Deep Dive: Vascular Anomalies in Adult Patients

Coordinator(s)

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  Kari Nelson, MD, FSIR

  Clinical Professor
  University of Utah, United States
• GC

  Gulraiz Chaudry, MD, FSIR

  Pediatric Interventional Radiologist
  Boston Children's Hospital, United States

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

Vascular anomalies (VA) are a group of rare diseases, best managed with a multidisciplinary approach. Multidisciplinary clinics are most frequently affiliated with pediatric centers; by early adulthood, the majority of VA patients become ineligible for further care in pediatric centers. Locating a VA provider in any specialty can be very challenging for adult patients. Deterioration of the adult VA clinical condition is often unavoidable in the absence of ongoing care. Many interventional radiologists learn VA interventions such as embolization, ablation, and sclerotherapy in training; however, this experience alone is insufficient for the diagnosis and comprehensive management of adult VA patients.

This Deep dive was developed by Kari Nelson, MD, FSIR, Shellie Josephs, MD, Clifford R. Weiss, MD, Kyung Rae Kim, MD, Aparna Annam DO, FSIR, and Gulraiz Chaudry, MD.

Attendees will also receive access to the following lectures in the LMS course prior to the meeting:

• Review of Updated ISSVA Classification – Joao Amaral, MD


• Initial Evaluation and Work-Up (physical examination, labs, imaging) – Raja Shaikh, MD


• Slow-Flow Malformations: Venous Intervention – Clifford R. Weiss, MD, FSIR


• Slow-Flow Malformations: Lymphatic Intervention – Michael Miller, MD, FSIR


• Fast-Flow Vascular Malformations: AVM and AVF Intervention – Gilles Soulez, MD, MSc, FSIR



Learning Objectives:

• Understand the work-up and diagnosis of VA, with a focus on adult patients;
• Have a current understanding of VA genetics;
• Understand the medical, interventional, dermatologic and surgical treatment options for VA, with a focus on adult patients;
• Be aware of special topics and novel therapies pertinent to management of adult VA patients.

Presentations:

• 1:00 PM - 1:17 PM ET

  Intramuscular Vascular Malformations
  

  Speaker: Aparna Annam, DO, FSIR (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital Colorado
• 1:17 PM - 1:34 PM ET

  Vascular Tumors in Adults: Imaging and Treatment
  

  Speaker: Mohammad Amarneh, MD – University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• 1:34 PM - 1:51 PM ET

  Overgrowth Syndromes in Adults
  

  Speaker: Kyung Kim, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital, Radiology
• 1:51 PM - 2:08 PM ET

  Genetics: From “What” to “How”
  

  Speaker: Miikka Vikkula, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – de Duve Institute UCLouvain
• 2:08 PM - 2:28 PM ET

  Medical Management of Vascular Anomalies
  

  Speaker: Denise M. Adams, MD (she/her/hers) – Children's Hospital of Philidelphia
• 2:28 PM - 2:45 PM ET

  Surgical Treatment of Vascular Anomalies
  

  Speaker: Steven J. Fishman, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
• 3:00 PM - 3:17 PM ET

  Special Topics in Adult Vascular Anomalies Patients (Part 1): Reproductive Considerations
  

  Speaker: Panagis Galiatsatos, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• 3:17 PM - 3:34 PM ET

  Special Topics in Adult Vascular Anomalies Patients (Part 2): Chronic Pain and Mental Health
  

  Speaker: Clarice Contente (she/her/hers) – Vascular Anomalies Center
• 3:34 PM - 3:51 PM ET

  Dermatologic Diagnosis and Management of Vascular Anomalies
  

  Speaker: Alice Frigerio, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
• 3:51 PM - 4:08 PM ET

  Experimental and Novel Therapies
  

  Speaker: Walter A. Wohlgemuth, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Department of Radiology, University Hospital Halle (Saale)
• 4:08 PM - 4:25 PM ET

  Transitioning Vascular Anomalies Patients to Adult Care
  

  Speaker: Shellie Josephs, MD (she/her/hers) – Dotter Department of Interventional Radiology, OHSU
• 4:25 PM - 5:00 PM ET

  Educational Case Conference
  

  Speaker: Clifford R. Weiss, MD, FSIR – Department of Radiology, Radiological Science and Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine