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Full Schedule

  • Monday, January 29, 2024
  • 5:45 AM – 3:00 PM CT
    Registration
  • 6:00 AM – 7:00 AM CT
    Business Meeting/Distinguished Service Award
  • 7:00 AM – 7:15 AM CT
    Break
  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Advanced Mitral Techniques

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

    Moderator: Tirone E. David, MD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

    Adult Cardiac

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Controversies in Complex Aortic Arch Dissection Management: Reversing the Paradigm?

    Moderator: Joshua Goldberg, MD – Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital

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

    Adult Cardiac

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Ethics Symposium: AI and Machine Learning in CT Surgery -- Future Prospects and Ethical Issues

    Moderator: Robert M. Sade, MD (he/him/his) – Medical University of South Carolina

    Education/Quality/Wellness

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Late Breaker: SAVR vs. TAVR in Low Risk Patients...What's the Data So Far?

    Moderator: Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

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

    Adult Cardiac

    Late-Breaking

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Learning from Legends and Luminaries in Congenital Heart Surgery

    Moderator: Robert J. Dabal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama

    Moderator: Stephanie M. Fuller, MD (she/her/hers) – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Congenital

    Early Career

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    Standards for Lung Cancer Surgery

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

    Moderator: Michael A. Archer, DO (he/him/his) – SUNY- Upstate Medical University

    General Thoracic

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    STS Trainee Symposium: Professionalism Puzzles You May Encounter During Residency: How to Piece Together a Resolution

    Moderator: Elisabeth Dexter, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Moderator: Amber E. Duda, DO (she/her/hers) – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Trainee

  • 7:15 AM – 8:45 AM CT
    STS/AmSECT: Pay No Attention to the Perfusionist Behind the Curtain

    Moderator: Mark Martin, CCP – Redline Perfusion & Consulting

    Moderator: J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS – WVU Medicine

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Exhibit Hall Open
  • 8:30 AM – 9:00 AM CT
    Break
  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Advocacy in Action: Skills to Take to the Hill

    Moderator: Joseph Cleveland, Jr., MD – University of Colorado - Division of CT Surgery

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

    Education/Quality/Wellness

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Complex Neonatal Surgery and Neurologic Outcomes

    Moderator: Eric N. Feins, MD – Boston Children's Hospital

    Moderator: Carlos Mery, MD, MPH – Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin

    Congenital

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Failure to Rescue (FTR): Definition, Measurement, Causes, Relationship to STS Quality Metrics, and How to Improve Your Institution’s FTR

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

    Moderator: Nicholas R. Teman, MD – University of Virginia Health System

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Hands-On Course: Mitral Valve Repair

    Course Director: Steven F. Bolling, MD – University of Michigan Hospital

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

    Faculty: Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine

    Faculty: Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD – Kaiser Permanente

    Faculty: Serguei Melnitchouk, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital

    Faculty: Gerald M. Lawrie, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital Specialty Physician Group

    Faculty: Arnar Geirsson, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University Medical Center

    Faculty: T. Sloane Guy, IV, MD, MBA – Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Medical Center

    Faculty: Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health

    Faculty: Matthew Romano, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center

    Faculty: Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery

    Faculty: Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University

    Faculty: Brittany A. Zwischenberger, MD, MHSc – Duke University

    Faculty: Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS – Cedars Sinai

    Faculty: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine

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

    Faculty: Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C – Michigan Medicine

    Faculty: Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – Texas Health Resources

    Faculty: Tirone E. David, MD (he/him/his) – University of Toronto

    Faculty: Michael A. Acker, MD – University of Pennsylvania Medical Center

    Faculty: Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University

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

    Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Faculty: Kirsten Young, PA-C – Children's Hosptial of Philadelphia

    Faculty: Sabet W. Hashim, MD – Hartford HealthCare

    Faculty: Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc – Washington University in St. Louis

    Adult Cardiac

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    Presentations of Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Award Recipients

