Using Atherectomy to Treat CLI and Why OBLs Are Needed

Join new course directors Dr. Brett Wiechmann and Dr. Richard Neville as they offer a preview of the 2025 Amputation Prevention Symposium (AMP), the leading conference dedicated to education and innovation in limb preservation and CLTI care. Discover what’s new this year and how this multidisciplinary meeting empowers learning, networking, and patient-centered breakthroughs. 

In this episode of Vascular Voices, we talk about the Gore Together Aortic Registry with Dr. John Henretta, a principal investigator for this new registry. Dr. Henretta is a vascular surgeon in Asheville, North Carolina with extensive experience in thoracic aortic aneurysm, abdominal aortic aneurysm, carotid artery disease, carotid artery surgery, and aneurysm repair. He is board certified in vascular surgery and is a member of the Society of Vascular Surgeons and American College of Surgeons. His clinical research consists of co-authoring more than 20 peer-reviewed articles and participating in numerous clinical trials over his 21 years of experience.

In this episode, we talk about vascular access, closure, and devices with Dr. Pradeep Nair, an interventional cardiologist with extensive experience in vascular access and closure. Dr. Nair is currently board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, nuclear cardiology, and adult echocardiography. He is a member of the American College of Cardiology, the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, and the American College of Physicians. He has authored multiple peer-reviewed research publications and presented many abstracts at national cardiovascular meetings. Dr. Nair is currently a reviewer for the Journal of Invasive Cardiology.

In this episode of Vascular Voices, join interventional radiologist Dr. Bret Wiechmann and interventional cardiologists Dr. Thomas Davis and Dr. Eric Secemsky as they discuss the current debate about using atherectomy to treat patients with critical limb ischemia and why office-based labs are needed in the vascular space. 

In this episode, Dr Bret Wiechmann, interventional radiologist from Gainesville, Florida and president of the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (OEIS) joins Dr Fadi Saab, interventional cardiologist from Grand Rapids, Michigan to talk about the OEIS and the important role it plays in improving outpatient practice. To learn more about OEIS, visit their website at www.OEISweb.com

In this episode, interventional cardiologist Dr. Pradeep Nair speaks with Mary Yost, MBA, president of The Sage Group, about her newly published research on the current prevalence of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) in the United States, including a new method that calculates PAD by age and glucose status.   Be sure to read Mary Yost’s research paper, “The Current U.S. Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease,” in the April 2023 issue of VDM!

In this episode of Vascular Voices, interventional radiologists Osman Ahmed, MD and Akhi Sista, MD and interventional cardiologists Jonathan Paul, MD and Eric Secemsky, MD discuss the latest advancements in pulmonary embolism treatment.

In this episode, Dr. Bret Wiechmann and Dr. John Rundback discuss the role of outpatient practice in treating advanced vascular disease and CLI and talk about how the Outpatient Endovascular and Interventional Society (OEIS) serves the outpatient endovascular community.