In October 2011 CCSVI Alliance hosted an educational event in Las Vegas with a multidisciplinary panel, including Dr. Michael Dake, Dr. Manish Mehta, Dr. Raymond Sheehan, Dr. John Oh, and David Utriainen, an imaging specialist.  The panel addressed a variety of topics related to CCSVI including recent research, the role of iron and blood flow, and the perspectives of patients and doctors.  There was also a substantial Q&A period.  We have broken the evening's presentations into the four following videos:

Dr. Zamboni's CCSVI Review of 2011

Paolo Zamboni, MD, vascular surgeon and Director of the Vascular Diseases Center at the University of Ferrara, reviews the CCSVI research during 2011 and describes promising new developments for the future. Filmed at the 2nd Annual International Society for NeuroVascular Disease (ISNVD) Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Florida in February 2012.

An Interventioal Radiologist's Update on CCSVI

Bulent Arslan, MD, Director of Interventional Radiology at Rush University Hospital, reviews developments in CCSVI over the past year and the need for further research. Filmed at the 2nd Annual International Society for NeuroVascular Disease (ISNVD) Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Florida in February 2012.

Neurologist and Interventional Radiologist Discuss CCSVI Research

Neurologist Robert Fox, MD of the Cleveland Clinic and interventional radiologist Michael Dake, MD of Stanford Medical Center discuss recent CCSVI research. Filmed at the 2nd Annual International Society for NeuroVascular Disease (ISNVD) Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Florida in February 2012.

MS Neurologists on CCSVI and MS
 

CCSVI Alliance presents a discussion on CCSVI and MS with neurologists Jack Burks, MSAA Chief Medical Officer, and Mark Cascione, Medical Director of the South Tampa MS Center.

Filmed at the 2011 CCSVI Alliance educational event in Tampa, Florida.

  Introduction to CCSVI
 

Dr. Gary Siskin presents an informative and entertaining overview of CCSVI, recent research findings, and common questions that MS patients raise. As Dr. Siskin emphasizes, we are still in the early stages of understanding CCSVI and ongoing research is critical to finding answers to the many questions that are outstanding.

CCSVI and MS: A Doctors' Roundtable Discussion

CCSVI Alliance presents a roundtable discussion with many of the world's leading CCSVI researchers and physicians.

Filmed at the 2011 Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference in Chicago, the roundtable discusses critical CCSVI topics, including CCSVI treatment effectiveness, the cause of CCSVI, the link between CCSVI and MS, and the future of CCSVI treatment.

Moderated by Dr. Michael Dake, the roundtable included Drs. Bulent Arslan, Gary Siskin, Avertano Noronha, Ziv Haskal, E. Mark Haacke, Lindsay Machan, Salvatore Sclafani, and Donald Ponec.

Talking Shop: Experiences Treating CCSVI

CCSVI Allliance presents Dr. Gary Siskin, Chief of Radiology, Albany Medical Center.

Dr. Siskin, whose team has treated over 500 CCSVI patients, provides fascinating insight into the types of venous abnormalities he's seeing in MS patients, the effects of treatment, and his thoughts on the future of CCSVI.

Neurologists and Vascular Specialists Working Together

CCSVI Alliance President Sharon Richardson facilitated a discussion between Dr. Paolo Zamboni, originator of the CCSVI hypothesis, and Dr. Jack Burks, prominent MS neurologist. Recorded on January 17, 2011, at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET), in Miami Beach, Florida. Enjoy this CCSVI Alliance exclusive video.

The Connection between CCSVI and MS

"In my view, venous obstruction is a promoter for MS, like many other things are promoters for MS .... but what has people excited (about CCSVI) is that this promoter is reversible." - Dr. Michael Dake, Stanford University

CCSVI Alliance's first educational event, "MS and the CCSVI Connection: What do we know? What don't we know? Where do we go from here?," was held January 10, 2011 at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, with Dr. Michael Dake, Stanford University School of Medicine. A large crowd from all different backgrounds (patients and professionals; supporters and skeptics) listened to Dr. Dake's presentation and participated in an active Q & A. Here are the highlights.

Dr. Manish Mehta and Dr. Michael Dake discuss CCSVI Clinical Trials and Treatment

In the videos below, Dr. Michael Dake, the first physician treating CCSVI in the US, talks about what he's learning from his early patients. Dr. Manish Mehta, a vascular surgeon, talks about bold new directions in CCSVI treatment. Recorded at the Albany Vascular Roundtable, November 10, 2010.

Dr E. Mark Haacke and Dr. David Hubbard Discussing CCSVI

Below is a CCSVI Alliance exclusive video featuring Dr. Mark Haacke and Dr. David Hubbard discussing the Haacke protocol for imaging CCSVI. Filmed by Alliance Board member Joan Beal on September 21, 2010.

"I was the first skeptical neurologist"

Click below to hear excerpts from an exclusive interview with Italian neurologist Dr. Fabrizio Salvi, a member of Dr. Zamboni's research team, or click here to read the complete transcript.

CCSVI Animation

The animation below shows how stenosis in veins draining the central nervous system can cause CCSVI. This animation was provided by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, originator of the CCSVI hypothesis.