✝ No CME Credits Awarded

THURSDAY, 13 June 2013
06.30 - 07.50	BREAKFAST SYMPOSIA✝ (up to 3 concurrent) Breakfast Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
08.00 - 17.00	Thoracic Masters Class: Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Chair: Daniel L. Miller, MD; Emory University Clinic
08.00 - 10:30	Thoracic Masters Class: Morning Session
8.00 – 8.05	Introduction Daniel Miller, MD Emory University Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia
Lung Cancer Screening
8.05 – 8.20	CT Screening Update Daniel Miller, MD Emory University Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia
IPN Localization
8.20 – 8.35	Novel Techniques for IPN Localization Ara Klijian, MD San Diego, California
Robotic Program Development
8.35 – 8.50	Starting a RATS Program in a VATS Institution Mark Onaitis, MD Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
Intraoperative Complications
8.50 – 9.05	Intraoperative VATS Lobectomy Complications Young Kim, MD Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
LN Dissection Debate
9.05 – 9.15	VATS LN Dissection Daniel Miller, MD Emory University Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia
9.15 – 9.25	RATS LN Dissection Olivia Fanucchi, MD University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Energy Device Use in MI Lung Surgery
9.25 – 9.40	LN Dissection Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, MD Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan
9.40 – 9.55	Vascular Isolation and Division Yoshio Tsunezuka, MD Ishikawa prefectural Centre Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan
MI Lung Surgery Cost
9.55 – 10.10	Use of the Robotic Platform in the Definitive Management of the Indeterminate Lung Nodule Cliff Connery, MD St. Lukes, New York, New York
10.45 - 11.00	Introduction of the New Members
11.00 - 11.45	Presidential Address Alan H. Menkis, MD
11.45 - 13.15	LUNCH SYMPOSIA✝ (up to 3 concurrent) Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
13.15 - 17.00	Thoracic Masters Class: Afternoon Session
Diaphragm
13.15 – 13.30	Diaphragmatic Plication – VATS vs. RATS Al Zamir Kahn, MD Medanta the Medicity, Haryana, India
Pectus Repair
13.30 – 13.45	VATS Repair with Different Types of Bars Magdy Mohammed, MD Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
13.45 – 14.00	Total VATS Repair Michael Klimatsidas, MD 424 Army Hospital, Athens, Greece
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE)
14.00 – 14.15	RATS MIE Sebastian Gilbert, MD University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
14.15 – 14.30	VATS MIE M. Blair Marshall, MD Georgetown University Hosptial, Washington, DC
14.30 – 14.45	MIE Conduit Assessment Inderpal Sarkaria, MD Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
14.45 – 15.00	VATS for Mediastinal THE Dissection Hyo Chul Youn, MD Sejong General Hospital, Seoul, Korea
15.00 – 15.15	Break
VATS Lung Biopsy
15.15 – 15.30	Single Port VATS Lung Biopsy Do Hyung Kim, MD Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea
15.30 – 15.45	SLET/CO2 Insufflation VATS Lung Biopsy Daniel Miller, MD Emory University, Atlanta, GA
15.45 – 16.00	Transmediastinal Wedge Resection Anthony Kim, MD Yale University, New Haven, Connecticutt
Compensatory Hyperhidrosis
16:00 – 16.:15	VATS Sympathetic Block Daniel Miller, MD Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
16:15 – 16.30	VATS Sympathectomy Reversal M. Blair Marshall, MD Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Robotic Equipment
16.30 – 16.45	Novel Robotic Scope Holder Arman S. Coonar, MD Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
16.45 – 17.00	Three Port vs Four Port RATS Procedures Kemp Kernstine, MD UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
17.00 - 18.00	Exhibition Hall Reception
17.00 - 18.00	Poster Competition: Round 1 Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; St. Mary's Hospital, London, England
17.30 - 19.30	EVENING SYMPOSIA✝ Evening Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
FRIDAY, 14 June 2013
06.30 - 07.50	BREAKFAST SYMPOSIA✝ (up to 3 concurrent) Breakfast Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
08.00 - 09.20	THORACIC SESSION 1 - Lung Moderators: Kemp Kernstine, MD Sebastien Gilbert, MD
T1	The Effect Of Fissure Development Score (Fds) On Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (Vats) For Lung Cancer Seokkee Lee, Dae Joon Kim, Sung Young Park, Mi Kyung Bae, Chang Young Lee, Jin Gu Lee, Kyung Young Chung. Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Discussion (4 minutes)
T2	Robotic Vs Open Lymphadenectomy In C-Stage I Non-Small-Cell-Lung-Cancer: Feasibility And Adequacy Olivia Fanucchi, Alfredo Mussi, Federico Davini, Francesca Allidi, Marco Lucchi, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Franca Melfi. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy. Discussion (4 minutes)
T3	Robotic Lobectomy is Financially Feasible Despite Inclusion of Capital Costs Jordan R. Sasson, Hassan Sheik Moghaddas, Sadiq Rehmani, Sarah Almubarak, Cliff Connery, Scott J. Belsley, Faiz Y. Bhora. St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
T4	Non-Intubated Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Nodule Resection Under Spontaneous-Breathing Anaesthesia With Laryngeal Mask Olivia Fanucchi1, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi1, Stylianos Korasidis1, Franca Melfi1, Federico Davini1, Raffaello Gemignani2, Fabio Guarracino2, Alfredo Mussi1. 1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy, 2Division of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Pisa, Italy. Discussion (4 minutes)
T5	Patients' Selection for the VATS Anatomic Pulmonary Resections Vadim Pischik, Eugeny Zinchenko, Alexander Obornev. Federal Hospital ? 122, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. Discussion (4 minutes)
T6	Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection In Totally Thoracoscopic Surgery Using A Bipolar Sealing Device Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara1, Hitoshi Igai1, Takashi Ibe1, Natsuko Kawatani1, Seshiru Nakazawa2, Jun Atsumi2, Yoichi Otak2, Kai Obayashi2, Toshiteru Nagahima2, Seiichi Kakegawa2, Masayuki Sugano2, Osamu Kawashima2, Kimihiro Shimizu2, Izumi Takeyoshi2. 1Maebashi Red Cross Hospital, Maebashi, Japan, 2Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. Discussion (4 minutes)
09.20 - 10.00	Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.00 - 10.40	Consensus Statement
10.40 - 11.25	Kit V. Arom Lectureship Medical Device Innovation 101; One Surgeon's Perspective on Developing Disruptive Technology William (Billy) Cohn, MD Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX
11.25 - 12.20	THORACIC SESSION 2 - Miscellaneous Moderators: Young Tae Kim, MD Franca Melfi, MD
T7	Thoracoscopic Decortication is Better than Open Decortication. A Comparative Study in Empyema Advanced Stages Miguel Congregado, MD, Sergio Moreno-Merino, MD, Rafael Jimenez-Merchan, MD, Gregorio Gallardo, MD, Fernando Cozar, MD, Jesus Loscertales, MD PhD. Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain. Discussion (4 minutes)
T8	One-stage Approach to Bilateral Pulmonary Metastasis Assisted by Thoracoscopy: Is it feasible ? Kook Nam Han1, Chang Hyun Kang, MD, PhD1, Young Tae Kim, MD, PhD1, In Kyu Park, MD, PhD1, Joo Hyun Kim, MD, PhD2. 1Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Lung Cancer Center, Dongnam Institution of Radiological and Medical sciences, Busan, Korea, Republic of. Discussion (4 minutes)
T9	Thymoma: The Role Of Vats Thymectomy And Analysis Of The Relationship Between Istology Who, Staging Masaoka And Miasthenia Gravis Giorgio Cavallesco, Pio Maniscalco, Francesco Quarantotto, Nicola Tamburini, William Grossi, Elena Garelli. Department General and Thoracic surgery, Ferrara, Italy. Discussion (4 minutes)
T10	Pectus excavatum: A comparison of the Ravitch repair with the Nuss thoracoscopic technique with a standard metallic bar or an absorbable bar. Magdi Muhammad. King Fahd Hosp, Al Madina Almunawara, Saudi Arabia. Discussion (4 minutes)
TMP1	Transcollation® Technique Vs Stapler Resection For The Treatment Of Spontaneous Pneumothorax Carmelina C. Zirafa, Marcello C. Ambrogi, Olivia Fanucchi, federico davini, franca Melfi, Alfredo Mussi, Alfredo Mussi. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
TMP2	Clinical Features of Catamenial Pneumothorax Mikhail Atyukov1, Vadim Pischik2, Alexander Obornev2, Peter Yablonsky3. 1City Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 2Federal Hospital, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 3State University, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation.
TMP3	A Clinical and Histopathological Study of the Intrathoracic Application and Resorption of Cotton-derived Oxidized Cellulose Hemostatic Gauze Biruta Witte1, Stefan Gross1, Stefan M. Kroeber2, Michael Wolf1, Hubertus Hillebrand1, Martin Huertgen1. 1Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz-Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany, 2Institute of Pathology, Koblenz, Germany. Discussion (7 minutes)
12.20 - 13.50	LUNCH SYMPOSIA✝ (up to 3 concurrent) Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
13.50 - 15.05	THORACIC SESSION 3 - Esophageal Moderators: Mark Onaitis, MD Anthony Kim, MD
T11	Initial Experience with Intra-operative Near-infrared Fluorescence Imaging as a Novel Adjunct to Robotic Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Nabil P. Rizk, David J. Finley, Manjit S. Bains, Prasad Adusumilli, James Huang, Valerie W. Rusch. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. Discussion (4 minutes)
T12	A Comparison of Minimally Invasive and Open Esophagectomy with Thoracic Anastomosis. Sebastien Gilbert1, Andre Martel2, Azzi Alain2, Donna Maziak1, Andrew Seely1, Farid Shamji1, Patrick James Villeneuve1, Sudhir Sundaresan1. 1University of Ottawa, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Discussion (4 minutes)
T13	High Intrathoracic Anastomosis is feasible with 28mm circular stapler in Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy (MIE). Hyun woo Jeon, Sook Whan Sung, Byung Su Yoo, Kyung Soo Kim, Jae Kil Park, Kyo Young Song Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Discussion (4 minutes)
T14	Video Assisted Transhiatal Mediastinoscopic Approach Of Transhiatal Esophagectomy Can Reduce Hemodynamic Instabilit During Surgery. Hyo Chul Youn. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyung Hee University Medical Center, Seoul, Kore, seoul, Korea, Republic of. Discussion (4 minutes)
T15	Early Experience of Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy in the Gulf Region Mariam J. Almarashda, Awad M. Elkarim, Iman M. Albeloushi, Amgad E. Elsherif. Tawam Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. Discussion (4 minutes)
TMP4	Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Resection Of Suspected Metastatic Pulmonary Nodule After Microcoil Localization Sami A. Alnassar, Sr.. KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia.
