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Wednesday, 10 June
14.00 - 17.00
ISMICS Residents and Fellows Training
Abbott
18.00 - 20.00
How to Do It Movie Session
5-minute video presentation, followed by a 8-minute discussion
Moderators: Wouter Oosterlinck, Sahin Senay, Abbas Abbas
18.00 - 18.13
Talk 1 Cardiac: Robotic implantation of a new mitral tissue valve
Danny Ramzy
18.13 - 18.26
Talk 2 Thoracic: Carinal Resection
Sid Murthy
18.26 - 18.39
Talk 3 Cardiac: Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement
Dinh Nguyen
18.39 - 18.52
Talk 4 Thoracic: Superior Sulcus
Inderpal Sarkaria
18.52 - 19.05
Talk 5 Cardiac: Totally Endoscopic Congenital VSD Surgery
Tomas Holubec
19.05 - 19.18
Talk 6 Cardiac: Multivessel MIDCAB
Keita Kikuchi
19.18 - 19.31
Talk 7 Thoracic: SP Robotic Esophagectomy or Lung
Mike Zeros
19.31 - 19.44
Talk 8 Cardiac: Aortic Root Enlargement Via Upper Hemisternotomy Using the A. Kocher Technique
Alfred Kocher
19.44 - 19.57
Talk 9 Cardiac: Totally Endoscopic TAVR Explanation
Jae Suk Yoo

Thursday, 11 June
07.30 - 08.30
BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM: INTUITIVE
07.30 - 08.30
BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL
08.25 - 08.30
Opening & Welcome Remarks
08.30 - 10:00
Thoracic Session 1 + Live Surgery: Integrating Technology in Surgery: Imaging Insights and Live Demonstrations
Moderators: Sid Murthy and Mike Wilson
(8 min talk + 2 min discussion)
8:30 - 8:40
Optimal Nodule Localization - Where Are We With Intraoperative Molecular Imaging?
Jarrod Predina
8:40 - 8:50
Pros And Cons Of 3D Imaging - Best Software, Cost-Effectiveness
Elizabeth David
8:50 - 9:00
Advanced Segmentectomy And Intraoperative Pearls
Ghulam Abbas
9:00 - 10:00
Live Surgery
10.00 - 10:30
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.30 - 11.30
Thoracic Session 2: Advances in Lung Cancer Resections and Treatment
Moderator: Charles Bakhos and Elizabeth David
10:30 - 10:40
T1. Impact Of Ai Enabled Decision Support On Lung Nodule Clinic Performance Across Three Health Systems
K. Adam Lee1, Amit Borah2, garrett Fiscus3, Lisa Petricca3, sarah dean2, Annika Rings4, Cantarina Santos5, Lyndsey Pickupp5, Omar Ibrahm3.
1Jupiter Medical Center, Jupiter, FL, USA, 2Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Atlantic City, NJ, USA, 3University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA, 4Optellum, Oxford, United Kingdom, 5Optellum, oxford, United Kingdom.
10:40 - 10:50
T2. Robotic Right Middle Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy: Surgical Approach And Technical Pearls
James T. Nawalaniec, MD, Hugh G. Auchincloss, MD, Christina L. Costantino, MD.
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
10:50 - 11:00
T3. Total Lung-Sparing Robotic Sleeve Resection Of A Distal Left Mainstem Carcinoid Tumor
Gloryanne Gautier Nieves, MD1, Derek K. Afflu, MD2, Catherine Byrd, MD2, Charles T. Bakhos, MD, MBA, MS, FACS2.
1Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
11:00 - 11:10
Advanced Lung Cancer Resections - Sleeve And Chest Wall
Lana Schumacher
11:10 - 11:20
Robotic management of pulmonary artery reconstruction
Abbas Abbas
11:20 - 11:30
Inspiring the future – transformative techniques for complex thoracic surgery
Mike Wilson
11.30 - 12.15
Subramanian Innovation Award Competition
Finalist 1: Smokeaway: A Novel Integrated Instrument For Smoke Evacuation Electrocautery And Targeted Illumination In Mini-thoracotomy Surgery
Aakash Dinesh Joshi
Un Mehta Institute Of Cardiology And Research, Ahmedabad, India

Finalist 2: In Vivo Feasibility And Comparative Evaluation Of Novel Vascular Connection Strategies For Long-term Extracorporeal Support
Xiayimaierdan Yibulayin1, Janina Emunds1, Valentine Gesché2, Felix Vorwold1, Prescher Andreas1, Ehsan Arkin1, Kalverkamp Sebastian1, Johannes Greven1, Jan Spillner1.
