Advance Program

** All times indicated below are Pacific Time **

Sunday, August 9, 2026
12:00PMRegistration   
Limb Preservation Mini Symposium
Session I                  
1:00PMWelcomeMichael Conte, MD
1:10Podiatry consult-is this foot salvageable-what I will look for to decide 
1:30Preoperative planning for revascularization in CLTI-an algorithm for success 
1:45How does vascular calcification impact limb salvage? 
2:00My algorithm for treatment of femoral popliteal disease in CLTI 
2:20Advances in wound management 
2:40How I approach BTK disease 
3:00Case Presentations 
3:30Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall 
Session II
4:00Pedal intervention - is it worth it? 
4:20DVA fact or fiction? 
4:50Randomized clinical trials-what have we learned about CLTI treatment 
5:10Panel Discussion: How can we use trial results to care for my patients? 
5:30Adjourn 
5:30PMWine Tasting Reception in Exhibit Hall 
Monday, August 10, 2026
7:00AMRegistration and Continental Breakfast 
UCSF-STANFORD Aortic Symposium
The Aortic Arch - The Final Frontier
Session III      
Moderators: Jason Lee, MD and Jade Hiramoto, MD
8:00Welcome 
8:10Open treatment of aortic arch pathology 
8:30Hybrid endovascular approaches to the aortic arch 
8:50Zone 1-1/2 treatment for arch pathology 
9:10Surgical management of Acute Type A dissection 
9:30Spinal cord ischemia-algorithm for prevention 
9:50Q&A 
10:00Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall 
Session IV
10:30Endovascular treatment of TAAA-what works and how to choose the correct approach 
10:50Open TAA repair-how to reduce morbidity and mortality. The use of ECMO 
11:10PMEG, FEVAR, and open repair-how I choose for juxta and pararenal TAAA 
11:30Utilization of available iliac branched devices 
11:45Cases for the panel 
12:15PMAdjourn 
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
7:00AMRegistration and Continental Breakfast 
Innovations, Techniques, and Updates
Session V
8:00Carotid Artery Disease in 2026 
8:05CREST 2 trial: What did we learn? 
8:25Innovations in carotid surgery 
8:40Approach to patient selection for carotid repair 
9:00Has CREST 2 changed my approach to asymptomatic carotid disease 
9:15Illustrative cases 
9:45Present-day approach pulmonary thrombectomy
Indications and results
How to do it-step by step
 
10:05Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall 
Session VI
10:35Intravascular Lithotripsy-why is this field expanding so rapidly? 
10:55Popliteal entrapment diagnostic evaluation and surgical approach 
11:15IVC filter removal-when is it okay to say no? 
11:35Thrombectomy devices for PAD-what works and when to use it? 
11:55Closing RemarksMichael Conte, MD
12:00PMAdjourn