Agenda 2025

Saturday, April 5, 2025 • 9:00 AM – 3:10 PM EST

*Times listed are in Eastern Standard Time

9:00 am		Welcome and Introduction Robert Schaller, DO
		Session I Tools and Techniques Moderator: Robert Schaller, DO
9:05 – 9:20 am		New Extraction Tools: Present and Future Charles Love, MD
9:20 – 9:35 am		How Lead Bench Testing Can Affect TLE Robert Lewis, MD
9:35 – 9:50 am		Extract or Cap in Non-Infected Scenarios Gareth Wynn, MBChB
9:50 – 10:10 am		Panel Discussion with Q&A Session
		Session II Emerging Concepts *Moderator:* Joshua Cooper, MD
10:10 – 10:25 am		Update on Shockwave Therapy and other Complementary Tools Peter Jessel, MD
10:25 – 10:40 am		Damage to the TV during TLE: How to Identify and Prevent Federico Migliore, MD
10:40 – 10:55 am		Extraction of Leadless Devices Ryan Cunnane, MD
10:55 – 11:15 am		Panel Discussion with Q&A
		Session III Special Scenarios *Moderator:* Blandine Mondésert, MD
11:15 – 11:30 am		Lead Extraction from a Femoral Approach: When and How? Moussa Saleh, MD
11:30 – 11:45 am		Transvenous Lead Extraction in the LVAD Patient Sunil Kapur, MD
11:45 am – 12:00 pm		Percutaneous Balloon Venoplasty for Symptomatic Lead-Related Venous Stenosis Robert Schaller, DO
12:00 – 12:20 pm		Panel Discussion with Q&A
12:20 – 12:40 pm		Case Theater • Sponsored by Philips Pseudo-Fontan Physiology From Venous Lead Obstruction: A Case of a Rare Complication of Permanent Pacemaker Leads Nathan Kong, MD (Case Presenter) and Peter Zimetbaum, MD
		Session IV Pre-Recorded Cases *Roundtable Panel:* Robert Schaller, DO, Joshua Cooper, MD, Mouhannad Sadek, MD, Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh, Paari Dominic, MBBS, MPH, and Pamela Mason, MD
12:40 – 1:00 pm		Case 1 Presentation and Discussions Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh
1:00 – 1:20 pm		Case 2 Presentation and Discussions Paari Dominic, MD
1:20 – 1:40 pm		Case 3 Presentation and Discussions Pamela Mason, MD
1:40 – 2:00 pm		Panel Discussion with Q&A
		Session V Practical Aspects *Moderator:* Mouhannad Sadek, MD
2:00 – 2:15 pm		Lead Extraction in Unique Scenarios Thomas Callahan, MD
2:15 – 2:30 pm		Lead Management at the Time of Heart Transplantation Isaac Whitman, MD
2:30 – 2:45 pm		The Australian Extraction Experience Russell Denman, MD
2:45 – 3:05 pm		Panel Discussion with Q&A
3:05 – 3:10 pm		Social Media Wrap-up and Final Remarks Edward Schloss, MD and Robert Schaller, DO

Program Director
Robert D. Schaller, DO, FHRS Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine Director, Cardiac Lead Extraction Program Director, Cardiac Device Program Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Division of Electrophysiology Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Associate Program Directors
Joshua Cooper, MD, FACC, FHRS Professor of Medicine Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Philadelphia, PA		Mouhannad Sadek, MD Staff Electrophysiologist University of Ottawa Heart Institute and The Ottawa Hospital Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Faculty
Thomas Callahan, MD Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH		Pamela Mason, MD UVA Health Charlottesville, VA
Ryan Cunnane, MD University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI		Federico Migliore, MD University of Padua Padova, Italy
Russell Denman, MD St. Vincent's Private Hospital Northside Chermside, Queensland, Australia		Blandine Mondésert, MD Montreal Heart Institute Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paari Dominic, MD University of Iowa Healthcare Iowa City, IA		Moussa Saleh, MD Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell New Hyde Park, NY
Peter Jessel, MD VA Portland Health Care System Portland, OR		Edward Schloss, MD The Christ Hospital Cincinnati, OH
Sunil Kapur, MD Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA		Alan Sugrue, MB, BCh Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
Charles Love, MD Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MD		Isaac Whitman, MD Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA
Robert Lewis, MD Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC		Gareth Wynn, MBChB The Royal Melbourne Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Agenda 2025

Saturday, April 5, 2025 • 9:00 AM – 3:10 PM EST

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Session III

Session IV

Session V

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