• Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology
  of the Vessel Wall
  Gale L. Tang, MD, RPVI

• Principles of Imaging in Vascular Disease
  Antoinette S. Gomes, MD

• Hemodynamics for the Vascular Surgeon
  R. Eugene Zierler, MD

• The Vascular Diagnostic Laboratory
  J. Dennis Baker, MD

• Exposure of Blood Vessels and
  Related Structures
  Jeffrey L. Ballard, MD, FACS

• Vascular Grafts
  Howard P. Greisler, MD

• Vasculogenic Erectile Dysfunction
• Atherosclerosis: Pathology, Pathogenesis,
  and Medical Management
  Ralph G. DePalma, MD, FACS

• Primary (Arterial) Vascular Infection:
  Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management
  Hugh A. Gelabert, MD

• Vascular Trauma
  David L. Gillespie, MD, RVT, FACS

• Endovascular Management of Traumatic
  Vascular Injuries
• Introduction to Endovascular Surgery:
  Arterial Access, Guidewires, Sheaths,
  Angioplasty Catheters, and Stents
  Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD, FACS

• Hemodialysis and Angio Access
  Samuel Eric Wilson, MD

• Panel Discussion
  Moderator: Peter F. Lawrence, MD
  Panelists: Drs DePalma, Gelabert, Gillespie,
  Greisler, Silva, and Wilson

• Interactive Case Presentations
  Moderators: Samuel S. Ahn, MD, and
  Brian G. DeRubertis, MD

• Cerebrovascular Disease I: Surgery of the
  Carotid Artery
  Wesley S. Moore, MD

• Cerebrovascular Disease II: Surgery of the Aortic
  Arch Trunks and the Vertebral Basilar System
  Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD

• Vascular Malformations
• Surgical Management of Chronic
  Venous Obstruction
  Peter Gloviczki, MD

• Angioplasty and Stenting for Cerebrovascular
  Disease: Technique and Results
  Peter A. Schneider, MD

• Non-Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease
  Gregory J. Landry, MD

• Risk Factor Management: Tobacco, Statins,
  Beta Blockers and ACE Inhibitors
• Wound Healing and Limb Salvage
  Peter F. Lawrence, MD

• Antiplatelet Therapy
• Thrombolysis for Deep Venous Thrombosis and
  Pulmonary Embolism: Technique and Results
  Anthony J. Comerota, MD

• Influence of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications on Vascular Disorders
  Charles M. Peterson, MD, MBA

• Panel Discussion – Q&A
  Moderator: Anthony J. Comerota, MD
  Panelists: Drs. DePalma, Landry, Lawrence,
  and Peterson

• Interactive Case Presentation
  Moderators: Samuel S. Ahn, MD, and
  Brian G. DeRubertis, MD

• Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta
  and Iliac Arteries
  Jerry Goldstone, MD

• Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic
  Aneurysm: Comparative Techniques and
  Results of Currently Available Devices
  Ronald M. Fairman, MD

• Surgical Management of Aortoiliac
  Occlusive Disease
  Michael Belkin, MD

• Angioplasty and Stenting for Aortoiliac Disease:
  Technique and Results
  Ruth L. Bush, MD, MPH

• Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Diagnosis,
  Prognosis, and Surgical Management
  Hazim J. Safi, MD

• Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aneurysm:
  Currently Available Devices and Results
  Michel S. Makaroun, MD

• Fenestrated and Branched Endograft Repair
  of Aortic Arch and Thoraco-Abdominal
  Aortic Aneurysm
  Roy K. Greenberg, MD

• Hematologic Problems in Vascular Surgery:
  Bleeding and Thrombosis
  Timothy K. Liem, MD

• Venous Thromboembolic Disease
  Thomas W. Wakefield, MD

• Thrombolysis for Arterial and Graft Occlusions:
  Technique and Results
  Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, FACS

• Management of the Incompetent Saphenous
  Vein – Endovenous Ablation and Sclerotherapy
  David A. Rigberg, MD

• Chronic Venous Obstruction –
  Catheter-based Intervention
  Seshadri Raju, MD

• Endovascular Mechanical Thrombectomy Devices
  Eliott L. Chaikof, MD, PhD

• Interactive Case Presentation
  Moderators: Samuel S. Ahn, MD, and
  Brian G. DeRubertis, MD

• Renovascular Hypertension
  Kimberly J. Hansen, MD, FACS

• Diagnosis and Management of Intestinal Ischemia
  Bruce L. Gewertz, MD

• Angioplasty and Stenting for Mesenteric and
  Renal Artery Disease:  Technique and Results
  Douglas Hood, MD

• Visceral Artery Aneurysms
  Gerald B. Zelenock, MD

• Aneurysms of the Peripheral Arteries,
  Including a Comparison of Open and
  Endovascular Techniques
  D. Preston Flanigan, MD

• Non-Infectious Complications in Vascular Surgery
  Glenn C. Hunter, MD

• Vascular Graft Infection: Etiology, Diagnosis,
  Management, and Prevention
  Julie A. Freischlag, MD

• Surgical and Endovascular Management of
  Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
  Frank J. Veith, MD

• Management of the Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  Samuel S. Ahn, MD

• Infrainguinal Arterial Occlusive Disease:
  Surgical Management
  Frank J. Veith, MD

