8:00 am |
Welcome & Introduction
Eric Roselli, MD; Francis Caputo, MD; Milind Desai, MD, MBA; Sagar Kalahasti, MD; Venu Menon, MD |
8:05 – 9:00 am |
Session I: Inside the Aorta
Moderators: Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD and Joseph Lombardi, MD
Proximal Aortic (Valve, Root, Ascending) Morphology and Development Impacts Pathology
Justin Tretter, MD
New Biochemical and Molecular Insights into the Pathophysiology of Thoracic Aortopathy
Suneel Apte, PhD
Managing Aortic Disease During Pregnancy and in Reproductive Age Women
Susan Keen, MD
How Does the Pathophysiology of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Disease Differ?
Scott Cameron, MD, PhD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelist: Carmela Tan, MD; Alan Braverman, MD; Sagar Kalahasti, MD |
9:00 – 10:00 am |
Session II: Staying Ahead of Catastrophe
Moderators: Krishna Aragam, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
Heritable Thoracic Aortic Conditions and Risk of Dissection: Which genetic variants require unique recommendations and what is next in predicting risk?
Siddharth Prakash, MD, PhD
The Role of Clinical Geneticists and Cascade Screening of Families at a Dedicated Aorta Center
Christina Rigelsky, MS
Medical therapy for the genetically vulnerable patient: why, what, and how?
Alan Braverman, MD
Screening for Aortic Aneurysms Current Recs for Abdominal Aneurysm and Critique of the Results
Sean Crawford, MD
Current status of larger genetic databases / registries globally and in the US – how will this help us to treat aortic disease in the future?
Krishna Aragam, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelists: Jeffrey Bennett, MD, PhD; Milind Desai, MD, MBA; Francis Caputo, MD |
10:00 am |
Break & Exhibits |
10:20 – 11:00 am |
Patient, Family and Provider Education and Advocacy Session
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Jeanna Sigmund, RN, CNS
Heart-Valve-Surgery.com
Adam Pick
John Ritter Foundation
Ellen Hostetler and Meredith O’Neal
Marfan Foundation
Eileen Novins
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Sagar Kalahasti, MD; Eric E. Roselli, MD |
11:00 am – 12:05 pm |
Session III: Acute Aortic Disease: Truly Multi-Disciplinary Care
Moderators: Marijan Koprivanac, MD, and Venu Menon, MD
Educating Teams in the ED: Never Missing Acute Aortic Diagnoses
Bryan Baskin, MD
Critical Care Transport Teams: Creating an Autolaunch™ Program
Abigail Brown, DNP, MBA
Expediting Care: Ins & Outs of Virtual Image Sharing
Paul Schoenhagen, MD
Acute Cardiovascular Intensive Care: the Cardio-Aortic Triage Element
Venu Menon, MD
Mobilizing the OR Team: Cross-training, Heli-pad to OR, Emergency Triage
Iliana Santiago, MSN, RN; Kim Karl, RN, and Ryan Carter, RNFA
Developing a Dedicated Vascular Radiology Tech Team and Equipment Supply
Bryan Kolar, RT (R)(VI)
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Courtney Hanak, MD; Frank Birchfield, RN |
12:05 pm |
Lunch Break |
12:15 pm |
Non-CME Satellite Presentation – Living Legends Lunch Keynote Conversation: From Lifesaving to Lifelong Care
Moderator: Eric E. Roselli, MD
Keynote: Alan Braverman, MD |
12:55 pm |
Lunch concludes |
1:00 – 3:00 pm |
Session IV: Complex Decisions: Team Case Presentations - Emergency Aortic Diagnoses
Moderators: Francis Caputo, MD and Kyle G. Miletic, MD
Acute Aortic Syndrome with Malperfusion: Case Presentations
Cerebral Malperfusion During Type A
Case Presentation: William Frankel, MD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Venu Menon, MD and Gabor Toth, MD
Operative Approach: Marijan Koprivanac, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelists: Paul Schoenhagen, MD and Naveed U. Saqib, MD
Limb, Gut, and Multi-bed Malperfusion Complicating Type A or B Dissection
Case Presentation: David Laczynski, MD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Paul Shoenhagen, MD and Milind Desai, MD
Operative Approach: Ali Khalifeh, MD and Xiaoying Lou, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Robert Simon, MD; Courtney Hanak, MD
Other Aortic Emergencies
Traumatic Aortic Transection
Case Presentation: Benjamin Kramer, DO, PhD
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Jeffrey Claridge, MD
Operative Approach: Naveed Saqib, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Ravi Ambani, MD; Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
Invasive Aortic Root Endocarditis with Fistula
Case Presentation: Cardiology Imaging Fellow
Imaging & Medical Treatment Considerations: Jay Ramchand, MD, PhD
Operative Approach: Per Wierup, MD, PhD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Thomas Fraser, MD; Eric E. Roselli, MD |
3:00 pm |
Break and Exhibits |
3:20 – 4:20 pm |
Session V: Complex Decisions Facing Urgent Aortic Diagnoses
Moderators: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Sagar Kalahasti, MD
Is IMH Different than Dissection, and What Imaging Subtleties Matter?
