Western Angiographic & Interventional Society

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of CME Consultants and Western Angiographic & Interventional Society. CME Consultants is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Consultants designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

2026 Program & Schedule of Events

Saturday, September 19, 2026

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Arrival Day, Registration Check in, Exhibit Hall Set-up
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm	Welcome Networking Reception at Sunset

Sunday, September 20, 2026

6:00-7:00 am	Sunrise YOGA
7:00-8:00 am	Exhibit Hall & Breakfast

7:30-9:30 am	Session 1: Peripheral Artery Disease Interventions	Moderator: Lisa Walker, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
7:30-7:45 am	How to build a PAD practice	Lisa Walker, MD (University of CO)
7:45-8:00 am	PAD workup (Rutherford, Wifi, noninvasive imaging)	Quinn Meisinger, MD (UCSD)
8:00-8:15 am	Wound care and evaluation perspective from a podiatrist	Rene Kafka, DPM (University of CO)
8:15-8:30 am	Practical approach for PAD; how to open up flow to a wound	Ryan Schenning, MD (OHSU)
8:30-8:45 am	Pelvic interventions	Bulent Arslan, MD (Rush University)
8:45-9:00 am	Fem-pop interventions	Sabeen Dhand, MD (Harbor UCLA)
9:00-9:15 am	Below the knee interventions	Mahmood Razavi, MD (VISOC)
9:15-9:30 am	Audience Q&A	Panel

9:30-10:00 am	Exhibit Hall & AM Break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Session 2: Bioinnovation / Engineering	Moderators: Chris Cheng, PhD (Stanford VIBE Lab, Stanford, CA) & Lindsay Machan, MD (UBC, Vancouver, Canada)
10:00-10:12 am	Innovation vs. Improvisation	Dan Sze, MD, PhD (Stanford University)
10:12-10:24 am	Implications for device design	Chris Cheng, PhD (Standford VIBE Lab & UCB)
10:24-10:36 am	Adding medication to devices	Lindsay Machan, MD (University of BC)
10:36-10:48 am	Devices for ablation from inside and out	Fred Lee, MD (University of Wisconsin)
10:48-11:00 am	Innovation in the digital age	Lawrence Hofmann, MD (Stanford University)
11:00-11:12 am	Expert panel discussion	Panel
11:12-11:24 am	Industry and the innovation ecosystem	Mahmood Razavi, MD (VISOC)
11:24-12:00 pm	Expert innovator journeys	Fred Lee, MD (University of Wisconsin) & Aravind Arepally, MD (Radiology Assoc. of Atlanta) & Lindsay Machan, MD (University of BC)

12:00-1:00 pm	WAIS Luncheon & Exhibit Hall Visit

Peyman Borghei, MD (VA Long Beach)

1:00-3:00 pm	Session 3: Industry Case-based Presentations (no CME)	Moderator: Josh Kuban, MD (MD Anderson, Houston, TX)
1:00-1:13 pm	Penumbra Case	Varshana Gurusamy, MD (UT / MD Anderson)
1:13-1:26 pm	AngioDynamics Case	Frank Hao, MD (UCLA)
1:26-1:39 pm	Cook Medical Case
1:39-1:52 pm	Boston Scientific Case	TBD
1:52-2:05 pm	GE Healthcare Case	TBD
2:05-2:18 pm	MediView Case	TBD
2:18-2:31 pm	Gore & Associates Case	TBD
2:31-2:44 pm	Siemens Case	TBD
2:44-2:57 pm	Sirtex Medical Case	TBD

3:00-3:30 pm	Exhibit Hall & PM Break

3:30-5:30 pm	Session 4: GI Interventions	Moderator: Premal Trivedi, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
3:30-3:45 pm	Portal interventions	Wael Saad, MD (University of Utah)
3:45-4:00 pm	Biliary endoscopy	Ahsun Riaz, MD (Northwestern)
4:00-4:15 pm	IR dregs (bx, drainage, Venous Sampling)	Khashayar Farsad, MD, PhD (OHSU)
4:15-4:30 pm	Expert panel discussion	Panel
4:30-4:45 pm	Splenic embolization	Nishita Kothary, MD (Stanford)
4:45-5:00 pm	GI embolization	Sharmar Young, MD (University of AZ)
5:00-5:15 pm	Hemorrhoid embolization	Jon Lindquist, MD (University of CO)
5:15-5:30 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

