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, 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 Medical Management of Cerebral Venous Disorders, Jill Rau, MD
9:00 am – 9:10 am GLP-1 agonists and IIH, Kerry Knievel, MD
9:10 am – 9:20 am IIH and the Eye, Amanda Henderson, MD
9:20 am – 9:30 am Cerebral Venous Disorder Framework, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
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 Travis Caton, MD
10:45 am – 10:55 am Evidence & Outcomes of Venous Sinus Stenting, Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD
10:55 am – 11:05 am Discussion, Moderated by Srikanth Boddu, MD
11:05 am – 11:20 am Surgical and Endovascular Treatments for Non-transverse Sinus Pulsatile Tinnitus Sources, Srihari Sundararajan, MD
11:20 am – 11:30 am Discussion, Moderated by Srikanth Boddu, 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, Moderated by Kyle Fargen, MD
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm VSS for Acute Fulminant Visual Loss, Charlotte Chung, MD
12:10 pm – 12:20 pm Discussion, Moderated by Srikanth Boddu, MD
12:20 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
The Art of Medicine
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Welcome from SNIS Board of Directors, Peter Kan, MD
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 Peter Kan, MD
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 Ian Kaminsky, 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, Moderated by Charlotte Chung, MD
2:40 pm – 2:55 pm Transvenous Access Options and Complication Avoidance, Lee Birnbaum, MD
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Discussion, Moderated by Nicholas Borg, 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, Moderated by Charlotte Chung, MD
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, Timothy White, MD
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, Vitor Mendes Pereira, MD
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 Venous Sinus Stenting and Lessons Learned in Device Innovation, Pierre Gobin, 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 Nuances of Pediatric Venography and Venous Interventions, Mesha Martinez, MD
10:00 am – 10:10 am Discussion, Moderated by Todd Abruzzo, 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 Srihari Sundararajan, MD
10:40 am – 10:55 am Break
High Pressure Abstracts
10:55 am – 11:55 am Case Presentations and Abstracts, Moderated by Travis Caton, MD
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, Scott Yuan, MD
1:40 pm – 1:50 pm Discussion, Moderated by Joseph Karam, 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
2:40 pm – 2:55 pm Open Surgical Decompression of Brachiocephalic Stenosis, Errol Bush, MD
2:55 pm – 3:05 pm Discussion, Moderated by Reid Gooch, MD
3:05 pm – 3:20 pm Break
3:20 pm – 3:35 pm Jugular Stenting: Outcomes and Pitfalls, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
3:35 pm – 3:45 pm Discussion, Moderated by Lee Birnbaum, MD
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, Visish Srinivasan, MD
4:25 pm – 4:35 pm Discussion, Moderated by Michael Abraham, 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
Saturday, 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, Matthew Bender, MD
8:30 am – 9:00 am How I Perform CSF Venous Fistula Embolization, Emanuele Orru’, MD
Diagnosis and Management of CSF Leaks
9:00 am – 9:15 am An Update on Imaging Techniques for Diagnosing SIH, Vinil Shah, MD
9:15 am – 9:25 am Discussion, Moderated by Ajay Madhavan, MD
9:25 am – 9:40 am Dynamic Myelography, Ajay Madhavan, MD
9:40 am – 9:55 am Discussion, Moderated by Scott Yuan, MD
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 Matthew Bender, 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 Emanuele Orru’, 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 Swati Levendovsky, MD
11:50 am – 12:05 pm Glymphatic Novel Therapies: The Future?, Ferdinand Hui, MD, FSNIS
12:05 pm – 12:15 pm Discussion, Moderated by Michael Abraham, MD
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
Low Pressure & Glymphatic Abstracts
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Case Presentations and Abstracts, Moderated by Thien Huynh, MD
2:00 pm Closing Remarks, Michael Abraham, MD & Kyle Fargen, MD