Education Calendar

We are pleased to announce the second of two new courses in the ESVS PAD Pathway In collaboration with the Zuyderland Medical Centre, Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Heerlen, the Netherlands! Below the Knee Interventions Workshop 2024 confirmed! Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation.  You will be in the capable hands of: Dr. Ozan Yazar, MD, Phd. - Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, the Netherlands - Lead course tutor & Prof. Dr. Lee Bouwman, MD, PhD, course tutor, Zuyderland Medical Cerrntre Drs. Pieter Salemans, MD, course tutor, Zuyderland Medical Centre Drs. Ine Rochus, MD, Zuyderland Medical Centre   Objective: This workshop is designed for healthcare professionals who already have initial experience in Below-The-Knee interventions for Perripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) and are aiming to elevate their experience. The focus will be on advanced technologies employed in Below-The-Knee interventions, encompassing the use of guidewires, balloons, atherectomy devices, microstents, the retrograde approach, Optical Coherence Tomography, and Fractional Flow Reserve in BTK interventions. The comprehensive agenda extends to patient assessment, facilitating the selection of appropriate interventions, and emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach, fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals engaged in below-the-knee interventions. Strategies for managing complications during and post-procedures will be discussed. Hands-on training […]

Participation in this PAD competition is limited to EVST members, but all who wish to watch are invited to join, up to November 29th - no ticket necessary. To register for the audience or to compete, please email info@esvs.org. See below for more details  Based on the past successes of the EVST Competitions (online), EVST invites you to another edition – the EVST PAD Competition (online) on 9th December 2024, with a CLTI case and femoro-distal lesions!  Faculty: Dr. Luuk Smeets, Rijnstate Hospital, the Netherlands; Prof. Athanasios D. Giannoukas, University Hospital of Larissa, Greece; David Garcia García, Spain Moderators: Dr. Petar Zlatanovic, Dr Gabriela Loria, Dr Konstantinos Tzimkas-Dakis, Dr Desiree van den Hondel This competition is designed to enhance and promote knowledge in managing patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia and femoro-distal lesions, starting from preoperative planning until postoperative patient management (whole spectrum of care). Applicants should have experience in the management of CLTI patients with complex femoro-distal lesions before applying for this competition. How will it work? Once participants have submitted their motivation letter, they will be invited to complete a quiz. Candidates will be shortlisted based on their motivation letter and quiz score. The three best candidates will be selected and will […]

We are proud to announce a brand new face-to-face course in the Venous Pathway! Deep Venous Intervention in Acute DVT, Post-Thrombotic and Non-Thrombotic Iliac Vein Lesions In collaboration with the 2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens Course confirmed! Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation. You will be expertly guided by: Event Lead: Prof. Efthymios Avgerinos (ESVS Academy, Shadow Venous Pathway Lead) Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Honorary Faculty: Prof. Athanasios Giannoukas (UEMS Representative), Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece Prof. John Kakisis (ESVS Representative), 1st Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Prof. Chris Klonaris (Chairman - 2nd Department of Vascular Surgery - Hosting Institution), 2nd Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Prof. Emeritus Christos Liapis (Former ESVS President), Clinic of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Athens Medical Centre, Greece Local Faculty: Vasssilis Bouris, Vascular Surgeon Athanasios Katsargyris, Vascular Surgeon Miltos Krokidis, Interventional Radiologist Nikolaos Liasis, Radiologist, Ultrasound Specialist George Tzavellas, Vascular Surgeon International Faculty: Domenico Baccilieri, Vascular Surgeon, Milan, Italy M. Dumantepe, Vascular Surgeon, Istanbul, Turkey Houman Jalaie, Vascular Surgeon, Aachen, Germany Marta Ortega, Vascular Surgeon, Madrid, Spain               Objective: As deep venous interventions […]