From Missed to Mastered

Global Aorta Symposium 2026

Mission: Not Impossible. Mission: Overdue.
12 Sessions  ·  45 International Faculty  ·  One Global Mission
Date9 September 2026
Time09:00–17:30 BST
FormatVirtual, worldwide
CostFree
CPD8 Credits

Thank you. On 9 September 2026, nearly 1,700 delegates from 83 countries joined the Global Aorta Symposium. Our deepest thanks to the international faculty, chairs, patient advocates and every delegate who answered the mission.

On-demand access is coming soon. Registered delegates will have 30 days to revisit every session — we’ll email you as soon as it’s available.

The Founder's Call to Action “The race begins at 3:15am. And the system hesitates at every turn.”
Why This Symposium Exists

Aortic dissection is not only a diagnostic emergency. It is a race.

Somewhere in the world, right now, an aorta is tearing. One in three dissections is misdiagnosed at first contact. For Type A dissection, mortality without surgery is 1–2% per hour. Time is not a background variable — it is part of the disease.

This symposium exists because the next advance in aortic care will not be one device, one scan, or one guideline. It will be the system — and building it demands every specialty, every country, and every person in the chain of care, in the same room.

1 in 3
Dissections misdiagnosed at first contact
15%
Of deaths occur in the ED itself
1–2%
Mortality per hour, untreated Type A
12+
Countries represented on faculty
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Session 5 · Global Aorta Moment “For one day, the world gathers around one vessel. Not to discuss the problem — we all see it, we all live it, we all measure it. To redesign the response.”
What's Inside

A full day, built around one disease

The Programme

Nine sessions from opening address to keynote — urgency, frontline reality, surgical peak, a signature global moment spanning 12 countries, and a global call to action.

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Global Faculty

A keynote from Prof. John A. Elefteriades, a global faculty of leading surgeons and physicians, and the patient voices at the centre of it all.

Meet the faculty →

On-Demand Access

Registered delegates will receive 30 days of on-demand access to every session, with up to 8 CPD points from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. We’ll email you as soon as it’s available.

One Globe, One Faculty

The surgeons, physicians and patient advocates gathering around one vessel on 9 September.

Meet the faculty →
Founder & Director “Every system starts with someone who refuses to accept a slow response.”

Dr Farhin Holia

Meet the Founder →
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