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  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    My Best Save 1
    Coordinator: Baljendra Kapoor, MD, MBA – Michigan Medicine
    Coordinator: Jonathan Lorenz, MD, FSIR – The University of Chicago
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:15 PM - 1:22 PM ET
    Case 1
    Speaker: Baljendra Kapoor, MD, MBA – Michigan Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:22 PM - 1:29 PM ET
    Case 2
    Speaker: Jonathan Lorenz, MD, FSIR – The University of Chicago
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:29 PM - 1:36 PM ET
    Case 3
    Speaker: Ronald Arellano, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:36 PM - 1:43 PM ET
    Case 4
    Speaker: John R. Kachura, MD, FSIR – University of Toronto
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:43 PM - 1:50 PM ET
    Case 5
    Speaker: Laura Crocetti, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Pisa
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:50 PM - 1:57 PM ET
    Case 6
    Speaker: Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH – Montefiore Medical Center
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    1:57 PM - 2:04 PM ET
    Case 7
    Speaker: Stefan Muller-Hulsbeck, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Diako Hospital gGmbH
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    2:04 PM - 2:11 PM ET
    Case 8
    Speaker: Alexis Kelekis, MD, PhD, FSIR (he/him/his) – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    2:11 PM - 2:18 PM ET
    Case 9
    Speaker: Alessandro Gasparetto, MD – Sickkids/ University of Toronto
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Sunday, Apr 12th
    3:00 PM - 3:09 PM ET
    Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration with Gelfoam for Gastric Varices Without a Sclerosant: Insights from a Single - Tertiary Institution: A Retrospective Study
    Presenting Author: Vivek K. Ukirde, MD (he/him/his) – Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai
    Author/Co-author: Vivek K. Ukirde, MD (he/him/his) – Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai
    Author/Co-author: Akshay More, MD, MBBS – Assistant Professor
    Author/Co-author: Chaitanya Bendale, MD, MBBS – Fellow in VIR
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    35 - Analysis of Intervention Sequences Following Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis
    Poster Presenter: Sahil Sardesai – Penn State College of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Kevin Yiu, DO – Memorial Sloan Kettering
    Author/Co-author: Nirnimesh Pandey, MD – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
    Author/Co-author: Benjamin Shin, MD – Pennsylvania State College of Medicine
    Traditional PosterGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    36 - Image-guided Percutaneous Creation of Pexied Roux Limb of Jejunum (Hutson Loop) for Biliary Interventions
    Poster Presenter: Maxwell Cooper, MD – Northwestern Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
    Traditional PosterGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    37 - Development and Preliminary Validation of a Radiomics and Deep Learning Model for Predicting Perioperative TIPS Portal Pressure Gradient (PPG)
    Poster Presenter: Jianbo Zhao, PhD – NanFang Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Dejia Liu, MBBS – Southern Medical University Nanfang Hospital
    Traditional PosterGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    38 - Esophageal Stenting Redefined : Expanding Horizons with Interventional Radiology Guided Approach
    Poster Presenter: Rajas Pareshkumar Thaker, MD – Tata Memorial Hospital,Mumbai
    Author/Co-author: Dr Suyash Kulkarni, MD – Tata Memorial Hospital,Mumbai
    Author/Co-author: Nitin Shetty, MD, MBBS – TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
    Author/Co-author: Kunal Gala, MD, MBBS – Tata Memorial Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Dr Kajari Bhattacharya, MD – ACTREC
    Author/Co-author: Varun Yadav, MD, MBBS – Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, New Chandigarh, India
    Traditional PosterGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    12:10 PM - 1:10 PM ET
    39 - How to Push Gastrostomy Tube – over the Balloon or Through the Peel-Away? Which Method Leads to More Reinterventions? Single Center Experience
    Poster Presenter: Sakib Safi, MD – Rutgers/NJMS
    Author/Co-author: Piotr Kisza, MD – Rutgers/NJMS
    Author/Co-author: Mahee Islam, MD – Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
    Author/Co-author: Aria Garzan, BS – University of Maryland School of Medicine
    Traditional PosterGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    My Best Save 2
    Coordinator: Baljendra Kapoor, MD, MBA – Michigan Medicine
    Coordinator: Miltiadis Krokidis, MD, PhD, FSIR (he/him/his) – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:15 PM - 1:22 PM ET
