2016 SVM Scientific Sessions and 2015 Year in Review

SVM 27th Annual Scientific Sessions

What’s New This Year?

Thursday, 16 June:

• Rapid fire session on the approach to anticoagulation in 2016 (nine 5-minute talks)

Friday, 17 June:

• Best of SVM Science – Rapid fire abstracts

• Rapid fire session covering all aspects of critical limb ischemia

• Special 2-hour Mini-Symposium on starting your career in vascular medicine

Meeting Highlights

• ABCs of Vascular Medicine – Core curriculum in vascular disease

• Interdisciplinary educational sessions covering all aspects of vascular medicine

• State-of-the-art approaches to venous thromboembolism and DOACs

• Full-day session on Saturday: Sailing through the vascular lab with SVM

• Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award

Preliminary Schedule

Wednesday, 15 June 2016
4:30 – 8:00 pm	The ABCs of Vascular Medicine The Comprehensive Vascular History and Physical Exam Basics of Vascular Lab Testing for Arterial, Venous, and Aortic Disease ABCs of PAD ABC of Aneurysmal Disease (AAA and visceral aneurysms) ABCs of Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke Approach to Pre-operative Assessment for the Patient Undergoing Vascular Surgery ABCs of VTE (DVT and pulmonary embolism) ABCs of Anticoagulation, 2016 Edition ABCs of Thrombophilia Testing (to test or not and which test) Approach to the Swollen Limb (venous insufficiency, lymphedema, lipidema, and others) ABCs of Lower Extremity Wounds Common Upper Extremity Disorders (Raynaud’s, arterial TOS, GCA, and others) XYZ or a Few Vascular Zebras Everyone Should Know
8:00 – 9:30 pm	Welcome to SVM Meet and Greet
Thursday, 16 June 2016
8:00 – 9:00 am	Session 1: The Year in Vascular Medicine Venous Thromboembolism Arterial and Aortic Disease Basic and Translational Vascular Science Uncommon Vascular Disorders Editor’s Choice – Best of Vascular Medicine for 2016 Panel Discussion
9:00 – 9:30 am	Session 2: Keynote Address
Thursday, 16 June 2016
10:00 – 11:00 am	Session 3: New Advances in Risk Factor Management Recent Pivotal Clinical Trials in Hypertension and Diabetes Management (SPRINT, EMPA-REG OUTCOME, others). Should These Data Alter Clinical Practice? Beyond Statins – How I Interpret the Data for PCSK9 Inhibitors and Ezetimibe Anti-Platelet Rx and Anti-Thrombotic Therapy in the PAD Patient – Emerging Data Smoking Cessation in PAD Patients – A Call to Action Panel Discussion
11:00 – 12:00 noon	Session 4: The Changing World of Healthcare What Does it Mean to Vascular Medicine? ACOs: One Vascular Medicine Provider’s Perspective Partnering with Payors to Improve Quality – Story of the BCBS of Michigan VIC The Media and Endovascular Intervention – Appropriately Critical or Sensationalistic? Panel Discussion
1:30 – 2:30 pm	Session 5: Rapid Fire Session – Anticoagulation Anticoagulation for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia – Best Practices DOAC vs Warfarin: AFIB with Bioprosthetic Valve DOAC vs Warfarin: AFIB and Acute Coronary Syndrome DOAC vs Warfarin: Acute DVT DOAC vs Warfarin: Submassive Pulmonary Embolism How I Pick Between DOACs Perioperative DOAC Management Perioperative Warfarin Management – Applying the BRIDGE Trial to Practice Anticoagulation in Cancer-Associated VTE: LMWH or DOAC Panel Discussion
2:30 – 3:30 pm	Session 6: Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Presentations
4:00 – 5:00 pm	Session 7: Vasculitis Periaortitis, Retroperitoneal Fibrosis, and Inflammatory AAA Clinical Approach to Vasculitis – Targeting the Differential Based on Patient Age and Location of Disease Approach to Diagnostic Imaging for Vasculitis (CT/MRI/PET/duplex) Basics of Immunosuppression for the Vascular Medicine Physician Vasculitis Mimics Panel Discussion
5:00 – 6:00 pm	Moderated Poster Session
6:15 – 7:45 pm	Cases Over Cocktails
7:45 – 9:00 pm	Women in Vascular Medicine Reception
Friday, 17 June 2016
8:00 – 9:00 am	Session 8: Focus on Phlebology – Co-Sponsored Session with the American College of Phlebology (ACP) Endovenous Ablation Therapy: Thermal, Pharmacomechanical, and New Advances Logistics of Superficial Venous Intervention: Standard of Care, Who Benefits, Insurance Denial Compression Therapy: Old Thinking and New Innovation Role of Interface Pressure in Compression Therapy Venous Leg Ulcer and Superficial Venous Intervention: Review of the Guidelines Panel Discussion
9:00 – 10:00 am	Awards and Presidential Address
