22nd Annual Pittsburgh Vascular Symposium – “Comprehensive Vascular Care”

Pittsburgh, PA US
May 8, 2025 to May 10, 2025

The 22nd annual Pittsburgh Vascular Symposium will provide evaluation and critique of the current standards of care and future directions in the treatment of the vascular patient with respect to medical management, endovascular, and open therapies. Focusing on both evidence-based medicine, as well as new innovations, the symposium is designed for primary care providers, cardiologists, interventionalists, and vascular surgeons caring for patients with arterial and venous disease in academic and community settings.

 

 

Target Audience

This course is designed for primary care providers, cardiologists, interventionalists, vascular surgeons, and other interested healthcare professionals who provide primary care services.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of the program, attendees should be able to:

• Explain the current standards of care for aortic and peripheral artery disease processes
• Identify and distinguish the various aspects of a modern vascular medical and surgical practice
• Recognize implications of a new era in health care delivery related to vascular pathology
• Delineate the optimal treatment strategies for patients with extremity arterial diseases, aortic aneurysms, thoracic aortic diseases and dissection, carotid artery stenosis, and varicose veins
• Discuss in detail multiple areas of cardiovascular medicine
• Draw informed clinical decisions in cardiovascular medicine
• Forecast and discuss important issues and trends in cardiovascular medicine
• Assess health locally and regionally by evaluating the quality of medical care and disease prevention.

Additional Information

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 14.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
01/15/2025
Course expires: 
07/31/2025
Event starts: 
05/08/2025 - 9:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/10/2025 - 11:30am EDT
Cost:
$1.00
Fairmont Pittsburgh
510 Market Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
United States

UPMC
1.    Georges Al-Khoury, MD
2.    Rabih Chaer, MD
3.    Raymond Eid, MD
4.    Anish G. Ghodadra, MD
5.    Lindsey Haga, MD
6.    Eric Hager, MD
7.    Steven A. Leers, MD
8.    Nathan Liang, MD
9.    Michael Madigan, MD
10.    Suresh Mulukutla, MD
11.    John Pacella, MD
12.    Brodie Parent, MD
13.    Desiree Picone, MD
14.    Katherine Reitz, MD
15.    David A. Rometo, MD
16.    Bryan D. Rynearson, MD
17.    Ulka Sachdev, MD
18.    Michael Singh, MD
19.    Natalie Sridharan, MD
20.    Edith Tzeng, MD
21.    Theodore H. Yuo, MD

International
Efthymios Avgerinos, MD
Athens Medical Center    
University of Pittsburgh    
Athens, Greece

Sebastian Debus, MD    
University Heart Center   
University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany    
Hamburg–Eppendorf, Germany


Athanasios (Thanos) Katsargyris, MD
Paracelsus Medical University, Germany        
Nuremberg
Germany & Athens Greece

Outside UPMC
Enrico Ascher, MD    
NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn NY    
Professor, Surgery    
NYU     
New York, NY

Daniel J. Bertges    
University of Vermont Medical Center        
The Larner College of Medicine
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

Keith D. Calligaro, MD    
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania    
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia, PA

Matthew Corriere, MD    
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center    
The Ohio State Univesity     
Columbus, OH 

Ellen Dillavou, MD    
Wake Medical        
Raleigh, NC

Chelsea Dorsey, MD    
The University of Chicago Medical Center     
U Chicago Medicine    
Chicago, IL

Elizabeth A. Genovese, MD    
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania    
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA

Gennady Geskin, MD     
Penn Highlands Mon Valley and Jefferson Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA

Raul Guzman, MD    
Yale New Haven Hospital     
Yale School of Medicine     
New Haven, CT

Misty D. Humphries    
UC Davis Medical  Center    
UC Davis
Sacramento, CA

Geetha Jeyabalan, MD    
MedStar Heart & Vascular Institute     
Annapolis, MD

Misaki Kiguchi, MD    
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

Natalie A. Marks, MD    
NYU Langone Hospital, Brooklyn NY    
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine    
New York, NY

Peter J. Rossi, MD    
Froedtert Hospital     
Medical College of Wisconsin
ilwaukee, WI

Gregory G Salzler, MD    
Geisinger Health System     
Danville, PA 

Sara Zettervall, MD     
UW Medicine-University of Washington Medical Center    
UW School of Medicine  
Seattle, WA


Faculty Disclosure:

All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigate. 

