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Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026
Organised by the Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium / Pangea Events, listed by UK Aortic Society
Dates10–10 Sept 2026
LocationLondon, United Kingdom
Trainee£45
The 3rd Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026 is a one-day London meeting at King's College London for multidisciplinary aortic-dissection care, with international faculty, full-day programme and TicketTailor registration.
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A compact in-person London meeting with international faculty and panel formats should support focused networking across vascular surgery, cardiac surgery, radiology and allied professional groups.
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The programme is evidence-heavy, with sessions on trials, registry evidence, data uncertainty, STABILISE, epidemiology and multimodal analysis, but there is no attendee abstract-submission route visible.
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Strong for trainees with an aortic interest: the ticket tier is £45 for trainees and £20 for medical students, and the programme includes debates, MDT simulation, trials, surveillance and operative/endovascular strategy.
ProgrammeSchedule and session highlights＋
Key Themes
Aortic-dissection intervention timing and surveillanceOpen, endovascular and hybrid treatment strategyComplex dissection, malperfusion and access problemsEvidence, trials, registries and data uncertaintyIntegrated aortic-team MDT decision-makingPersonalised and cross-specialty care
08:00
Registration
Registration opens
09:00-09:10
Welcome
Opening remarks and meeting objectives
Bijan Modarai
09:10-10:30
Session
When should we intervene in aortic dissection? Timing, surveillance and identifying the patient at risk
Chair: Colin Bicknell; discussants: Narayan Karunanithy, Firas Mussa and Rachael Forsythe
09:10-09:20
Talk
The role of the interdisciplinary Aortic Team in optimising the emergency transfer of patients and its impact on outcome
Marcus Brooks
09:20-09:30
Talk
Imaging surveillance after Type B dissection: how often, what to look for, and what we may be missing
Federica Catapano
09:30-09:40
Talk
Contemporary analysis techniques for multimodal data and how it can inform the management of Type B aortic dissection
Kak Khee Yeung
09:40-09:50
Talk
Guidelines vs reality: where evidence fails in Type B aortic dissection
Anders Wanhainen
09:50-10:05
Talk
Perspectives on survivorship and surveillance
Martin Hilton and Tara Mastracci
10:05-10:30
Discussion
Session 1 discussion
10:30-10:45
Distinguished lecture
Endovascular reconstruction of the dissected ascending aorta and arch: defining strategy in the era of fenestrated and branched repair and what comes nextkeynote
Stéphan Haulon
10:45-11:15
Break
Coffee
11:15-12:45
Session
Choosing the right strategy: open, endovascular or hybrid? Defining the optimal treatment approach for complex anatomy
Chair: Tim Resch; discussants: Anders Wanhainen and Nimesh Desai
11:15-11:25
Talk
From open to hybrid to total endovascular: navigating the transition in the treatment of the dissected aortic arch
Nimesh Desai
11:25-11:35
Talk
Do we need a more effective solution for chronic false lumen sac management?
Gustavo Oderich
11:35-12:15
Roundtable
Strategy and future scoping roundtable: remote monitoring, remodelling, haemodynamic assessment with potential AI integration, and endovascular technologies in connective tissue disease
Lead discussant: Tim Resch; panel: Nimesh Desai, Stéphan Haulon, Tara Mastracci, Eric Roselli, Anders Wanhainen and Kak Khee Yeung
12:15-12:35
Debate
Integrated Aortic Team Debate: One Aorta. Four Experts. One Decision?
