Tim Resch
Professor of Vascular Surgery; Lead Complex Aortic Repair

Copenhagen University
Denmark
Dr Resch completed his PhD on endovascular aortic repair in 1999 under guidance of Prof. Krassi Ivancev. After finishing the Margret A. Smith fellowship in aortic surgery with Dr. Roy Greenberg at the Cleveland Clinic 2004-2005 he received a consultant position in Vascular Surgery at the Vascular Center in Malmö where he became Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery at Lund University and served as the Chairman at the Vascular Center in Malmö 2013-2019. He is currently Professor of Vascular Surgery at Copenhagen University, the Lead of Complex Aortic Surgery at the Dept of Vascular Surgery and Copenhagen Aortic Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Prof Resch has published >200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in the field of vascular surgery, been PI on several stent graft trials, is a frequently invited speaker at major international vascular meetings and is currently engaged in randomized clinical trials such as SUNDAY, COMESS and PREVAR. He has performed and proctored >1000 complex aortic cases during his career and is currently on the organizing committee of Critical Issues on Aortic Endografting, Paris Endovascular Aortic Course and Paris Vascular Insights and a member of the ESVS Guidelines Steering Committee.
Talks
11:49 to 12:30
Technologies for aortic dissection: Round table discussion
- Zone 0 intervention after ascending replacement: Current arch branch technologies and areas of unmet need
- EndoAscending repair – what do we need to conquer the last piece of the pie?
- Needs for B/FEVAR in visceral segment: Is there ever a need for fenestrations in post-dissection aortic aneurysms?
- False lumen management– cut, block or ignore. Is less more?
- New TEVAR devices to avoid stent graft induced new entry tears and retrograde type A dissection
- Navigating the dissected aorta
14:10 to 14:25
Debate: Endovascular rather than open surgical treatment of post type A dissection chronic aortic arch aneurysms is now standard of care
Tim ReschOther Speakers

Jacob Budtz-Lilly
Senior Consultant and Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
Aarhus University
Denmark

Germano Melissano
Professor of Vascular Surgery
"Vita-Salute” San Raffaele, University of Milan
Italy