1571 Poipu Rd, Koloa, HI 96756

September 10-15th, 2016

a Forum for Advances in Image-guided therapies

2016 Program & Faculty

WAIS 46th Annual CME Conference

SESSION 1: Grand Reopening: Stenting, Lysis and Recannulization (Moderator: George Vatakencherry, MD, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA)

7:30-7:54 am - Evaluation and management of peripheral arterial disease: What a clinical interventionist needs to know-George Vatakencherry, M, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA

7:54-8:18 am - Developing a high end endovascular practice in the real world (CLI and beyond): Lessons learned Yong Park, MD, Lambert Radiology Medical Group, Seal Beach, CA

8:18-8:42 am - Mechanical Thrombectomy, PERT and the New Management of PE John Moriarty, MD, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

8:42-9:06 am - Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Management of Venous Disease in Cancer Patients Robert H. Siegelbaum, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

9:06-9:30 am - Treatment of Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease - Case Based Approach with Practical Pearls Ripal T. Gandhi, MD, FSVM, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, FL

SESSION 2: Neurointerventions (Moderator: Christopher Loh, MD, VISOC, Orange, CA)

10:00-10:20 am - Spine Blocks and Intervention Basics Stephen Ho, MD, FRCPC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada

10:20-10:40 am - Stop the Epistaxis Christopher Loh, MD, Vascular & Interventional Specialists of OC, Orange, CA

10:40-11:00 am - Stroke Imaging - Alberta Eh?Ilya Lehkt, MD, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

11:00-11:20 am - Stroke Trials Quick and Dirty Yince Loh, MD, FNCS, Madigan Army Medical Center, Seattle, WA

11:20-11:40 am - Crossbreeding IR and NeuroIR Tools and TechniquesIlya Lehkt, MD, University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

11:40 am - 12:00 pm - Disaster to HeroYince Loh, MD, FNCS, Madigan Army Medical Center, Seattle, WA / Christopher Loh, MD, Vascular & Interventional Specialists of OC, Orange, CA

SESSION 2: GI Intervention(Moderator: Siddhartha Padia, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA)

1:00-1:18 pm - IVUS Guidance for TIPS Creation Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD, OHSU Dotter Interventional Institute, Portland, OR

1:18-1:36 pm - Mesenteric IschemiaGuy Johnson, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

1:36-1:54 pm - What’s New in Prostate Artery Embolization? Justin McWilliams, MD, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

1:54-2:12 pm - BRTO (balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration) John Louie, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

2:12-2:30 pm -Abdominal Trauma Siddhartha Padia, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Sunday, September 11th

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SESSION 4: M&M (Sue Hanks, MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)

3:00-3:15 pm - Tripler Army Medical DISASTER - Brian Ching, DO3:15-3:30 pm - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System DISASTER - Alice Chen, MD3:30-3:45 pm - UC San Diego DISASTER - Elliot DeYoung, MD3:45-4:00 pm - USC Medical Center SAVE - Michael Katz, MD4:00-4:15 pm - MD Anderson DISASTER - Alda Tam, MD, MBA4:15-4:30 pm - Colorado Permanente Group DISASTER - Stephen Johnson, MD, FSIR4:30-4:45 pm - Stanford Medical Center DISASTER - Gloria Hwang, MD4:45-5:00 pm - USC Medical Center SAVE - Sue Hanks, MD

SESSION 5: Venus and Venous (Moderator: E. Brooke Spencer, MD, RIA Endovascular, Greenwood Village, CO)

7:30-7:50 am - Updates in Varicose Vein Ablation TechnologiesCarl Black, MD, Utah Radiology & Associates, Provo, UT

7:50-8:10 am - Patterns of Superficial Venous Insufficiency 101David Heister, MD, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

8:10-8:30 am - The Birth of Venus: Fallopian Tube RecanalizationMaureen Kohi, MD, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

8:30-8:50 am - Pelvic CongestionPeter Stratal, MD, RIA Endovascular, Greenwood Village, CO

8:50-9:10 am - Lessons Learned from a Venous ExpertLawrence Hofmann, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

