Coil Summit
A 2-day GEST Virtual Education Event
December 10 and December 17
Online with registration
Coil Summit
Learn everything you need to know about using coils and how the materials and characteristics translate into clinical use.
Day 1 – December 10, 2022
8:30 am – 11:00 am (Minneapolis – CST)
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Paris – CET)
Day 2 – December 17, 2022
8:30 am – 11:00 am (Minneapolis – CST)
3:30 pm – 6:00 pm (Paris – CET)
Summit Course Directors
Full Program
Day 1 Agenda
Day 2 Agenda
Day 1 Agenda
Download a copy of agenda here.
Part 1: Biomaterials Basics
- Introduction | 2 min | Dr. Jafar Golzarian, Dr. Marc Sapoval, Dr. Gary Siskin
- Understanding Coil Materials: What an IR Should Know
Coil Materials: The Metals | 12 min | Ben Fischer, Cook Medical
Coil Materials: The Coating
– Fibers | 6 min | Khoi Le, Medtronic
– Hydrogels | 6 min | Wendy Beuthin, Terumo
Coil Materials: The Manufacturing Process | 12 min | Dan Tomaschko, Boston Scientific - Understanding Coil Characteristics: What an IR Should Know | 10 min | Dr. Gary Siskin
- Panel Discussion
Coils Materials: Summary | 5 min | Dr. Dania Daye
Engineer Discussion on Coils Characteristics and Trade-Offs | 15 min | Wendy Beuthin, Ben Fischer, Khoi Le, Dave Barry, Dan Tomaschko
Break | 5 min
Industry Sponsored Session – Terumo
Volume and Reliable Occlusion – Clinical Use of Hydrogel Coil Technology in Peripheral Embolization | 15 min | Dr. Marcelo Guimaraes
Part 2: From the Bench to the Patient –How the materials and characteristics translate into clinical use
- Measuring the Packing Density: How accurate and helpful it is? | 8 min | Dr. Jean-Pierre Pelage
- Case discussion: When do we know that we have packed enough? | 8 min | Dr. Luc Defreyne
- Debate: Maximizing Vessel Occlusion vs Minimizing Vessel Recanalization: Are these efforts incompatible?
Hydrogel Coils | 5 min | Dr. Jean-Pierre Pelage
Bare Metal Coils | 5 min | Dr. Parag Patel
Fibered Coils | 5 min | Dr. Sarah White - Panel Discussion | 25 min | All presenters
Day 2 Agenda
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Part 1: Materials and Techniques
- Coils – What is out there? | 15 min | Dr. Jafar Golzarian, Dr. Marc Sapoval
- Case discussions – Focus on Technique | 5 min case + 3 min discussion per case
Vessel sacrifice: Frame and fill | Dr. Parag Patel
Making the case for Pushable coils | Dr. John Kaufman
Closing large vessels – Combining Embolic materials | Dr. Rahul Patel
Closing high-flow vessels | Dr. Chuck Martin - “Bad Coiling”: Dealing with Mishaps During Coil Embolization Procedures | 10 min | Dr. Sarah White
Break | 5 min
Part 2: Material Selection and Why
- Case Discussions – Focus on Coil Selection | 5 min per case
Trauma Case: Making the case for fibered coil | Dr. John Kaufman
Renal bleeding: Making the case for low-profile coils | Dr. Parag Patel
Pelvic Venous Disease: Best coil for venous applications | Dr. Gloria Salazar
SMA aneurysm: Save the vessel | Dr. Chuck Martin
Hypogastric Embolization: Newer coils | Dr. Rahul Patel
Hemorrhoids: what coils? | Dr. Vincent Vidal
Adjunctive Coil Embolization in PAE | Dr. Marc Sapoval
GI Bleeding: What coil profile do I like? | Dr. Dania Daye
Embolization of Priapism: Making the case for Neuro coils | Dr. Jafar Golzarian - Panel Discussion | 15 min | All presenters
Coil Selection, Unmet needs
Back door/front door coiling. When?
Anticoagulation and coiling
Unmet needs
The ideal coil