Mechanisms of Vascular Disease

Rob Fitridge is Professor of Vascular Surgery at Adelaide University and a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at the Royal Adelaide and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals. He served as President of the ANZ Society for Vascular Surgery (2010-2012) and President of the World Federation of Vascular Societies (WFVS) (2011-2012). He has been a member of the PAD working group of the International Working Group for the Diabetic Foot since 2014 and co-Chair since 2019. The most recent guideline was undertaken with the Society for Vascular Surgery and the European Society for vascular Surgery. He was also a member of the steering committee for the Global Vascular Guidelines for Chronic Limb-threatening Ischaemia (CLTI). His research interests include wound healing and amputation prevention in diabetes-related foot disease and CLTI.Guilherme Pena is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon in the Vascular Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia and Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Surgery, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia. He trained in General and Vascular Surgery in Brazil and Australia. He completed a PhD in diabetes-related foot disease with Rob Fitridge and Prue Cowled and continues an active interest in this field.Benjamin Thurston is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon in the Vascular and Endovascular Service, Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, South Australia. He has active research interests including pathophysiology of atherosclerosis and AI innovations in vascular surgery practice.Prue Cowled is an Affiliate Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Surgery, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia. Her research interests have included reperfusion injury and diabetes-related foot disease.

• The homeostatic functions of the endothelial cells and their disfunction in peripheral artery disease.- Pathophysiology of atherosclerosis.- Imaging of atherosclerotic plaque.- Current and Emerging Therapies for Atherosclerosis.- Pathophysiology of Angiogenesis and its Role in Vascular Disease.- Vascular Biology of smooth muscle cells and arterial restenosis.- Vascular Haemodynamics.- Computational Fluid Dynamics in the arterial system: Implications for vascular disease and treatment.- Physiological Haemostasis.- Hypercoagulable States.- Platelets as Mediators and Therapeutic Targets in Cardiovascular Diseases.- An overview of abdominal aortic aneurysm pathology, and progress towards a medical therapy.- Pathophysiology and management of hereditary aneurysmal aortopathies.- Classification and Principles of Management of Descending Aortic Pathologies.- Biomarkers in Vascular Disease.- Pathophysiology and Principles of Management of Vasculitis and Fibromuscular Dysplasia.- Sepsis and Septic shock.- Pathophysiology of Reperfusion Injury.- Abdominal compartment syndrome and open abdomen treatment.- Pathophysiology and management of extremity compartment syndromes.- Pathophysiology of varicose veins, chronic venous insufficiency and venous ulceration.- Pathophysiology of Wound Healing.- Pathophysiology and principles of management of diabetes-related foot complications.- Pathophysiology and Principles of Management of Vascular Malformations.- Lymphoedema.- Graft Materials – Present and Future.- Vascular Graft Infections.- Radiation Physics and Biological Effects of Radiation in Vascular Surgery.- Radiation Stewardship: Radiation Exposure, Protection and Safety in Contemporary Endovascular Practice.- Multifaceted applications of Artificial Intelligence in Vascular Surgery.