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High-quality, Efficient, Minimally Invasive Medical Treatments Showcased March 26-31 in Chicago, Ill.
FAIRFAX, Va., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
The Society of Interventional Radiology will present the latest research on treatments for individuals with chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency or CCSVI; liver and breast cancer; enlarged prostates; uterine fibroids, high blood pressure; and more at its 36th Annual Scientific Meeting March 26-31 at McCormick Place (West) in Chicago, Ill. The theme of the meeting is "IR Rising: Leading Image-guided Medicine," chosen to reflect interventional radiology's continued revolutionizing of modern medicine.

Interventional Radiology Treatment for CCSVI in MS Patients
Advancing MS Research: A Look at a Vein-opening Treatment
About 500,000 people in the United States have MS generally thought of as an incurable, disabling autoimmune disease in which a person's body attacks its own cells. A new study explores an endovascular treatment used by interventional radiologists to widen the veins in the neck and chest to improve blood flow. Will it encourage additional studies for its use as a treatment option for chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency or CCSVI in individuals with multiple sclerosis? Such treatments could be transformative for patients.

link to press release

and don't forget the CCSVI Alliance free educational event on March 29th in Chicago---an interdisciplinary panel will answer your questions-
link to invitation
cheer

Cheer, do you know which IR's will be attending or speaking at the
Society of Interventional Radiology Hosts 36th Annual Scientific Meeting?

High-quality, Efficient, Minimally Invasive Medical Treatments Showcased March 26-31 in Chicago, Ill.
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I know your link to March 29th said, only one Evening at the one below.

Doctors' Roundtable Discussion: CCSVI & MS

When: Tuesday March 29, 2011 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM CDT

Where: Hyatt Regency, Columbus K/L
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

Come and hear leading medical and scientific professionals discuss current key questions and concerns related to Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The multidisciplinary panel includes:

Michael Dake, MD -- Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor (III), Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University

Bulent Arslan, MD -- Associate Professor of Radiology, University of South Florida

E. Mark Haacke, PhD -- Director of MR Facility, Wayne State University

Ziv Haskal, MD -- Professor of Radiology and Surgery Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, University of Maryland

Lindsay Machan, MD -- Radiologist, Vancouver Hospital & Health SciencesCentre, Vancouver British Colombia, Canada

Avertano, Noronha, MD - Associate Professor Neurology - University of Chicago

Donald Ponec, MD -- Interventional Radiologist, Director of Interventional Radiology, Tri-City Medical Center - California

Salvatore Sclafani, MD -- Interventional Radiology & Vascular Radiology

Gary Siskin, MD -- Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Albany Medical Center

The panel will also take written questions from the audience. Contact deborah.huntermills@ccsvi.org with any questions about the event or registration. Hope to see you there!

A multidisciplinary panel of experts to answer your questions about CCSVI. Couldn't make it to Bologna? Come to Chicago on March 29th-

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Hi CD--
The official SIR meeting will feature presentations on CCSVI by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, Dr. Michael Dake, Dr. E. Mark Haacke, Dr. Ziv Haskal, Dr. Kenneth Mandato, Dr. Sandy McDonald, Dr. Gary Siskin

link to program

not to mention workshops with Dr. Salvatore Sclafani, Dr. Fabrizio Salvi, Dr. Sandy MacDonald and Dr. Kenneth Mandato ;)

www.sirmeeting.org/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=1801

It is a great line-up. After ISET, ISNVD and the SIR meeting, I think that's it for awhile.

Hi Cheer, excellent, you are amazing. Thank you.

Thanks Cece and Cheer.

Btw, I had Dr. Kenneth Mandato, work on me too, assisting with Dr Siskin, et al., the first time, since I was a problem case. Lol

Did I mention that Dr. Kenneth Mandato, MD is young and very handsome, with super bedside manner too? A great doctor.

Dr. Siskin is super too, but his schedule is so busy I don't know how he does it. Yet he always looks like he just had a shower and changed. Very calm, but he has a very serious personality, meaning he gets right to the point.
TMI I guess. Lol

Cece, thanks for the info. These abstracts looked interesting.

PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY AND STENTING IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY - PRELIMINARY RESULTS

http://www.sirmeeting.org/index.cfm?do= ... s&abs=1373

The incidence of May Thurner Syndrome in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) undergoing endovascular treatment for Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency (CCSVI)

http://www.sirmeeting.org/index.cfm?do= ... s&abs=1374

Cece wrote:not to mention workshops with Dr. Salvatore Sclafani, Dr. Fabrizio Salvi, Dr. Sandy MacDonald and Dr. Kenneth Mandato ;)

www.sirmeeting.org/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=1801

It is a great line-up. After ISET, ISNVD and the SIR meeting, I think that's it for awhile.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:
The second annual new york CCSVI meeting will take place Friday July 15-Sunday July 17 in Manhattan. I will run a two day professional meeting and a one day meeting that will be patient centric

Many of the usual suspects will be attending. Details after program is fiirmed up.

Now back to all the excitement of the spring meetings!

drsclafani wrote:

Cece wrote:not to mention workshops with Dr. Salvatore Sclafani, Dr. Fabrizio Salvi, Dr. Sandy MacDonald and Dr. Kenneth Mandato ;)

www.sirmeeting.org/index.cfm?do=ev.viewEv&ev=1801

It is a great line-up. After ISET, ISNVD and the SIR meeting, I think that's it for awhile.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:


the second annual new york CCSVI meeting will take place Friday July 15-Sunday July 17 in Manhattan. I will run a two day professional meeting and a one day meeting that will be patient centric

Many of the usual suspects will be attending. Details after program is fiirmed up.

Now back to all the excitement of the spring meetings!

How did you all miss Dr. Sclafani's announcement?

Another annual meeting in the Summer. Yahoo!

The Brooklyn symposium this summer, the SIR meeting right now, and I'm still not over the excitement from ISNVD!

Cece wrote:The Brooklyn symposium this summer, the SIR meeting right now, and I'm still not over the excitement from ISNVD!

alas, the brooklyn m eeting will be held in manhattan which is more accessible and which may entice some from the many medical schools to sniff around and may try on the idea of CCSVI.

I (with strong and impactful advice from PwMS) am setting aside a day (friday july 15) for patients to have a day of education from experts that is geared toward them.

Do you think that this is a good idea and should i pursue it. I have until the end of the week when i must sign the contract.

sounds like a good idea

Zamboni himself is doing the same at the upcoming Australasian College of Phlebology Conference (ACP 2011) this week in Melbourne - lucky me!

Here is first press out of SIR---

link to Science Daily


just checked---this press release has been picked up by several regional papers and many online science sites---go SIR!

drsclafani wrote:

Cece wrote:The Brooklyn symposium this summer, the SIR meeting right now, and I'm still not over the excitement from ISNVD!

alas, the brooklyn m eeting will be held in manhattan which is more accessible and which may entice some from the many medical schools to sniff around and may try on the idea of CCSVI.

I (with strong and impactful advice from PwMS) am setting aside a day (friday july 15) for patients to have a day of education from experts that is geared toward them.

Do you think that this is a good idea and should i pursue it. I have until the end of the week when i must sign the contract.

Yes, it sounds like a fantastic idea. I would attend. Glad to see it would be in Manhattan which, as you say, is more accessible.