3:00-3:30 pm	Exhibit Hall & PM Break

5:30-9:30 pm Evening on your own

Monday, September 21, 2026

6:00-7:00 am	Sunrise YOGA
7:00-8:00 am	Exhibit Hall & Breakfast

7:30-9:30 am	Session 5: Interventional Oncology	Moderator: Robert Lewandowski, MD (Northwestern, Chicago, IL)
7:30-7:45 am	How I do it: parenchymal sparing Y90	Edward Kim, MD (Mount Sinai NY)
7:45-8:00 am	Break out of the liver: Expanding thermal ablation into the lung	Alda Tam, MD, MBA (MD Anderson)
8:00-8:15 am	Ablation bells & whistles: What you need in your practice	Fred Lee (University of WI)
8:15-8:30 am	Expert panel discussion	Panel
8:30-8:45 am	Lottery oncology: Can IR deliver?	Chris Malone, MD (WashU St Louis)
8:45-9:00 am	What's new that you should be adding to your practice?	Siddharth Padia, MD (UCLA)
9:00-9:15 am	Up-to-date in non-IR oncology news	Robert Lewandowski, MD (Northwestern)
9:15-9:30 am	Audience Q&A	Panel

9:30-10:00 am	Exhibit Hall & AM Break

10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Session 6: Rapid Fire Clinical Run-down	Moderator: Daniel Sze, MD, PhD (Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
10:00-10:15 am	Outside conventional IR	Matt Brown, MD (RIA Endovascular)
10:15-10:30 am	Preclinical and basic science	Isabel Newton, MD, PhD (BSCI)
10:30-10:45 am	MSK / pain / embolization	Lucas Cusumano, MD (UCLA)
10:45-11:00 am	Interventional oncology	Roberto Chavez Appendini, MD (OHSU)
11:00-11:15 am	Men's & women's health / pediatrics / lymphatics	Lynne Martin, MD (Stanford University)
11:15-11:30 am	PAD / PE / venous / neuro	Ken Zurcher, MD (VIP Interventional)
11:30-11:45 am	Economics / policy / regulatory	Farhad Farzanega, MD (Kaiser Sacramento)
11:45-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

1:00-6:00 pm WAIS Coons Cup Golf Tournament Wailea Golf Club

6:00-9:30 pm Evening on your own

10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Session 6: Rapid Fire Clinical Run-down	Moderator: Daniel Sze, MD, PhD (Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
10:00-10:15 am	Outside conventional IR	Matt Brown, MD (RIA Endovascular)
10:15-10:30 am	Preclinical and basic science	Isabel Newton, MD, PhD (BSCI)
10:30-10:45 am	MSK / pain / embolization	Lucas Cusumano, MD (UCLA)
10:45-11:00 am	Interventional oncology	Roberto Chavez Appendini, MD (OHSU)
11:00-11:15 am	Men's & women's health / pediatrics / lymphatics	Lynne Martin, MD (Stanford University)
11:15-11:30 am	PAD / PE / venous / neuro	Ken Zurcher, MD (VIP Interventional)
11:30-11:45 am	Economics / policy / regulatroy	Farhad Farzanega, MD (Kaiser Sacramento)
11:45-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

1:00-6:00 pm WAIS Coons Cup Golf Tournament Wailea Golf Club

6:00-9:30 pm Evening on your own

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

6:00-7:00 am	Sunrise YOGA
7:00-8:00 am	Exhibit Hall & Breakfast

7:30-9:30 am	Session 7: The Pivot	Moderator: Robert Ryu, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
7:30-7:50 am	Physician identity: How to facilitate change	Eric Keller, MD (Delaney Radiology)
7:50-8:10 am	Innovating ideas from the CMO perspective	Aravind Arepally, MD (Radiology Associates of Atlanta)
8:10-8:30 am	Sustainability in healthcare	Reed Omary, MD (Independent)
8:30-8:50 am	Optimizing IR: a perspective from the C suite	Howard Chrisman, MD (Northwestern)
8:50-9:00 am	Audience Q&A	Panel

9:00-9:30 am	Coons Dotter Annual Lecture	Moderator: Robert Ryu, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO
9:00-9:05 am	Introduction of the keynote lecturer	Robert Ryu, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO
9:05-9:30 am	Coons Dotter Lecture TBA	Lawrence (Rusty) Hofmann, MD (Stanford University)

