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Conference overview

When Where  What
April 17, 2019 7:30 AM - 5:10 PM Hilton Garden Inn Iowa City Podium talks including breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks
April 17, 2019 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Vue RoofTop Restaurant  Dinner
April 18, 2019 7:30 AM - 5:20 PM Hilton Garden Inn Iowa City  Podium talks including breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks
April 18, 2019 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Iowa Chop House  Dinner
April 19, 2019 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Hilton Garden Inn Iowa City  Chalk talks

 

Conference program

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Arrive at Iowa City; check-in at Hotel
 

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

7:30 - 8:00 AM    Breakfast
 
8:00 - 8:30 AM    Welcome session
8:00 - 8:10 AM Brooks Jackson
University of Iowa, USA
Welcome Remarks by the Vice president of Medical Affairs and Dean of College of Medicine
8:10 - 8:20 AM Alec Scranton
University of Iowa, USA
Welcome remarks by Dean, College of Engineering
8:20 - 8:30 AM Matthew Howard, Chair, Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa, USA History of Aneurysm and SAH Research at the University of Iowa
 
8:30-10:05 AM    Hemodynamics in aneurysms
8:30 - 8:50 AM David Steinman
University of Toronto, Canada
High-Fidelity CFD Takes a Look at the Aneurysm Wall
8:50 - 9:10 AM Eva L. Leemans
Academic Medical Center, Netherlands
Hemodynamic environment in stable and growing intracranial aneurysms
9:10 - 9:30 AM Gabor Janiga
University of Magdeburg, Germany
Simplified Visualization of the 4D Hemodynamics
9:30 - 9:50 AM Nicole Cancelliere
University Health Network, Canada
3D Rotational Angiography vs. 4D-CT Angiography as the Basis for Computational Hemodynamics of Cerebral Aneurysms
9:50 - 10:05 AM Discussion
 
10:05 - 10:25 AM    Coffee Break
 
10:25 AM - 12:00 PM    Advances in aneurysm repair
10:25 - 10:45 AM Masaaki Shojima
University of Tokyo, Japan
What is happening to the coils when the aneurysms recanalize after embolization?
10:45 - 11:05 AM Hui Meng
SUNY Buffalo, USA
Long-term prediction of endovascular intervention of intracranial aneurysm using machine learning
11:05 - 11:25 AM Duncan Maitland
Texas A&M University, USA
In Vivo Experience with a Biodegradable Polyurethane Foam-Over-Coil Occlusion Device
11:25 - 11:45 AM Christof Karmonik
Houston Methodist Hospital, USA
A Machine-Learning Approach using Morphological and Hemodynamic Parameters for Predicting Aneurysms Enhancement
11:45 - 12:00 PM Discussion
 
12:00 - 1:00 PM    Lunch
 
1:00 - 1:40 PM  Jim Koenig Cerebrovascular Biomarkers: The NINDS Perspective
 
1:40 - 3:35 PM   Aneurysm Imaging
1:40 - 2:00 PM Matthew Gounis
University of Massachusetts, USA
Imaging of the aneurysm wall
2:00 - 2:20 PM Timothy Carroll
University of Chicago, USA
Contrast Agent Kinetics: A New Biomarker of IA Instability?
2:20 - 2:40 PM Daichi Nakagawa
University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
QSM and VWI MRI sequences in identifying subjects with intracranial aneurysms who have microbleeds associated with headache
2:40 - 3:00 PM Ye Qiao
Johns Hopkins Medicine, USA
MRI imaging of intracranial vessel wall
3:00 - 3:20 PM Edgar Samaniego
University of Iowa, USA
Aneurysm imaging with 7T scan
3:20 - 3:35 PM Discussion
 
3:35 - 3:55 PM    Coffee Break
 
3:55 - 5:10 PM    Aneurysm wall biology and imaging
3:55 - 4:15 PM Daizo Ishii
Hiroshima University, Japan
Decreased anti-atherogenic protein levels are associated with aneurysm structure alterations in MR vessel wall imaging
4:15 - 4:35 PM Toshinori Matsushige
Hiroshima City Asa Citizens Hospital,
Japan
Histopathological Interpretation of Vessel Wall Imaging of Intracranial Aneurysms
4:35 - 4:55 PM Vincent Tutino
SUNY Buffalo, USA
Gene Expression Signatures in the Peripheral Blood Detect Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms
4:55 - 5:10 PM Discussion
 
