
Prof. Y.W. Chi
University of California, Davis (USA)
- v-WIN President
- WUIP Vice President
- Le.G.athering World Congress — Americas Chair

Le.G.athering 2026

World Union of International Phlebolymphology 2026 Continental event

XVI Congress of the Balkan Venous Forum

XIX Congress of the Romanian Society of Phlebology
Balkan Road to Le.G.athering
On the Ground
On October 14 and 15 the auditorium lectures run in parallel with morning live cases in the operating rooms and offices — with a second auditorium hosting the synergy meetings and the partner sessions. On October 16 and 17, international congress in the institutional University and Deputy Council venue.
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"Pius Brînzeu" Emergency County Hospital
In parallel — practical activities
Operating Room 1
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Matei S, National; Gianesini S, Global)
Operating Room 2
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Murariu M, National; Rial R, Global)
Office 1 · Sclero
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Parau A, National; Rizk A, Global)
Office 2 · Sclero
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Godje B, National; Grace J, Global)
Office 3 · Lymphedema, Lipedema, Ulcer
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Avram M, National; Smeelen V, Global)
Office 4 · Workshops on laser, compression, ESWT
CLINICAL CASES DISCUSSION
Păunescu A (ROMANIA), Murariu M (ROMANIA), Radu D (ROMANIA), Matei S (ROMANIA), Chi YW (USA), Gianesini S (ITALY)
Moderators: Murariu M (Romania), Goranova E (Bulgaria), Beach C (USA), Aguero C (Paraguay)
Venous-lymphatic Patient Clinical Assessment
Gianesini S (ITALY)
08.37 discussant — Aguero C (PARAGUAY)
Lipedema Patient Clinical Assessment
Rucigaj T (SLOVENIA)
08.47 discussant — Nagib S (EGYPT)
Superficial & Deep venous ultrasound
Tutelca A (ROMANIA)
08.57 discussant — Goranova E (BULGARIA)
Pelvic Venous ultrasound
Beach C (USA)
09.07 discussant — Ungureanu A (ROMANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Bihari I (Hungary), Ianosi G (Romania), Fakhry A (Egypt), Chunga J (Peru)
Sclerotherapy safety
Rizk A (CANADA)
09.37 discussant — Goranova E (BULGARIA)
Sclerotherapy indications & contraindications
Grace J (AUSTRALIA)
09.47 discussant — Peron G (BRAZIL)
Sclerotherapy tips & tricks
Chunga J (PERU)
09.57 discussant — Ivan C (ROMANIA)
Microfoam
Gianesini S (ITALY)
10.07 discussant — Nagib S (EGYPT)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Avram M (Romania), Mahmud M. (Bosnia), Rial R (Spain), Nagib S (Egypt)
TT indications
Fakhry A (EGYPT)
10.47 discussant — Amamou M (TUNISIA)
TT evidence
Nagib S (EGYPT)
10.57 discussant — Pârnia A (ROMANIA)
Laser technical notes
Peron G (BRAZIL)
11.07 discussant — Pârnia A (ROMANIA)
TT segmental hemodynamic strategy technical notes
Gianesini S (ITALY)
11.17 discussant — Nassim R (EGYPT)
TT in large vessels
Rial R (SPAIN)
11.27 discussant — Amamou M (TUNISIA)
TT for the tributaries
Peron G (BRAZIL)
11.37 discussant — Nassim R (EGYPT)
Laser for Aesthetic Phlebology
Peron G (BRAZIL)
11.47 discussant — Pârnia A (ROMANIA)
Laser for Ulcers
Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
11.57 discussant — Pârnia A (ROMANIA)
TT complications management
Xhepa S (ALBANIA)
12.07 discussant — Fahmy M (EGYPT)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Welcoming & Rationale
Matei S (ROMANIA); Gianesini S (ITALY)
CVD: known KNOWNS, known UNKNOWNS & Unknown UNKNOWNS
Gianesini S (ITALY)
12.47 NORTH AMERICA discussant — Rizk A (CANADA)
C.eap: what do we really «C»?
Matei S (ROMANIA)
12.57 SOUTH AMERICA discussant — Chunga J (PERU)
What the ultrasound can & must «C» in CVD patients
Beach C (USA)
13.07 AFRICA discussant — Nagib S (EGYPT)
Comments from the floor & closing
Moderators: Rucigaj T (Slovenia), Ivan C (Romania), Grillo L (Costa Rica), Portugal M (Brazil)
NTNT indications
Ianosi G (ROMANIA)
13.47 discussant — Xhepa S (ALBANIA)
NTNT evidence
Mirsu A (ROMANIA)
13.57 discussant — Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
Glue technical notes
Ianosi G (ROMANIA)
14.07 discussant — Fahmy M (EGYPT)
Post-venous procedure thromboprophylaxis
Fakhry A (EGYPT)
14.17 discussant — Villa F (ALBANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Romanian Oncology Society
Romanian Oncology Society
Timisoara Rotary Club
"Pius Brînzeu" Emergency County Hospital
In parallel — practical activities
