ISES Week 2007!

Join Us for Another Great Week of Discovery


Join us during ISES Week 2007! and participate in our special activities at the International Congress on Endovascular Interventions meeting. To view or print a summary calendar of ISES Week! 2007, click here.
 

Week at a Glance: February 10 - 13, 2007
Now through February 10 ISES 2007 Auction!
Saturday, February 10 ISES Night of Honors and Gala
Sunday, February 11 ISES 2nd Annual Run or Walk for Your Life
  ISES Booth and Exhibit Opens
  ISES Annual Educational Workshop
Monday, February 12 Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Forum
Tuesday, February 13 13th Annual General Assembly and Meeting
  ISES Endovascular Fellows'
Research Award Presentations
  Special Session: Continuation of the Great Debates

 

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Eighth Annual Night of Honors

We are pleased to announce that this festive awards and gala evening will be held at the beautiful Camelback Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona has been chosen as the site for this year's event.

An exciting evening is planned that will include an education and innovation expo, a special program reflecting on the many accomplishments, as well as a silent auction benefiting the ISES Education and Research Fund.

Due to the generosity of our Corporate Partners and as a benefit of membership, current ISES members may attend the event at no cost, however, donations to the ISES Education and Research Fund are encouraged. Guests and non-members will pay a nominal fee for tickets. An RSVP is required. Transportation will be provided from the Phoenician Resort. For more information, click here. Maps to the venue will be available for those who choose to provide their own transportation.

The establishment of an ISES Member Award of Excellence will be supported by a portion of the evening’s proceeds. Funds raised from the evening will also support vital future education, public awareness and research projects.

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Sunday, February 11, 2007

A Popular Event Continued!
   
7:00 am ISES 2nd Annual Run or Walk for Your Life
7:00 am Registration (Pre-register by February 1, 2007)
8:00 am 5K Run Begins
8:10 am 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk Begins
   
Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to participate in a 5K Run or 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk on the exclusive grounds of the Canyon Golf Course of the Phoenician Resort. Join us as we raise public awareness of the importance of exercise in peripheral vascular disease prevention while raising funds to further education and research in this important field. A portion of the funds raised from this event will help sponsor the underserved in the local community for vascular disease testing.

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Noon ISES Booth and Exhibit Opens
  Come and say "Hello" during registration for ISES Week and the Arizona Heart International Congress on Endovascular Interventions meeting.

Back by Demand!
   
1:30 pm ISES Annual Educational Workshop
  Frank Criado, MD Program Director
  Faculty:
Subbi Myla, MD
Mark H. Wholey, MD
   
1:30 pm Registration, Exhibit Displays
2:15 pm ISES Workshop Session
4:20 pm Adjournment
   
Join Dr. Criado and a panel of special speakers in the Phoenician Pavilion and engage in a special Workshop entitled "CAS versus CEA: Evolving Indications and Emerging results - State of the Art 2007 "

Refreshments/snacks will be provided.

ISES members may attend the Workshop at no charge. Non-members may attend for $100 (USD).

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Monday, February 12, 2007
1:45 pm Peripheral Vascular Fellows' Forum
  Moderator: Christopher Zarins
   
Join us as the 6 semifinalists compete for the 8th Annual ISES Endovascular Fellows Research Award which acknowledges the work of interventional trainees from all disciplines. The finalists in the clinical research and laboratory research categories will receive their awards at the ISES Annual Meeting which begins at 1:15 pm on Tuesday, February 13, 2007.

Joining Christopher Zarins on the Awards Committee are: Giorgio Biasi, Jacques Bleyn, Lucien Castellani, Brian Hopkinson, Michel Makaroun, Christoph Nienaber, Claudio Schönholz, and Craig Walker.

Clinical Research Category

Towards Endografting of the Ascending Aorta. Insight in the dynamics using dynamic cine-CTA
Joffrey van Prehn
Hence Verhagen
University Medical Center Utrech, The Netherlands
Risk Factors for Developing Post-Procedural Microemboli Following Carotid Interventions
Maureen Tedesco, MD
Ronald L. Dalman, MD
Stanford University Medical School, USA

Clinical and Anatomic Risk Factors for Perioperative Stroke During Endovascular Thoracic Repairs
Robert Feezor, MD
James M. Seeger, MD
University of Florida, USA

Laboratory Research Category

Device Specific Resistance to In-Vivo Stent-Graft Displacement With Maximum Iliac Fixation
Erin Murphy
Frank Arko
UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA

Influence of Compliance Walls on Haemodynamics in Models of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Emmanuel Gaillard, MD
Patrice Bergeron, MD
Hôpital Saint Joseph, France

Increased Anterial Abdominal Aortic Wall Motion: Possible Role in Aneurysm Pathogenesis and Design of Endovascular Devices
Craig Goergen, MD
Christopher K. Zarins, MD
Stanford University Medical School, USA

For information here on competition guidelines and previous year competitions.

 

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

ISES DAY - Part I
1:15 pm 14th Annual General Assembly and Meeting
(ISES Members Only)
James May, President

14th Annual General Assembly and Meeting
Nominating Committee Report
Installation of 2007-2009 ISES President
Presentation of the 8th Annual
ISES Endovascular Fellows' Research Awards
Awards Chairman, Christopher Zarins  

ISES Day - Part II
2:30 pm Special Session: Continuation of the Great Debates
   
You will not want to miss another installment of our now traditional endovascular issues debates! Experts from around the world will engage one another in spirited, oftentimes heated, debates of today's most critical issues. You will judge how well they defend their positions in this "no-holds-barred" session! This is a simulating and often controversial session offering an additional 2.5 CME hours.

ISES members enjoy the annual meeting and session at no extra charge as a benefit of membership in the SOCIETY.  Your membership ID ticket will be provided upon visit to the ISES booth which will allow ISES members entrance to the annual meeting and luncheon.

We are pleased to announce that all meeting attendees may attend this session as part of their registration with International Congress. 

.Premise I:
Carotid Stenting Trials Should Continue in spite of the Dramatic Negative Impact on the Technology Including Approvals, Reimbursements, and Its Future.

Premise II:
Randomized European EVAR Trials Have Only Created Havoc and Should Not Be Applied in Selecting Endovascular Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Premise III:
There Is No Acceptable Endovascular Solution to Infrapopliteal Occlusive Disease

The ISES Special Session is planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of International Congress Foundation and International Society of Endovascular Specialists.  International Congress Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. International Foundation designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM  Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

Find out how to become eligible for a special rebate on Congress registration fees for new or existing ISES members. Contact the SOCIETY office for more information.

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For more information about ISES and its activities contact the ISES Office. For more information about the Arizona Heart International Congress on Endovascular Interventions meeting please click here.