*This program is preliminary, program subject to change.
✝ No CME Credits Awarded
| THURSDAY, 29 May 2014 | |
| 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. |
| Thoracic Masters Class: Advances in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Co-Chairs: Hiran C. Fernando, MD; Boston Medical Center Daniel L. Miller, MD; Emory University Clinic Ricardo Santos, MD; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein Ralph A. Schmid, MD; University Hospital Berne |
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| 08.00 - 10.45 | Thoracic Masters Class: Morning Session |
| 8.00 - 8.05 Introduction |
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Session I: Lung Cancer Moderators: Ralph Schimd, MD Daniel Miller, MD |
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| How to Set Up a Lung Cancer Screening Program 8.05 - 8.20 Ricardo Santos, MD Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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| Optimal Surveillance After Lung Cancer Resection: CT, Chest X-Ray, and Timing 8.20 - 8.35 Michael Jaklitsh, MD Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
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| Bronchoscopy: Navigation and Ablation of Peripheral Nodules 8.35 - 8.50 Kazuhiro Yasufuku, MD Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada |
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| VATS Segmentectomy 8.50 - 9.05 Rodney J. Landreneau, MD Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA |
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| Single-Port Segmentectomy 9.05 - 9.20 Diego Gonzalez Rivas, MD Coruna University Hospital, Coruna, Spain |
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| Robot Segmentectomy 9.20 - 9.35 Richard Lazzaro, MD Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY |
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| 9.35 - 9.50 Discussion | |
| 9.50 - 10.05 Break | |
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| 10.45 - 11.00 | Introduction of the New Members |
| 11.00 - 11.15 | Late Breaking News (TBD) |
| 11.15 - 12.00 | Keynote Address Rory McDonald |
| 12.00 - 13.30 | 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. |
| 13.30 - 17.15 | Thoracic Masters Class: Afternoon Session |
| Session II: Endoscopic Therapies for the Thoracic Surgeon Moderators: Virginia Litle, MD Todd Demmy, MD |
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| Bronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma 13.30 - 13.45 Paulo Cardoso, MD State University of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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| Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) 13.45 - 14.05 Steve DeMeester, MD USC, Los Angeles, California |
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| Endoscopic Mucosal and Submucosal Disection 14.05 - 14.30 Thomas Watson, MD University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY |
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| Alternatives to Laproscopic Fundoplication; Transoral Fundoplication or Linx 14.30 - 14.45 Hiran C. Fernando, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Endoscopic Esophageal Suturing 14.45 - 15.00 Shanda Blackmon, MD The Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas |
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| RFA Esophagus 15.00 - 15.15 Daniel Miller, MD Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Cryoablation Esophagus and Airway 15.15 - 15.30 Abbas E. Abbas, MD Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
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| 15.30 - 15.45 Discussion | |
| Session III: Mediastinum, Chest Wall, and Esophagus Moderators: Ricardo Santos, MD Thomas Watson, MD |
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| Minimally Invasive 3-Hole & Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy 15.45 - 16.00 Virginia Litle, MD Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA |
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| Robot Esophagectomy 16.00 - 16.15 Inderpal Sarkaria, MD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York |
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| Less Invasive Strategies: Chest Wall Resection, Reconstruction, Deformities & Revisions 16.15 - 16.30 M. Blair Marshall, MD Georgetown University, Washington, DC |
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| VATS Thymectomy 16.30 - 16.45 Scott Swanson, MD Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Robotic Thymectomy 16.45 - 17.00 Jens Ruckert, MD Humboldt University Medical School, Berlin, Germany |
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| Robot Resection Posterior Mediastinal Masses 17.00 - 17.15 Kemp Kernstine, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas |
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| 17.15 - 18.30 | Exhibition Hall Reception |
| 17.15 - 18.30 | Poster Competition: Round 1 Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; Hammersmith Hospital, London, England |
| 18.00 - 20.00 | 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, 30 May 2014 | |
