Program Chair

Bret Wiechmann

MD
Medical Director
Vascular & Interventional Physicians

Dr. Wiechmann has been in private practice for 28 years with Vascular & Interventional Physicians in Gainesville, Florida, USA, with a particular interest in peripheral arterial disease & critical limb ischemia, abdominal aortic aneurysms, carotid intervention, and venous disease. He has been elected a Fellow in 4 different medical associations, including the Society of Interventional Radiology, the Society of Vascular Medicine, the American Heart Association, and the Outpatient Endovascular & Interventional Society (OEIS) and has served in many leadership roles in these societies. Dr. Wiechmann is a founding member of the Outpatient Endovascular & Interventional Society (OEIS), serves on the Board, and is past-President of OEIS. He has given over 270 invited lectures, has been principal investigator in numerous clinical trials in peripheral arterial intervention, carotid stenting, medical therapy for PAD, and stem cell therapy for critical limb ischemia, and is lead or co-author on over 35 peer-reviewed articles.

2026 Sessions

Welcome Remarks and Opening Statement

  • Speaker
    • Bret Wiechmann

Session 1: Shaping the Future of CLTI Care (Co-developed session with the CLI Global Society)

  • Moderator
    • Richard Neville
    • Bret Wiechmann

Session 4: Conquering the CTO: You Can't Treat if You Can’t Cross

  • Moderator
    • Bret Wiechmann

Conquering the CTO Roundtable

  • Moderator
    • Bret Wiechmann
  • Discussant
    • Bobby Mendes
    • Eric Dippel
    • August Ysa

Session 10: The Business of CLTI (Co-Developed with OEIS)

  • Moderator
    • Bret Wiechmann

Hospital, ASC, or OBL in 2026 — What Really Works for CLTI?

  • Speaker
    • Bret Wiechmann

Roundtable: Post-Procedure Care: Bringing the Multidisciplinary Team Together

  • Moderator
    • Fadi Saab
  • Discussant
    • Jill Sommerset
    • Mary Costantino
    • Bret Wiechmann
    • Ramon Varcoe
    • Zola N'Dandu
    • Yana Etkin
    • Thomas Davis
    • Steven Kum
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