Agenda

Friday, September 22, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
8:00 am	Welcome and Introduction Activity Directors
Session I: Inside the Aorta Moderator: Sagar Kalahasti, MD and David Murdock, MD
8:05 am	Proximal Aortic (Valve, Root, Ascending) Morphology and Development Impacts Pathology Justin Tretter, MD
8:15 am	Pathophysiology and Etiology of Dissection Carmela Tan, MD
8:25 am	Updates from the Lab on Pathophysiology of Aortopathy Suneel Apte, PhD
8:35 am	Potential Applications of Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging for Aortic Care Christopher Nguyen, PhD
Session II: What Happened Before? Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD and Sara Thorne, MD
8:45 am	Connective Tissue Disorders and Risk of Dissection: Which genetic variants require unique recommendations? [earlier intervention, more extensive workup or repair, etc?] David Murdock, MD
8:55 am	Clinical Genetic Care and Screening Family Members with Bloodwork at CCF’s Aorta Center Christine Rigelsky, MS
9:05 am	What can we do to slow progress in the genetically vulnerable patient? Kenneth Zahka, MD
9:15 am	How do we counsel at risk patients contemplating pregnancy? Sara Thorne, MD
9:25 am	LIVE-IN-A-BOX Video Presentation – David Procedure in Young Patient Juan P. Umana, MD
9:35 pm	Break
Session III: The Moment of Reckoning Moderator: Venu Menon, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD
9:45 am	ThinkAorta, Ritter Rules and Educating Teams in the ED Brian Baskin, MD
9:55 am	Critical Care Transport Teams: Creating an Autolaunch™ Program Abigail Brown, DNP, MBA, ACNP
10:05 am	Expediting Care: Ins & Outs of Virtual Image Sharing Paul Schoenhagen, MD
Session IV: When the Patient Arrives Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Sean Crawford, MD
10:15 am	Creating a Cardio-Aortic Triage Unit: Bringing the Team Together Venu Menon MD
10:25 am	The Economics of Intensive Care: Primer from a PharmD Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh,BCPS
10:35 am	The Evolving Specialty of Cardiovascular Intensive Care Ran Lee, MD
10:45 am	Refining order sets, acquisition protocols and reporting templates Michael Bolen, MD
10:55 am	Why don't we have a biomarker in acute aortic dissection? Jennifer Chung, MD
11:05 am	Role of Bedside Echocardiography in Acute Aortic Syndrome Jay Ramchand, MD, PhD
11:15 am	Evolving Understanding of IMH, Differentiating it from Dissection, and Does it Matter? Alan Braverman, MD
11:25 am	Break / Lunch
Session VI: Prepping the Field: Insights from the Ground Crew Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD and Aleem Mirza, MD
11:55 am	Mobilizing the OR Team: Being available for emergencies cross training OR nursing teams for vascular, cardiac, and transcatheter procedures Kim Karl and Iliana Santiago, MSN, RN
12:05 pm	Developing a Dedicated Vascular Radiology Tech Team and Equipment Supply Bryan Kolar, RT (R)(VI)
12:15 pm	Building the Modern Hybrid OR Aleem Mirza, MD
12:25 pm	Consideration during diagnostic catheterization in patients with complex thoracic aortic disease Grant Reed, MD
12:35 pm	What do we need study from a patient’s & patient’s family perspective? Catherine Fowler, Meredith Ford O’Neal, Adam Haniff, MD
12:55 pm	Panel Discussion: Increasing #AorticAwareness – Creating Online Presence for Patient & Provider Education Aortic Dissection Collaborative, John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health, The Marfan Foundation
1:20 pm	The Impact Over 20 Years Amy Yasbeck Ritter
1:30 pm	Break
Session VII: Treating Acute Ascending Dissection Moderator: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Puja Kachroo, MD
	Starter
1:40 pm	Patient is S/P CABG and Arrives at Midnight Operate now vs operate in the AM, do we cath first … Anthony Estrera, MD
1:50 pm	Iatrogenic Dissection Post Cath and TAVR Amar Krishnaswamy, MD
2:00 pm	Cannulation Strategy: Type A Presents with Brain Malperfusion Marijan Koprivanac, MD
2:20 pm	Prepping the OR for Rapid Induction & Possible Instability, CT Anesthesia Consideration Marta Kelava, MD
2:30 pm	Type A Presents with Limb and/or Mesenteric Malperfusion, Timing and Strategy Xiaoying Lou, MD
	Middle Relief
2:40 pm	Limited vs Extended Repair for Type A – when and how Maral Ouzounian, MD
2:50 pm	Managing the Aortic Root, When to Resuspend, When to Replace and Biologic vs Mechanical Anthony Estrera, MD
3:00 pm	Concomitant CABG: Risk and Impact Faisal Bakaeen, MD
3:10 pm	Break
Session VII (continued): Treating Acute Ascending Dissection Moderator: Tony Estrera and Ed Soltesz
	Closer
3:20 pm	Post Pump Ventricular Dysfunction: How common is it and what’s the role for MCS? Edward Soltesz, MD, MPH
3:40 pm	Intraoperative Coagulopathy: What’s the best strategy? Oscar Tovar Camargo, MD
	Extra-Innings
3:50 pm	The Role for Ascending Stent Grafting in Acute Ascending Dissection Patrick Vargo, MD
4:00 pm	Post-op Considerations in the ICU: Rewarming, Neuro Assessment, Vent Management, Renal Assessment, and Managing Pain Penelope Rampersad, MD
4:10 pm	Closing Comments
4:15 pm	Adjourn Day 1

