SNIS 23rd Annual Meeting Program

Monday, July 20

This is a preliminary program and is subject to change.

7:00 am Registration

7:30 am – 8:25 am Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

8:25 am – 8:30 am Welcome

Didactic Session – Controversies in Neurointerventional Surgery
Moderated by Mark Bain, MD, Jens Fiehler, MD, Peter Kan, MD & Jenny Tsai, MD
Carotid Showdown: Data, Dogma and Decision Making
8:30 am – 9:00 am CREST-2: Statistically or Clinically Significant?, James Meschia, MD & Ricardo Hanel, MD
9:00 am – 9:30 am Neck and Neck: CEA vs TCAR vs CAS, Scott Simon, MD, Joshua Osbun, MD & Violiza Inoa, MD
Controversies in Hemorrhagic Disease: To Treat or Not to Treat – And with What!
9:30 am –10:00 am MCA Aneurysms: Intrasaccular Devices vs. Open Surgical Repair vs. Flow Diversion, Nickalus Khan, MD, Michael Cawley, MD & Saruhan Cekirge, MD
10:00 am – 10:30 am Seal the Deal: The Case for MMA Embolization for Subdural Hematoma, Donald Heck, MD & David Fiorella, MD, PhD

10:30 am – 11:00 am Break in Exhibit Hall

Didactic Session – Abstract Presentations 1
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Abstract Presentations

Didactic Session – Abstract Presentations 2
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Abstract Presentations

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Luncheon Industry Insights

Concurrent Sessions
Didactic Session – Ischemia in Focus: Guidelines, Gaps and Game Changers
Programming in collaboration with JSNET
Moderated by Thabele Leslie-Mazwi, MD & Hal Rice, MD
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm Did the Guidelines Get it Right? MeVO
2:10 pm – 2:20 pm Did the Guidelines Get it Right? Low APECTS/Large Core, Diogo Haussen, MD
2:20 pm – 2:35 pm Stroke Roundtable Discussion: Mayank Goyal, MD, Jenny Tsai, MD, Bernard Bendok, MD
2:35 pm – 2:45 pm VNS: The Next Big Thing in Stroke Recovery? Christopher Kellner, MD
2:45 pm – 2:55 pm Critical Review of the Management of Moyamoya Disease: Medical & Surgical Considerations
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Moyamoya Roundtable Discussion
3:05 pm – 3:15 pm Spinal Cord Ischemia: An Opportunity to Innovate, Jonathan Russin, MD

Concurrent Session – Pediatric Neurointervention:  Current Strategies and Future Directions
Moderated by Neeraj Chaudhary, MD & Gary Nesbit, .MD, FSNIS
2:00 pm – 2:12 pm Pediatric Mechanical Thrombectomy: Do the 2026 AHA Guidelines Get it Right?
2:12 pm – 2:15 pm Discussion
2:15 pm – 2:27 pm Pediatric Cerebral Aneurysms – Clip, Coil or Something Else, Sudhakar Vadivelu, MD
2:27 pm – 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm – 2:42 pm Slow Flow Vascular Malformations – Electrosclerotherapy of Lymphatic Malformations
2:42 pm – 2:45 pm Discussion
2:45 pm – 2:57 pm Pre-Operative Brain Tumor Embolization, Monica Pearl, MD
2:57 pm – 3:00 pm Discussion
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Challenging Case Presentation Roundtable

Concurrent Sessions
Didactic Session – Intracranial Aneurysms: Going with the Flow
Moderated by David Altschul, MD, Shahram Majidi, MD & Isil Saatci, MD
3:15 pm – 3:25 pm Divert the Flow: When, Which and Why of Flow Diversion, Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD
3:25 pm – 3:35 pm Next Generation Flow Diverter Technology, Matthew Gounis, PhD
3:35 pm – 3:45 pm Development of AI-Based Simulation Software for Endovascular Devices, Shunsuke Hataoka, MD
3:45 pm – 3:50 pm Discussion and Questions
3:50 pm – 4:05 pm Hybrid Treatment Strategies for Complex Cases, Michael Lang, MD
4:05 pm – 4:20 pm When Plans Change: Switching Strategies in Aneurysm Treatment, Imran Chaudry, MD
4:20 pm – 4:30 pm Discussion

Concurrent Session – Evolving Role of Neurointervention in Tumor Care
Moderated by Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS & Jan Vargas, MD
3:15 pm – 3:25 pm Vascular Anatomy of Tumor Intervention, Pascal Jabbour, MD
3:25 pm – 3:35 pm IAC for Retinoblastoma, Alfred See, MD
3:35 pm – 3:45 pm Intra-arterial Chemotherapy for Intra-axial Brain Tumors, John Boockvar, MD
3:45 pm – 3:55 pm Transarterial Chemoembolization, Sameer Ansari, MD
3:55 pm – 4:05 pm Selective Internal Radiation Therapy, Kazim Narsinh, MD
4:05 pm – 4:15 pm Emerging Technologies, Adam Sonabend, MD
4:15 pm – 4:25 pm The Future, Zachary Berman, MD
4:25 pm – 4:30 pm Discussion

4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Oral Poster Reception

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Concurrent Receptions

6:30 pm Opening Celebration, Seattle Aquarium