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2025 Agenda – Friday, September 12th
LOCATION: New York Marriott Marquis, 5th Floor Ballroom
6:50 am
Registration / Continental Breakfast
New York Marriott Marquis, 5th Floor7:40 am
7:45 am
KEYNOTE LECTURE: My Journey from Clinician/Scientist to Inventor and Entrepreneur
Peter Schneider, MDSESSION I | AORTOILIAC DISEASE
8:25 am
LIVE CASE PRESENTATION #1
Broadcast From: University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, GermanyOperator(s):
8:55 am
Iliac CTOs: Access, Tools, and Crossing Technique / Re-entry
Nicolas Mouawad, MD9:05 am
Therapy of Choice for Different Lesion Characteristics: Case Examples and My Algorithm
Eric Ducasse, MD, PhD9:15 am
How I Treat the Distal Aorto-Iliac Disease
Elizabeth Genovese, MD9:25 am
Complex Case Presentation and Discussion / Polling Questions
Bhaskar Purushottam, MD9:35 am
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
SESSION II | COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY DISEASE
9:50 am
LIVE CASE PRESENTATION #2
Broadcast From: University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, GermanyOperator(s):
10:20 am
Debate: Endovascular Intervention vs. Surgical Endarterectomy for Common Femoral Disease: The Great Debate
Endo: Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhDSurgery: Eric Ducasse, MD, PhD
10:36 am
Concomitant CFA and Iliac or SFA Disease: Should I Treat Both? – Hybrid vs. Endo; Does it Matter?
Nicolas Mouawad, MD10:44 am
Different CFA Case Types with Voting
Srinivas Tummala, MD10:52 am
Panel Discussion
SESSION III | SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY DISEASE: FEMOROPOPLITEAL PHASE 1
11:00 am
LIVE CASE PRESENTATION #3
Broadcast From: Ballad Health Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TNOperator(s):
11:30 am
What is Vessel Prep and Do I Need it Prior to Therapy?
Fabrizio Fanelli, MD11:40 am
Role of IVUS in Evaluation and Assessment of Lesion Morphology: Does It Dictate Type of Vessel Prep and Destination Therapy?
Tatsuya Nakama, MD11:50 am
Therapy of Choice for Long-Segment SFA Disease: DCB vs. DES vs. Supera vs. Spot Stenting
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD12:00 pm
My Algorithm to Treat the Heavily Calcified SFA Stenosis
Anvar Babaev, MD, PhD12:10 pm
What’s On the Horizon for the Fem-Pop Segment?
Eric A. Secemsky, MD12:20 pm
ADJOURN CME SESSION / PICK UP LUNCH / VISIT EXHIBITS
12:50 pm -
1:20 pm
1:20 pm
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM – Supported by Abbott, not CME Accredited
The Role of Drug Eluting Resorbable Scaffolds for Infrapopliteal CLTI
Moderator: Sahil A. Parikh, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Elizabeth A. Genovese, MD, MS, FACS, RPVI and Barbara Kind, Abbott Health Economics
SESSION IV | SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY DISEASE: FEMOROPOPLITEAL PHASE 2
1:50 pm
LIVE CASE PRESENTATION #4
Broadcast From: Ballad Health Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TNOperator(s):
2:20 pm
Atherectomy Devices in Calcified Femoral-Popliteal Lesions
Lawrence A. Garcia, MD2:30 pm
How I Cross Challenging Calcified SFA: Access, Technique, Wires and Devices
Yann Gouëffic, MD, PhD2:40 pm
Does IVL Replace Atherectomy Devices in the Calcified SFA Disease?
Marianne Brodmann, MD2:50 pm
Pave-and-Crack Technique: Role of Covered Stent in Calcified Lesions
Peter A. Soukas, MD3:00 pm
Panel Discussion
SESSION V | SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY DISEASE: FEMOROPOPLITEAL PHASE 3
DEBATE 1
PTAB VS. PTFE BYPASS FOR CLAUDICATION
3:10 pm
Pro: PTFE Bypass is Still a Viable Option for Patients Who Have Failed Endovascular Therapy in Whom an Adequate Venous Conduit is Not Available
Christian Bianchi, MD3:18 pm
Con: Endovascular Intervention and Advent of PTAB Make PTFE Bypass Obsolete
Peter A. Soukas, MDDEBATE 2
3:26 pm
DES is Superior to DCB in Long-Segment Disease
Eric A. Secemsky, MD3:34 pm
DCB with Spot Stenting is the Right Way to Treat Long-Segment SFA Disease
Fabrizio Fanelli, MD3:42 pm
BREAK / VISIT EXHIBITS
SESSION VI | SUPERFICIAL FEMORAL ARTERY DISEASE: FEMOROPOPLITEAL PHASE 4
Session Head:
3:52 pm
LIVE CASE PRESENTATION #5
Broadcast From: Cardiovascular Institute of the South, Houma, LAOperator(s):
4:22 pm
Choice of Atherectomy Device in ISR: How Do I Choose?
Nicolas Mouawad, MD4:32 pm
DCB or DES in ISR: Is There Data to Suggest One Over the Other?
Tatsuya Nakama, MD4:42 pm
Role of Thrombectomy Devices and Filters in ISR
Jose M. Wiley, MD4:52 pm
PTAB vs. Covered Stent in ISR: Where Do They Fit in the Algorithm?
Peter A. Soukas, MD5:02 pm
Panel Discussion / Q&A
5:12 pm
Closing Remarks
Prakash Krishnan, MD5:20 pm
CME SESSION ENDS
5:30 pm -
6:30 pm
6:30 pm
EVENING RECEPTION | 5th Floor – Salon 1 ~ Supported by Endologix
Advancing SFA Revascularization: Clinical Experience with Percutaneous Bypass using DETOURAjit G. Rao, MD and David D. Song, MD



