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Full Schedule

  • Thursday, April 30, 2026
  • 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Attendee Breakfast
  • 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Name Badge Pickup & Onsite Registration
  • 7:00 AM - 8:10 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: VS Dermato-phlebology - Dealing with the fine veins
    Moderator: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD – Medical University of Silesia, Katowice
    Moderator: Peggy Bush, APRN – Water's Edge Dermatology
    Aesthetic Course
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Physician-in-Training Hands-on Workshop
  • 8:10 AM - 8:50 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: VS Live - Patients With Chronic Venous Disease: History, Examination, Live Imaging and Making the Treatment Plan
    Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    Panelist: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network
    Panelist: Peter J. Pappas, MD – Center for Vein Restoration
    Panelist: Kathleen D. Gibson, MD – Overlake Vascular Surgeons
    Main Session
  • 8:50 AM - 9:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Evaluation and imaging of different conditions
    Moderator: Houman Jalaie, MD – University Hospital Aachen
    Moderator: Luis R. Leon, Jr., MD – University of Arizona
    Main Session
  • 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Treatment of superficial vein reflux
    Moderator: Kimberly Scherer, DO – Weill Cornell Medical College
    Moderator: Igor Rafael Sincos, MD, PhD, MBA – Clínica Endovascular São Paulo
    Main Session
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: VS Live Imaging
    Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    Panelist: Neil Khilnani, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine - NY Presbyterian Hospital
    Panelist: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
    Main Session
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 6: Enhanced learning from clinical cases
    Moderator: Lowell S. Kabnick, MD – Vein and Lymphatic University
    Moderator: Edward M. Boyle, MD – Inovia Vein Specialty Centers
    Main Session
  • 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Lunch Break and Visit the Exhibitors
  • 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    NON-CME Industry Lunch Symposium
  • 1:30 PM - 2:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 7: Management of venous ulceration - In Collaboration With the American Venous Forum (AVF)
    Moderator: Mark Iafrati, MD
    Moderator: Steve Elias, MD – Englewood Health Network
    Main Session
  • 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 8: Real examples of solving clinical VTE problems
    Moderator: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Main Session
  • 3:00 PM - 3:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 9: VS Live imaging
    Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    Panelist: Suresh Vedantham, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
    Panelist: William Marston, MD – University of North Carolina School of Medicine
    Main Session
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Refreshment Break, Visit With the Exhibitors and Meet the Experts
  • 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Scientific Poster Presentations and Judging
  • 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 1: Vein aesthetics
    Moderator: Peggy Bush, APRN – Water's Edge Dermatology
    Moderator: Vitor Gornati, MD, PhD, MBA – Prime Care Medical Complex - Sao Paulo, Brazil
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 10: New Methods, Early Results, Clinical Trials and Innovation
    Moderator: Erin Murphy, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular, Atrium Health
    Moderator: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD – Jobst Vascular institute
    Panelist: David Dexter, MD – Sentara Healthcare/Old Dominion University Eastern Virginia Medical School
    Panelist: Akhilesh Sista, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine
    Main Session
  • 4:30 PM - 4:55 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 2: Edema, lymphedema and lipedema
    Moderator: Fedor Lurie, MD, PhD – Jobst Vascular institute
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 4:45 PM - 5:10 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 11: VS Live Imaging
    Moderator: Nicos Labropoulos, PhD – Stony Brook Medicine
    Panelist: Houman Jalaie, MD – University Hospital Aachen
    Panelist: Patrick Muck, MD, RVT – TriHealth - Good Samaritan Hospital
    Main Session
  • 4:55 PM - 5:20 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 3: Management of chronic venous disease
    Moderator: Marcial Fallas, MD – Centro Vascular avanzado
    Moderator: Karen Bauer
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 5:10 PM - 6:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 12: Management of lymphedema, lipedema, and edema
    Moderator: Steven Dean, DO, MSVM, RPVI – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Moderator: Manjit Gohel, MD
    Main Session
  • 5:20 PM - 5:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 4: Management of Venous Obstruction
    Moderator: Igor Rafael Sincos, MD, PhD, MBA – Clínica Endovascular São Paulo
    Moderator: Karem Harth, MD – University Hospitals Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 5:45 PM - 6:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    Session 5: Treatment of venous thromboembolism
    Moderator: Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD – Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
    Allied Health Care Course
  • 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Magic Show: The Extreme Magic of Eric Wilzig
    Main Session
  • 6:45 PM - 7:45 PM East Coast USA Time
    Networking Reception With the Exhibitors
  • 7:45 PM - 10:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Evening Reception