Operating Room 1
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Matei S, National; Gianesini S, Global)
Operating Room 2
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Murariu M, National; Rial R, Global)
Office 1 · Sclero
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Parau A, National; Rizk A, Global)
Office 2 · Sclero
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Godje B, National; Grace J, Global)
Office 3 · Lymphedema, Lipedema, Ulcer
LIVE CASES (Table Leaders: Avram M, National; Smeelen V, Global)
Office 4
CLINICAL CASES DISCUSSION
Moderators: Rucigaj T (Slovenia), Bordianu Palmeri E (Italy), Nagib S (Egypt), Grillo L (Costa Rica)
08.07 session rationale
Lymphedema aspects all vein experts should have
Rockson S (USA)
08.17 discussant — Parau A (ROMANIA)
Lymphedema ultrasound scanning
Beach C (USA)
08.27 discussant — Ungureanu A (ROMANIA)
v-WIN CCC echo: Lymphedema conservative management
Lisson K (USA) & Smeelen V (GERMANY)
08.37 discussant — Farrag M (EGYPT)
v-WIN CCC echo: Lymphedema procedural management
Shayan R (AUSTRALIA)
08.47 discussant — Popovic M (SERBIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Mirsu A (Romania), Music D (Montenegro), Lisson K (USA), Peron G (Brazil)
Lipedema basic science
Nagib S (EGYPT)
09.17 discussant — Mahmud M (BOSNIA)
Lipedema ultrasound scanning
Ungureanu A (ROMANIA)
09.27 discussant — Farrag M (EGYPT)
v-WIN CCC echo: Lipedema conservative management
Lisson K (USA) & Smeelen V (GERMANY)
09.37 discussant — Bzovii F (ROMANIA)
v-WIN CCC echo: Lipedema procedural management
Mohan AT (USA)
09.47 discussant — Opritoiu A (ROMANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Rață A (Romania), Maraš P (Montenegro), Portugal M (Brazil)
VAD basic science
Matei S (ROMANIA)
10.47 discussant — Tanaskovic S (SERBIA)
Appropriateness call in VAD & GCS
Gianesini S (ITALY)
10.57 discussant — Godje B (ROMANIA)
VAD: do we really need them?
Rizk A (CANADA)
11.07 discussant — Pârnia A (ROMANIA)
Conservative CVD management by VAD
Peron G (BRAZIL)
11.17 discussant — Chunga J (PERÙ)
Periprocedural VAD indications
Lazarashvili Z (GEORGIA)
11.27 discussant — Rață A (ROMANIA)
COMPRESSION basic science
Portugal M (BRAZIL)
11.37 discussant — Bihari I (HUNGARY)
10 golden rules in compression
Gianesini S (ITALY)
11.47 discussant — Mirsu A (ROMANIA)
COMPRESSION: how much do we really need it?
Fakhry A (EGYPT)
11.57 discussant — Popovic M (SERBIA)
Periprocedural COMPRESSION
Nagib S (EGYPT)
12.07 discussant — Roșu D (ROMANIA)
COMPRESSION in extreme cases
Bihari I (HUNGARY)
12.17 discussant — Ivan C (ROMANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Radu D (Romania), Music D (Montenegro), Grillo L (Costa Rica), Strejcek J (CZ Rep)
DVT drugs management
González A (SPAIN)
13.47 discussant — Xhepa S (ALBANIA)
DVT procedural management
Rață A (ROMANIA)
13.57 discussant — González A (SPAIN)
NIVL management
Rial G (SPAIN)
14.07 discussant — Grace J (AUSTRALIA)
IVUS in acute DVT
Jindal R (INDIA)
14.17 discussant — Cucui A (ROMANIA)
Woundcare validated dressings
Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
14.27 discussant — Ivan C (ROMANIA)
Drugs for woundcare
Matei S (ROMANIA)
14.37 discussant — Rizk A (CANADA)
Compression for woundcare
Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
14.47 discussant — Mirsu A (ROMANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Victor Babeș University / Timiș County Council
Victor Babeș University
Romanian Authorities opening with a Paraguay institutional perspective
Mazzoleni J (PARAGUAY)
V-WIN Recommendations Document
Gianesini S (ITALY); Grace J (AUSTRALIA), Portugal M (BRAZIL)
09.17 discussant — Peron G (BRAZIL)
Phlebo-lymphology across medical specialties
Matei S (ROMANIA)
09.27 discussant — Pantea S (ROMANIA)
Pelvic Venous Disorder: the not to be forgotten disease
Lazarashvili Z (GEORGIA)
09.37 discussant — Motoc A (ROMANIA)
Vein-lymphatic Gender Medicine
Aguero C (PARAGUAY)
09.47 discussant — Olariu S (ROMANIA)
Academic Role in Healthcare Growth
Prof. Crețu O., "Victor Babeș" University Dean (ROMANIA) & Prof. Motoc A (ROMANIA)
09.57 discussant — Rial R (SPAIN)
OFFICIAL PICTURE & THE TIMIS COUNTY COUNCIL ENTRANCE
Timiș County Council (Deputy Council Building)
Moderators: Radu D (Romania), Murariu M (Romania)
Panendotheliopathy - general perspectives
Radu D (ROMANIA)
Glycocalyx and endotheliopathy in chronic venous disease
