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Cardiac Track Program | Thoracic Track Program
ePoster Competition | Display ePosters | Display Videos
5-minute video presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion
Vinod H. Thourani
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA
Moderators:
Cardiac: Katherine Harrington, MD, Kim Holst, MD, and Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Thoracic: Eric Sceusi, MD and Peter Kneuertz, MD
Marc Ruel, MD
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada
Todd Demmy, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA
Kimberly Holst, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Sebastian Gibert, MD
The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada
Sloane Guy, MD
Georgia Heart Institute, Gainesville, GA
Eric Roselli, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Ghulam Abbas, MD
WVU Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV
Kimberly Holst, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA and Mayo Clinic, Rochester , MN
Breakfast Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
Supported by JenaValve
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA
Moderators: Eric Sceusi, MD & Abbas Abbas, MD
Subroto Paul, MD, MPH
Lennox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Todd Demmy, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA
Richard Lazarro, MD
Lennox Hospital, New York, NY, USA
Francois Montagne, MD
University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France
VATS Approach
Daniel Miller, MD
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
vs. Robotic Multiport
Sudish Murthy, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
vs. Uniportal
Ilitch Diaz, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Moderators: Peter Kneuertz, MD, & Rainbow Lau, MD
Mara Antonoff, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Lana Schumacher, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Mark Dylewski, MD
Baptist Health South Florida, Miami, FL, USA
Luis Godoy, MD
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Thomas Ng, MD
University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA
Kemp H. Kernstine, MD, PhD
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Abbas E. Abbas, MD
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Introduction: Vinod Thourani, MD
Judges: Nirav Patel, MD; Niv Ad, MD; Anson Cheung MD
Finalist 1: Percutaneous Lung Nodule Resection With Sealing Of Airways And Blood Vessels In A Chronic Porcine Model
Rick Fischel, MD, Ph.D1, Edward M. Boyle, MD2, Joanna Nathan3.
1University of California Irvine, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Irvine CA, 2Prana Thoracic LLC, Irvine, CA, USA, 3Prana Thoracic LLC, Houston, TX, USA
Finalist 2: Use Of 3d Printed Ribcage Models To Investigate Ideal Intrathoracic Ratio For Robotic Left Internal Thoracic Artery Harvesting
Sarah Chen, Jorge Catrip, Bob Kiaii.
University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA.
Finalist 3: Impact Of Virtual Reality Simulation For Precise Geometric Mitral Valve Repair
KAZUTOSHI TACHIBANA, MD.,PhD, TAKAKIMI MIZUNO, MD., MASATO YONEMORI, MD..
Hakodate Goryoukaku Hospital, Hakodate, Japan.
2022 Award Winner Update
Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
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Supported by Edwards Lifesciences – Ensemble E
Supported by Corcym – Ensemble F
Supported by Medistim – Ensemble G
Jessica Forcillo, MD
University of Montreal Hospital Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
Defining the Limits of Sanity: The Best We Can Be for Our Patients
Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
(6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)
Moderators: Ghulam Abbas, MD & Todd Demmy, MD
Bhupaul Ramsuchit, Nicholas MacDonald, Matthew Johnston, Juan Escalon, Luis Herrera.
Orlando Health, Orlando, FL, USA.
James Shahoud, Benny Weksler, Sohini Ghosh, Aarthi Ganesh, Hiran Fernando.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Nika Samadzadeh Tabrizi, Ben Gallant, Erin Harris, Brian N. Arnold, Thomas Fabian.
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA.
Kojo Agyabeng-Dadzie1, Inderpal S. Sarkaria1, Ernest Chan1, Ian Christie1, Summer Mazur1, Kristine Ruppert2, Neil Christie1, Omar Awais1, Ryan Levy1, Nicholas Baker1, Rajeev Dhupar1, Arjun Pennathur1, James D. Luketich1, Matthew Schuchert1.
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Andrew R. Brownlee, MD, Justin J. Watson, MD, Shruthi Nammalwar, Amirhossein P. Mahfoozi, MD, Harmik J. Soukiasian.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los angeles, CA, USA.
Luciano Bulgarelli Maqueda, Pedro Guimara?es Rocha Lima, Feras Abu-Reida, Omniyah Alashgar, Evangelos Koliakos, Maxime Têtu, Gabriel Dayan, Basil Nasir, Pasquale Ferraro, Moishe Liberman.
Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada.
(6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)
Moderators: Sebastien Gilbert, MD & Luis Godoy, MD
Jacie Jiaqi Law1, Karen Chien Lin Soh2, Pranav Kumar Santhosh2, Jeremy Chan3, Giuseppe Aresu4.
1Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom, 2University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 3Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol, United Kingdom, 4Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Elisa Sicolo1, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa2, Elena Bagala2, Gaetano Romano1, Federico Davini1, Franca Melfi1.
1Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Medical and Molecular pathology and Critical Area, University Hospital of Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, 2Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery, Robotic Multispecialty Center of Surgery, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
John K. Sadeghi, MD, Charles T. Bakhos, MD, MBA, MS.
Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Justin Watson, MD, Andrew Brownlee, MD, Shruthi Nammalwar, MD, Harmik Soukiasian, MD.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
Lauren Bidois, MBChB, Harsh Singh.
Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Kwanyong Hyun1, Gongmin Rim1, Sook Whan Sung2, Deog Gon Cho3.
1Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Ewha Womens University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 3St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea, Republic of.
