Conference Program-at-a-glance - Western Angiographic & Interventional Society 2023 Annual CME Conference
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Conference Program-at-a-glance Western Angiographic & Interventional Society 2023 Annual CME Conference Palm Springs, CA OCTOBER 7-11, 2023
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ABOUT WAIS 2023
The WAIS 2023 theme is Connected!
For 53 years, the Western Angiographic & Interventional
Society’s mission has been to facilitate advancements in the
field of IR through a quality continuing medical education
conference. That objective is achieved in a general session
format that connects faculty, attendees and industry Cutting-edge Therapies
representatives through interactive discussions and shared Clinical Data Updates
experiences. The 2023 program is focused on connecting IRs
M&M Case Studies
across geographies and platforms to discuss cutting-edge
Practice Building
therapies, practice development, M&M case presentations
(lessons learned), social media, technology, clinician wellness, Social Media
as well as successes and challenges for IR programs globally. Wellness
Ethics
Additionally, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) now encourages CME professionals to
include education and activities that address clinician burnout.
Beginning in 2021, WAIS began incorporating wellness
presentations and group activities into our conference
program. This year, WAIS will continue to address this
important challenge as we strive to create a culture of mutual
care with education and revitalization programs for our
Interventional Radiology community.
We look forward to your participation!
Most sincerely,
Sabeen Dhand, MD Susan Jackson, MBA
Scientific Program Director Executive Director
(2023 Program) (2003-2023)
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PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
DAY Saturday, October 7, 2023
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(2:00 pm - 5:00 pm) ARRIVAL DAY, REGISTRATION CHECK IN, EXHIBIT SET-UP
Pick up name badge, exhibit hall set-up, hotel check in
(6:00 pm - 8:00 pm) WELCOME NETWORKING RECEPTION
Connect with attendees & colleagues. All are invited.
DAY Sunday, October 8, 2023
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(6:00 am - 6:45 am) SUNRISE YOGA
Clarity, creativity, and peace of mind and body are benefits of a sunrise yoga.
All are invited.
(7:00 am - 7:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Exhibit hall is open for attendees to visit industry booths & enjoy breakfast.
(7:30 am - 9:00 am) SESSION ONE: THE TORTOISE & THE HARE
Moderator: Claire Kaufman, MD (OHSU, Portland, OR)
A deep dive on arteries and veins, highlighting some of the newest
techniques and challenging clinical scenarios of circulation both fast and
slow. The attendees will get an in-depth look at how to manage these
patients both clinically and technically.
(9:00 am - 9:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & BREAK
(9:30 am - 11:15 am) SESSION TWO: OFFICE BASED LABS, SEXY OR NOT?
Moderator: Mary Costantino, MD (Advanced Vascular Centers, Portland, OR)
Are OBLs (Office Based Labs) right for you? Learn all about the upsides and the
downsides of these outpatient centers, which have piqued major interest within the
endovascular community in the last several years.
(11:15 am - 12:00 pm) SESSION THREE: RAPID FIRE RUNDOWN
Moderator: Justin McWilliams, MD (UCLA, Los Angeles, CA)
High yield, data-driven update on the latest and greatest in the field of
Interventional Radiology.
(12:00 pm - 1:15 pm) WAIS NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Connect with attendees & colleagues. All are invited.
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PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
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Sunday, October 8, 2023
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(cont)
(1:15 pm - 3:00 pm) SESSION FOUR: PRIVATE PRACTICE...MAKES PERFECT
Moderator: Trushar Patel, MD (Hoag Hospital, Newport Beach, CA)
Delve into the new paradigms of shifting practices. Examine different practice
models and explore ways to highlight and grow your own practice. This session will
center around numerous practical, and transparent, topics not only pertinent to
private practice, but also academic practices.
(3:00 pm - 3:30 pm) EXHIBIT HALL & BREAK
(3:30 pm - 5:00 pm) SESSION FIVE: GREENER PASTURES
Moderator: Charles Nutting, DO (ECCO Medical, Lone Tree, CO)
There is a lot more out there to interventional radiology than the typical urban-
based private or academic practices. This session will explore the lessons learned
from many pathways within the field, as well as showcase some of the global
outreach programs that are available.
DAY Monday, October 9, 2023
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(6:00 am - 6:45 am) SUNRISE YOGA
Clarity, creativity, and peace of mind and body are benefits of a sunrise yoga.
All are invited.
(7:00 am - 7:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Exhibit hall is open for attendees to visit industry booths & enjoy breakfast.
(7:30 am - 9:15 am) SESSION SIX: NEW VOICES FOR IR: THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY
Moderator: Aaron Fritts, MD (Texas Radiology, Dallas, TX & Eric Keller, MD (Stanford)
Explore hot topics in IR regarding various newer platforms to disseminate
information and connect. Attendees will learn about the opportunities and risks of
using social media among other platforms to share information, learn, and promote
one’s practice. The session will then transition to a guided discussion of topics such
as conflicts of interest, research ethics, and futility.
(9:15 am - 9:45 am) EXHIBIT HALL & BREAK
(9:45 am - 12:00 pm) SESSION SEVEN: OUT OF THE BOX AND ON THE HORIZON
Moderator: Khashayar Farsad, MD (OHSU, Portland, OR) & Jessie Stewart (UCLA)
This session will include a diverse set of topics highlighting the newest and boldest
procedures being pioneered by IRs around the country. Talks will include emerging
techniques, novel devices, and innovative applications of existing procedures.
(1:00 pm - 6:00 pm) WAIS GOLF TOURNAMENT (PGA WEST MOUNTAIN COURSE)
(TBD AFTERNOON) GROUP WELLNESS ACTIVITY (PLANNING IN PROGRESS)
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PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
DAY
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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(6:00 am - 6:45 am) SUNRISE YOGA
Clarity, creativity, and peace of mind and body are benefits of a sunrise yoga.
All are invited.
(7:00 am - 7:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Exhibit hall is open for attendees to visit industry booths & enjoy breakfast.
(7:30 am - 9:00 am) SESSION EIGHT: NEW FRONTIERS IN INTERVENTIONAL
ONCOLOGY AND PORTOSYSTEMIC THERAPIES
Moderator: John Louie, MD (Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
Interventional oncology and hepatic therapies have moved ahead during the
pandemic. There has been an explosion of new systemic and liver-directed
therapies, updated guidelines, and unique approaches to portosystemic
disease. Get ready for a liver extravaganza.
(9:00 am - 9:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & BREAK
(9:30 am - 10:15 am) THE ANNUAL DR. CHARLES T. DOTTER LECTURE
Lecturer: Robert Ryu, MD (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA)
(10:15 am - 12:15 am) SESSION NINE: NO BIAS! THE GREAT DEBATE
Moderators: Hal Coons, MD (WAIS) & Chris Loh, MD (Private Practice, Vancouver BC)
The passion is real when physicians contest, dispute and promote various
controversial & topical viewpoints in a standardized debate format. Real-time
audience participation and voting will be facilitated in this epic session.
(12:15 pm - 1:30 pm) MEET THE EXPERTS LUNCHEON
(1:30 pm - 3:30 pm) WAIS TENNIS TOURNAMENT (LA QUINTA TENNIS PAVILION)
(3:30 pm - 5:00 pm ) FOOLS IN THE POOL: WAIS IR JEOPARDY TOURNAMENT
Moderators: Quinn Meisinger, MD (UCSD), Charles Bowkley, MD (Casper Medical),
Aparna Baheti, MD (Tacoma Radiology), Gabriel Lipshutz (Cedars Sinai)
Come join fellow WAIS attendees, corporate representatives and invited guests for
an exciting IR trivia tournament. Learn about new products, emerging data and a
little bit of IR history. We’ll also introduce new WAIS members. All are invited.
(6:30 pm - 9:30 pm) WAIS FINAL NIGHT DINNER & AWARDS PRESENTATIONS
Connect with attendees & colleagues. All are invited.
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PROGRAM AT-A-GLANCE
DAY Wednesday, October 11, 2023
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(6:00 am - 6:45 am) SUNRISE YOGA
Clarity, creativity, and peace of mind and body are benefits of a sunrise yoga.
All are invited.
(7:00 am - 7:30 am) EXHIBIT HALL & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Exhibit hall is open for attendees to visit industry booths & enjoy breakfast.
(7:30 am - 9:30 am) SESSION TEN: OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE &
WHAT’S NEW IN IR TECHNOLOGY
Moderator: Martin Radvany, MD (IntelliRad, Miami, FL)
This session will aim to bridge the gap between neuroendovascular and peripheral
endovascular therapies. Come hear from those in the business and learn about the
techniques of NeuroIR as a BodyIR, as well as the fundamentals of a stroke program.
The session will then transition to various new technologies in the field of IR.
(9:30 am - 10:00 am) EXHIBIT HALL & BREAK
(10:00 am - 12:00 pm) SESSION ELEVEN: OH & OH M&M CASES
Moderator: Sue Hanks, MD (USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA)
This year’s program ends with a WAIS session favorite...lessons learned.
A commitment to ongoing learning is one of the important things that separates
a profession from a job. Despite many very useful and indeed laudable efforts to
create core curricula and standardized continuing education programs for various
medical specialties, the nature of medical practice mandates that the educational
experience, much like our daily work experience, must also allow us to adapt and
change to the unique combination of people and events that we encounter on a
daily basis. No matter how experienced we may be, a major challenge of medical
practice is that the unexpected and unique occur with remarkable frequency.
Thus, we must, like generations before us, seek to benefit from the experiences,
both good and bad, of others in our profession as well as what we can learn from
their discussions of our experiences. This is the reason why Mortality and Morbidity
Rounds are still a basic and remarkably valuable feature of continuing medical
education. As is so often said, the best experience is gained from bad experience.
To the extent it is gained from the bad experience of others it allows us to enhance
our understanding of what we do and improve our outcomes when we eventually
encounter similar situations ourselves. This session expands on the usual Mortality
and Morbidity concept to include “great saves” and “wow, I certainly learned a
valuable lesson from that” presentations in addition to the usual discussion of
procedural complications so as to maximize the learning value of both the good and
bad experiences of our colleagues.
(12:00 pm - 1:00 pm) MEETING ADJOURNS & EXHIBIT HALL TEAR DOWN
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WAIS CME ACCREDITATION
The Western Angiographic & Interventional Society (WAIS) is an independent professional Society
that has organized an annual continuing medical education conference since 1970. The WAIS
forum offers quality continuing medical education in one of the most innovative fields of medicine.
Each year, presentations cover a wide range of topics involving minimally Invasive, Image-guided
procedures including, case presentations, clinical data, tips and tricks techniques, best practices
and more. Session topics and speakers are selected by our planning committee (Scientific Program
Director, Officers, Executive Director and Session Moderators) and organized to address practice
gaps and topics of interest identified from attendee post conference feedback collected from
previous years.
The annual WAIS conference is planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and
Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through a
joint sponsorship of the Western Angiographic & Interventional Society (WAIS) and the Society of
Interventional Radiology (SIR). The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CONNECT with WAIS:
510-910-8669 susan@westernangio.org
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MEMBER CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
MEMBER REGISTRATION
Member only Registration is NOW OPEN!
Visit the WAIS conference website at www.
westernangio.org.
For questions regarding registration, scheduled
activities or hotel rooms, contact:
Susan Jackson, WAIS Executive Director
P: 510-910-8669
E: susan@westernangio.org
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CONFERENCE VENUE
La Quinta Resort
49-499 Eisenhower Drive
La Quinta, CA 92253
W: laquintaresort.com
Set beneath the beautiful Santa Rosa Mountains, offering 190k sq. feet of
meeting space, championship golf courses, an award-winning spa, 41 pools,
and a state-of-the-art tennis facility, the iconic 5-Star La Quinta Resort is the
ultimate luxury Palm Springs venue for the 2023 WAIS conference.
Register for the conference first! Then, your confirmation email will
include a link to book your room online. WAIS has negotiated significantly
discounted room rates for our attendees. There are a limited number of
suites - members have first opportunity to reserve rooms.
Resort & Starlight Casitas - $279 / night
Spa Villa Suites - $400 / night
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