2016 Annual Conference
This years' annual NWVT conference was held at the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon on September 17th and 18th, 2016. Below is the Program.
This activity has been approved for ABIM MOC points.
7:00-8:00am Registration/Breakfast Buffet – Sponsored by Cook Medical
8:00-8:15am Opening Remarks/Announcements
8:15-8:45am
Carotid 3.0
- Steve Knight RVT
8:45-9:15am
New Developments in the Treatment of Cerebral Aneurysm and the Role of TCD
- Colleen Douville RVT
9:15-9:45am
Management of Ruptured Splenic Artery Aneurysm – An index case
- James Roberts MD
9:45-10:15am Coffee and Tea Break/Visit Exhibitors
10:15-10:45am
Duplex Ultrasound and Common Iliac Vein Compression
- Brian Ferris MD /Sarah Coello RVT
10:45-11:15am
Wound Care and the Vascular lab
- Terence Quigley MD
11:15 -11:45am
PE in Trauma Patients - What we know, what we don’t know and what we think we know
- Riyad Karmy-Jones MD
11:45 – 1:30pm Buffet Lunch
- Note: these presentations are not eligible for
AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Medtronic - Venaseal Presentation by Andrew Jones MD
Gore
Boston Scientific
Cook Medical
1:00-1:30pm
Hemodialysis Access: The Challenges that Follow
- Michael Zammit MD
1:30-2:00pm
Peripheral Arterial – Assessment of Tibial Arteries
- Gregory Moneta MD
2:00-2:30pm Critical Limb Ischemia – Targeting Angiosomes
- Desarom Teso MD /Jill Sommerset RVT
2:30-3:00pm
Vascular Trauma
- Ryiad Karmy-Jones MD
3:00-3:45pm Cookie Break / Visit Exhibitors
3:45-4:15pm
Help! I am leaking and I can’t seal!
-Beejay Feliciano MD/ Michelle Sentman RVT
4:15-4:45pm
Fenestrated Endograft
- Gregory Landry MD
4:45-5:30pm
Case Presentations
-Panel of Experts
5:30pm Closing Remarks
Wine Social immediately to follow
– Sponsored by Medtronic, Gore and Boston Scientific
Sunday, September 18, 2016
7:00-8:00am Registration/Continental Breakfast
– Sponsored by Consensus Medical
8:00-8:15am
Opening Remarks
8:15-8:45am
TAVR Fundamental and Vascular Access Considerations
- Nathaniel Boyer MD
8:45-9:15am
Connective Tissue Disorders
– Desarom Teso MD
9:15-9:45am
Portal Duplex in the Vascular Lab - Have no fear!
- Brian Schnoor RVT
9:45-10:30am Smoothie Bar Break – Sponsored by Medstreaming
Exhibitor podium time / Prize drawing
10:30-11:00am
The Aging Synthetic Graft
- Holly Brown RVT
11:00-11:30am
Compartment Syndrome
- Bethany Cookro RVT
11:30-12:00pm Adjourn - Closing Remarks / AME Award
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Washington State Medical Association and Northwest Vascular Technologists. The WSMA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The WSMA designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This activity meets the criteria for up to 8.5 hours of Category I CME credit to satisfy the relicensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission. NOTE: WSMA offers ABIM MOC points for this activity for learners choosing to participate in the MOC program. Learners are NOT required to participate in any MOC activities in order to claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for this activity. MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 8.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.