Key Opinion Leader Forum 3 – Venous – Online Session – 27th of March 2024
You will be able to pose your questions to our panel: Houman Jalaie (Germany) and Efthymios “Makis” Avgerinos (Greece), and your host, Adam Zielinski (Poland), the Academy Venous Pathway Lead.
Objective
Do you have a challenging case? Are you unsure how to treat venous issues? Do you want a different perspective? Are you a member? Then you are welcome to join our KOL Forum to hear how a KOL would treat your case! This is a new educational initiative for those with moderate to advanced vascular surgery knowledge. It allows participants to ask and get responses to burning questions on moderate to difficult cases by either submitting them for possible selection in the Forum, or via the KOL Forum case library. You can also just join and learn! The sessions are designed to:
- Provide advanced training for experienced surgeons
- Provide a rare opportunity to interact with experts in the field
- Receive advice on personal cases
- Be informal spaces
Meet Our Key Opinion Leaders
Efthymios Avgerinos
Dr. Avgerinos is Professor of Surgery and has been a faculty of the University of Pittsburgh, USA since 2011. In 2020 he was appointed visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery in Athens and Co-Director of the Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of Athens Medical Center, Greece. Dr. Avgerinos has authored or co-authored more than 220 peer reviewed publications and chapters on vascular surgery. He has extensive clinical experience and outcomes’ research and grants in the fields of venous thromboembolism, carotid and peripheral arterial disease. His true passion is deep venous and pulmonary embolism intervention. He is a Board member of the European and the American Venous Forum, incoming lead of the venous pathway of the ESVS Academy and a venous key opinion leader in all major scientific meetings around the globe. Now is the chance to discuss complex cases with him in the KOL forum!
Houman Jalaie
Dr. Jalaie is a consultant vascular and endovascular surgeon and Director of the European Venous Centre University Hospital Aachen. In 2011 he was appointed as a consultant vascular surgeon and lecturer at University Hospital Aachen. In 2012 he led the establishment of a programme for venous surgery and intervention which grew to be one of the largest in Europe. In July 2019 he was appointed as the Director of the European Venous Center. He is course director of the venous section of the European Vascular Course (EVC) in Maastricht. In 2019 Dr. Jalaie was appointed as the Head of the Phlebology Commission of the German Society for Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. His special interests are treatment of DVT and PTS.
Dr. Jalaie has been a principal or co-investigator in several clinical trials and studies involving interventional treatment of DVT and PTS. To date, he has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications, abstracts and book chapters. His latest are papers involving innovations in endovascular treatment of deep venous pathologies and its outcome. He has given over 400 invited lectures at national and international meetings and is a consultant to many medical device manufacturers.
