SESSION 1 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 1: IR ROLE IN DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING
Moderators:Jacob Cynamon, MD / Uei Pua, FRCR  
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8:00 AM - 8:10 AM Adrenal Imaging: Normal, Abnormal And Indeterminate
  Presenter(s):Viktoriya Paroder, MD, PhD  
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8:10 AM - 8:20 AM Adrenal Vein Sampling: Indications And Techniques
  Presenter(s):Marcy B. Jagust, MD  
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8:20 AM - 8:30 AM Adrenal Vein Sampling: Analysis Of Results And Therapeutic Options
  Presenter(s):Marcy B. Jagust, MD  
8:30 AM - 8:40 AM Liver Biopsy vs. Fibroscan vs. MR Elastography
  Presenter(s):Richard L. Ehman, MD  
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8:40 AM - 8:50 AM Transvenous Liver Biopsy, Transjugular Route: Indications And Technique
  Presenter(s):Matthew S. Johnson, MD  
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8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Transvenous Liver Biopsy: Transfemoral Route
  Presenter(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
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9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Medical Management Of The Cirrhotic Patient
  Presenter(s):Jonathan M. Schwartz, MD  
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9:10 AM - 9:20 AM Treating Hepatitis May Delay The Onset Of Hepatic Complications: Will The Prevalence Of HCC Be Changed
  Presenter(s):Kevin Kim, MD  
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9:20 AM - 9:30 AM Pre-Intervention Imaging: Understanding The Liver Imaging Reporting And Data System (LI-RADS)
  Presenter(s):Victoria Chernyak, MD, MS  
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9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Panel Discussion
9:50 AM - 10:10 AM Break – Visit Exhibits (South Corridor, 2nd Floor)
END OF SESSION 1
 
SESSION 2 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 2: TREATING HCC
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10:10 AM - 10:20 AM Surgery: Indications, Contraindications, Techniques That Can Expand The Role Of Surgery
  Presenter(s):Milan Kinkhabwala, MD  
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10:20 AM - 10:30 AM Ultrasound Contrast May Improve US Guided Ablation Of Small Lesions
  Presenter(s):Uei Pua, FRCR  
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10:30 AM - 10:40 AM The Data Suggests Y-90 Is As Good As TACE/Ablate For HCC Less Than 5 cm
  Presenter(s):Riad Salem, MD, MBA  
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10:40 AM - 10:50 AM TACE/Ablate Remains The Standard For HCC Less Than 5 cm
  Presenter(s):Jean Francois H. Geschwind, MD  
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10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Technology And Techniques To Adequately Embolize Inaccessible Small Vessels Feeding Tumors
  Presenter(s):David C. Madoff, MD  
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11:00 AM - 11:10 AM Cone Beam CT: Interventional Oncology Should Not Be Practiced Without It
  Presenter(s):Edward Kim, MD  
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11:10 AM - 11:20 AM Value Of Radiopaque Beads: Early Clinical Applications
  Presenter(s):Bradford Wood, MD  
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11:20 AM - 11:30 AM New Technology To Target And Assess Adequacy Of Ablation
  Presenter(s):Kevin Kim, MD  
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11:30 AM - 11:40 AM Portal Vein Embolization To Increase Size Of Future Liver Remnant In Cirrhotics: Should The Hepatoma Be Embolized Prior To PVE
  Presenter(s):David C. Madoff, MD  
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11:40 AM - 11:50 AM Radioembolization Can Replace PVE To Increase The FLR In Many Cases
  Presenter(s):Riad Salem, MD, MBA  
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11:50 AM - 12:00 PM Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:10 PM Break – Pick up lunch in South Corridor Exhibit Area (2nd Floor) and return to Murray Hill Suites for Luncheon Program.
END OF SESSION 2
 
SESSION 3 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 3: LUNCHEON PROGRAM: CASE BASED DEVICE SPECIFIC ABLATION; HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DIFFERENCES OF THE VARIOUS DEVICES
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12:10 PM - 12:20 PM Microwave Has And Will Continue To Outperform RF: The Evidence (Neuwave/Covidien)
  Presenter(s):Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD  
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12:20 PM - 12:30 PM Microwave: New Device For Improved Results (Medwave)
  Presenter(s):Alan M. Cohen, MD  
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12:30 PM - 12:40 PM IRE: Safe And Complete Ablations Of Previously Not Ablatable Lesions
  Presenter(s):Govindarajan Narayanan, MD  
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12:40 PM - 12:50 PM Cryoablation: Seeing What You Are Treating Can Expand The Indications For Ablations
  Presenter(s):David Mobley, MD  
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12:50 PM - 1:00 PM What Is Left For RF
  Presenter(s):S. Nahum Goldberg, MD  
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1:00 PM - 1:10 PM Systemic Effects Of Loco Regional Therapies: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
  Presenter(s):Joseph P. Erinjeri, MD, PhD  
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1:10 PM - 1:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 3
 
