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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, May 8, 2025
  • 6:30 AM – 7:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:00 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: VS Dermato-phlebology - The Patient, the Clinic, the Equipment and Treatment Techniques
    Moderator: Rodrigo Kikuchi, MD, PhD, MBA – ECCOS Cursos
    Moderator: Peggy Bush, APRN
    Aesthetic Sessions
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    PIT Hands-on Workshop 1
  • 8:10 AM – 8:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: VS Live - Patients With Chronic Venous Disease: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan
    Panelist: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network
    Panelist: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center for Vein Restoration
    General Sessions
  • 8:50 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Clinical Presentation, Evaluation and Imaging
    General Sessions
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Management of Superficial Vein Disease
    Moderator: Felipe Coelho Neto, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA – Hospital Vascular de Londrina
    General Sessions
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: VS Live Imaging
    Panelist: Antonios Gasparis, MD – Northwell Health
    Panelist: Neil Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine - NY Presbyterian Hospital
    General Sessions
  • 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 6: VS Video Session - How I Do It
    Moderator: Edward M. Boyle, MD – Inovia Vein Specialty Centers
    General Sessions
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break and Industry Sessions
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 7: Reviewing Clinical CVD Guidelines Through Clinical Cases - In Collaboration With the American Venous Forum (AVF)
    General Sessions
  • 2:20 PM – 2:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 8: Practical Issues in the Management of VTE
    Moderator: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Moderator: Marcial Fallas, MD – Centro Vascular avanzado
    General Sessions
  • 2:55 PM – 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 9: VS Live imaging
    Moderator: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    General Sessions
  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 3:15 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Scientific Poster Presentations and Judging
  • 4:00 PM – 4:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    Essentials for Your Practice
    Moderator: Jennifer Clark, PAC, MPAS, MBA – Sonoran Vein and Endovascular
    Moderator: Peggy Bush, APRN
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 10: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation
    Moderator: Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health
    General Sessions
  • 4:25 PM – 4:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Edema
    Moderator: Zoe Deol, MD, FACS – Center for Vein Restoration
    Moderator: Mohsen Bannazadeh, MD, FACS, FSVS, RPVI – Northwell Health
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 4:45 PM – 5:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 11: VS Live Imaging
    Panelist: Parag Patel, MD MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
    Panelist: Houman Jalaie
    General Sessions
  • 4:55 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Management of Venous Reflux
    Moderator: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 5:10 PM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 12: Individulizing Care in Patients with Edema
    Moderator: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Moderator: Manjit Gohel, MD
    General Sessions
  • 5:30 PM – 5:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Management of Venous Obstruction
    Moderator: Dimitrios Virvilis, MD – Saint Francis Hospital & Heart Center
    Moderator: Daphne Gonzalez, MD – CMN 20 DE NOVIEMBRE AND MEDICA SUR/MAYO CLINIC
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 5:55 PM – 6:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    Venous Thromboembolism
    Moderator: Kristan Probeck, ANP-C – Stony Brook Hospital
    Moderator: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Allied Health Care Course
  • Friday, May 9, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 8:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 13: VS Dermato-phlebology - Understand Treatment Through Clinical Cases
    Moderator: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD – Medical University of Silesia, Katowice
    Moderator: Ignacio Escotto, MD – MEDICA SUR HOSPITAL
    Aesthetic Sessions
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    PIT Hands-on Workshop 2
  • 8:10 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 14: Techniques and Progress in Thrombus Removal
    Moderator: Parag Patel, MD MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
    General Sessions
  • 8:45 AM – 9:35 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 15: Pelvic Vein Disorders - In Collaboration with the American Vein & Lymphatic Society (AVLS)
    Moderator: Neil Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine - NY Presbyterian Hospital
    General Sessions
  • 9:35 AM – 10:20 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 10:20 AM – 11:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 16: Venous Stenting - Indications, Planning, Placement and Patient Management
    Moderator: Paul J. Gagne, MD – The Vascular Care Group, Darien, CT
    General Sessions
  • 11:10 AM – 11:35 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 17: VS Live Imaging
    Panelist: Antonios Gasparis, MD – Northwell Health
    General Sessions
  • 11:35 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 18: VS Keynote Lecture
    Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    General Sessions
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break and Industry Sessions
  • 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 19: Synergy in Industry and Medicine - Evaluating and Implementing Medical Innovations
    Moderator: Neil Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine - NY Presbyterian Hospital
    General Sessions
  • 2:20 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 20: VS Compression Club - Learn from Clinical Cases
    Moderator: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD – Jobst Vascular institute
    General Sessions
  • 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 3:45 PM – 4:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 21: Clinical Cases and Interventions
    Moderator: Peter Gloviczki, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    Moderator: Rafael Demarchi Malgor, MD, MBA – University of Colorado
    General Sessions
  • 3:45 PM – 4:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    Thrombosis
    Moderator: Ignacio Escotto, MD – MEDICA SUR HOSPITAL
    VS Latin Course
  • 4:25 PM – 4:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 22: VS Live Imaging
    Panelist: Gloria Salazar, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE – UNC Chapel Hill
    Panelist: Neil Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine - NY Presbyterian Hospital
    General Sessions
  • 4:25 PM – 4:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Learning from Clinical Cases - Treatment of Reflux
    VS Latin Course
  • 4:40 PM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 23: VS Mix
    Moderator: Paul J. Gagne, MD – The Vascular Care Group, Darien, CT
    Moderator: Kimberly Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell Medical College
    General Sessions
  • 4:50 PM – 5:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    VS LATIN Mix
    Moderator: Marcial Fallas, MD – Centro Vascular avanzado
    VS Latin Course
  • 5:10 PM – 5:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Chronic Venous Obstruction
    Moderator: Adriano José Souza, MD – ECOCENTER MEDICINA DIAGNÓSTICA
    VS Latin Course
  • 5:15 PM – 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 24: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation
    Moderator: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center for Vein Restoration
    Moderator: Robert Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    General Sessions
  • 5:35 PM – 6:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    Aesthetic Vein Disease
    Moderator: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil
    VS Latin Course
  • 6:05 PM – 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    How I Do It
    Moderator: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil
    VS Latin Course
  • Saturday, May 10, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 7:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:30 AM – 8:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 26: VS Dermato-phlebology - Understand Treatment Through Clinical Cases
    Moderator: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Aesthetic Sessions
  • 7:30 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    PIT Hands-on Workshop 3
  • 8:10 AM – 8:22 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 27: Best Poster Presentation
    Moderator: Jose A. Diaz, MD FAHA – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    General Sessions
  • 8:22 AM – 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 28: Best IVUS Presentation
    Moderator: Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health
    General Sessions
  • 8:30 AM – 9:20 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 29: Superficial Veins
    Moderator: Felipe Coelho Neto, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA – Hospital Vascular de Londrina
    Moderator: Zoe Deol, MD, FACS – Center for Vein Restoration
    General Sessions
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 10:15 AM – 10:35 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 30: VS Journal Club - From the Press to Your Clinical Practice
    Moderator: Daniel Han, MD
    General Sessions
  • 10:35 AM – 10:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 31: VS Live Imaging
    Panelist: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network
    Panelist: Rodrigo Kikuchi, MD, PhD, MBA – ECCOS Cursos
    General Sessions
  • 10:55 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 32: Challenges in the Management of PE - In Collaboration with the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR)
    General Sessions
  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 33: VS Video Session - How I Do It
    General Sessions
  • 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break and Industry Sessions
  • 1:30 PM – 1:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 34: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation
    Moderator: Mohsen Bannazadeh, MD, FACS, FSVS, RPVI – Northwell Health
    General Sessions
  • 1:50 PM – 2:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 35: Comprehensive Venous Ulcer Care
    Moderator: John C. Lantis, II, MD – Mount Sinai West/Icahn School of Medicine
    Moderator: George Koullias, MD PhD – Hospital of Saint Catherine’s of Siena
    General Sessions
  • 2:40 PM – 3:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 36: VS Mix
    Moderator: Peter Gloviczki, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
    General Sessions
  • 3:20 PM – 3:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 37: Clinical Images - How Do You Treat This?
    Panelist: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    Panelist: Ignacio Escotto, MD – MEDICA SUR HOSPITAL
    General Sessions