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STARS 2025

08:00 - 08:45:00: Registration & Breakfast

 

SESSION ONE

 

Moderators:

Prof. Hany Zayed, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Raghu Lakshminarayan, Hull York Medical School

Mr Chris Twine, Vascular Surgeon, North Bristol NHS Trust

08:45 – 08:50: Welcome

 

08:50 – 08:58: Long-term outcomes of covered endovascular reconstruction of aortic bifurcation: Results of the CERAB-UK registry

Mr Arsalan Wafi, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

08:58 – 09:06: Novel and promising technologies in the treatment of CLTI

Dr Michael Lichtenberg, Arnsberg Clinic, Germany

 

09:06 – 09:14: Endovascular management of subacute acute limb ischaemia

Dr Conrad von Stempel, University College London Hospitals

 

09:14 – 09:22: New approaches to deal with coral reef and heavily calcified aorto-iliac lesions

Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

09:22 – 09:30: Management of infected aorto-iliac prosthetic grafts

Mr Morad Sallam, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

09:30 – 09:38: Patients with intermittent claudication: Are we managing them well?

Mr Sanjay Patel, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

09:38 – 09:46: Current status of PAD research in the UK

Prof. Athanasios Saratzis, NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre

 

09:46 – 09:54: Women representation in vascular research: Where are we?

Ms Anna-Louise Pouncey, City St George’s University of London

 

09:54 – 10:02: Do vascular guidelines apply to women with peripheral arterial disease?

Ms Noor Hamo, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

10:02 – 10:07: Industry Session: Gold Sponsor - Bentley

 

10:07 – 10:30: Q&A

 

10:30 – 11:00: Networking & Refreshment Break

 

SESSION TWO

Moderators:

Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Patrick Chong, Surrey Heart, Stroke and Vascular Centre

Mr Said Abisi, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

11:00 – 11:08: My algorithm in managing heavily calcified femoro-popliteal lesions

Prof. Andrej Schmidt, University of Leipzig

 

11:08 – 11:16: The true cost of re-interventions after endovascular procedures

Prof. Giovanni Torsello, St. Franziskus Hospital, Munster, Germany

 

11:16 – 11:24: Intra-Vascular Ultrasound: Does it add clinical or cost-effective advantage?

Dr Raghu Lakshminarayan, Hull York Medical School

 

11:24 – 11:32: Ultra-Low contrast dose revascularisation: Do we really need CO2?

Prof. Stavros Spiliopoulos, University of Athens, Greece

 

11:32 – 11:40: CO2 angiogram still has a role in CLTI

Dr Ganesh Deogaonkar, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

11:40 – 11:48: Best endovascular management of Femoro-popliteal disease: Updates from BASIL-3 trial

Mr Matthew Popplewell, The Royal Wolverhampton Trust / University of Birmingham

 

11:48 – 11:56: Popliteal artery aneurysms: open vs endovascular repair. Outcomes from the PARADE European registry

Prof. Nicola Troisi, University of Pisa

 

11:56 – 12:04: Endovascular Robotics: What added value does it bring?

Dr Tomas Baltrunas, VUL Santaros Klinikos

 

12:04 – 12:12: Meeting the targets in CLTI management: State of the nation

Mr Jonathan Boyle. Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

12:12 – 12:20: Do hot clinics expedite the treatment of CLTI patients ?

Miss Chloe Lakin, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

12:20 – 12:40: Q&A

 

12:40 – 12:55: Industry Session: Platinum Sponsor - Abbott

 

12:55 – 13:55: Lunch & Networking Break

 

SESSION THREE

Moderators:

Prof. Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Prakash Saha, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Panos Gkoutzios, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

13:55 – 14:10: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION

 

14:10 – 14:15: Industry Session: Gold Sponsor - Shockwave - Innovation to Overcome the Challenge of Calcified BTK Disease

Dr Narayanan Thulasidasan, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

14:15 – 14:23: Latest updates on the role of drug-elusion below the knee

Prof. Dimitris Karnabatidis, University of Patras, Greece

 

14:23 – 14:31: Should drug-eluting technologies be the standard of care in below-the-knee interventions?

Dr Marianne Brodmann, Med Uni Graz

 

14:31 – 14:39: Mastering below-the-ankle endovascular approaches: My roadmap

Dr Marta Lobato, Hospital de Cruces, Barakaldo, Spain

14:39 – 14:47: Vessel preparation below the knee: Overview of emerging technologies

Dr Athanasios Diamantopolous, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

14:47 – 14:55: Percutaneous deep venous arterialisation: latest updates on outcomes and cost-effectiveness

Miss Kaji Sritharan, York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

14:55 – 15:03: Complications of below the knee endovascular interventions: Everyone's worst nightmare!

Dr Lorenzo Patrone, San Giovanni di Dio Hospital Florence, Italy

 

15:03 – 15:11: Non-surgical management of foot wounds: An update on evolving strategies

Dr Prash Vas, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

 

15:11 – 15:19: Management of vascular wounds: Are we adhering to the latest evidence?

Prof. Ian Chetter, Hull York Medical School/The University of Hull

 

15:19 – 15:29: Industry Session: Platinum Sponsor - Cordis: Sirolimus in PAD: The evidence and the application thus far

 Dr Raghu Lakshminarayan, Hull York Medical School

15:29 – 15:50: Q&A

 

15:50 – 16:05: LIVE CASE TRANSMISSION

 

16:05 – 16:35: Networking & Refreshment Break

 

 

Session Four – My Nightmare Cases

Moderators:

Prof Hany Zayed, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

16:35 – 16:43: Nightmare case – Catastrophes of SFA interventions  

Prof. Stavros Spiliopulos, University of Athens, Greece

 

16:43 – 16:51: Nightmare Case

Prof. Andrej Schmidt, University of Leipzig

 

16:51 – 16:59: Nightmare Case

Dr Konstantinos Katsanos, Patras University Hospital, Rion

 

16:59 – 17:07: Nightmare Case

 

17:07 – 17:15: Nightmare Case

Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

17:15 – 17:23: Nightmare Case - To be lucky or good?     

Dr Ben Thomson, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

17:23 – 17:31: Nightmare Case 

Dr Shemin Abhay Mehta, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

 

17:31 – 17:39: Nightmare Case

Dr Nicola Troisi, University of Pisa

 

17:39 – 17:47: Nightmare Case

Mr Junjie Ng, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 

17:47 – 17:52: Industry Session: Gold Sponsor – Gore: Cutting-edge solutions for aorto-iliac occlusive disease: the role of GORE® VIABAHN® VBX Balloon Expandable Endoprosthesis in today’s endovascular approaches

 Mr Harishankar Nair, Consultant in Vascular Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

17:52 - 18:02: Industry Session: Platinum Sponsor - Boston Scientific

18:02 – 18:25: Q&A

 

18:25 – 18:30: Closing Comments

 

18:30 – 20:00: Drink’s Reception with bowl food

 

 

 

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