Integrated Vascular Residency Conferences and Simulation

Conferences and Simbionix ANGIO Mentor Simulator Biweekly Vascular Conferences are scheduled Monday 5 - 6 p.m. and Wednesday 7 - 8 a.m. Topics include:

Angiography/advanced imaging
Indications
Journal Club
Morbidity & Mortality
Grand Rounds
Mock oral sessions
Cardiology/Vascular Medicine Conference
Vascular Lab
Vascular Surgery In-Training Exam (VSITE) review (post-in service)

Other Integrated Vascular Residency Educational Conferences include:

Cleveland Vascular Society: Annual Meeting, Residents/Fellows Competition
Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society: Annual Meeting

Simulation Opportunities and Lab Experiences

Simbionix ANGIO Mentor Simulation: We have a Simbionix ANGIO Mentor simulator with complete Procedure Rehearsal Studio available in the control room of our integrated operating room suite. This is used for practice of simple and complex endovascular cases as well as completing clinical trials. Currently, we have partnered with an endograft company to study outcomes of complex endovascular aneurysm repair when completed with preoperative planning and simulation. Examples include:

Simbionix Endovascular Simulator with ANGIO Mentor simulator
Goldstone Vascular Wet Lab-Open Vascular Simulation Lab: complete with vascular anastomosis on cadaveric tissue
Animal lab simulation of basic surgical techniques