SNIS Cerebral Venous and CSF Disorders Summit
March 5-7, 2026
Colorado Springs, CO
Building on the success of our first three meetings, the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s Committee on Venous and CSF Disorders is excited to announce the fourth Cerebral Venous and CSF Disorders Summit, to be held from March 5-7, 2026 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2026, we will continue to build upon last year’s program and progress, sharing experiences, ideas, and techniques in this rapidly growing space in neurointervention.
The Summit is intended to be a high-level strategic meeting of clinical, research and industry leaders interested in growing this novel domain of healthcare. We welcome all interested parties as we discuss ongoing research, new developments, and future trials/publications.
Participants can attend in-person or virtually.
In-Person Attendee Registration
Agenda:
This is a preliminary program and is subject to change.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
Morning Masterclass
8:00 am – 8:30 am Anatomy/Physiology, Goetz Benndorf, MD
8:30 am – 8:45 am Welcome, Guilherme Dabus, MD, SNIS President and Michael Abraham, MD & Kyle Fargen, MD, on behalf of the SNIS Venous Summit Planning Committee
8:45 am – 8:50 am JNIS Update, Michael Chen, MD, FSNIS
Venous Sinus Stenosis and Related Conditions
8:50 am – 9:00 am Cerebral Venous Disorder Framework, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
9:00 am – 9:10 am Medical Management of Cerebral Venous Disorders, Jill Rau, MD
9:10 am – 9:20 am GLP-1 agonists and IIH, Kerry Knievel, MD
9:20 am – 9:30 am IIH and the Eye, Amanda Henderson, MD
9:30 am – 9:45 am Discussion, Moderated by Michael Chen, MD, FSNIS
9:45 am – 10:00 am Break
10:00 am – 10:15 am Pathophysiology Update on Venous Disease, Kyle Fargen, MD
10:15 am – 10:20 am Discussion, Moderated by Travis Caton, MD
10:20 am – 10:35 am Diagnosis & Management of Pulsatile Tinnitus, Matthew Amans, MD
10:35 am – 10:45 am Discussion, Moderated by Ruchi Kabra, MD
10:45 am – 10:55 am Evidence & Outcomes of Venous Sinus Stenting, Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD
10:55 am – 11:05 am Discussion
11:05 am – 11:20 am Surgical and Endovascular Treatments for Non-transverse Sinus Pulsatile Tinnitus Sources
11:20 am – 11:30 am Discussion, Moderated by Eytan Raz, MD
11:30 am – 11:45 am Complications of VSS and How to Avoid Them, Michael Abraham, MD
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm VSS for Acute Fulminant Visual Loss, Tom Whittaker, MD
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm Discussion
12:20 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
The Art of Medicine
1:00 pm – 1:10 pm Coding Update, Joshua Hirsch, MD, FSNIS
1:10 pm – 1:20 pm Economics of Vein Work: Cost Savings and Coding for Venous Interventions/Surgeries, Luciano Ponce, MD
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm Discussion, Moderated by James Milburn, MD, FSNIS
1:30 pm – 1:40 pm Mitigating Burnout, Challenging Patients and Managing Expectations, Ed Hepworth, MD
1:40 pm – 1:50 pm Discussion, Moderated by Andrew Callan, MD
1:50 pm – 2:05 pm Cognition and Venous Disease, Nicholas Borg, MD
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm Discussion, Moderated by Kyle Fargen, MD
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Standardizing Outcome Metrics in Cerebral Venous Disease, Pierre Gobin, MD
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Discussion
2:40 pm – 2:55 pm Transvenous Access Options and Complication Avoidance, Tim Philips, MD
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Discussion, Moderated by Lee Birnbaum, MD
3:05 pm – 3:20 pm Break
Arteriovenous Shunting and Thrombosis
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm Role of Endovascular Treatment in CVST: An Update, Lauren Patrick, MD
3:35 pm – 3:45 pm Discussion
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Complications of MT for CVST and How to Avoid Them, Ian Kaminsky, MD
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Discussion
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm Recanalization of Chronic Dural Sinus Occlusions
4:25 pm – 4:35 pm Discussion, Moderated by Donald Frei, MD, FSNIS
4:35 pm – 4:50 pm Transvenous Approaches for dAVF Embolization, Rene Chapot, MD
4:50 pm – 5:00 pm Discussion, Moderated by Todd Abruzzo, MD, FSNIS
5:00 pm – 5:15 pm Pressure cooker and transvenous approaches for AVM
5:15 pm – 5:25 pm Discussion, Moderated by Goetz Benndorf, MD
5:30 pm Reception
Friday, March 6, 2026
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
