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Track: Main Session

Session IX: Unresolved Issues - An Update

Saturday, November 1, 2025
1:30 PM - 3:05 PM East Coast USA Time

    Moderator(s)

  • Neghae Mawla, MD

    Parker, TX, United States

  • Timothy Clark, MD

    Professor, University of Pennsylvania
    Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania
    Philadelphia, PA, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • Robert Shahverdyan, MD

    Head of Vascular Access Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
    Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Vascular Institute Hamburg
    Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

  • Robert Lee, MD

    Regulatory Consultant
    Echelon Development Group
    Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States

  • Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus

    Interventional Radiologist
    The Palo Alto Medical Foundation
    UTSW Medical Center
    PORTOLA VALLEY, California, United States

  • Karl Illig, MD

    Chief Medical Officer
    FLOW Vascular Institute
    Houston, TX, United States

  • Rick Mishler, MD

    Interventional Nephrologist/Nephrologist Access Surgeon
    Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC
    Phoneix, AZ, United States

Presentations:

  • 1:30 PM - 1:36 PM East Coast USA Time
    Update on Drug Coated Balloons

    Speaker: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

  • 1:36 PM - 1:42 PM East Coast USA Time
    Alternatives to Radiation for Access Intervention

    Speaker: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg

  • 1:42 PM - 1:48 PM East Coast USA Time
    Critically Assessing Device Effectiveness

    Speaker: Robert E. Lee, MD – Echelon Development Group

  • 1:48 PM - 1:54 PM East Coast USA Time
    Device Permeability or Not?

    Speaker: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation

  • 1:54 PM - 2:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Interrupted vs. Continuous Suturing

    Speaker: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute

  • 2:00 PM - 2:06 PM East Coast USA Time
    How Much Surgery Should a Non-surgeon Be Doing?

    Speaker: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC

  • 2:06 PM - 2:21 PM East Coast USA Time
    Panel Discussion

    Panelist: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

    Panelist: Robert Shahverdyan, MD – Vascular Institute Hamburg

    Panelist: Robert E. Lee, MD – Echelon Development Group

    Panelist: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation

    Panelist: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute

    Panelist: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC

  • 2:21 PM - 3:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Case Presentations

    Case Presenter: Rick Mishler, MD – Arizona Kidney Disease and Hypertension Centers ASC

    Case Presenter: Timothy Clark, MD – Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, University of Pennsylvania

    Case Presenter: Bart Dolmatch, MD, FSIR, Professor Emeritus – The Palo Alto Medical Foundation

  • 3:00 PM - 3:05 PM East Coast USA Time
    Closing Remarks

    Moderator: Karl A. Illig, MD – FLOW Vascular Institute