Panel Discussion | PAD: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Definitive Therapy Options

Monday, March 9, 2026

9:36 AM - 9:50 AM EST

Location: Jefferson

Moderator(s)

George Adams, MD, MHS, MBA, FACC, FSCAI

Chief Medical Officer, Cordis
Cordis, North Carolina, United States

Disclosure(s): Asahi Intecc, Japan: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Cookmedical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); csi cardiovascular systems: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); SoundBite Medical Solutions: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); W. L. Gore: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing)
John Fritz Angle, MD

Professor of Radiology
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Shadi Halabi, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Powers Healthcare System

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Panel Discussant(s)

Gary M. Ansel, MD, FACC

Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Toledo
Columbus , Ohio, United States

Disclosure(s): cook Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), royalties (Ongoing); healthcare Inroads: Owner/Co-Owner Founder/Co-Founder (Ongoing); reflow medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); surmodics: royalties (Ongoing)
Mark C. Bates, MD, DSc, FSCAI

Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery
CAMC Institute of Academic Medicine and WVU
Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Disclosure(s): Polaris Medical: Owner/Co-Owner Founder/Co-Founder (Ongoing)
Kusum Lata, MD, FSCAI

Interventional Cardiology
Sutter Health, CA
Tracy, California, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Michael Siah, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott, Bayer, BD, Boston Scientific, Cook, CSI, Inari, Medtronic, Philips, Shockwave and VentureMed.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Bard Peripheral Vascular, Veryan, Biotronik, Cook Medical, Gore & Associates, Medtronic, Philips, Terumo, TriReme, Shockwave, Med Alliance, Intact Vascular, B. Braun; CSI, Boston Scientific, University of Jena, Pluristem, PQ Bypass, Surmodics, Reflow: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)
Peter A. Soukas, MD, FSCAI

Director, Vascular Medicine & Interventional PV Lab
Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute/ Brown Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Endologix, Contego Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Penumbra, BD, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Philips, Shockwave, Gore, r3Vascular, Akura, Cagent Vascular, AcoArt, Contego Medical, InspireMD, AVS, Fastwave, .Cordis, Reva Medical,: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
Ulf Teichgräber, MD

Chair
University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-University
Jena, Thuringen, Germany

Disclosure(s): Concept Medical: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Thomas Zeller, MD

Director Department Angiology
Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, University Clinic Freiburg, Germany
Bad Krozingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

George Adams, MD, MHS, MBA, FACC, FSCAI: Asahi Intecc, Japan: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Cookmedical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); csi cardiovascular systems: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Philips; Abbott: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); Shockwave Medical, Inc.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); SoundBite Medical Solutions: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing); W. L. Gore: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), Education (Ongoing)

John Fritz Angle, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Shadi Halabi, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Gary M. Ansel, MD, FACC: cook Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing), royalties (Ongoing); healthcare Inroads: Owner/Co-Owner Founder/Co-Founder (Ongoing); reflow medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); surmodics: royalties (Ongoing)

Mark C. Bates, MD, DSc, FSCAI: Polaris Medical: Owner/Co-Owner Founder/Co-Founder (Ongoing)

Kusum Lata, MD, FSCAI: No financial relationships to disclose

Michael Siah, MD: Abbott, Bayer, BD, Boston Scientific, Cook, CSI, Inari, Medtronic, Philips, Shockwave and VentureMed.: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Bard Peripheral Vascular, Veryan, Biotronik, Cook Medical, Gore & Associates, Medtronic, Philips, Terumo, TriReme, Shockwave, Med Alliance, Intact Vascular, B. Braun; CSI, Boston Scientific, University of Jena, Pluristem, PQ Bypass, Surmodics, Reflow: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing)

Peter A. Soukas, MD, FSCAI: Abbott Vascular, Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Endologix, Contego Medical: Consulting Fees (e.g., advisory boards) (Ongoing); Penumbra, BD, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Philips, Shockwave, Gore, r3Vascular, Akura, Cagent Vascular, AcoArt, Contego Medical, InspireMD, AVS, Fastwave, .Cordis, Reva Medical,: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

Ulf Teichgräber, MD: Concept Medical: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Thomas Zeller, MD: No financial relationships to disclose