The Future of Cardiothoracic Research, Scholarship, and Clinical Investigation

Moderator(s)

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  Elaine Tseng, MD (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Surgery
  University of California San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Centers
  University of California San Francisco
  South San Francisco, California, United States
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  Shanda Blackmon, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

  Professor of Surgery
  Mayo Clinic
  Rochester, Minnesota, United States

Presentations:

• 1:15 PM – 1:27 PM CT

  Annals Academy: Peer Review and How an Editorial Board Works
  

  Invited Speaker: Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
• 1:27 PM – 1:35 PM CT

  Debate: NIH Funded Research Remains the Gold Standard
  

  Invited Speaker: Richard Weisel, MD (he/him/his) – Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
• 1:35 PM – 1:43 PM CT

  Debate: Industry Is at the Forefront of Cardiothoracic Surgery Innovation
  

  Invited Speaker: Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Cardiovascular S
• 1:43 PM – 1:48 PM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 1:48 PM – 1:56 PM CT

  Putting Cardiothoracic Surgeons at the Forefront of Cutting Edge Clinical Trials
  

  Invited Speaker: Vinod H. Thourani, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute and Piedmont Healthcare
• 1:56 PM – 2:04 PM CT

  Novel Ways Institutions Can Incentivize Research and Scholarship in the Modern wRVU Era
  

  Invited Speaker: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine
• 2:04 PM – 2:12 PM CT

  So You Want to Be a Prolific Surgeon Scientist?: Tips for Inspiring Investigators
  

  Invited Speaker: Elaine Tseng, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Centers
• 2:12 PM – 2:17 PM CT

  Audience Q&A
• 2:17 PM – 2:29 PM CT

  Breaking Barriers and Fostering Inclusivity: The Upward Trend of Female Representation at the Society of Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting
  

  Presenting Author: Rajika Jindani, MD MPH MS – Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• 2:29 PM – 2:37 PM CT

  The Fate of Abstracts Presented at Annual Meetings of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons from 2015 to 2019
  

  Presenting Author: Carlos Alberto Valdes, BS (he/him/his) – University of Florida College of Medicine
• 2:37 PM – 2:42 PM CT

  Invited Discussant
  

  Discussant: Heidi Reich, MD – Central California Heart and Lung Surgery
• 2:42 PM – 2:45 PM CT

  Audience Q&A