Session 3: Impact of Venous Disease on Limb and Life

Moderator(s)

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  Eric Hager, MD

  Associate Professor of Surgery
  University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Sheila Blumberg, MD, MS

  Clinical Associate Professor
  NYU Grossman School of Medicine/NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn
  Brooklyn , New York, United States
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  Judith Lin, MD MBA

  Professor and Chief of Vascular Surgery
  Michigan State University of Human Medicine
  EAST LANSING, Michigan, United States

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:38 AM  

  Venous leg ulcers are a marker of worse long-term survival in patients with chronic venous insufficiency
  

  Speaker: Ethan Chervonski – New York University Grossman School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Shivani Bisen, B.A. – New York University Grossman School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Glenn Jacobowitz, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Caron R. Rockman, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Thomas Maldonado, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Todd Berland, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Karan Garg, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Mikel Sadek, MD – New York University Langone Health
• 8:38 AM – 8:46 AM  

  Comparative Outcomes Following Radiofrequency Ablation and Polidocanol Microfoam Ablation of Symptomatic, Incompetent Small Saphenous Veins
  

  Speaker: Mokhshan Ramachandran, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Peter F. Lawrence, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Steven M. Farley, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: David A. Rigberg, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Johnathon C. Rollo, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Vincent L. Rowe, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

  Co-Author: Juan C. Jimenez, MD, MBA – University of California Los Angeles
• 8:46 AM – 8:54 AM  

  Prevalence of depression in patients with chronic venous insufficiency
  

  Speaker: Eric Hager, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  Co-Author: Yash Pandya, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  Co-Author: Alex Rothstein, BA/BM – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Jayanth Kashyap, B.S. – University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Margaret E. Greer, MS – Georgetown University School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Kayla Mcgarrell, Medical Doctorate – Georgetown School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Mina H. Lee, MD – UCSF Fresno

  Co-Author: Harik R. Patel, MBBS – Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke MA

  Co-Author: Leigh Ann O'banion, MD – UCSF-Fresno

  Co-Author: Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
• 8:54 AM – 9:02 AM  

  Transcriptomic Analysis of Venous Tissue in Varicose Veins Confirms Significant Differences in Multiple Inflammatory Pathways Involving Innate and Adaptive Immune Cells
  

  Speaker: Ulka Sachdev, MD – UPMC

  Co-Author: Bowen Xie, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  Co-Author: Edwyn Assaf, MD – Duke

  Co-Author: Breauna Franklin, BA – University of Pittsburgh Medical School
• 9:02 AM – 9:08 AM  

  Patients with Acute Phlebitis can be Treated Safely with Great Saphenous Vein (GSV) Ablation.
  

  Speaker: Moira A. McGevna, B.A – Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  Co-Author: Ethan Chervonski – New York University Grossman School of Medicine

  Co-Author: Keerthi Harish, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Samantha N. Fountain, MMedSci – New York University Long Island

  Co-Author: Karan Garg, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Mikel Sadek, MD – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Caron R. Rockman, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Glenn Jacobowitz, M.D. – New York University Langone Health

  Co-Author: Thomas Maldonado, M.D. – New York University Langone Health
• 9:08 AM – 9:14 AM  

  Proximal Tumescence During Treatment of Saphenous Veins with Polidocanol Endovenous Microfoam (PEM) Provides Successful Ablation of Larger Veins and Predicts Reduced Microfoam Volume
  

  Speaker: John R. Fang, DO – Morristown Medical Center

  Co-Author: Natalie A. Marks, MD – NYU Langone Brooklyn

  Co-Author: Enrico Ascher, MD – NYU Langone Brooklyn

  Co-Author: Anil P. Hingorani, MD – NYU Langone Brooklyn
• 9:14 AM – 9:20 AM  

  Endovenous welding: 5-year experience of using a new thermal method with automatic ablation mode
  

  Speaker: Larysa Chernukha, Professor – Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology of NAMS of Ukraine

  Co-Author: Vladyslav Horbovets, Ph. D. – Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine

  Co-Author: Sofiia-Solomiia Horbovets – Irpin Central City Hospital
• 9:20 AM – 9:26 AM  

  A Systematic Review and Meta Analysis of Non-compounded Polidocanol 1% Endovenous Microfoam (Varithena) Ablation for the Treatment of Chronic Venous Insufficiency
  

  Speaker: Lowell S. Kabnick, MD – Vein and Lymphatic University

  Co-Author: Kathleen Ozsvath, MD – St. Peters Health Partners

  Co-Author: Diana Frame, MPH – Frame Research

  Co-Author: Larry Gache, MS – LGache Statistical Consulting

  Co-Author: Candace L. Gunnarsson, EdD, MA – Gunnarsson Consulting

  Co-Author: Juan C. Jimenez, MD, MBA – University of California Los Angeles
• 9:26 AM – 9:32 AM  

  Staged or simultaneous varicose vein treatment after saphenous vein ablation
  

  Speaker: Tomasz Urbanek, Professor – Department of General Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Angiology and Phlebology, Medical University of Silesia , Katowice, Poland

  Co-Author: Maciej Wołkowski – Upper Silesian Medical Center, Katowice, Ochojec, Poland

  Co-Author: Krzysztof Wolkowski, PhD in Medicine – Department of Surgery, Saint Ann’s Hospital, Miechów, Poland
• 9:32 AM – 9:38 AM  

  Hybrid Approach to Jugular Vein Decompression for Eagle Syndrome – A Case Series
  

  Speaker: Vashisht Madabhushi, MD – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Brigitte Anderson, MD – University of Maryland

  Co-Author: Khanjan H. Nagarsheth, MD, MBA – University of Maryland Medical Center

  Co-Author: Rajabrata Sarkar, MD – University of Maryland
• 9:38 AM – 9:48 AM  

  Invited Talk: Venous cases that shaped my practice
  

  Speaker: Jose Almeida, MD – Miami Vein
• 9:48 AM – 9:58 AM  

  Discussion