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Full Schedule

  • Friday, September 19, 2025
  • 6:45 AM – 7:45 AM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Breakfast
  • 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 – Seymour Gray Professor of Molecular Medicine
  • 9:35 AM – 10:25 AM EDT
    Jay D. Coffman Young Investigator Award Presentations
  • 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 – 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
  • 12:10 PM – 1:10 PM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Lunch
  • 1:10 PM – 2:10 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
  • 1:10 PM – 2:10 PM EDT
    PAD Forum: Debates and Controversies
    Moderator: Kushrow Niazi, MD – Emory Healthcare
    Moderator: Alvaro Alonso, MD, MSCR, RPVI, FSVM – University of Massachusetts
  • 2:10 PM – 2:40 PM EDT
    Exhibit Hall Break
  • 2:40 PM – 3:10 PM EDT
    Navigating the Future: Digital Innovation in Vascular Medicine
    Moderator: G. Jay Bishop, MD FACP FSVM FACC RPVIVI – Cleveland Clinic
    Moderator: Shireen Khoury, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • 3:10 PM – 3:40 PM EDT
    Keynote: Bridging Science and Community: Advancing Digital Health for Equitable Care
  • 3:40 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
    SVM Awards Presentation and FSVM Recognition
  • 4:00 PM – 5:20 PM EDT
    Science on Tap: Poster Session Happy Hour in Exhibit Hall
  • 5:20 PM – 6:20 PM EDT
    Industry-Sponsored Dinner
  • 6:20 PM – 7:35 PM EDT
    Cases on the Rocks