Agenda

15th March, 2024

Time Topic Speaker
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome to Varian Interventional Solutions Varian Leadership Team
Cryoablation for Renal Cell Carcinoma: the Recommended Standard
09:45 - 10:05 Patient Selection and Therapeutic Options Prof Laura Crocetti
10:05 - 10:25 RCC Literature Review: What Does the Data Say? Dr Lievay van Dam
10:25 - 10:45 The Importance of Treatment Planning: a Step-by-Step Approach Dr Geert Maleux
10:45 - 11:00 Q&A with Panel  
11:00 - 11:30 Break  
Cryoablation for Pain Palliation
11:30 - 11:50 MSK Oncology and Thermal Ablation: the Current and Emerging Role of IR Prof Alexis Kelekis
11:50 - 12:10 The Modern Era of Medicine: Percutaneous Minimally Invasive Musculoskeletal Interventions Dr Roberto Cazzato
12:10 - 12:40 Performing a MSK case: Step-by-Step Procedure Dr Salem Bauones
12:40 - 13:00 Q&A with Panel  
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch  
Advanced Techniques Using Cryoablation
14:00 - 14:15 New Frontiers with Cryoablation, Have We Understood the Full Capability? Prof Dimitrios Filippiadis
14:15 - 14:30 Managing Bone Metastases with Ablation Prof Alexis Kelekis
14:30 - 14:45 Percutaneous Image-Guided Nerve Cryoablation Prof Dimitrios Filippiadis
14:45 - 15:00 Q&A with Panel  
Rotational Workshops
15:00 - 17:00 Roundtable discussions Chair: Dr Lievay van Dam and Dr Geert Maleux
40 min Lung Cryoablation Simple to Complex Case Discussions Chair: Prof Laura Crocetti and Dr Salem Bauones
40 min Hands on Cryoablation and Ultrasound Imaging Prof Alexis Kelekis, Prof Dimitrios Filippiadis, and Nicolas Rouge (Varian)
40 min Combination Therapies (Embolics and Cryo, ROS and Cryo, Immunology and Cryo) Dr Roberto Cazzato
19:00 Apéritif  
19:30 - 22:00 Dinner  

16th March, 2024

Time Topic Speaker
Leveraging Siemens Healthineers' Advanced Imaging Solutions for Enhanced Guidance and Monitoring in Cryoablation Procedures
09:30 - 10:00 Integrated CT Laser-guidance Meets Cryoablation: Increased User Guidance and Efficiency in Cryoablations Dr. Kristina Ringe
10:00-10:30 MR/Angio Imaging TBD
10:30-10:45 Q&A  
10:50 - 11:10 Break  
Lung Cryoablation
11:10 - 11:25 Lung Cryoablation Guidelines and the Ideal Patient Dr. Salem Bauones
11:25 - 11:40 How to Recognize and Manage Complications Prof. Laura Crocetti
11:40 - 12:00 Case Reviews at MDT: Which Patients are Suitable? Dr. Salem Bauones and Prof. Laura Crocetti
12:00 - 12:15 Q&A with panel  
12:15 - 13:00 Case Reviews: RCC, MSK, Lung and Advanced Techniques Medical Faculty
13:00 End of day  
Takeaway lunch available