Skip to main content
2026 SVS Annual Meeting Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.
Presentation Icons
Ticket Required
Ticket Required
AI Presentation
AI Presentation
Hot Topic
Hot Topic
Taste of Boston
Taste of Boston
Education Session@@@CME

C16: Modern Management and Controversies in Acute Limb Ischemia (ALI)

Friday, June 12, 2026
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Location: Hynes CC, Third Level, Room 304

This session will focus on the latest percutaneous management options and traditional open techniques available for the modern management of ALI with a lively debate comparing open versus endovascular-first approaches to acute limb ischemia. Also, we will focus upon several of the most significant controversies, especially regarding cost-effectiveness, healthcare disparities, and the management of embolic disease versus thrombotic disease, in the form of case-based presentations with a panel discussion.

Presentations:

  • 3:30 PM - 3:38 PM ET
    Overview and history of randomized controlled trials in acute limb ischemia

    Speaker: Gale L. Tang, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Washington

  • 3:38 PM - 3:46 PM ET
    Percutaneous thrombolysis and rheolytic thrombectomy /Percutaneous aspiration thrombectomy and basket-assisted removal devices

    Speaker: Saideep Bose, MD

  • 3:46 PM - 3:54 PM ET
    DEBATE: Endo-first is the optimal strategy for all thrombotic/embolic acute limb ischemia

    Speaker: Daniel Han, MD

  • 3:54 PM - 4:02 PM ET
    DEBATE: Open-first is the optimal strategy for all thrombotic/embolic acute limb ischemia

    Speaker: Max V. Wohlauer, MD – University of Colorado

  • 4:02 PM - 4:10 PM ET
    Cost-effectiveness of the percutaneous management of ALI

    Speaker: M. Libby Weaver, MD – University of Utah

  • 4:10 PM - 4:18 PM ET
    Healthcare disparities in ALI

    Speaker: Katharine L. McGinigle, MD – University of North Carolina

  • 4:18 PM - 4:26 PM ET
    HIDI: How do I manage embolic ALI and why?

    Speaker: Lucyna Price, MD

  • 4:26 PM - 4:34 PM ET
    HIDI (How I do it): How do I personalize the care of women with ALI?

    Speaker: Erin K. Greenleaf, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – Department of Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey VA Hospital; Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine

  • 4:34 PM - 5:00 PM ET
    Discussion