Thoracic Track

Residents and Fellows Hands On Training Session
Focused Hands-on training offered by Atricure
Faculty: Niv Ad, MD and Armin Kiankhooy, MD

How to Do It Movie Session
5-minute video presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion
Abbas Abbas, MD and Christoforos Kotoulas, MD

Cardiac: MIC Tricuspid Beating Heart Replacement with Cardioband Explantation
Sabine Bleiziffer, MD
Heart and Diabetes Center NRW, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Thoracic: Anatomic Resections After Neoadjuvant, Chemo-IMMUNO-Therapy
Robert Cerfolio, MD
New York University, New York, NY

Cardiac: Robotic mitral valve repair with a patient who has cardiac dextroversion
Arnar Geirsson, MD
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Thoracic: Pulmonary Resection w/ Subcostal Port Placement
Hyun Koo Kim, MD
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Cardiac: Transaxillary Mitral Surgery
Utz Kappert, MD
University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Cardiac: Endoscopic Double valve Aortic plus Mitral
Mattia Glauber, MD
Sant'Ambrogio Clinic, Milan, Italy

Thoracic: Different Techniques to Obtain Proximal Intra-Pericardial for PA Bleeding and or PA Plasty
Michael Zervos, MD
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

Cardiac: TMVI using artificial intelligence in procedural planning
Gry Dahle, MD
Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Thoracic Experts Session 1: Various Surgical Techniques and Optimal Surgical Conduct for Non-complicated Lobectomy, Various Vessel Control and Post-Operative Chest Tube Management

Moderators:

Robert Cerfolio, MD and Johannes Bodner, MD

RUL - post to anterior, anterior to posterior, fissure-less & LN resection
Lana Schumacher, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston MA

RML - post to anterior, anterior to posterior, fissure-less
Johannes Bodner, MD
University Hospital Giessen and Marburg, Giessen, Germany

RLL - post to anterior, anterior to posterior, fissure-less & LN Resection
Andreas Hiebinger, MD
Klinikum Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany

LUL - post to anterior, anterior to posterior, fissure-less & LN resection
Peter Kneuertz, MD
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

LLL - post to anterior, anterior to posterior, fissure-less
Eric Sceusi, MD
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Thoracic Experts Session 2: Uni-portal Robotics, Uni-portal VATS and Multi-portal Robotics - Philosophies, Pros and Cons of Each for Pulmonary Resection

Moderators:

Robert Cerfolio, MD and Kosmas Tsakiridis, MD

Uni-portal VATS for Non-Complicated Lung Resection
Calvin Ng, MD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

Uni-portal Robotics for Non-Complicated Lung Resection
Hyun Koo Kim, MD
Korea University, Seoul, South Korea

Multi-portal robotic for non-complicated lung resection (SP)
Abbas Abbas, MD
Brown Surgical Associates, Providence, RI

Scalability, Training, Costs, Adoption of Different Platforms in Various Countries and Healthcare Systems
Daniel Oh, MD
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Subramanian Innovation Award Competition

Judges:

Nirav Patel, MD, Anson Cheung, MD, Niv Ad, MD

Finalist 1: Concomitant Transbronchial Microwave Ablation And Same Session Lung Resection As One-stop Treatment For Multifocal Lung Malignancies (293)
Joyce W.Y. Chan, Rainbow W.H. Lau, Aliss T.C. Chang, Ivan C.H. Siu, Cheuk Man Chu, Tony S.K. Mok, Calvin S.H. Ng.
Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Finalist 2: Endo Cavitary Suction Device (442)
Ignazio Condello, Dr. Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.

Finalist 3: Low-cost Tablet Stand Mounted Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery Training Unit (292)
Ayush Balaji¹, Rishab Makam², Tania Kumar¹, Natasha Bocchetta¹, Shantanu Bajaj², Mahmoud Loubani¹.
¹Hull York Medical School, Hull, United Kingdom, ²Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust, Hull, United Kingdom.

