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2025 Annual Meeting Agenda

Thursday, April 24, 2025
10:00 – 11:00 AM Registration
11:00 – 11:05 AM Welcome & Introductions Scott Tapper, MD
11:05 – 2:35 PM Session 1: Visiting Professor Talk & Plenary Session Moderators: TBD
11:05 – 11:35 AM AAA Rupture: Improving Care Models Niten Singh, MD
11:35 – 11:45 AM Aortic Height Index and Aneurysm Size as Independent Factors for Mid-Term Aortic-Related Complications in Male Patients with Fusiform Non-Ruptured AAA Camilo Polania, MD
11:45 – 11:55 PM Impact of Plasma Volume Status on Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair Yaman Alsabbagh, MD
11:55 – 12:25 PM Break
12:25 – 12:55 PM Leveraging Vascular Surgeons to Drive Institutional Changes David Stone, MD
12:55 – 1:05 PM Higher Rate of Reinterventions After Transfemoral Carotid Artery Stenting in Symptomatic Patients: A Retrospective Stroke Center’s Cohort Study Camila Esquetini-Vernon, MD
1:05 – 1:15 PM Open Repair of a Giant Celiac Artery Aneurysm with Unique Anatomical Considerations Christopher Montoya, MD
1:15 – 1:20 PM Abstract Audience Scoring Audience
1:25 – 2:25 PM Sponsored Lunch
2:35 – 4:35 PM Session 2: Plenary Session Moderators: TBD
2:30 – 2:40 PM Predictors of Successful Antibiotic Treatment of Osteomyelitis in Diabetic Forefoot Infection Ahmed Hassanin, MD
2:40 – 2:50 PM Open Deep Venous Arterialization Technique for Patients with No Option Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia (No CLTI) Yaman Alsabbagh, MD
2:55 – 3:40 PM Break
3:40 – 4:10 PM Using Clinical Practice Guidelines (Wi-Fi, Appropriate Use Criteria for IC, etc.) to Improve Real-World Patient Care Caitlin Hicks, MD
4:10 – 4:20 PM Evaluating the Use of ChatGPT for Patient Education in PAD Rishab Agarwal, MS
4:20 – 4:30 PM Percutaneous Transmural Artery Bypass with DETOUR System for Patient with Proximal Arterio-venous Stent Through SFA Stent Interstices Andre Critsinelis, MD
4:35 – 4:45 PM Abstract Audience Scoring Audience
4:45- 4:55 PM Talk on Vascular Medicine
5:00 PM Adjourn
5:00 – 6:00 PM Social Activity: Welcome Reception In Exhibit Hall
Friday, April 25, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:05 – 10:55 AM Session 3: James M. Seeger, MD Symposium Debate Session
8:05 – 8:17 AM Type 2 Endoleaks Should Be Ignored If Only Associated With Sac Diameter Changes Since They Are Not Relevant to Survival Niten Singh, MD,
W. Anthony Lee, MD
8:17 – 8:29 AM TEVAR Should Never Be Used Initially for An Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection Zain Shahid, MD,
Dean Arnaoutakis, MD
8:29 – 8:41 AM Carotid Revascularization Should Never Be Offered to An Asymptomatic Octogenarian Russell Samson, MD,
Dave Stone, MD
8:41 – 8:53 AM Pre-Authorization Is A Waste of Time; Bad Doctors Will Cheat Anyway TBD
Russell Samson, MD
8:53 – 9:13 AM Panel/Winner Announcement
9:13 – 9:43 AM Break
9:43 – 9:55 AM RVU-Based Performance Is The Optimal Model for Physician Reimbursement Murray Shames, MD,
Martin Back, MD
9:55 – 10:07 AM Fistula First’ Is Outdated; AV Grafts Should Be Prioritized for Older Dialysis-Dependent Patients Thomas Huber, MD,
Arthur Palamara, MD
10:07 – 10:19 AM Infrainguinal Bypass for Non-Work-Limiting Claudication Should Not Be Offered to Current Smokers Caitlin Hicks, MD,
Salvatore Scali, MD
10:19 – 10:31 AM Pharmacomechanical Catheter-Directed Therapy Is the First-line Treatment for Symptomatic Iliofemoral DVT, Not Anticoagulation Jean Bismuth, MD,
Benjamin Jacobs, MD
10:31 – 10:51 AM Panel/Winner Announcement
10:51 – 11:21 AM Break
11:21 – 11:51 AM Presidential Address
11:56 – 12:56 PM Sponsored Lunch
1:00 PM Adjourn
1:30 – 5:45 PM Social Activity: FVS/FVF Golf Tournament