• Catheter-Based Intervention for Infra-Inguinal
  Occlusive Disease:  Technique and Results
  Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD

• The Diabetic Foot
  George Andros, MD

PROGRAM CHAIR

Wesley S. Moore, MD
Professor and Chief Emeritus
Division of Vascular Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

UCLA FACULTY

J. Dennis Baker, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Brian G. DeRubertis, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Antoinette S. Gomes, MD
Professor of Radiology and Medicine
Department of Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Peter F. Lawrence, MD
Wiley F. Barker Endowed Chair
in Vascular Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

David A. Rigberg, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Gonda (Goldschmied) Vascular Center

GUEST FACULTY

Samuel S. Ahn, MD
University Vascular Associates
Los Angeles, California
DFW Vascular Group
Dallas, Texas

George Andros, MD
Medical Director, Amputation Prevention Center
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, California

Jeffrey L. Ballard, MD, FACS
Staff Vascular Surgeon, St. Joseph Hospital
Orange, California

Michael Belkin, MD
Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Ramon Berguer, MD, PhD
Frankel Professor of Vascular Surgery
Cardiovascular Center
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ruth L. Bush, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery and
Associate Dean for Education Temple Campus
Texas A & M College of Medicine
Scott & White Hospital
Temple, Texas

Elliot L. Chaikof, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Visiting Professor of Surgery
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Anthony J. Comerota, MD
Director Jobst Vascular Institute
Toledo, Ohio
Adjunct Professor of Surgery
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ralph G. DePalma, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Uniformed University of the Health Sciences
Special Operations Officer
VA Office of Research and Development
Washington DC

Ronald M. Fairman, MD
The Clyde F. Barker - William Maul
Measey Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
and Endovascular Therapy
Vice-Chairman for Clinical Affairs
Department of Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

D. Preston Flanigan, MD
Medical Director
St. Joseph Hospital Vascular Institute
Orange, California

Julie A. Freischlag, MD
The William Stewart Halsted Professor
Director, Department of Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medical Institution
Surgeon-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Bruce L. Gewertz, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief
H and S Nichols Endowed Chair in Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery
Vice-President for Interventional Services
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

David L. Gillespie MD, RVT, FACS
Chief and Program Director,
Division of Vascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery, University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York

Peter Gloviczki, MD
Joe M. and Ruth Roberts Professor of Surgery,
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Gonda Vascular Center
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Jerry Goldstone, MD
Professor of Surgery and Chief Emeritus
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Roy K. Greenberg, MD
Director of Endovascular Research
Associate Professor of Vascular
Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and
Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic and Case Western University
Cleveland, Ohio

GUEST FACULTY (continued)

Howard P. Greisler, MD
Professor of Surgery and Professor
of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy
Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois
Hines VA Hospital
Hines, Illinois

Kimberley J. Hansen, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Interim Chair, Department of Vascular
and Endovascular Surgery
Director of the Vascular Surgery
Fellowship Program
Director of the Mentored Clinical Scientist
Program in Vascular Medicine
Director of the Clinical Vascular Laboratory
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Douglas Hood, MD
Associate Professor
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
Springfield, Illinois

Glenn C. Hunter, MD
Professor, Clinical Surgery
University of Arizona
Vascular Surgery Service
SAVAHCS
Tucson, Arizona

Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery and
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
Co-Director, Harrington-McLaughlin
Heart and Vascular Institute
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Gregory J. Landry, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Department of Vascular Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Timothy K. Liem, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Michel S. Makaroun, MD
Professor and Chief,
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joseph L. Mills, Sr., MD
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Co-Director, Southern Arizona Limb
Salvage Alliance (SALSA)
University of Arizona
Tuscon, Arizona

Charles M. Peterson, MD, MBA
Chief Scientist/TATRC
(Telemedicine and Advanced Technology
Research Center/MRMC)
Fort Detrick, Maryland

Seshadri Raju, MD
The Rane Center for Venous and
Lymphatic Disease
Flowood, Mississippi

Hazim J. Safi, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiothoracic and
Vascular Surgery
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas

Peter A. Schneider, MD
Chief, Division of Vascular Therapy
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group
Kaiser Foundation Hospital
Honolulu, Hawaii

Michael B. Silva, Jr., MD, FACS
The Fred J. and Dorothy E. Wolma
Professor of Vascular Surgery and
Professor of Radiology
Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery
and Endovascular Therapy
Director, Texas Vascular Center
The University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Gale L. Tang, MD, RPVI
Assistant Professor of Surgery
University of Washington
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, Washington

Frank J. Veith, MD
Professor of Surgery
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of
Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
The William J. von Liebig Chair in Vascular Surgery
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, Ohio
Professor of Surgery
New York University Medical School

Thomas W. Wakefield, MD
Section Head of Vascular Surgery
S. Martin Lindenauer Professor of Surgery
Section of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Samuel Eric Wilson, MD
Professor of Surgery
University of California Irvine,
School of Medicine
UC Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California

Gerald B. Zelenock, MD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Surgery
University of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio

R. Eugene Zierler, MD
Professor of Surgery, University of
Washington School of Medicine
Medical Director, D. E. Strandness Jr.
Vascular Laboratory
University of Washington Medical
Center and Harborview Medical Center
Seattle, Washington