Convenors: Tara Mastracci and Barend Mees; Nimesh Desai, Eric Roselli, Stéphan Haulon and Gustavo Oderich
12:35-12:45
Guest lecture
Patient-specific solutions for complicated Type B dissection: a complete endovascular portfolio
Tara Mastracci
12:45-13:35
Break
Lunch
13:35-15:20
Session
Technical reality: solving the hard problems in dissection: malperfusion, access issues, failure and decision making
Chair: Germano Melissano; discussants: Kak Khee Yeung and Michael Sabetai
13:35-13:50
Debate
Off-the-shelf endovascular solutions will replace custom and physician-modified devices in aortic dissection
For: Tim Resch; against: Gustavo Oderich
13:50-14:00
Talk
Malperfusion in Type A aortic dissection: when, how and what to fix first
Eric Roselli
14:00-14:10
Talk
The hostile access: navigating true lumen collapse, iliac malperfusion and the inaccessible branch vessel
Barend Mees
14:10-14:20
Talk
Complications of TEVAR in dissection: risk factors, prevention, recognition and bailout strategies
Stephen Cheng
14:20-14:40
Discussion
Session 3 discussion
14:40-15:10
MDT simulation
Interactive MDT Simulation in conjunction with EVC
Chair: Barend Mees; cases: Becky Sandford and Mohamed Abdelhalim; panel: Colin Bicknell, Stephen Cheng, Panos Gkoutzios, Judith Partridge, Eric Roselli and Michael Sabetai
15:10-15:20
Guest lecture
Optimising Aortic Arch Treatment: clinical experience with the GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis
David Murray
15:20-15:50
Break
Tea
15:50-17:25
Session
Evidence, trials and the limits of what we know: data, uncertainty and the need for a new framework
Chair: Kevin Mani; discussants: Sandeep Bahia and Stephen Cheng
15:50-16:10
Roundtable
Global roundtable on evidence for managing uncomplicated Type B dissection
Moderator: Kevin Mani; panel: Firas Mussa, Colin Bicknell and Jacob Budtz-Lilly
16:10-16:25
Debate
IMH is not a separate disease: it should be treated the same as dissection
For: Firas Mussa; against: Jacob Budtz-Lilly
16:25-16:40
Talk
When treatment creates the next problem: distal stent-induced new entry and extensive aortic coverage altering stiffness
Kak Khee Yeung and Anders Wanhainen
16:40-16:50
Talk
The STABILISE registry: what have we learnt?
Germano Melissano
16:50-17:00
Talk
Trends in epidemiology and outcome of aortic dissections - a national population-based study
Kevin Mani
17:00-17:25
Discussion
Session 4 discussion
17:25
Closing
Closing remarks
Bijan Modarai
SpeakersKeynotes and featured experts＋
MA
Mohamed Abdelhalim
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
MDT simulation case contributor
SB
Sandeep Bahia
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury, UK
Session 4 discussant
CB
Colin Bicknell
Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
Session 1 chair and MDT simulation panel
MB
Marcus Brooks
North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
The role of the interdisciplinary Aortic Team in emergency transfer and outcome
JB
Jacob Budtz-Lilly
Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Uncomplicated Type B dissection trials panel and IMH debate
FC
Federica Catapano
Humanitas University and IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Imaging surveillance after Type B dissection
SC
Stephen Cheng
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Complications of TEVAR in dissection; Session 4 discussant; MDT panel
ND
Nimesh Desai
Penn Aorta Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Transition in treatment of the dissected aortic arch; roundtable and debate faculty
RF
Rachael Forsythe
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh
Session 1 discussant
PG
Panos Gkoutzios
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
MDT simulation panel
Keynote
SH
Stéphan Haulon
Hôpital Marie Lannelongue, France
Harold Ellis Distinguished Lecture; roundtable and debate faculty
MH
Martin Hilton
The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust, UK
Perspectives on survivorship and surveillance
NK
Narayan Karunanithy
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Session 1 discussant
VM
Vishy Mahadevan
Royal College of Surgeons of England, London, UK
Introduction to the Harold Ellis Distinguished Lecture
KM
Kevin Mani
Uppsala University and Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
Session 4 chair, global roundtable moderator and epidemiology talk
TM
Tara Mastracci
Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
Survivorship talk, debate convenor and Cook Medical guest lecture
BM
Barend Mees
Maastricht University and Maastricht UMC+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Hostile access talk and MDT simulation chair
GM
Germano Melissano
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Session 3 chair and STABILISE registry talk
BM
Bijan Modarai
King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Opening remarks, closing remarks and programme chair
DM
David Murray
Manchester Royal Infirmary and University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