2023 Award Winner Update

Presidential Introduction
Husam Balkhy, MD

Presidential Address: A Piece is Missing in the Jigsaw
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD
Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck Austria

Thoracic Abstract Session 1: Lung
(6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)

Moderators:

Rainbow Lau, MD and Daniel Oh, MD

Initial Real-word Outcomes Of Robotic-assisted Lobectomy After Neoadjuvant Chemo-immunotherapy
Patrick Bou-Samra, Mahmoud Abdel-Rassoul, Desmond D'Souza, Robert Merritt, Peter Kneuertz
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

Robotic Right S3 Segmentectomy With The Aid Of Preoperative Advanced Lung Segmentation Software
Syed Shahzad Razi, Russell Seth Martins, M. Jawad Latif, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Jeffrey Luo, Faiz Bhora
Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ, USA

A Step Backward In The Name Of Learning? From Uniportal To Biportal Video Assisted Thoracoscopic Anatomical Lung Resection
Stylianos Korasidis, Diana Bacchin, Elena Guerrini, Vittorio Aprile, Maria G. Mastromarino, Marcello C. Ambrogi, Marco Lucchi.
University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Fissure Diving Correlating Clinical Outcomes And Objective Performance Metric To Fissure Grade During Robotic Lobectomy
Narica Clarke¹, John Lazar², Mallory Shields³, Allan Fong^4
1The MedStar Health—Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center Residency Program in General Surgery, Washington, DC, USA, ²Ascension Medical Group, Nashville, TN, USA, ³Intuitive Surgical, Seattle, WA, USA, ⁴The MedStar Health—Georgetown/Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA

Do We Need Advanced Lung Segmentation Software?
Kostantinos Poulikidis, Syed Shahzad Razi, Russell Seth Martins, M. Jawad Latif, Jeffrey Luo, Faiz Bhora
Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ, USA

Robotic-assisted Left Completion Pneumonectomy
Hana Ajouz, Daniel Buitrago, Mauricio Pipkin, Tiago Machuca
University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

Robotic Total Lung Sparing Bronchus Intermedius Sleeve Resection
Meghamsh Kanuparth¹, Christopher Stone¹, Dwight D. Harris², Mark Broadwin³, Natacha Wathieu¹, Debolina Banerjee¹, Dewahar Senthoor¹, Madigan Stanley¹, Abbas E. Abbas^1
1Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, ³Lehigh Valley Health System, Allentown, PA, USA

Development Of Ct Image-based Atelectasis Simulation And Non-invasive Lung Nodule Localization System
Jinwook Hwang, Intae Hwang, Sungwon Ham, Chohee Kim
Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Korea, Republic of

Chest Tube Learning Synthesis And Evaluation Assistant (chelsea) - An Intelligent Decision Support System To Manage Chest Tubes
Aroub Alkaaki¹, William Klement², Nathalie Japkovicz³, Donna Maziak¹, Andrew Seely¹, Sudhir R. Sundaresan¹, Patrick J. Villeneuve¹, Daniel G. Jones¹, Sebastien Gilbert^1
1University of Ottawa, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Department of Computer Science, American University, Washington DC, DC, USA

Thoracic Abstract Session 2: Mediastinum
(6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)

Moderators:

Abbas Abbas, MD and Atasha Asmat, MD

A Multicenter Study On Surgical And Oncological Outcomes In Patients Who Underwent Thymectomy For Thymic Tumours: Robotic Versus Open Surgery
Carmelina C. Zirafa¹, Elisa Sicolo¹, Gaetano Romano¹, Fabrizia Calabrò¹, Melania Guida¹, Michelangelo Maestri¹, Piergiorgio Solli², Giuseppe Cardillo³, Angela De Palma⁴, Francesco Facciolo⁵, Luca Voltolini⁶, Franca Melfi^1
1University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ²RCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, ³Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy, ⁴University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy, ⁵IRCCS Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy, ⁶University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy

Single-port System Robotic Thoracic Surgery
In Ha Kim, Ji Yong Kim, Jae Kwang Yun, Geun Dong Lee, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Yong-Hee Kim
Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Korea, Republic of

Pericardial Parathyroidectomy
Adin S. C. Reisner, Matthew Inra
Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, USA

Robotic Thymectomy In Myasthenic Patients: Single Center Experience
Gianmarco Elia¹, Carmelina Cristina Zirafa², Alessandra Lenzini¹, Melania Guida³, Michelangelo Maestri³, Gaetano Romano⁴, Federico Davini⁴, Franca Melfi^4
1Department of surgical, medical, molecular, and critical area pathology, University of Pisa - Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, PISA, Italy, ²Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery - surgical, medical, molecular and critical car, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;, PISA, Italy, ³Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy., PISA, Italy, ⁴Minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery - surgical, medical, molecular and critical care, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy;, PISA, Italy

VATS Redo Pericardial Window For A Recurrent Complex Pericardial Effusion
Rahul Nayak
Western University, London, ON, Canada

Poster Competition: Round 1
Chief Moderator: Simon Moten, MD
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Australia

Attendee Reception
Acropolis Museum (ticketed event)

Thoracic Experts Session 3: Minimally Invasive Segmentectomy and Sleeve Resections

Moderators:

Todd Demmy and Sudish Murthy, MD

*Please note presentation start times may vary due to the live-streaming surgery

Different Techniques to Tag Small Lung Nodules
Wing Hung Rainbow Lau, MD
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

3D Imaging
Elizabeth David, MD
UCHealth Thoracic Surgery, Aurora, CO

Surgical Conduct for Simple and Complicated Segments
Michael Zervos, MD
New York University Medical Center, New York, NY

RUL and LUL Sleeve Resections and Tracheal Resection Robotically on ECMO
Robert Cerfolio, MD
New York University, New York, NY

Live Surgery / Discussion

Moderator:

Robert Cerfolio, MD

Editor’s Choice of 2023 Innovations Publications
Niv Ad, MD and Jörg Kempfert, MD

1. Minimally Invasive Surgical Versus Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: A Retrospective Observational Single-Center Study in Japan (Volume 18, Issue 6)
   Presented by Yoshitsugu Nakamura, MD, PhD
2. Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion for Atrial Fibrillation Patients Intolerant to Anticoagulation (Volume 18, Issue 2)
   Presented by Omar M. Sharaf, BS
3. Differences Between Attending and Trainee Surgeon Performance Using Objective Performance Indicators During Robot-Assisted Lobectomy (Volume 18, Issue 5)
   Presented by Daniel S. Oh, MD

Keynote Speaker: Umes Arunagirinathan, MD
Introduction: Nikolaos Bonaros

Thoracic Abstract Session 3: Miscellaneous
(6 minutes of presentation, 6 minute discussion)
Moderators: Peter Kneuertz, MD and Calvin Ng, MD

Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Localization And Ligation Of A Triple System Thoracic Duct With Indocyanine Green Lymphangiography
Natacha Wathieu, Abbas Abbas, Haley Leesley
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA

Doxorubicin Suffusion Followed By Thoracoscopic Left Upper Lobectomy For Recurrent Pulmonary Intimal Angiosarcoma
Todd L. Demmy¹, Candice Y. Lee², Ajay Gupta³, Anne Grand'Maison¹, Sai Yendamuri^1
1Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, USA, ²Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, ³Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA

Pressurized Intra-thoracic Aerosol Chemotherapy (pitac): Preliminary Results In Malignant Pleural Effusion
Gianmarco Elia¹, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino², Fabrizia Calabro'¹, Diana Bacchin², Stylianos Korasidis², Vittorio Aprile², Marcello Carlo Ambrogi², Marco Lucchi^2
1Department of surgical, medical, molecular, and critical area pathology, University of Pisa - Division of Thoracic Surgery, Pisa, Italy, Pisa, Italy, ²Division of Thoracic Surgery Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Department University Hospital of Pisa - Italy, Pisa, Italy

Uniportal Vats For The Treatment Of Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
Carlos D. Pinto, Pedro F. Fernandes, Rita Costa, Anita Paiva
Centro Hospitalar e Universitario Sao Joao, Oporto, Portugal

Keeping An Open Mind: Exploring The Boundaries Of Minimally-Invasive Thoracic Surgery
M. Jawad Latif, Russell S. Martins, Jeffrey Luo, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Syed S. Razi, Faiz Y. Bhora
Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, NJ, USA

Thoracic Abstract Session 4: Esophageal
(6 minutes of presentation, 6 minute discussion)
Moderators: Faiz Bhora, MD and Sebastian Gilbert, MD

Oncologic Outcomes After Robotic Thoracic Approach Versus Video-assisted Thoracic Approach During An Esophagectomy
Anupama Singh¹, Ben Grobman¹, Hillary Heiling², Emanuele Mazzola², Rachel Leo¹, Rafael Barcelos¹, Miles McAllister¹, Fatemehsadat Pezeshkian¹, Matthew Pommerening¹, Matthew Rochefort¹, Scott J. Swanson¹, Michael T. Jaklitsch¹, Raphael Bueno¹, Jon O. Wee^1
1Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA, ²Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Improved Short-term Gains, Yet Comparable Long-term Prognosis: Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy For Upper Esophageal Cancer
Yuxin Yang, Chao Jiang, Dr., Zhichao Liu, Dr., Bin Li, Dr., Chunguang Li, Dr., Yang Yang, Dr., Zhigang Li, Prof.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China

Disaster Control Of Airway Injury During Esophagectomy
Andrew Tang, Sudish Murthy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

Enhanced Recovery In Esophagectomy
Costas Bizekis, Jeffrey Jiang, Robert Cerfolio, Michael Zervos
NYU Langone, New York, NY, USA

Communications in MICS Award (6 minutes of presentation, 4 minute discussion)

Judges:

Nirav Patel, Husam Balkhy, Gry Dahle, Nikolaos Bonaros

Finalist 1: Redo Robotic Mitral Valve Repair For Management Of Early And Late Mitral Ring Dehiscence
Gökhan Arslanhan¹, Zeynep S?la Özcan², Sahin Senay¹, Aleks De?irmencio?lu³, Muharrem Koçyigit⁴, Cem Alhan¹;
¹Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Acibadem University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Acibadem University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Istanbul, Turkey

Finalist 2: Lung Resections In Uniportal Vats Our Experience In The Use Of Metallic Spirals
Andrea La Rosa
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Finalist 3: Initial Experience In Total Endoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery With Three-dimensional Video-assisted Technology
Mariafrancesca Fiorentino, Elisa Mikus, Antonino Costantino, Diego Sangiorgi, Elena Tenti, Elena Tremoli, Carlo Savini;
Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM, Cotignola, Italy

Finalist 4: Well Being On A Fast Track - Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Huma Akhtar
National Institute of Cradiovascular Diseases, KARACHI, Pakistan

Finalist 5: Mitral Valve Surgery And Coronary Revascularization Via The Left Anterior Minithoracotomy
Dmytro Babliak
Diagnostic and treatment center for children and adults of the Dobrobut Medical Network, Kyiv, Ukraine

Finalist 6: Using Machine Learning To Predict Mitral Valve Repairability Based On Preoperative Echocardiography
Rosa Hiusti, Rafik Margaryan, Giacomo Bianchi, Marco Solinas;
Ospedale del Cuore, Massa, Italy

Finalist 7: Surgical Approach, Comorbidities, And Myasthenia Gravis Drive Adverse Outcomes Following Thymectomy
Hailey A. Theeuwen, Victoria Yin, Claire Therriault, Scott M. Atay, Sean C. Wightman, Takashi Harano, Graeme M. Rosenberg, Brooks V. Udelsman, Anthony W. Kim
Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Finalist 8: Percutaneous Versus Surgical Femoral Cannulation In Minimally Invasive Cardiac Operations: A Meta-analysis Of Existing Studies
Maria Comanici, Halil I. Bulut, Shahzad G. Raja
Harefield Hospital, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