10:00 – 11:00 am	Session 9: Pulmonary Embolism Case-Based Management of Massive PE – Systemic vs Catheter-directed Lytics Case-Based Management of Post-op PE – Anticoagulation or IVC Filter? Case-Based Management of High-Risk Submassive PE – Thrombolysis or Anticoagulation? Your Questions about IVC Filters Answered: When are They Indicated for PE Prevention or Treatment? Are There Indications for IVC Filters in Patients Receiving Anticoagulation? Does the PEPIC2 Trial Change our Approach? CTEPH: Who is at Risk? How Best to Screen? Panel Discussion
11:00 – 12:00 pm	Session 10: Best of SVM Science – Rapid Fire Abstracts
12:00 – 1:30 pm	Vascular Jeopardy
Friday, 17 June 2016
1:45 – 2:45 pm	Session 11: Great Debates in Vascular Medicine Debate #1: PERT Teams Optimize Care for the Patient with Pulmonary Embolism (PE) vs PERT Teams Complicate Care for the Patient with PE Debate #2: Initial Endograft Repair is the Optimal Management for Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection vs Medical Therapy and Surveillance is the Proven Approach Debate #3: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis – We Need to Follow for Progression with Imaging vs Skip the Scans! Put the Patient on Maximal Medical Therapy and Just Monitor for Symptoms
2:45 – 3:45 pm	Session 12: Rapid Fire Session – Critical Limb Ischemia Epidemiology of CLI and its Devastating Impact Establishing a CLI Care Team Using Perfusion Assessment in the Approach to Revascularization – Introducing the Angiosome BEST-CLI Trial – What Questions Should It Answer? What Questions Won’t It Answer? Emerging Interventional Strategies for Endovascular Therapy in CLI (Pedal Access and Newer Technologies) Approach to Wound Care in the Patient with CLI Adjunctive Therapies to Minimize Tissue Loss in CLI (Hyperbaric O2, Pneumatic Compression Pumps, Others) – What Does the Evidence Show? Approach to Amputation in the CLI Patient – Timing and Anatomical Considerations to Maximize Function of the Limb The Nursing Perspective on CLI Panel Discussion
4:15 – 6:30 pm	How-To Workshops (Choose 2) Mapping Study for Venous Reflux: How to Do It! Compression Therapy Workshop: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Stockings, Single and Multilayer Wraps, and Pumps Interventional Show and Tell Madness: Our Most Challenging Interventions of the Year
4:15 – 6:30 pm	Early Career Program Mini-Symposium: Starting or Expanding Your Vascular Medicine Program Training and Certification in Vascular Medicine – COCATS2 and Fellowship Options ABVM Certification: What You Should Know. How to Prepare. Starting an Academic Vascular Medicine Program – How I Did (Or Am Doing) It Starting a Private Vascular Medicine Practice – How I Did It Starting a Vascular Lab: Nuts and Bolts (and Certifications and Accreditations) You Will Need Pursuing a Research Career in Vascular Medicine – How I Did (Or Am Doing) It How to Start a Vein Center Program Starting a Vascular Intervention Program – Pearls of Wisdom I Wish Someone Told Me Engaging with SVM to Advance Your Career – How Can SVM Help You? How Can You Help SVM? The Panel to End All Panels! Everything you Wanted to Know About A Career in Vascular Medicine (… and Maybe Were Afraid to Ask)
6:30 – 8:00 pm	Celebrating Vascular Medicine Reception
Saturday, 18 June 2016
6:00 – 7:30 am	SVM Member Business Meeting
8:00 am – 2:00 pm	Sailing through the Vascular Lab with SVM
8:00 – 9:00 am	Vascular Lab I: Cerebrovascular Testing, Navigating the Course to the Brain Basics of Carotid Ultrasound for Diagnosis of ICA Stenosis Pitfalls of Carotid Duplex Imaging and Strategies for Optimization The Impact of Intervention of Diagnostic Criteria The Role of Plaque Characterization in Carotid Ultrasound Surveillance Imaging of Carotid Lesions: How, When, Why Panel Discussion
9:00 – 10:30 am	Vascular Lab II: Charting Flow to the Viscera and Periphery Direct Versus Indirect Assessment of PAD: Which Test to Choose Follow-up of Peripheral Artery Interventions Real-World Visceral Imaging: Image Optimization Vascular Lab Diagnosis of Compression Syndromes Dialysis Access Assessment Panel Discussion
Saturday, 18 June 2016
10:45 – 11:45 am	Vascular Lab III: Setting the Sails of the Vascular Lab Update on the New IAC QI Process Starting a Vascular Laboratory in the Real World – From the Group Up Is there a Role for Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) in Every Day Practice in the Vascular Lab? Billing and Coding Dos and Don’ts Panel Discussion
12:00 – 1:00 pm	Vascular Lab IV: Mock RPVI Examination with Audience Response System
1:00 – 2:00 pm	Vascular Lab V: Avoiding the Shoals of Venous Disease Deep Vein Thrombosis: Expert Level Cases Patterns of Venous Insufficiency Pitfalls in the Venous Reflux Duplex Exam Ultrasound Guided Sclerotherapy Panel Discussion

