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  • On-Demand
  • Addressing and Eliminating Unconscious Bias in CT surgery

    Monisha Sudarshan, n/a – Cleveland Clinic

    Career Development

  • Introduction

    Monisha Sudarshan, n/a – Cleveland Clinic

    Rian M. Hasson, MD, MPH, FACS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • Defining Unconscious Bias, How Do We Identify It?

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    Career Development

  • The impact of unconscious bias on healthcare providers and our patients

    Siva Raja, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Career Development

  • What can the individual do about eliminating unconscious bias in our roles as educations, researchers, clinicians and surgeon leaders?

    Melanie Edwards, MD – IHA/St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

    Career Development

  • What can an organization (health care institution/ professional society etc) do about eliminating unconscious bias? How do we promote inclusive leadership?

    Susan Moffatt-Bruce – Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

    Career Development

  • Panel Discussion

    Monisha Sudarshan, n/a – Cleveland Clinic

    Rian M. Hasson, MD, MPH, FACS – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    Siva Raja, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • Adult Cardiac Abstracts

    Adult Cardiac

  • CABG with Multiarterial Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease

    Valentino Bianco, DO MPH – UPMC

    Adult Cardiac

  • Does Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Mean Less Postoperative Pain?

    Sepideh Jahanian, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Adult Cardiac

  • Percutaneous thrombo-vegectomy as an alternative to immediate open heart surgery for tricuspid valve endocarditis: a multi-center experience.

    V. Seenu Reddy, MD MBA FACS – TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery

    Adult Cardiac

  • Prolonged Periods of Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion Are Safe During Elective Arch Surgery: A Report from the ARCH Database

    William B. Keeling, n/a – Emory University

    Adult Cardiac

  • Racial Disparities in Access to and Acuity of Presentation for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Martha M. O McGilvray, MD – Washington University School of Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • Reoperative Aortic Root Replacement Following Index Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Repair

    Albert J. Pedroza, MD – Stanford University

    Adult Cardiac

  • Restoration of Life Expectancy in All Age Groups After Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation

    Morgan Harloff, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • Robotic versus Open Mitral Valve Repair - Does Shorter Hospital Stay Lead to Lower Hospitalization Charges?

    Sri Harsha Patlolla, MBBS – Mayo Clinic

    Adult Cardiac

  • Sex-Related Differences in Outcomes after Proximal Aortic Surgery – Analysis of 1773 Consecutive Patients in a High-Volume Center

    Antonia van Kampen, MD – Leipzig Heart Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • Surgical Risk and Postoperative Outcomes of Aortic Valve Replacement With and Without Annular Enlargement

    Bo Yang, MD, PhD – University of Michigan Health System

    Adult Cardiac

  • The impact of hospital teaching status on outcomes after Type A Aortic Dissection: An Analysis of over 37,000 patients

    Edgar Aranda-Michel, PhD – UPMC/CMU

    Adult Cardiac

  • Unroofing of Anomalous Right Coronary Artery

    Qasim Al Abri, MD – Houston Methodist Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • ASCVTS at STS: Focus on OPCAB, FMR, ATAAD

    S. Chris Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University

    Song Wan, MD, FRCS – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Yuichi Ueda, MD, Ph.D – Nara Prefectural Hospital Organization

    Adult Cardiac

  • Current techniques and insights in OPCAB for stable CAD: Experience from Asia

    Hirokuni Arai, MD, PhD – Tokyo Medical And Dental University

    Adult Cardiac

  • What can we learn from Asian experience in OPCAB

    Jennifer S. Lawton, MD – Johns Hopkins University

    Adult Cardiac

  • Reproducible secondary techniques in MV repair for functional MR: Experience from Asia

    Song Wan, MD, FRCS – The Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Adult Cardiac

  • What can we learn from Asian experience in FMR

    Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University

    Adult Cardiac

  • Indications and outcomes of total arch replacement for Acute type A aortic dissection: Experience from Asia

    Yutaka Okita, MD, PhD – Takatsuki General Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • Bronchoplasty and Arterioplasty: A Video Session

    General Thoracic

  • Atypical Bronchoplasty: Options for Creativity

    M. Blair Marshall, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • Robotic Sleeve techniques

    Bernard Park, MD – Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

    General Thoracic

  • Cardiopulmonary Failure Abstracts

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 100 Total Artificial Hearts: Patient Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes at a High-Volume Transplant Center

    Philippe L. Tremblay, MSc MD FRCSC – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Appraisal Of Donation After Circulatory Death: How Far Could We Expand The Heart Donor Pool?

    Alejandro Suarez-Pierre, MD – University of Colorado

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Cardiovascular Mechanism of Donor Brain Death and Heart Recipient Survival

    Christopher Jensen, MD, MS – Duke University

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Exploring the Timing of Systemic Heparinization and Hemostatic Complications in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Failed to Wean from Cardiopulmonary Bypass

    Yu Jin – Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Fuwai Hospital

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Progression of Aortic Valve Insufficiency During Fully Magnetically Levitated Centrifugal Versus Axial Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) Support

    Fabian Jimenez Contreras, MMCi – Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Prolonged Allograft Ischemia Increases Short-Term Complications Among High and Low Volume Centers in Lung Transplantation

    Benjamin J. Wadowski, MD – NYU Langone Health

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Racial Disparities in COVID Mortality Persist in Heart Transplant Recipients: An Analysis of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Database

    Tiffany Calero, BS – University of Southern California

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist Device as a Strategy to Bridge to Transplant: Outcomes in Over 1300 Patients

    Maxwell F. Kilcoyne, DO – Medical University of South Carolina

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • To Cannulate Or Not To Cannulate? Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) In Immunosuppressed Patients With COVID-19 Is High Risk But Not Futile, A Multicenter Study From The ORACLE Group

    Jennifer Doran, MD – University of Colorado Hospital

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Trans-Valvular Unloading Protects Against Both Pre and Post Reperfusion Injury in Preclinical Models of Acute Myocardial Infarction