1University hospital of RWTH, Aachen, Germany, 2PerAGraft GmbH, Aachen, Germany.

Finalist 3: Novel Cryoablation Method For Epicardial Surgical Ablation Of Ventricular Tachycardia On The Beating Heart
Mariusz Kowalewski1, Grzegorz Wroblewski2, Sebastian Stec3, Michal Pasierski1, Natalia Ogorzelec1, Anna Chomentowska1, Piotr Suwalski1.
1Department of Cardiac Surgery and Transplantology, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Warsaw, Poland, 2 Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 3Subcarpathian Center for Cardiovascular Intervention, Sanok, Poland.
12.15 - 13.45
CORCYM: Lunch Symposium
Introducing TriMemo: From Mitral Heritage to Tricuspid Innovation

Speakers:
Dr. William Kent, MD
Prof. Nikolaos Bonaros, MD
Dr. Castillo-Sang, MD
13.45 - 13.50
Presidential Introduction
13.50 - 14.30
Presidential Address
Gry Dahle
14.30 - 15.00
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
15.00 - 16.30
Thoracic Session 3: Next-Generation Thoracic Surgery: Robotic and Minimally Invasive Techniques:
Moderators: Jens Ruckert, Ghulam Abbas
15:00 - 15:10
T4. First-in-human Lobectomy Using A Novel Modular Robotic-assisted Surgery System
Aliss Tsz Ching Chang, Rainbow Wing Hung Lau, Joyce Wing Yan Chan, Junko Ching Shun Chan, Calvin Sze Hang Ng.
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sha Tin, Hong Kong.
15:10 - 15:20
T5. Robotic-assisted Lung Transplantation: A Meta-analysis Of Early Outcomes In Minimally Invasive Transplant Surgery
Bilal Khan Mohammed, Aqsa Muskaan, Stephen Chiu, Samul Kim, Ankit Bharat.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
15:20 - 15:30
T6. Single Incision Single Port Robotic Right Middle Lobectomy
Mansi Shah, MD, Alan Parr, Shari Meyerson.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
15:40 - 16:00
T7. Anatomic Uniportal VATS Combined Subsegmentectomy of Right Lung S4a, S5ai, S6b, S8a and S9a
Jian Fang.
Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Yan tai, China.
16:00 - 16:10
T8. Robotic Assisted Extended Pleurectomy And Decortication For Epithelioid Mesothelioma
M. Jawad Latif, Manzar Abbas, MD, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Faiz Bhora.
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Edison, NJ, USA.
16:10 - 16:20
Tips And Tricks Of Sp Lobectomy
Desmond DeSouza, Ohio State
16:20 - 16:30
Training on SP
Stephen Yang
16.30 - 17.30
Thoracic Abstract Session 4: Next-Generation Thoracic Surgery: AI, Robotics, and Augmented Reality
Moderators: Desmond DeSouza, Jarrod Predina
16:30 - 16:40
Objective performance indices - impact on surgeon surgical education
John Lazar
16:40 - 16:50
Computer vision and spatial recognition - are we ready from prime time?
Patrick Seastedt
16:50 -17:00
The Next Frontier: AI, Optical Guidance, and Robotic Navigation
Matt Deng
17:00 - 17:10
T9. Real-Time Mixed-Reality Overlays of AI-Segmented Ultrasound for Operator-Agnostic Pleural and Chest Wall Guidance
Philipp Feodorovici1, An-Nhien Vo1, Dhanakumaresh Subramani1, Donatas Zalepugas1, Stefan Senkel1, Hruy Menghesha1, Benedetta Bedetti2, Philipp Schnorrr2, Jan Christian Arensmeyer1, Joachim Schmidt1.
