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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, October 15, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 7:20 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibits
  • 6:30 AM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Name Badge Pickup & Onsite Registration
  • 7:20 AM - 9:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: Acute Aortic Dissection — From Diagnosis to Definitive Repair
    Moderator: Shahab TourSavadkohi, MD – University of Maryland
    Moderator: Neal Cayne, MD, FACS – NYU
    Main Session
  • 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
  • 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: The Aortic Arch — Open, Hybrid & Total Endovascular Solutions
    Moderator: G. Chad Hughes, MD – Duke University Health System
    Moderator: Grace Wang, MD, MSCE, DFSVS – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    Main Session
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break & Visit Exhibits
  • 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm — Open, Endo & Everything Between
    Moderator: Laurent Chiche, MD – Pitie-Salpetriere University Hospital. APHP.
    Main Session
  • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Welcome Reception
  • Friday, October 16, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Sponsored Breakfast Symposium
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Sponsored FELLOWS Breakfast Symposium
  • 7:00 AM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Name Badge Pickup & Onsite Registration
  • 7:30 AM - 8:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibits
  • 8:00 AM - 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Access, Occlusive Disease & the Building Blocks of Complex EVAR
    Moderator: Darren B. Schneider, MD – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Moderator: Danielle Pineda, MD – AtlantiCare
    Main Session
  • 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break & Visit Exhibits
  • 10:45 AM - 12:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    APP Session
    Moderator: Entela Ahmeti, NP – Cooper University Hospital
    APP Session
  • 10:45 AM - 12:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: Endoleaks, Reinterventions & Long-Term Surveillance After Aortic Repair
    Moderator: Sharif Ellozy, MD – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Moderator: Carlos Bechara, MD DFSVS – Rush University Medical Center
    Main Session
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Industry Sponsored Lunch Symposium
  • 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break & Visit Exhibits
  • 1:30 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 6: Aortic Infection, Trauma & Special Populations
    Moderator: James H. Black, III, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Moderator: James F. McKinsey, MD – Mount Sinai Health System
    Main Session
  • 6:30 PM - 10:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    All Attendee Dinner
  • Saturday, October 17, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Continental Breakfast & Visit Exhibits
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 7: Heart Break Ridge — Challenging Cases
    Moderator: Timur Sarac, MD – University of South Florida and Bay Pines VA
    Main Session