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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, September 18, 2025
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
    Mentee Mingling / Happy Hour for Speed Mentoring Registrants
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM EDT
    Speed Mentoring (Pre-registration & SVM membership required)
  • Friday, September 19, 2025
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Breakfast with Penumbra: How Computer Assisted Vacuum Thrombectomy (CAVT) is Redefining Thrombectomy Practices: Innovation to Impact
  • 7:50 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    VSS2025 Welcome
  • 8:00 AM - 8:40 AM EDT
    Year in Review
    Moderator: Shea E. Hogan, MD, MSCS, FSVM – University of Colorado
    Moderator: Kamal Gupta, MD – University of Kansas Medical Center
  • 8:40 AM - 9:05 AM EDT
    Year Going Forward
    Moderator: Nicholas Leeper, MD – Stanford Vascular Surgery
    Moderator: Mary M. McDermott, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
  • 9:05 AM - 9:35 AM EDT
    Keynote: Novel therapeutic targets in vascular medicine
    Keynote Speaker: Daniel J. Rader, MD – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
  • 9:35 AM - 10:25 AM EDT
    Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award Presentations
    Moderator: Tamar Polonsky, MD, MSCI, FSVM – University of Chicago
    Moderator: Yogen Kanthi, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  • 10:25 AM - 10:55 AM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Break
  • 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM EDT
    Best of VMJ & Mark A. Creager Prize
    Speaker: Heather L. Gornik, MD, MSVM – University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
    Speaker: Mary O. Whipple, PhD, RN, PHN, FSVM – University of Minnesota
    Speaker: Alexander E. Sullivan, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM EDT
    Vascular Disease and the Environment
    Moderator: Ryan J. Mays, PhD, MPH, MS – University of Minnesota
    Moderator: Aaron W. Aday, MD, MSc, RPVI, FSVM – Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM EDT
    Keynote: The Exposome: Rethinking Vascular Health Beyond The Clinic
    Keynote Speaker: Sadeer Al-Kindi, MD, FACC – Houston Methodist & Weill Cornell Medicine
  • 12:10 PM - 1:10 PM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Lunch with Medtronic: Turning Point in Hypertension Care: Symplicity Spyral™ Renal Denervation System
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    Hands-On Ultrasound & Point-of-Care Ultrasound Workshop (POCUS; pre-registration required)
    Chair: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Faculty: Blake Iceton, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Faculty: Andrew B. Dicks, MD – Prisma Health - University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Greenville
    Faculty: Pulkit Chaudhury, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Faculty: Kamal Gupta, MD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Faculty: Minakshi Biswas, MD, FSVM, FACC, RPVI – Banner Health
    Faculty: Angela Boivin, RVT, RDMS – Mass General Brigham
    Faculty: Sneha E. Thomas, MD, FSVM – Riverside University Health System Medical Center
  • 1:20 PM - 2:20 PM EDT
    PAD Forum: Debates and Controversies
    Moderator: Kushrow Niazi, MD – Emory Healthcare
    Moderator: Alvaro Alonso, MD, MSCR, RPVI, FSVM – University of Massachusetts
  • 2:20 PM - 2:50 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Break
  • 2:50 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Navigating the Future: Digital Innovation in Vascular Medicine
    Moderator: G. Jay Bishop, MD FACP FSVM FACC RPVI – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Keynote: Reconceptualizing Practice, Research, and Clinician Identity in the Connected World of Digital Health 
    Keynote Speaker: Matthew A. Corriere, MD, MS – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
  • 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM EDT
    SVM Awards Presentation and FSVM Recognition
    Faculty: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, RVT/RPVI, FSVM – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 4:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Science on Tap: Poster Session Happy Hour in Exhibit Hall
  • 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM EDT
    Moderated Poster Presentations in Exhibit Hall
    Moderator: Alec Schmaier, MD, PhD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD MBA MHS – Duke University Medical Center
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Dinner with Siemens
  • 6:30 PM - 6:45 PM EDT
    Break
  • 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM EDT
    Cases on the Rocks
    Moderator: Ana I. Casanegra, MD, MS – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Nichole E. Brunton, DO RPVI – Virginia Commonwealth University Health
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD MBA MHS – Duke University Medical Center
    Panelist: Joshua Beckman, MD, MSc – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Panelist: Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, RPVI – Mayo Clinic
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025
  • 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Breakfast with Novartis: What happens next? Beyond statins for optimizing LDL-C management after coronary and peripheral intervention