Saturday, April 26, 2025
7:00 – 8:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:00 – 9:30 AM Session 4: Visiting Professors & Plenary Session Moderators: TBD
8:05 – 8:35 AM Resident/Fellow education: Addressing Gaps in Open Surgery Training and Mentoring Trainees/Junior Partners Niten Singh, MD
8:35 – 8:45 AM FEVAR for Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms using In-Situ Laser Fenestrations Aslyn Mattson, MS
8:45 – 8:55 AM Retrograde Target Vessel Cannulation As A Salvage Technique For Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Trung Nguyen, DO
8:55 – 9:05 AM Technical Success Using the Gore Thoracoabdominal Multibranch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE) Device through Bilateral Transfemoral Arterial Access Yuchi Ma, MD
9:05 – 9:15 AM The Management of Descending Thoracic Aortic Thrombus Priscilla Tanamal, MD
9:15 – 9:25 AM Abstract Audience Scoring Audience
9:30 – 10:00 AM Break, Poster Hall & Exhibits
10:00 – 12:45 PM Session 5: Visiting Professors & Plenary Moderators: TBD
10:00 – 10:30 AM Cost Containment and Efficiency: How to Remove Waste in Care Delivery David Stone, MD
10:30 – 10:40 AM Novel Modified Iliac Artery Stent Graft with Side Branch Extension Facilitating Kidney Transplant in Severe Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease Yaman Alsabbagh, MD
10:40 – 10:50 AM Clinical Outcomes Following Carotid Surgery in Patients with Radiation-Induced Carotid Artery Stenosis: A Propensity Score-matched Cohort Study Suren Jeevaratnam, MS
10:50 – 11:00 AM Intraplaque Hemorrhage and Plaque Ulceration Present in Higher Proportion in Patients with Symptomatic Mild- to Moderate Carotid Artery Stenosis Xindi Chen, BA
11:00 – 11:10 AM The Impact Of Access Site On Carotid Artery Stenting In Challenging Arch Anatomy Christopher Chow, MD
11:10 – 11:15 AM Abstract Audience Scoring Audience
11:15 – 11:45 AM Break, Poster Hall & Exhibits
11:45 – 12:15 PM Actionable Steps When Identifying ‘Bad Actors’ or Providers: What Data is Needed, and How to Address it Caitlin Hicks, MD
12:15 – 12:25 PM Aortoenteric Fistulas Following Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Scoping Review Christopher Montoya, MD
12:25 – 12:35 PM Lower Household Income Associated with Higher Cardiac and Vascular Mortality After Endovascular AAA Repair Jonathan Vandenberg, MD
12:35 – 12:45 PM Multidisciplinary Management of Complex Upper Extremity Trauma Secondary to Dog Bites Christopher Montoya, MD
12:45 – 1:00 PM Annual Business Meeting
1:05 – 2:05 PM Sponsored Luncheon
2:05 PM Adjourn
2:10 – 2:50 PM Trainee Social
3:00 – 5:00 PM Social Activity: Splash Bash

Sunday, April 27, 2025
7:00 – 9:00 AM Registration & Breakfast
8:00 – 9:45 AM Session 6: Introduction and Plenary Review: Visiting Professors Moderators: TBD
8:05 – 8:15 AM Expanding the Palma Procedure: Acute Venous Reconstruction for Enhanced Limb Salvage in Complex Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Resection Jayant Kumar, MD
8:15 – 8:25 AM Fibro-Adipose Vascular Anomaly (FAVA) Dylan Wadell, MD
8:25 – 8:35 AM Open Repair and Subsequent Stenting to Treat Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome Secondary to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Ashley Oh, MS
8:45 – 8:55 AM Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Birth Trauma: A Potential New Correlation John Hargiss, MD
8:55 – 9:00 AM Abstract Audience Scoring Audience
9:00 – 9:25 AM Break
9:25 – 9:45 AM Award Ceremony Award Presenters:
9:45 – 12:00 AM Session 7: Reverse Teaching: The Best/Worst Cases (Past or Future) Moderators: TBD
09:50 – 10:20 AM Best Case/Worst Case Presentation Young Erben, MD
10:50 – 11:20 AM Best Case/Worst Case Presentation W. Anthony Lee, MD
11:20 – 11:50 AM Best Case/Worst Case Presentation Michol Cooper, MD
11:50 AM Adjourn/Closing Remarks TBD

FVS Annual Meeting Visiting Professors

 Visiting Professors

 

