Trainings

Course confirmed - Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation! The ESVS Academy is pleased to announce the 2024 repeat edition of this course, in collaboration with the Serbian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia. 27th – 29th November 2024 Join the international faculty: Convenor: Igor Koncar, MD, PhD, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia Faculty: Kim Kargaard Bredahl, MD, PhD, Dept. Vasc. Surg., Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Nicola Aleksic, MD, Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, Belgrade, Serbia Ramon Vila, MD, Hospital Beltvitge, Barcelona, Spain Sandra Radak, MD, Institute for Cardiovascular Disease, Belgrade, Serbia Nicolaus Rousas, MD, University Hospital Larissa, Larissa, Greece Dragan Vasic, MD, PhD, Clinic for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia Tamara Jemcov, MD, PhD, Zemun Medical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia Objectives: Vascular ultrasound provides immediate diagnostics, and may provide clinically important information not obtained by any other imaging modality. Vascular ultrasound is harmless and can be performed  at the bedside. The course is a 50/50% theoretical/hands-on course. During this course, participants will be taught the physics and principles behind vascular ultrasound, ultrasound anatomy and how to perform basic vascular ultrasound examination: abdominal aorta, femoral arteries, peripheral bypasses, basic carotid ultrasound, deep venous thromboses,  varicose veins and A-V […]

Join the faculty in Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, for this new aortic course. Course confirmed - Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation The faculty guiding you includes: Dr Magnus Jonsson, consultant vascular surgeon/associate professor Dr Carl Magnus Wahlgren, consultant vascular surgeon/professor (adjunct), Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden & Dr Göran Lundberg, consultant vascular surgeon/PhD Dr Joy Roy, consultant vascular surgeon /associate professor Dr Anton Razuvajev, specialist vascular surgeon/PhD, Department of Vascular Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Objectives: This is a practical 1.5-day workshop to gain knowledge on the management of basic TEVAR including patient selection, sizing, and procedural steps of stent graft implantation. The workshop includes case presentations covering state-of -the-art management of a thoracic aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, and traumatic aortic, as well practical training on access, procedural steps of TEVAR implantation with different devices, and troubleshooting/bail out techniques. Participant level: The course is designed for vascular surgeons and vascular surgeons in training. No TEVAR experience is required but some prior EVAR experience is expected. Accreditation: CME accreditation is being requested for this course. Registration & Cancellation Policy: The registration fee is € 250 for ESVS members and € 350 for non-members. It includes […]

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 […]

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 […]