Hot Topics in Embolization

Monday, April 13, 2026

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM ET

Location: 701A

Coordinator(s)

Jafar Golzarian, MD

professor
University of Minnesota. North Star Vascular and Interventional, United States
GS

Gary Siskin, MD (he/him/his)

Professor and Chairman, Department of Radiology
Albany Medical Center, United States

This session will provide focused reviews of the rationale and technique behind the most current indications for embolization today.

Upon completion, participant will be able to review the current evidence supporting the use of genicular embolization in patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee.
Upon completion participant will be able to discuss ways to optimize the technique utilized during genicular embolization, hemorrhoidal embolization, and prostate embolization.
Upon completion, participant will be able to introduce the potential role of embolization as a treatment for benign thyroid disease.

8:30 AM - 8:39 AM ET

Scientific Rationale and Outcomes of GAE
Speaker: Bedros Taslakian, MD, MA – University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
8:39 AM - 8:48 AM ET

Review of Technical and Embolic Agent Selection Strategies for GAE
Speaker: Jafar Golzarian, MD – University of Minnesota. North Star Vascular and Interventional
8:48 AM - 8:57 AM ET

Rationale and Technique of Thyroid Embolization
Speaker: Alan Alper Sag, MD, FSIR – University of Miami
8:57 AM - 9:06 AM ET

Scientific Rationale and Outcomes of HAE
Speaker: Vincent Vidal, MD, PhD – University Hospital Timone
9:06 AM - 9:15 AM ET

Review of Technical and Embolic Agent Selection Strategies for HAE
Speaker: Jessie K. Stewart, MD, FSIR (she/her/hers) – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
9:15 AM - 9:24 AM ET

Evolution of Technique and Embolic Agent Selection After 15 Years of PAE
Speaker: Tiago Bilhim, MD, FSIR – SAMS Hospital
9:24 AM - 9:33 AM ET

Looking Forward in Embolization (What Is Left to Learn?)
Speaker: Gary Siskin, MD (he/him/his) – Albany Medical Center
9:33 AM - 9:45 AM ET

Q&A