Simulator Workshop |
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Designed to assess understanding of principles of peripheral vascular interventions (including carotid interventions), this workshop features a series of tutorials and the performance of hands-on interventions on a high-end simulator.
Selection and familiarization with sheaths, wires and catheters are a key part of this workshop proctored by vascular surgeons and interventional radiologists.
A series of assessments based on a series of pre-programmed scenarios completes this workshop will is a new innovation to the AVT programme.
Endovascular Simulator Workshop (Sponsored by Abbott)
Saturday 27th March
The Stamford Grand Glenelg
(Colley Rooms 1 and 2)
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| 12.30pm - 4.00pm |
Session Chair: Mr. Mark Jackson FRACS |
| 12.30pm - 12.45pm |
Understanding balloon and stent selection in peripheral interventions |
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Professor Karl Illig MD |
| 12.45pm - 1.00pm |
Fundamentals of the angiography suite – handling radiation |
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Mr Mark Hamilton FRACS |
| 1.00pm - 1.15pm |
Cerebral embolic protection devices – options and designs |
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Dr. Steve Chryssidis FRACR |
| 1.15pm -1.30pm |
Closure devices – options and pitfalls |
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Mr. Phil Puckridge FRACS |
| 1.30pm - 1.45pm |
Tibial angioplasty and femoral stents: The evidence |
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Mr. Raffi Qasabian FRACS |
| 1.45pm - 2.00pm |
Panel Discussion |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm |
Tea Break |
| 2.30pm - 4.00pm |
Hands on Simulator Workshop (Proctor Mark Jackson FRACS) |
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