The ESVS Academy is excited to collaborate with The Thin Line Academy again to bring you our second course on cadavers! Course confirmed! Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation. You will be taught by: Luca Garriboli, M.D., Chief of Vascolar and Endovascular Unit, IRCCS SacroCuore Don Calabria-Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy Prof. Michele Antonello Director Residency Program in Vascular Surgery Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Dr. Giambattista Parlani, M.D. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Santa Maria Misericordia Hospital Perugia, Italy. Dr. Gioele Simonte, M.D. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Santa Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy. Prof. Maarit Venermo, M.D. Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Dr. Lorenzo Patrone, M.D. Vascular and Endovascular Surgery San Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy. Objective: Today, many strategies, techniques and technologies are available for avoiding limb amputation. This course aims to acquire a deep knowledge of the wide range of available tools and increase skills to treat patients with peripheral arterial diseases (PAD). For this purpose, traditional educational methods will be combined with hands-on training using a human corpse. Endovascular and surgical instrumentation as well as modern facilities for fluoroscopy and ultrasound allow for a perfect simulation of our daily operative environment. Experts […]

Collaborators: Hospital S. Maria della Misericordia, S. Andrea delle Fratte Join the faculty in Perugia, Italy, for this new course in the Carotid Pathway! The faculty guiding you includes: Gianbattista Parlani MD, Massimo Lenti MD, PhD Vascular & Endovascular Surgery S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia Italia Gioele Simonte, MD, Phd Vascular & Endovascular Surgery S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia Italia Giacomo Isernia MD, PhD Vascular & Endovascular Surgery S Maria Misericordia Hospital, Perugia Italia Michele Antonello Director Residency Program in Vascular Surgery Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy Luca Garriboli M.D. Vascular and Endovascular Unit, IRCCS SacroCuore Don Calabria-Negrar di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy Igor Koncar M.D., PhD Vascular and Endovascular Surgery University of Belgrade, Serbia Tommaso Castrucci, Rome Course confirmed! Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation.  Objectives: The carotid endarterectomy represents the treatment of choice for carotid artery stenosis. However, the minimally invasive nature, shorter procedural time, quicker patient recovery time and improved technology available, popularised Carotid artery stenting (CAS) beyond its original indications. Nevertheless, the most important limitation to the widespread use of CAS is represented by a lack of skill by operators. The objective of the workshop is to offer the opportunity to the participants to […]

The ESVS Academy is pleased to announce the 2025 repeat edition of this course, in collaboration with the Serbian Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia. 26th – 28th November 2025 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 Stevo Duvnjak, MD, PhD, Dept. Vasc. Surg., Rigshospitalet, Denmark. Course confirmed! Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation.  Objectives: Vascular ultrasound provides immediate diagnostic, and may provide clinical important information not obtained by any other imaging modality. Vascular ultrasound is harmless and can be performed bedside. The course is a 50/50% theoretical/hands-on course. During this course, participants will be taught in 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 […]

Join the faculty in Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden, for this 2nd edition of the aortic course. 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. Christian Olsson Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Dr Göran Lundberg, consultant vascular surgeon/PhD, Course confirmed: Please go ahead and book your travel and accommodation! 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 € 330 for non-members. It includes course material, lunch, and networking dinner. The fee does not include transportation, accommodation and […]