1University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 2Helios Hospital Bonn/Rhein-Sieg, Bonn, Germany.
17:10 - 17:20
T10. Implementing The Single Port Robot In Thoracic Surgery: Lessons From The Learning Curve?
Mansi Shah, Alan Parr, Madison Sands, Shari Meyerson.
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
17:20 - 17:30
T11. Recurrent Thymic Carcinoid Tumor In A Patient With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1
Ryan Patrick Cassidy, Lana Schumacher.
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
17.30 - 18.30
Exhibition Hall Reception
17.30 - 18.30
Poster Competition: Round 1

Friday, 12 June
7:30 - 8:30
LIVE SURGERY FROM SHANGHAI
Moderators: Abbas Abbas, Lana Schumacher
7:30 - 8:30
BREAKFAST IN EXHIBIT HALL
08.30 - 10:00
Thoracic Experts and Abstract Session 5: Esophageal Tumors - Advances in Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery
Moderators: Stephen Yang, Hecheng Li
8:30 - 8:40
T12. Cervical And Abdominal Uniport Esophagectomy For Esophageal Carcinoma: The First Internationally Reported Cohort Analysis
Xu Li, Jiazhou Xiao.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, FuZhou, China.
8:40 - 8:50
T13. Robotic Versus Conventional Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy After Neoadjuvant Therapy In Esophageal Cancer: A Propensity Score Analysis
Yingyi Li1, Tianzheng Shen1, Wenwu He2, Yajie Zhang1, Chengqiang Li1, Yongtao Han2, Chenghao Wang2, Hecheng Li1.
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China, 2Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Sichuan Cancer Hospital & Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
8:50 - 9:00
T14. A Two-step Ct-based Radiomics Model To Predict Benefit From Neoadjuvant Immunotherapy In Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Yingyi Li1, Wei Guo1, Liqiang Shi2, Lan Zhu1, Yuqin Cao1, Chengqiang Li1, Hecheng Li1.
1Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Affiliated Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China, 2Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing, China.
9:00 - 9:10
T15. Robotic Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy With Endoloop-assisted Right Chest Anastomosis
M. Jawad Latif, Manzar Abbas, Kostantinos Poulikidis, Faiz Bhora.
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Edison, NJ, USA.
9:10 - 9:20
T16. Outcomes Of Concomitant Robotic-assisted Hiatal Hernia Repair With Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (ctif)
Shayan Hosseinzadeh1, Mahsa Shariat1, Angelo Ciaraglia2, Nestor Villamizar2.
1University of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA, 2UMiami/ Jackson Health, Miami, FL, USA.
9:20 - 9:30
T17. Robot-assisted Ivor-lewis Esophagectomy: A Single-center, Single-arm, Phase 2 Clinical Study (raile Trial)
Yuqin Cao, Yajie Zhang, Dong Dong, Yu Han, Chengqiang Li, Hecheng Li.
Ruijin Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
9:30 - 9:40
T18. Revisiting Esophageal Lymphatic Metastasis Patterns And Simplified N-staging: An Anatomical And Embryological Perspective
Jiazhou Xiao, Xu Li.
The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, FuZhou, China.
9:40 - 9:50
Robotic Roux-en-Y jejunal reconstruction after extended total gastrectomy for gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma vs alternate conduits
Katherine Gray
9:50 - 10:00
Navigating Challenges: Intraoperative and Postoperative Care in Robotic Esophaghectomy
Stephanie Worrell
10:00 - 10:10
Iinnovative Endoscopic Management of Esophageal Anstomotic Leaks
Roman Petrov
10:10 - 10:20
T24. Initial Experience With Single-port Subxiphoid Robotic-assisted Thymectomy Using The Single Port Platform
Dhiaeddine Dean Djabri, Tony Boualoy, Peter J. Kneuertz, Desmond M. D'Souza, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Robert E. Merritt.
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
10:20 - 10:30
T25. Initial Clinical Evaluation Of A Novel Robotic System For Uniportal Mediastinal Tumor Resection Via The Subxiphoid Approach
Xueyu Chen, Tong Lu, Yajie Zhang, Hecheng Li.
Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Shanghai, China.