Chief Moderator: Simon Moten, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia
Moderators: Sharon Ben-Or, MD, & David Rice, MD
(10 min presentations with 2 discussions in between)
Luis Godoy, MD
University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
Philipp Feodorovici, MD
University of Bonn, Bonn, NRW, Germany
Rainbow Lau, MD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jane Zhao, MD
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
Yolonda L. Colson, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Moderators: Jens Rueckert, MD & Lana Schumacher, MD
Ilitch Diaz, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Mark Onaitis, MD
University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Benjamin Lee, MD
Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Jens Rueckert, MD
Charité, Berlin, Germany
Nestor Villamizar Ortiz, MD
University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
David C. Rice, MD
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
Sharon Ben-Or, MD
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
Joseph Zacharias, MD
Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK
Luncheon Symposia are not part of the ISMICS scientific program and are not eligible for CME credits through the ISMICS joint sponsor, Cinemed.
Supported by Abiomed – Ensemble E
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Introduction: Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Speaker: Robert Higgins, MD
Speaker: Mike Maddaus, MD
(6 minutes of presentation, 6 minute discussion)
Moderators: Sudish Murthy, MD & David Finley, MD
Zhuoran Yao1, John K. Waters2, Hellen Chiou3, Allante Milsap1, Rachel Hurst4, Michael A. Wait2, Scott I. Reznik2, Michael E. Jessen2, Shaida Khan5, Steven Vernino5, Kemp H. Kernstine2.
1The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX, USA, 2Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA, 3Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, 4Department of Emergency Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA, 5Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Abigail Fong, Inderpal Sarkaria, Nicholas Baker, Neil Christie, Rajeev Dhupar, Ryan M. Levy, Omar Awais, Tadeusz Witek, Alicuben T. Evan, James D. Luketich, Arjun Pennathur, Matthew Schuchert.
UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Giorgia Piccioni, Alessandra Siciliani, Fabiana Messa, Paolo Mercantini, Erino Angelo Rendina, Mohsen Ibrahim.
Sapienza University of Rome - Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Minghui Zhu1, Yujun Lian2, Jinglong Li1, Dazhi Pang1, Rutaiyang Liu1, Yanan Liang1, Zhihai Liu1, Guangqiang Shao1, Jianguo Lu1, Jitian Zhang1.
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen hospital, Shenzhen, China, 2Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Kwanyong Hyun1, Gongmin Rim1, Sook Whan Sung2.
1Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2Ewha Womens University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
(6 minutes of presentation, 6 minute discussion)
Moderators: Luis Godoy, MD & James Bond, MD
Matthew Inra, MD, Subroto Paul, MD.
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Matthew D. Stanley, MD, Manu S. Sancheti, MD.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Akbarshakh Akhmerov, Andrew R. Brownlee, Justin Watson, Shruthi Nammalwar, Amirhossein Mahfoozi, Harmik Soukiasian.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
John K. Sadeghi, MD1, Nosayaba Enofe, MD, MPH2, Roman Petrov, MD, PhD, MBA3, Zubair Malik, MD1, Charles T. Bakhos, MD, MBA1.
1Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 3The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Robert D. Allman, MD, Carlos Anciano, MD, Audrea Oliver, MD, Mark Iannettoni, MD, James Speicher, MD.
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Chief Moderator: Simon Moten, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia
The Envoy Hotel, Lookout Rooftop Bar
Moderators: Abbas Abbas, MD & Raja Flores, MD
Jon O. Wee, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Robert E. Merritt, MD
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
Elliot Servais, MD
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, USA
John Lazar, MD
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
Abbas Abbas, MD
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD
UPMC Shadyside, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Eric M. Toloza, MD
H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
Moderators: Eric Sceusi, MD & Thomas Ng, MD
Jarrod Predina, MD
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Raja Flores, MD
Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA
Danjouma Cheufou, MD
Klinikum Würzburg Mitte, Wurzburg, Germany
Anthony Kim, MD
University of South California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
James Bond, MD
Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC, Canada
Farid Gharagozloo, MD
University of Central Florida, Celebration, FL, USA
Christopher Towe, MD
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Introduction: Vinod H. Thourani, MD
Speaker:
Joseph Bavaria, MD
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Lunch Service
(6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)
Moderators: Interpal Sarkaria, MD and Robert Merritt, MD
Albert Leng1, Kelsey Melinosky1, Christopher R. Johnson1, Katherine Giuliano1, Eric Etchill1, Harikrishna Tandri2, Malcolm V. Brock3, Jinny Ha3.
1Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA, 3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shruthi Nammalwar, Justin Watson, MD, Andrew Brownlee, Harmik Soukiasian, Amirhossein Mahfoozi.
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA.
Gaetano Romano1, Fabrizia Calabrò2, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa1, Claudia Cariello3, Alda Mazzei3, Selene Tognarelli4, Beatrice Manfredini5, Federico Davini1, Franca Melfi1.
1Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2Department of Surgical, Medical, Molecular and Critical Care Pathology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 3Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 4The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa., Pisa, Italy, 5Division of thoracic surgery, department of medical and surgical sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, Modena, Italy.
fazil abbas, michael sestito, Guhlam Abbas, MD.
West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Nidhi Desai, John Waters, Tanya Pothini, Scott Reznik, Steve Ring, Michael Jessen, Sravanya Gavini, Howard Weiner, Kemp Kernstine.
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Haley Leesley, MD, Gal Levy, Roman Petrov.
UTMB-Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
Pro: Anthony Kim, MD
University of South California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Con: Ghulam Abbas, MD
WVU Medicine, Heart & Vascular Institute, Morgantown, WV, USA
† - No CME Credits Awarded