Caitlin W. Hicks MD, MS
Vice Chair of Research
Associate Fellowship Program Director
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Caitlin W. Hicks MD, MS is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Hicks is the Associate Fellowship Director for the Johns Hopkins Vascular Surgery Fellowship and the Director of Research for the Johns Hopkins Diabetic Foot and Wound Clinic. She is also the Director of the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery Center for Outcomes Research. Her clinical practice focuses on carotid disease, open and endovascular aortic surgery, and complex limb salvage. Her research interests the epidemiology of lower extremity disease and value-based care in vascular surgery. The overarching goal of her work is to better define patients who will benefit from vascular interventions, and to optimize patient care and improve overall patient outcomes. Dr. Hicks has a K23 research award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study lower extremity disease in adults with diabetes. She was also recently awarded an R03 award from NIDDK, and currently has career development grants from the American College of Surgery and the Society for Vascular Surgery. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Seminars in Vascular Surgery, an Editor of Surgery and Annals of Vascular Surgery, and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and Annals of Surgery. She has published more than 250 peer-reviewed publications to date.


Niten Singh, MD
Director of Limb Preservation Service
Professor of Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Dr. Niten Singh is a board-certified vascular surgeon. His clinical interests include lower extremity interventions, aortic aneurysms, vascular trauma and popliteal entrapment syndrome.

Dr. Singh earned his medical degree at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, and completed a surgical residency at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI. He then completed a vascular surgery fellowship at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, affiliated with Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

In 2013, Dr. Singh joined the faculty at University of Washington. Previously, Dr. Singh served 16 years in the United States Army, most recently as Chief of Endovascular Surgery at Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, WA. He served two combat tours in Iraq and garnered military honors including the Bronze Star Medal. He has extensive experience with vascular trauma and complex lower extremity arterial disease.

Dr. Singh’s research interests include interventions for lower extremity arterial disease, aortic aneurysms, vascular trauma, and vascular education. He has been an invited speaker at many national and international meetings on these topics. He has participated in numerous clinical trials and has authored more than 100 publications, as well as more than 30 book chapters.

Dr. Singh is a distinguished Fellow of the Society for Vascular Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is the founder and Program Chair of the Pacific Northwest Endovascular Conference (PNEC) and a past president of the Pacific Northwest Vascular Society. He is also a board member of Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA). In addition, he is a distinguished reviewer of the Journal of Vascular Surgery and serves on the editorial board of the Annals of Vascular Surgery.

David H. Stone, MD
Professor of Surgery
Program Director, Vascular Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH 03756

David Stone, MD is currently the Program Director for the integrated vascular surgery residency and fellowship programs at Dartmouth. He is also currently the Section Chief of Vascular Surgery at the White River Junction VA Medical Center. Dr. Stone joined the faculty at Dartmouth in 2007 and is currently Professor of Surgery at the Geisel School of Medicine.

Dr. Stone grew up in Great Neck, NY and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1993. He also attended St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University where he studied literature. After college, he received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine. He did his General Surgery training at NYU/Bellevue Medical Center and did an additional two years of training as a Harvard Longwood research fellow in Vascular Surgery. He then completed his clinical fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital, finishing in 2006.

Professionally, Dr. Stone is interested in both open and endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, carotid occlusive disease and lower extremity peripheral arterial disease. He is a busy health services researcher focused on outcome disparities. He has been a PI and participant in several clinical trials, published numerous articles and book chapters, and currently serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Vascular Surgery. He actively teaches fellows, residents, and medical students at Dartmouth.

FVS Annual Meeting Abstracts

Abstracts

Abstract Submission for the 2025 Is Closed Now.

About the Awards

Jose “Pepe” Alvarez, Jr., MD Resident Award: Awarded for the best overall abstract and oral presentation for clinical or experimental work performed by residents of fellows in training. Awardee receives $1,000 and will be considered for publication in the Annals of Vascular Surgery. This award is sponsored by the Florida Vascular Foundation.

2024 Jose “Pepe” Alvarez, Jr., MD Resident Award Winning Abstract:

“Massive Left Subclavian Artery Aneurysm with Rapidly Enlarging Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm”
Hayley M. Carroll, MD
Memorial Healthcare System
Pembroke Pines, Florida

Dr. JJ Karmacharya Award: Awarded for the best abstract and oral presentation in aortic aneurysmal disease reconstruction and treatments. Awardee receives $1,000 and will be considered for publication in the Annals of Vascular Surgery. This award is sponsored by the JJ Karmacharya Foundation for Vascular Surgery.