GORE guest lecture on aortic arch treatment
FM
Firas Mussa
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Houston, USA
Session 1 discussant, trials panel and IMH debate
GO
Gustavo Oderich
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA
False lumen sac management and endovascular debate faculty
JP
Judith Partridge
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London, London, UK
MDT simulation panel
TR
Tim Resch
University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Session 2 chair, strategy roundtable lead discussant and endovascular-solutions debate
ER
Eric Roselli
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA
Malperfusion in Type A aortic dissection and debate/MDT faculty
MS
Michael Sabetai
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
Session 3 discussant and MDT simulation panel
BS
Becky Sandford
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
MDT simulation case contributor
AW
Anders Wanhainen
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Guidelines vs reality in Type B aortic dissection; Session 2 discussant; treatment complications talk
KK
Kak Khee Yeung
Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Multimodal data analysis, Session 3 discussant and treatment complications talk
AbstractsCategories and submission guidance＋
Submission Specifications
Deadline
No abstract deadline published.
Categories
No abstract categories or recommended topics published.
Availability
No public abstract submission route or guidelines found.
Specifications
No word limit, structure, eligibility, figure/table rule or submission-platform instruction visible.
Presentation Types
No poster, oral, case-report, audit/QIP or other attendee submission formats published.
Costs & registrationTrainee tickets £45＋
| Category | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard (consultant) | £95 |
| Trainee | £45 |
| Medical student | £20 |
Conference timeline1 key date＋
10 Sept 2026
Conference begins
Venue & travelEdmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS · London＋
FormatOffline in-person event; no online attendance mode stated.
Event TimeThursday 10 September 2026, 08:00-18:00.
Venue DetailsEdmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS.
MedicMess tips5 practical tips＋
MedicMess Tips
- TicketTailor lists four ticket tiers: consultants £95, trainees £45, allied health professionals £25 and medical students £20.
- The official PDF programme is the richest timetable source and lists 29 contributors/speakers.
- No abstract submission route or specification is public on the IADS website, TicketTailor page, official programme PDF or UK-AS listing.
- Venue is the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre at King's College London Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS.
- The event is in-person only according to TicketTailor structured data.
Complete guideFull MedicMess editorial briefing＋
The 3rd Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium takes place on Thursday 10 September 2026 at the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London Strand Campus. The TicketTailor registration page describes an offline event from 08:00 to 18:00 and publishes four ticket tiers: consultants £95, trainees £45, allied health professionals £25 and medical students £20.
The official PDF programme gives a full one-day timetable built around four substantial sessions: intervention timing and surveillance, open/endovascular/hybrid strategy, technical problem-solving in dissection, and evidence, trials and uncertainty. It includes the Harold Ellis Distinguished Lecture, strategy and future-scoping roundtable, integrated aortic-team debate, Cook Medical and GORE guest lectures, MDT simulation with EVC, and discussions of Type B dissection trials, IMH, dSINE, STABILISE registry data and epidemiology. The contributor list includes 29 clinicians, researchers and patient representatives from the UK, Europe, North America and Hong Kong across vascular surgery, cardiothoracic surgery, radiology, interventional radiology, geriatric medicine and patient advocacy.
No public abstract submission route, abstract deadline, word limit, category list, presentation format, CPD/CME statement or abstract publication outcome is currently available.
Frequently asked
- When is Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026?
- Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026 takes place 10–10 Sept 2026 in Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS, London.
- Where is Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026 held?
- Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026 is held at Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre, King's College London, Strand Campus, WC2R 2LS, London, United Kingdom.
- How much does Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium 2026 cost?
- Registration is £45 for trainees, £95 standard.
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