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Plenary (Science) Session@@@SA-CME

P2: Plenary Session 2

Wednesday, June 4, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
Location: Morial CC, First Floor, Great Hall A

    Moderator(s)

  • Keith Calligaro, MD

    Chief, Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Pennsylvania Hospital
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Elizabeth Chou, MD (she/her/hers)

    Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery
    Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Los Angeles, California

  • Jeffrey Siracuse, MD, MBA

    Professor of Surgery and Radiology, Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
    Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    Boston, Massachusetts

  • Wei Zhou, MD

    Professor of Surgery
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM – 10:11 AM CT
    Optimizing Hospital Billing by Using Data from the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Kirthi S. Bellamkonda, MD, MS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Senior Author Discussant: Jack L. Cronenwett, MD

    Co-Author: Philip P. Goodney, MD, MS – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

    Co-Author: Weiping Zhou

    Co-Author: Matthew T. Menard, MD – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Alik Farber, MD, MBA – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

  • 10:12 AM – 10:19 AM CT
    Regional and Specialty-Specific Medicare Billing Trends in Lower Extremity Endovascular Interventions

    Presenting Author only: Daniel J. Koh, MD – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Senior Author Discussant: Jeffrey J. Siracuse, MD, MBA – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Discussant: Omid Jazaeri, MD

    Co-Author: Brian Tao

    Co-Author: Andrea Alonso, MD – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Brenda Lin – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Alex M. Lin – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Stephen Dalton-Petillo, MD – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Jeffrey A. Kalish – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

    Co-Author: Elizabeth King-Paulson, MD

    Co-Author: Alik Farber, MD, MBA – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

  • 10:20 AM – 10:31 AM CT
    How Vascular Disease Costs More than an Arm and the Leg: Annual Chronic Limb Ischemia Cost Per Capita Approaches and May Exceed Annual Per Capita Costs of Top Cancers in the United States.

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Richard W. Walsh, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Senior Author Discussant: Matthew J. Sideman, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Co-Author: Luke D. Perry – UT San Antonio

    Co-Author: Shriya Veluri

    Co-Author: Savannah Potter

    Co-Author: Jessica Mayor – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Co-Author: Kevin Engledow – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Co-Author: Reshma Brahmbhatt – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

    Senior Author: Lori Pounds, MD – University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

  • 10:32 AM – 10:39 AM CT
    Impact of 2023 Updated Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Interpretation Criteria for Carotid Stenosis on Thresholds for Treatment of Carotid Artery Disease

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Matthew Kawahara, MD – Beaumont Hospital

    Co-Author: Otto W. Brown, MD

    Co-Author: Graham Long – Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

    Co-Author: Paul Bove

    Co-Author: Kyle Markel

    Co-Author: Rose Callahan

    Co-Author: Diane Studzinski

  • 10:40 AM – 10:47 AM CT
    Eight year single center experience with double layer carotid stent

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Gianbattista Parlani, MD – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy

    Co-Author: Giacomo Isernia, MD – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy

    Co-Author: lydia romano, MD – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, ITALY

    Co-Author: massimo lenti – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, ITALY

    Co-Author: Francescopio DelMastro – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, ITALY

    Co-Author: Gioele Simonte, MD – Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, ITALY

  • 10:48 AM – 10:55 AM CT
    Comparative Outcomes of tfCAS vs CEA vs TCAR in Standard and High-Risk Patients Since the CMS decision in October 2023 using the VQI

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Elisa Caron, MD (she/her/hers) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Senior Author Discussant: Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: Isa F. van Galen – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: Jemin Park, MD (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: Jeremy D. Darling, MD, MS (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: Camila R. Guetter – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: Randall A. Bloch

    Co-Author: Roger Davis – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School

    Co-Author: Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Co-Author: Mark F. Conrad

  • 10:56 AM – 11:03 AM CT
    Impact of the 2023 CMS policy change on carotid artery stenting utilization among Medicare beneficiaries

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Courtenay M. Holscher, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Co-Author: Chen Dun, PhD, MS – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Co-Author: David P. Stonko – Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Co-Author: Midori White

    Co-Author: Andrew Wu

    Co-Author: Jesse A. Columbo – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Co-Author: Marc L. Schermerhorn, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Co-Author: James H. Black, III, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Co-Author: Christopher J. Abularrage, MD – Johns Hopkins University

    Senior Author: Caitlin W. Hicks, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins Hospital

  • 11:04 AM – 11:13 AM CT
    61-Year-Old Male With a Saccular Distal Arch Aneurysm: A Hybrid Technique for Repair

    Submitting & Presenting Author: Taleen A. MacArthur, MD (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

    Senior Author Discussant: Bernardo C. Mendes, MD – Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA

    Co-Author: Abdul Kader Natour