Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms– Simple Treatment or Prevention
PROGRAM
2008 Stanford AAA Summit

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Thursday, September 4, 2008
Session I
Moderators - Ronald L. Dalman, MD and Charles A. Taylor, PhD
   
8:00 am - 8:30 am The Stanford Vascular SCCOR and AAA Summit
  Ronald L. Dalman, MD and Charles A. Taylor, PhD
   
8:30 am - 9:00 am Natural History Studies of AAA Disease
  Frank Lederle, MD
   
9:00 am - 9:30 am AAA Insights from the Elastase-induced Rodent Model
  Robert Thompson, MD
   
9:30 am - 10:00 am AAA Insights from the AngII-apoE(-/-) Rodent Model
  Alan Daugherty, PhD, DSc
   
10:00 am - 10:30 am Biomechanics of the Aorta
  Gerhard Holzapfel, PhD
   
10:30 am - 10:45 am Discussion
   
10:45 am - 11:00 am Break
 
Session II
Moderators - Philip S. Tsao, PhD and Charles A. Taylor, PhD
   
11:00 am - 11:30 am The Role of Oxidative Stress and AAA Pathobiology
  Neal Weintraub, MD
   
11:30 pm - 12:00 pm Experimental Measurements of AAA Hemodynamics
 

Robert Peattie, PhD
   
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
   
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
 
Session III
Moderators - Ronald L. Dalman, MD and Charles A. Taylor, PhD
   
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Biomarkers/Biologic Predictors of Disease Progression
 

Paul Norman, DS, FRACS
   
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Hemodynamic Predictors of Disease Progression
  Charles A. Taylor, PhD
   
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Vascular Mechanobiology: Modeling the Growth of AAA
 

Jay Humphrey, PhD
   
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm Discussion
   
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
 
Session IV
Moderators - Christopher K. Zarins, MD, Ronald L. Dalman, MD and Philip S. Tsao, PhD
   
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm Clinical Indicators for Intervention in AAA Disease
  Ronald L. Dalman, MD
   
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Novel Therapies for AAA
  B. Timothy Baxter, MD
   
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Moderated Poster Session and Reception
   
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Dinner and Keynote Lecture
 

H. Eser Tolunay, Ph.D.
Acting Chief
Vascular Biology and Hypertension Branch
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
 


Friday, September 5, 2008
Session V
Moderators - Michael V. McConnell, MD, MSEE and Philip S. Tsao, PhD
   
8:00 am - 8:30 am Genetic Determinants of AAA Disease
  Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD
   
8:30 am - 9:00 am State-of-the-Art in AAA Imaging
  Geoff Rubin, MD
   
9:00 am - 9:30 am Molecular Imaging of Vascular Disease
  Zahi Fayad, PhD
   
9:30 am - 10:00 am Imaging Predictors of AAA Progression
  Natzi Sakalihasan, MD
   
10:00 am - 10:30 am Targeted Nuclear Imaging of MCP-1 and MMP in the Aorta
  TBD
   
10:30 am - 10:45 am Discussion
   
10:45 am - 12:00 pm Second Poster Session
   
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Lunch
 
Session VI
Moderator - Charles A. Taylor, PhD and Ronald L. Dalman
   
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm Predicting AAA Rupture
  David Vorp, PhD
   
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Current Status of Surgical Management
  Michel S. Makaroun, MD
   
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Future Design Considerations for Endograft Evolution
  Christopher K. Zarins, MD
   
2:30 pm - 2:45 pm IDE trial design for aortic aneurysms, challenges and opportunities
  Simona Zannetti, MD
   
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Closing Remarks
  Charles A. Taylor, PhD and Ronald L. Dalman, MD
 

 

 

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