• Efthymios Avgerinos, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for Angiodynamics, BD Medical, Bentley InnoMed GmbH, Inari Medical, Medtronic, Inc., and Philips. 
• Rabih Chaer, MD, is a consultant for Boston Scientific. 
• Ellen Dillavou, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for 3M/KCI, Gore Medical, and Merit Medical Systems, Inc., and a consultant for 3M/KCI, Gore  Medical, and Merit Medical Systems, Inc., and receives grant/research support from 3M/KCI, Gore Medical,  and Venostent. 
• Elizabeth Genovese, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Gore Medical, Inari Medical, Penumbra, Inc., Philips, and Shockwave Medical  and a consultant for Boston Scientific, Cook Medical, Philips, and Shockwave Medical. 
• Misty Humphries, MD, is a consultant for 3M/KCI, Gore Medical, and Venostent and receives grant and research support from Medtronic, Inc. and Shockwave Medical. 
• Athanasios Katsargyris, MD, receives speaker and/or proctor fees from Artivion, Inc., Bentley InnoMed GmbH, Cook Medical, and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 
• Misaki Kiguchi, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for Boston Scientific and Medtronic, Inc. 
• Nathan Liang, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for Cook Medical, Penumbra Inc. and W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., a consultant for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., and receives grant and research support from Medtronic, Inc. He is also the co-founder, owner, and CEO of Aneurisk, Inc.
• Michel Makaroun, MD, is a consultant for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and a steering committee member for Nectero Medical. 
• David Rometo, MD, has a paid position on the Data and Safety Monitoring Board for Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ LUCIDITY clinical trial (post-bariatric hypoglycemia). 
• Peter Rossi, MD, is a member of the CE Speakers’ Bureau for Cook Medical and Gore Medical, a consultant for AtriCure, Inc., Endospan Ltd., and Shockwave Medical, and receives grant and research support from Endologix, Gore Medical, and Terumo Aortic. 
• Theodore Yuo, MD, receives grant and research support from Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 
• Sara Zettervall, MD, is a consultant for Cook Medical, Terumo Aortic, and W.L Gore & Associates, Inc. 

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

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In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Other Healthcare Professionals: Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

Available Credit

  • 14.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 14.75 Attendance

We gratefully acknowledge the following for their generous support. 

GRANTS 
Diamond Level 
• W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 

Platinum Level 
• Boston Scientific Corporation 
• Medtronic 
• Terumo Aortic 

Gold Level 
• Abbott Laboratories 
• Cook Medical, LLC

 

EXHIBITORS
• Abbott Vascular 
• B. Braun Interventional Systems, Inc. 
• BD (Becton Dickinson) 
• Boston Scientific Corporation 
• Cagent Vascular 
• Centerline Biomedical 
• Cook Medical, LLC 
• ēlizur 
• Hanger Clinic 
• Humacyte, Inc. 
• Inari Medical 
• LeMaitre Vascular, Inc
• Medtronic - Aortic 
• Medtronic - Peripheral Vascular 
• Organogenesis 
• Penumbra, Inc. 
• Pfizer, Inc. 
• Philips 
• Reflow Medical 
• Shockwave Medical 
• Surmodics, Inc. 
• Tactile Medical 
• Teleflex 
• Terumo 
• W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.  

Price

Cost:
$1.00
Please login or register to take this course.

REGISTRATION FEES (PRE-REGISTER / ON-SITE)
•   UPMC Physicians, APP and Staff (Fee Waived)
•   Physicians: $100 / $200
•   APPs:  $75 / $100
•   Nurses, and other health care professionals: $75 / $100
•   Exhibitors ($3000)
•   Podium Speakers ($2500)
•   Residents and Fellows (Fee Waived)
•   Speakers/Presenters (Fee Waived)

Registration fee includes:
•    Continuing education credit
•    Registration and course materials 
•    Continental breakfast, refreshments and lunch
•    Reception/Social Event

 

Cancellation — All cancellations must be in writing, via email or fax. Tuition for cancellations on or before April 30, 2025, will be completely refunded. After this date, a $35 administrative fee will be assessed. No refunds will be made after May 2, 2025.  Cancellation requests can be made to: Jennifer Titchworth at [email protected].

The UPMC Center for Continuing Education reserves the right to cancel this program if sufficient registrations are not received. In the case of cancellation, the department will fully refund registration fees.