Gianesini S (ITALY)
Glycocalyx and endotheliopathy in arterial diseases
Lighezan DF (ROMANIA)
Is there a best fit for macro and micro-vascular endotheliopathies?
Matei S (ROMANIA)
Conclusions
Murariu M (ROMANIA)
Q&A / DISCUSSION
Moderators: Gianesini S (Italy), Matei S (Balkans), Radu D (Romania)
C.V.D. …stands for «C.hronic V.ascular D.isease»
Gianesini S (ITALY)
13.52 CENTRAL AMERICA discussant — Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
PROCTOPHLEBOLOGY: why it matters
Matei S (ROMANIA)
14.02 BALKAN discussant — Murariu M (ROMANIA, Europe)
PHLEBOnco: ONCOLOGY aspects all vein experts should know, in a clinical case
Pașca Feneșan M (ROMANIA)
14.17 AFRICA discussant — Nagib S (EGYPT, Africa)
PHLEBObgyn: the POP project
Lazarashvili Z (GEORGIA)
SOUTH AMERICA discussant — Peron G (BRAZIL)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Goranova E (Bulgaria), Matei S (Romania), Portugal M (Brazil), Grace J (Australia)
Compression in CVD & Sport: is it necessary?
Rucigaj T (SLOVENIA)
14.57 discussant — Kostov I (MACEDONIA)
Laser and foam sclerotherapy in the treatment of venous leg ulcers
Mahmud M (BOSNIA)
15.07 discussant — Tzaneva S (AUSTRIA)
Sclerotherapy for Chronic venous disease CEAP C6 - Is It Appropriate?
Goranova E (BULGARIA)
15.17 discussant — Frenki V (ALBANIA)
Management of Saphenofemoral Junction Thrombosis associated with Huge Primary Varicose Veins
Xhepa S (ALBANIA)
15.27 discussant — Music D (MONTENEGRO)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Aguero C (PARAGUAY), Radu D (ROMANIA), Gianesini S (ITALY), Lazarashvili Z (GEORGIA)
A drug called food
Palmeri E (ITALY)
16.22 discussant — González A (SPAIN)
Phlebolymphology across specialties
Tzaneva S (AUSTRIA)
16.32 discussant — Nagib S (EGYPT)
LATAM Phlebology: I saw, I see & I'd like to see
Intriago E (ECUADOR)
16.42 discussant — Grillo L (COSTA RICA)
Educational gaps in European Phlebolymphology
Chakkour K (POLAND)
16.52 discussant — Rizk A (CANADA)
Orthopaedics notions all vein-lymphatic experts should have
Lazarescu A (ROMANIA)
17.02 discussant — Grace J (AUSTRALIA)
Met & unmet needs in Phlebolymphology practice
Bokuchava M (GEORGIA)
17.12 discussant — Lisson K (USA)
HONORARY LECTURE: Pelvic Pain Differential Diagnosis: toward the POP project
Prof. Laurentiu Pirtea (ROMANIA)
17.25 discussant — Caprini J (USA)
HONORARY LECTURE: Heart & Soul: psychosomatic aspects in cardiovascular disease
Prof. Teodora Anghel (ROMANIA)
17.40 discussant — Chi YW (USA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Timiș County Council (Deputy Council Building)
Moderators: Radu D (Romania), Murariu M (Romania), Lazarashvili Z (Georgia), Gianesini S (Italy), Chi YW (USA)
v-HELP project: lesson learnt from Brazil to Romania
Matei S (ROMANIA)
09.12 discussant — Portugal M (BRAZIL)
Varicose veins recurrency – patient management and surgical treatment
Murariu M (ROMANIA)
09.22 discussant — Grace J (AUSTRALIA)
Venous hemodynamics everybody should know
Negreanu A (ROMANIA)
09.32 discussant — Fakhry A (EGYPT)
Anterior Saphenous Vein prophylactic ablation: why it does (not) make sense
Feodor T (ROMANIA)
09.42 discussant — Aguero C (PARAGUAY)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderator: Matei S (Romania)
Opening
Tanaskovic S ; Matei S
Analysis of Lower Extremity Amputations from the SerbVasc Registry
Tanaskovic S (SERBIA)
Anti-inflammatory effects of diosmin as adjunctive therapy in acute deep vein thrombosis: Impact on venous recanalization, quality of life and post-thrombotic syndrome
Nikolic D (SERBIA)
Vascular inflammation management
Stojkovic M (SERBIA)
Optimising the management of venous disease: Expert consensus from a multinational panel of phlebology specialists
Matei S (ROMANIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
Moderators: Radu D (Romania), Murariu M (Romania), Aguero C (Paraguay), Rial R (Spain)
Romanian Society of Phlebology major contributions
Radu D (ROMANIA)
11.42 discussant — Lazarashvili Z (GEORGIA)
Dermatology notions all vein-lymphatic experts should have
Cristodor P (ROMANIA)
11.52 discussant — Grace J (AUSTRALIA)
Conservative CVD management in Romania: met & unmet needs
Avram M (ROMANIA)
12.02 discussant — Rizk A (CANADA)
V.A.L.I.D recommendations toward Romanian own Guidelines
Matei S (ROMANIA)
12.12 discussant — Nikolic D (SERBIA)
OPEN DISCUSSION
AWARDS & CLOSING CEREMONY
Program subject to change. Times are local to Timișoara (EEST).

