Deep Dive 2026

Deep Dive Lab

Ticketed Event

Session: Deep Dive: Advanced Endovascular Strategies for Critical Limb Threatening Ischemia (CLTI)

Hands-on Lab/simulations

Saturday, April 11, 2026

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM ET

Speaker(s)

MW

Mike Watts, MD, FSIR

Interventional Radiologist
Atlantic Medical Imaging, United States

Co-Speaker(s)

Yolanda Bryce, MD

Interventional Radiologist
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

Speaker(s)

GV

Geogy Vatakencherry, MD, FSIR

Program Director of Vascular and Interventional Integrated Residency
Kaiser Permanente physician, United States
Assaf Graif, MD (he/him/his)

Attending Physician
ChristianaCare, United States
Christopher J. Grilli, DO, FSIR

Attending Physician
Christiana Care, United States

Co-Speaker(s)

Sabeen Dhand, MD

Interventional Radiologist
Harbor UCLA 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 intensive, case-based course provides practicing interventional radiologists with advanced strategies in the evaluation and endovascular management of critical limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI). Emphasis is placed on complex anatomy, chronic total occlusions (CTOs), below-the-ankle/pedal loop revascularization, deep venous arterialization for the “no-option” patient, and considerations for hybrid/multidisciplinary approaches. Through interactive lectures, live case reviews, technical pearls, and hands-on skills lab, participants will develop expertise in decision-making, advanced device techniques, complication management, and optimizing complex limb salvage outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

Understand the principles and patient selection for deep venous arterialization (DVA). Perform technical steps of DVA: crossing into the venous system, outflow creation, and adjunctive therapies.
Integrate new technologies: Assess evidence and best practices for drug-coated balloons, drug-eluting stents, atherectomy, intravascular lithotripsy, microcatheters, and specialty wires in CLTI.
Manage complications: Anticipate and treat dissection, perforation, embolization, and no-reflow syndromes in high-risk tibial and pedal interventions.
Incorporate a multidisciplinary approach: Incorporate opportunities to collaborate with other CLTI specialties including vascular surgery, podiatry, wound care, and infectious disease to maximize limb salvage and patient outcomes.
Evaluate real-world cases: Apply advanced endovascular strategies through interactive review of complex case scenarios, including bailout and hybrid solutions.