September 10-14th, 2017

a Forum for Advances in Minimally Invasive, Image-guided Procedures

2017 Conference Program

WAIS 47th Annual CME Conference

Sunday, Sept. 10th

12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Arrival Day, Exhibit Hall Set-up, Registration Check In

6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception

7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. Without a Scalpel Episode 2: The Cancer Snipers -Bacara Theater

Monday, Sept. 11th

7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall

7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Session 1: Vascular Oncology (SA-CME) -Moderator: John Louie, MD (Stanford University)

7:30 a.m.-7:50 a.m. Size Matters: Portal Vein Embolization vs. Radiation Lobectomy - Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD

7:50 a.m.-8:10 a.m. Pitfalls and Pearls for Liver Directed Therapy - Evan Lehrman, MD

8:10 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Perioperative Management of Vascular Oncology - Hamed Aryafar, MD

8:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m. Radioembolization and Chemoembolization for Colorectal Cancer Liver Mets - David Wang, MD

8:50 a.m.-9:10 a.m. Tumors Outside the Liver: Extrahepatic Chemoembolization and Radioembolization - John Louie, MD

9:10 a.m.-9:30 a.m. SACME TEST

9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. AM Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session 2: Non-vascular Oncology -Moderator: Fred Lee, MD (Univ. of Wisconsin)

10:00 a.m. -10:20 a.m. Liver Ablation: Optimizing Results and Limiting Complications - Louis Hinshaw, MD

10:20 a.m.-10:40 a.m. Neuroanatomic Considerations for Ablation - Nick Kurup, MD

10:40 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Ablation and Stabilization of Bone Tumors - Steven Yevich, MD

11:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m. Ablation of Lung Malignancies - Robert Suh, MD

11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m. Lightning Round Case Review - Fred Lee, MD

11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Learn From My Mistakes - Session 2 Panel

12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m. WAIS Luncheon

2017 Preliminary Program

1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Session 3: Arterial Interventions -Moderator: Ripal Gandhi, MD (Miami C&VI)

1:00 p.m. -1:20 p.m. Update on Aortoiliac Disease and Case Based Approach to Management - Ripal Gandhi, MD

1:20 p.m. -1:40 p.m. Update on SFA Disease and Case Based Approach to Management - Richard Saxon, MD

1:40 p.m. -2:00 p.m. Tibial Arterial Disease and Case Based Approach to Management - Yong Park, MD

2:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m. Update on Aortic Disease and Case Based Approach to Management - Geogy Vatakencherry, MD

2:20 p.m.-2:40 p.m. Mesenteric and Renal Arterial Disease and Case Based Approach to Mgmt - Brian Schiro, MD

2:40 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Update on Carotid Disease and Case Based Approach to Management - Christopher Loh, MD

3:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. PM Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall

3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Session 4: Pediatric IR - Moderator: Chad Zeinati, MD

3:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m. DVT and Post Thrombotic Syndrome in Children: Are They Just Little Adults?- Shellie Josephs, MD

3:50 p.m.-4:10 p.m. MIIPs for Pediatric Hepatobiliary Disease - Paul Rochon, MD

4:10 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Potpourri of Pathology - Richard Towbin, MD

4:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m. Treatment of Vascular Malformations: Role of Emerging Therapies - Doug Rivard, MD

4:50 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Q&A Panel & Audience - Chad Zeinati, MD

5:00 p.m. Evening on your own

2017 Preliminary Program

Tuesday, Sept. 12th

7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall

7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Session 5: PE and Venous Interventions - Moderator: John Moriarty, MD

7:30 a.m.-7:45 a.m. Fereheme MRV to Guide Venous Interventions - Adam Plotnik, MD

7:45 a.m.-8:00 a.m. DVT: Who to Intervene On In The Post ATTRACT World - Khashayar Farsad, MD

8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. Intervention for PE in 2017: Facts and Alternative Facts - Akhilesh Sista, MD

8:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. PERT Teams: Challenges and Success in Setting up a PE Practice in The Real World - Tyler Harris, MD

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. BPA for CTEPH: The new Frontier for PE Intervention - John Moriarty, MD

8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Q&A Panel & Audience - John Moriarty, MD

9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Session 6: Rapid Fire Run Down - Moderator: Justin McWilliams, MD

9:00 a.m.-9:10 a.m. Arterial Run Down - Ripal Gandhi, MD

9:10 a.m.-9:20 a.m. Venous Run Down - E. Brooke Spencer, MD

9:20 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Interventional Oncology Run Down - Alda Tam, MD, MBA

10:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m. AM Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall

10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Session 7: Neuro Interventions - Moderator: Christopher Loh, MD

10:30 a.m.-10:50 a.m. Vertebral Augmentation Revisited - Christopher Loh, MD

10:50 a.m.-11:10 a.m. IR Stroke Practice Development - KC Tan, MD

11:10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Before and After 6 Hour Stroke Imaging for Treatment - Bryan Yoo, MD

11:30 a.m.-11:50 a.m. Tips and Techniques in IA Stroke Therapy - Rodger Hughes, MD

11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Questions & Answers Panel - Christopher Loh, MD

1:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. WAIS Annual Golf Tournament - Sandpiper Golf Course

1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Without a Scalpel Episode 2: The Cancer Snipers -Bacara Theater

2017 Preliminary Program

7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall

7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Session 8: M&M - Moderator: Sue Hanks, MD

7:30 a.m.-7:45 a.m. Disaster - Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute - Ripal Gandhi, MD

7:45 a.m.-8:00 a.m. Save - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Stuart Braverman, MD / Brianna Abedie, MD

8:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. Save - Colorado Imaging Associates - Michael O’Brien, MD

8:15 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Save - MD Anderson - Steve McCrae, MD

8:30 a.m.-8:45 a.m. Disaster - USC Medical Center - Michael Katz, MD

8:45 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Save - Stanford Healthcare Pediatric IR - Matthew Lungren, MD

9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m. Save - Kaiser Sunset - Tina Hardley, MD

9:15 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Disaster - USC Medical Center - Sue Hanks, MD

9:30 a.m.- 0:00 a.m. AM Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall

10:00 a.m.-10:05 a.m. Dotter Lecture Introduction

10:05 a.m.-10:35 a.m. Annual Charles Dotter Lecture - Interventional Radiology from the Other Side

Dr. Charles Nutting - RIA Endovascular, Denver, CO

10:40 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Session 9: MACRA, Quality & IR Reporting - Moderator: Jeremy Collins, MD

10:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. Legislative Update: MACRA, Health Care Reform, and Beyond - Stephen Ferrara, MD, FSIR

10:55 a.m.-11:10 a.m. Structured Reporting & the IR Registry - Raj Shah, MD

11:10 a.m.-11:25 a.m. A Look Ahead to MIPS Reporting in 2018 - Jeremy Collins, MD

11:25 a.m.-11:40 a.m. What IRs Should Know About CMS’ Perspective on Costs in MIPs - Ammar Sarwar, MD

11:40 a.m.-11:55 a.m. Quality in IR: Where are We Going? - Joseph R. Steele, MD, MMM, FSIR

11:55 a.m.-12:10 p.m. Whats and Whys of PROs in IR - Sharon Kwan, MD, FSIR

12:10 p.m.-12:20 p.m. Questions & Answers Panel - Jeremy Collins, MD

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. WAIS Annual Tennis Tournament - Bacara Resort

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Annual WAIS Banquet Dinner - Brian Olsen Art in Action & Auction

2017 Preliminary Program Wednesday, Sept. 13th

Thursday, Sept. 14th

7:00 a.m.-7:30 a.m.

7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.

7:30 a.m.-7:50 a.m.

7:50 a.m.-8:10 a.m.

8:10 a.m.-8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m.-8:50 a.m.

8:50 a.m.-9:10 a.m.

9:10 a.m.-9:30 a.m.

9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

10:00 a.m. -10:20 a.m.

10:20 a.m.-10:40 a.m.

10:40 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

11:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.

11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.

11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

Continental Breakfast, Exhibit Hall

Session 10: GI/GU (SACME) - Moderator: Robert Kerlan, MD

GI Interventions - If You Have the Guts - Evan Lehrman, MD

Transesophageal Gastric Tubes - Really! - Eric Huettl, MD

Metallic Biliary Stents in 2017 - Ray Thornton, MD

Urine and IR - K. Pallav Kolli, MD

Pancreatic Interventions - Our Turf? - M. Victoria Marx, MD

SACME Test - WAIS Staff

AM Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall

Session 11: Dialysis and AVMs - Shellie Josephs, MD

Uterine / Pelvic AVMs - Maureen Kohi, MD

Post Partum Hemorrhage - Kari Nelson, MD

Ready for Percutaneous Dialysis AV Fistula Creation? - Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR

Mgmt of Central Venous Occlusion in Dialysis Patients - Steve Reis, MD

Vascular Malformations - Manraj Heran, MD

Congenital Hepatic Shunts - Shellie Josephs, MD

Meeting Adjourned / Exhibitor Breakdown

2017 Preliminary Program