| 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 Jens Ruckert, MD |
| T1 | Robotic Segmentectomy and Mediastinal Nodal Dissection for Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer D. Nguyen, B. Tempesta, A. Gruessner, B. Rawashdeh, M. Moslemi, M. Meyer, S. Golestani, R Poston, F. Gharagozloo The University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T2 | Do We Still Need a Randomized Prospective Trial Comparing VATS to Open Lobectomy? Thomas J. van Brakel, Ad F. Verhagen Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T3 | Cases of Chylothorax and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury Associated with Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection During Robotic Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Lung Resection Inderpal S. Sarkaria, David J. Finley, Manjit S. Bains, Prasad S. Adusumilli, Nabil P. Rizk, James Huang, Robert Downey, Valerie W. Rusch, David R. Jones Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T4 | Thermal Ablation for Stage IA Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Long-term Follow-up Chaitan K. Narsule, Divya Nair, Avneesh Gupta, Roy G. Oommen, Michael I. Ebright, Virginia R. Litle, Hiran C. Fernando Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T5 | Wedge Resection vs Radiofrequency Ablation to Treat Early Stage NSCLC in High Risk Patients Olivia Fanucchi, MD, Marcello C. Ambrogi, MD, PhD, Franca MA Melfi, MD, Paolo Dini, MD, Federico Davini, MD, Stylianos Korasidis, MD, Pietro Bertoglio, MD, Alfredo Mussi, MD Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T6 | Use of a Saline-Coupled Bipolar Tissue Sealer in Thoracic Surgery Ara S. Klijian Sharp/Scripps Hospitals, San Diego, CA, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| 09.20 - 10.00 | Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Kit V. Arom Lectureship Michael Mack, MD Bayor Health Care System - The Heart Hospital, Plano, Texas |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Consensus Statement: A 10-Year Retrospective |
| 11.30 - 12.30 | THORACIC SESSION 2 - Miscellaneous Moderators: Sebastian Gilbert, MD Richard Lazzaro, MD |
| T7 | Robotic Thymectomy in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis: Neurological and Surgical Outcome Marlies Keijzers, Marc de Baets, Monique Hochstenbag, Marcel van der Linden, Anne-Marie C. Dingemans, Jos G. Maessen Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T8 | Robotic First Rib Resection for the Treatment of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Redefining Diagnosis and Treatment M. Meyer, M. Meyer, D. Nguyen, M. Moslemi, B. Rawashdeh, B. Tempesta, K. Maas, R. Poston, F. Gharagozloo. The University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T9 | Application Of A New Wristed Instrument For Bipolar Coagulation And Mechanical Transection During Minimally-Invasive Robotic Thymectomy Olivia Fanucchi, Franca MA Melfi, Federico Davini, Paolo Dini, Stylianos Korasidis, Marcello C. Ambrogi, Alfredo Mussi Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy Watch Video
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| T10 | Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy Using Single Port Versus Multiple Ports as a Treatment for Palmar Hyperhidrosis Magdi Muhammad, Abdulla Allam King Fahd Hospital, Al Madina Almunawara, Saudi Arabia Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| TMP1 | Re-Thinking Robotic Privileges for Major Lung Resection: Departmental Quality Improvement Process Prompting Credentialing Reorganization Cliff P. Connery1, Faiz Y. Bhora2, Scott Belsley3, Martin Karpeh4 1St Lukes Roosevelt, Beth Israel, NY, NY, USA, 2St Lukes Roosevelt,, NY, NY, USA, 3St Lukes Roosevelt, NY, NY, USA, 4Beth Israel, NY, NY, USA Watch Video
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| TMP2 | General Thoracic Surgery Turnover Time Improvement Project Daniel L. Miller, Barry Bryant, Avina Goel, Lorraine James, Maquitha Mitchell, Matt Klopman Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| TMP3 | An Objective Classification System for Nomenclature of Minimal Access Thoracic Surgery Procedures. Rashid Mazhar, Nasir Moghul Heart Hospital, HMC., Doha, Qatar Watch Video
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| Discussion (5 Minutes) | |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | 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. |
| 14.00 - 15.15 | THORACIC SESSION 3 - Esophagus & Miscellaneous Moderators: Daniel Miller, MD Abbas Abbas, MD |
| T11 | Initial Experience with Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy at a Major Cancer Center: First 100 Cases Rachel Grosser, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, Manjit S. Bains, David J. Finley, Amanda Ghanie, Prasad S. Adusumilli, James Huang, Valerie W. Rusch, David R. Jones, Nabil P. Rizk Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T12 | Transthoracic, Extracorporeal Gastric Conduit Preparation: A Simple Alternative to Mini-laparotomy in Minimally invasive, Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy Anna McGuire, Sebastien Gilbert University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| T13 | Prone position Thoracoscopy with Modified Dual Lung Ventilation for Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Implications for the Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Selvaraj Palanichamy, balaji NS, Parthasarathy R, Venkatachalam S, Vivod D, Palanivelu Gem Hospital, Coimbatore, India Watch Video
