Advanced Renal Ablation

Sunday, April 12, 2026

1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Coordinator(s)

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Andrew Gunn, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology
University of Kentucky, United States
Tim McClure, MD

Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine, United States

This panel-based angio-club will bring together experts in percutaneous renal ablation to discuss patient selection for percutaneous ablation, percutaneous renal biopsy, ablation device selection, relevant clinical data, adjunctive techniques like hydrodissection and pyeloperfusion in percutaneous renal ablation, technical approaches to challenging tumors, and complication management.

Learning Objectives:

To discuss patient and device selection in percutaneous renal ablation.
To review current guidelines and relevant literature on outcomes for percutaneous renal ablation.
To provide a case-based approach to adjunctive techniques, challenging tumors, and complication management in percutaneous renal ablation.

Presentations:

1:15 PM - 1:34 PM ET

Case 1 – Straight Forward Renal Mass
Speaker: Tim McClure, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
Speaker: Robert Short, MD, PhD – Dayton VA Medical Center, Wright State University
Speaker: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
Speaker: Vijay Ramalingam, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1:34 PM - 1:53 PM ET

Case 2 – Central Renal Mass
Speaker: Robert Short, MD, PhD – Dayton VA Medical Center, Wright State University
Speaker: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
Speaker: Vijay Ramalingam, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Speaker: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Kentucky
1:53 PM - 2:12 PM ET

Case 3 – Large Renal Mass
Speaker: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
Speaker: Vijay Ramalingam, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Speaker: Tim McClure, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
Speaker: Robert Short, MD, PhD – Dayton VA Medical Center, Wright State University
2:12 PM - 2:30 PM ET

Case 4 – Complication Management
Speaker: Vijay Ramalingam, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Speaker: Andrew Gunn, MD – University of Kentucky
Speaker: Robert Short, MD, PhD – Dayton VA Medical Center, Wright State University
Speaker: Nishita Kothary, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine