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Track: General Sessions

Session 24: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation

Friday, May 9, 2025
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time

    Moderator(s)

  • Peter Pappas, MD

    Regional Medical Director and Program Director
    Center for Vein Restoration
    Chester Township, New Jersey, United States

  • RL

    Robert Lookstein, MD

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York, United States

Presentations:

  • 5:15 PM - 5:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    ELAFOS Study - Thermal Ablation Clinical Outcomes After 10 Years

    Speaker: Dimitrios Kontothanassis, MD Prof. MS – Italian Vein Institute

  • 5:20 PM - 5:25 PM East Coast USA Time
    New Anticoagulants: Beyond the DOACs

    Speaker: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

  • 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Gaps and Controversies in the Management of PE

    Speaker: Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD, MBA, FACC – Northwell Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health

  • 5:30 PM - 5:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Updates in VTE Trials: The STRIKE-PE Study

    Speaker: Robert Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  • 5:35 PM - 5:40 PM East Coast USA Time
    The Histological and Pathophysiology Occurrences that Cause Venous Eczema to Progress to Venous Ulceration

    Speaker: Ronald Bush, MD, FACS – Water's Edge Dermatology

  • 5:40 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Compression Hosiery to Avoid Post-thrombotic Syndrome: CHAPS Randomized Clinical Trial

    Speaker: Alun Davies, MA DM DSc FRCS FEBVS FFST FACPh FMedSci – Imperial

  • 5:45 PM - 5:50 PM East Coast USA Time
    Treatment of VTE with Computer-assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy (CAVT)

    Speaker: Patrick Muck, MD, RVT – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital

  • 5:50 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Discussion

    Panelist: Dimitrios Kontothanassis, MD Prof. MS – Italian Vein Institute

    Panelist: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell

    Panelist: Mitchell D. Weinberg, MD, MBA, FACC – Northwell Staten Island University Hospital Northwell Health

    Panelist: Robert Lookstein, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    Panelist: Ronald Bush, MD, FACS – Water's Edge Dermatology

    Panelist: Alun Davies, MA DM DSc FRCS FEBVS FFST FACPh FMedSci – Imperial

    Panelist: Patrick Muck, MD, RVT – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital