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International Session

Tuesday, March 3, 2026
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM MST

Presentations:

  • 3:15 PM - 3:25 PM MST
    Keynote lecture: Next Generation Stents

    Keynote Speaker: Cees H.A Wittens, MD, PhD – Benelux Society of Phlebology

  • 3:25 PM - 3:30 PM MST
    Debate & discussion: Perforators in C5 & C6 patients - IP should be targeted & ablated by thermal or glue

    Speaker: Alvaro Orrego, MD, FACS – San Sebastian University, Chile

  • 3:30 PM - 3:35 PM MST
    Debate & discussion: Perforators in C5 & C6 patients - IP could be closed a side product of UGFS around the ulcer

    Speaker: Paola Ortiz, MD

  • 3:35 PM - 3:40 PM MST
    Debate & discussion: Perforators in C5 & C6 patients - IP could be ignored, until deep venous obstruction & superficial venous reflux have been treated

    Speaker: Lowell S. Kabnick, MD – Vein and Lymphatic University

  • 3:40 PM - 3:45 PM MST
    Discussion
  • 3:45 PM - 3:52 PM MST
    Staged or Simultaneous Varicose Vein Treatment After Saphenous Vein Ablation

    Speaker: Tomasz Urbanek, MD, PhD

  • 3:52 PM - 3:59 PM MST
    Pigmentation after foam or cryo-laser cryo-sclerotherapy for lower limb reticular veins: A within-patient trial

    Speaker: Anelise Rodrigues, MD – Clínica Anelise Rodrigues

  • 3:59 PM - 4:06 PM MST
    Conservative treatments Effectiveness on Chronic Venous Disease Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Obesity: Results from the VeinStep Observational Study

    Speaker: Alejandro J. Gonzalez Ochoa, MD – Centro Medico del Noroeste

  • 4:06 PM - 4:13 PM MST
    Efficacy of Direct Radiofrequency Ablation System for Varicose Veins and Branch Varicosities

    Speaker: Takaya Murayama, MD,PhD – Medical Corporation Keihakukai

  • 4:13 PM - 4:15 PM MST
    Discussion and Closing Remarks