Agenda

PHYSICIANS-IN-TRAINING BOOTCAMP

Get Ready to Roll Up Your Sleeves: Dress Casual for Hands-On Simulations

1:00-1:30 pm: Rapid Fire Introduction

Faculty: Bushra Mina, MD, Matt Langston, Soophia Naydenov, MD; Frances Mae West, MD; Stavros Konstantinides, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD

1:30- 4:30 pm: Hands-on Sims

STATION 1
Point-of-Care Echocardiography
Faculty: Frances Mae West, MD; Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD; Emily Gundert, MD; Bassel Hassouna, MD; Tamam Mohammed, MD; Soophia Nadenov, MD; David Dudzinski, MD; Oki Ishikawa, MD; James Horowitz, MD; Matthew Langston, MD; Parth Rali, MD; Bob Schainfeld, MD; Charles Grodzin, MD

STATION 2
Radiography: VQ & CTPA
Faculty: Brian Goshhajra, MD; Bushra Mina, MD; Alison Witkin,MD

STATION 3
ICU Cases
Faculty: Brandon Hooks, MD; Roy Smith, MD; Mahir Elder, MD, FSCAI, SCAI

STATION 4
Percutaneous Treatment
Faculty: Mona Ranade, MD; Thomas Todoran, MD

Simulated real-time PERT Case & Wrap Up
Faculty: Bushra Mina, MD; Matt Langston, MD; Soophia Naydenov, MD; Andrew Sharp, MD; Brent Keeling, MD; Jeffrey Kline, MD; Ann Gage, MD; Bushra Mina, MD; Matt Langston, MD; Frances Mae West, MD; James Horowitz, MD

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BPA-CTEPH ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

CTEPH Overview
Faculty: Richard Channick, MD; Josanna Rodriguez-Lopez, MD

Technical Considerations…Not as Easy as it Looks
Faculty: Shami Mahmud, MD; Zachary Steinberg, MD; J. Dawn Abbott, MD

Minimizing Risks and Managing Complications
Faculty: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD

What are the Outcomes to Measure after the Intervention…and When?
Faculty: Richard Krasuski, MD

BPA vs PH Targeted Medical Therapy for Inoperable CTEPH…A False Narrative?
Faculty: Michael Cuttica, MD

Special Patient Groups
Faculty: Daniel Schimmel, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Vikas Aggarwal, MD

DEBATE: Will BPA Achieve Equipoise with PTE Surgery in Treating CTEPH?
Faculty:Ada Stefanescu, MD; Hiromi Matsubura, MD; Michael Madani, MD

What Does it Take to Establish a BPA Program?  
Faculty: Riyaz Bashir, MD

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5:00pm - 6:00pm: ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING

BREAKFAST & INDUSTRY SATELLITE SESSIONS

6:45am – 7:45am ET: PERT International Breakfast Roundtable
Moderators: Mona Rande, MD; Mahir Elder, MD; Stavros Konstantinides, MD; Panel: Erik Klok,MD; Menno Huisman, MD; Lana Castellucci, MD; Olivier Sanchez, MD; Fionnuala Ní Áinle, MD; Beverley Hunt, MD; Hiromi Matsubura, MD; Andrew Sharp, MD

8:00am - 8:30am ET SESSION 1: Welcome and Keynote
Rachel Rosovsky, MD; Fionnuala Ní Áinle, MD

8:30am - 9:30am ET: SESSION 2: Epidemiology Session
Moderators: Eleni Whatley, PhD & Gregory Piazza, MD; Faculty: Phil Wells, MD; Kenneth Rosenfield, MD; Erik Klok, MD; Maidah Yaqoob, MD

• The Worldwide Weight of VTE: Incidence, Management, and Economic Costs
• Bridging Borders: Collaborative Strategies to Combat the Global VTE Crisis
• Evolving Paradigms in PE Riskmanagement: A Dual Focus on Recurrence and Bleeding
• Equity in Thrombosis: Tackling Disparities in Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
• Panel discussion

9:30am - 10:30am ET: SESSION 3: Diagnosis & Risk Stratification
Moderator: Bushra Mina, MD; Faculty: Tamam Mohamed, MD, Stavros Konstantinides, MD; Menno Huisman, MD; Lisa Moores, MD