9:10-9:30 am - The Seduction of Venous and other Capital OffensesKevin Baskin, MD, Good Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, OH

SESSION 6: Medical Devices and the Future of Interventional Radiology(Moderator: David Liu, MD, FRCP(C), FSIR, Vancouver Imaging Group, Vancouver BC Canada)

10:00-10:20 am - The Future of Arterial InterventionCOOK MEDICAL, Jerry Williams, Sr. VP

10:20-10:40 am - The Future of Venous DiseaseMEDTRONIC, Sandra Lesenfants, VP Endovenous for AP Group

10:40-11:00 am - Interventional Oncology from an Industry PerspectiveSIRTEX MEDICAL - David Cade, MD, Chief Medical Officer

11:00-11:20 am - Innovation and Industry RelationsMERIT MEDICAL - Justin Lampropoulos, Executive VP Sales and Marketing

11:20-11:40 am - Translating Theory Into Clinical SuccessSUREFIRE MEDICAL - Aravind Arepally, MD, Chief Scientific Officer

11:40 am - 12:00 pm - Interventional Medicine and Interventional Radiology: are these Convergent or Divergent Philosophies? BTG - Ken Pugh, Senior VP

Sunday, September 11th

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Monday, September 12th

SESSION 7: Oncology Ablation(Alda Tam, MD, MBA, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX)

7:30-7:50 am - Fiducial Marker Placement - Tips & TricksStephen G F Ho, MD, FRCPC, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, Canada

7:50-8:10 am - Current Concepts in the Management of Colorectal Liver MetastasisBruno C. Odisio, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

8:10-8:30 am - Lung Ablation UpdateRob Suh, MD, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

8:30-8:50 am - Kidney Ablation UpdateFred Lee, Jr, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

8:50-9:20 am - M&M on Ablation DisastersAlda Tam, MD / Stephen Ho, MD / Bruno Odisio, MD / Rob Suh, MD / Fred Lee, Jr. MD

9:20-9:30 am - Self Assessment Test - Alda Tam, MD, MBA

SESSION 8: Best Practice, Safety and Radiation Protection (Moderator: Nicolas Fidelman, MD, University of San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA)

10:00-10:20 am - Introduction and What Do We Know About Radiation Exposure Risk?Nicholas Fidelman, MD, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

10:20-10:40 am - What Can I Do to Minimize Radiation Exposure?Pallav Kolli, MD, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

10:40-11:00 am - Transfemoral vs. Transradial Arterial Access: Evidence and SafetyRipal T. Gandhi, MD, FSVM, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, FL

11:00-11:20 am - Best Practice for Periprocedural CareMaureen Kohi, MD, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

11:20-11:40 am - Prevention of Bleeding Complications (Including Discussion of Fibroelastography)John Louie, MD, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA

11:40 am - 12:00 pm - Medical Emergencies in IR Suite (Air Embolism, Arrhythmias, Sepsis, Hypertension, Hyperglycemia)Guy Johnson, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

1:30 pm -4:00 pm WORKSHOP: Merit Medical Think Radial Diamond Exhibitor (Moderator: Darren Klass, MD, PhD, Vancouver Imaging Group, Vancouver BC Canada)

Tuesday, September 13th

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Wednesday, September 14th

SESSION 9: A Look at Past Failures and Future Promise in IR (SA-CME) (Moderator: Stephen Johnson, MD, FSIR, Colorado Permanente, Denver, CO)

7:30-7:47 am - Past Failures and Future Promise of Carotid StentingScott Schultz, MD, FACR, Minneapolis Radiology, Minneapolis, MN

7:47-8:04 am - Hindsight is 20/200: Bringing a Misunderstood Journey into FocusIsabel Newton, MD, PhD, VA Health System / UCSD / the Interventional Initiative, San Diego, CA

8:04-8:21 am - The Future Promise of Bariatric IR - Aravind Arepally, MD, FSIR Piedmont Radiology / Radiology Associates of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

8:21-8:38 am - SIR and IR: Opportunities Moving ForwardCharles E. Ray, Jr., MD, PhD, MS, FACR, FSIR, FCIRSE, SIR President-elect / University of Illinois, Chicago, IL

