Introduction
In this special, extended roundtable episode, The PVD Channel welcomes vascular disease specialists Lorena Henderson, APRN, and Drs. Fabrizio Fanelli, Bryan Fisher, and Jason Mendivil as they share their individual perspectives on the fundamentals of limb salvage and the disparities in treatment that impact our CLI patients. Learn directly from experts across the care team as they cover the basics, building toward in-depth examinations of individual patient cases, focusing on below-the-ankle interventions in Europe and the US and the ideal tools and approaches to help our patients avoid amputation.
Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Identify the drivers of disparities in care among CLI patients
- Outline how to utilize a multidisciplinary approach in which the CLI patient is at the center of care
- Describe the value of IVUS imaging in the treatment of complex peripheral vascular disease
- Discuss how to incorporate GLASS Staging to predict technical, clinical, and hemodynamic outcomes following infrainguinal revascularization for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI)
Target Audience
The educational design of this activity addresses the needs of Interventional Radiologists, Vascular Surgeons, Vascular Specialists, Nurse Practitioners, Radiologic Technologists, and Vascular Allied Health Professionals involved in the treatment of patients with peripheral vascular disease.
Bryan T. Fisher, Sr., MD
Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center
The Surgical Clinic
Nashville, TN, USA
Dr. Bryan T. Fisher is both an expert in limb preservation and a nationally recognized vascular surgeon at Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Uniquely qualified to address the challenges and solutions aimed at the delivery of high-quality patient care, Dr. Fisher is consistently recognized by his peers as a caring professional and respected colleague in the Nashville community.
Dr. Fisher graduated with honors from Tennessee State University and became a Ronald McNair and MARC Scholar. He was accepted into the UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, but deferred one year to teach elementary school in an underserved Virginia community. After medical school, Dr. Fisher completed a five-year general surgery residency at The Ohio State University under Dr. E. Christopher Ellison. He then culminated his surgical training at Vanderbilt University under Dr. Thomas C. Naslund.
Board-certified in Vascular Surgery, Dr. Fisher serves as the Chief of Vascular Surgery, Director of Wound Care, and co-Director of the Center for Limb Preservation HCA Healthcare's Centennial Medical Center, and is a member of The Surgical Clinic in Nashville. As Chief of Vascular Surgery at Tri-Star Centennial’s Heart and Vascular Center, Dr. Fisher provides his leadership and vision of providing cutting-edge, personalized, high quality care for patients with vascular disease.
Dr. Fisher specializes in complex open, endovascular and hybrid techniques in the treatment of aortic disease and lower extremity occlusive disease. Under Dr. Fisher's leadership, Tri-Star Centennial Medical Center has become a national leader in providing a multidisciplinary approach to vascular disease.
Lorena C. Henderson, APRN, MSN, FNP-C
Administrator and Clinical Director
PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers
Clinical Research Coordinator
El Paso Cardiology Associates
El Paso, TX, USA
Lorena C. Henderson is a Family Nurse Practitioner and the Administrator and Clinical Director of the Amputation Prevention and Patient Care Coordination Program at PULSE, a novel multidisciplinary program focused on wound and vascular management and limb preservation.
She also serves as Clinical Research Coordinator for El Paso Cardiology Associates, under the direction of Dr. Laiq Raja, MD.
Lorena earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas at El Paso and completed her Masters of Science in Nursing as a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Nursing in Lubbock, Texas.
Credentialed at all of the Hospitals of Providence (Sierra, Memorial and Transmountain) and Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso, Lorena practices under the specialty of cardiology. She has focused specialization in the treatment and management of critical limb ischemia and amputation prevention under the direct supervision of Dr. Laiq Raja, MD, one of the country’s foremost experts in the treatment of critical limb ischemia, who is the director of the Amputation Prevention Program at the Hospitals of Providence as well as PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers.
A published author in Cath Lab Digest and Endovascular Today, Lorena has assisted in the development and initiation of a CLI and Amputation Prevention Treatment Program in collaboration with a local healthcare system as well as being a co-founder of PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers. Early in her career she was also involved in the development of heart failure program initiatives to establish dedicated heart failure clinics. Lorena is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing.
Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR
Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Careggi University Hospital
University of Florence
Florence, Italy
Dr. Fabrizio Fanelli is a Professor of Radiology and the Director of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology Department at Careggi University Hospital, University of Florence. Dr. Fanelli is certified by the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR).
An active researcher, Dr. Fanelli has participated in more than 20 clinical research studies and has authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Fanelli has also authored 4 books and co-authored 19 books on radiological-interventional sciences and has been an invited speaker at more than 400 international congresses.
Dr. Fanelli has been involved in more than 90 training courses on endovascular techniques, serving as organizer and co-organizer of several international and national courses.
Dr. Fanelli is an active member of the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM), European Society of Radiology (ESR), Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE), Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR), and the Italian College of Interventional Radiology (ICIR).
He currently serves as a member of the program committee of Interdisciplinary Endovascular Aortic Symposium (IDEAS) and is responsible for the organization of CIRSE’s “PAD Day” Symposium. Dr. Fanelli is also an editor for EURORAD, a publication of the Vascular and Interventional Radiology section of ESR, and an Associate Editor of JVIR and CVIR Endovascular and Diagnostics. He also serves on the editorial board and as a reviewer for several other medical journals.
Jason M. Mendivil, DPM
Foot and Ankle Physician and Surgeon
Orthopaedic Surgeons Associates
Director of Surgery and Wound Care
PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers
El Paso, TX, USA
Dr. Jason Mendivil is a native El Pasoan and graduated from Americas High School in 2002. He attended Trinity University for his undergraduate degree and went on to obtain his Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) degree from Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida in 2013.
Dr. Mendivil completed a three-year foot and ankle and reconstructive rearfoot surgery residency training at Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in Tucson, where he worked closely with an amputation prevention and limb salvage team.
Dr. Mendivil has extensive training and experience in limb salvage surgery and advanced wound management, including diabetic foot wounds and reconstructive surgery. He has become well known as a limb salvage expert and continues to advance the field of podiatry through research and development of new treatments. He is a leader in his field, using advanced treatments for wound healing, such as autogenous stem cell therapy and platelet-rich plasma for advanced wound management.
Dr. Mendivil is experienced in performing the most advanced foot and ankle reconstructive surgical procedures available for limb preservation and amputation prevention. He serves on the Editorial Board for Ostomy Wound Management (OWM) and is a member of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons, American Podiatric Medical Association, and the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. He is also one of the founders of PULSE Amputation Prevention Centers, currently serving as the Director of Surgery and Wound Care.
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The faculty have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
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Reported Financial Relationship
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Fabrizio Fanelli, MD, EBIR
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Consulting Fees: Medtronic
Honoraria: WL Gore, Cook, iVascular Speaker's Bureau: WL Gore, Medtronic, Cook, Covidien, Penumbra Advisory Board: Medtronic |
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Bryan T. Fisher, Sr., MD
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Consulting Fees: Philips, Abbott, Shockwave, Veryan, Bard, Cordis
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Lorena C. Henderson, APRN, MSN, FNP-C
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Honoraria: CSI
Speaker's Bureau: CSI, Philips, Terumo |
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Jason M. Mendivil, DPM
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Nothing to disclose
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The planners and managers have the following relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies:
Contracted Research: Vesper Medical, Philips, Medtronic, Boston Scientific
Speaker’s Bureau: Cook, Boston Scientific, Philips, Medtronic
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