Invited Speakers

Maria Teresa Abola, MD, FSVM	Philippine Heart Center
Matthew Allison, MD, MPH	University of California San Diego
Brian Annex, MD, FSVM	University of Virginia
Ehrin Armstrong, MD, MSC	University of Colorado, VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System
Herbert Aronow, MD, MPH, FSVM	Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute
J. Michael Bacharach, MD, MPH, FSVM	North Central Heart Institute
Geoffrey Barnes, MD	University of Michigan
John R. Bartholomew, MD, MSVM	Cleveland Clinic
Joshua Beckman, MD, MS, MSVM	Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ricardo Benenstein, MD	NYU Medical Center
Jay Bishop, MD, FSVM	UPMC Hamot Heart and Vascular Institute
Umberto Campia, MD, MS	MedStar Heart Institute
Teresa Carman, MD, FSVM	University Hospitals, Case Medical Center
Yung Wei Chi, DO, FSVM	UC Davis Vascular Center
Timothy Crimmins, MD, RPVI, FSVM	Columbia University Medical Center
Steven Dean, DO, FSVM	The Ohio State University
Teresa Deveaux, RN, MS, ACNP	University of Maryland, Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Natalie Evans, MD, FSVM	Cleveland Clinic
James Froehlich, MD, MPH, FSVM	University of Michigan Medical School
Marie Gerhard Herman, MD, FSVM	Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Heather Gornik, MD, FSVM	Cleveland Clinic
Bruce Gray, DO, MSVM	Upstate Vascular Associates
Michael Grossman, MD	University of Michigan
Naomi Hamburg, MD, FSVM	Boston University Medical Center
Anne Hamik, MD, PhD	Case Western Reserve University
William Hiatt, MD, MSVM	University of Colorado
Alan Hirsch, MD, MSVM	University of Minnesota
Marge Hutchisson, LPN, RVT, RDCS	IAC Vascular Testing
Michael Jaff, DO, MSVM	Massachusetts General Hospital
Daniella Kadian Dodov, MD, FSVM	Mount Sinai Medical Center
Esther Soo Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, FSVM	Cleveland Clinic
Scott Kinlay, MBBS, PhD, FSVM	VA Boston Healthcare System
Raghu Kolluri, MD, RVT, FSVM	OhioHealth Heart & Vascular
Carol Langford, MD, MHS	Cleveland Clinic
Michael Sean McMurtry, MD, PhD, FSVM	University of Alberta Hospital
Ehab Mady, DO, RPVI, FSVM	Coastal Vascular Medicine
Natalie Marks, MD	Total Vascular Care
Peter Mason, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM	University of Wisconsin
Geno Merli, MD FSVM	Jefferson Center for Vascular Disease
Bruce Mintz, DO, FSVM	Morristown Medical Center
Jeffrey Olin, DO, MSVM	Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Christopher Owens, MD, MSC	University of California, San Francisco
Gregory Piazza, MD, FSVM	Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, FSVM	Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Suman Rathbun, MD, FSVM	University Of Oklahoma HSC
Mahmood Razavi, MD	St Joseph Vascular Institute
Susana Perese Robison, BS, RVT	Keck Hospital of University of Southern California
Thom Rooke, MD, MSVM	Mayo Clinic
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD	Massachusetts General Hospital
Maya Salameh, MD, FSVM	Johns Hopkins Vascular Medicine
Mohsen Sharifi, MD	Arizona Cardiovascular Consultants; A.T. Still University
Aditya Sharma, MBBS, RPVI, FSVM	University of Virginia
Mehdi Shishehbor, DO, MPH, PhD	Cleveland Clinic
Rita Shugart, RN, RVT	Shugart Consulting
Mitch Silver, DO, FSVM	OhioHealth Heart & Vascular
Diane Treat Jacobson, RN, PhD, FSVM	University of Minnesota
Ido Weinberg, MD, MSC, MHA, FSVM	Massachusetts General Hospital
Bryan Wells, MD, FSVM	Emory University Hospital
Paul Wennberg, MD, FSVM	Mayo Clinic
Eugene Zierler, MD, FSVM	University of Washington

