GULF COAST VASCULAR RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
2026 PROGRAM
LSU Health Shreveport Center for Medical Education
Friday, April 10
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 8:00 – 8:50 am | Check-In and Registration |
| 8:50 – 9:00 am |
WELCOMING REMARKS |
| 9:00 – 10:10 am | SCIENTIFIC SESSION I. NEUROVASCULAR BIOLOGY AND THROMBOSIS Moderators: Khalid El Saafien (LSUHS) & Abhijnan Chattopadhyay (UT Health Houston) |
| 9:00 – 9:25 am | Khalid El Saafien (LSUHS) |
| 9:25 – 9:50 am | Vijay Mohan Rao (University of Texas at Tyler) |
| 9:50 – 10:00 am | Yike Sun (UT Southwestern) |
| 10:00 – 10:10 am | Nibedita Aich (LSUHS) |
| 10:10 – 10:55 am | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Moderator: Arif Yurdagul Jr. (LSUHS) Keynote Speaker: Diana Milewicz (McGovern at UT Health Houston) |
| 10:55 – 11:30 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:30 – 12:30 pm | LIGHTNING ROUNDS |
| 12:30 – 1:15 pm | LUNCH |
| 1:15 – 2:25 pm | SCIENTIFIC SESSION II. ANEURYSMS AND SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL DYSFUNCTION Moderators: Leo Zhou (LSUHS) & Vivian Lee (UT Southwestern Medical Center) |
| 1:15 – 1:40 pm | Leo Zhou (LSUHS) |
| 1:40 – 2:05 pm | Callie Kwartler (McGovern at UT Health Houston) |
| 2:05 – 2:15 pm | Matt Scott (LSUHS) |
| 2:15 – 2:25 pm | Angie Gonzalez (McGovern at UT Health Houston) |
| 2:30 – 3:40 pm | SCIENTIFIC SESSION III. VASCULAR BIOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION Moderators: Jun Ichi Abe (MD Anderson) & Stephanie Ander (LSUHS) |
| 2:30 – 2:55 pm | Jun Ichi Abe (MD Anderson) |
| 2:55 – 3:20 pm | Anahita Mojiri (Houston Methodist) |
| 3:20 – 3:30 pm | Anisha Neupane (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences) |
| 3:30 – 3:40 pm | Javier Nion Fieira (LSUHS) |
| 3:40 – 6:00 pm | EVENING RECEPTION AND POSTER SESSION |
Saturday, April 11
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|
| 7:50 - 8:50 am | Check-In / Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:50 - 10:15 am | SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV. ANGIOGENESIS AND VASCULAR REGENERATION Moderators: Stryder Meadows (Tulane University) & Matthew Scott (LSUHS) |
| 8:50 – 9:15 am |
Stryder Meadows (Tulane University) |
| 9:15 – 9:40 am |
Kayla Bayless (Texas A&M) |
| 9:40 – 10:05 am |
Jennifer Fang (Tulane University) |
| 10:05 – 10:15 am |
Kapil Thapa (Tulane University) |
| 10:15 – 10:35 am | COFFEE BREAK |
| 10:35 am – 12:00 | SCIENTIFIC SESSION V. CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASES Moderators: Philip Shaul (UT Southwestern Medical Center) & Nirav Dhanesha (LSUHS) |
| 10:35 – 11:00 am |
Philip Shaul (UT Southwestern Medical Center) |
| 11:00 – 11:10 am |
Gregory Callahan (UT Austin) |
| 11:10 – 11:35 am |
Oren Rom (LSUHS) |
| 11:35 – 12:00 am |
Russell A. DeBose-Boyd (UT Southwestern Medical Center) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | AWARDS AND CLOSING REMARKS |