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Full Schedule

  • Sunday, January 22, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM PT
    Registration
  • 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM PT
    Plenary: J. Maxwell Chamberlain and James S. Tweddell Memorial Papers

    Plenary

  • 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM PT
    Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Coffee Break in the Exhibit Hall
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Advanced Technology in Perioperative Care

    Nathalie Roy, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital

    Jeremiah Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCS, FCCP – West Virginia University

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Annals Academy: Joint Forum with JACC Editors

    Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System

    Michael Mack, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Current Controversies in Congenital Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support

    Melita Viegas, MD – UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

    Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP (he/him/his) – University of Florida

    Congenital

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Eat or Be Eaten: Understanding Quality and Reimbursement

    Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center

    Keith S. Naunheim, MD (he/him/his) – St Louis University School of Medicine

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Elegant Solutions to Lung Disasters - How to Salvage Pulmonary Resection Gone Wrong

    John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado

    Allan Pickens, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    Heart Team Approach to Complex Tricuspid Valve Disease

    Brian Bethea, MD – MedStar

    Howard Song, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health & Science University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PT
    In the OR with Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD: Ross Procedure

    Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD – The Mount Sinai Hospital

    William T. Brinkman, MD (he/him/his) – The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott and White Plano

    Michael W. A Chu, MD, MEd, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Western University, London Health Sciences Centre

    Christopher R. Burke, MD – University of Washington

    Adult Cardiac

  • 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM PT
    Break
  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PT
    Hands-On Course: Complex Central Airway Reconstruction

    Ashok Muniappan, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

    Douglas Mathisen, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Michael Lanuti, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Genearl Hospital

    Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS – University of Mississippi Medical Center

    Nathaniel R. Evans, III, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University

    Smita Sihag, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Robert E. Merritt, MD – Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

    Henning A. Gaissert, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Natalie S. Lui, MD – Stanford University

    Leonidas Tapias, MD – University Hospitals - Case Western Reserve University

    K. Robert Shen, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic

    Maria Lucia L. Madariaga, MD – University of Chicago

    Christina L. Costantino, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    General Thoracic

  • 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM PT
    Hands-On Course: V3 Exam (Volume Status, Venous Access, Ventricular Function) for CT Surgery

    Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals/CWRU

    Glenn Whitman, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Hospital

    Andrew D. Shaw, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Jean Deschamps, MDCM – Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Adult Cardiac Potpourri

    Jennifer L. Ellis, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – New York University Langone Health / Bellevue Hospital Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Rachel E. Harrison, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Health, Union Memorial Hospital

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Aorta from Bench to OR to Guidelines

    Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan

    Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD – Stanford University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Challenges in Management of the Single Ventricle

    Vanessa M. Miller, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Nicholas Andersen, MD – Duke University Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Controversies in Mitral Surgery

    Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University

    Marc Gillinov, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Controversies in Perioperative Blood Management

    Vicki Morton-Bailey, DNP, AGNP-BC – Providence Anesthesiology Associates

    Daniel T. Engelman, MD – Baystate Medical Center

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Critical Issues in Lung Transplantation

    Errol L. Bush, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins

    Stephanie H. Chang, MD – NYU Langone Health

    General Thoracic

  • 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM PT
    Investing in the Future of CT surgery

    Stephen C. Yang, MD FACS MAMSE – The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

    Kirsten A. Freeman, MD – University of Florida

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM PT
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    A New Age for Early Stage Lung Cancer

    Farhood Farjah, MD – University of Washington

    Svetlana Kotova, MD – PeaceHealth hospital and OHSU

    General Thoracic

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Adult Cardiac Surgery S.O.S.

    Rosemary F. Kelly, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota

    Edward P. Chen, MD – Duke University Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Controversies in Cardiac Surgical ICU Staffing (STS/SCA Joint Session)

    Nicholas Teman, MD – University of Virginia School of Medicine

    James Abernathy, MD, MPH, FASE, FAHA – Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    CT Surgeon Ergonomics: How to Avoid Injuries that Can Curtail Your Career

    Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health

    Lisa Brown – University of California, Davis

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Expanding the Donor Pool in Heart Transplantation: Current Strategies and Future Perspectives

    Yasir Abu-Omar, MD PhD FRCS – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Ezequiel J. Molina, MD – Piedmont Health

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Improving Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease

    David Mauchley, MD – Seattle Children's Hospital

    Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc, FACS – Oregon Health and Science University

    Congenital

  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Looking to the Future Residents Program (Invitation Only)
  • 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PT
    Transcatheter Valve Technologies: Planning Now for the Future (STS/EACTS Joint Session)

    Patrick Myers, MD (he/him/his) – CHUV

    Vinod Thourani, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PT
    CT Surgery Resident Showdown Semi-finals and Reception
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PT
    The Thoracic Surgery Foundation VIP Reception