THE VEINS AWARD PRESENTATION & PANEL DISCUSSION

Sunday, November 2, 2025

10:30am - 11:15am PT

Moderator(s)

Parag Patel, MD, MS

Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
Interventional Radiology
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Disclosure(s): BD (formerly Bard): Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Boston Scientific: Advisory Board; Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Cook Medical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Medtronic: Advisory Board
Penumbra: Advisory Board; Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Philips: Consultant

Panel(s)

Steve Elias, MD

Director, Center for Vein Disease, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Vascular Surgery
Englewood, New Jersey, United States

Disclosure(s): BD: Consultant
Boston Scientific: Advisory Board
Elastimed: Consultant
Envveno: Stockholder - Publicly-traded company (excludes mutual/index funds)
Gore and Associates: Consultant
Medtronic: Advisory Board
Philips: Advisory Board
Sun Scientific: Advisory Board
Tactile Medical: Advisory Board
Theraclion: Grants/Research Support Recipient
Thrombolex: Advisory Board
US Therm: Advisory Board
VB Devices: Advisory Board; Stockholder - Privately-held company
Verge Medical: Consultant
VVT Medical: Advisory Board; Stockholder - Publicly-traded company (excludes mutual/index funds)
Kathleen Gibson, MD

Partner
Lake Washington Vascular Surgeons
Vascular Surgery
Bellevue, Washington, United States

Disclosure(s): BD (formerly Bard): Grants/Research Support Recipient
Boston Scientific: Consultant; Grants/Research Support Recipient; Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Gore and Associates: Consultant
Janssen: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Koya: Consultant
Medtronic: Consultant; Grants/Research Support Recipient; Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Philips: Consultant; Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness)
Vesper: Grants/Research Support Recipient
Raghu Kolluri, MD, MS

System Chief, Vascular
OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
Vascular Medicine
Columbus, Ohio, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott, Auxetics, Diachii Sankyo, Koya Medical, Medtronic, Penumbra, Philips, Surmodics: Advisory Board; Consultant
Lindsay Machan, MD

Interventional Radiologist
Vancouver Hospital
Interventional Radiology
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Disclosure(s): A4L: Stockholder - Privately-held company
Auxetics: Stockholder - Privately-held company
Calgary Scientific: Stockholder - Privately-held company
Ikomed: Owner/Co-Owner, or Founder/Co-Founder
Medtronic: Advisory Board
Mark Meissner, MD

Peter Gloviczki Professor of Venous & Lymphatic Disorders
University of Washington School of Medicine
Vascular Surgery
Seattle, Washington, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Suresh Vedantham, MD

Professor and Assistant Dean
Washington University in St. Louis
Interventional Radiology
St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Disclosure(s): Medi USA: Grants/Research Support Recipient

Presentations:

10:30am - 10:35am PT

VEINS Award Presentation
Speaker: Parag J. Patel, MD, MS – Medical College of Wisconsin
10:35am - 10:40am PT

VEINS Award Acceptance
Speaker: Lindsay Machan, MD – Vancouver Hospital
10:35am - 11:15am PT

VEINS Award Panel Discussion: Venous Imaging Pitfalls—Where Do We Go From Here?