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  Saturday, September 20th, 2025

 6:30-9:30 am Garden of the Gods Group IR Hike WAIS provided transportation from Broadmoor (15 min)
 1:00-5:00 pm Exhibit Hall Set-up, Registration Desk Check in Broadmoor Hall Ballroom A
 6:00-8:00 pm Hosted Welcome Reception  Lakeside Terrace at the Broadmoor

  Sunday, September 21st, 2025

 6:00-7:00 am Group IR Yoga at Sunrise Instructor: Cosette Stahl, MD - RIA, Englewood, CO
 7:00-8:00 am Breakfast Buffet in the Exhibit Hall 
 Time Session / Presentation Title  Faculty
 8:00-10:00 am Session 1: Interventional Oncology Moderator: David Wang, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA

 8:00-8:15 am

 TBD Osman Ahmed, MD - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 8:15-8:30 am  TARE: Dosimetric Considerations by Scenario  Suvranu Ganguli, MD - Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
 8:30-8:45 am Transplant Hepatologist Expertise T. Tara Ghaziani, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 8:45-9:00 am Top Tips: Liver Ablation Steve Raman, MD - UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA
 9:00-9:15 am TARE: Dosimetry Software in Practice Shamar Young, MD - University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
 9:15-9:30 am Introduction to Thyroid Ablation

 Alan Alper Sag, MD - University of Miami - Miami, FL

 9:30-10:00 am Q&A Discussion Panel
 10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall 
 Time Session/Presentation Title Faculty
10:30 am-12:00 pm  Session 2: Women's Health  Moderator: Evan Lehrman, MD - CPMC, San Francisco, CA
 10:30-10:43 am  Demystifying Pelvic Pain for Interventional Radiologists  Jessie Stewart, MD - UCLA Health, Los Angeles, CA
 10:43-10:56 am  Alternative Career Paths for Women IRs (or really anyone)  Aparna Baheti, MD - Sound Vascular and Vein 
 10:56-11:09 am  Navigating Challenging Anatomy in Women's Health Intervention  Leigh Casadaban, MD - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
 11:09-11:22 am  The EMV Spectrum: when to go with direct puncture embolization  Brittany Harrison, MD - UCSF, San Francisco, CA
 11:22-11:35 am  Post Partum Hemorrhage Around the World Janice Newsome, MD - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
 11:35-11:48 am TBD Kirema Garcia-Reyes, MD - Mount Sinai, New York, NY
 11:48-12:00 pm Q&A Discussion  Speaker Panel
 12:00-12:30 pm Lunch Buffet - Session 3 is a Working Lunch 
 Time Session/Presentation Title Faculty
 12:30-2:30 pm Session 3: Industry Case-based Presentations Moderator: John Louie, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 12:30-12:42 pm Speaker & Topic TBD Cook Medical - Bloomington, IN
 12:42-12:54 pm Speaker & Topic TBD Sirtex Medical - Woburn, MA
 12:54-1:06 pm Speaker & Topic TBD GE Healthcare - Chicago, IL
 1:06-1:18 pm Speaker & Topic TBD TBD
 1:18-1:30 pm Speaker & Topic TBD Varian, a Siemens Healthineer Company - Palo Alto, CA
 1:30-1:42 pm Speaker & Topic TBD Histosonics - Plymouth, MN
 1:42-1:54 pm Speaker & Topic TBD TBD
 1:54-2:06 pm Speaker & Topic TBD TBD
 2:06-2:18 pm Speaker & Topic TBD TBD
 2:18-2:30 pm Q&A Discussion Industry Expert Panel
 2:30-3:00 pm Afternoon Break, Exhibit Hall 
 Time Session/Presentation Title  Faculty
 3:00-5:00 pm Session 4: Embolization Moderator:  Siddharth Padia, MD - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 3:00-3:15 pm Pushable Embolics: Not dead yet! Daniel Sze, MD, PhD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 3:15-3:30 pm Detachable Coils: Are they all the same? Zachary Haber, MD - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 3:30-3:45 pm PAE: Complications and when not to treat Jonas Redmond, MD - UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
 3:45-4:15 pm

