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This is a preliminary schedule and is subject to change.
Updated March 18, 2009

Wednesday, May 13  
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Registration  
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Just Added! Dinner Symposium:
"Lymphedema: Treatment and Management Advances"
Supported Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.		  
Thursday, May 14
Scientific Sessions
6:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration  
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Exhibit Viewing  
8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome to the 2009 Annual Meeting Thom W. Rooke, MD, Mayo Clinic
8:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Session 1: The Year in Review Heather L. Gornik, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (moderator)
  Vascular Biology and Physiology Mark A. Creager, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  Pharmaceuticals Heather L. Gornik, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  Vascular Imaging Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, The Ohio State University
  Venous Disease Marcelo Gomes, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  Endovascular Piotr S. Sobieszczyk, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
9:20 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Keynote Address:
The Role of Endovascular Procedures for Lower Extremity Arterial Occlusive Disease: What is the Evidence for Their Use?		 Robert B. Rutherford, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. Refreshment Break and Poster and Exhibit Viewing  
10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Session 2: Debate — Sclerotherapy Yung-Wei Chi, DO, RVT, Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Suman W. Rathbun, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
11:15 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. Session 3: Debate — Thrombolytic Therapy for Submissive Pulmonary Emboli Steven M. Dean, DO, The Ohio State University and James B. Froehlich, MD, MPH, University of Michigan Medical School
11:40 a.m. – Noon Presidential Address J. Michael Bacharach, MD, MPH, North Central Heart Institute
Noon – 1:30 p.m. Annual Business Meeting Lunch SVM Fellows Only
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Session 4: Late-breakers, Emerging Therapies and New Peer-Review Trials Judith G. Regensteiner, PhD, University of Colorado School of Medicine (moderator)
  Medicine Mark A. Creager, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
  Radiology Timothy P. Murphy, MD, Rhode Island Hospital
  Surgery Mark R. Nehler, MD, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Session 5: Joint Session with the Society of Interventional Radiology Alain T. Drooz, MD (moderator)
  Vascular Malformations Robert J. Rosen, MD, Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute of New York
  Limb Salvage Barry T. Katzen, MD, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute
  Topic to be announced Timothy P. Murphy, MD, Rhode Island Hospital
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Refreshment Break and Poster and Exhibit Viewing  
4:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Session 6: Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Presentations Emile R. Mohler, III, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Poster Sessions  
6:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Cases Over Cocktails Joshua A. Beckman, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
7:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Presentation of the Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine Awards and Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Awards Presenters: Thom W. Rooke, MD, Mayo Clinic and Emile R. Mohler, III, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Friday, May 15
Scientific Sessions
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Poster and Exhibit Viewing  
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Women in Vascular Medicine Breakfast Meeting Heather L. Gornik, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Suman W. Rathbun, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Session 7: Understanding the Collaborative Relationship of the Physician/Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant Team – How This Could Work for Other Vascular Medicine Physicians Robert M. Scheinfeld, DO, Massachusetts General Hospital
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Session 8: Joint session with the Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery Jerry Bartholomew, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation (moderator)
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break and Exhibit Viewing  
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Session 9: Novel Biomarkers of Peripheral Arterial Disease and Atherosclerosis John P. Cooke, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine and Emile R. Mohler, III, MD, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. Session 10: Training & Certification Suman W. Rathbun, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
  American Board of Vascular Medicine Bruce Gray, DO, Upstate Vascular Associates and American Board of Vascular Medicine
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Vascular Jeopardy Robert D. McBane, MD, Mayo Clinic and Roger F. J. Shepherd, MBBCh, MD, Mayo Clinic
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Get to Know SVM: Reception for New Members, First-Time Meeting Attendees and Fellow Candidates  
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Live Demonstration Workshops with the Society for Vascular Ultrasound Rita Shugart, RN, RVT, Shugart Consulting and David P. Slovut, MD, PhD, North Shore Medical Center
  Workshop 1: Updates in the Vascular Laboratory  
  The Role of the Vascular Lab in Evaluation of Vascular Disease Phillip J. Bendick, PhD, RVT, William Beaumont Hospital
  New Applications: IMT, Contrast 3-D Ultrasound, Vasovasorum Angiogenesis Imaging Steven B. Feinstein, MD, Rush University Medical Center
  Question and Answer Discussion Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  Live Demonstration of Carotid Duplex Phillip J. Bendick, PhD, RVT, William Beaumont Hospital
  Workshop 2: Venous Disease and Wound Care  
  Etiologies of Non-Healing Wounds in Venous Disease Anthony J. Comerota, MD, Jobst Vascular Center
  Care Strategies Lucy LaPerna, DO, RVT, Riverside Interventional Consultants, Inc.
