Tuesday, 27 May
07:30 - 15:30
Medtronic Simulation and Training Day in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
By Invitation Only
Location: Medtronic Innovation Center -
Istanbul, Turkey
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Wednesday, 28 May
11:00 - 14:00
Innovations Corner (Invitation Only)
13:00
Residents and Fellows Hands on Training Session
14.00 - 16.00
ISMICS-TSCVS Joint Session
16:00 - 18:00
Board Meeting
18.00 - 20.00
How to Do It Movie Session
5-minute video presentation, followed by a 10-minute discussion
Moderators: Cem Elhan, Antonios Pitsis, Abbas Abbas, Robert Cerfolio
18.00 - 18.02
Introduction
18.02 - 18.15
Cardiac: Robotic Myectomy Transaortic
Danny Ramzy
18.15 - 18.30
Thoracic: Robotic carinal resection with ECMO
Robert Cerfolio
18.30 - 18.45
Cardiac: Beating Heart Transapical Myectomy
Xang Wei
18.45 - 19.00
Thoracic: Robotic First rib and chest wall resection
Faiz Bhora
19.00 - 19.15
Cardiac: Redo MV with Neochords
Peyman Sardari
19.15 - 19.30
Cardiac: Robotic AVR with Yang root enlargement
Ghulam Murtaza
19.30 - 19.45
Thoracic: Robotic Resection of Superior sulcus tumor
Fazi Bhora
19.45 - 20.00
Cardiac: Robotic Heart Transplant
Feras Khaleil
Thursday 29 May
08.25 - 08.30
Opening & Welcome Remarks
08.30 - 10:00
Thoracic Experts Session 1: Complex Segmentectomy
10 minute talks/ 5 minute discussion
Moderator: Michael Zervos
08.30 - 08.45
Current update of segmentation softwares and its application in segmentectomy
Faiz Bhora
08.45 - 09.00
Novel Nodule Localization Techniques
Michael Zervos
09.00 - 09.15
Right and Left S3 Segmentectomy
Kosta Poulikidis
9:15 - 9:30
Complex Left and Right basal Segmentectomy
Ghulam Abbas
9.30 - 9:45
Left tri-segmentectomy and right S1/S2 Segmentectomy
Aneez Ahmed
9:45 - 10:00
Segmentectomy or wedge that is the question?
Lana Schmaker
10.00 - 10:30
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.30 - 11.30
Thoracic Abstract Session 1: Lung
Moderators: Aneez Ahmed and Faiz Bhora
T2. Robotic Resection Of Intrapericardial Aortopulmonary Window Paraganglioma
John O. Barron, MD, Siva Raja, MD, PhD, Sudish C. Murthy, MD, PhD.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
T3. Local Recurrence Following Transbronchial Microwave Ablation - Risk Factors And Subsequent Management
Joyce WY Chan1, Rainbow WH Lau
1, Aliss TC Chang
1, Clarence HW Chan
1, Cheuk Man Chu
2, Tony SK Mok
3, Calvin SH Ng
1.
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2Department of Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 3State Key Laboratory of Translational Oncology, Department of Clinical Oncology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
T5. Robotic Approach To Resection Of An Aberrant Subclavian Artery
Berk Aykut, MD, John K. Cook, BS, John A. Kucera, MD, Seth E. Wolf, MD, Hiba Ghandour, MD, Michael Mansah-Mamfo, BS, Joseph W. Turek, MD PhD MBA, Kaitlin C. Bevers, MD, Douglas M. Overbey, MD MPH.
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
T6. Learning Curve & Safety Analysis After 170 Robotic-assisted Cases In Thoracic Surgery: Experience From A High Volume Canadian Centre
Rena P. Seeger1, Urmila Bhattacharyya, MPH
1, Angie Stackhouse, RN
2, Sebastien Gilbert, MD
1, Daniel G. Jones, MD MPH
1, Patrick J. Villeneuve, MD PhD
1.
1The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2TheOttawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
11.30 - 12.15
Subramanian Innovation Award Competition
Judges: Nirav Patel, MD, Anson Cheung, MD
Finalist 1: Double Layer Aortic Vascular Graft
Byung Moon
1, Grayson Wheatley, III
2.
1Southlake Health, Newmarket, ON, Canada, 2Wheatley Surgical, Nashville, TN, USA.
Finalist 2: Arterial Line With Gas Extraction Membrane With Hypobaric Oxygen Flow: Gme Elimination On Ecmo (the Membranas Devices)
Ignazio Condello, Sr.
Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy.
Finalist 3: A Mixed Reality Approach To Patient-specific Robotic Thoracic Surgery Planning
Philipp Feodorovici
1, Jan Arensmeyer
1, Henrik Bonsmann
1, An-Nhien Vo
1, Hruy Menghesha
2, Philipp Schnorr
2, Donatas Zalepugas
1, Joachim Schmidt
1.
1University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2Helios Hospital Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany.
12.15 - 13.45
Residents and Fellow Lunch: "Early Career Robotic Cardiothoracic Surgeon Symposium"
Speakers: |
David Zapata
Chase Brown
Yazan Al Jamal
Ersin Kadirogullari
Yuji Kawano
Nitin Rajput
Khaled Al Otaibi
Laura Bisola
Kelsey Gray
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12.15 - 13.45
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
13.45 - 13.50
Presidential Introduction
13.50 - 14.30
Presidential Address
14.30 - 15.00
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.00 - 16:30
Thoracic Experts Session 2: Complex Sleeve Resections and Tracheal Surgery
10 minute talks / 5 minute discussion
Moderators: Faiz Bhora
15:00 - 15:15
Tracheal resection - Master Class
Alper Toker and Faiz Bhora
15:15 - 15:30
Do's and Don'ts. Robotic Tracheal Bronchospasty Why and How
Sam Kim
15:30 - 15:45
VATS Right Sleeve Resection
Alper Toker
15:45 - 16:00
Robotic Right Sleeve Resection
Robert Cerfolio
16:00 - 16:15
Left sided sleeve resection: Vats?
Alper Toker
16:15 - 16:30
Robotic Left Sleeve Resections:
Abbas Abbas
16.30 - 17.30
Thoracic Abstract Session 2: Mediastinum
Moderators: Aneez Ahmed and Faiz Bhora
T9. Robotic Bronchial Sleeve Resections: Outcomes From Transatlantic Experience
Alper Toker
1, Tugba Cosgun
2,
Berralp Aslan Arikan3, Xun Luo
4, Erkan Kaba
5, Vinay Badhwar
4, Jason Lamb Lamb
4.
1Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital-West Virginia University, Istanbul (Avr), Turkey, 2West Virginia University, Istanbul (Avr), Turkey, 3Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital-West Virginia University, I;stanbul (Avr), Turkey, 4West Virginia University, West Virginia, WV, USA, 5Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, I;stanbul (Avr), Turkey
T12. Segmentectomy Or Lobectomy In T1n0m0 Non-small Cell Lung Carcinomas
Gizem Özçibik Ik
1,
Akif Turna2, Serhan Tanju
3, Celal Bugra Sezen
4, Hasan Volkan Kara
2, Hüseyin Melek
5, Ali Çelik
6, Muhammet Sayan
6, Merve Satir Türk
6, Suat Erus
3, Cengiz Gebitekin
7, Altemur Karamustafaoglu
8, Burak Özer
3, Sükrü Dilege
3.
1Bolu State Hospital, Bolu, Turkey, 2Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, ISTANBUL, Turkey, 3Koc University Medical Faculty, ISTANBUL, Turkey, 4edikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, ISTANBUL, Turkey, 5Bursa Uludag University Medical Faculty, Bursa, Turkey, 6Gazi University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, 7Bursa Uludag University Medical Faculty, ISTANBUL, Turkey, 8Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
17.30 - 18.30
Exhibition Hall Reception
17.30 - 18.30
Quick Shot Oral Competition: Round 1
Friday, 30 May
8.30 - 10.00
Thoracic Experts Session 3: Thoracic Surgery in 2025
7 minute talks / 3 minute discussion
Moderators: Abbas Abbas and Alper Toker
8:30 - 8:40
Robotic Bronchoscopy. The evolving role of the Thoracic Surgeon.
Kosta Poulikidis
8:40 - 8:50
Is ablation reaching PRIME TIME in MIS thoracic surgery?
Faiz Bhora
8:50 - 9:00
AI in lung cancer screening Program. Will it shift the paradigm?
Jens Rueckert
9:00 - 9:10
LN Dissections of all LN should be routine - PRO:
Soon Sin Yang
9:10 - 9:20
LN Dissections of all LN should be routine - CON
Aneez Ahmed
9:20 - 9:30
Late Breaking Lung Cancer Trials
Linda Martin
9:30 - 10:00
LIVE SURGERY
10.00 - 10.30
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.30 - 11.30
Thoracic Abstract Session 3: Miscellaneous
Moderators: Robert Cerfolio
T13. Robotic Total Lung Sparing Carinal Resection
Kelsey Muir, MD, Cynthia Xu, MD, Meghamsh Kanuparthy, MD, Haley Leesley, MD, Hana Ajouz, MD, Abbas Abbas, MD.
Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
T14. Is Tissue Still The Issue: Robotic Segmentectomy Without Preoperative Tissue Diagnosis For The Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
Alex Weyler1, Khamil Abbas
1, Chudnovets Anna
2, Argenis Herrera
2, Sandeep Kashyap
2, Ghulam Abbas
2.
1West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA, 2Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV, USA.
T15. The Assessment Of A Novel Minimally Invasive Targeted Resection (mitr) Device In A Porcine Lung Model: A 30-day Study
Richard J. Fischel1, Lance M. Black
2, Fergus F. Wong
3, Joanna C. Nathan
4, Richard T. Miller
5, Edward M. Boyle
6.
1University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA, 2Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, 3Prana Surgical, Houston, TX, USA, 4Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, 5CommonSpirit Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 6St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, OR, USA.
11.30 - 11:45
Late Breaking Trials
11:45 - 12:00
Presentation of the Cardiac Robotic Investigator Award /Grundeman
12.00 - 13.15
ISMICS Residents and Fellows Luncheon: "How to prepare yourself for a career in minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery - Tips from the Experts"
12:00 - 12:10
New Robotic Devices in Evolution
Johannes Bonatti
12:10 - 12:20
The role of simulation in endoscopic surgery training: How to move beyond the sternotomy.
Mario Castillo-Sang
12:20 - 12:30
How I teach robotic coronary surgery
Nirav Patel
12:30-12:40
How I teach robotic thoracic surgery
12:40 - 12:50
The soft skills of a robotic cardiothoracic surgeon: Teamwork and Beyond
Bob Kiaii
12:50 - 13:00
High-quality research in minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery-a primer for trainees
Marc Ruel
13:00 - 13:10
The role of video in teaching minimally invasive CT surgery: How to create and edit an excellent educational video in the current era of CT surgery training
Joel Dunning
12.00 - 13.15
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
13.15 - 13:45
Best Video Abstracts Competition
13:45 - 14:00
Late Breaking Trials
14.00 - 14:45
Keynote Speaker
14:45 - 16:00
Expert Session 4: ISMICS & Turkish Thoracic Society Collab
10 minute talks / 5 minute discussion
Moderators: Alper Toker
14:45 - 15:00
Pitfalls in choosing correct minimally invasive techniques in esophageal Cancer
Hasan Batirel
15:00 - 15:15
Uniportal VATS in the first year of life
Semih Halezaroglu
15:15 - 15:30
Extended VATS thymoma resections
Berker Ozkan
15:30 - 15:45
Surgical treatment of oligometastatic NSCLC
Serkan Enon
15:45 - 16:00
Mesothelioma. An update from Turkey
Akif Turna
16.00 - 16.30
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
16.30 - 17.30
Thoracic Abstract Session 4: Esophageal
Moderators: Faiz Bhora
T19. Robotic Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Left Atrial Resection
Meghamsh Kanuparthy, BA, MD, Christopher Stone, MD, Kelsey Muir, MD, Hana Ajouz, MD, Haley Leesley, MD, Abbas Abbas, MD.
Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown Universtiy, Providence, RI, USA.
T20. Expanding The Generalizability Of An Ai-based Model For Pulmonary Vasculature Segmentation In Robotic Lung Surgery
Edward Kim1, Syed Abdul Khader
2, Sandeep Manjana
2, Mohan Murari
1, Jawad Rao
1, Ritika Dinesh
1, Elif Polat
1, Andres Bravo
1, Aditya Ahuja
1, Danielle Brichett
1, Alex Nees
1, Rohin Bajaj
1, Omer Mescioglu
1, Lana Schumacher
1.
1Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, 2Plaksha University, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, India.
T21. Staged Robotic-assisted Thoracoscopic Enbloc Resection Of Lung Adenocarcinoma With Extensive Vertebral And Chest Wall Invasion
Cynthia M. Xu, MD, Raj K. Thakrar, MD, Haley Leesley, MD, Hana Ajouz, MD, Ziya Gokaslan, MD, Abbas E. Abbas, MD.
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
T23. Endobronchial Valve Placement For Complex Air-leaks After Pulmonary Resection
Jennifer Risi, MD, Stephanie Baltaji, MD, Sophia Barber, DO, Benny Weksler, MD, Tanya Marshall, MD, Sohini Ghosh, MD, Aarthi Ganesh, MD, Lawrence Crist, DO, Hiran C. Fernando, MD.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
T24. Diaphragmatic Plication For Relaxation: Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery Versus Open Approach. Comparative Analysis Of Short-term Results
Beatrice Trabalza Marinucci, Dr.1, Matteo Tiracorrendo
1, Iacopo Compalati
1, Alessandra Siciliani
1, Antonio D'Andrilli
1, Ilaria Ceccarelli
2, Franca Melfi
3, Elisa Meacci
4, Stefano Margaritora, Dr. Prof.
