May 26, 2022

Opening Remarks | State of the Union

8:00-8:10 | Montreal 3-4

Planning Committee: Tara Graham, Alessandra Cassano-Bailey, Veronique Caty, Gerald Gahide

Clinical IR

8:10-8:25 | Montreal 3-4

The IR Patient Experience in Canada: Seeking Treatment Abroad
Speaker(s): Gerald Gahide

8:25-8:40 | Montreal 3-4

Clinical Management of Acutely Ill Patient in the IR Suite
Speaker(s): Daniel Corsili

8:40-8:55 | Montreal 3-4

Sedation Safety in IR
Speaker(s): Laura Findeiss

8:55-9:10 | Montreal 3-4

IO Exclusive: New Canadian HCC Management Guidelines
Speaker(s): Jason Wong

9:10-9:30 Break

Masterclass 1

(concurrent sessions)

9:30-10:30 | St. Laurent 3-4

M & M: Vascular and Nonvascular
Speaker(s): Catherine Lalonde, Veronique Caty

9:30-10:30 | St. Laurent 5-6

Pulmonary Artery Interventions: Mastering the Road Less Travelled
Speaker(s): Eric Therasse, Jason Wong

9:30-10:30 | St. Laurent 7-8

Tech and Nurses : M&M, What I Would Have Done Differently?
Speaker(s): Nicolette Sinclair, Joel Woodley Cook, Melissa Skanes

Keynote Spotlight Series

10:45-11:00 | Montreal 3-4

CAIR and CAR: Collaborative Opportunities for the Advancement of IR in Canada
Speaker(s): Gilles Soulez

11:00-11:15 | Montreal 3-4

Vascular and Non-vascular Techniques in Tumour Management
Speaker(s): Afshin Gangi

11:15-11:30 | Montreal 3-4

“Make It Bigger” IR Tools to Improve Liver Hypertrophy
Speaker(s): Pascal Chabrot

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

•  know the interest of liver hypertrophy before major hepatic resection
•  know the principles of endovascular management for liver hypertrophy
•  learn about the tips and tricks in portal vein embolization

11:20-11:30 | Montreal 3-4

Change Management in IR
Speaker(s): Laura Findeiss

11:30-11:45 | Montreal 3-4

Discussions

12:00-13:15 Lunch symposia 

My Best and Worst Day in the Angio Suite: Lessons Learned in the Trenches

13:30-13:50 | Montreal 3-4

Speaker(s): Lindsay Machan, CAIR Award Recipient

13:50-14:10 | Montreal 3-4

Speaker(s): Laura Findeiss, SIR Past President

14:10-14:30 | Montreal 3-4

Speaker(s): Afshin Gangi, CIRSE President

14:30-14:50 | Montreal 3-4

Speaker(s): Pascal Chabrot, SFICV President

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• walk in the right way rather that running at the opposite
• know about the risk of pancreatic fistula
• give me a solution for the next time

14:50-15:00 | Montreal 3-4

Fellows & Residents Best Cases
Speaker(s): Melissa Skanes

15:00-15:20 | Montreal 3-4

CAIR Award
Lindsay Machan, Gilles Soulez

15:20-15:40 Break

Masterclass 2

(concurrent sessions)

16:00-17:00 | St. Laurent 3-4

Masters of Interventional Oncology
Speaker(s): Afshin Gangi, Tatiana Cabrera

16:00-17:00 | St. Laurent 5-6

Endovascular Management of Visceral Aneurysms
Speaker(s): Pascal Chabrot, Gilles Soulez

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• understand the main endovascular treatment principles of visceral aneurysms
• learn about the most recent endovascular tools for aneurysm embolization
• learn about the tips and tricks for the embolization of visceral aneurysm

16:00-17:00 | St. Laurent 7-8

Tech & Nurses: UFE and Pelvic Congestion
Speaker(s): Marie-France Giroux, Veronique Caty

Opening Cocktail & Networking

18:00-19:30

May 27, 2022

Yoga Session

Eding Mvilongo

6:30-7:45 | Salon Bonaventure

Masterclass 3

(concurrent sessions)

8:00-9:00 | St. Laurent 3-4

What I wish I knew…Navigating the Transition from IR Trainee to Staff
Speaker(s): Joel Woodley Cook, Nevin de Korompay, Tara Graham

8:00-9:00 | St. Laurent 5-6

Soft skills in IR : The Good, the Bad and the Touchy Feely
Speaker(s): Nicolette Sinclair, Alex Menard, Genevieve Digby

8:00-9:00 | St. Laurent 7-8

Tech& Nurses: Locoregional cancer treatments, TACE and CALYPSO fiducial placement for SBRT: optimizing equipment
Speaker(s): Dr. Alessandra Cassano-Bailey

9:00-9:15 Break

 Wellness Symposium – SAM session

9:15-10:15 | Montreal 3-4

Longevity: How to Live A Longer and Healthier Life
Speaker(s): Martin Juneau
Moderator(s): Veronique Caty

10:15-10:30 | Montreal 3-4

Discussions

10:30-10:40 Break

Ask the experts : Diagnosis and Management of Visceral Vascular Malformations

10:40-11:20 | Montreal 3-4

Visceral Vascular Malformations
Speaker(s): Martin Simons, Marie-France Giroux, Gilles Soulez
Moderator(s): Gerald Gahide

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• understand the pathophysiology of vascular malformations.
• appreciate the challenges in treating vascular malformations
• learn the different embolic agents available to treat vascular malformations, and their relative merits.

11:20-11:40

Discussions

12:00-13:15 Lunch symposia

Interventions in Women’s Health Multidisciplinary Panel : Fibroids & Beyond

13:30-14:15 | Montreal 3-4

Gynecologist, IR – (Panel – Case presentation)
Speaker(s): Marie France Giroux, Laura Findeiss, Ali Bessissow, Lindsay Machan, Togas Tulandi
Moderator(s): David Valenti 

14:15-14:40 | Montreal 3-4

Pelvic Congestion – Beyond Embolization
Speaker(s): Ali Bessissow

14:40-15:05 | Montreal 3-4

Medical Treatment for Fibroid Basic for IR
Speaker(s): Srinivasan Krishnamurthy

15:05-15:30 | Montreal 3-4

Optimizing Periprocedural Pain in IR : Tips from an Anesthesiologist
Speaker(s): Eding Mvilongo

CAIR AGM

15:30-15:40 | Montreal 3-4

Tara Graham | David Valenti

15:40-15:50 Break

Masterclass 4

15:50-17:10 | Montreal 3-4

Jeopardy Film Panel
Moderator(s): Jason Wong, Stefan Przybojewski

Women in IR – Cocktails & Networking

18:00-19:30 | Le Bisco

Tara Graham

May 28, 2022

Welcome Remarks

7:50-8:00 | Montreal 3-4

Planning Committee: Tara Graham, Alessandra Cassano-Bailey, Veronique Caty, Gerald Gahide

Vascular Interventions and the Vascular Surgery & IR collaboration

8:00-8:15 | Montreal 3-4

Percutaneous AVF for Dialysis : Technique Adoption and Maintenance Techniques

Speaker(s): Dheeraj Rajan

8:15-8:30 | Montreal 3-4

Arterialisation for Critical Limb Ischemia: A Surgeon’s Perspective

Speaker(s): Mireille Methot, Mathieu Beland

8:30-8:45 | Montreal 3-4

IR & Vascular Surgery : Collaborations and Expectations in Shared Care

Speaker(s): Rafik Ghali, Veronique Caty

8:45-9:00 | Montreal 3-4

Sharing is Caring : A Community IR Experience

Speaker(s): Joel Woodley Cook

9:00-9:20 Break

Debates in Thrombosis Management: Suction vs Drip

9:20-9:40 | Montreal 3-4

Venous Thrombolysis : It Is Time to Retire Catheter Directed Thrombolysis
Speaker(s): Nevin de Korompay, Dheeraj Rajan

