2nd International
DISTAL SUMMIT
Defining the way forward for DMVO
Event Details
Friday
Welcome Dinner
19:30
Private Dining at SoHi
Saturday
Main Meeting
08:00–17:00
Hudson Ballroom
Venue
The Dominick
New York City, NY
WiFi:"Hotel Meeting" or "Hotel Guest"
Password:"DISTALSUMMIT"
Password:"DISTALSUMMIT"
Agenda
Friday, August 28
WELCOME19:30
Welcome Dinner
Private Dining at SoHi
Saturday, August 29
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM Morning Session
08:00–09:50
08:00
Welcome & Opening
Walid Haddad, PhD, CCO Rapid Medical
08:10
Wave 2 of DMVO Trials
How these trials may change clinical practice and future treatment guidelines
Jeffrey L. Saver, MD
08:35
DMVO—A Different Disease
Anatomical differences among LVO, MeVO, and DMVO, including clot etiology
Erez Nossek, MD
09:00
DVO, MeVO, or DMVO? An Imaging Perspective
Challenges in defining and identifying distal vessel occlusions
David Liebeskind, MD, MBA
09:25
RESCUE—M2O Trial
Study overview and current status
Shinichi Yoshimura, MD, PhD
09:50
Coffee Break
09:50–10:20
Mid-Morning Session
10:20–12:00
10:20
Tigertriever 13 for DMVOs
In Patients Partially Recanalized After LVO
Réne Chapot, MD
10:45
Future Technology in MVOs
How Do We Get to Zero Bleeds?
Giora Kornblau, CTO Rapid Medical
11:10
Tigertriever 13 Technique
Tips, tricks, and training strategies for treating DVO
Rishi Gupta, MD
12:00
Lunch Break
12:00–13:10
Afternoon Session
13:10–15:00
13:10
How to Treat More MVOs
Current barriers and what is needed to expand treatment
Adnan Siddiqui, MD, PhD
13:30
Clinical Trial Design for DMVO
The need for specific clinical outcome measures
David Fiorella, MD, PhD
13:50
DISTALS Study
Additional interesting findings
Walid Haddad
14:10
Open Discussion & Debate—M2s
Will you participate in a randomized M2 study?
Frédéric Clarençon, MD, PhD
14:30
Coffee Break
14:30–15:00
Late Afternoon Session
15:00–17:00
15:00
Distal Cases
Presentations with TIGERTRIEVER
Shahram Majidi, MD & Peter Schramm, MD
16:30
Summary & Closing
Summit outcomes, working group, publication plans, and next steps
Walid Haddad
17:00
End of Program
Contact
Questions during the Summit?
Send us a message in the What’s App Group - “Distal Summit 2026 - NYC”.