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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Wednesday, May 8, 2024
  • 7:30 AM – 7:55 AM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 7:55 AM – 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    PIT Welcome and Scope of the Course

    Moderator: Kush R. Desai, MD, FSIR

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 7:55 AM – 8:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: Superficial Venous Disease

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 7:55 AM – 9:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: Current Wound Landscape - The Basics

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 8:45 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: Deep Venous Disease

    Moderator: Kush R. Desai, MD, FSIR

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: Live Patient History Examination, Studies and Live Imaging

    Instructor: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine

    Instructor: Adriano José Souza, MD – ECOCENTER MEDICINA DIAGNÓSTICA

    Panelist: George Koullias, MD PhD – Hospital of Saint Catherine’s of Siena

    Panelist: Linda T Miller, PT, DPT, CLT, CWT

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
  • 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Lymphedema

    Moderator: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Directly Attacking the Wound - Local Wound Care – Part 1

    Moderator: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    Moderator: Nicholas Sikalas, MD – Northwell

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Female Pelvic Vein Disease

    Moderator: Mark H. Meissner, MD

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Directly Attacking the Wound - Local Wound Care – Part 2

    Moderator: Windy Cole, DPM – Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine

    Moderator: George Koullias, MD PhD – Hospital of Saint Catherine’s of Siena

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: Pulmonary Embolism

    Moderator: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center, University of Athens

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 11:45 AM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: Directly Attacking the Wound - Other Things We Can Do Besides Local Care

    Moderator: Mohsen Bannazadeh, MD, FACS, FSVS, RPVI – Northwell Health

    Moderator: John C. Lantis, II, MD – Mount Sinai West/Icahn School of Medicine

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 6: Knowing Where You Are Going To

    Moderator: Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch and Visit With Exhibits
  • 12:45 PM – 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME: Philips Fellows Session
  • 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 6: Live Patient Examination - Mixed Disease - Patient With a Mixed Etiology Leg Ulcer - Review of Live Imaging

    Instructor: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine

    Instructor: Adriano José Souza, MD – ECOCENTER MEDICINA DIAGNÓSTICA

    Panelist: George Koullias, MD PhD – Hospital of Saint Catherine’s of Siena

    Panelist: Linda T Miller, PT, DPT, CLT, CWT

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hands-on Workshop

    Hands-on Faculty: Ignacio Escotto, MD – MEDICA SUR HOSPITAL

    Hands-on Faculty: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center for Vein Restoration

    Hands-on Faculty: Edward M. Boyle, MD – Inovia Vein Specialty Centers

    Hands-on Faculty: Yana Etkin, MD – Northwell Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network

    Hands-on Faculty: Zoe Deol, MD, FACS – American Vein and Lymphatic Society

    Hands-on Faculty: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Hands-on Faculty: Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska, MD, PhD

    Hands-on Faculty: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Hands-on Faculty: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD

    Hands-on Faculty: Mark H. Meissner, MD

    Hands-on Faculty: Antonios Gasparis, MD – Northwell Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Kush R. Desai, MD, FSIR

    Hands-on Faculty: Elias Hohlastos, MD – Northwestern Medicine

    Hands-on Faculty: Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Kimberly Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell Medical College

    Hands-on Faculty: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center, University of Athens

    Hands-on Faculty: Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Houman Jalaie

    Hands-on Faculty: Luis R. Leon, Jr., MD – UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 2:00 PM – 2:35 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 7: Clinical Case Presentations of Different Wounds

    Moderator: William H. Tettelbach, MD – RestorixHealth

    Moderator: Sami Khan, MD – Stony Brook Medicine

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 2:35 PM – 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 8: Wound Care Mix

    Moderator: John C. Lantis, II, MD – Mount Sinai West/Icahn School of Medicine

    Moderator: Nicholas Sikalas, MD – Northwell

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break and Visit With Exhibits
  • 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 9: Amputation Prevention in 2023 - Where Do We Stand

    Moderator: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network

    Moderator: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine

    2-Wound Care Symposium

  • 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Hands-on Workshop

    Hands-on Faculty: Ignacio Escotto, MD – MEDICA SUR HOSPITAL

    Hands-on Faculty: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center for Vein Restoration

    Hands-on Faculty: Edward M. Boyle, MD – Inovia Vein Specialty Centers

    Hands-on Faculty: Yana Etkin, MD – Northwell Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Zoe Deol, MD, FACS – American Vein and Lymphatic Society

    Hands-on Faculty: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network

    Hands-on Faculty: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil

    Hands-on Faculty: Aleksandra Jaworucka-Kaczorowska, MD, PhD

    Hands-on Faculty: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Hands-on Faculty: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD

    Hands-on Faculty: Mark H. Meissner, MD

    Hands-on Faculty: Antonios Gasparis, MD – Northwell Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Kush R. Desai, MD, FSIR

    Hands-on Faculty: Elias Hohlastos, MD – Northwestern Medicine

    Hands-on Faculty: Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Kimberly Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell Medical College

    Hands-on Faculty: Efthymios Avgerinos, MD – Athens Medical Center, University of Athens

    Hands-on Faculty: Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health

    Hands-on Faculty: Houman Jalaie

    Hands-on Faculty: Luis R. Leon, Jr., MD – UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

    3-Physicians-in-Training Course

  • 4:15 PM – 5:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 10: Pearls for a Wound Care Practice - Seeing the Big Picture, Future Directions

    Moderator: George Koullias, MD PhD – Hospital of Saint Catherine’s of Siena

    Moderator: Kathleen D. Schaum, MS – Kathleen D. Schaum & Associates, Inc.

    2-Wound Care Symposium