Saturday, September 23, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
Session VIII: Treating Acute Distal / Type B Dissection Moderator: Francis Caputo, MD and Luis Sanchez, MD
	Hyperacute and Acute Phase (symptomatic)
9:20 am	Acute Dissection with Descending Rupture (8 minute presentations and 2 minute discussion) TEVAR is Best Ali Khalifeh, MD Open Repair Still has a Role Puja Kachroo, MD
9:30 am	Endo Options for Mesenteric and limb Ischemia Sean Crawford, MD
10:35 am	Should we consider early FET for Type B too? Adam Daly, MD
	SubAcute Phase
10:45 am	Medical Tx: What should that first follow-up visit include? When, who to see and what testing? Sagar Kalahasti, MD
10:55 am	Early TEVAR: Clinically Stable Type B Dissection, Rationale for Subacute TEVAR Ravi Ambani, MD
11:05 am	If TEVAR, do we cover the whole thoracic aorta or cover the tear plus bare stenting? Luis Sanchez, MD
11:15 am	Managing the Spinal Cord Risk: Drains, perfusion pressure, role for adjuncts? Sean Crawford, MD
11:25 am	Break / Lunch
11:55 am	Fireside Chat: History of Thoracic Aortic Surgery in Cleveland and the US Keynote: Bruce W. Lytle, MD Moderator: Eric E. Roselli, MD
Session IX: We Survived to the Chronic Phase - Now What? Moderator: Milind Desai, MD and Alan Braverman, MD
12:40 pm	Risk of PTSD and Acute Heart Disease: Are dissection patients at risk? How do we screen them? Karen Hurley, PhD
12:50 pm	What is the fate of the untreated aorta – Lifelong Imaging Follow-up and what about family members? Siddarth Prakash, MD
1:00 pm	What we know and don’t know about strenuous activity and risk Tamanna Singh, MD
1:10 pm	When is it time to operate (again)? Should we lower the size threshold in dissection? And how much growth is too rapid? Sagar Kalahasti, MD
1:20 pm	What is the best anti-hypertensive regimen in the chronic phase? Pulkit Chaudhury, MD
1:30 pm	How can improved understanding of biomechanics guide our treatment decisions? Jennifer Chung
Session XI: World Series of Operative Decision Making Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD and Maral Ouzounian, MD
1:40 pm	Residual Type A with Arch Dissection and Descending Aneurysm: Best treatment is: Redo Sternotomy and Frozen Elephant Trunk Followed by TEVAR Eric Roselli, MD Total Endo with a single or multiple Branched Arch Device Luis Sanchez, MD
2:00 pm	Type B Dissection with Descending Aneurysm TEVAR with Carotid-Subclavian Bypass vs Branched device (TBE) David Laczynski, MD Role for TEVAR Extension with Bare Stenting and False Lumen Adjuncts Patrick Vargo, MD
2:20 pm	Type B Dissection with Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Segmental artery embolization: why, how, and outcomes Kong Teng Tan, MD Endo TEVAR Extension with Branched Device Aleem Mirza, MD Ultra Hybrid Open Completion Repair Francis Caputo, MD
2:50 pm	Closing Comments
3:00 pm	Adjourn