2015 Year in Review

Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Fall Conference

In our goal to promote continuing educational opportunities, SVM partnered with the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) to present a four-session educational program on the Comprehensive Treatment of Peripheral Arterial and Venous Disease, 26–28 September 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This was jointly presented with the Amputation Prevention Symposium. Session leadership for SVM was provided by Alan Hirsch, MD, MSVM and Emile Mohler, MD, FSVM. The program provided an overview of surgical and medical treatment of vascular disease. Sessions included:

• Diagnostic Evaluation of Lower Extremity Edema

• Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Pathophysiology and Treatment of Venous Wounds

• Lower Extremity Hybrid Swelling

• ‘Exovascular’ (Compression) and Endovascular Therapy for Venous Stasis Ulcers

Session presenters were Drs Hirsch and Mohler, as well as Teresa Carman, MD, FSVM, Steven Dean, DO, FSVM, Raghu Kolluri, MD, FSVM, and Thom Rooke, MD, MSVM.

VIVA/SVM Comprehensive Vascular Review Course

For the sixth year, SVM joined VIVA in offering the Comprehensive Vascular Review Course on Vascular and Endovascular Medicine, 31 October to 1 November 2015. This 2-day program offered a detailed, problem-based, intensive review course including both vascular and endovascular components. This course was also designed to prepare physicians planning for the American Board of Vascular Medicine (ABVM) board certification examination.

Steven Dean, DO, FSVM, served as SVM Course Director along with VIVA Course Directors and SVM members Michael Jaff, DO, MSVM, Joshua Beckman, MD, MSVM, and Michael Dake, MD. SVM member presenters included John (Jerry) Bartholomew, MD, MSVM, Mark Bates, MD, FSVM, Mark Burket, MD, FSVM, James Froehlich, MD, MPH, FSVM, Bruce Gray, DO, MSVM, Scott Kinlay, MBBS, FSVM, Geno Merli, MD, FSVM, Gregory Piazza, MD, FSVM, Suman Rathbun, MD, FSVM, John Rundback, MD, FSVM, Robert Schainfeld, DO, FSVM, Timothy Sullivan, MD, FSVM, and Ido Weinberg, MD, FSVM.

American College of Phlebology Annual Congress

The SVM also had a presence at the American College of Phlebology Annual Congress, 12–15 November 2015, in Orlando, Florida. The SVM Symposium at ACP was led by Chair Yung-Wei (Willy) Chi, DO, along with speakers Marcelo Gomes, MD, FSVM, Robert Schainfeld, DO, FSVM, Aditya Sharma, MBBS, FSVM, and Ido Weinberg, MD, FSVM. Sessions included DOACs, pharmacomechanical lysis for VTE, PERT, and IVC filters.

Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) Meeting on Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease Treatments

The SVM joined with other leading societies to present to the MEDCAC regarding scientific evidence for lower extremity PAD treatments that aim to improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries, and to address areas where evidence gaps exist related to lower extremity PAD. The meeting was held on 22 July 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. The panel discussed care for patients with three levels of disease progression: asymptomatic, intermittent claudication and critical limb ischemia.

Speaking on behalf of the value of early diagnosis and appropriate treatment to save limbs and lives, SVM (represented by James Froehlich, MD, MPH, FSVM and John (Jerry) Bartholomew, MD, MSVM) joined together with a coalition of other leading non-profit professional associations and a voluntary health organization. With combined membership of more than 100,000 physicians, they presented before MEDCAC and advocated for continued access to PAD treatments.

