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2^nd Annual Meeting of WFVS - Programme

June 4, 2008; 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
San Diego Convention Center,
San Diego, CA, USA

3:00 – 3:05 p.m.	Welcome and Introduction – Gregorio Sicard, MD, Washington University, St. Louis, MO; K. Wayne Johnston, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
3:05 – 3:20 p.m.	Presidential Address: The WFVS – Peter Gloviczki, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
3:20 – 4:40 p.m.	The Future of Vascular Surgery in the World – Now! Moderators: Henrik Sillesen, MD, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark; Enrico Ascher, MD, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY Chairs: John Harris, MD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sidney, Australia; Hiroshi Shigematsu, MD, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
3:20 p.m.	Australia/New Zealand: The Future of Vascular Surgery - An Australian Perspective Philip J. Walker, MD, FRACS, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Queensland, Australia
3:32 p.m.	Europe: Laparoscopic Surgery in Europe Jean-Baptiste Ricco, MD, University Hospital, Poitiers, France
3:44 p.m.	India: Autologus Bone Marrow Stem Cell Therapy for Buerger’s Disease. Vishnu Motukuru, MD, Jain Institute of Vascular Sciences, Bangalore, India
3:56 p.m.	Japan: Endovascular Repair for Patients of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Fenestrated and Scallop Stent Grafts for Distal Arch Aneurysms. Satoshi Kawaguchi, MD, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
4:08 p.m.	South Africa: The role of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle in causing functional popliteal artery entrapment. J. Pillai, MD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
4:20 p.m.	South America: Early experience with branched devices for thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair Luiz Lanzeotti, MD, Brazil
4:32 p.m.	USA: Complex Aortic Disease – Changes in Perception, Evaluation, and Management Roy K. Greenberg, M.D. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.	Break
5:00 – 5:15 p.m.	Robert B. Rutherford Lecture Introduction: Craig Kent, MD, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Which is the best revascularisation for critical limb ischemia ¬ endovascular or open surgery Jonathan Beard, MD, PhD, Sheffield Vascular Institute, United Kingdom
5:15 – 5:20 p.m.	Presentation of Plaque by Drs Rutherford and Gloviczki
5:20 – 6:55 p.m.	Education in Vascular Surgery: Critical issues around the globe Moderators: Jack L. Cronenwett, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH; Christos Liapis, MD, Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece Chairs: Martin Veller, MD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Kumud Rai, MD, Max Heart & Vascular Institute, New Delhi, India
5: 20 p.m.	Australia/New Zealand: Alan Scott, MD, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia
5: 29 p.m.	Europe: Johan Hajo van Bockel, MD, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands
5: 38 p.m.	India: Natarajan Sekar, MD, Apollo Hospitals ,Chennai, India.
5: 47 p.m.	Asia: Sopon Jirasirithum MD, Ramathibodi Hospital Medical School, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
5:56 p.m.	South Africa: Martin Veller MD, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
6:05 p.m.	South America: Fausto Miranda Jr, MD, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
6: 14 p.m.	USA: Joseph L. Mills, MD, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
6: 23 – 6:55 p.m.	Panel discussion
6:55 – 7:00 p.m.	Presentation of next WFVS president and announcement of site of next meeting – Peter Gloviczki, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
7:00 p.m.	Adjourn