NON-CME Satellite Saturday, September 23, 2023 All times in Eastern Time
7:30 am	Device Pipeline Presentations and Panel Discussion (Non-CME) Introduction by Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD and Nicole Byram 7:35am - Artivion: Candace Howell 7:45am - Cook Medical: Jarin Kratzberg 7:55am - Medtronic: Dustin Thompson 8:05am - Terumo Aortic: Scott Rush 8:15am - W. L. Gore: Olsen Horton
8:25 am	Break
9:15 am	Welcome and Introduction Activity Directors

Agenda

Friday, September 22, 2023
All times in Eastern Time

Session I: Inside the Aorta
Moderator: Sagar Kalahasti, MD and David Murdock, MD

Session II: What Happened Before?
Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD and Sara Thorne, MD

Session III: The Moment of Reckoning
Moderator: Venu Menon, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD

Session IV: When the Patient Arrives
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Sean Crawford, MD

Session VI: Prepping the Field: Insights from the Ground Crew
Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD and Aleem Mirza, MD

Session VII: Treating Acute Ascending Dissection
Moderator: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Puja Kachroo, MD

Session VII (continued): Treating Acute Ascending Dissection
Moderator: Tony Estrera and Ed Soltesz

Saturday, September 23, 2023
All times in Eastern Time

Session VIII: Treating Acute Distal / Type B Dissection
Moderator: Francis Caputo, MD and Luis Sanchez, MD

Session IX: We Survived to the Chronic Phase - Now What?
Moderator: Milind Desai, MD and Alan Braverman, MD

Session XI: World Series of Operative Decision Making
Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD and Maral Ouzounian, MD

NON-CME Satellite
Saturday, September 23, 2023
All times in Eastern Time

Agenda

Friday, September 22, 2023 All times in Eastern Time

Session I: Inside the Aorta Moderator: Sagar Kalahasti, MD and David Murdock, MD

Session II: What Happened Before? Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD and Sara Thorne, MD

Session III: The Moment of Reckoning Moderator: Venu Menon, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD

Session IV: When the Patient Arrives Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Sean Crawford, MD

Session VI: Prepping the Field: Insights from the Ground Crew Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD and Aleem Mirza, MD

Session VII: Treating Acute Ascending Dissection Moderator: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Puja Kachroo, MD

Session VII (continued): Treating Acute Ascending Dissection Moderator: Tony Estrera and Ed Soltesz

Saturday, September 23, 2023 All times in Eastern Time

Session VIII: Treating Acute Distal / Type B Dissection Moderator: Francis Caputo, MD and Luis Sanchez, MD

Session IX: We Survived to the Chronic Phase - Now What? Moderator: Milind Desai, MD and Alan Braverman, MD

Session XI: World Series of Operative Decision Making Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD and Maral Ouzounian, MD

NON-CME Satellite Saturday, September 23, 2023 All times in Eastern Time

Friday, September 22, 2023
All times in Eastern Time

Session I: Inside the Aorta
Moderator: Sagar Kalahasti, MD and David Murdock, MD

Session II: What Happened Before?
Moderator: Deirdre Mattina, MD and Sara Thorne, MD

Session III: The Moment of Reckoning
Moderator: Venu Menon, MD and Siddharth Prakash, MD

Session IV: When the Patient Arrives
Moderators: Christine Jellis, MD, PhD and Sean Crawford, MD

Session VI: Prepping the Field: Insights from the Ground Crew
Moderator: Lee Kirksey, MD and Aleem Mirza, MD

Session VII: Treating Acute Ascending Dissection
Moderator: Faisal Bakaeen, MD and Puja Kachroo, MD

Session VII (continued): Treating Acute Ascending Dissection
Moderator: Tony Estrera and Ed Soltesz

Saturday, September 23, 2023
All times in Eastern Time

Session VIII: Treating Acute Distal / Type B Dissection
Moderator: Francis Caputo, MD and Luis Sanchez, MD

Session IX: We Survived to the Chronic Phase - Now What?
Moderator: Milind Desai, MD and Alan Braverman, MD

Session XI: World Series of Operative Decision Making
Moderators: Eric E. Roselli, MD and Maral Ouzounian, MD

NON-CME Satellite
Saturday, September 23, 2023
All times in Eastern Time