Along with SVM, these organizations represented the majority of PAD specialists in the United States, including the American College of Cardiology, American College of Radiology, American Heart Association, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, and VIVA Physicians. All seven of these groups share a common goal of ensuring patients’ access to high-quality, medically necessary care for PAD. The seven organizations followed the panel’s response with a written response that will appear in Vascular Medicine and other societal journals.

2016 Events Calendar

62nd Annual SSC Meeting of the ISTH

25–28 May 2016

Montpellier, France

#SSC2016

SVM 27th Annual Meeting

15–18 June 2016

Westin Long Beach

Long Beach, California USA

#SVM2016

Welcome SVM’s New Members

SVM is pleased to welcome our new members from 1 November 2014 – 31 October 2015. If you recognize a colleague or friend below, please be sure to welcome them to SVM!

Fellow Members
Alexander Truesdell, MD	PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute
Kishore Arcot, MD	Memphis Cardiology
Laura Findeiss, MD	University of Tennessee Medical Center
Matthew Becker, MD	Saint Vincent Consultants in Cardiovascular Diseases
Muhammad Akram Paracha, MD, RPVI	Valley Cardiology
Brion Winston, MD, MPH	Capital Cardiology Associates
Joel Galloway	Rockwood Heart & Vascular Center
Mislav Vrsalovic, MD, PhD	University of Zagreb, School of Medicine
Alvaro Alonso, MD	Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute
Doctorate Members
Gabriel Delgado, MD	NOVANT Heart and Vascular Institute
Syed Bokhari, MD	Advanced Cardiovascular Care, Inc.
Octavio Cosme, MD	Bond Clinic
Paul Frey, MD, MPH	Maine Health Cardiology
Mark Sands, MD, MBA	Cleveland Clinic
Riyaz Bashir, MD	Temple University Hospital
Barry Katzen, MD	Baptist Hospital of Miami
Emil Hurst, MD	Milwaukee Radiologists
Muhammad Afzal, MD, RPVI	Mustafa Vascular Institute, LLC
Marc Bonaca, MD, MPH	Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Mark Eginton, MD	St. Luke’s Hospital
Geoffrey Ouma, DO, MSc	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Rajiv Thakkar, MD	Johns Hopkins University
Edward L O’Leary, MD	University of Nebraska Medical Center
Jennifer Cowart, MD	Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Susan Hancock, MD	Hancock Vein & Surgical Center
Nanda Nair, DO	Atlantic Cardiology
Elie Korban, MD	Heart & Vascular Center of West Tennessee
Alan Lossing, MD	Southlake Regional Health Center
Firas Almahasneh, MD	Cardiac Vascular Associates of Mon-General Hospital
Reginald Baker, MD	University of Miami School of Medicine
Glenn McAlpin, MD, MBA	Partners in Faith, Inc.
Vijay Raja, MD, MBA	Arkansas Heart Hospital & Clinics
Stanley Zimmerman, MD	Hillcrest Medical Center-Oklahoma Heart Institute
Associate Members
Sayf M Altabaqchali, MD	Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute
Damon E Houghton, BS, MD	University of North Carolina Hospital
Harvinder Jagait, MD	Washington University in St Louis
Siva S Ketha	Mayo Clinic
Thomas Waggoner	Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Usman Mushtaq, MBBS	Royal Adelaide Hospital
Federico Silva-Palacios, MD	University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Erik Howell, MD	University of Rochester
Kambiz Zorriasateyn, MD	Cleveland Clinic
Anthony Calabrino, MD	Centre des Maladies Vasculaires
Philicia Duncan, MD	University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Gertie May Plameras, MD	Philippine Heart Center
Advanced Practitioner Members
Amanda Bailey, MSN, RN, NP-C, RN-BC	Ohio Health Heart and Vascular Physicians
Nancy Sample, MSN, RN, AG-CNS	Ohio Health Heart and Vascular Physicians
Susan P Cox, APRN	Renown Regional Medical Center
Jason Paslean, APRN	Kadlec Regional Medical Center
Vascular Care Team Members
Betty Kampman, MSN, RN, FNP-C	Cleveland Clinic Family Health Center
Phil Mendys, PharmD	UNC Healthcare
Phillip Bendick, PhD	Vascular Sonography Education

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