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| T14 | Modifications to total minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy reconstructed through the retrosternal tunnel Yawei Zhang, Yihua Sun, Hong Hu, Bin Li, Haiquan Chen Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China Watch Video
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| Discussion (4 Minutes) | |
| TMP4 | Use of Medela Digital Suction device allows avoidance of Surgery in Sick Patients Ali Zamir Khan, Shaiwal Khandelwal, Narendra Agarwal, Kamran Ali, Sangeeta Khanna Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon, India Watch Video
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| TMP5 | Anterior Vs. posterior approach VATS lobectomy: a limited comparison Khalid Amer1, Ali-Zamir Khan2, Edwin Woo1 1University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon - New Delhi, India Watch Video
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| Discussion (5 Minutes) | |
| TMP6 | Feasibility, Safety and Effectiveness of Videothoracoscopy Performed Under Local Anesthesia and Sedation Without Tracheal Intubation Alexandre Oliveira Albert Einstein Israeli Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil Watch Video
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| TMP7 | Sequence of interruption of pulmonary artery and vein in VATS lobectomy - Does it matter? Khalid Amer1, Ali-Zamir Khan2 1University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2Medanta, The Medicity, Gurgaon - New Delhi, India Watch Video
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| Discussion (5 Minutes) | |
| 15.15 - 15.45 | Coffee Break |
| 15.45 - 16.30 | Presisential Address Francis Ferdinand, MD |
| 16.30 - 17.30 | Poster Competition Finals Chief Moderator: Rex Stanbridge, MD; Hammersmith Hospital, London, England |
| 19.00 - 21.00 | Attendee Reception - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum |
| 21.00 - 23.00 | President's Nightcap |
| SATURDAY, 31 May 2014 | |
| 08.00 - 08.30 | ISMICS Member Business Meeting |
| 08.30 - 9.30 | Thoracic Movie Day - Session I Moderators: Cliff Connory, MD Balir Marshall, MD |
| TV1 | Uniportal SILS VATs Robotic Thymectomy Fouad J. Taghavi, Yasir Abu-Omar, Marco Scarci Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| TV2 | Robotically Assisted Bilateral Bronchoplasty for Tracheobronchomalacia Richard Lazzaro, MD, John Lazar, MD, Brian Mitzman, MD Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA |
| TV3 | Video-assisted thoracic surgery bilobectomy with bronchoplasty for non-small cell lung cancer Jae Hyun Jeon, MD, Yoohwa Hwang, MD, Hye-seon Kim, MD, In Kyu Park, MD, PhD, Chang Hyun Kang, MD, PhD, Young Tae Kim, MD, PhD Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| TV4 | Robotic segmentectomy, previously localized lesion with navigation bronchoscopy and dye injection Soni Chousleb, MD, Michael Ebright, MD, Virginia R. Litle, Hiran C. Fernando, MD Boston Medical center, Boston, MA, USA |
| TV5 | LUL anterior segmentectomy guided by preoperative lipiodol marking Young T. Kim Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea |
| TV6 | Robot Assisted Bronchogenic Cyst Resection and Primary repair of the Trachea Raghav Murthy, MBBS, Derek Williams, MD, Kemp H. Kernstine, MD., Ph.D. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA |
| 9.30 - 9.45 | Coffee Break |
| 9.45 - 10.45 | Thoracic Movie Day - Session II Moderators: Ricardo Santos, MD Hiran Fernando, MD |
| TV7 | Minimally Invasive Resection of Large Duplication Cyst Conor Hynes, MD, Marc Margolis, MD, M. Blair Marshall Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| TV8 | Hand Assited Minimally Invasive Repair of Recurrent Hiatal Hernia Trevor C. Upham, MD, Nadim G. Haddad MD, M. Blair Marshall, MD. Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
| TV9 | Minimally Invasive Surgical Repair Of A Huge Morgagni-Larrey Hernia Desislav Vrachanski, Teodor Atanasov, Stoyan Sopotensky, Peter A. Tcherveniakov, Anthony Philipov, Alexander Tcherveniakov Pirogov University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria |
| TV10 | Robotic Resection of Giant Esophageal Leiomyoma Soni Chousleb, MD, Virginia R. Litle, MD, Michael I. Ebright, Chaitan Narsule, Hiran C. Fernando, MD Boston Medical center, Boston, MA, USA |
| TV11 | Robotic Assisted Intra-pleural Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Perfused Chemotherapy in the Staged,Definitive Treatment of Stage IVa Thymic Malignancy Cliff P. Connery, Muhammad Farhan Nadeem, Sadiq Rehmani, Adnan M. Al-Ayoubi, Abdulbadee Bogis, Faiz Y. Bhora, Scott Belsley St.Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York, NY, USA |
| 10.45 | Program Concludes |