• Case presentation
  
• Navigating the Currents: Today’s Landscape in PE risk stratification
• Pro: Risk Stratification for PE: Current Algorithms Fulfill Clinical Needs
• Con: Revamping Risk Stratifcation: The Urgent Need for Improved PE Algorithm
• Panel Discussion (Rapid fire questions in risk stratifcation, Audience questions)

10:30am - 11:00am ET: BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL

11:00am - 12:00pm ET: SESSION 4: The times They Are A-Changin’ …Novel Paradigms for Identifying and Treating High Risk PE
Moderator: Andrew Sharp, MD & Emily Gundert, MD; Faculty: Jay Giri, MD; Joshua Goldberg, MD; Tom Todoran, MD; Emily Gundert, MD; Mark Davies, MD; Julie Bulman, MD; Tom McGillivray, MD

• What do the latest data tell us about High Risk PE and what is missing
• Identifying “true” High Risk PE … A Tale of Three Patients
• Debate & Case Presentiation – “Hi-Risk PERT Alert: It’s a Bad One!!"
• Time Is of the Essence… Push That Bolus!!!
• Let’s Cool Off with ECMO… Stabilize the Situation!
• C’mon Folks, Get with the Program…Catheter-directed Therapy Now Reigns Supreme
• Surgical Embolectomy…Still Forgotten?
• Discussion and Debate

12:15 - 1:15pm ET: LUNCH AND INDUSTRY SATELLITE SESSIONS

Imperative Care
Connected Care: Technology, Innovations and Emerging Clinical Evidence Aimed to Improve Patient Outcomes
Moderator: Terry Bowers, MD; Faculty: Sripal Bangalore, MD; John Moriarty, MD; Adam Raskin, MD;

Penumbra
The Complete PE Story: A Review of the Clinical Evidence & CAVT Technology for the Treatment of PE
Moderator: Venkat Tummala, MD; Faculty: Sanjum Sethi, MD; Suhail Dohad, MD; Robert Lookstein, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD

Thrombolex
Single Session Low-Dose Pharmacomechanical Lysis (PML) Therapy for Pulmonary Embolism: An Examination of Outcomes
Faculty: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD; Eric Secemsky, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Soophia Naydenov, MD

1:15pm - 2:15pm ET: SESSION 5: Tools of the Trade for Thrombus Resolution: A Decade of PERT
Moderators: Ann Gage, MD & Kenneth Rosenfield, MD; Faculty: Eric Secemsky, MD; Peter Monteleone, MD; Maya Serhal, MD; Lana Castellucci, MD; Seth Sokol, MD; Robert Lookstein, MD; Ann Gage, MD

• The Devil We Know: State of the State: Contemporary Trends in Device Selection Based on Utilization Data
• The Devil We Don't Know: Limitations in Current Knowledge Base about Devices and Outcomes
• Debate & Case Presentiation: How I Devour My Clot!: The Challenge of Device Selection
• Keep it Simple: Just Thin It!
• Dissolve to Resolve
• Slice, Dice, & Lyse
• Aspirate
• Discussion and Debate

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET: WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP A: ICU
Moderators: Belinda Rivera-Lebron, MD; & James Horowitz, MD; Faculty: Maidah Yaqoob, MD; Juan Pulido, MD; Olivier Sanchez, MD; Frances Mae West, MD

• Medical management of the failing RV after PE
• Don’t intubate the critically ill PE patient!!! But when you have to…
• Bedside initiation of mechanical RV support
• Managing complications of catheter-based therapy in the ICU
• Discussion

WORKSHOP B: VENOUS DISEASE
Moderators: Mona Ranade, MD & Charles Ross, MD; Faculty: Julie Bulman, MD; Charles Ross, MD; Robert Schainfeld, MD; Pavan Kavali, MD

• IVC Filters
• Deep Vein Thrombosis: Medical vs Endovascular
• Post-Thrombotic Syndrome
• Endovascular Treatment of Chronic Occlusion
• Panel

WORKSHOP C: STARTING & GROWING YOUR PERT
Moderators: Soophia Naydenov, MD & Charles Grodzin, MD; Faculty: Matt Langston, MD; Brendan Clark, MD; Peter Monteleone, MD; Taki Galanis, MD; Maanasi Samant, MD; Paige Castaneda, MD; Bishoy Ragheb, MD; Bushra Mina, MD; Fionnuala Ní Áinle, MD