SESSION 4 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 4: INTERVENTIONAL ONCOLOGY
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1:20 PM - 1:30 PM Oncolytic Virotherapy: The Future Of IO Or The End Of IO
  Presenter(s):Steven C. Rose, MD  
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1:30 PM - 1:40 PM Colon Cancer: An Oncologist’s View
  Presenter(s):Andreas Kaubisch, MD  
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1:40 PM - 1:50 PM Colon Cancer: Trials Involving IR
  Presenter(s):Shree R. Venkat, MD  
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1:50 PM - 2:00 PM Colon Cancer: When Is Y-90 Best And When Is Ablation Best
  Presenter(s):Matthew S. Johnson, MD  
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2:00 PM - 2:10 PM What Are The Limitations Of Radioembolization And Why
  Presenter(s):Riad Salem, MD, MBA  
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2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Pancreatic Cancer: Percutaneous IRE – Patient Selection Is Key To Success
  Presenter(s):Govindarajan Narayanan, MD  
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2:20 PM - 2:30 PM Pancreatic Cancer: Open Surgical IRE Is Safer And Better
  Presenter(s):Joshua L. Weintraub, MD, FSIR  
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2:30 PM - 2:40 PM Pancreatic Cancer: Chemoembolization Using A Double Balloon Catheter
  Presenter(s):Jacob Cynamon, MD  
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2:40 PM - 2:50 PM Cholangiocarcinoma And Breast Cancer: Radioembolization Update
  Presenter(s):Igor Lobko, MD  
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2:50 PM - 3:00 PM Lung Cancer: When Is Ablation Indicated, Technique, Complication, Prevention
  Presenter(s):Constantinos T. Sofocleous, MD, PhD  
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3:00 PM - 3:10 PM What Every IR Should Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT): Lung
  Presenter(s):Nitin Ohri, MD  
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3:10 PM - 3:20 PM What Every IR Should Know About External Beam Radiation Therapy (EBRT): Liver
  Presenter(s):Rafi Kabarriti, MD  
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3:20 PM - 3:30 PM Panel Discussion
3:30 PM - 3:50 PM Break – Visit Exhibits And Pavilions (2nd Floor)
END OF SESSION 4
 
SESSION 5 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 5: ADVANCED IR
Moderators:Jonathan Susman, MD  
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3:50 PM - 4:00 PM Radiation Exposure To Patients And Physicians Can Be Reduced With Better Pre-Procedure Planning
  Presenter(s):Gabriel Bartal, MD, FSIR, FCIRSE  
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4:00 PM - 4:10 PM Budd-Chiari: TIPS Is Indicated, Do Not Consider Hepatic Venous Stenting Alone
  Presenter(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
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4:10 PM - 4:20 PM Budd-Chiari: Consider Hepatic Venous Stenting First And Only TIPS If Proven Necessary
  Presenter(s):Ernest J. Ring, MD  
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4:20 PM - 4:30 PM BRTO: Indications, Techniques And New Developments
  Presenter(s):Wael E. Saad, MD  
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4:30 PM - 4:40 PM Advanced TIPS Techniques
  Presenter(s):Ziv J. Haskal, MD, FACR, FAHA, FSIR  
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4:40 PM - 4:50 PM Splenic Artery Embolization Is Not Just For Trauma: Why, Where And How
  Presenter(s):Wael E. Saad, MD  
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4:50 PM - 5:00 PM The Denver Shunt: Avoiding Complications
  Presenter(s):Hooman Yarmohammadi, MD  
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5:00 PM - 5:10 PM Gastrostomies: Tips And Tricks And The Transcervical Approach
  Presenter(s):Yosef Golowa, MD  
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5:10 PM - 5:20 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 5
 
SESSION 6 SCHEDULE
Monday
SESSION 6: MUSCULOSKELETAL IMAGING AND INTERVENTION
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5:20 PM - 5:30 PM Soft Tissue Masses: Indications And Technique For Biopsy
  Presenter(s):Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD  
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5:30 PM - 5:40 PM Pain Control For Palliation Of Painful MSK Lesions
  Presenter(s):Allan L. Brook, MD  
5:40 PM - 5:50 PM Ultrasound Guided MSK Procedures: A Guideline
  Presenter(s):Shlomit Goldberg-Stein, MD  
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5:50 PM - 6:00 PM MSK Tumor Intervention: Embolization/Ablation
  Presenter(s):Majid Maybody, MD  
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6:00 PM - 6:10 PM Panel Discussion
END OF SESSION 6