 DEBATE: Liquid vs. comformable/copolymer embolics

 Charles Hua, MD - University of Washington, Seattle, WA 

 Guy Johnson, MD - University of Washington, Seattle, WA

 4:15-4:30 pm UFE: Complications and when not to treat Grace Laidlaw, MD - University of Washibgton, Seattle, WA
 4:30-4:45 pm GI and Portal Bleeds: What to use, complications and when not to treat Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD - OHSU Dotter Institute, Portland, OR
 4:45-5:00 pm Q&A Discussion Panel
 5:00-10:00 pm Evening on your own 

  Monday, September 22nd, 2025

 6:00-7:00 am Group IR Yoga at Sunrise Instructor: Cosette Stahl, MD - RIA, Englewood, CO
 7:00-8:00 am Breakfast Buffet in the Exhibit Hall 
 8:00-10:00 am Session 5: M&M Case-based Presentations Moderator: Sue Hanks, MD - LA General, Los Angeles, CA
 8:00-8:15 am TBD Case Tina Hardley, MD - LA Kaiser, Los Angeles, CA
 8:15-8:30 am Death From Above Quinn Meisinger, MD - UCSD, San Diego, CA
 8:30-8:45 am Complications and Treatment of Renal Cryoablations Tom Velling, MD - Newport Radiology, Newport Beach, CA
 8:45-9:00 am TBD Case Lisa Walker, MD - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
 9:00-9:15 am TBD Case Shellie Josephs, MD - Texas Children's Hospital, Austin, TX
 9:15-9:30 am TBD Case Lindsay Machan, MD - University of BC, Vancouver BC, Canada
 9:30-9:45 am TBD Case Sue Hanks, MD - LA General, Los Angeles, CA
 9:45-10:00 am Q&A Discussion Speaker Panel
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall 
10:30 am-12:15 pm Session 6: Clot Therapies Moderator: William Kuo, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
10:30-10:45 am Acute PE Thrombectomy John Moriarty, MD - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 10:45-11:00 am Porto-Mesenteric Thrombectomy Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD - OHSU Dotter Institute - Portland, OR
 11:00-11:15 am Acute DVT TBD
 11:15-11:30 am Chronic Fem-Pop DVT Andrew Kesselman, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 11:30-11:45 am Chronic Caval Occlusion William Kuo, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 11:45-12:00 pm Q&A Discussion
 12:00-12:30 pm Lunch Buffet - Session 7 is a Working Lunch 
 12:30-12:45 pm Session 7: Advanced Practice Providers in IR Moderator: Lisa Cianfichi, ANP-BC-Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 12:30-12:45 pm Roles & Responsibilities of APP for AMC & Private Practice Daniel Katz, DNP, FNPC - CO Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO
 12:45-1:00 pm Enhancing APP Value in Interdisciplinary Teams Nicole Trouchon, MP - Radiology Imaging Associates, Englewood, CO
 1:00-1:15 pm Expanding Your APP Team: Strategies for Success in Your Practice & Hospital Shelly Rio, MSN, ACNP-BC - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
 1:15-1:30 pm Burnout Prevention & Wellness Strategies for APPs Sara Toppin, MSN, ACNP-BC - University of Washington, Seattle, WA
 1:30-1:45 pm Dollars and Sense of APPs Lisa Cianfichi, MSN, ACNP-BC, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 1:45-2:00 pm Q&A Discussion
 1:30-6:00 pm Coons Cup Golf Tournament The Broadmoor Golf Course
 2:30-5:00 pm WAIS Tennis & Pickleball Socials The Broadmoor Tennis Pavilion
 6:00-10:00 pm Evening on your own

 Tuesday, September 23rd, 2025

 6:00-7:00 am  Group IR Yoga at Sunrise Instructor: Cosette Stahl, MD - RIA, Englewood, CO
 7:00-8:00 am Breakfast Buffet in the Exhibit Hall 
 8:00-9:30 am Session 8: Pain Management 2025 Moderator: Alan Alper Sag, MD - University of Miami, Miami, FL
 8:00-8:15 am Advanced Interventional Pain Management in IR: Approach and State of the Art 2025 Alan Alper Sag, MD - University of Miami, Miami, FL
 8:15-8:30 am Management of non-neoplastic painful conditions of the spine. Junjian Huang, MD - Emory University, Atlanta, GA
 8:30-8:45 am Management of neoplastic painful conditions of the spine. George Zlotchenko, MD - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
 8:45-9:00 am Management of non-neoplastic painful conditions outside of the spine. John Smirniotopoulos, MD - MedStar, Washington DC
 9:00-9:15 am Management of neoplastic painful conditions outside of the spine. Shantanu Warhadpande, MD - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
 9:15-9:30 am Q&A Discussion Panel
 9:30-10:00 am Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall 
 10:00-10:10 am Introduction to the Coons-Dotter Keynote Lecture John Louie, MD - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA
 10:10-10:40 am Session 9: Coons-Dotter Keynote Lecture: Intellectual Curiosity Riad Salem, MD, MBA - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
 10:45 am-12:00 pm Session 10: GI Interventions 2025 Moderator: Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD - OHSU Dotter Institute, Portland, OR
 10:45-11:00 am Challenging Cases in Portal Hypertension Wael Saad, MD - University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
 11:00-11:15 am Advanced Pancreatic Interventions Ryan Schenning, MD - OHSU Dotter Institute, Portland, OR
 11:15-1:30 am Novel Embolic Devices in GI Interventions Siobhan Flanagan, MD - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
 11:30-11:45 am Percutaneous Biliary Endoscopy Yoon-Jin Kim, MD - OHSU Dotter Institute, Portland, OR
 11:45 am-12:00 pm Bariatric Embolization Clifford Weiss, MD - John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
 12:00-12:15 pm Q&A Discussion Panel
 12:15-1:30 pm Lunch on your own 
 1:30-2:30 pm WAIS Annual Business Meeting of the Members WAIS Directors, Officers & Members
 2:30-4:00 pm Without a Scalpel Episode 5: Same Care Everywhere Theater Screening Co-hosted by the Interventional Initiative & WAIS - Broadmoor Theater
 6:30-9:00 pm WAIS Banquet Dinner, Awards Announcements & Special Entertainment 

 Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

 6:00-7:00 am Group IR Yoga at Sunrise Instructor: Cosette Stahl, MD - RIA, Englewood, CO
 7:00-8:00 am Breakfast Buffet in the Exhibit Hall 
 8:00-10:00 am  Session 11: Clinical Data Rapid Fire Rundown Moderator: Justin McWilliams, MD - UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
 8:00-8:15 am Arterial Interventions Sipan Mathevosian, MD - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 8:15-8:30 am Venous Interventions Ramsey Al-Hakim, MD - Scripps Medical Center, San Diego, CA
 8:30-8:45 am Interventional Oncology Matt Brown, MD - RIA Endovascular, Englewood, CO
 8:45-9:00 am Non-oncology Embolization Leigh Casadaban, MD - University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
 9:00-9:15 am Neuro IR / Pain Interventions Jay Acharya, MD - UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 9:15-9:30 am Futurology Kevin Seals, MD - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
 9:30-10:00 am Q&A Discussions Panel
 10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall 
 10:30 am-12:00 pm Session 12: Frontiers, the Edges of Medicine Moderator: Isabel Newton, MD, PhD - VA/UCSD Medical Centers, San Diego, CA
 10:30-10:45 am The Moral Imperative of Military Medicine John York, MD - UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA
 10:45-11:00 am Breaking the Complexity Code David Cooper, MSc - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
 11:00-11:15 am How to Survive on the Medical Speciality Savanna Eric Keller, MD - Delaney Radiology, Wilmington, NC
 11:15-11:30 am TBD TBD
 11:30 am-12:00 pm TBD Pat Basu, MD, MBA - Varsity Healthcare Partners, Chicago, IL
 12:00-1:00 pm Conference Adjourned, Exhibit Hall Move-out

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