    Lija Swain, PhD – Tufts Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Utilization of Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support for Acute Pulmonary Embolism Demonstrates Favorable Outcomes

    Erik J. Scott, MD – University of Virginia

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Challenging the Status Quo: Social Media in Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Mara B. Antonoff, MD – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, FACS – University of Utah School of Medicine

    For Residents

    Career Development

  • Social Media as a Community Outreach Tool for Cardiothoracic Surgeons

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    For Residents

    Career Development

  • How Social Media is Changing the Face of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Jessica Luc, MD – University of British Columbia

    For Residents

    Career Development

  • Online-Offline Balance in a Virtual World

    Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC – University of Manitoba/St. Boniface Hospital

    For Residents

    Career Development

  • Congenital Abstracts

    Congenital

  • Comparison of Intraoperative and Pre-Discharge Technical Performance Score by Anatomic Residua in Congenital Cardiac Surgery – Analysis of >6000 Consecutive Discharges

    Aditya Sengupta, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • Evolution of Pulmonary Valve Management During Complete Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: a 14-year Experience

    Linda J. Schulte, MD – Washington University in St. Louis

    Congenital

  • Intraoperative Technical Performance Score Predicts Predischarge Transplant-Free Survival and Reinterventions Following Congenital Heart Surgery – Analysis of Consecutive Discharges for 9 Years

    Aditya Sengupta, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • Malnutrition is not Associated with Poor Surgical Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease Enrolled in a Comprehensive Perioperative Enhanced Recovery Program

    Israel A. Gaytan-Fuentes, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • Mitral Valve Operation after Tetralogy of Fallot Repair: Early and Late Outcomes

    Sepideh Jahanian, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Congenital

  • Optimal High Flow Regional Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Repair from the Perspective of Postoperative Renal Function

    Fumiaki Shikata, MD, PhD – Kitasato University School of Medicine

    Congenital

  • Variation in Patient and Procedural Characteristics Across Hospitals: An analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS CHSD)

    Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, MD – University of Florida

    Congenital

  • Double Trouble: Strategies for Management of Morbidly Obese Patients with Advanced Heart Failure

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Bariatric Surgery Supported with Transvalvuar Pumps (Impella). A New Strategy for Morbidly Obese Patients to Get to Heart Transplantation

    Nicolas A. Brozzi, MD – Cleveland Clinic Florida

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Should we Reconsider BMI of 40 - 45 as a Contraindication for Heart Transplantation?

    Scott Silvestry, MD – Adventhealth Transplant Institute

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Left Ventricular Assist Devices for Destination Therapy n Morbidly Obese Patients - Indications & Outcomes

    Christopher Salerno, MD – University of Chicago

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • General Thoracic Abstracts

    General Thoracic

  • Impact of Gastric Ischemic Preconditioning on Quantitative Assessment of Gastric Conduit Perfusion during Esophagectomy: Propensity-score Matching Study

    Yoshitaka Ishikawa, MD – University of Michigan Health System

    General Thoracic

  • Sealing Effectiveness Of A Novel NHS-POx Based Patch: Aerostatic Experiments In A Dynamic Ex-Vivo Porcine Lung Model

    Bob Hermans – Radboud University Medical Center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

    General Thoracic

  • Transbronchial Microwave Ablation of Lung Nodules in the Hybrid Operating Room – Mid-Term Follow Up of a Novel Technique

    Wing Yan Joyce Chan, MBBS – Prince of Wales Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • Implications and Management of Multiple Primary Cancers

    General Thoracic

  • Incidence and Epidemiology of MPLC

    Thomas Fabian, MD – Albany Medical College

    General Thoracic

  • Minimally Invasive CABG: Point Break

    Adult Cardiac

  • Present and Future of Minimally Invasive CABG Surgery

    Marc Ruel, MD, MPH – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • Overview of all the techniques available in minimally invasive CABG surgery

    Piroze Davierwala, MD, MS, MCh, FAHA – University of Toronto

    Adult Cardiac

  • How and Why to set up a Robotic MIDCABG program

    Nirav C. Patel, MD, – Lenox Hill Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • My experience with more than 2000 Robotic MIDCABG

    Francis P. Sutter, DO – Lankenau Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • Robotic BITA harvesting

    Gianluca Torregrossa, MD, MEBCTS – Main Line Health

    Adult Cardiac

  • Role of Hybrid Revascularization: the Cardiologist point of view

    Roxana Mehran, MD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY

    Adult Cardiac

  • Direct Vision/Thoracoscopic BITA harvest

    Rodrigo Ribeiro de Souza, MD – UCSF

    Adult Cardiac

  • How to deploy bilateral thoracic arteries in MIDCABG

    Wouter Oosterlinck, MSc, PhD – KU Leuven

    Adult Cardiac

  • Incomplete revascularization at the time of multiarterial grafting. Are BITA the only thing we need?

    Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Adult Cardiac

  • The ideal path on transition from open chest CABG to multi arterial Robotic CABG

    John D. Puskas, MD – Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, New York

    Adult Cardiac

  • On Demand CT Education/Wellness/Quality

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • Assessment of Financial Conflicts of Interest in Cardiothoracic Robotic Surgery Studies

    Manish M. Karamchandani, MD – Department of Surgery, Tufts Medical Center

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • Global Makeup of Cardiothoracic Surgeons as Represented by Our Major Societies and Associations

    Barbara C S. Hamilton, MD, MAS – UCSF

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • Perioperative neurological complications associated with cardiac surgery & critical care – how clear is the picture?

