Merit Medical’s renowned hands-on radial education program offers a hands-on cadaver lab and state-of-the-art simulation training, with taped or live cases and engaging didactic presentations presented by some of the most respected radial faculty. ThinkRadial offers a course specific to Interventional Cardiologists and to Interventional Radiologists.
Courses are limited in size to preserve the quality of the hands-on experience. To be added to the list of interest for any of the below programs, please select a date and a Merit Medical representative will contact you to discuss course availability. Don’t see a date that meets your needs? We may be able to help place you in another opportunity.
| Course Dates | Location | Attendees | Program Faculty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, October 5 – Saturday, October 6, 2018 | Salt Lake City, UT – Merit Education Center | IRs: Beginning/Intermediate ICs: Advanced (Preference given to Attending Physicians with at least 50 PCIs) | Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD Eric C. Peterson, MD, FAANS | Course Full |
| Thursday, October 11 – Friday October 12, 2018 (14 CPD points awarded per workshop) | Maastricht, Netherlands at Merit Medical EMEA HQ | IRs and ICs: Beginning/Intermediate Open to Clinicians based in Europe, Middle East, Africa | Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD | |
| Thursday, November 15 – Friday, November 16, 2018 | Vancouver General and University of British Columbia Hospitals Vancouver, BC, CAN | John Chung, MD, FRCPC Darren Klass, MD, PhD, MRCS, FRCR, FRCPC Stephen G Ho, MD, FRCPC David Liu, MD, BSc, FRCPC, FSIR |
Beginning/Intermediate Agenda Highlights
Advanced Agenda Highlights (For Interventional Cardiologists, at noted US facility course dates)
Interventional Radiology
Dr. Darren Klass
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interventional Radiologist
Medical Head of MRI
IR Head – Complex Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft Program
Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC
US IR Proctor
Maastricht IR Proctor
Interventional Cardiology
Dr. Sandeep Nathan
Interventional Cardiologist
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Interventional Cardiology
Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
US IC Proctor
Interventional Cardiology
Ferdinand Kiemeneij, MD, PhD
Interventional Cardiologist at Tergooi, The Netherlands
Internationally recognized as the “father of transradial intervention”
US guest of honor and IC Advanced course co-proctor
Maastricht IC Proctor
Interventional Radiologist
Dr. Yehia El Hgar, MBBS, FRANZCR, M Eng (Biomed)
Clinical Associate Lecturer UNSW. Interventional and Diagnostic Radiologist. Liverpool and St. George hospitals.
Dr. El Hgar is an Interventional Radiologist practicing in the South and Western Sydney Area Health Districts (including Liverpool Hospital, St George Hospital) in NSW, with an affiliation to the University of NSW.
Interventional Radiologist
Eric C. Peterson, MD, FAANS
Dr. Peterson is recognized as only one of two dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeons in South Florida. He is a board-certified cerebrovascular neurosurgeon who specializes in minimally invasive endovascular and surgical repair of brain aneurysms. Dr. Peterson also specializes in the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia and brain AVMs.