Morning Masterclass
8:00 am – 8:30 am History of Venous Disease: Zamboni, Dandy & Now, Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD
8:30 am – 9:00 am How I Perform Venous Sinus Stenting and Why, Nick Higgins, MD
Enhancing Diagnostic Techniques
9:00 am – 9:15 am Diagnostic Venography: Challenges, Solutions and Limitations, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
9:15 am – 9:25 am Discussion, Moderated by Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD
9:25 am – 9:35 am Manometry vs Pressure Wires, Dorothea Altschul, MD
9:35 am – 9:45 am Discussion, Moderated by Raj Khangura, MD
9:45 am – 10:00 am Upright Venography, Maksim Shapiro, MD
10:00 am – 10:10 am Discussion, Moderated by Ryan Priest, MD
10:10 am – 10:20 am The Straight Sinus and its Role in Disease, Kyle Fargen, MD
10:20 am – 10:25 am Discussion, Moderated by Charles Stout, MD
10:25 am – 10:35 am Adjuncts to Venography in Understanding Venous Flow, Goetz Benndorf, MD
10:35 am – 10:40 am Discussion, Moderated by Keith Woodward, MD
10:40 am – 10:55 am Break
High Pressure Abstracts
10:55 am – 11:25 am Case Presentations and Abstracts, Moderated by Travis Caton, MD
11:25 am – 11:55 am Case Presentations and Abstracts
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
Extracranial Venous Disease
1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Evidence for Extracranial Venous Stenosis in Disease Pathogenesis, Ed Hepworth, MD
1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Discussion, Moderated by Matthew Amans, MD
1:30 pm – 1:40 pm Non-surgical Management of Extracranial Venous Stenosis, Yoon-Hee Cha, MD
1:40 pm – 1:50 pm Discussion, Moderated by Scott Yuan, MD
1:50 pm – 2:05 pm Styloidectomy/C1 Shave for Symptomatic Jugular Stenosis, Michael Elliott, MD
2:05 pm – 2:15 pm Discussion, Moderated by Peter Constantino, MD
2:15 pm – 2:30 pm Open Surgical Management of Muscular Jugular Syndrome, Joseph Karam, MD
2:30 pm – 2:40 pm Discussion, Moderated by Peter Nakaji, MD
2:40 pm – 2:55 pm Jugular Stenting: Outcomes and Pitfalls, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Discussion, Moderated by Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD
3:05 pm – 3:20 pm Break
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm Open Surgical Decompression of Brachiocephalic Stenosis, Errol Bush, MD
3:35 pm – 3:45 pm Discussion
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Brachiocephalic Vein Stenting, Karthikeyan Arcot, MD
4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Discussion, Moderated by Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm CSF Shunting for Cerebral Venous Disorders
4:25 pm – 4:35 pm Discussion, Moderated by David Altschul, MD
4:35 pm – 4:45 pm Update on the eShunt, Adel Malek, MD
4:45 pm – 4:55 pm Discussion, Moderated by Demetrius Lopes, MD
4:55 pm – 5:15 pm Open Discussion on Research Needs in Extracranial Venous Disease, Moderated by Kyle Fargen, MD
Friday, March 7, 2026
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
Morning Masterclass
8:00 am – 8:30 am Open Surgical Management of Spinal CSF Leak
8:30 am – 9:00 am How I Perform CSF Venous Fistula Embolization, Waleed Brinjikji, MD
Diagnosis and Management of CSF Leaks
9:00 am – 9:15 am An Update on Imaging Techniques for Diagnosing SIH, Andrew Callen, MD
9:15 am – 9:25 am Discussion, Moderated by Vinil Shah, MD
9:25 am – 9:40 am Dynamic Myelography, John Madarang, MD
9:40 am – 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am – 10:10 am Outcomes of Endovascular Management of CSF Venous Fistulae, Thien Huynh, MD
10:10 am – 10:20 am Discussion, Moderated by Guilherme Dabus, MD
10:20 am – 10:35 am Role of the Azygous System in Disease, Marcel Maya, MD
10:35 am – 10:45 am Discussion, Moderated by Waleed Brinjikji, MD
10:45 am – 11:00 am Break
Glymphatics
11:00 am – 11:15 am A Review of Glymphatic Physiology and Imaging, Swati Levendovszky, MD
11:15 am – 11:25 am Discussion, Moderated by Matthew Bender, MD
11:25 am – 11:40 am Glymphatics and their Role in Disease, Emanuele Orru’, MD
11:40 am – 11:50 am Discussion, Moderated by Michael Levitt, MD
11:50 am – 12:05 pm Glymphatic Novel Therapies: The Future?, Stephanie Lenck, MD
12:05 pm – 12:15 pm Discussion, Moderated by Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
Low Pressure & Glymphatic Abstracts
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Case Presentations and Abstracts
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Case Presentations and Abstracts, Moderated by Thien Huynh, MD
2:00 pm Closing Remarks, Michael Abraham, MD & Kyle Fargen, MD