Misses and Near Misses in the IR Suite

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM

Location:Phoenix Convention Center, 222C

CE: 1.5 Credits

Coordinator(s)

Mikhail Higgins, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Medical Director
The Bahamas Fibroid & Interventional Clinic (BFIC)

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR

Interventional Radiology
Rochester Regional Health

Disclosure(s): Okami Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); Penumbra Inc.: Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing); Thrombolex, Inc.: Advisory Committee or Review Panel Member (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):

Mikhail C.S.S Higgins, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Raj Pyne, MD, FSIR: Okami Medical: Consultant (Ongoing); Penumbra Inc.: Speaking and Teaching (Ongoing); Thrombolex, Inc.: Advisory Committee or Review Panel Member (Ongoing)

Through case-based presentations, this session will canvass didactic scenarios involving misses and near misses involving the interventional radiology team. Periprocedural review of contributing pitfalls will be shared with analysis of requisite safety clinical and nonclinical pearls.

Learning Objectives:

Demonstrate objective review of de-identified case-based complications, adverse events, and controversial clinical conundrums.
Identify important learning opportunities and key decision-making points defining didactic vascular and non-vascular clinical challenges and complications.
Recall the key safety features and practical nuances of requisite IR tools and devices.

Presentations:

1:00 PM – 1:18 PM

Case #1
Speaker: Resmi Charalel, MD, MPH – Weill Cornell Medicine
1:18 PM – 1:36 PM

Case #2
Speaker: Nicole Keefe, MD (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1:36 PM – 1:54 PM

Case #3
Speaker: Kevin Daly, MD – Boston Medical Center
1:54 PM – 2:12 PM

Case #4
Speaker: Rakesh S. Ahuja, MD – Radiology Associates of North Texas
2:12 PM – 2:20 PM

Case #5
Speaker: Mamadou Sanogo, MD – University of Michigan
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM

Q & A