Dr. AbuRahma’s Scholarly Activities for the 2nd Quarter of 2015

Published articles:
1.    AbuRahma AF.  I may not be Southern by birth, but I am proud to be an American:  The role of international medical graduates in vascular surgery and the Southern Association for Vascular Surgery.  J Vasc Surg 2015;62:241-50.
2.    AbuRahma AF, Invited Debate, TransAtlantic Debate Section, Part Two:  Against the motion.  Carotid endarterectomy is not safer than stenting in the hyperacute period after onset of symptoms.  Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2015;49(6):623-33.

3.    AbuRahma AF.  Debate:  Whether carotid endarterectomy is safer than stenting in the hyperacute period after onset of symptoms.  J Vasc Surg 2015;61(6):1642-51.

Moderator/Speaking Engagements:

1.    Speaker, 12th International Conference of the Jordan Cardiac Society, Amman, Jordan, April 8-9, 2015, Improvement of Carotid Endarterectomy Outcome:  My Experience over Three Decades and Level I Evidence.

2.    Speaker, 12th International Conference of the Jordan Cardiac Society, Amman, Jordan, April 8-9, 2015, Update on the Use of TEVAR in Type B Aortic Dissection.

3.    Speaker, St. Louis Vascular Symposium, 19th Edition, St. Louis, MO, April 8-11, 2015, Duplex Imaging after Carotid Stents – Techniques and Criteria.

4.    Speaker, St. Louis Vascular Symposium, 19th Edition, St. Louis, MO, April 8-11, 2015, Can Duplex Criteria for Native Visceral Vessels be Applied to In-Stent Restenosis.

5.    Speaker, St. Louis Vascular Symposium, 19th Edition, St. Louis, MO, April 8-11, 2015, Renal Duplex Velocity Criteria Revisited – Which Doppler Parameter is Best?

6.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, Percutaneous Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (PEVAR):  Predictors of Percutaneous Access Failure Requiring Open Conversion During EVAR.

7.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, Color Duplex Ultrasound Only with Selective CTA for Surveillance of Abdominal Aortic Stent Grafts.

8.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, Renal Duplex Ultrasound Velocity Criteria Interpretation Revisited – Which Doppler Parameter is Better?

9.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, The Impact of Chronic Renal Insufficiency on the Outcome of Carotid Artery Stenting.

10.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, Duplex Ultrasound Surveillance after Carotid Stenting.

11.    Invited Speaker, V Congress of the Department of Cardiovascular Imaging SBC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 23-25, 2015, Duplex Ultrasound Surveillance after Carotid Endarterectomy with Patching is not Necessary or Cost Effective.

12.    Speaker, ISES Worldwide Celebration Congress, Paris, France, May 22-23, 2015, Impact of Operator Specialty & Volumes in CAS Outcomes.

13.    Speaker, ISES Worldwide Celebration Congress, Paris, France, May 22-23, 2015, Debate #2:  Restricted vs. Wide Indications for CAS.

14.    Speaker, ISES Worldwide Celebration Congress, Paris, France, May 22-23, 2015, Role of Aorto-Peripheral Duplex Scan.

15.    Moderator, First Act:  ISES Origin & Impact, ISES Worldwide Celebration Congress, Paris, France, May 22-23, 2015. 

16.    Moderator, Endovascular Track, Meet the Legends, Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3), Orlando, FL, June 14-18, 2015.

17.    Moderator, Endovascular Track, Management of Popliteal & Infrarenal Abdominal Aneurysms, Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3), Orlando, FL, June 14-18, 2015.

18.    Speaker, Complex Cardiovascular Catheter Therapeutics (C3), Orlando, FL, June 14-18, 2015, Evolving Treatment of Popliteal Artery Aneurysms:  Open to Endovascular Repair.

19.    Speaker, RPVI Examination Review, Vascular Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, June 17-20, 2015, Cerebrovascular Duplex Exams:  Interpretation Criteria.