• Brief Overview & PERT Partners
• Experiences from PERT in Rural/Community
• What's Next? PERT 2.0: The Future
• PERT After Hospital - Fast Program
• PERT After Hospital

WORKSHOP D: PE CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE™
Moderators: Steve Pugliese, MD & Mahir Elder, MD; Faculty: Geoff Barnes, MD

• Overview of PE Centers of Excellence™
• Value Proposition of PERT / How to Sell this to Your Health System
• Discussion and Q & A

3:15pm – 3:45pm ET: BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL

3:45pm - 4:30pm ET: SESSION 6: Oral Abstracts
Moderators: Soophia Naydenov, MD & Terry Bowers, MD

• Abstract 1
• Abstract 2
• Abstract 3
• Q & A

4:30pm - 5:00pm ET: SESSION 7: PE Game Show
Hosts: Erik Klok, MD & Menno Huisman, MD

5:00pm – 6:00pm ET: POSTER SESSION & COCKTAIL RECEPTION

6:45am – 7:45am ET: BREAKFAST & INDUSTRY SATELLITE SESSIONS

6:45am - 7:45am ET: Women Leaders in PE Breakfast, Sponsored by Penumbra, Inc.
Faculty: Rachel Rosovsky, MD; Mona Ranade, MD

8:00am - 8:25am ET: SESSION 8: Welcome and Keynote
John Moriarty, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD

8:25am - 9:00am ET: SESSION 9: Live PERT Case
Moderators: Mona Ranade, MD & Richard Channick, MD

9:00am - 1015:am ET: SESSION 10: Clinical Trials : Devices & Data, All You Need to Know
Moderators: Akhilesh Sista, MD & Amir Darki, MD; Faculty: Mona Ranade, MD; Ann Gage, MD; Amir Darki, MD; Wissam Jaber, MD; Akhilesh Sista, MD; Robert Lookstein, MD

• IDE over the Line: Completed Single arm trials (FLARE, EXTRACT, RESCUE, APEX)
• Single arm studies: More devices and evidence on the way (Symphony, ENGULF, Aventus, Akura, Innova)
• Trials in the pipeline
• Post Market Trials: FLAME, STRIKE PE, RESCUE-PE and RAPID-PE
• RCTs 1: HI-PEITHO, PEITHO 3, PE-TRACT
• RCTs 2: STORM-PE, PEERLESS, PEERLESS 2, PERSEVERE
• Panel Discussion: Where the Data Is Now and Where It is Going

10:15am – 10:45am ET: BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL

10:45am - 11:45am ET: SESSION 11: Post-PE Care
Richard Channick, MD; Michael Risbano, MD; Maanasi Samant, MD; Timothy Morris, MD; Tara Lech, MD

• Pathophysiology of Dyspnea after PE
• Brief survey of available tests and is there any data– 10 min (CT, Vq, RHC, TTE)
• Cases
• Anticoagulation Considerations
• Q & A

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET: LUNCH AND INDUSTRY SATELLITE SESSIONS

Boston Scientific
Evidence Unleashed: A Data-Driven Exploration of Acute Pulmonary Embolism Treatment Strategies
Moderator: Michael Jaff, DO; Faculty: Peter Monteleone, MD; Patrick Troy, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD; Sanjum Sethi, MD

Inari Medical
Clinical Need for Large-Bore Thrombectomy in PE: A Clinical Data-Based Review
Faculty: Victor Tapson, MD; Ripal Gandhi, MD; Jay Giri, MD; John Moriarty, MD

Johnson & Johnson
Expert Perspectives on the Treatment of DVT/PE and Reduction in the Risk of Recurrent DVT/PE, With a Focus on High-Risk Patient Populations
Faculty: Parth Rali, MD; Jason Wilson, MD, PhD; Jerrica E. Waggoner, PharmD

1:00pm - 2:00pm ET: SESSION 12: CTED/CTEPH MONITORING
Moderators: Josana Rodriguez-Lopez, MD & William Auger, MD; Faculty: Olivier Sanchez, MD; Timothy Fernandes, MD; Michael Madani, MD; Hiromi Matsubara, MD; Sonia Jasuja, MD

• RPVO
• CTE__: Complications of RPVO other than CTEPH
• PTE
• BPA
• Medical management
• Panel Discussion

2:00pm - 3:00pm ET: WORKSHOPS

WORKSHOP E: NOT QUITE CTEPH: WHAT TO DO
Moderators: Ada Stefanescu, MD & Olivier Sanchez, MD; Faculty: Jenny Yang, MD; Gustavo Heresi, MD; Hiromi Matsubara, MD; Paul Forfia, MD

• Defining the Problem. Who are we talking about?
• CTEPD: Watch or Intervene
• BPA in CTEPD: What is the Experience
• What to follow after Intervention
• Q & A

WORKSHOP F: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Moderators: Robert Lookstein, MD & Parth Rali, MD; Faculty: Jonathan Paul, MD; Dania Daye, MD; Hamid Mojiban, MD; Collin Stultz, MD

• Acute Diagnosis and Triage
• Chatbots and Other Language Models
• Longitudinal Patient Care Coordination
• Future Directions / Research
• Panel

WORKSHOP G: MCS BEYOND THE BASICS
Moderators: Joshua Goldberg, MD & Eric Lehr, MD; Facutly: Bassel Houssana, MD; Mahir Elder , MD; Zach Kon, MD

• Case Challenge
• Interrupting the death spiral of acute PE- How does MCS address pathophysiology
• Proactive or reactive…When to initiate MCS?
• The "Art" of Cannulation
• When to extirpate and when to decannulate
• Roundtable discussion & Q & A with additional case challenges

3:00pm – 3:30pm ET: BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL

3:30pm - 4:15pm ET:SESSION 13: Best Papers of the Year
Moderators: Brent Keeling, MD; Erik Klok, MD; Roy Smith, MD

4:15pm ET Sessions Adjourn

6:00pm - 10:30pm ET: 10th Anniversary Gala

8:30pm – 10:30pm ET 10th Anniversary Gala After Glow

8:00am -8:05am ET: SESSION 14: Welcome
Matthew Langston, MD

8:05am - 9:05am ET: SESSION 15: Meet the Experts
Moderator: Kenneth Rosenfield, MD; Faculty: Stavros Konstantinides, MD; Erik Klok, MD; John Moriarty, MD; Andrew Sharp, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD; Mahir Elder, MD; Fionnuala Ní Áinle, MD; Jeffrey Kline, MD; Frances Mae West, MD; Rob Lookstein, MD; Steve Pugliese, MD; Beverley Hunt, MD; Richard Channick, MD

• PERT from the exPERTs…Controversies and Case Challenges
• Challenge the Experts: What is the Right Answer
• Challenge Our Panel
• How We Do It
• Key Controversies and Case Challenges

9:05am - 10:05am ET: SESSION 16: Medical Management
Moderators: Fionnuala Ní Áinle, MD & George Davis, PharmD; Faculty: Bishoy Ragheb, MD; Beverley Hunt, MD; Stephan Moll, MD; Lana Castellucci, MD; Lisa Moores, MD; Erik Klok, MD

• Anticoagulation
• Anticoagulation Duration
• Thrombophilia pro/con
• Thrombophilia pro/con
• In or Out-Patient Care
• Discussion/Panel/ Q & A

10:05am – 10:35am ET: BREAK & EXHIBIT HALL

10:35am - 11:35am ET: SESSION 17: Special Populations
Moderators: Stephan Moll, MD & Tara Lech, MD & George Davis, PharmD; Faculty: Beverley Hunt, MD; Elizabeth Klings, MD; Ayesha Zia, MD; Rachel Rosovsky, MD

• Understanding Pulmonary Embolism in Women
• Clotting Conundrum: Pulmonary Embolism and Sickle Cell Disease
• More than a SOB Story: Impact of Pulmonary Embolism in Children
• Beyond the Surface: Pulmonary Embolism in Obese Individuals
• Q & A, Discussion

11:35am - 12:05pm ET: SESSION 18: Greatest Saves & Toughest Complications
Moderators: James Horowitz, MD; Faculty: Nora Tabori, MD; Frances Mae West, MD; Andrew Klein, MD

• Case 1
• Case 2
• Case 3
• Q & A

12:05pm ET Meeting Adjourned