5:30 PM	5:35 PM
5:35 PM	5:40 PM
5:40 PM	5:45 PM
5:45 PM	5:50 PM
5:50 PM	6:00 PM	Discussion

VS LATIN program in collaboration with CADECI – Friday, May 9, 2025
START	END	Director – Ignacio Escotto	FACULTY
3:30 PM	3:35 PM	VS Latin Session Welcome Remarks	Ignacio Escotto
		Thrombosis	Moderator: Ignacio Escotto
3:35 PM	3:40 PM	Clinical Scenaria of Calf DVT and How I Treat Them	Alejandro Gonzalez
3:40 PM	3:45 PM	Tailoring and Optimizing Anticoagulation for Proximal DVT	Nelson Encarnacion
3:45 PM	3:50 PM	Management of Subacute Iliofemoral DVT	Marcial Fallas
3:50 PM	3:55 PM	Clinica Case – Recurrent DVT	Nicole Marie Yuja
3:55 PM	4:00 PM	Bridging the Gap from Basic Science to Clinical Practice	Jose Diaz
4:00 PM	4:10 PM	Discussion
		Learning From Clinical Cases – Treatment of Reflux	Moderator: Mariuxi Morales
4:10 PM	4:15 PM	Anterior Saphenous Vein Reflux
4:15 PM	4:20 PM	SSV Reflux Also Involving the Thigh Extension	Lina Vargas
4:20 PM	4:25 PM	Reflux in a Large Diameter GSV	Pepe Merida
4:25 PM	4:30 PM	Nonsaphenous Reflux	Flora Ibarra Caballero
4:30 PM	4:35 PM	Discussion
		VS Latin Mix	Moderator: Marcial Fallas
4:35 PM	4:40 PM	Treatment of Pelvic Vein Reflux	Gloria Salazar
4:40 PM	4:45 PM	Management of Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	Rafael Malgor
4:45 PM	4:50 PM	Use of Compression and Medication for CVD	Nathalia Cardoso
4:50 PM	4:55 PM	Discussion
		Chronic Venous Obstruction	Moderator: Adriano Souza
4:55 PM	5:00 PM	Imaging for Chronic Venous Obstruction	Karol Lajam
5:00 PM	5:05 PM	When and How to Treat Nonthrombotic Iliac Vein Compression	Daphne Gonzalez
5:05 PM	5:10 PM	Recognizing and Treating Venous Claudication	Andres Marin
5:10 PM	5:15 PM	Clinical Case – Stent Occlusion	Ignacio Escotto
5:15 PM	5:20 PM	Discussion
		Aesthetic Vein Disease	Moderator: Vitor Gornati
5:20 PM	5:25 PM	Dermal Laser When to Use it and For What Veins	Rodrigo Kikuchi
5:25 PM	5:30 PM	Preparation Before, During and After Sclerotherapy
5:30 PM	5:35 PM	Treatment of Reticular Veins and Small Tributaries	Paola Ortiz
5:35 PM	5:40 PM	Avoiding Main Complications and Treating Them When They Occur	Nora Sanchez
5:40 PM	5:50 PM	Discussion
		How I Do It	Moderator: Vitor Gornati
5:50 PM	5:55 PM	Iliac Stent Sizing and Placement	Oscar Gural
5:55 PM	6:00 PM	Same Day Thrombus Removal	Luis Leon
6:00 PM	6:05 PM	Treating the Ulcer Bed	Mariuxi Morales
6:05 PM	6:10 PM	Use of Microfoam	Enric Roche
6:10 PM	6:15 PM	Nutcracker Syndrome, Manejo Actual	Young Erben
6:15 PM	6:20 PM	Phamacotherapy for Chronic Venous Disease	Rebeca Reachi
6:20 PM	6:30 PM	Discussion

VS Day 3 – SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2025
		TITLE	FACULTY
7:00 AM	7:30 AM	Attendee Breakfast
		Session 26: VS Dermato-phlebology: Understand Treatment Through Clinical Cases	Moderators: Vitor Gornati and Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:30 AM	7:35 AM	Examples of Veins That are Hard to Treat	Ronald Bush
7:35 AM	7:40 AM	Segmental Saphenous and Tributary Reflux Associated with Small Veins	Vitor Gornati
7:40 AM	7:45 AM	How to Maximize the Patient Comfort When Delivering Treatment	Rodrigo Kikuchi
7:45 AM	7:50 AM	Clinical Cases of Treating Multiple Veins and Plexuses	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
7:50 AM	7:55 AM	Treatment of Dermal and Fascial Perforators	Ronald Bush
7:55 AM	8:00 AM	What We Need to Improve on the Treatment of Small Veins	Rodrigo Kikuchi
8:00 AM	8:10 AM	Discussion
		Session 27: Best Poster Presentation	Moderators: Jose Diaz and Mark Meissner
8:10 AM	8:13 AM	Poster 1
8:13 AM	8:16 AM	Poster 2
8:16 AM	8:19 AM	Poster 3
8:19 AM	8:22 AM	Voting and Winner Presentation
		Session 28: Best IVUS Presentation	Moderators: Kush Desai and Steven Abramowitz
8:22 AM	8:25 AM	Case 1
8:25 AM	8:28 AM	Case 2
8:28 AM	8:30 AM	Voting and Winner Presentation
		Session 29: Superficial Veins	Moderators: Igor Sincos and Zoe Deol
8:30 AM	8:35 AM	Lessons Learned from Complications	Angela Kokkosis
8:35 AM	8:40 AM	Treatment Plan for Symptomatic Varicose Veins Extending to the Pelvis	Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska
8:40 AM	8:45 AM	Hybrid Procedures for Varicose Veins	Tomasz Urbanek
8:45 AM	8:50 AM	Use of Foam Sclerotherapy in Different Cases	Lina Vargas
8:50 AM	8:55 AM
8:55 AM	9:20 AM	Short Clinical Cases	Neil Khilnani and Dimitrios Kontothanassis
9:20 AM	9:30 AM	Discussion
9:30 AM	10:15 AM	Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
		Session 30: VS Journal Club – From the Press to Your Clinical Practice	Moderators: Daniel Han and Angela Kokkosis
10:15 AM	10:20 AM	Lymphatic Disease	Laura Redman
10:20 AM	10:25 AM	Superficial Vein Disease	Alun Davies
10:25 AM	10:30 AM	Deep Vein Disease	Mark Meissner
10:30 AM	10:35 AM	Venous Thromboembolism	Victor Tapson
		Session 31: VS Live Imaging	Panel: Steve Elias and Rodrigo Kikuchi
10:35 AM	10:55 AM	Superficial Vein Disease	Imaging: Nicos Labropoulos and Adriano Souza
		Session 32: Challenges in the Management of PE – In Collaboration with the Society of Interventional Radiology	Moderators: Kush Desai and Suresh Vedantham
10:55 AM	11:03 AM	Patient Selection for Advanced PE Intervention: Have We Gotten Better?	Suresh Vedantham
11:03 AM	11:11 AM	AI and PERTs: Luxury or Necessity?	Robert Lookstein
11:11 AM	11:16 AM	Lytics are Valuable in PE	Kush Desai
11:16 AM	11:21 AM	We are in a Post-lytics World: Mechanical Thrombectomy is the Future	Parag Patel
11:21 AM	11:29 AM	Non-stop PE Trials: What Do We Hope to Learn?	Akhilesh Sista
11:29 AM	11:34 AM	Pulmonary Angioplasty in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension	Minhaj Khaja
11:34 AM	11:45 AM	Discussion
		Session 33: VS Video Session – How I Do It	Moderators:
11:45 AM	11:50 AM		Igor Sincos
11:50 AM	11:55 AM	Pelvic Embolization	Gloria Salazar
11:55 AM	12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch Break, Visit Exhibits and Industry Sessions
		Session 34: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation	Moderator: Mohsen Bannazadeh
1:30 PM	1:35 PM	EMBOLIZE Trial Update	Ronald Winokur
1:35 PM	1:40 PM
1:40 PM	1:45 PM
1:45 PM	1:50 PM	Discussion
		Session 35: Comprehensive Venous Ulcer Care	Moderators: John Lantis and George Koullias
1:50 PM	1:58 PM	How to Recognize the Different Ulcers	Steven Dean
1:58 PM	2:06 PM	What is New in the Local Wound Imaging and Evaluation	Alisha Oropallo
2:06 PM	2:14 PM	When and How to Use Local Products	George Koullias
2:14 PM	2:22 PM	Plan for Treating the Veins	Nicholas Sikalas
2:22 PM	2:30 PM	Treating Patients with Mixed Disease	John Lantis
2:30 PM	2:40 PM	Discussion
		Session 36: VS Mix	Moderators: Angela Kokkosis and Peter Gloviczki
2:40 PM	2:45 PM	Treatment of Pathologic Perforator	Steve Elias
2:45 PM	2:50 PM	How do I Use Venoactive Drugs in My Clinical Practice	Ignacio Escotto
2:50 PM	2:55 PM	Varicose Veins Associated with Lymph Nodes	Edward Boyle
2:55 PM	3:00 PM	A Difficult Case of Pelvic Reflux and Obstruction	Kimberly Scherer
3:00 PM	3:05 PM	Challenges in the Treatment of Post-thrombotic Obstruction	Houman Jalaie
3:05 PM	3:10 PM	Tumors and Veins	Peter Gloviczki
3:10 PM	3:20 PM	Discussion
		Session 37: Clinical Images – How Do You Treat This?	Case Presenters: Neil Khilnani and Marcial Fallas
3:20 PM	3:40 PM	Rapid-fire Decision-making and Treatment	Panel: Nicos Labropoulos and Ignacio Escotto
3:40 PM	3:45 PM	Closing Remarks	Nicos Labropoulos and Antonios Gasparis

Venous Symposium 2023 Program Coming Soon!

Thursday, May 8, 2025

VS Day 1 – THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2025

Session 1: VS Dermato-phlebology – The Patient, the Clinic, the Equipment and Treatment Techniques

Session 2: VS Live – Patients With Chronic Venous Disease: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan

Session 3: Clinical Presentation, Evaluation and Imaging

Session 4: Management of Superficial Vein Disease

Session 5: VS Live Imaging

Session 6: VS Video Session – How I Do It

Session 7: Reviewing Clinical CVD Guidelines Through Clinical Cases – In Collaboration with the American Venous Forum (AVF)

Session 8: Practical Issues in the Management of VTE

Session 9: VS Live Imaging

Session 10: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation

Session 11: VS Live Imaging

Session 12: Individualizing Care in Patients with Edema

VS Day 2 – FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025

Session 13: VS Dermato-phlebology – Understand Treatment Through Clinical Cases

Session 14: Techniques and Progress in Thrombus Removal

Session 15: Pelvic Vein Disorders – In Collaboration with the American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS)

Session 16: Venous Stenting – Indications, Planning, Placement and Patient

Session 17: VS Live Imaging

11:25 AM

11:35 AM

Special Presentation: The Art of Surgery and the Art of Magic!

Session 18: VS Keynote Lecture

Session 19: Synergy in Industry and Medicine – Evaluating and Implementing Medical Innovations

Session 20: VS Compression Club – Learn from Clinical Cases

Session 21: Clinical Cases and Interventions

Session 22: VS Live Imaging

Session 23: VS Mix

Session 24: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation

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