Thoracic Experts Session 4: advanced minimally Invasive Procedures - Thymus, Esophagus, Airways
Moderators: Atash Asmat, MD and Antonios Siderias, MD

Thymectomy from Left for Thymoma and Myasthenia Gravis
Jens Ruckert, MD
Universitats Medizin Berlin Charite, Berlin, Germany

Advanced Thymectomy, Large Tumor Involves Structures
Joyce Chan Wing Yan, MD

Esophagectomy, Different Anastomotic Techniques
Costas Bizekis, MD

Thoracic Experts Session 5: Minimally Invasive Chest Wall Resection, Bronchoplasty and Tracheal Resection
Moderators: Jens Rückert and Andreas Hiebinger

Lobectomy With MIS CW and/or Vertebral Body Resection
Todd Demmy, MD
Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY

RUL and LUL Sleeve Resections and Tracheal Resection Robotically on ECMO
Robert Cerfolio, MD
New York University, New York, NY

Kit V. Arom Lectureship:
Introduction:
Speaker: Hugo Vanermen
(30 min talk, 15 min questions)

Technical Challenges Abstracts: Pitfalls and Disasters and the Solution Lunch Service
(7 minute presentation and 5 minute discussion)

Moderators:

Gry Dahle MD; Ramachandra C. Reddy MD and Valavanur A. Subramanian MD

Embolized Tavi Valve Lodges "upside-down" In The Proximal Aortic Arch
Nikola Dobrilovic, Sergio Montaño, James Brown, Hyde Russell, Jonathan Rosenberg, Jonathan Somers, Mark Ricciardi.
NorthShore University Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.

Fulminant Hepatic Failure After LIMA Harvesting
André Peres, Hagen Gorki, Andreas Liebold.
University Hospital Of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.

Port Access - Minimally Invasive Approach For Concomittant Large ASD And Mitral Cleft, A Case Report
ISMET ONUR TANIYAN, MUSTAFA BAHADIR INAN, MEHMET CAHIT SARICAOGLU, ONUR BUYUKCAKIR, ALI IHSAN HASDE.
Ankara University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey.

Hybrid Approach For Extraction Of Abandoned Infected Lead Pacemaker - Case Report
Gustavo Armando De La Cerda Belmont, Arturo Garza De La Maza, Maria Goretti Cepeda Flores, Ivan Carrasco Chávez, Claudia Elena González Zúñiga, César Amilcar Morales Marín, Roberto Modesto Vázquez González, Fabiola Buelna Gaxiola, Gerardo Manuel Flores Morin, Eliasib Pedroza Solis.
NOVOCARDIO, MONTERREY, Mexico.

Robotic-assisted Surgical Repair For A Failed Transcatheter Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
Hiroyuki Tsukui, Mitsugu Ogawa, Michael Culig.
Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, PA, USA.

Minimally Invasive Removal Of The Embolised Contraceptive Implant From Right Pulmonary Artery.
Manoras M. Chengalath, Francis Cheung, Yi Chen.
Victorian Heart Hospital, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement In Situs Inversus Totalis
Taro Kanamori.
Kawaguchi Cardiovascular and Respiratory Hospital, Kawaguchi, saitama, Japan.

The President's Selection: Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery 2030 - What counts is...

Chairs:

Nikolaos Bonaros, MD; Niv Ad, MD and Husam Baklhy, MD

AI and Surgical Imaging
Gry Dahle, MD

Improving surgical techniques is still the future
Hermann Reichenspurner, MD
Hamburg, Germany

Big Data and Digital Medicine
Volkmar Falk, MD
Berlin, Germany

Real-World Clinical Data
Alexander Meyer / Jörg Kempfert, MD

Cellular and Molecular Targets for Valvular Heart Disease
Johannes Holfeld
Innsbruck, Austria