Deep Dive: Advanced Percutaneous Endoscopy

Saturday, April 11, 2026

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET

Location: 701B

Coordinator(s)

Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his)

Senior Interventional Radiologist
Penn State Health and Penn State COM, Pennsylvania, United States
Ravi Srinivasa, MD, FSIR

Professor of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
UCLA, California, United States
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Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor, Interventional Radiology
Stanford University Medical Center, California, United States
John Smirniotopoulos, MD, MS

Assistant Professor of Radiology
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Virginia, United States

Note: Tickets are required to attend. Add the Deep Dive to your SIR 2026 meeting experience during the registration process.

This case-based, panel-focused Deep Dive is designed for IRs seeking to elevate their skills in percutaneous endoscopy with a focus on complex cholangioscopy. Participants will explore challenging cases, review strategies for managing potential adverse events, and come away with new strategies for their patients’ biliary issues. Through expert-led discussions and case-based learning, this course will provide practical insights to enhance procedural success and patient outcomes in advanced biliary endoscopy.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)
Accreditation Statement: The Society of Interventional Radiology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide medical education for physicians.
Designation Statement: The Society of Interventional Radiology designates this live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The deadline to claim CME credit for SIR 2026 is December 31, 2026, at 11:59 PM ET.

Disclosure of Financial Relationships: The planners and faculty for this activity did not have any relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. All relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of the activity according to The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Learning Objectives:

Understand scenarios in which complications and failed completions are possible
Be familiar with techniques for stone fragmentation and removal including laser types and settings and EHL utility
Learn techniques to be able to navigate bile ducts while using endoscopy alone without adjunct fluoroscopy

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:22 AM ET

Billing And Coding – Optimal Coding and Billing for Different Scenarios
Speaker: Joseph M. Miller, MD, MS – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
8:22 AM - 8:44 AM ET

What’s Next for Scopes – Discussion on Current and Coming Scopes, and Expanded Use
Speaker: Ahsun Riaz, MD, FSIR – Northwestern University
Speaker: Adam Fang, MD – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital/ MedStar Washington Hospital Center/Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
8:44 AM - 9:06 AM ET

Laser Types and Settings - Panel Discussion on Lasers as Well as Programming for Stones and Strictures
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Penn State Health and Penn State COM
9:16 AM - 9:38 AM ET

RF Stricture Ablation: How I Do It – Case Based Discussion
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Premal Trivedi, MD, MS – University of Colorado
9:38 AM - 10:00 AM ET

Advanced Stone Management: Beyond the Basket – Cases for Dealing with Stones of All Sizes and the Impacted Stones
Speaker: Nariman Nezami, MD – Georgetown University Medical Center
Speaker: Kyle J. Cooper, MD, FSIR, RPVI – Loma Linda University
Speaker: William F. Browne, MD – NYP/Weill Cornell Medicine
10:00 AM - 10:22 AM ET

Dropped Stones - How to Manage Dropped Stones (And Others’ Dropped Stones!)
Speaker: Nariman Nezami, MD – Georgetown University Medical Center
Speaker: Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD – Stanford University Medical Center
10:32 AM - 10:54 AM ET

What’s Next for Strictures (Cystic and Other Ducts): Recanalization, Advanced Plasty Techniques, Degradable Stents - Case Based Discussion
Speaker: Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD – Stanford University Medical Center
10:54 AM - 11:16 AM ET

Gallbladder Cholangioscopy Complications and Management – Panel Cases
Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Penn State Health and Penn State COM
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD – Stanford University Medical Center
11:16 AM - 11:38 AM ET

Intra- And Extrahepatic Biliary Complications and Management – Panel Cases
Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Penn State Health and Penn State COM
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD – Stanford University Medical Center
11:38 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Bring Your Case! Attendees Can Bring Difficult/Challenging Cases to Discuss with the Faculty
Speaker: Harjit Singh, MD, FSIR (he/him/his) – Penn State Health and Penn State COM
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Alexander Vezeridis, MD, PhD – Stanford University Medical Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET

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