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Stream STSA Annual Meeting Surgical Videos Online
STSA partnered with CTSNet to share 62nd Annual Meeting video abstract presentations online. Three video abstracts have been submitted to date, and additional videos will be released throughout the coming weeks.
Watch available videos and read the related abstracts:
Aortic Valve Reconstruction for Endocarditis Using Tissue-Engineered Bovine Pericardium by Domenico Mazzitelli, J.Scott Rankin, Christian Schreiber, and Ruediger Lange:
Repair of Transposition With Absent Pulmonary Valve Using Pulmonary Artery Retrenchment Technique by Yoshio Otaki (Ootaki) and Ross Ungerleider:
When the Bidirectional Glenn is an Unfavorable Option: Primary Extracardiac Inferior Cavopulmonary Connection as an Alternative Palliation by Ali Dodge-Khatami and Jorge Salazar:
The STSA Annual Meeting is an excellent forum to disseminate your work to the entire specialty. Not only is STSA is increasingly partnering with organizations like CTSNet to share surgical video abstract presentations, oral presentations are considered for publication in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, which has a circulation of approximately 8,000 subscribers.
The deadline to submit STSA 63rd Annual Meeting abstracts is April 4. Learn more and submit your work at www.stsa.org/abstracts. Contact STSA Headquarters with questions at stsa@stsa.org or 312.202.5864.
Video of Tirone David, MD’s Special Session Talk Posted
Tirone David, MD presented the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program Special Session talk on November 5, 2015 in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Tirone E. David, MD presented the Special Session invited talk during the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program on November 5, 2015 at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, FL. Dr. David’s presentation, titled “Lifelong Observations on Heart Valve Surgery,” discusses the functional anatomy of heart valves and their role in surgical treatment, comparative results of various devices used for heart surgery, and repair versus replacement for the treatment of heart valve disease. He also draws upon his more than 30 years of clinical practice and experience to examine operative mortality, morbidity, and long-term outcomes, as well as procedures that improve patients’ survival and functional recovery.
View Dr. David’s STSA 62nd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program Special Session Invited Talk:
Lifelong Observations on Heart Valve Surgery
Dr. David is a past president of the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons, and he currently serves as professor and head of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital in Toronto, ON, Canada. He is world-renown for his surgical skills and innovations.
The STSA 63rd Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program will take place on Thursday, November 10, 2016 in Naples, FL at the Naples Grande Beach Resort. The Postgraduate Committee will meet in January to begin planning the Program in earnest. Contact STSA Headquarters with topic and speaker suggestions – or to share information about educational practice gaps in the field of CT surgery that you experience in your own practice – by e-mailing stsa@stsa.org.
Videos Posted: Aspects of Lung Cancer Screening
Richard Freeman, MD (left) and John Howington, MD participated in the 2014 Postgraduate Program expert panel on lung cancer screening at academic and non-academic institutions.
STSA partnered with CTSNet to create and share select video presentations from the STSA 61st Annual Meeting with the CT surgery community online. The 61st Annual Meeting took place November 5-8, 2014 in Tucson, AZ.
Video of the November 6, 2014 Postgraduate Program expert talks on lung cancer screening at academic and non-academic institutions is now available. In these videos, two experts address lung cancer screening. Richard Freeman, MD of St. Vincent’s Health and Hospital System/Indiana Heart Institute, Indiana, discusses the rationale and best practices for lung cancer screening. John Howington, MD of Northshore University HealthSystem, Illinois, discusses the management of pulmonary nodules.
The presentations’ learning objectives include:
- Comprehend the scientific foundation of CT screening for lung cancer.
- Identify the currently accepted patient selection criteria for CT lung cancer screening.
- Have a working knowledge of evidence-based follow-up for patients undergoing CT screening found to have an abnormality.
View the STSA Expert Panel Talks on Aspects of Lung Cancer Screening:
Rationale and Best Practices, Richard Freeman, MD
Pulmonary Nodule Management, John Howington, MD
The 2015 STSA Postgraduate Program will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2015 in conjunction with the STSA 62nd Annual Meeting at Disney’s Yacht & Beach Club Resorts in Lake Buena Vista, FL. View the full lineup of 2015 talks and expert faculty.
Video Posted: STSA 2014 Expert Panel Discussion on ECMO
Video is now available of the STSA 2014 expert panel discussion on the use of ECMO in the treatment of adult pulmonary failure. Participants included (from left), Marcus Williams, MD; Robert Lee, MD; Joseph Zwischenberger, MD; and Thomas Wozniak, MD.
STSA partnered with CTSNet this year to create and share select video presentations from the 61st Annual Meeting with the CT surgery community online. The STSA 61st Annual Meeting took place November 5-8, 2014 in Tucson, AZ.
Video of the November 6, 2014 Postgraduate Program Clinical Care Case Presentation & Expert Panel Discussion, titled ECMO & Your Hospital, is now available.
Marcus G. Williams, MD begins the discussion by presenting the case history of a 42-year-old patient who was placed on ECMO after an acute lung injury that resulted in increasingly difficult oxygenation and worsening hypertension. Panelists Thomas C. Wozniak, MD and Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD discuss the case and share their own ECMO tips and techniques.
The presentation learning objectives include:
- Assess the need for Veno-Venous vs. Veno-Arterial ECMO.
- Discuss preferred and alternative cannulation sites and techniques.
- Discuss the components of an ECMO circuit.
- Discuss anticoagulant management of an ECMO patient.
- Discuss weaning techniques and criteria for separation from ECMO.
View the STSA Case Presentation & Expert Panel, ECMO & Your Hospital:
Learn more about the STSA Annual Meeting at www.stsa.org/annualmeeting. View all STSA 61st Annual Meeting video presentations on CTSNet.
STSA Annual Meeting Panel Discussion Available Online: Current Management & Blood Utilization in Cardiac Surgery
The 2014 STSA Postgraduate Program was well-attended in Tucson, AZ on November 6, 2014. Educational videos from this session are now available on CTSNet.
If you missed the STSA 61st Annual Meeting, held November 5-8, 2014 in Tucson, AZ, you can now catch up on select educational sessions online.
STSA is pleased to announce that it has partnered with CTSNet to provide 61st Annual Meeting Postgraduate Program educational video online for free to the cardiothoracic surgery community. The first video, titled Current Management and Blood Utilization in Adult Cardiac Surgery, is now available.
In this series of videos, an expert panel discusses blood utilization in adult cardiac surgery. Robert Lee of Vanderbilt University Medical Center presents the case history of a 74-year-old male patient who experienced coagulopathy after cardiopulmonary bypass. Victor Ferraris of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and Alan Speir of Fairfax Hospital weigh in on the case, overall trends in blood utilization, and implementing a blood administration protocol for patients at risk for coagulopathy.
These presentations were originally given at the STSA 61st Annual Meeting on November 6, 2014 in Tucson, AZ with the following learning objectives:
- Identify current strategies for minimizing blood utilization during and after cardiac operations.
- Develop treatment plans for patients at high risk for bleeding due to coagulopathy.
- Explain the role of the team in cardiac surgery blood conservation.
Stay tuned — additional 2014 videos will be posted to CTSNet in the coming weeks.
