2026 Agenda – Aortic Fellows Bootcamp – Thursday, September 24, 2026

Registration and Continental Breakfast

7th Floor

Welcome and Introduction

Daniel K. Han, MD; Ajit G. Rao, MD; Christopher J. Smolock, MD

Moderators: Daniel K. Han, MD; Prashanth Palvannan, MD; Rami O. Tadros, MD

Case Presentation: Cook ZFEN

Yana Etkin, MD

Case Presentation: Medtronic EndoAnchors

Alfio Carroccio, MD

Case Presentation: Physician-Modified Endograft (PMEG)

Nathan L. Liang, MD

Case Presentation: Laser Fenestration of Aortic Endograft

William Beckerman, MD

Discussion

Moderators: Nathan L. Liang, MD; Lucyna Z. Price, MD; Ajit G. Rao, MD

Type II Endoleak Management: Transarterial, Transcaval, and Translumbar

Karan Garg, MD

Case Presentation: Cook Zenith Iliac Branch Device (ZBIS)

Thomas O’Donnell, MD

Case Presentation: Gore Iliac Branch Endoprosthesis

Reid A. Ravin, MD

Discussion

BREAK

Moderators: Sharif Ellozy, MD; Daniel K. Han, MD; Shivani Kumar, MD

Medical Management and Indications for Intervention of Type B Aortic Dissections

Jordan R. Stern, MD

Case Presentation: Gore Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE)

William Yoon, MD, PhD

Case Presentation: Endospan NEXUS Aortic Stent-Graft

Ezequiel Parodi, MD

How I Do a Frozen Elephant Trunk

Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD

Discussion

Moderators: William Beckerman, MD; Daniel Clair MD; Christopher J. Smolock, MD

Planning a Complex Thoracoabdominal Endovascular Repair: How I Do It

Sharif Ellozy, MD

Case Presentation: Gore Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE)

James F. McKinsey, MD

Case Presentation: Cook Zenith Thoracoabdominal Endovascular Graft (t-Branch)

Darren B. Schneider, MD

Case Presentation: Terumo Fenestrated TREO Stent-Graft

J. Westley Ohman, MD

Discussion

BREAK / PICK-UP LUNCH

Title TBD

Speaker TBD

Moderators: TBD

Review of Commercially Available EVAR and TEVAR Devices

Nicholas J. Stafford, MD

Building an Aortic Practice as an Early Career Physician

Prashanth Palvannan, MD

Structure of Simulation Program

Ajit G. Rao, MD

Proctors: Kelsey Berger, MD (1); Yana Etkin, MD (1); Justin George, MD (2); John Phair, MD (2);
Shivani Kumar, MD (3); Lucyna Z. Price, MD (3); William Beckerman, MD (4); Reid A. Ravin, MD (4);
Mallika Gopal, MD (5); Prashanth Palvannan, MD (5); Kenneth R. Nakazawa, MD (6); Nicholas J. Stafford, MD (6)

Each team will rotate as a group through each station in 15-minute intervals

BREAK

Proctors: Yana Etkin, MD (1); Daniel K. Han, MD (1); J. Westley Ohman, MD (2); William Yoon, MD, PhD (2); Ezequiel Parodi, MD (3); Christopher J. Smolock, MD (3); Nathan L. Liang, MD (4); Ajit G. Rao, MD (4)

Awards Ceremony

Closing Remarks

Daniel K. Han, MD; Ajit G. Rao, MD; Christopher J. Smolock, MD