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Angio-club Workshop

Gastrointestinal Interventions

Nonvascular Interventions

200 (intermediate)
Angio-club Workshop

Beyond Basics in Cholangioscopy: Complex Stones, Challenging Strictures, and Technical Pearls

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM ET

This advanced, case-based session explores cholangioscopy for managing complex biliary stones, challenging benign and malignant strictures, and intricate stenting scenarios. Faculty will share tips, tricks, and pitfalls, including retrograde access, cholangioscopic biopsies, lithotripsy, and unique potpourri cases. Elevate your interventional skillset with practical, high-yield pearls, imaging insights, scope handling techniques, complication management strategies, and multidisciplinary approaches to difficult cases across diverse patient populations.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the indications, techniques, and tools used in cholangioscopy-guided management of complex biliary stones.
  • Demonstrate appropriate strategies for navigating and treating benign and malignant biliary strictures using cholangioscopic visualization and targeted interventions.
  • Identify common pitfalls, complications, and troubleshooting techniques associated with advanced cholangioscopy, including retrograde access and stent placement.

Presentations:

  • 1:15 PM - 1:22 PM ET
    Management of Benign Biliary Strictures Using Laser

    Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA

  • 1:22 PM - 1:29 PM ET
    Complex Biliary Stones: Cholangioscopy-guided Lithotripsy in Action

    Speaker: John B. Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

  • 1:29 PM - 1:36 PM ET
    Navigating Hilar and Multifocal Malignant Obstruction

    Speaker: Ahsun Riaz, MD – Northwestern

  • 1:36 PM - 1:43 PM ET
    Avoiding Pitfalls and Complications in Percutaneous Cholangioscopy

    Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Health

  • 1:43 PM - 1:50 PM ET
    Tips, Tricks, and Pearls for Biliary Access and Navigation

    Speaker: Tomas Andrasina, MD, PhD, MBA (he/him/his) – Masaryk University

  • 1:50 PM - 1:57 PM ET
    Multidisciplinary Management of Complex Biliary Disease

    Speaker: Ivo Boskoski, MD – Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli di Roma

  • 1:57 PM - 2:04 PM ET
    Unusual and Unexpected Findings in Cholangioscopy

    Co-Speaker: Thiago Franchi Nunes, MD – Santa Catarina Hospital

  • 2:04 PM - 2:11 PM ET
    When and How to Use Retrograde Cholangioscopy

    Co-Speaker: Yao Cheng, MD – Chongqing Medical University

  • 2:11 PM - 2:18 PM ET
    Optimizing Cholangioscopic Tissue Sampling

    Speaker: Nirav Thosani, MD – UT Houston

  • 2:18 PM - 2:30 PM ET
    Q&A