Endovascular and Vascular Techniques for Senior Residents

This is an invitation-only comprehensive, hands-on learning experience to familiarize senior neurosurgical residents with the basics of endovascular and cerebrovascular neurosurgery, including carotid aneurysm, endarterectomy, AVM surgery and bypass techniques. Residents will learn the basics of arterial and venous femoral access for cerebral angiography and perform these techniques with animal, cadaver and simulator models. Residents will discuss practice models and when to appropriately use open versus closed techniques.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this educational activity, participants should be able to:

Apply the basics of arterial and venous femoral access for cerebral angiography and perform these in an animal model.
Discuss the basics of aneurysm and AVM catheterization and compare how embolic devices are delivered.
Recognize the basics of intra-arterial delivery of thrombolytics and the use of mechanical devices to treat strokes.
Apply the basics of carotid endarterectomy and demonstrate these in a live animal model.
Discuss basic tenets of aneurysm surgery and practice these in a reperfused cadaver model.

Course Directors

Andrew W. Grande, MD, FAANS

Mark D. Bain, MD, FAANS

Honorary Co-Directors

Adam S. Arthur, MD, MPH, FAANS

Michael T. Lawton, MD, FAANS

Faculty Members

Emad Aboud, MD
Andrew Bauer, MD, MBA, FAANS
Ketan R. Bulsara, MD, MBA
Ondrej Choutka, MD, FAANS
Daniel Consigny, MD
Reza Dashti, MD, PhD
Daniel Hoit, MD, FAANS
Babak Jahromi, MD, PhD, FAANS
Nickalus R. Khan, MD, FAANS

Michael J. Lang, MD
Justin Mascitelli, MD, FAANS
Nina Moore, MD, FAANS
Vincent Nguyen, MD
Christopher Nickele, MD
Joshua Osbun MD, FAANS
Joseph Serrone, MD, FAANS
Adnan Siddiqui, MD
Scott Simon, MD

Number of Attendees (2025): 26

Next Course*

Location

Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI), Memphis, TN

Dates

October 8-10, 2026

Industry Partners

The NREF is The NREF is grateful to the following industry partners for their support of the 2025 Endovascular and Vascular Techniques Course for Senior Residents: