Optimal Management in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 2024

2024 Course Overview

Information for the 2025 course is not yet available.

The Mass General postgraduate course in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery provides a unique function as it involves all of the Boston and Eastern Massachusetts medical centers. It is a focused, up to date approach towards multiple topics of interest in vascular disease, including assessment by vascular surgeons and other vascular specialists. It will provide the optimal approach for evaluation, diagnosis, and management and treatment options for a whole array of vascular problems. Providing a comprehensive review of this patient population as well as addressing many current controversies in the field. This should translate into improved patient outcomes through a better understanding of pathogenesis, the diagnosis, and the natural history of the disease processes and how to select the optimal methodology for the treatment.  

Who Should Attend

• Surgeons
• Surgical Trainees
• Physician Assistants
• Nurse Practitioners
• RVTs. 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Recognize optimal medical management and identify which current treatments are appropriate for carotid artery disease. 
• Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of carotid stenting and endarterectomy. 
• Apply current guidelines for aortic aneurysm evaluation and management. 
• Determine the optimal management for patients with endoleak after EVAR. 
• Integrate contemporary evidence and recommendations into the care of patients with lower extremity venous insufficiency and guidelines for treatment of diabetic ulcers.
• Compare the best available options for treating lower extremity ischemia. 
• Employ endovascular therapies for peripheral artery occlusive disease, which are appropriate. 
• Manage acute arterial ischemia and venous disease according to current Society for Vascular Surgery guidelines. 
• Identify multiple issues related to vascular medicine and the medical treatment of these patients. 
• Recognize complications in treatment including myocardial infarction, bleeding.
• Define multiple methodologies to minimize their and the patient’s exposure to Xray radiation.