TMP5	Agar Blue Localization of Small Pulmonary Nodules for Thoracoscopic Resection and Technique to Minimize Air Leaks Ara S. Klijian. Sharp/Scripps Hospitals, San Diego, CA, USA. Discussion (5 minutes)
15:05 - 15:30	Coffee Break
15.40 - 16.30	Keynote Address Integrating Innovation by Changing Culture Joseph E. Bavaria, MD University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
16.30 - 17.30	Poster Competition Finals Chief Moderator Rex Stanbridge, MD; Imperial Hammersmith Hospital, London, England
19.00 - 21.00	Attendee Reception - Sofia Palace
21.00 - 23.00	President's Nightcap - Sofia Palace
SATURDAY, 15 June 2013
09.00 - 09:30	ISMICS Member Business Meeting
09.30 - 10.30	Thoracic Movie Day - Session I Moderators: Daniel Miller, MD Ralph Schmid, MD
TV1	Lymphadenectomy along the bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerves by non-lifting technique with a da Vinci Robot system Seong Yong Park, MD., Seok Kee Lee, MD, Mi Kyung Bae, MD, Chang Young Lee, MD, Jin Gu Lee, MD, Kyung Young Chung, MD, Dae Joon Kim, MD. Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV2	Robotic Belsey-Collis Fundoplication Raghav Murthy, MBBS, David Graham, MD., Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, Ph.D.. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV3	Experience with thoracoscopic pneumonectomies at a single institution Anthony W. Kim, M.D., Daniel J. Boffa, M.D., Frank C. Dettterbeck, M.D.. Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV4	Transmediastinal wedge resection following transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy Anthony W. Kim, M.D.1, David R. Kull1, Marcin Zielinski, M.D.2, Daniel J. Boffa, M.D.1, Frank C. Detterbeck, M.D.1. 1Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, 2Pulmonary Hospital, Zakopane, Poland. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV5	Totally Robotic Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy Raghav Murthy, MBBS, Kemp H. Kernstine, MD.,Ph.D.. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV6	First Experience with a new 5mm Thoracoscopic Stapling Device Gregor J. Kocher, Ralph A. Schmid. Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland. Discussion (3 minutes)
10.30 - 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 - 11.45	Thoracic Movie Day - Session II Moderators: Daniel Miller, MD Ralph Schmid, MD
TV7	Robotic Plication of Diaphragm Ali Zamir Khan, MS, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS(CTh), Shaiwal Khandelwal, MS, FIAGES, Rajnish Kumar, MBBS, Sangeeta Khanna, MD, Dheeraj Gautum, MD, Tarun Piplani, MD, Jyotirmoy Das, MD. Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV8	Robotic Assisted Pneumonectomy For Down Staged Left Lung Cancer Ali Zamir Khan, MS, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS(CTh), Shaiwal Khandelwal, MD, Sangeeta Khanna, MD, Rajnish Kumar, MBBS, Tarun Piplani, MD, Dheeraj Gautum, MD, Jyotirmoy Das, MD, Sudhir Kumar, MD, Dinesh Singla, MD, Arvind Kumar, MD. Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV9	Robotic Thoracoscopic Resection of Intralobar Sequestration in an Adult Richard Lazzaro, MD1, Nguyen Minh Le, MD2, Laurence Spier, MD2. 1Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA, 2Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV10	Robotic Resection of 2nd Rib Tumour Ali Zamir Khan, MS, FRCS (Glasg), FRCS(CTh), Shaiwal Khandelwal, MS, FIAGES, Sangeeta Khanna, MD. Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India. Discussion (3 minutes)
TV11	Totally Endoscopic Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy Faiz Y. Bhora, M.D., Scott J. Belsley, M.D., Cliff Connery, M.D., Pejman Aflaki, M.D, Hassan S Moghaddas, M.D., Jordan R. Sasson, M.D.. St Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. Discussion (3 minutes)
11.45	Program Concludes