2024 Dr. JJ Karmacharya Award Winning Abstract:

“Extra-Anatomic Bypasses as Perfusion Alternatives in the Treatment of Complex Thoracoabdominal Aortic Disease”
Christopher Montoya, MD
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine,
Miami, Florida

Mark L. Friedell, MD Award: Awarded for the Best Medical Student Abstract and Oral Presentation. Awardee receives $500.00 and will be considered for publication in the Annals of Vascular Surgery.

2024 Mark L. Friedell, MD Award Winning Abstract:

“Referral and Imaging Surveillance Patterns for Acute Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection at a Tertiary Referral Center”
Griffin Stinson, BS
University of Florida College of Medicine,
Gainesville, Florida

Dr. Jeffrey A. Hertz Memorial Award for Best Case Report: Awardee receives $500.00 and will be considered for publication in the Annals of Vascular Surgery.

2024 Dr. Jeffrey A. Hertz Memorial Award for Best Case Report Award Winning Abstract:


“Paget-Schroetter Syndrome Secondary to Anomalous Right-Sided Aortic Arch.”
Katrina M. Pardo, MS
FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine,
Miami, Florida

*You may be eligible for both the Resident Award and the FVF Scholarship.

Annals of Vascular surgery:
The official journal of the Florida Vascular Society is the Annals of Vascular
Surgery. Acceptance of an abstract for oral presentation at the FVS Annual Scientific Sessions carries with it the following options:

  1. To be published as an abstract in an edition of the Annals of Vascular Surgery featuring the Florida
    Vascular Society Annual Scientific Sessions; and
  2. If considered for an award the author must submit a draft of a manuscript prior to presentation at the Annual
    Scientific Sessions and then to the Annals of Vascular Surgery thereafter.
  3. If the author/presenter opts out of manuscript submission they will be ineligible for awards.

Please forward any abstracts and manuscript questions to: bcarpenter@fvs.org.

When submitting your abstract form online, please remember to email your current Curriculum Vitae to abstracts@fvs.org.

No reference should be made on or in the abstract to the names or institutions of the authors, as the abstract review process is conducted “blindly”, in that the reviewers do not know the origin of the work. Non-member authors must list the name of a member sponsor.

Abstract Format:
Abstracts must be submitted as a structured format (Introduction/Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion) using the Abstracts Submission and Transmittal Forms. A current CV must be submitted with your submission.

Topics:
All vascular related topics submitted will be considered by the FVS program committee for acceptance throughout the program. Topics related to the following areas will be given the highest consideration for acceptance in the James E. Seeger, MD Symposium, Luncheon Session, and Topic Related Scientific Sessions:

  • Vascular Medicine
  • Lower Extremity Revascularization
  • Vascular Trauma
  • Carotid Dissection Aneurysms
  • Dialysis Access

Exhibits & Support

Exhibits & Support

Join us on April 24-27, 2025, for the FVS 38th Annual Scientific Sessions! We are expecting OVER 130 vascular surgeons, interventional, radiologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, residents, fellows, medical students, and other medical professionals. Don’t miss your chance to be apart of this premier event!

The Exhibitor Prospectus & Sponsorship Guide will be released soon. Stay updated by checking back regularly or reach out to our Exhibit Manager at exhibits@fvs.org for more information.

 

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FVS Annual Meeting Venue

Venue

Conrad Orlando
1500 Eastbeach Way
Orlando, FL 32836
407.387.2000 | Hilton.com

 

Conrad Orlando is Orlando’s new luxury resort! This elegant destination features a 20-acre tropical beach and 8-acre crystalline lagoon with warm white sandy beaches and an aquatic adventure area complete with waterslide, rope swing and watersports and two Jack Nicklaus-designed golf courses, On-site resort amenities include the Conrad Spa, zero entry pool, cabanas, fire pits, Kid’s Club, Sand Carving Beach and much more.

Discounted Nightly Rate: $389/night + tax and resort fee.

Reservation Cut-off: Monday, March 24, 2025 (or until the room block is filled, whichever comes first).

Reservations: Call 407-387-2000 and ask for the FVS room rate or make your reservation online HERE

Resort Fee: A reduced nightly resort fee of $30 will be applied to each hotel room reservation and includes the following amenities:

  • Basic internet access
  • Sustainable water bottle
  • Two bottles of water daily
  • $20 discount on club rentals
  • 20% discount of spa treatments
  • 10% discount on merchandise at Grand Cypress Golf Pro Shop
  • Kayak rental for one hour per day
  • Paddle Board rental for one hour per day
  • Shuttle service to and from all Disney theme parks.