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Neuropathology of brain injury and strategies for early detection in cardiac surgery

    Jonathon P. Fanning, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FANZCA, FCICM – University of Queensland

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Neurovascular sequelae of Cardiac Surgery

    Steven Messé, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvanna

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Neurovascular and cognitive sequelae of cardiac surgery

    Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC – University of Manitoba/St. Boniface Hospital

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Technical aspects and surgical approaches to minimising neurological complications

    Michael Vallely, PhD, FRACS – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Brain injury in ECMO: cardinal considerations for initiation and management

    Sung-Min Cho, DO, MHS – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Where to from here - the future of brain protection in cardiac surgery/intensive care

    Glenn Whitman, MD – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • Rapid Fire Patient Safety Rounds: A New Paradigm for Safety Discourse

    Susan Moffatt-Bruce – Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada

    Garrett Walsh, MD – The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

    Edgar Chedrawy – Dalhousie University

    Steven Harrington, MD MBA – Independent Healthcare Quality and Development Advisor

    Felix Orelaru, MD – St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor

    Kumari N. Adams, MD – St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Hospital

    Joel Bierer, MD – Dalhousie University

    Kristen Errico

    Christopher Feindel, MD,MSc – Toronto General Hospital

  • STS/SVS: Integration, Collaboration, and Innovation

    Anthony L. Estrera, MD – McGovern Medical School University of Texas Health Sciences Center/ Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute

    Grace J. Wang, MD, MSCE – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Adult Cardiac

  • Education: Training in Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, a Traditional Perspective

    Marvin D. Atkins, Jr., MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Associates

    Adult Cardiac

  • Education: Training in Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, an Integrated Perspective

    Jennifer Perri, MD, MBA – UCSF

    Adult Cardiac

  • Treating the Aorta Together: Models for Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Collaboration

    Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD – Columbia University Medical Center

    Virendra Patel, MD MPH – NYP-Columbia University Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • On the Forefront: Endovascular TAAA Repair in Action (Case Presentations)

    A. Claire Watkins, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • Sublobar Resection and Occult Nodal Disease

    General Thoracic

  • Expert Opinion on Large Database Research

    Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc – Emory University

    General Thoracic

  • Is there a Role for Completion Lobectomy for Clinical Stage Ia Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Occult Lymph Node Disease?

    Peter Kneuertz, MD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    General Thoracic

  • Lobar Versus Sublobar Resection in Clinical Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Occult N2 Disease

    Michelle Chan – Stanford University School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • Surgical Videos
  • Aortic Valve-Sparing Reconstruction of Marfanoid-Type Bicuspid Aortic Root Aneurysm

    Melissa Levack, MD – Vanderbilt University

    Adult Cardiac

  • Biventricular Repair of Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Hypoplastic Right Ventricle, and Ebstein's Anomaly -- A Surgical Challenge

    Alexander F. Merriman, MS – University of California, San Francisco

    Congenital

  • Infrared Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Segmentectomy For An Unpalpable Tumor With Intravenous Indocyanine Green Administration Using Preoperative Simulation

    Hitoshi Igai, MD, PhD – Japanese Red Cross Maebashi Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • Laryngotracheal Resection and Reconstruction Following Neoadjuvant BRAF Inhibition with Dabrafenib/Trametinib for Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.

    Johnathan Kent, MD – University of Chicago

    General Thoracic

  • Left Paratracheal Paraganglioma Robotic Resection

    Facundo Iriarte – Fox Chase Cancer Center - TUH

    General Thoracic

  • Lung Base-Flipped Approach for a Robotic Subsegmentectomy of the Right Posterior-Basilar Segment (S10b)

    Takashi Eguchi, MD, PhD, FCCP, FACS – Shinshu University

    General Thoracic

  • Minimally Invasive Management of Dysphagia Lusoria secondary to Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery

    Robert D. Allman – East Carolina University

    General Thoracic

  • Neonatal Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Non-Valved Femoral Vein Homograft: An Alternative to Conventional Arch Reconstruction for High-Risk Neonates

    Kyle G. Mitchell, MD – Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, University of Texas McGovern Medical School

    Congenital

  • Preoperative Imaging and Surgical Technique: How to Complete a Robotic-Assisted VATS Complex Basilar Segmentectomy

    Matthew L. Inra, MD – Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health

    General Thoracic

  • Robot Assisted Right VATS Truncal Vagotomy for Marginal Ulcers Following Gastric Bypass Surgery

    Joseph P. Bethea – East Carolina University

    General Thoracic

  • Robotic Enucleation of an Intrapulmonary Solitary Fibrous Tumor Encasing the Pulmonary Artery

    Qiudong (Kevin) Chen, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    General Thoracic

  • Robotic Resection of Pulmonary Sequestration with Fluorescence Image-Guidance

    Benjamin Wei, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    General Thoracic

  • Robotic-Assisted Repair of Morgagni Hernia Using Pre-Peritoneal Mesh

    Garrett Klutts, MD – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

    General Thoracic

  • Teaching Posterior Approach for Robotic-Assisted Right Upper Lobectomy

    Robert James Cerfolio, MD, MBA, FACS, FACCP – NYU Langone

    General Thoracic

  • Totally 3D-Endoscopic Repair of Two-Chambered Right Ventricle

    Riku Kato – Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital

    Congenital

  • The Modern General Thoracic Surgery Outpatient Practice

    General Thoracic

  • Modern Informed Consent

    Robert Meguid, MD, MPH, FACS – University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • Prehabilitaiton

    Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, FACS – University of Utah School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • Smoking Cessation

    Matthew A. Steliga, MD – University of Arkansas

    General Thoracic

  • Virtual Visits

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    General Thoracic

  • Saturday, January 29, 2022
  • 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM ET
    Plenary: Welcome and Vivien T. Thomas Lecture from Henri R. Ford, MD

    Plenary

  • 10:00 AM – 10:05 AM ET
    Welcome & Vivien T. Thomas Introduction

    Sean Grondin, MD MPH FACS FRCSC – University of Calgary

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    Plenary

  • 10:05 AM – 10:45 AM ET
    Vivien T. Thomas Lecture

    Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA

    Plenary

  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Controversies in Coronary Revascularization

    Jennifer S. Lawton, MD – Johns Hopkins University

    Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:15 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    On- Versus Off-Pump Bypass Surgery for Left Main Disease: 5-Year Results from the EXCEL Trial

    Craig Jarrett, MD, MBA – University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:27 AM – 11:39 AM ET
    National Multi-arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Practice Patterns in the USA- A Report from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

    Siavash Saadat, MD – Baystate Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:39 AM – 11:51 AM ET
    Total Arterial revascularisation gives the best long term survival over 20 years.