    Case 1
    Speaker: Baljendra Kapoor, MD, MBA – Michigan Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:22 PM - 1:29 PM ET
    Case 2
    Speaker: Miltiadis Krokidis, MD, PhD, FSIR (he/him/his) – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:29 PM - 1:36 PM ET
    Case 3
    Speaker: Ramazan Kutlu, MD (he/him/his) – İnönü University School of Medicine & Liver Transplantation Institute
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:36 PM - 1:43 PM ET
    Case 4
    Speaker: Philippe L. Pereira, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – SLK Kliniken gGmbH Heilbronn
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:43 PM - 1:50 PM ET
    Case 5
    Speaker: Jonathan Lorenz, MD, FSIR – The University of Chicago
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:50 PM - 1:57 PM ET
    Case 6
    Speaker: Tina Sankhla, MD – Emory University School of Medicine
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    1:57 PM - 2:04 PM ET
    Case 7
    Speaker: S Murthy Chennapragada, FRANZCR, FSIR, MBBS (he/him/his) – Sydney Children's Hospital Network
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    2:04 PM - 2:11 PM ET
    Case 8
    Speaker: Toshihiro Tanaka, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Nara Medical University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    2:11 PM - 2:18 PM ET
    Case 9
    Speaker: David Valenti, MD, FSIR – McGill University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal Interventions300 (advanced)
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Gastrointestinal Interventions
    Moderator: Keith Pereira, MD, DABR, RPVI, ABWM, FSIR – Saint Louis University School of Medicine
    Moderator: R. Torrance Andrews, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:00 PM - 3:09 PM ET
    Gallstone Organ-Sparing Cholangioscopy and Percutaneous Extraction (GO-SCOPE) as a Safe and Effective Same-Day Approach for Outpatient Gallstone Removal
    Presenting Author: Neil K. Jain, DO (he/him/his) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Emily Kim – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Wilton Fidelis, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Daniel Marchalik, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
    Author/Co-author: John B. Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:09 PM - 3:18 PM ET
    What Happens to Patients Who Get Percutaneous Cholecystostomies? 233-Patient Single-Center 5-year Analysis
    Presenting Author: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
    Author/Co-author: Heather Molina, PA (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
    Author/Co-author: Trevor Walker – Northwestern University
    Author/Co-author: Ella Zick – Northwestern University
    Author/Co-author: Courtney Sperry, PA-C – Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Allison Reilland – Department of Radiology, Section of Interventional Radiology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Ali Husnain, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:18 PM - 3:27 PM ET
    Efficacy of Biliary Drainage in Achieving Target Bilirubin Levels for Subsequent Chemotherapy Administration in Patients with Pre-drainage Bilirubin Levels >10 mg/dL
    Presenting Author: Rojin Sharaflari (she/her/hers) – CNU COM
    Author/Co-author: Aakash N. Gupta, MD – Stanford University
    Author/Co-author: Paul Rowley, MD – Loma Linda University
    Author/Co-author: Lawrence Hofmann, MD, FSIR – Stanford University Medical Center
    Author/Co-author: Matthew L. Hung, MD (he/him/his) – Stanford University School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Lynne Martin, MD – Stanford University
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:27 PM - 3:36 PM ET
    Internal Gallbladder Drainage in Non-Operative Patients: Outcomes and SIR-Graded Adverse Events
    Presenting Author: Tiffany Ni, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Author/Co-author: Cathal O'Leary, MD – University Health Network
    Author/Co-author: Sebastian Mafeld, MD – University of Toronto
    Author/Co-author: Eran Shlomowitz, MD – Toronto General Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Camilo Barragan, MD MSc – UHN/MSH
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:36 PM - 3:45 PM ET
    Pre-clinical in Vivo Study to Assess the Safety and Feasibility of an Innovative Medical Device Called YntraDose in a PDAC CDX Mouse Model Administered Percutaneously
    Presenting Author: Govindarajan Narayanan, MD, FSIR – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
    Author/Co-author: Pieter Hossein, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Roberto Iezzi, MD – Policlinico Gemelli Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Jafar Golzarian, MD – University of Minnesota
    Author/Co-author: Flavio Rochas, MD – Oregon Health and Science University.