9:40-10:00 | Montreal 3-4

Arterial Thrombolysis: Better together?
Speaker(s): Jeff Jaskolka, Kong Teng Tan

10:00-10:20 | Montreal 3-4

Pulmonary Artery Thrombolysis: Do I Really Need a Mechanical Device to Safe Lives?
Speaker(s): Cori Caughlin, Daren Klass

10:20-10:30 | Montreal 3-4

Discussions

10:30-10:40 Break

Interventional Oncology

10:40-10:55 | Montreal 3-4

Y90 for HCC: The New Standard of Care ?
Speaker(s): Amol Mujoomdar

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• review the latest evidence for Y90 in treatment of HCC.
• understand the evolving role of SIRT in the BCLC algorithm.
• evaluate how Y90 dosimetry can improve outcomes in transplant and non-transplant patient populations.

10:55-11:10 | Montreal 3-4

The 5 Most Important Oncological Papers of 2021
Speaker(s): John Kachura

11:10-11:25 | Montreal 3-4

Update on colorectal cancer metastases management
Speaker(s): Maxime Noel Lamy

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• review the recent pertinent data on local treatment of colorectal cancer liver metastasis
• discuss the indications for thermal ablation based on recent data, and the future perspectives
• understand the role and the limitations of Y90 and DEBIRI

11:25-11:40 | Montreal 3-4

Bone & Soft Tissue Ablation Techniques In Palliative Cancer Patients
Speaker(s): Stefan Przybojewski

11:40-11:50 | Montreal 3-4

Discussions

12:00-13:15 Lunch symposia

Vascular Medley

13:25-13:45 | Montreal 3-4

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia and the Increasing Role of IR
Speaker(s): Pascal Chabrot

At the end of the session, the participants should be able to:

• know the clinical presentation of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI)
• define multidisciplinary approach of AMI 
• learn about the endovascular tools in AMI

13:45-14:05 | Montreal 3-4

Team Aorta ! How to build a Collaborative Aortic Team
Speaker(s): Darren Klass

14:05-14:25 | Montreal 3-4

Management of Acute Type B Dissection
Speaker(s): Adnan Hadziomerovic

• define “acute” as it pertains to type B aortic dissection (TBAD)
• list 3 indications for endovascular treatment for acute TBAD
• describe 2 treatment options for acute TBAD

14:25-14:35 | Montreal 3-4

Drug Eluting Balloons in Critical Limb Ischemia
Speaker(s): Simon Bradette

• understand the impact of paclitaxel use on risks of major amputations
• compare the impact of paclitaxel on risks of major amputations in different groups of patients (claudicants vs CLI, fem-pop vessels vs BK vessels)
• describe the hypothesized physiological pathways explaining increased risks of amputations
• recognize the limitations of the studies in this field

14:35-14:50 Break

Canadian IR and International Outreach

14:50-15:05 | Montreal 3-4

Update on IR Residency in Canada and IR Board Certification
Speaker(s): Dr. Alessandra Cassano-Bailey

15:05-15:20 | Montreal 3-4

A Journey to Tanzania
Speaker(s): Fabian Laage Gaupp

15:20-15:35 | Montreal 3-4

IR Impact In Kenya
Speaker(s): Darren Klass

15:35-15:50 | Montreal 3-4

Dedicated Canadian Fellowships for African Physicians: The Vancouver Experience
Speaker(s): Anastasia Hadjivassiliou

15:50-16:00 | Montreal 3-4

Discussions

16:00-16:05 | Montreal 3-4

Closing Remarks
Planning Committee: Tara Graham, Alessandra Cassano-Bailey, Veronique Caty, Gerald Gahide