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Full Schedule

  • Monday, January 23, 2023
  • 6:30 AM – 11:00 AM PT
    Registration
  • 6:45 AM – 7:30 AM PT
    Business Meeting (STS Members Only)
  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    Adult Cardiac Late Breaker

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

    Brent Keeling, MD – Emory University

    Adult Cardiac

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    Critical Issues in Lung Cancer

    Jane Yanagawa, MD (she/her/hers) – UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine

    Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD (she/her/hers) – City of Hope Medical Center

    General Thoracic

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    Fiscal Wellbeing for CT Surgeons

    Ross Bremner, MD, PhD – Norton Thiracic Institute, Dignityhealth

    Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    In the OR with Tom Nguyen, MD: Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair

    Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health

    Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University

    Patrick Perier, MD (he/him/his) – Heart Surgery Campus Bad Neustadt. Bad Neustadt/Saale Germany

    Mario Castillo-Sang, MD – Saint Elizabeth Healthcare

    Karen A. Gersch, MD, FACC, FACS – Georgia Heart Institute

    Adult Cardiac

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    Management of Severe Aortic Stenosis in the Young Adult Patient: Long View

    Stefano Schena, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin

    Gregory P. Fontana, MD (he/him/his) – HCA

    Adult Cardiac

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    New Regulatory Standards for Resuscitation: What They Mean for Cardiac Surgery

    Hitoshi Hirose, MD – Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

    Anna L. Ciullo, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 7:45 AM – 8:45 AM PT
    The Cutting Edge in the Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease: Innovation and Technology

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

    Minoo Kavarana, MD, FACS – Medical University of South Carolina

    Congenital

  • 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PT
    Break
  • 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM PT
    Plenary: C. Walton Lillehei Lecture: Peter K. Smith, MD

    Plenary

  • 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM PT
    CT Surgery Resident Showdown Final & Coffee Break
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Challenging Esophageal Consults

    Stephanie G. Worrell, MD – University of Arizona

    Kiran Lagisetty, MD – University of Michigan

    General Thoracic

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    ECMO and Thoracic Surgery – Stepping Beyond the Endotracheal Tube

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

    Jeffrey Javidfar, MD – Emory School of Medicine

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Get Me Up to Speed on Surgical Ablation!

    Marc Gerdisch, MD – Franciscan Health Indianapolis

    Eric J. Okum, MD – TriHealth. Cincinnati, Ohio

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Innovations in Digital Health Apps for CT Surgeons

    Gita N. Mody, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina Department of Surgery

    Uma M. Sachdeva, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    Utilizing Databases to Assess and Improve Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease

    Andrew B. Goldstone, MD, PhD – Columbia University, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York

    Laura Seese, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PT
    What Does the Future Hold for Coronary Artery Revascularization?

    Elaine Tseng, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Centers

    Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Adult Cardiac

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PT
    Hands-On Course: Annular Enlargement

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

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

    Muhammad Aftab, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO

    Isaac George, MD – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

    Michael J. Reardon, MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center

    Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD – Columbia University

    Eric E. Roselli, MD – Cleveland Clinic

    Puja Kachroo, MD (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine

    John R. Frederick, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute

    Derek R. Brinster, MD – Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital

    Richard G. Ohye, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan

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

    Michael Kwon, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital

    Jeremy Herrmann, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Barbara C. S. Hamilton, MD, MAS – University of Michigan

    Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Luis J. Castro, MD (he/him/his) – CommonSpirit

    Daniel Tang, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute

    Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C – Michigan Medicine

    Ellen Cannon, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Joshua Grimm, MD – The University of Pennsylvania

    Bahaaldin Alsoufi, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Louisville

    Luca A. Vricella, MD (he/him/his) – Advocate Children's Hospital/University of Chicago Medicine

    Sameh M. Said, MBBCh, MD (he/him/his) – Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center

    Thomas G. Caranasos, MD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina

    William Shi, MD PhD – Northwell Health System, New York, USA

    Sarah T. Palmer, MD – Minneapolis Heart Institute

    George Arnaoutakis, MD – University of Florida

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM PT
    The ISCHEMIA Study Does Not Reflect Patients Undergoing Coronary Surgery: An STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis

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

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:45 AM – 11:55 AM PT
    Break
  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    2028 Forecast in Adult Cardiac Surgery

    Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA – University of Michigan

    Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD – Washington University in St. Louis

    Adult Cardiac

  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    Global Health in CT Surgery

    DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine

    Jay Pal, MD, PhD – University of Washington

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    Innovations in Lung and Airway Disease

    Hiran C. Fernando, MBBS, FRCS – Allegheny General Hospital

    Jane Yanagawa, MD (she/her/hers) – UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    It’s All About the Data – Evidence Based Guidelines for Congenital Heart Surgery

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

    Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc – Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Congenital

  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    Reaching for the Stars - Optimizing Postoperative Care

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

    HelenMari Merritt, DO (she/her/hers) – Nebraska Methodist Hospital

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PT
    Why Cardiac Surgeons Should Be Involved in Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams (PERT)

    Brent Keeling, MD – Emory University

    Amy E. Hackmann, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Adult Cardiac