  New Technologies for Treating Non-Healing Wounds Cindy Felty, RN, CNP, Mayo Clinic
  Live Demonstration of the Phlebo Chair David Liedl, RN, Mayo Clinic
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Vascular Medicine Training Program Directors' Meeting  
Vascular Medicine Board Review Course
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Introduction to the Vascular General Medicine Sessions Thom W. Rooke, MD, Mayo Clinic
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. Vascular Biology Scott Kinlay, MD, Brigham & Wome'ns Hospital
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Perioperative Management of the Patient Undergoing Vascular Surgery Joshua A. Beckman, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Vasculitis Leslie T. Cooper, MD, Mayo Clinic
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Refreshment Break  
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Aortic Dissection, Intramural Hematoma and Carotid Dissection Joshua A. Beckman, MD, Brigham & Women's Hospital
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Chronic Venous Disease and Lymphedema Suman W. Rathbun, MD, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center
7:00 p.m. 20th Anniversary Reception  
Saturday, May 16
Vascular Medicine Board Review Course
7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast  
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Thrombophilia John A. Heit, MD, Mayo Clinic
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Venous Thromboembolism Robert D. McBane, MD, Mayo Clinic
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Venous Testing in the Vascular Laboratory Teresa Carman, MD, University Hospitals Case Medical Center
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Unusual Vascular Disorders Jerry Bartholomew, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Refreshment Break  
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Vasospasm and Upper Extremity Vascular Disorders Roger F. J. Shepherd, MBBCh, MD, Mayo Clinic
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Acute Vascular Disorders Tom Bower, MD, Mayo Clinic
11:30 a.m. – Noon Leg Ulcerations Mark D. P. Davis, MD, Mayo Clinic
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch  
1:00 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. Introduction to Vascular Medicine and Endovascular Medicine General Sessions David H. Pfizenmaier, MD, Mayo Clinic
1:10 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Medical Treatment of PAD Heather L. Gornik, MD, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
1:40 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. Clinical Evaluation of PAD Paul W. Wennberg, MD, Mayo Clinic (invited)
2:10 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Vascular Laboratory Arterial Testing R. Eugene Zierler, MD, University of Washington Medical Center
2:40 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. Epidemiology and Natural History of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Diane J. Treat-Jacobson, RN, PhD, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Refreshment Break  
3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Aortic Aneurysms Robert M. Bersin, MD, Seattle Cardiology
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Renal and Mesenteric Arterial Diseases Jeffrey W. Olin, DO, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Carotid Artery Disease and Stroke J. Michael Bacharach, MD, PhD, North Central Heart Institute
5:00 p.m. Question and Answer Session with the American Board of Vascular Medicine Bruce Gray, DO, Upstate Vascular Associates and American Board of Vascular Medicine
Sunday, May 17
Vascular Medicine Board Review Course
6:30 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.
6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast  
7:30 a.m. – 7:40 a.m. Introduction to Endovascular General Medicine Sessions David H. Pfizenmaier, MD, Mayo Clinic
7:40 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. Patient Selection and Diagnosis for Endovascular Procedures Steven Jenkins, MD, Ochsner Heart & Vascular Institute
8:10 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Endovascular Treatment of Infrainguinal PAD Mark C. Bates, MD, Charleston Area Medical Center
8:40 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Catheter Directed Thrombolytic Therapy J. Michael Bacharach, MD, PhD, North Central Heart Institute
9:10 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Aortoiliac Intervention Tyrone J. Collins, MD, Ochsner Clinic Foundation
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Refreshment Break  
10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Diseases of the Aorta Brian D. Peyton, MD, RVT, University of Colorado Health Science Center
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Carotid Artery Revascularization David E. Kandzari, MD, Scripps Clinic
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Endovascular Treatment of Renal and Mesenteric Occlusive Disease Gustavo Oderich, MD, Mayo Clinic
11:30 a.m. – Noon Endovascular Treatment of Upper Extremity and Brachiocephalic Arterial Diseases David P. Slovut, MD, PhD, North Shore Medical Center
Noon – 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Mock Exam David H. Pfizenmaier, MD, Mayo Clinic
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Endovascular Technical Issues I: Anatomy and Performance of Diagnostic Angiography Mark C. Bates, MD, Charleston Area Medical Center;
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Endovascular Technical Issues II: Catheters, Guidewires, Balloons, and Stents Joseph Garasic, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital
2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Endovascular Treatment of Venous Disease Robert M. Schainfeld, DO, Massachusetts General Hospital
2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Complications of Endovascular Procedures Mark A. Grise, MD, Ochsner Medical Center