    Aziz Momin, MBBS FRCS CT – St Georges Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:51 AM – 12:03 PM ET
    A Randomized Trial of Effect on Ticagrelor after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Clopidogrel Resistance

    Hyo-Hyun Kim, MD – Severance Cardiovascular Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:03 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Differential Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Outcomes Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Keith A. Dufendach, Resident – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    It's Not in the Books..So How Do They Do It?

    James Tweddell, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Frank Scholl, MD – Joe Dimaggio Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • 11:15 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    Cone Repair for Ebstein's Anomaly: Risk Factors for Intraoperative Failure.

    Nestor Sandoval, MD – Fundacion Cardioinfantil

    Congenital

  • 11:27 AM – 11:39 AM ET
    Truncal Valve Repair

    Yves d'Udekem, MD, PhD – Children's National Medical Centre

    Congenital

  • 11:39 AM – 11:51 AM ET
    The Right Atrial Appendage valve (RAA valve) for the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction, The First 3 Years of Experience.

    Ahmad Ali Amirghofran, MD – Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

    Congenital

  • 11:51 AM – 12:03 PM ET
    Prophylactic Commissural Resuspension During Unroofing Procedure for Anomalous Coronary Artery with Intramural Course- How to do it

    Pranava Sinha, MD – Children's National Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 12:03 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    PTFE Valved Conduit

    Bing Jia, MD, PhD – Children's Hospital of Fudan University

    Congenital

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Lung Cancer

    Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD – City of Hope Medical Center

    Michael Lanuti, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 11:15 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    Risk Factors for Readmission After Pulmonary Lobectomy for Lung Cancer: A Quality Collaborative Study

    Nathan M. Mollberg – Bronson Methodist Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 11:27 AM – 11:39 AM ET
    A National Survey of Surgeons Evaluating the Accuracy of Mediastinal Lymph Node Identification

    Jeffrey Yang, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital, Wentworth Douglass Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 11:39 AM – 11:51 AM ET
    Cost Variation and Value of Care in Pulmonary Lobectomy Across the United States

    Joseph Hadaya, MD – University of California, Los Angeles

    General Thoracic

  • 11:51 AM – 12:03 PM ET
    Association of Lymph Node Sampling and Clinical Center Volume in Pulmonary Lobectomy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Brooks Udelsman, MD/MHS – Yale University School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 12:03 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Germline Genetic Variants In Patients With Multiple Primary Malignancies Involving Lung Cancer

    Jie Zhang, MD – Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China;Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    General Thoracic

  • 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET
    Same Toys, New Indications

    Daniel Goldstein, MD – Montefiore Medical Center

    Arman Kilic, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:15 AM – 11:25 AM ET
    Are the Next Generation of Total Artificial Hearts Going to Make a Mark in DT?

    Vig Kasirajan, MBBS – Pauley Heart Center, Dept of Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University and Health System

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:25 AM – 11:35 AM ET
    Discussion

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:35 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    LVADs of Tomorrow: What are the Unmet Needs?

    Mark Slaughter, MD – University of Louisville School of Medicine

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:45 AM – 11:55 AM ET
    Discussion

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:55 AM – 12:05 PM ET
    The Value of Axillary Access for Bridging Patients to Heart Transplant with Intra Aortic Balloon Pump & Impella Support

    Nicolas A. Brozzi, MD – Cleveland Clinic Florida

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 12:05 PM – 12:15 PM ET
    Discussion

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 12:15 PM – 12:30 PM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Esophagus

    Siva Raja, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Daniela Molena, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    General Thoracic

  • 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM ET
    Neoadjuvant camrelizumab plus chemotherapy for resectable, locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (NIC-ESCC2019): a multicenter, phase 2 study

    Jingpei Li, MD, PhD – The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University

    General Thoracic

  • 12:42 PM – 12:54 PM ET
    Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy and Chemoradiation Followed By Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: A National Analysis of Short- and Intermediate-Term Outcomes

    Nikhil Panda, MD, MPH – Massachusetts General Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 12:54 PM – 1:06 PM ET
    Morbidity and Mortality Following Esophagectomy is Higher for Benign than Malignant Disease

    Stephanie G. Worrell, MD – University of Arizona

    General Thoracic

  • 1:06 PM – 1:18 PM ET
    Robotic esophagectomy trends and early surgical outcomes: The US experience

    Puja G. Khaitan, MD – Georgetown University School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 1:18 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    A Cathepsin Targeted, Quenched Activity Based Probe Allows Real-Time Intraoperative Detection of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Gregory T. Kennedy, MD – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Focus on Congenital Surgical Challenges

    Vikram Sood, MD – University of Michigan Mott Children's Hospital

    Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH – University of Texas Dell Medical School / Dell Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM ET
    Does procedure volume impact outcomes of the Ross Procedure in children? A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database Analysis

    Georgina Rowe, MD – Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 12:42 PM – 12:54 PM ET
    A Randomized Clinical Trial of Perfusion Modalities on Cerebral Hemodynamics, Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction Score, and Clinical Outcomes in Congenital Heart Surgery Patients

    Akif Undar, PhD – Penn State College of Medicine

    Congenital

  • 12:54 PM – 1:06 PM ET
    Outcomes after Stage 1 Palliation including Systemic to Pulmonary Shunt and Pulmonary Artery Banding in Patients undergoing Single Ventricle Reconstruction

    Carina Schwarzbart – German Heart Center Munich

    Congenital

  • 1:06 PM – 1:18 PM ET
    Impact of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection on outcome during staged single ventricle palliation

    Paul Philipp Heinisch, MD PhD – Department of congenital and pediatric heart surgery, German Heart Center Munich

    Congenital

  • 1:18 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Transposition of Great Arteries with Intact Ventricular Septum and Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (TGA-IVS-LVOTO): Patterns of Practice and Outcomes.

    Husain Esmaeil, MD – McGill University

    Congenital

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    From the Ascending to the Descending Aorta

    Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto

    Joseph Bavaria, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:30 PM – 12:42 PM ET
    Impact of a Direct-to-Operating Room Aortic Emergency Transfer Program for Type A Aortic Dissection

    Christopher Mehta, MD – Northwestern Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:42 PM – 12:54 PM ET
    How Do Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Die?

    Mohammad A. Zafar, MD – Yale

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:54 PM – 1:06 PM ET
    The New Type A Arch Remodelling Stent for DeBakey I Acute Aortic Dissection: Results and Performance in 100 Implantations

    Matteo Montagner, MD – German Heart Center Berlin

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:06 PM – 1:18 PM ET
    Progression of Distal Aortic Dilation After Hemiarch and Zone 1, 2, 3 Arch Replacement in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

    Bo Yang, MD, PhD – University of Michigan Health System

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:18 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    The Penn Classification System For Malperfusion In Acute Type A Dissection: A 25 Year Experience

    William L. Patrick, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Vivien T. Thomas Symposium

    Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS – University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center

    Leah M. Backhus, MD, MPH – Stanford University

  • 12:30 PM – 12:37 PM ET
    Race is a Risk Factors for the Deferral of Resection and Radiation for Early Stage Lung Cancer

    Olugbenga Okusanya, MD – Thomas Jefferson University

  • 12:37 PM – 12:44 PM ET
    Women in Thoracic Surgery 2020 Update—Subspecialty and Work-Life Balance Analysis

    Katherine Giuliano, MD – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • 12:44 PM – 12:51 PM ET
    Randomized Trials in Cardiac Surgery and Representation of Non-White Population

    Gianmarco Cancelli, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine

  • 12:51 PM – 1:11 PM ET
    Health Disparities: How we Move from Identifying to Eliminating

    Hannah Valantine, MD – Stanford University

  • 1:11 PM – 1:30 PM ET
    Panel Discussion
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    100,000 implants with INSPIRIS RESILIA aortic valve; Current Concepts and Future Possibilities

    Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD – Cleveland Clinic

    Bart Meuris, MD, PhD – UZ Gasthuisberg Leuven, University Hospital

    Douglas R. Johnston, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    Joseph Lamelas, MD – University of Miami Health System


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  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Assessing the risk of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)- A paradigm shift in renal care

    V. Seenu Reddy, MD MBA FACS – TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery


    Sponsored By 
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Break/Industry Symposia/Visit Exhibits
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Bringing Precision Oncology to Early-Stage Lung Cancer, With Adjuvant EGFR-Targeted Therapy Leading the Way

    Boris Sepesi, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Tina Cascone, MD, PhD – MD Anderson Cancer Center


    Sponsored By 
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Evolution of ECMO – New Strategies and Techniques

    A. P. Kappetein, MD, PhD – Medtronic

    Amy E. Hackmann, MD – University of Texas Southwestern

    William Jakobleff, MD – Montefiore Medical Center

    Gaston Cudemus, MD – Naples Heart Institute

    Robert Bartlett, MD – University of Michigan


    Sponsored By 
  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Plenary: Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture from Amy C. Edmondson, PhD

    Michael Maddaus, MD – University of Minnesota

    Amy C. Edmondson, PhD – Harvard Business School

    Plenary

  • 2:30 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Plenary: Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture from Amy C. Edmondson, PhD

    Amy C. Edmondson, PhD – Harvard Business School

    Plenary

  • 3:15 PM – 3:30 PM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Career Progression – Personal Insights Along the Journey

    Jennifer S. Nelson, MD, MS – Nemours Childrens Hospital

    S. Adil Husain, MD – University of Utah School of Medicine

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 3:30 PM – 3:38 PM ET
    Finishing Training - How to find a job?

    Reilly D. Hobbs, MD, MBS – Primary Children's Hospital/University of Utah/Intermountain Health

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 3:38 PM – 3:46 PM ET
    I finally made it - how do I start making it?

    Elizabeth Stephens, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 3:46 PM – 3:54 PM ET
    Opportunities vs. Equity - Should I stay or should I go?

    Stephanie Fuller, MD – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 3:54 PM – 4:02 PM ET
    Becoming a Chief..What a Whole New World It Is.

    Christopher A. Caldarone, MD – Texas Children's Hospital

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 4:02 PM – 4:10 PM ET
    Transition to life after CHS - Now what?

    Ross M. Ungerleider, MD MBA – Institute for Integrated Life Skills

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 4:10 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Discussion

    Congenital

    Career Development

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Heart Transplant

    Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD – University of Michigan

    Amy Fiedler, MD – University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM ET
    Waitlist Trends in Heart-Liver Transplantation: An Analysis of the UNOS Database

    Amit Iyengar, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM ET
    The Combined Use of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA-ECMO) and Impella (ECPELLA) for 104 Patients in Cardiogenic Shock due to Fulminant Myocarditis

    Koichi Toda, MD PhD – Osaka University

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM ET
    Impact of Previous Cardiac Surgery on Long-Term Survival After Heart Transplantation

    Akbarshakh Akhmerov, MD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM ET
    Outcomes of Using Extended Criteria Donors for Heart-Lung Transplantation in the Modern Era

    Noah Weingarten, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Extended ischemic time in cardiac transplantation has equivalent short and long-term outcomes: Time to move the threshold

    Brandon Alan Guenthart, MD – Stanford University

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Novel Technology in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    David Tom Cooke, MD – University of California, Davis Medical Center

    Kiran Lagisetty, MD – University of Michigan

    General Thoracic

  • 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM ET
    Artificial-Intelligence Derived Algorithms for Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Can Predict Malignancy During Resection of Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules

    Feredun S. Azari, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    General Thoracic

  • 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM ET
    Can Artificial Intelligence-Powered Endobronchial Elastography Predict Nodal Metastasis in Lung Cancer? A Pilot Study

    Nikkita Mistry, MSc (c) – McMaster University

    General Thoracic

  • 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM ET
    Essential Surgical Plan Modifications for Lung Segmentectomy After Preoperative Virtual Reality Planning Based on Artificial Intelligence

