Harvard Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: What Every Clinician Should Know

1. Welcome and Introduction

2. Aortic Aneurysms: Nomenclature, Etiology, Natural History – Amy Spooner, MD

3. Genetics of Aortic Disease: Who to Screen, How to Screen, and When? – Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD

4. Imaging of the Aorta: Which Modality to Choose, How to Interpret Reports? – Sandeep Hedgire, MD

5. Root and Ascending Aortic Aneurysms: When to Intervene – Eric Isselbacher, MD

6. Surgery for the Aortic Root/ Ascending Aorta and the Aortic Arch – Duke Cameron, MD

7. Panel Discussion and Q&A – Eric Isselbacher and Arminder Jassar; Duke Cameron, Amy Spooner, Matthew Eagleton

1. Descending Thoracic Aorta, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA) and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Etiology and Indication to Operate – Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH

2. Operative Strategies for Descending Aorta and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm (TAAA): Open and Endovascular – Matthew Eagleton, MD

3. Operative Strategies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Open and Endovascular – Sunita Srivastava, MD

4. Medical Therapy, Pre-Op Surveillance, and Post-Op Management – Eric Isselbacher, MD

5. Panel Discussion and Q&A – Duke Cameron and Matthew Eagleton; Eric Isselbacher, Thor Sundt, Arminder Jassar, Jahan Mohebali

1. Classification and Nomenclature – Eric Isselbacher, MD

2. Initial Presentation, Differential Diagnosis and Work Up – Susan Wilcox, MD

3. Patient Has an Aortic Dissection – What Else Do You Need to Know? – Arminder Jassar, MBBS

4. Initial Management, Lines, and Drugs – Phillip Rice, Jr, MD

5. Critical Care Transport – Michael Frakes, APRN, FCCM, FAEN, FACHE

6. Panel Discussion and Q&A 1 – Susan Wilcox and Arminder Jassar; Eric Isselbacher, Phillip Rice Jr, Michael Frakes

7. Referral Process, Dissection App and Direct to OR Pathway – Arminder Jassar, MBBS

8. Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection – Thor Sundt, MD

9. Management of Acute Type B Dissections – Jahan Mohebali, MD, MPH

10. Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) – Anahita Dua, MD, MS, MBA

11. Panel Discussion and Q&A 2 – Matthew Eagleton; Arminder Jassar, Thor Sundt, Jahan Mohebali