Meeting Information
HIGHLIGHTS
AV ACCESS SYMPOSIUM HIGHLIGHTS:
Hiranya Rajasinghe, MD, FACS – Anchor Health Centers
Critical Appraisal of DOQI/NKF Guidelines: Fistula First Versus Catheter Last?
Strategies for AV Access Placement
Timing of Referral for Vascular Access Placement
Endovascular Management and Maintenance of AV Access
Alternatives for Catheter-Dependent Patients
INTERESTING CASE PRESENTATIONS
Martin Back, MD, FACS – University of South Florida
Submit a brief abstract to present your interesting cases for open clinical discussion – unusual pathology, novel endovascular and open treatment techniques, complex vascular management.
RESIDENCY TRAINING
Peter Nelson, MD, FACS – University of Florida
Transitioning from a 5-2 to a 0-5 vascular training paradigm.
Are medical students ready to commit to vascular surgery?
Are we ready to commit to training vascular interns?
Are the other hybrid training options (i.e. 3-3, 4-2) dead?
What do trainees give up by not being board certified in general surgery?
How does this affect the shortage of vascular surgeons in Florida?
Nationally?
Guest Speakers & Presentations
David Brewster, MD, FACS is a Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He is on staff at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Brewster’s clinical interests include Aortic surgery Bypass Surgery Carotid Endarterectomy Endovacular Treatment of Vascular Disease Endovascular Repair Abdominal and Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Renal Artery Disease. Download Presentations:
Jack L. Cronenwett, MD FACS is a Professor, Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He is on staff at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Clinic. Dr. Cronenwett received his medical degree from Stanford University School Of Medicine Stanford California. TOPICS: The New England Experience with Regional Quality Improvement; Practical Clinical Lessons from a Regional Vascular Registry; Vascular Surgery Training - An International Evolution.
Frank B. Pomposelli, Jr., MD, FACS is an Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. His is on staff at the Beth Israel Deaconees Medical Center. For many years the principle thrust of his clinical research was to prove that the results of arterial reconstruction in the lower extremity of patients with diabetes should result in the same likelihood of limb salvage as non-diabetics. TOPICS: Management of the failed distal lower extremity bypass; Bypass surgery vs. endovascular therapy: Are we throwing the baby out with the bath water?; Complex carotid surgery.
Hotel Information
2011 FVS Scientific Sessions at The Breakers, Palm Beach
DEADLINES
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