6:30 - 9:00 PM    Dinner @ the Vue
 

Thursday April 18, 2019

7:30 – 8:00 AM    Breakfast
 
8:00 - 10:00 AM    Aneurysm wall and thrombus mechanics and structure
8:00 - 8:20 AM Anne Robertson
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Probing the mechanics and structure of the aneurysm wall to determine causes of failure
8:20 - 8:40 AM Paul Watton
University of Sheffield, UK
Modelling the mechanobiology of aneurysm stability: Now, Then & Next
8:40 - 9:00 AM Yiannis Vertikos
University College London, UK
Understanding thrombus formation in aneurysms
1:20 - 1:40 PM Aaron S Dumont
Tulane University, USA
Cerebral Aneurysm Pathogenesis: Role of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress
9:40 - 10:00 AM Discussion
 
10:00 - 10:20 AM     Coffee break
 
10:20 - 12:00 PM    Perspectives in aneurysm research
10:20 - 10:40 AM Philippe Bijlenga
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Are we focusing on the tip of the iceberg?
10:40 - 11:00 AM Suresh Raghavan
University of Iowa, USA
Insights from aortic aneurysm rupture research
11:00 - 11:20 AM Vitor M. Pereira
University of Toronto, Canada
CFD for aneurysm rupture: too much data, little clinical impact. Where are we going?
11:20 - 11:40 PM Discussion
 
12:00 - 1:00 PM   Lunch
 
1:00 - 3:00 PM    Aneurysm rupture: prediction and prevention 
1:00 - 1:20 PM Tomoki Hashimoto
Barrow Neurological Institute, USA
Prevention of Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture
1:20 - 1:40 PM Hui Meng
SUNY Buffalo, USA
The Potential of Supporting Intracranial Aneurysm Treatment Decision Using Rupture Resemblance Score
1:40 - 2:00 PM Juhana Frösen
Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
Dental infections as factors predisposing to aneurysm formation and rupture
2:00 - 2:40 PM Juan R. Cebral
George Mason University, USA
Aneurysm Risk Assessment: Prediction and Understanding
2:40 - 3:00 PM Discussion
 
3:00 - 3:20 PM    Coffee Break
 
3:20 - 5:10 PM    Advances in cerebral aneurysms research
3:20 - 3:30 PM Hamidreza Rajabzadeh-Oghaz
University at Buffalo, USA
Applications of Data-Driven Models in Aneurysm Management: Ruptured Aneurysm Identification i SAH Patients with Multiples
3:30 - 3:40 PM Robert Damiano
University at Buffalo, USA
Development and Application of a Mechanics-Based Virtual Coiling Technique for Intracranial Aneurysm
3:30 - 3:50 PM Vitaliy Rayz
Purdue University, USA
Cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics: advantages and limitations of in vivo, in vitro and in silico analysis
3:50 - 4:00 PM Maria-Cruz Villa-Uriol
University of Sheffield, UK
Community-based risk analysis of cerebral aneurysms rupture
4:00 - 4:10 PM Jia Lu
University of Iowa, USA
Cerebral aneurysm wall stress estimation by machine learning
4:10 - 4:20 PM Mario Zanaty
University of Iowa, USA
Elastin and Aneurysm Instability
4:20 - 4:30 PM Kaustubh S. Limaye
University of Iowa, USA
SAH and Pregnancy
4:30 - 4:40 PM Eva L. Leemans
Academic Medical Center, Netherlands
Change in intracranial aneurysms morphology during growth evaluated with MRA
4:40 - 5:00 PM Q&A with speakers
 
5:00 - 5:20 PM Daniel Rüfenacht  ICS: past, present and future
 
6:30 – 9:00 PM    Dinner @ the Chop House
 

Friday April19th, 2019

7:30 – 8:00 AM    Breakfast
8:00 - 10:00 AM    Chalk Talk I

David Hasan, Jim Torner, Chris Coffey, Emine Bayman, Colin Derdeyn, and all attendees

Didactic discussion on how to design a pragmatic trial / registry to  test biomarkers for cerebral aneurysm instability using  CFD, aneurysm shape indices, imaging protocols, and  plasma & genetic biomarkers: a basket of studies with  bayesian statistical model?

10:00 - 10:30 AM.   Coffee break 
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM.   Chalk Talk II

David Hasan, Jim Torner, Chris Coffey, Emine Bayman, Colin Derdeyn, and all attendees

Didactic discussion on how to design a pragmatic trial / registry to  test biomarkers for cerebral aneurysm instability using  CFD, aneurysm shape indices, imaging protocols, and  plasma & genetic biomarkers: a basket of studies with  bayesian statistical model?

12:00 PM    Conference adjourned with brown bag of lunch to go