Sagar Kalahasti, MD
Very Large Aneurysms – Contained Leaks / Impending Rupture, Other Concerns
Joseph Lombardi, MD
Proximal Aortic Graft Infection
Shinya Unai, MD
Distal Aortic Graft Infection
Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
Coronary and Cerebral catheterization in patients with urgent thoracic aortic disease
Grant Reed, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Paul Schoenhagen, MD; Nabin Shrestha, MD; Venu Menon, MD |
4:20 – 5:20 pm |
Session VI: CT Anesthesia + Session: Getting in and Out of the Operating Room Safely
Moderators: Jennifer Hargrave, DO and Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
Prepping for Rapid Induction & Possible Instability, CT Anesthesia Consideration
Donn Marciniak, MD
Role for Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography in Aortic Surgery
Marta Kelava, MD
Coagulopathy: Anticipating Pre- and Intra-op, Managing it Post-op
Mariya Geube, MD
Special Considerations for Patients Who Won’t Accept Blood but Need Aorta Surgery
Jennifer Hargrave, DO
Post Aortic Repair Ventricular Dysfunction: MCS Considerations
Anthony Zaki, MD
Panel discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Andrew Bauer, MD; Amanda Vest, MBBS, MPH; Naveed Saqib, MD |
5:20 pm |
Closing Comments and Adjourn |
7:30 am |
Industry Satellite Session: Device Pipeline Presentations & Panel Discussion (NON-CME)
Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD & Nicole Byram, PhD |
8:30 am |
Welcome & Introduction (Resume CME) |
8:35 – 9:45 am |
Session VII: Innovation in Medical Management of Aortic Disease
Moderator: Nick Ruthmann, MD and Khaled Abdul-Nour, MD
New Strategies to Identify Patients with Aortic Disease – AI and the EMR
Nick Ruthmann, MD
Redefining More Precise Indications for Repair – Indexing size, New Risk Indicators, What’s Next?
Siddarth Prakash, MD, PhD
What’s New in Aortic Imaging Post-Dissection – 4D Flow, Functional Assessments, Aortic Biomechanics, etc…?
Khaled Abdul-Nour, MD
Medical Therapy to Slow the Progression of Aortic Disease – Current Evidence and What’s Next?
Jeff Bennett, MD
Optimizing Follow-up – HTN Control, Imaging Compliance, Activity Recommendations
Alan Braverman, MD
Impact of Aortic Diagnoses on Mental Health – Should We Be Paying More Attention?
Leo Pozuelo, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional Panelists: Benjamin Kramer, DO, PhD; Neha Quatramoni, MD |
9:45 – 10:55 am |
Session VIII: Innovations In Treating Aortic Dissection
Moderators: Alexander A. Brescia, MD and Sean Crawford, MD
Limited vs. Extended Repair for Acute Type A
Bare Stent Extended Repair – Experience with the AMDS Device and What Will Be Its Role?
Alexander A. Brescia, MD
Zone Two Repair and Early Extension
Kyle G. Miletic, MD
Branched Frozen Elephant trunk Repair – BSAFER and Arcevo Updates
Eric Roselli, MD
Advances in the Treatment of Type B Dissection – Branched Endografts, Bare Stents, STABILIZE
Joseph Lombardi, MD
Should We TEVAR Sooner for Type B and Residual Type A?
Xiaoying Lou, MD
Will Ascending Stentgrafting Expand Treatment Options for Aortic Dissection – ARISE 2 and 3 Updates?
Patrick Vargo, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelists: Francis Caputo, MD and Gianluca Torregrossa, MD |
10:55 am |
Break & Exhibits |
11:15 am – 12:30 pm |
Session IX: Innovations In Treating Aortic Aneurysm
Moderators: Eric Roselli, MD and Francis Caputo, MD
Expanding VSRR – How Do We Save More Living Valves?
Alexander A. Brescia, MD
PEARS – Should We Expand It to the US?
Akiko Tanaka, MD, PhD
Will Ascending Stentgrafting Have a Role for Proximal Aneurysms – EndoBentall, EndoWheat, etc…?
Kyle G. Miletic, MD
Zone 1 and Zone 0 Endo Arch Repairs with Single- and Multi-Branch Devices?
Francis Caputo, MD
Open Endo and Hybrid Repair for Congenital Aortic Disease – Coarctations and Arch Anomalies
Joanna Ghobrial, MD
Update on FEVAR (Juxtarenal) and BEVAR (Endo TAAA)
Sean Crawford, MD
Panel Discussion with session faculty
Additional panelist: Patrick Vargo, MD; Naveed U. Saqib, MD
Closing Comments
Eric Roselli, MD; Francis Caputo, MD; Sagar Kalahasti, MD; Venu Menon, MD |
12:30 pm |
Adjourn |
1:00 pm |
Marfan Foundation CLE Walk for Victory |
