14.30-14.40 Henrik Sillesen: WFVS
Presidential address 14.40-16.10 Session
1: Politics of Training & Sub-specialization
Chairmen: Martin Veller and Kumud Rai
Vascular Society of India (VSI), Dr Kumud
Rai: “Running with the Hares, and Hunting
with the Hounds: an Impossibility? Prof.
Talib Abdool-Carrim: “Educational issues”
Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Dr Peter
Lawrence: “Issues and Politics in
Vascular Education in the United States”
Australian and New Zealand Society for
Vascular Surgery (ANZSVS): Dr. Robert
Fitridge: "Should we Develop a Core
International Curriculum for Vascular and
Endovascular Surgery?“ European Society
for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), Dr J Schmidli:
“Specialization within Vascular Surgery”
Asian Society for Vascular Surgery (ASVS)
Prof. Y Obitsu: “The Educational system
to Master EVAR in Japan” Oriental Society
for Vascular Surgery (OSVS), Prof Imad
Hussain: “Politics of Training and
Sub-specialisation in our region”
Discussion
1610-1640 Coffee break
16.40-17.00 The Robert Rutherford Lecture Chairman: Henrik Sillesen Prof. Wesley
Moore, UCLA: “Status of the Controvery of
Carotid Endarterectomy versus Carotid
Angioplasty”
Session 2: Current and
future treatment of PAD Chairmen: Enrico
Ascher and Hiroshi Shigematsu Vascular
Society of India (VSI), Prof M Unnikrishnan:
“Innovative Organ Protection Strategy during
Open Repair of Thoraco-Abdominal Aortic
Aneurysms: Relevance in Endovascular Era”
Vascular Society of Southern Africa (VASSA),
Prof. John Robbs: “Experience on the
Vascular Manifestations of HIV” Society
for Vascular Surgery (SVS), Dr Peter
Schneider: “Best Current Research in
Peripheral Arterial Disease” European
Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS), Dr R
Sprengers: “Stem Cell Therapy in PAOD”
Asian Society for Vascular Surgery (ASVS)
Prof. YW Kim: “Proper Selection of
Patients for Percutaneous
Embolosclerotherapy in Congenital Vascular
Malformation (CVM) Patients” Oriental
Society for Vascular Surgery (OSVS), Dr L
Altarazi: “Current and Future Treatment
and Special Aspects of PAD in Orient”
Discussion