10:30 - 10:40
Pathology-Driven Surgical Strategies: Thymomas, Neurogenic Tumors, Cysts, and Lymphomas
Jens Ruckert, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
10:30 - 11.30
Thoracic Expert and Abstract Session 6: Esophageal Cancer - Innovation, Personalization, and Long-Term Outcomes
Moderators: Katherine Gray
10:30 - 10:40
T19. Modified Z-poem Technique For Zenkers Diverticulum: Perioperative And Intermediate Outcomes
Jennifer Risi, MD, Gursimran S. Kochhar, MD, Benny Weksler, MD, Lawrence Crist, DO, Mathew Van Deusen, MD, Kristy Rosenberry, RN, Hiran C. Fernando, MD.
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
10:40 - 10:50
T21. Acquired Tracheo-esophageal Fistula in Adult - A Classical Case of “What not to do”
Soham Shah, MD
UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, India.
10:50 - 11:00
Liquid Biopsy and Biomarker-Guided Management
Zhigang Li
11:00 - 11:10
Emerging Local Therapies: Ablation, Cryotherapy, and Laser in Early Esophageal Cancer
Charles Bakhos
11:10 - 11:20
Integration of Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Therapy with Minimally Invasive Surgery
Hecheng Li
11:20 - 11:30
Integrated Intelligence in Surgery – "the Future is now"
Faiz Bhora
11:30 - 11:45
Late Breaking News
11.45 - 12:00
Presentation of the Cardiac Robotic Investigator Award and the Grundeman Award
12.00 - 13.30
LUNCH SYMPOSIA
13.30 - 14.00
Best Video Abstracts Competition
Moderators: Abbas Abbas, Husam Balkhy, and Lana Schumacher
(5 minutes of video presentation, followed by live audience polling)
V1.
Robotic Tracheobronchoplasty Performed For Post Pneumonectomy Tracheobronchomalacia Induced Cough
Ky Ngo, MD1, Mark Dylewski, MD2, Erik Sylvin, MD1.
1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine - Holy Cross Health, Miami, FL, USA, 2Baptist Health South Florida – Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, FL, USA.
V2.
Modified Right Vertical Infra-axillary Thoracotomy Technique For The Surgical Treatment Of Tetralogy Of Fallot In Infants
Heqi Zhang, weijie liang, Haoju Dong, Taibing Fan.
Central China Fuwai Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, China.
V3.
How I Did My First Beating Heart TECAB LIMA/RIMA Y-graft To LAD And OM In The Absence Of A Robotic Endo-stabilizer
Johannes Bonatti1, Andrea Amabile1, Kei Kobayashi1, Nicholas Hess1, Martin Winter1, Noah Rolleri2, Jared Romeo1.
1University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
V5.
Robotic Assisted Tracheal Reconstruction
Shamele Battan-Wraith, Evelyn Alexander, Ahmed Elkamel, Stephanie Worrell, Praveen Sridhar.
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
14.00 - 14:45
Keynote Lecture
Introduction: Gry Dahle
Speaker: Steve Bloom
14.45 - 15.45
Thoracic Session 7: Precision Medicine in Thoracic Cancer: Emerging Targets and Biomarkers
Moderators: Sharon Ben-Or, Faiz Bhora
14:45 - 14:55
First-In-Human Experience With A Novel Electrosurgical Device In Uniportal Lung Excision – Rick Fischel
14:55 - 15:05
Genomic Insights and Tumor Microenvironment: Emerging Targets
Yajie Zhang
15:05 - 15:15
Liquid Biopsy and Biomarker-Guided Management
Zhigang Li
15:15 - 15:25
Molecular Subtypes and Implications for Future Targeted Therapy
Prasad S. Adusumilli
15:25 - 15:35
T22. Increasing Time-to-treatment For Resectable Non Small Cell Lung Cancer: Are We Going Back?
Manzar Abbas, Dean Tan, Jeffrey Luo, Kostantinos Poulikidis, M. Jawad Latif, Faiz Y. Bhora.
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Edison, NJ, USA.
15:35 - 15:45
T23. How I Do It: Robotic Diaphragmatic Hernia Repair
Anne O'Shea, MD, Dianela Perdomo, MD, Klara Schwarzova, MD, Stephen Yang, MD.
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD, USA.
15.45 - 16.15
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
16.15 - 17.15
Cardiac Session 8: ERAS Session Expert Talks & Abstracts - Joint with Thoracic
Moderators: Marc W Gerdisch , Abbas Abbas
Panelists: Peyman Sardari Nia (Maastricht) and John Lazar Stephen Yang
16:15 - 16:25
How to build up ERAS program?
Evaldas Girdauskas
16:25 - 16:35
ERAS after esophagectomy
Stephanie Worrell
16:35 - 16:45
ERAS after lung surgery
Constantine Poulos
16:55 - 17:01
C24. Length Of Stay After Enhanced Recovery With Integrated Selective Prehabilitation
Maria G. Lopez Trevino, Marcell Szekely, Istvan I. Gecse, Michael Reardon, Reul M. Ross, Marvin D. Atkins, Andrea G. Quarti, Fernando Ramirez Del Val.
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
17:01 - 17:07
C25. Next Day Discharge After Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Combining Early Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) With An Endoscopic Surgical Approach
Sarah Nisivaco, Hiroto Kitahara, Brooke Patel, Charocka Coleman, Husam H. Balkhy.
University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
17:07 - 17:13
C26. Clinical Determinants Of Early Outcomes After Robotic Anatomic Lung Resection In The Eras Era
Ismail Sarbay, Gulnar Fatalizade, Alper Toker.
Istanbul Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
17.15 - 18.15
Poster Competition Finals
17.15 - 18:15
Reception in Exhibit Hall
19:30 - 22:30
Attendee Reception: Tides Rooftop

Saturday, 13 June
9.00 - 9.30
ISMICS Member Business Meeting
09.30 - 10.15
Session 9: Fireside Talk
Moderators: Husam Balkhy (Chicago) and Nirav Patel (New York)and Abbas Abbas
Speaker: Dave Rosa, CEO Intuitive Surgical CEO
10.15 - 10.45
Coffee Break in Exhibition Hall
10.45 - 11.45
Expert Talks Female Leadership - How I got there?
Moderators: Gry Dahle and Sharon Ben-Or
Speakers/Panelists: Sabine Bleiziffer, Lana Schumacher, Darla Hutton, Kendra Grubb, Kari Krogstad and YJ Oh
11.45 - 12.30
Kit V. Arom Lectureship: Skills Still Matter: Surgery in the Age of Innovation
Speaker: Niv Ad
13:00 - 14:00
Technical Challenges Abstracts: Pitfalls and Disasters and the Solution
Moderators: Gry Dahle and Ram Reddy
Panelists: Valavanur A. Subramanian, Tomas Holubec, and Tom C. Nguyen
TC1.
Diagnostic Uncertainty Of A Pulsatile Mass After Transapical Beating-Heart Mitral Valve Repair
Navneet Kang1, Amy Brown2, Toshiro Sembo2, Bob Kiaii2, William DT Kent2, Corey Adams2.
1University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
TC2.
When Percutaneous Tricuspid Valve Replacement Fails: A Minimally Invasive Surgical Rescue
Catarina Novo, Mariana Campos, Belisa Gomes, Daniel Martins, Nelson Santos, Paulo Neves.
ULSGE, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
TC3.
Beyond The Midline: Mitral Valve Repair Via Left Mini Thoracotomy In Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum
Borko Ivanov, Sami Sirat, Katja Bohmann, Josepha Köhne, Tanja Josic, Mirko Doss.
Helios Hospital Siegburg, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Siegburg, Germany.
TC4.
Coronary Steal Syndrome From A Cardiac Paraganglioma Tumor
Michael Gibson.
St Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
TC5.
Totally Endoscopic Repair Of Common Atrium With Partial Atrioventricular Canal And Unroofed Coronary Sinus In Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Xiaohua Li, Zhanhao Su, Jie Jian, Miao Tian.
Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
TC6.
Surgical Strategies Using Impella 5.5 And Impella Rp Flex Before And After Post-infarct Ventricular Septal Defect Repair
Hiroyuki Tsukui1, Daisuke Kaneyuki2.
1Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA, 2Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg, PA, USA.
14.00
Program Concludes