    Author/Co-author: Marco Maccauro, MD – National Istitute of Tumors
    Author/Co-author: Gianluca De Danieli, MD – BetaGlue Therapeutics Spa
    Author/Co-author: Mathias Lukas, PhD – Charité - Department of Nuclear Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Nicola Beindorff, MD – Charité - BERIC
    Author/Co-author: Winfried Brenner, MD, PhD – Charité - Department of Nuclear Medicine
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:45 PM - 3:54 PM ET
    Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Lithotripsy for Percutaneous Biliary Stone Management
    Presenting Author: Russell E. Thompson, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Duke University Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Eric Mastria, MD, PhD – Duke University Health System
    Author/Co-author: Charles Y. Kim, MD, FSIR – Duke University
    Author/Co-author: James Spencer Clayton Ronald, MD, PhD, FSIR – Duke University Health System
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:45 PM - 3:54 PM ET
    Impact of Pre-Emptive TIPS on Outcomes in Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure with Variceal Bleeding
    Presenting Author: Waseem Wahood, MD, MS – Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami
    Author/Co-author: Aya Akhras, MD – HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Azizullah Beran, MD – IU Health University Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Daniel Heller, MD – HCA Florida Aventura Hospital
    Author/Co-author: Bedros Taslakian, MD, MA – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: David S. Goldberg, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Muhammad Usman Shahid, MD – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:54 PM - 4:03 PM ET
    Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Severe Acute Cholecystitis Associated with Organ Dysfunction: Is It as Effective and Safe as That Without Organ Dysfunction?
    Presenting Author: Ahmad M. Wady (he/him/his) – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Author/Co-author: Griffin Johnson, BA – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Author/Co-author: Saad Ahmad – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Author/Co-author: Katsuhiro Kobayashi, MD – SUNY Upstate Medical University
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    3:54 PM - 4:03 PM ET
    IVC Angioplasty Alone Strategy in the Management of Combined Budd–Chiari Syndrome
    Presenting Author: Rajeev N. Priyadarshi, MD (he/him/his) – AIIMS Patna
    Author/Co-author: Manik Aggarwal, MD – AIIMS PATNA
    Author/Co-author: Ramesh Kumar, MD – AIIMS Patna
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    4:21 PM - 4:30 PM ET
    Impact of Metabolic Syndrome and HDL on Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Thermal Ablation
    Presenting Author: Jennifer Lee, PHARMD – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Zahra Mohammadi Goldar, MD – UCLA
    Author/Co-author: James Sayre, PhD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Pedram Keshavarz, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine At UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Brian Nguyen – UCLA Department of Radiological Sciences
    Author/Co-author: David S. Lu, MD (he/him/his) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Tu Nguyen (he/him/his) – Department of Radiology, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Author/Co-author: Rajat Singh, MD, MBBS – UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Jihane Benhammou, MD, PhD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Steven S. Raman, MD, FSIR – David Geffen School of Medicine At UCLA
    Author/Co-author: Jason Chiang, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Interventional Radiology, UCLA
    Scientific SessionInterventional OncologyGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    4:45 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Educational Exhibit Presentations - Portal hypertension/Transplant/GI
    Moderator: Todd Schlachter, MD – Yale University