  • 7:45 AM - 7:55 AM EDT
    Transition to General Session
  • 7:55 AM - 8:00 AM EDT
    Welcome & Announcements
  • 8:00 AM - 8:20 AM EDT
    Presidential Address
    Speaker: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, RVT/RPVI, FSVM – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 8:15 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
    SVM Business Meeting
    Faculty: Elizabeth Ratchford, MD, RVT/RPVI, FSVM – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Faculty: Teresa L. Carman, MD, RPVI, MSVM – University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
    Faculty: Joshua Beckman, MD, MSc – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
    Faculty: G. Jay Bishop, MD FACP FSVM FACC RPVI – Cleveland Clinic
    Faculty: Alexandra L. Solomon, MD, RPVI FSVM – Eastern Vascular Associates, New Jersey
  • 8:50 AM - 9:50 AM EDT
    Clash of the Titans: Great Debates in Vascular Medicine
    Moderator: Stanislav Henkin, MD, MPH, RPVI – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Shea E. Hogan, MD, MSCS, FSVM – University of Colorado
  • 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM EDT
    Pregnancy and Vascular Disease
    Moderator: Nichole E. Brunton, DO RPVI – Virginia Commonwealth University Health
    Moderator: Jessica K. Bjorklund, MD, MPH, FACC, RPVI – Staten Island University Hospital
  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Break
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
    Atherosclerosis Prevention - Practical Implementation Across the Disease Continuum
    Moderator: Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Moderator: John Hornick, MD – UPMC
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
    Keynote: Lipoprotein(a): Rewriting the Vascular Risk Equation
    Keynote Speaker: Michael D. Shapiro, DO, MCR – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Lunch with Boston Scientific: Varithena Foundations: From Data to Delivery
  • 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM EDT
    Transition to General Session
  • 1:10 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
    Best of VSS2025: Highlighted Oral Abstracts
    Moderator: Scott J. Cameron, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Moderator: Pulkit Chaudhury, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
  • 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM EDT
    Venous Vascular Medicine Symposium I: The Nuts and Bolts of Clinical Practice
    Moderator: Eri Fukaya, MD, PhD – Stanford University
    Moderator: Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS, RVT, MSVM – OhioHealth
  • 3:20 PM - 3:50 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall & Break
  • 3:50 PM - 4:30 PM EDT
    Therapeutic dilemmas in Atherosclerosis Fireside Chat
    Moderator: Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Michael D. Shapiro, DO, MCR – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Seth Shay Martin, MD, MHS – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
    Panelist: Joshua Beckman, MD, MSc – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
  • 3:50 PM - 5:10 PM EDT
    Venous Lymphatic Vascular Medicine Workshop (Registration Required)
  • 4:30 PM - 5:10 PM EDT
    CLTI Fireside Chat
    Moderator: Jennifer Rymer, MD MBA MHS – Duke University Medical Center
  • 5:10 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall & Break
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM EDT
    Vascular Jeopardy
    Moderator: Gaurav Parmar, MD, MPH, RPVI, FSVM – Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
    Moderator: Mitchell Weinberg, MD – Staten Island University Hospital - Northwell Health
  • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM EDT
    Global Networking Happy Hour – Celebrating Our International Colleagues
  • Sunday, September 21, 2025
  • 6:20 AM - 6:30 AM EDT
    Walk/5K Fun Run Registration
  • 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM EDT
    Walk/5K Fun Run
  • 7:45 AM - 8:45 AM EDT
    Breakfast
  • 8:45 AM - 8:50 AM EDT
    Welcome & Announcements
  • 8:50 AM - 9:40 AM EDT
    Thrombosis and Anticoagulation
    Moderator: Damon Houghton, MD, M.S. – Mayo Clinic
    Moderator: Ana I. Casanegra, MD, MS – Mayo Clinic
  • 9:40 AM - 10:35 AM EDT
    Activate the PERT! Team Based Approach for Complex Pulmonary Embolism
    Moderator: Vladimir Lakhter, DO, FSVM – Temple University Hospital - Lewis Katz School of Medicine
    Moderator: Aditya Sharma, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute/ Advocate Health
    Panelist: Randy K. Ramcharitar, MD – University of Virginia
    Panelist: Felipe Navarro, MD FACC RPVI – Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Panelist: Nyal Borges, MD – Atrium Health
    Panelist: Luai Tabaza, MD, FACC, FSCAI, RPVI – Virtua Health
  • 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM EDT
    Break
  • 10:45 AM - 11:35 AM EDT
    Carotid Disease: Thinking Beyond the Stenosis
    Moderator: Maya Salameh, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Moderator: Ganesh Keshav Thirunavukkarasu, MBBS – Massachusetts General Hospital
  • 11:35 AM - 12:25 PM EDT
    Aortic Disease: Infection, Inflammation, Imaging, and Innovation
    Moderator: Natalia Fendrikova Mahlay, RPVI, FSVM – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Jessica Curcio, ND, MPAS, PA-C, FSVM – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • 12:25 PM - 12:30 PM EDT
    Conclusion of VSS2025