Ultrasonography

Standardization & Protocols of Venous Investigation

Program Chair(s)

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  Linda Antonucci, RPhS, RVT, RDCS

  President
  Linda Antonucci Veins, LLC
  West Milford, NJ, United States

  Disclosure(s): AngioDynamics: Consultant/Advisory Board, Independent Contractor, Speaker/Honoraria

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Moderator(s)

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  Oscar Bottini, MD (he/him/his)

  UIP Meetings & Events Chair
  German Hospital of Buenos Aires
  Universidad de Buenos Aires
  CABA, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Disclosure(s):

  The forementioned Program Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has declared for this educational activity, having no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. or AVLS has reviewed / mitigated there are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
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  MICHAEL DI IORIO, MD, FAVLS, RPVI, RVT, RPhS

  CEO/ Medical Director
  South Austin Vein Center
  Austin, TX, United States

  Disclosure(s):

  The forementioned Program Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has declared for this educational activity, having no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. or AVLS has reviewed / mitigated there are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.

Co-Chair(s)

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  Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS

  Clinical Research Sonographer
  Envveno
  Bend, OR, United States

  Disclosure(s): Envveno: Employment; Silk Road Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board
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  Irwin Toonder, MD

  The forementioned Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has NOT submitted a financial disclosure for this educational activity for review.
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  Jean Francois Uhl, MD, FacPh

  Research director Unesco Chair of digital anatomy
  Paris cité University
  Paris Sorbonne University
  Avignon, Rhone-Alpes, France

  Disclosure(s):

  The forementioned Program Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has declared for this educational activity, having no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. or AVLS has reviewed / mitigated there are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies.
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  Wassila Taha, MD,RPVI (she/her/hers)

  Consultant
  Egypt Africa Venous Lymphatic Association
  Cairo University
  Cairo, Al Jizah, Egypt

  The forementioned Planner, Faculty, Author, Moderator, or Speaker, has NOT submitted a financial disclosure for this educational activity for review.

This session provides a thorough review of the standards and protocols used in vein centers internationally. Topics include protocols for the initial venous ultrasound of the lower extremity and abdominopelvic veins and immediate-post Intervention & short term follow up ultrasound.

Presentations:

• 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM US EDT

  Standardization & Protocols of Venous Investigation
  

  Program Chair: Linda Antonucci, RPhS, RVT, RDCS – Linda Antonucci Veins, LLC

  Moderator: Oscar H. Bottini, MD (he/him/his) – German Hospital of Buenos Aires

  Moderator: MICHAEL M. DI IORIO, MD, FAVLS, RPVI, RVT, RPhS – South Austin Vein Center

  Co-Chair: Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS – Envveno

  Co-Chair: Irwin Toonder, MD

  Co-Chair: Jean Francois Uhl, MD, FacPh – Paris cité University

  Co-Chair: Wassila Taha, MD,RPVI (she/her/hers) – Egypt Africa Venous Lymphatic Association
• 2:31 PM – 2:45 PM US EDT

  Do We Need Standardization?
  

  Faculty: Linda Antonucci, RPhS, RVT, RDCS – Linda Antonucci Veins, LLC
• 2:45 PM – 3:05 PM US EDT

  Standardization - Initial Venous Ultrasound Lower Extremity Veins
  

  Faculty: Marianne G. De Maeseneer, MD PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
• 3:05 PM – 3:25 PM US EDT

  Standardization - Superficial and Perforator Venous Mapping
  

  Faculty: Oscar H. Bottini, MD (he/him/his) – German Hospital of Buenos Aires
• 3:25 PM – 3:45 PM US EDT

  Standardization - Initial Venous Ultrasound Abdominopelvic Veins
  

  Faculty: Sara Skjonsberg, RVT RPhS – Envveno
• 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM US EDT

  Immediate Postoperative Duplex Exam Following a Truncal Ablation; Is It Worthless?
  

  Faculty: Lowell S. Kabnick, MD, FACS, DABVLM, DFAVF (he/him/his) – Kabnick Vein Center