    Educational ExhibitPortal HypertensionTransplant InterventionsGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    4:51 PM - 4:57 PM ET
    Drains, Stents, or Standby? An Algorithmic Approach to Biloma Management
    Abstract Presenter: Camden M. De Sanctis – University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
    Author/Co-author: Daniel DePietro, MD – University of Pennsylvania
    Author/Co-author: Richard Shlansky-Goldberg, MD, FSIR – Perelman School of Medicine/ Univ. of Pennsylvania
    Educational ExhibitGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    4:57 PM - 5:03 PM ET
    Percutaneous Transesophageal Gastrostomy Tube Placement: A Primer for the Interventional Radiologist
    Abstract Presenter: Alex Arne, MD – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Author/Co-author: Matthew Grimsbo, MD – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Author/Co-author: Eduardo Bent Robinson, MD – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
    Author/Co-author: Emily Sterbis, MD – University of Colorado, Anschutz
    Educational ExhibitGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    5:27 PM - 5:33 PM ET
    How We Do It: Treatment of Refractory Benign Anastomotic Strictures with Endobiliary Ablation Guided by Percutaneous Endoscopy
    Abstract Presenter: Abdul Khan, MD, RPVI – University of Chicago
    Author/Co-author: Rakesh C. Navuluri, MD, FSIR – University of Chicago
    Author/Co-author: Jonathan Lorenz, MD, FSIR – The University of Chicago
    Author/Co-author: Qian Yu, MD (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Educational ExhibitGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Monday, Apr 13th
    5:39 PM - 5:45 PM ET
    Innovative Off-Label Applications of the SpyGlass Discover™ Endoscopic System in Complex Hepatopancreatobiliary and Gastrointestinal Interventions in a Tertiary Non-transplant Center
    Abstract Presenter: Roger Williams, DO – Quantum Radiology
    Author/Co-author: Jay Jay Desai, MD – Quantum Radiology
    Educational ExhibitGastrointestinal Interventions
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Beyond Basics in Cholangioscopy: Complex Stones, Challenging Strictures, and Technical Pearls
    Coordinator: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
    Coordinator: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:15 PM - 1:25 PM ET
    Management of Benign Biliary Strictures Using Laser
    Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:25 PM - 1:35 PM ET
    Navigating Hilar and Multifocal Malignant Obstruction
    Speaker: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:35 PM - 1:45 PM ET
    Avoiding Pitfalls and Complications in Percutaneous Cholangioscopy
    Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Penn State Health and Penn State COM
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:45 PM - 1:55 PM ET
    Tips, Tricks, and Pearls for Biliary Access and Navigation
    Speaker: Tomas Andrasina, MD, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Masaryk University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    1:55 PM - 2:05 PM ET
    When and How to Use Retrograde Cholangioscopy
    Speaker: Yao Cheng, MD – Chongqing Medical University
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    2:05 PM - 2:15 PM ET
    Optimizing Cholangioscopic Tissue Sampling
    Speaker: Nirav Thosani, MD – UT Houston
    Angio-club WorkshopGastrointestinal InterventionsNonvascular Interventions200 (intermediate)
  • Tuesday, Apr 14th
    3:09 PM - 3:18 PM ET
    High Surface Area Intraluminal Gallbladder Cryoablation with the CholeSafe System: Preclinical Swine Studies as a Minimally Invasive Alternative to Cholecystectomy
    Presenting Author: Hugh McGregor, MD – University of Washington
    Author/Co-author: David Waters, MD – ictero Medical
    Author/Co-author: Matt Nojoomi, MS – Ictero Medical
    Author/Co-author: Michael Mulanix, MS – Ictero Medical
    Author/Co-author: Jennifer Fridley – Texas A&M University
    Author/Co-author: Fred Clubb, PhD – Texas A&M University
    Scientific SessionGastrointestinal InterventionsInterventional Oncology