4, Mohsen Ibrahim, Dr. Prof.
1.
1Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy, 2University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 3University of Cosenza, Cosenza, Italy, 4IRCCS Policlinico Gemelli, Rome, Italy.
17.30 - 18.30
Quick Shot Oral Competition Finals
17.30 - 18.30
Reception in Exhibit Hall
20.00 - 23.00
Attendee Reception
Saturday, 31 May
08.00 - 08.15
ISMICS Member Business Meeting (Members Only)
8.15 - 9.30
Early Presentation in MICS Award - EDWARDS
Comparative Efficacy Of Totally Thoracoscopic, Mini-thoracotomy, And Mini-sternotomy Approaches In Aortic Valve Replacement
Hua Shen
1, Shengli Jiang
2.
1Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China, 2Chinese PLA General Hospital, beijing, China.
Outcomes Of Median Sternotomy Versus Minimally Invasive Approach For Excision Of Cardiac Mass: The Hangzhou Method
Peng Teng, Sihan Miao, Liang Ma.
The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
A Single Center Initial Experience With Robotic-assisted Coronary Artery Bypass
Yining Li, Yuanhao Fu, Yichen Gong, Tong Ding, Luyu Meng, Yunpeng Ling.
Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
A Single-center Experience With Minimally Invasive Approaches In Cardiac Surgery
Aigerim Yessenbekova, Muradym Murzagaliyev, Yermagambet Kuatbayev,
UMC Heart Center, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Seventeen Year Experience With Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In An Ethnically Diverse Patient Population
Brandon E. Ferrell
1, Roger Zhu
2, Allen Vaynblat
1, Julio Flores
3, Mukhlisa Zakirova
3, Yashraj Srivastava
3, Korri S. Hershenhouse
1, Joseph J. DeRose
1.
1Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA, 2Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA, 3Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement For Degenerative Aortic Valve In Prior Aortic Root Replacement
Anna H. Xue, Lynna H. Nguyen, Susan Y. Green, Ginger B. Etheridge, Vicente Orozco-Sevilla, Marc R. Moon, Joseph S. Coselli.
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Minimally Invasive Approach For Mitral Valve Surgery Is Associated With Increased Risk Of Postoperative Diaphragm Dysfunction
Sameer Singh, Marco Tagliafierro, Darina Kirilina, Paul Kurlansky, Syed T. Raza.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
9.30 - 10.15
Thoracic Experts Session 5
7 minute talk / 3 min discussion
9:30 - 9:40
AR/VR/MR for the thoracic surgeon/Current updates
Mike Dowding
9:40 - 9:50
ERAS IN THORACIC SURGERY.
Marco Carci
9:50 - 10:00
Salvage surgery after definitive chemo radiation
10:00 - 10:10
Esophagectomy Made easy and democratic
Abbas Abbas
10.15 - 10:45
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.45 - 11.45
Thoracic Experts Session 6: Innovation
7 minute talks / 3 minute discussion
10:45 - 10:00
Single Port Robotic Surgery the new frontier
Desmond DeSousa
11:00 - 11:15
Robotic Lung Transplantation:
Travis Geraci
11:15 - 11:30
Robotic HITEC for plural malignancy:
Faiz Bhora
11:30 - 11:45
Robotic anatomic lung resection in the transplantation:
11.45 - 12.30
Kit V. Arom Lectureship
Sudhir Srivastava
"My Journey from Heart Surgeon to Maker of Robots"
12:30 - 14:00
Technical Challenges Abstracts: Pitfalls and Disasters and the Solution
Moderators: Gry Dahle, Ramachandra C. Reddy, and Valavanur Subramanian
Valve-in-valve Tavi With Complications In A Degenerated Bioprosthesis: Challenges In Management And Surgical Bailout
Svend Filip Eng1, Mari-Liis Kaljusto
1, Tonje Amb Aksnes
2, Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Ali
2, Morten Svalebjĝrg
3, Gry Dahle
1.
1Oslo University Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Oslo, Norway, 2Oslo University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Oslo, Norway, 3Oslo University Hospital, Department of Anesthesiology, Oslo, Norway.
14.00 - 15.30
The President's Selection
Moderators: Husam Balkhy
Panelist: Bob Kiaii, Hermann Reichenspurner
How I trained over half the world's robotic surgeons
Wiley Nifong
Hybrid trial 2.0
John Puskas
Telesurgery The Future Is Now
Mehran Anvari
I Can Tell Your Gender From your EKG: AI and Big Data
Juan Cristanello