University of California, Davis (USA)

University of Ferrara (Italy); USUHS University, Bethesda (USA)

V. Babeș University, Timisoara (Romania)

Endeavor Health, University of Chicago Vasculearn (Chicago, USA)
Your Talk
Submit YOUR PRESENTATIONS (pdf or ppt) on what you consider everybody should know about Leg-care including your eventual research. Start from a scientific paper you read and that you like or you did not like and elaborate your comment.
Submission deadline: October 1, 2026
Le.G.athering Global Project
Register for ONE Le.G.athering Event and enjoy FREE REGISTRATION in the OTHER TWO.

Chicago, USA
A global event for World Thrombosis Day honoring Prof. Joseph Caprini in Chicago, held during the Chicago Marathon (45,000+ attendees) to raise awareness on venous and lymphatic health. Part of the path toward the Le.G.athering World Congress, building a document of scientific appropriateness on Pain, Edema & Thrombosis management.
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Timisoara, Romania
The reference European event of the Le.G.athering Global Project, an international, multi-specialty congress bringing together frontal lectures, clinical practice, and an open call for Free Topics presentations.

Nairobi, Kenya
The Grand Finale, the first vein-lymphatic multi-specialty Global Congress in Africa, part of the v-AFRICAct initiative.
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Registration is handled by our Professional Congress Organizer, Prime Partners, on the Le.G.athering events page.
Timișoara, Romania — October 14–17, 2026
Venue & Hotels
The congress moves across three institutional venues of Timisoara, from the hospital to the university and the county council.
Timisoara, Romania
Timisoara, Romania
Timisoara, Romania
Accommodation
Nearby hotels from 60 to 150 euro.
