Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery/Joint Cerebrovascular Section Fellows Course

This is a preliminary program and is subject to change.

Thursday, July 23, 2026

8:00 am Registration

8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Didactic Session – Pressure Points: The Spectrum of CSF-Venous Disorders
Programming in collaboration with ESMINT

Moderated by Emanuele Orru’, MD & Luca Valvassori, MD
9:00 am – 9:15 am Pathophysiology of Venous Hypotension
9:15 am – 9:30 am How I Work Up a Hypotensive Patient, Elisa Cicieri, MD
9:30 am – 9:45 am Interesting/Controversial Cases
9:45 am – 10:00 am Pathophysiology of Venous Hypertension, Anat Horev, MD
10:00 am – 10:10 am How I Work Up a Hypertensive Patient, Charles Stout, MD
10:15 am – 10:30 am Interesting/Controversial Cases, Vittorio Civelli, MD & Stephanie Lenck, MD

10:30 am – 10:45 am Break in Exhibit Hall

Concurrent Sessions
Didactic Session – Back to Back- Spinal Interventions in the Modern Era
Moderated by Reade De Leacy, MD & Justin Mascitelli, MD
10:45 am – 10:55 am Complex Vertebral Augmentation & Percutaneous Reconstruction, Giovanni Anselmetti, MD
10:55 am – 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am – 11:10 am Brachytherapy for Spinal Tumors, Mark Bilsky, MD
11:10 am – 11:15 am Discussion
11:15 am – 11:25 am Laser Interstitial Tumor Therapy, Claudio Tatsui, MD
11:25 am – 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am – 11:40 am Spinal Pain Interventions, Miriam Peckham, MD
11:40 am – 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am – 11:55 am Radiosurgery for Spine Tumors, Peter Gerszten, MD
11:55 am – 12:00 pm Discussion

Concurrent Session – Damage Control: Neurointervention in Trauma
Moderated by Ramesh Grandhi, MD & Paul Singh, MD
10:45 am – 11:05 am War Zone Trauma, Andrei Cirko, MD
11:05 am – 11:25 am GSWs: From Blowouts to Bleedouts, Jonathan Grossberg, MD
11:25 am – 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am – 11:50 am The Traumatic Surgeon, Stephanie Chen, MD
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Discussion

Didactic Session – Abstract Presentations 5
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Abstract Presentations

Didactic Session – Abstract Presentations 6
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Abstract Presentations

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch in Exhibit Hall

Didactic Session – Complications: Capes and Undies
Moderated by Charlotte Chung, MD, Steven Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm Unseen Wounds: Physician’s Perspective, Ansaar Rai, MD, FSNIS
2:10 pm – 2:15 pm Discussion
2:15 pm – 2:23 pm My Worst Femoral, My Worst Radial, Hazem Shoirah, MD
2:23 pm – 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm – 2:38 pm Spinal AVF Embolization
2:38 pm – 2:45 pm Discussion
2:45 pm – 2:53 pm MeVO or DVO Complication & Rescue, Brian Jankowitz, MD
2:53 pm – 3:00 pm Discussion
3:00 pm – 3:08 pm Venous Intervention, Sandra Narayanan, MD
3:08 pm – 3:15 pm Discussion
3:15 pm – 3:25 pm Medicolegal Perspective
3:25 pm – 3:30 pm Discussion

5:30 pm Fellows Course Hands-on Labs and Reception

Friday, July 24, 2026

8:00 am  Registration

8:00 am  Breakfast

8:25 am – 8:30 am  Welcoming Remarks, Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD

Didactic Session – Anatomy
Moderated by Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
8:30 am – 8:45 am  Advanced X-ray Angio for Detailed Anatomy, Maksim Shapiro, MD
8:45 am – 9:00 am  AV Shunting Lesions, Adrienne Moraff, MD
9:00 am – 9:15 am  Anastomoses at the Skull Base, Timo Krings, MD
9:15 am – 9:30 pm  MMA Embo & Anastomoses, Allison Strickland, MD

Didactic Session – Learning Through Cases
Moderated by Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
9:30 am – 9:40 am  Flow Diversion:  Open Surgery Evan Luther, MD
9:40 am – 9:50 am  Flow Diversion:  New Devices
9:50 am – 10:00 am  Stent-Coiling:  Stroke, Jenny Tsai, MD
10:00 am – 10:10 pm  Stroke:  ECAD/ICAD, Edgar Samaniego, MD
10:10 am – 10:20 am  Stroke:  AVF, Dylan Wolman, MD
10:20 am – 10:30 am  Oncology

10:30 am – 10:45 am  Break

Didactic Session – Venous Disease
Moderated by Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
10:45 am – 11:00 am  IIH, Kyle Fargen, MD
11:00 am – 11:15 am  Venous Sinus Stenting & Manometry
11:15 am – 11:30 am  CSF Venous Fistula, Nina Moore, MD
11:30 am – 11:45 am  E-shunt/Hydrocephalus, Amanda Baker, MD

11:45 am – 1:00 pm  Lunch & Learn

Didactic Session – Complication Avoidance & Management
Moderated by Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm  Scary Stories
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm  Access & Issues, Allison Strickland, MD
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm  Responding to Intracranial, Intraprocedural Complications, Daniel Hoit, MD
1:45 pm – 2:00 pm  Informed Consent & Talking with Patients & Families about Complications, Donald Frei, MD, FSNIS

Didactic Session – Professional Development
Moderated by Steve Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm  Private Practice, Blaise Baxter, MD
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm  Academics, Steve Hetts, MD
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm  Outreach/Practice Building, Kendrick Johnson, MD
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm  Open Forum

3:00 pm  Concluding Remarks and Discussion