Deep Dive: Advanced Percutaneous Endoscopy

Saturday, April 11, 2026

8:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Location: 701B

Coordinator(s)

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

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

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

Assistant Professor, Interventional Radiology
Stanford University Medical Center, 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.

Learning Objectives:

Know the basics of handling endoscopes during percutaneous biliary procedures
Be familiar with techniques for stone fragmentation and removal
Learn techniques to be able to navigate bile ducts while using endoscopy alone without adjunct fluoroscopy

Presentations:

8:00 AM - 8:22 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 – University of Maryland School of Medicine
8:22 AM - 8:44 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
8:44 AM - 9:06 AM ET

RF Stricture Ablation: How I Do It – Case Based Discussion
Speaker: Ravi N. Srinivasa, MD, FSIR – UCLA
Speaker: Premal Trivedi
9:16 AM - 9:38 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
9:38 AM - 10:00 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
10:00 AM - 10:22 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
10:32 AM - 10:54 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
10:54 AM - 11:16 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
11:16 AM - 11:38 AM ET

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