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, Matthew Amans, MD
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, Timo Krings, MD
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 – Case Presentations & Award
Moderated by Brian Howard, MD, Jonathan Russin, MD & Lee-Anne Slater, MD
10:45 am – 10:57 am Case One
10:58 am – 11:10 am Case Two
11:11 am – 11:23 am Case Three
11:24 am – 11:36 am Case Four
11:37 am – 11:49 am Case Five
11:50 am – 12:00 pm Discussion/Award Presentation
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
Moderated by Stephanie Chen, MD & Fazeel Siddiqui, MD
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Abstract Presentations
Didactic Session – Abstract Presentations 6
Moderated by Thinesh Sivapatham, MD & Nanthiya Sujijantarat, MD
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, Emanuele Orru’, MD
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm My Worst Radial, Calvin Gan, MD
2:20 pm – 2:30 pm When It Rains, It Pours, Emanuele Orru’, MD
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm Discussion
2:45 pm – 2:55 pm MeVO or DVO Complication & Rescue, Brian Jankowitz, MD
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Venous Intervention, Sandra Narayanan, MD
3:05 pm – 3:15 pm Medicolegal Perspective, J Mocco, MD, FSNIS
3:15 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 Steven Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
8:30 am – 8:50 am Informed Consent & Talking with Patients & Families about Complications, Donald Frei, MD, FSNIS
8:50 am – 9:10 am AV Shunting Lesions, Adrienne Moraff, MD
9:10 am – 9:30 am Anastomoses at the Skull Base, Timo Krings, MD
9:30 am – 9:50 pm MMA Embo & Anastomoses, Allison Strickland, MD
Didactic Session – Learning Through Cases
Moderated by Steven Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
9:50 am – 10:10 am Flow Diversion: Open Surgery Evan Luther, MD
10:10 am – 10:30 am Flow Diversion: New Devices, Scott Raymond, MD
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
Didactic Session – Learning Through Cases
Moderated by Steven Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
10:45 am – 11:05 am Stent-Coiling: Stroke, Jenny Tsai, MD
11:05 am – 11:25 am Stroke: AVF, Dylan Wolman, MD
11:25 am – 11:45 am CSF Venous Fistula, Scott Raymond, MD
11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch & Learn
Didactic Session – Complication Avoidance & Management
Moderated by Steven Hetts, MD & Allison Strickland, MD
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Scary Stories, Blaise Baxter, MD, FSNIS
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 Oncology, Steven Hetts, MD
Didactic Session – Professional Development
Moderated by Steven 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, Ethan Winkler, MD
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Open Forum
3:00 pm Concluding Remarks and Discussion