8:38-8:55 am - Personalizing Interventional Oncology: The Next Wave of Diagnostic and Therapeutic OpportunitiesJeremy Durack, MD, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

8:55-9:12 am - CCSVI - Liberation or Liability?Donald J. Ponec, MD, San Diego Imaging, San Diego, CA

8:55-9:30 am - Self Assessment Test - Stephen Johnson, MD, FSIR, Colorado Permanente, Denver, CO

WAIS Annual Charles Dotter Lecture (Introduction: David Liu, MD, FRCP(C), ABR(D), CAQ(IR), FSIR)

10:05-10:30 am Pearls & Passion in IR - Sanjiv Parik, MD, Radia Imaging, Seattle, WA

SESSION 10: Interventions in Dialysis Access and Vascular Malformations (Moderator: Gerald Legiehn, MD, FRCPC, Vancouver Imaging Group, Vancouver BC Canada)

10:30-10:50 am - Recent Developments in Dialysis Access Interventions: Experience from a Small IslandRobert G. Jones, MRCP, FRCR, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham / University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, England

10:50-11:10 am - Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula: The FundamentalsJeffrey Hull, MD, Richmond Vascular Center, North Chesterfield, VA

11:10-11:30 am - Diving into Venous Malformation Interventions: What are you waiting for?Gerald Legiehn, MD, FRCPC, Vancouver Imaging Group, Vancouver BC Canada

11:30-11:50 am - The Yakes AVM Classification System: A New System and its Therapeutic ImplicationsWayne F Yakes MD, FSIR, FCIRSE, Vascular Malformations Center, Englewood, CO

11:50-12:00 pm - Panel Q&A - Gerald Legiehn, MD, FRCPC / Robert G Jones, MRCP, FRCR / Jeffrey Hull, MD, Wayne F Yakes, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE

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Thursday, September 15th

SESSION 11: Oncology Embolization (Moderator: Justin McWilliams, MD, University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA)

7:30-7:50 am - Pressure Directed EmbolotherapySteven Rose, MD, University of San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

7:50-8:10 am - Dealing with Vascular Shunts While Treating HCCEvan Lehman, MD, University of San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

8:10-8:30 am - TACE/Ablation: A Single Center ExperienceJonathan Steinberger, MD, OHSU Dotter Interventional Institute, Portland, OR

8:30-8:50 am - Tips and Tricks During Liver Directed EmbolizationCharles Hennemeyer, MD, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

8:50-9:10 am - Robotics: State of the Art in Endovascular TherapyRipal T Gandhi, MD, FSVM, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Miami, FL

9:10-9:30 am - Recent Advances in Y90 RadioembolizationSiddhartha Padia, MD, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

SESSION 12: Underexposed: Perceptions, Practice-building and Promotion of IR (Moderator: Isabel G. Newton, MD, PhD, VA Health System / UCSD / the Interventional Initiative, San Diego, CA)

10:00-10:20 am - Lights, Camera, Action! Shining a Spotlight on What We DoIsabel G. Newton, MD, PhD, VA Health System / UCSD / the Interventional Initiative, San Diego, CA

10:20-10:40 am - What IR and Obscure Foreign Films Have in CommonDavid Heister, MD, PhD, University of San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA

10:40-11:00 am - The Reviews are in: What Hospital Executives Have to Say About IRMargaret Simor, MSN, BSN, RN - the Interventional Initiative, Alamo, CA

11:00-11:20 am - Remake of an American tale: Practice Building AbroadBasar Sarikaya, MD, Medicana Camilla Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

11:20-11:40 am - Casting Call: How IRs Can Star in Public EngagementSusan Jackson, MBA, RT(R)(CV), Western Angiographic & Interventional Society / the Interventional Initiative, Oakland, CA

11:40-12:00 pm - Panel Q&A - Isabel Newton, MD, PhD / David Heister, MD, PhD / Margaret Simor, MSN, BSN, RN / Basar Sarikaya, MD / Susan Jackson, MBA, RT(R)(CV)

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