    Moderator: Farhood Farjah, MD – University of Washington

    Panelist: Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD MS – Yale University School of Medicine

    Panelist: Paul Tang, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Panelist: Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Panelist: Danielle Gottlieb Sen, MS, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Panelist: Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, MD-PhD – University of California, San Diego

    Panelist: Yvonne M. Carter, MD (she/her/hers) – UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine

    Education/Quality/Wellness

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    STS/EACTS: Important Trials Every Surgeon Should Know About

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

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

    Adult Cardiac

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    They Did What?! Adult Cardiac Video Session

    Moderator: Ourania Preventza, MD – University of Virginia

    Moderator: Michael P. Robich, MD – Johns Hopkins

    Adult Cardiac

  • 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM CT
    VATS vs Robotic Lung Surgery: Is There an Ideal Minimally Invasive Approach?

    Moderator: Joseph B. Shrager, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Lana Schumacher, MD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts General Hospital - Thoracic Surgery

    General Thoracic

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 10:30 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Coffee Break
  • 10:40 AM – 11:15 AM CT
    Early Career Roundtable: My Approach to Wellness

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
    Plenary: Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture from Rochelle Walensky, MD

    Moderator: Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center

    Plenary

    Early Career

  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Break
  • 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM CT
    Mock Oral Exam Course
  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Adult Cardiac S.O.S.

    Moderator: Ibrahim Sultan, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Moderator: George Arnaoutakis, MD – University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School

    Adult Cardiac

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Right or Left? Switch it!

    Moderator: David S. Winlaw, MBBS MD FRACS (he/him/his) – Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

    Moderator: Glen Van Arsdell, MD – UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

    Congenital

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    STS/EACTS: Challenging Cases in Cardiac and Thoracic Transplantation

    Moderator: Michael S. Mulligan, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington Medical Center

    Moderator: Gloria Färber, MD – University Hospital Jena, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Critical Care and Perioperative Management

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    The Future of Cardiothoracic Research, Scholarship, and Clinical Investigation

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

    Moderator: Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Mayo Clinic

    Education/Quality/Wellness

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Top Adult Cardiac Abstracts

    Moderator: S. Chris Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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

    Adult Cardiac

  • 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM CT
    Top General Thoracic Abstracts

    Moderator: Joe B. Putnam, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Moderator: Yvonne M. Carter, MD (she/her/hers) – UNLV Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine

    General Thoracic

  • 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM CT
    Break
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Expanding the Donor Pool: Utilization of Non Brain-Dead Donors

    Moderator: Keki Balsara, MD, MBA – Medstar Health/Georgetown University School of Medicine

    Moderator: Jasleen Kukreja, MD – University of California, San Francisco

    Adult Cardiac

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Frailty in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery: It's Time We Get Up and Go!

    Moderator: James Edgerton, MD, FACS, FACC, FHRS – Washington University at St Louis

    Moderator: J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS – WVU Medicine

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    How I Do It: Congenital

    Moderator: Bahaaldin Alsoufi (he/him/his) – University of Louisville

    Moderator: Elizabeth H. Stephens, MD, PhD – Mayo Clinic

    Congenital

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Let's Make a Deal: Finding a Job and Securing a Favorable Contract

    Moderator: J. Michael DiMaio, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health

    Moderator: David Spurlock, MD (he/him/his) – Advent Health

    Education/Quality/Wellness

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    New Technology and Innovation in Cardiac Surgery

    Moderator: Johannes Bonatti, MD (he/him/his) – UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

    Moderator: G. Chad Hughes, MD – Duke University Medical Center

    Adult Cardiac

    Early Career

    Trainee

  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT
    Novel Endoscopic Therapies for Benign Gastro-Esophageal Disease

    Moderator: Ryan Levy, MD, FACS (he/him/his) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

    Moderator: Biniam Kidane, MD, MSc, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    General Thoracic