Schedule-At-A-Glance

Postgraduate Courses Registration
and Breakfast

7:30 am – 10:30 am

Concurrent Postgraduate Courses

P1: Vascular Access 2009: Where We Are and Where We Are Going!
Moderators: David L. Cull, MD, Thomas S. Huber, MD, PhD

P2: Endovascular Interventions for Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease
Moderators: Ronald M. Fairman, MD, Peter A. Schneider, MD

10:30 am – 10:45 am

Coffee Break

10:45 am – 1:45 pm

Concurrent Postgraduate Courses

P3: Medical Management of Vascular Surgery Patients
Moderators: Peter K. Henke, MD, Thomas F. Rehring, MD

P4: TEVAR Boot Camp: Survival Skills for Successful Endovascular Management of the Thoracic Aorta
Moderators: John F. Eidt, MD, W. Anthony Lee, MD

Noon – 6:00 pm

Vascular Annual Meeting Registration Open

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

Postgraduate Courses Lunch

2:30 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Postgraduate Courses

P5: Increasing Your Venous Practice: Growth Opportunities
Moderators: Joann M. Lohr, MD, Thomas W. Wakefield, MD

P6: Contemporary Management of Great Vessel and Cerebral Vascular Disease
Moderators: Douglas W. Massop, MD, Robert G. Molnar, MD

P7: How Do I Enhance My Participation in Clinical Trials?
Moderators: Peter L. Faries, MD, Luis A. Sanchez, MD

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

How Do I Enhance My Participation in Clinical Trials? – Industry Round Table*

* Session not accredited for CME credit.

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Welcome Reception for General Sugery Resident/Medical Student Educational Program

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

SVS Past President’s Reception (invitation only)

Registration Open

6:30 am – 8:00 am

Breakfast Sessions

B1: The Diabetic Foot: Management Skills for the Vascular Surgeon
Moderators: George Andros, MD, Richard F. Neville, MD

B2: The Design and Implementation of Hybrid Systems in the Operating Room
Moderators: Michael Belkin, MD, Roy K. Greenberg, MD

8:00 am – 9:50 am

S1: William J. von Liebig Forum

9:50 am – 10:15 am

AVA Awards Ceremony

10:15 am – Noon

F1: E. Stanley Crawford Critical Issues Forum
Maintenance of Certification: The New Challenge for Vascular Surgeons, Made Easy
Moderator: Anton N. Sidawy, MD

Noon – 1:30 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

Noon – 1:30 pm

Distinguished Fellows Luncheon

Noon – 6:30 pm

Exhibits Open

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

S2: SVS Plenary Session

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break

4:00 pm – 5:20 pm

S3: SVS Plenary Session

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

SVS Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall

Registration Open

6:30 am – 8:00 am

Concurrent Breakfast Sessions

B3: Less-Invasive Open Limb Salvage Procedures
Moderators: Karl A. Illig, MD, William D. Jordan, MD

B4: Secondary Procedures Following EVAR
Moderators: Michel S. Makaroun, MD,Jon S. Matsumura, MD

Physician Assistant's Breakfast

Women's Networking Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:50 am

S4: SVS Plenary Session

9:50 am – 10:20 am

Coffee Break

10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Exhibits Open

10:20 am – 11:30 am

S5: SVS Plenary Session

11:30 am – 11:45 am

SVS Awards Ceremony

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

SVS Presidential Address: Does Vascular Surgery Cost Too Much?
G. Patrick Clagett, MD

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

SVS Member Business Luncheon

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Non-Member Lunch in Exhibit Hall

12:15 pm – 1:30 pm

Poster Viewing

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

C1: How to Write a Scientific Paper for Publication in the Journal of Vascular Surgery
Moderators: Jack Cronenwett, MD, James M. Seeger, MD

C2: Practice Management for Vascular Fellows

C3: Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Papers

C4: Poster Presentations

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Academic Award Papers*

* Reporting session not accredited for CME credit.

4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

C5: Joint Session with Society for Vascular Ultrasound and Society for Vascular Surgery – Duplex Ultrasound of the Carotid Arteries: Beyond Velocities
Moderators: Hisham S. Bassiouny, MD, FACS, Jean Primozich, BS, RVT, FSVU

C6: Beyond the Journal of Vascular Surgery: Top Ten Vascular Papers in 2008
Moderator: Gregory L. Moneta, MD

C7: Association of Chairs in Vascular Surgery Meeting
Moderators: Enrico Ascher, MD, R. Clement Darling, III, MD

C8: Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Papers

C9: Poster Presentations

Young Surgeon's Reception

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

SVS President’s Reception (invitation only)

Registration Open

6:30 am – 8:00 am

Concurrent Breakfast Sessions

B5: Hybrid Procedures for Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Moderators: Mark A. Farber, MD, Alan B. Lumsden, MD

B6: The Practice of Vascular Surgery in the Community
Moderators: Dennis R. Gable, MD, Russell H. Samson, MD

8:00 am – 9:20 am

S6: SVS Plenary Session

9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Exhibits Open

9:20 am – 9:50 am

Coffee Break

9:50 am – 10:30 am

S7: SVS Plenary Session

10:30 am – Noon

F2: Poster Runoff: Championship Round*
Moderator: Peter F. Lawrence, MD
Judges: G. Patrick Clagett, MD, K. Wayne Johnston, MD, K. Craig Kent, MD

* Session not accredited for CME credit.

Noon – 1:30 pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall

Noon – 1:30 pm

Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Business Luncheon

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

C10: Clinical Debates
Debate 1: The Best Treatment of Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Medical Approach vs. Surgical Approach
Moderator: Kaj H. Johansen, MD

Debate 2: Revascularization for TASC D Disease of the Lower Extremity: Endovascular Therapy vs. Open Surgical Repair
Moderator: Mark R. Nehler, MD

C11: Peripheral Vascular SurgicalSociety Papers

3:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Coffee Break

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Breakout Sessions

C12: Joint Session with European Society for Vascular Surgery and Society for Vascular Surgery – Simulation Training for Open Surgical Procedures
Moderator: Enrico Ascher, MD

C13: Research Forum – New Paradigms and Therapies in Venous Thrombosis
Moderators: Peter K. Henke, MD, Rajabrata Sarkar, MD

C14: The Coat of Many Colors: Paving the Way for Diversity on Both Sides of the Patient Care Paradigm
Sponsored by the SVS Women’s Issues Committee and Diversity Committee
Moderators: Frederick P. Beavers, MD, FACS, Cynthia K. Shortell, MD

C15: Peripheral Vascular Surgical Society Papers

Registration Open

7:00 am – 8:30 am

Rapid Paced Paper Session

R1: Paper Session I

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Coffee Break

9:00 am – 10:30 am

Rapid Paced Paper Session

R2: Paper Session II

10:30 am

Meeting Adjourns