    Wouter Bakhuis, MD MSc – Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam

    General Thoracic

  • 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM ET
    Glycoprotein Receptor CEACAM5-Targeted Intraoperative Molecular Imaging Tracer Can Accurately Target Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers In-Vitro

    Feredun S. Azari, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    General Thoracic

  • 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Improving Lung Cancer Diagnosis with CT Radiomics and Serum Histoplasmosis Testing

    Hannah Marmor, MD – Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    General Thoracic

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    The World of Wires: Transcatheter Technologies

    Vinod H. Thourani, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute and Piedmont Healthcare

    S. Chris Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:30 PM – 3:42 PM ET
    1-year Outcomes after Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation:Results from the global CHOICE-MI registry

    Walid Ben Ali, MD PhD – Montreal Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:42 PM – 3:54 PM ET
    Cardiac Reoperations in Patients with Transcatheter Aortic Bioprosthesis

    Shinichi Fukuhara, MD – University of Michigan

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:54 PM – 4:06 PM ET
    Mitral surgery after TEER/TMVR

    Stephanie Mick, MD – New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:06 PM – 4:18 PM ET
    Rationale and Technique – Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement

    Susheel K. Kodali, MD FACC – Columbia University Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:18 PM – 4:30 PM ET
    Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve vs. Reoperative Mitral Valve Replacement

    Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc – University of Michigan

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:30 PM – 4:45 PM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 4:45 PM – 5:50 PM ET
    Plenary: Featured Abstract Presentation and C. Walton Lillehei Lecture from Cameron D. Wright, MD

    Plenary

  • 4:45 PM – 4:46 PM ET
    Introduction

    Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc – Emory University

    Plenary

  • 4:46 PM – 4:54 PM ET
    Comparing Consumer-Directed Hospital Rankings with Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Outcomes

    Oliver K. Jawitz, MD, MHS – Duke University Medical Center

    Plenary

  • 4:54 PM – 4:57 PM ET
    Discussant

    Michael J. Mack, MD – BSWH

    Plenary

  • 4:57 PM – 5:05 PM ET
    Q&A

    Plenary

  • 5:05 PM – 5:50 PM ET
    C. Walton Lillehei Lecture

    Cameron Wright, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Plenary

  • Sunday, January 30, 2022
  • 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
    Strategies for the Aortic Arch; Unique Approaches for Open Surgical, TEVAR, and Debranching

    S. Chris Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University

    Joseph Bavaria, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Wilson Y. Szeto, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    Fernando Fleischman, MD – USC Comprehensive Aortic Center


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  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Adult Cardiac Top Abstracts

    Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – Houston Methodist

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:00 AM – 10:02 AM ET
    Introduction

    Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – Houston Methodist

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:02 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery: Does total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting provide a significant long-term survival (20 years) benefit compared to Single Internal Mammary Artery and Radial artery.

    Aziz Momin, MBBS FRCS CT – St Georges Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:10 AM – 10:13 AM ET
    Discussant for the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery

    Marc Ruel, MD, MPH – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:13 AM – 10:22 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:22 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery: Benchmarking Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis in Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valves: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database

    Sameer A. Hirji, MD MPH – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:30 AM – 10:33 AM ET
    Discussant for the Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery

    Tom C. Nguyen, MD – University of California

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:33 AM – 10:42 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:42 AM – 10:57 AM ET
    A Year in Review: Summary of the Top 10 Cardiac Surgery Manuscripts

    Eugene A. Grossi, MD – New York University Langone Health

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:57 AM – 11:12 AM ET
    Patterns of Presentation and Operative Outcomes of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Analysis of the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD)

    Tyler J. Wallen, DO – University of Florida College of Medicine, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:12 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    PROACT Mitral: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Anticoagulation Regimen After On-X Mechanical Mitral Valve Replacement

    Michael W A Chu, MD, FRCSC – Western University, London Health Sciences Centre

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Cardiopulmonary Failure Top Abstracts

    Ahmet Kilic, MD – The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    J. W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, MHL – West Virginia University Medicine

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:00 AM – 10:02 AM ET
    Introduction

    Ahmet Kilic, MD – The Johns Hopkins Hospital

    J. W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, MHL – West Virginia University Medicine

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:02 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Cardiopulmonary Failure: Do Weekends, Holidays, and Thoracic Conferences Impact Acceptance of Heart Transplant Offers?

    Jason W. Greenberg, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:10 AM – 10:13 AM ET
    Discussant for the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Cardiopulmonary Failure

    Vivek Rao, MD PhD – University of Toronto

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:13 AM – 10:22 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:22 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Cardiopulmonary Failure: Advancing Quality Metrics for Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implant: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database

    Michael J. Pienta, MD MS – University of Michigan

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:30 AM – 10:33 AM ET
    Discussant for the Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Cardiopulmonary Failure

    Pavan Atluri, MD – University of Pennsylvania

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:33 AM – 10:42 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:42 AM – 10:57 AM ET
    Heart Transplants From Donation After Circulatory Death Donors in Australia: Outcomes And Lessons Learned - Comparing The Early Vs Recent Experience

    Yashutosh Joshi, MBBS – St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney & Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:57 AM – 11:12 AM ET
    Association Between Case Volume, Failure to Rescue, and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

    Jean-Luc A. Maigrot – Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 11:12 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Genetically Modified Xenotransplantation: The Future is Now

    Bartley P. Griffith, MD – University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Surgery

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    Congenital Top Abstracts

    Carl L. Backer, MD – UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital

    Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Congenital

  • 10:00 AM – 10:02 AM ET
    Introduction

    Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Carl L. Backer, MD – UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • 10:02 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Congenital Surgery: Presence of Cross-Volume Effect Between Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Operations in the US

    Catherine G. Williamson, BS – University of California, Los Angeles

    Congenital

  • 10:10 AM – 10:13 AM ET
    Discussant for the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Congenital Surgery

    Stephanie Fuller, MD – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Congenital

  • 10:13 AM – 10:22 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Congenital

  • 10:22 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Congenital Heart Surgery: Mortality Prediction Following Cardiac Surgery in Children – An STS CHSD Analysis

    John E. Mayer, Jr., MD – Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

    Congenital

  • 10:30 AM – 10:33 AM ET
    Discussant for the Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for Congenital Heart Surgery

    S. Adil Husain, MD – University of Utah School of Medicine

    Congenital

  • 10:33 AM – 10:42 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    Congenital

  • 10:42 AM – 10:57 AM ET
    Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome with Low Birth Weight and Prematurity: What is the Optimal Management?

