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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    7:55am - 8:00am PT
    WELCOME TO THE VEINS 2026
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    7:55am - 8:00am PT
    Welcome Remarks - 2026 Course Director
    Location: Tower 4
    Kathleen Gibson, MD – Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:00am - 8:55am PT
    SUPERFICIAL VENOUS DISEASE IN THE REAL WORLD: COMPLEXITY, CONTROVERSY AND CARE DELIVERY
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:00am - 8:08am PT
    "Don’t Write Me Off!" - The Obese and Functionally Impaired Patient
    Location: Tower 4
    Robert Attaran, MD – Yale University
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:08am - 8:16am PT
    Have Clot, Have Had Clot, Might Have Clot – What Now?
    Location: Tower 4
    Mona Gupta, MD – Northwestern University
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:16am - 8:24am PT
    Hot and Bothered Legs - Venous Interventions for Recurrent Cellulitis and Recalcitrant Ulcers
    Location: Tower 4
    Manj Gohel, MD – Cambridge University Hospitals
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:24am - 8:32am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:32am - 8:40am PT
    DEBATE: Wound Care In My Venous Practice Is Worth My Time
    Location: Tower 4
    Misaki Kiguchi, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Centers
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:40am - 8:48am PT
    DEBATE: Adding Wound Care to My Venous Practice Is a Waste of My Time
    Location: Tower 4
    Andrea Obi, MD – University of Michigan
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    8:48am - 8:55am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:00am - 10:00am PT
    EVIDENCE IN ACTION: CASE-BASED LESSONS FROM THE LAST YEAR
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:00am - 9:08am PT
    Reframing Superficial Vein Thrombosis: From Benign Condition to VTE Spectrum
    Location: Tower 4
    Teresa L. Carman, MD, RPVI, MSVM – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:08am - 9:16am PT
    One Size No Longer Fits All: Tailored Anticoagulation in Provoked VTE
    Location: Tower 4
    Yogen Kanthi, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:16am - 9:24am PT
    Beyond Factor Xa: New Coagulation Targets and Systemic Drivers of VTE
    Location: Tower 4
    Geoffrey Barnes, MD, MSc – University of Michigan
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:24am - 9:35am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:35am - 9:43am PT
    From Formation to Fibrosis: Mechanisms of Venous Thrombus Aging
    Location: Tower 4
    Andrea Obi, MD – University of Michigan
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:43am - 9:51am PT
    Who Gets VTE, and Why? Population-Level Drivers of Risk
    Location: Tower 4
    Aditya Sharma, MBBS – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Advocate Health
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    9:51am - 10:00am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:30am - 11:10am PT
    THE NEXT PHASE OF SUPERFICIAL VEIN PRACTICE: ACCESS, OUTCOMES AND WHY PATIENTS AREN'T BETTER
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:30am - 10:38am PT
    Vein Practice Development – I’ve Got The Basics Down, What’s Next?
    Location: Tower 4
    Mona Gupta, MD – Northwestern University
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:38am - 10:46am PT
    Challenges in Patient Care Access: Billing, Coding And Reimbursement
    Location: Tower 4
    Juan Carlos Jimenez, MD, MBA – University of California, Los Angeles- Division of Vascular and Endovascualr Surgery
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:46am - 10:50am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:50am - 10:58am PT
    My Superficial Veins Are Closed. Why Am I Not Better?
    Location: Tower 4
    Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD – St. Peters Health Partners
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    10:58am - 11:06am PT
    Why Leg Vein Ulcers Don’t Heal - What Can I Do About Them?
    Location: Tower 4
    Robert Attaran, MD – Yale University
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    11:06am - 11:10am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    11:15am - 12:15pm PT
    LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    11:15am - 12:15pm PT
    Clinical Trial Presentations
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    1:30pm - 2:25pm PT
    CHRONIC PELVIC DISORDERS AND PELVIC VENOUS DISEASE: SORTING SIGNAL FROM NOISE
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    1:30pm - 1:38pm PT
    Differential Diagnosis of Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP): Vascular and Nonvascular Causes
    Location: Tower 4
    Kathleen Gibson, MD – Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    1:38pm - 1:46pm PT
    Not Just Women: Pelvic Venous Disorders in Men
    Location: Tower 4
    Lindsay Machan, MD – Vancouver Hospital
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    1:46pm - 1:54pm PT
    Venous Compression Syndromes and PeVD: Causal, Contributory, or Incidental? When Is Embolization Safe in the Presence of Renal Vein Compression?
    Location: Tower 4
    Jake F. Hemingway, MD – University of Washington
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    1:54pm - 2:02pm PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:02pm - 2:10pm PT
    Managing Patient Expectations: Timelines, Incomplete Response, and Treatment Failure
    Location: Tower 4
    Gloria M. Salazar, MD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:10pm - 2:18pm PT
    When Your Patient With Pelvic Pain Should See a Specialist: Non Procedural Management of CPP
    Location: Tower 4
    Neil M. Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:18pm - 2:25pm PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:30pm - 3:30pm PT
    ACUTE VENOUS DISEASE
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:30pm - 2:38pm PT
    “There Is No Such Thing As Chronic DVT” - Is It Time to Change the Nomenclature?
    Location: Tower 4
    Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:38pm - 2:46pm PT
    Acute DVT in Cancer Patients: When and Why to Intervene
    Location: Tower 4
    Britt Tonnessen, MD – Yale School of Medicine
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:46pm - 2:54pm PT
    Mechanical Thrombectomy in Acute DVT: Device Proliferation vs Clinical Value
    Location: Tower 4
    Jay Mathews, MD, MS – Manatee Memorial Hospital/Bradenton Cardiology Center
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    2:54pm - 3:05pm PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    3:05pm - 3:13pm PT
    Access Site Selection and Management of Access-Related Complications
    Location: Tower 4
    Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA – University of Michigan Health
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    3:13pm - 3:21pm PT
    Ideal Timing for Intervention in Acute DVT and Post-Procedure Monitoring After Acute DVT Intervention: Early Failure, Bleeding, and Follow-Up
    Location: Tower 4
    Suresh Vedantham, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    3:21pm - 3:30pm PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    4:00pm - 5:00pm PT
    INNOVATION INCUBATOR / CREATIVE DISRUPTION (Non-CME)
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    4:00pm - 5:00pm PT
    Innovation Incubator / Creative Disruption
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Saturday, Oct 3rd
    5:00pm - 6:15pm PT
    THE VEINS RECEPTION (Non-CME)
    Location: Exhibit Hall
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    7:00am - 7:55am PT
    BLUE SKY BREAKFAST: THE VEINS INNOVATION SUMMIT (Non-CME)
    Location: Tower 5
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    7:00am - 7:55am PT
    New & Emerging Technology Presentations
    Location: Tower 5
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:00am - 8:55am PT
    CHRONIC DEEP VENOUS DISEASE: CORE CONCEPTS & INTERVENTIONS
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:00am - 8:08am PT
    Best Practices for Safe and Appropriate Stent Placement in NIVL
    Location: Tower 4
    Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:08am - 8:16am PT
    Venous Stents: What Is Available, What Is Coming, And How To Choose
    Location: Tower 4
    Mark J. Garcia, MD – EndoVascular Consultants
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:16am - 8:24am PT
    Recanalization Of The IVC: Hemodynamics Of Double-Barrel Versus Single IVC Stents
    Location: Tower 4
    Kathleen J. Ozsvath, MD – St. Peters Health Partners
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:24am - 8:32am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:32am - 8:40am PT
    Occluded Venous Stents-Why And How?
    Location: Tower 4
    Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA – University of Michigan Health
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:32am - 8:40am PT
    Occluded Venous Stents-Why And How?
    Location: Tower 4
    Minhaj S. Khaja, MD, MBA – University of Michigan Health
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:40am - 8:48am PT
    Stent Surveillance After Venous Intervention: Duplex, IVUS, Symptoms, And Timing
    Location: Tower 4
    Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute, Atrium Health
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    8:48am - 8:55am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:00am - 10:00am PT
    CHRONIC DEEP VENOUS DISEASE: SPECIAL SITUATIONS & OUTCOMES
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:00am - 9:08am PT
    Recurrent Venous Thrombosis After First Rib Resection (Venous TOS)
    Location: Tower 4
    Britt Tonnessen, MD – Yale School of Medicine
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:08am - 9:16am PT
    Difficult And Failed IVC Filter Retrieval: Indications, Techniques, And Limits
    Location: Tower 4
    Mark J. Garcia, MD – EndoVascular Consultants
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:16am - 9:24am PT
    Chronic Venous Disease in Hypercoagulable Patients: Stents, Anticoagulation, And Expectations
    Location: Tower 4
    Jay Mathews, MD, MS – Manatee Memorial Hospital/Bradenton Cardiology Center
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:24am - 9:35am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:35am - 9:43am PT
    Why Symptoms Persist Despite Patent Stents
    Location: Tower 4
    Stephen Black, MD – Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:43am - 9:51am PT
    Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) Versus Imaging Success: What Should Drive Decisions?
    Location: Tower 4
    Steven Abramowitz, MD – MedStar Health
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    9:51am - 10:00am PT
    Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    10:30am - 11:30am PT
    LATE-BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    10:30am - 11:30am PT
    Clinical Trial Presentations
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    11:35am - 12:00pm PT
    THE VEINS AWARD PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    11:35am - 11:40am PT
    The VEINS Award Presentation
    Location: Tower 4
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  • Sunday, Oct 4th
    11:40am - 12:00pm PT
    The VEINS Award Acceptance & Panel Discussion
    Location: Tower 4
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