Evidence-based image-guided lung thermal ablation

Monday, March 31, 2025

1:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Location: Music City Center, 209 ABC

CE: 1.25

Content Level: 200 (intermediate)

Coordinator(s)

Robert Suh, MD

Clinical Professor, Radiological Sciences
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, United States
Alda Tam, MD, FSIR

Professor
MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

Session will consist of 4 cased-based presentations designed to leave audience members with current practical information that is evidence and literature-based and can be retained and incorporated into existing practices in lung interventional oncology and chest intervention.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to grasp and elucidate current international, national organizational and societal guidelines and indications for lung thermal ablation.
Upon completion, participant will be able to utilize concepts and strategies to effectively and efficaciously ablate lung malignancies with microwave and cryoablation.
Upon completion, participant will be able to understand the rationale and practice to reduce the risk of lung ablation-related complications and hospitalizations.

Presentations:

1:15 PM – 1:30 PM CT

Current Guidelines for Lung Thermal Ablation: An Illustrated Guide for IR and Non-IR Clinicians
Speaker: Florian J. Fintelmann, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital; Harvard Medical School
1:30 PM – 1:45 PM CT

Lung Microwave Ablation: Strategies on How to Optimally Burn and Dispel the Black Pearls
Speaker: Robert Suh, MD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT

Lung Cryoablation: Strategies on How to Optimally Freeze and Dispel the Black Pearls
Speaker: Jennifer Buckley, MD, MBA – Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM CT

Lung Ablation Complications: Strategies to Lower Risk and to Prevent and Reduce Hospital Admissions
Speaker: Daehee Kim, MD – Rhode Island Hospital; Alpert Medical School Brown University
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM CT

Q&A