Thursday, October 8, 2026
Industry
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Industry Partners Meetings
Industry Workshop — Organized by W.L. Gore — Haaga Hall 1
Industry Workshop — Organized by Medtronic — Haaga Hall 2
Industry Workshop — Organized by Terumo Aortic — Roger Classroom
Reception
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Welcome Reception
Dinner
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Faculty Dinner
Friday, October 9, 2026
7:00 AM
Welcome & Badge Pick-up
Industry
7:15 AM – 7:55 AM
Industry Breakfast & Learn — GE HealthCare
8:00 AM – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Opening
Ali Azizzadeh— Los Angeles, CA
Stéphan Haulon— Le Plessis-Robinson, France
Bernardo Mendes— Los Angeles, CA
Sukgu Han— Los Angeles, CA
8:10 AM – 8:20 AM
Welcome to the Huntington Library, Museum and Gardens
Peter Lawrence— Los Angeles, CA
8:20 AM – 10:10 AM
My Masterpieces and Endo-Nightmares of the Year
Moderators: Ali Azizzadeh (Los Angeles, CA) · Stéphan Haulon (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) · Bernardo Mendes (Los Angeles, CA) · Sukgu Han (Los Angeles, CA)
Three 8 minutes presentations /10 minutes discussion from friendly panel of experts;
First three “masterpiece” cases, followed by three extremely challenging cases
Gustavo Oderich— Houston, TX
Andres Schanzer— Worcester, MA
Marc Schermerhorn— Boston, MA
Break
10:10 AM – 10:30 AM
10:30 AM – 11:20 AM
The Unicorn Devices I Wish I Had: What the Industry Should Focus On
Moderators: Stéphan Haulon (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) · Andres Schanzer (Worcester, MA)
10:30 AM
Aortic device / stent graft
Shahab Toursavadkohi — Baltimore, MD
10:40 AM
Target vessels stents
Jason Lee — Palo Alto, CA
10:50 AM
Ancillary device / sheath-catheter-wire
David Minion — Lexington, KY
11:00 AM
Imaging technology
Javairiah Fatima — Danbury, CT
11:10 AM
False lumen / aneurysm filling technology
Darren Schneider — Philadelphia, PA
Industry
11:20 AM – 11:35 AM
Industry Power Talk - Cook Medical
11:35 AM – 12:30 PM
Making Everyday Cases Simpler — Lessons, Tips and Tricks
Moderators: Ali Azizzadeh (Los Angeles, CA) - Bjoern Suckow (Lebanon, PA)
11:35 AM
My approach to poor iliofemoral access
Carlos Bechara — Chicago, IL
11:48 AM
How I made endovascular TAAA simpler and quicker
Carlos Timaran — Atlanta, GA
12:01 PM
Malperfusion for acute aortic dissection
Jade Hiramoto — San Francisco, CA
12:14 PM
Little things that make a big difference in radiation exposure
Nathan Liang — Pittsburgh, PA
Industry
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Industry Core Talk - W.L. Gore
Lunch
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
Lunch Break
1:45 PM – 1:50 PM
Introduction of Keynote Speaker
Bernardo Mendes— Los Angeles, CA
Sukgu Han— Los Angeles, CA
Keynote
1:50 PM – 2:30 PM
Keynote Address
Gustavo Oderich— Houston, TX
Industry
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Industry Power Talk - Medtronic
Keynote
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Stump the Keynote Speaker — Challenging Case Competition
Moderators: Azizzadeh (Los Angeles, CA) · Stéphan Haulon (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) · Bernardo Mendes (Los Angeles, CA) · Sukgu Han (Los Angeles, CA)
Gustavo Oderich— Houston, TX
Four cases selected — 15 minutes per case, with discussion
Gardens
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Break & Visit to the Huntington Gardens
Industry
4:30 PM – 4:45 PM
Industry Power Talk — Terumo Aortic
4:45 PM – 5:15 PM
Clash of the Titans
Moderators: Ali Azizzadeh (Los Angeles, CA) · Stéphan Haulon (Le Plessis-Robinson, France) · Bernardo Mendes (Los Angeles, CA) · Sukgu Han (Los Angeles, CA)
Gustavo Oderich— Houston, TX
Andres Schanzer— Worcester, MA
Rapid-fire / debate session
Industry
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM
Industry Power Talk
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Setting Priorities: What Kind of Data Do We Need to Make Decisions in Aortic Surgery?
Moderators: Sukgu Han (Los Angeles, CA) · Shahab Toursavadkohi (Baltimore, MD)
5:30 PM
Power in numbers: the value of national registries like VQI
Marc Schermerhorn — Boston, MA
5:42 PM
Multicenter collaborations like the ARC are the way to go
Mark Farber — Chapel Hill, NC
6:04 PM
When are guidelines relevant and how do we use them to guide practice?
Grace Wang — Philadelphia, PA
6:16 PM
How should we as a subspecialized community obtain funding for high quality, practice changing research?
Bjoern Suckow — Lebanon, PA
6:30 PM
End of Sessions