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General Session

Session I: Aortic – Modern Management

Friday, May 23, 2025
7:55 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific
Location: Grand Ballroom 1

Presentations:

  • 7:55 AM - 8:00 AM Pacific
    Welcoming Remarks

    Speaker: Niten Singh, MD

  • 8:00 AM - 8:07 AM Pacific
    Talk 1: Pediatric Aortic Surgery That Every Vascular Surgeon Needs to Know

    Speaker: Dawn M. Coleman, MD

  • 8:07 AM - 8:14 AM Pacific
    Talk 2: When and How Should We Test for Genetic Aortopathies in Routine Practice and Does It Really Change Management

    Speaker: Sherene Shalhub, MD MPH FACS DFSVS (she/her/hers)

  • 8:14 AM - 8:21 AM Pacific
    Talk 3: Radiation Exposure Matters and Here Is How to Decrease It During Complex Aortic Repair

    Speaker: Lars Stangenberg, MD, PhD

  • 8:21 AM - 8:28 AM Pacific
    Talk 4: Ten Technical Tips You Still Need to Know About Open Aortic Surgery in 2025

    Speaker: Kellie Brown, MD

  • 8:28 AM - 8:35 AM Pacific
    Talk 5: Parallel Grafts Have Fallen out of Favor but Here Is How I Use Them in Acute Situations

    Speaker: Nikhil Kansal, MD (he/him/his)

  • 8:35 AM - 8:42 AM Pacific
    Talk 6: Preventing Branch Leaks After F/BEVAR: Understanding the Forces Involved

    Speaker: Bernardo Mendes, MD – UCLA Aortic Center at UCLA Health

  • 8:42 AM - 8:52 AM Pacific
    Panel Discussion for Talks 1-6

    Panelist: Dawn M. Coleman, MD

    Panelist: Sherene Shalhub, MD MPH FACS DFSVS (she/her/hers)

    Panelist: Lars Stangenberg, MD, PhD

    Panelist: Kellie Brown, MD

    Panelist: Nikhil Kansal, MD (he/him/his)

    Panelist: Bernardo Mendes, MD – UCLA Aortic Center at UCLA Health

  • 8:52 AM - 8:59 AM Pacific
    Talk 7: Company Manufactured Purpose-built PMEG Kits Today and in the Future

    Speaker: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington

  • 8:59 AM - 9:06 AM Pacific
    Talk 8: Real World Applications for Off the Shelf Grafts for TAAA’s and Thoracic Dissections: How It Can Impact Your Practice

    Speaker: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his)

  • 9:06 AM - 9:13 AM Pacific
    Talk 9: The Role of TBE for the Treatment of Acute Type B Dissection

    Speaker: Javairiah Fatima, MD

  • 9:13 AM - 9:20 AM Pacific
    Talk 10: Extensive Endovascular Thoracoabdominal Septal Fenestration for Treatment of Malperfusion in Aortic Dissection: Should This Be Considered More Often?

    Speaker: Jade Hiramoto, MD (she/her/hers)

  • 9:20 AM - 9:27 AM Pacific
    Talk 11: Endovascular Thermal Septotomy Is an Important Technical Adjunct When Treating Dissection with F/BEVAR

    Speaker: Andres Schanzer, MD

  • 9:27 AM - 9:34 AM Pacific
    Talk 12: Lots of People Do FEVAR and I Am the One Who Takes Them Out - How I Do It

    Speaker: Peter J. Rossi, MD

  • 9:34 AM - 9:45 AM Pacific
    Panel Discussion for Talks 7-12 and Wrap-up Discussion

    Panelist: Benjamin W. Starnes, MD – University of Washington

    Panelist: Sukgu M. Han, MD, MS, DFSVS (he/him/his)

    Panelist: Javairiah Fatima, MD

    Panelist: Jade Hiramoto, MD (she/her/hers)

    Panelist: Andres Schanzer, MD

    Panelist: Peter J. Rossi, MD