    Horacio G. Carvajal, MD – Washington University in St. Louis

    Congenital

  • 10:57 AM – 11:12 AM ET
    Long-Term Outcomes of Konno Procedure Versus Ross Procedure in Children with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Anomaly; Single Center Study

    Takuya Maeda, MD. – Tokyo Women's Medical University

    Congenital

  • 11:12 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    Volume should not be used as the sole criterion in designing regionalization of care systems in Congenital Cardiac Surgery

    Petros V. Anagnostopoulos, MD, MBA – University of Wisconsin

    Congenital

  • 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM ET
    General Thoracic Top Abstracts

    John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Jessica S. Donington, MD – University of Chicago

    General Thoracic

  • 10:00 AM – 10:02 AM ET
    Introduction

    John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine

    Jessica S. Donington, MD – University of Chicago

    General Thoracic

  • 10:02 AM – 10:10 AM ET
    J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for General Thoracic Surgery: Understanding Racial Differences in Lung Cancer Surgery Through A Statewide Quality Collaborative

    Sidra Bonner, MD MPH – University of Michigan

    General Thoracic

  • 10:10 AM – 10:13 AM ET
    Discussant for the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Paper for General Thoracic Surgery

    Melanie Edwards, MD – IHA/St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

    General Thoracic

  • 10:13 AM – 10:22 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    General Thoracic

  • 10:22 AM – 10:30 AM ET
    Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for General Thoracic Surgery: The 5-Factor Modified Frailty Index is an Independent Predictor of Outcomes after Lung Resection

    Andy Chao Hsuan Lee, MD – University of Illinois at Chicago

    General Thoracic

  • 10:30 AM – 10:33 AM ET
    Discussant for the Richard E. Clark Memorial Paper for General Thoracic Surgery

    Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, FACS – University of Utah School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 10:33 AM – 10:42 AM ET
    Audience Q&A

    General Thoracic

  • 10:42 AM – 10:57 AM ET
    Access to Care Metrics in Clinical Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Improved Access Is Associated With Improved Survival

    Brendan T. Heiden, MD, MPHS – Washington University in St. Louis

    General Thoracic

  • 10:57 AM – 11:12 AM ET
    Identifying Barriers to Annual Lung Cancer Screening in an Underserved Population

    Mark M. Lee – Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

    General Thoracic

  • 11:12 AM – 11:27 AM ET
    Patterns and Predictors of Recurrence Following Complete Resection of Stage I-II Non-small-cell Lung Cancer: Results from the National Lung Screening Trial

    Christina L. Costantino, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET
    Plenary: Presidential Address: Sean C. Grondin, MD, MPH, FRCSC

    Plenary

  • 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM ET
    Introduction of the President

    John H. Calhoon, MD – UTHSCSA

    Plenary

  • 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET
    Presidential Address

    Sean Grondin, MD MPH FACS FRCSC – University of Calgary

    Plenary

  • 12:40 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Break/Industry Symposia/Visit Exhibits
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Can the Addition of Immunotherapy to Multimodal Management of Stage I-III NSCLC Help Break the Stalled Cycle of Poor Outcomes?

    Jonathan David Spicer, MD, PhD, FRCSC – Division of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    Nasser K. Altorki, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine


    Sponsored By Genentech, Bristol Myers Squibb, Merck & Co., Inc.
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Clinical Evidence and Real World Experience – the Avalus Valve

    A. P. Kappetein, MD, PhD – Medtronic

    Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Jorg Kempfert, MD – German Heart Center

    Bart Meuris, MD, PhD – UZ Gasthuisberg Leuven, University Hospital

    Shinichi Fukuhara, MD – University of Michigan


    Sponsored By 
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Optimizing Treatment Plans in Patients with Resectable NSCLC

    Marcelo DaSilva, MD, FACS – Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Celebration Hospital and AdventHealth Hospital Network System


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  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
    Transesophageal Echocardiography Assessment for LAA Exclusion: Rationale & Best Practices of a Novel TEE Protocol

    Tim Carpenter, MD – Hoag Hospital

    Atizaz Mansoor, MD, FACC – UPMC Pinnacle Health


    Sponsored By 
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Advancements in Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation

    Charles B. Huddleston, MD – Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

    Cynthia S. Herrington, MD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles

    Congenital

  • 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM ET
    Associated Factors And Impact Of Persistent Renal Dysfunction In Children Listed For Heart Transplantation

    Bahaaldin Alsoufi – University of Louisville

    Congenital

  • 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM ET
    Cardiac Transplantation in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: The Impact of High Panel-Reactive Antibody

    Mark S. Bleiweis, MD – University of Florida

    Congenital

  • 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM ET
    Cardiac Transplantation in Pediatric Patients with Heterotaxy Syndrome

    Jason W. Greenberg, MD – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    Re-intervention for Superior Vena Caval Obstruction After Pediatric Heart Transplantation

    Danielle Aronowitz, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Congenital

  • 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Implantation and Outcomes for SVAD -> Transplant

    Eric R. Griffiths, MD – University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    ERAS: The New Normal

    J. Michael DiMaio, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health, The Heart Hospital Plano

    Linda W. Martin, MD, MPH – University of Virginia

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM ET
    Establishing Evidence-Based Opioid Prescribing Guidelines after Thoracic Surgery for Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Multicenter Analysis

    Jarred R. Mondonedo, MD, PhD – University of Michigan

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM ET
    Erector Spinae Plane Block Reduces the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients undergoing Cardiac Surgery

    Aidan Sharkey, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM ET
    Cutting Cost, Not Quality: Enhanced Recovery ICU-Bypass for Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG)

    J. Kirk Edwards, MD – Emory University

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    The Impact of Multimodal Prehabilitation Strategy on Perioperative Outcomes in Frail Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

    Serdar Gunaydin, MD, PhD – University of Health Sciences

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Bundle Up: Preventing Surgical Wound Infections in Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Jeremy R. Harman, MPAS PA-C – Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Healthcare

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Making an Irregular Heart Rhythm Normal Again

    Niv Ad, MD – Adventist White Oak Medical Center / University of Maryland Medical Center

    Husam H. Balkhy, MD – University of Chicago Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:00 PM – 2:12 PM ET
    Hybrid Minimally Invasive Afib Surgery - How I Do It?