9:30-10:00 am	Exhibit Hall & AM Break

10:00 am-12:00 pm	Session 8: Pain Interventions	Moderators: Jay Acharya, MD (Cedars Sinai, Los Angeles, CA) & George Zlotchenko, MD (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
10:00-10:12 am	Stabilizing from the inside, osseous augmentation in IR	Anthony Brown, MD (Radiology Imaging Associates)
10:12-10:27 am	Targeting the pain: IR solutions for osseous neoplastic disease	Elizabeth Buchanan, MD (University of CO)
10:27-10:42 am	Mind the myelin: Image-guided neurolysis and peripheral nerve ablation	Lynne Martin, MD (Stanford University)
10:42-10:57 am	Hardware and screws: Why, when and how to do it?	Steven Yevich, MD (MD Anderson)
10:57-11:12 am	Genicular and beyond: Image-guided joint embolization for pain	Siddharth Padia, MD (UC Los Angeles)
11:12-11:27 am	Pain potpourri (SCS + BVNA + Pumps)	JunJian Huang, MD (Emory University)
11:27-11:39 am	How to build a pain practice	Jenanan Vairavamurthy, MD (Mount Sinai NY)
11:39-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

6:00-9:30 pm Evening on your own

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

6:00-7:00 am	Sunrise YOGA
7:00-8:00 am	Exhibit Hall & Breakfast

7:30-9:30 am	Session 9: Venous Thrombus Management	Moderator: Claire Kaufmann, MD (OHSU, Portland, OR)
7:30-7:42 am	Iliocaval reconstruction: How I do it	Andrew Kesselman, MD (Stanford University)
7:42-7:54 am	Treatment options for acute VTE in 2026: Technology & tools	Adam Plotnik, MD (UCLA)
7:54-8:06 am	Cleaning the pipes: Tips for treatment of instent venous stenosis	Pallav Kolli, MD (UCSF)
8:06-8:18 am	Superficial venous disease: Pearls for best patient outcomes	Melinda Wang, MD (OHSU)
8:18-8:30 am	Medical management and anticoagulation for PTS	Claire Kaufman, MD (OHSU)
8:30-8:42 am	Mesenteric venous thrombosis: When, where, how to intervene	Jeet Minocha, MD (UCSD)
8:42-8:54 am	PE: Who should you be treating and how?	Varshana Gurusamy, MD (MD Anderson)
8:54-9:06 am	Endovascular mgmt of SVC and upper extremity DVT	Jeffrey Chick, MD, MPH (USC)
9:06-9:30 am	Audience Q&A	Panel

9:30-10:00 am	Exhibit Hall & AM Break

10:00 am-12:00 pm	Session 10: Advanced Practice Provider Spotlight	Moderator: Shelley Rio, PA-C (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
10:00-10:20 am	What APPs can (and should not) do in IR	Sara Toppin, PA-C (University of WA)
10:20-10:40 am	Overcoming barriers to successful APP integration in IR	Hannah Hall, PA-C (Cedars Sinai)
10:40-11:00 am	Orientation is not onboarding: How to properly integrate APPs	Danielle Katz, DNP (CO Children’s Hospital)
11:00-11:20 am	The IR APP fellowship model: What it is and why it works	Shelley Rio, ACNP-BC (University of CO)
11:20-11:40 am	The ROI of APPs in IR: Quality, productivity, and sustainability	Lisa Cianfichi, DNP, RN (Stanford University)
11:40-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

12:30-1:30 pm WAIS Society Member Meeting & Luncheon

6:30-9:30 pm Final Night Awards Dinner & Luau Entertainment

10:00 am-12:00 pm	Session 10: Advanced Practice Provider Spotlight	Moderator: Shelley Rio, PA-C (University of CO, Aurora, CO)
10:00-10:20 am	What APPs can (and should not) do in IR	Sara Toppin, PA-C (University of WA)
10:20-10:40 am	Overcoming barriers to successful APP integration in IR	Hannah Hall, PA-C (Cedars Sinai)
10:40-11:00 am	Orientation is not onboarding: How to properly integrate APPs	Danielle Katz, DNP (CO Children’s Hospital)
11:00-11:20 am	The IR APP fellowship model: What it is and why it works	Shelley Rio, ACNP-BC (University of CO)
11:20-11:40 am	The ROI of APPs in IR: Quality, productivity, and sustainability	Lisa Cianfichi, DNP, RN (Stanford University)
11:40-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

12:30-1:30 pm WAIS Society Member Meeting & Luncheon

6:30-9:30 pm Final Night Awards Dinner & Luau Entertainment

Thursday, September 24, 2026

6:00-7:00 am	Sunrise YOGA
7:00-8:00 am	Exhibit Hall & Breakfast

7:30-9:30 am	Session 11: Tips & Tricks	Moderator: Sabeen Dhand, MD (UCLA Harbor, Los Angeles, CA)
7:30-7:42 am	Unstuck and upside down	Sabeen Dhand, MD (UCLA Harbor)
7:42-7:54 am	Let me be your tour guide, a passport to success in IR	Trushar Patel, MD (Newport Radiology)
7:54-8:06 am	Kobayashi maru	Donald Garbett, MD (Renew Institute)
8:06-8:18 am	Tame the loop, wag the tail - tricks to save your time without fail	Raymond Melikian, MD (LAIIC)
8:18-8:30 am	How NOT to get into trouble	Mahmood Razavi, MD (VISOC)
8:30-8:42 am	Here's my case	Sue Hanks, MD (LA General)
8:42-8:54 am	Getting through turbulence and sticking the landing	Raymond Ter-Oganseyan, MD (LA General)
8:54-9:06 am	Playing chess in IR	Sam Torres, RT (LAIIC)
9:06-9:18 am	Suck it out: Gone in 60 seconds...of flow	Lisa Walker, MD (University of CO)
9:18-9:30 am	Putting the ENDO in leaks	Quinn Meisinger, MC (UCSD)

9:30-10:00 am	Exhibit Hall & AM Break

10:00 am-12:00 pm	Session 12: M&M Lessons Learned	Moderator: Sue Hanks, MD (LA General)
10:00-10:15 am	Sharp Healthcare Case	Gregg Alzate, MD (Sharp Healthcare)
10:15-10:30 am	VIP Interventional Case	Ken Zurcher, MD (VIP LLC)
10:30-10:45 am	Kaiser LA Case	Tina Hardley, MD (Kaiser LA)
10:45-11:00 am	USC Case	Samantha Chau, MD (USC)
11:00-11:15 am	VIP Interventional Case	Steve Chen, MD (VIP LLC)
11:15-11:30 am	Sutter Health Case	Evan Lehrman, MD (Sutter Health)
11:30-11:45 am	LA General Case	Peter Hu, MD (LA General)
11:45-12:00 pm	Audience Q&A	Panel

12:00-100 pm Meeting Adjourned, Exhibit Hall Move Out

Activities scheduled for WAIS 2026!

Aloha! This year's program session topics were designed to be thought-provoking and to maximize attendee engagement. The educational program will dedicate Q&A with expert panels for most sessions. Additionally, the very popular WAIS sunrise yoga will be featured daily and of course, the annual Coons Cup tournament will be held on Monday afternoon. Our goal is to create a culture of mutual care with both education and revitalization programs for our Interventional Radiology community. Descriptions of WAIS 2026 extracurricular activities are below.

Welcome Reception - As we do each year, the WAIS conference opens with a meet and greet welcome reception at sunset. This is a great opportunity to connect with industry and colleagues, as well as meet new WAIS members. All are invited to gather for this casual networking reception which includes hosted cocktails and light appetizers. The event is scheduled for 5:15-6:15 pm.

Sunrise Yoga - Clarity, creativity, and peace of mind and body are benefits of a sunrise yoga. This activity will begin each morning at 6 am (Sunday - Wednesday). All attendees, exhibitors, faculty and guests are invited to join this activity. Towels will be provided by Wailea Beach Resort or bring your own if you prefer.

Coons Cup Golf Tournament - Tee off for one of WAIS’s favorite traditions! Join us Monday from 1–6 PM at the iconic Wailea Golf Club for an afternoon of friendly competition, stunning views, and unforgettable fun on the course. Gather your team and compete for bragging rights and awards including Best Team, Men’s & Women’s Longest Drive, and Men’s & Women’s Closest to the Pin. Whether you’re playing to win or just enjoying the day in paradise, the Coons Cup promises great golf, great company, and plenty of memorable moments. Must be pre-registered for this activity.

Final Night Awards Banquet & Luau - Celebrate an unforgettable finale at our spectacular capstone networking event! Guests will be welcomed with fresh leis, tropical cocktails, and the vibrant sounds of Hawaiian music, setting the stage for an incredible evening. Enjoy a lavish Hawaiian-inspired buffet, exciting awards presentations, and an electrifying Polynesian showcase featuring the breathtaking traditional dances of Hawaii and Tahiti. It’s the perfect blend of celebration, culture, entertainment, and connection—all in one unforgettable night. This activity will sell out in advance of the conference.