    Armin Kiankhooy, MD – St Helena Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:12 PM – 2:24 PM ET
    Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation during Aortic and Mitral Valve Surgery: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

    Ho Jin Kim – Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:24 PM – 2:36 PM ET
    Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Clipping and Ligament of Marshall Ligation on Resolution of Atrial Fibrillation Post-Hybrid Ablation

    Aneel Maini – Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:36 PM – 2:48 PM ET
    Thoracoscopic surgical ablation of lone atrial fibrillation: long-term outcomes at 7 years

    Claudio Muneretto, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Spedali Civili di Brescia, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:48 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Concomitant MAZE: Tips and Tricks

    Lawrence S. Lee, MD, MBA – Indiana University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    STS/ESTS: Immunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Boris Sepesi, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Alper Toker, MD – Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery West Virginia University

    General Thoracic

  • 2:00 PM – 2:10 PM ET
    Early results and outcomes from NADIM 2 Trial

    Nuria M. Novoa, MD, PhD, FEBTS – University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.

    General Thoracic

  • 2:10 PM – 2:20 PM ET
    Outcomes of salvage surgery for locally advanced lung cancer after Immunotherapy

    Daniel J. Boffa, MD – Yale University School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 2:20 PM – 2:30 PM ET
    Prediction of response to treatment with immunotherapy before surgery. What should a surgeon expect from lymph nodes and margins

    Jonathan David Spicer, MD, PhD, FRCSC – Division of Thoracic Surgery, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

    General Thoracic

  • 2:30 PM – 2:40 PM ET
    Immunotherapy after surgery in Stage IB to IIIA patients

    Isabelle Opitz, MD – University Hospital Zurich, Department of Thoracic Surgery

    General Thoracic

  • 2:40 PM – 3:00 PM ET
    Panel Discussion

    General Thoracic

  • 3:00 PM – 3:15 PM ET
    Break/Visit Exhibits
  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Congenital Basic Science Innovation / Data and Associated Implications in Programmatic Classification

    Jonathan M. Chen, MD – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Congenital

  • 3:15 PM – 3:27 PM ET
    The Dose-effect of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Delivery through Cardiopulmonary Bypass in a Juvenile Porcine Model

    Kei Kobayashi, MD, PhD – Children's National Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 3:27 PM – 3:39 PM ET
    A Murine Model of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

    Mousa Kharnaf, MBBS – Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 3:39 PM – 3:51 PM ET
    Mechanical and Structural Changes of the Pulmonary Graft After a Ross Operation in a Rodent Model

    Claudia Cattapan – Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Congenital

  • 3:51 PM – 4:03 PM ET
    Impact of USNWR on Hospital / Heart Center – How we do it? Mod program and high ranking

    Robert D.B. Jaquiss, MD – UT Southwestern

    Congenital

  • 4:03 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    CHSS – Classification of Programs ? Regionalization

    Carl L. Backer, MD – UK HealthCare Kentucky Children's Hospital

    Congenital

  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Esophageal Surgery Disasters: Leaks, Fistulas, Dead and Dysfunctional Conduits

    Bryan F. Meyers, MD, MPH – Washington University School of Medicine

    Rishindra M. Reddy, MD – University of Michigan

    Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr., MD – Wayne State University Harper Hospital

    Neil A. Christie, MD FRCS(C) FACS – University of Pittsburgh

    Wayne Hofstetter, MD – MD Anderson Cancer Center - University of Texas

    Daniela Molena, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    General Thoracic

  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Lung Transplant: Focus on COVID

    Errol L. Bush, MD – Johns Hopkins

    Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:15 PM – 3:22 PM ET
    Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support in Patients with Covid-19: A Historical Control Propensity Score Matched Study

    Alexey Abramov, MD – Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:22 PM – 3:29 PM ET
    Early Initiation of Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support for COVID-19 Improves Survival

    Eric Krause, MD, JD – University of Maryland Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:29 PM – 3:36 PM ET
    Ethical Dilemmas Regarding DNR, DNI and Comfort Measures in Cardiothoracic Surgery

    John P. Nabagiez, MD – Albany Medical College

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:36 PM – 3:46 PM ET
    Impact of covid positivity on recipient donor and surgeon

    Jules Lin, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:46 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Panel Discussion

    Cardiopulmonary Failure

  • 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Structural Heart Disease

    Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA – University of Michigan

    Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:15 PM – 3:27 PM ET
    Impact of Hospital Volume of Outcome of Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    Kimberly A. Holst, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:27 PM – 3:39 PM ET
    Association of patient factors and bioprosthesis size with hemodynamic change over 5 years following RESILIA-based aortic valve replacement

    Mubashir A. Mumtaz, MD – UPMC Pinnacle

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:39 PM – 3:51 PM ET
    Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status Independently Predicts Outcomes After Mitral Valve Surgery: A STS National Database Study

    Amit Iyengar, MD, MS – University of Pennsylvania

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:51 PM – 4:03 PM ET
    Edge-to-edge technique for Mitral Valve Repair compared to Mitral Replacement for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

    Alex Nantsios, MD – University of Ottawa Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:03 PM – 4:15 PM ET
    Impact of Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation on Late Outcomes of Surgery for Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease

    Irsa Hasan, MD – Mayo Clinic

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM ET
    Business Meeting (STS Members Only)