• Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (IMR) Part 1: Terminology and General Considerations for Treatment

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    P. Kent Harman, MD

    Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University of Florida College of Medicine

    2010

  • Interrupted Aortic Arch with VSD

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    Richard A Jonas, MD

    Chief of Cardiac Surgery

    Children's National Medical Center

    Washington DC

    2010

  • Surgery for Lone AF: Where have we been? Where are we going?

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    Richard Lee, MD, MBA

    Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Surgical Director of the Center for Atrial Fibrillation

    Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    2010

  • Management of Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

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    Edwin C. McGee, Jr., MD

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Surgical Director Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Assistance

    Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

    Assistant Professor of Surgery

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    Northwestern Memorial Hospital

    2010

  • Cardiac Tumors

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    Josh Cockrell, MD

    Curt Tribble, MD

    November 2009

  • VATS Thymectomy

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    Todd L. Demmy, MD

    Clinical Chair Thoracic Surgery

    Roswell Park Cancer Institute

    Associate Professor

    SUNY Buffalo

    March 2010

  • Thymoma

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    Frank Detterbeck, MD

    Thoracic Surgery

    Yale University

    New Haven, Connecticut

    Yale Thoracic Oncology Program

    2010

  • Extended Pulmonary Resections

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    Felix G. Fernandez, MD

    Section of Thoracic Surgery

    Emory University School of Medicine

    3/11/2010

  • Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum

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    Kenneth A. Kesler, MD

    Indiana University

    2010

  • Pectus Excavatum - Nuss Procedure

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    Brian Kogon, MD

    Emory University

    Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta

    Atlanta, GA

    2/4/2010

  • Blood Management Red Cell Transfusion

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    Robert L. Thurer, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery

    Harvard Medical School

    Medical Director

    Blood Management Solutions Haemonetics

    4/8/2010

  • Staging Strategies for Esophageal Cancer

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    Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, FACS, FCCP

    Professor of Surgery

    Chief of Thoracic Surgery

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    2010

  • T4N0 - From a Satellite Pulmonary Nodule in the Same Lobe Should NOT be Staged as IIIB NSCLC

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    Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, MD

    Robert J. Cerfolio, MD, FACS, FCCP

    Corresponding publication: Satellite pulmonary nodules in the same lobe (T4N0) should not be staged as IIIB NSCLC

    2010

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Collateral Injury

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    Part I: Pathophysiology

    Jeremy L. Herrmann, MD

    Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Department of Surgery

    Indiana University School of Medicine

    4/16/2010

    Talk supervisor: Dan Meldrum, MD

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Collateral Injury

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    Part II: History of CPB and the Data Regarding End-Organ Injury

    Aaron Abarbanell, MD

    Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Indiana University School of Medicine

    May 2010

    Talk supervisor: Dan Meldrum, MD

  • Aortic Replacement in Bicuspid Disease: How to Match the Procedure to the Patient

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    John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD

    Horace G. Smithy Professor and Chief

    Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

    Medical University of South Carolina

    American Association for Thoracic Surgery AATS/STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Symposium

    Session I: Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease

    5/2/2010

  • Anatomy of the Heart

    Eugene A. Grossi, MD

    New York University Medical Center

    Filmed by Richard H. Feins, MD

    University of North Carolina

    TSDA 2010 Boot Camp

    July 8-11, 2010

  • Postpneumonectomy Physiology

    Long-Term Effects of Pneumonectomy Upon Quality of Life and Cardio Pulmonary Function

    Jean Deslauriers, MD

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer

    Strategies to Improve Radiotherapy in Lung Cancer

    Robert Timmerman, MD

    Department of Radiation Oncology

    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Ground Glass Opacities

    Salman Zaheer, MD

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Tracheomalacia

    Sidharta Gangadharan, MD

    Chest Disease Center

    Thoracic Surgery

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

    Dean M. Donahue, MD

    Department of Thoracic Surgery

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Maximally Invasive Learning

    Debra DaRosa, PhD

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Total Endoscopic Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy

    Transcervical Extended Mediastinal Lympadenectomy (TEMLA) - Surgigal Technique and Results

    Frank Detterbeck, MD

    Yale University, New Haven, USA

    Marcin Zielinski

    Chest Hospital, Zakopane, Poland

    Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Timing of Heparin and Microscopic Thrombi Formation in Donor Lungs After Cardiac Death

    Hari Keshava, David P. Mason, Sudish C. Murthy, James J. yun, Nakul Vakil, Kenneth R. McCurry, Gosta B. Pettersson, Carol F. Farver

    Cleveland Clinic

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Instructional Strategies for Teaching Error Prevention, Recognition, Management, and Rescue

    Debra DaRosa, PhD

    Professor of Surgery

    Carla Pugh, MD, PhD

    Dept of Surgery

    Northwestern University

    Feinberg School of Medicine

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Hyperhidrosis Update

    Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy (ETS) for the Treatment of Hyperhidrosis (HH)

    Mark Krasna, MD

    Saint Joseph Medical Center

    Baltimore, Maryland

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Thoracic Duct Embolization

    Non Operative Thoracic Duct Embolization (TDE) for Traumatic/Iatrogenic Chylothorax

    John Kucharczuk, MD

    Division of Thoracic Surgery

    Max Itkin, MD

    Section of Interventional Radiology

    Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, PA

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Clinical use of Pharyngostomy Tubes for Gastric Decompression Following Esophagectomy

    Natasha Rueth, MD

    Natasha Lee, MD, Shawn Groth MD, Sarah C. Strangerb, MA, CCC-SLP, Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, PhD, Michael Maddaus, MD, Rafael Andrade, MD

    Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

    Department of Surgery

    University of Minnesota

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • SBRT

    Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Non-invasive Ablation of Early Stage Lung Cancer

    Robert Timmerman, MD

    Department of Radiation Oncology

    Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Health Care Reform Update

    Victor Trastek, MD

    Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center

    Sunday, March 13, 2010

  • Chest Wall Reconstruction

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    Mark Allen, MD

    Professor of Surgery

    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    July 30, 2010

  • Surgical Management of Neurogenic Tumors

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    Stephen Hazelrigg, MD

    Professor and Chair

    Cardiothoracic Surgery

    SIU School of Medicine

    2010

  • Pulmonary Stenosis & Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (RVOTO)

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    Hyde Russell, MD

    2010

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

  • Timing of Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation

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    Robert O. Bonow, MD

    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    2010

  • Pediatric Cardiacvascular Physiology

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    S. Adil Husain, MD

    University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    2010

  • Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

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    Peter Mikhail, MD, FACS, FRCS (C)

    Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA

    2010

  • Preoperative Assessment Thoracic Surgery Patient

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    Mark K. Ferguson, MD

    Department of Surgery, University of Chicago

    2010

  • Management of Peptic Esophageal Strictures

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    Raphael Andrade, MD

    Michael Maddus, MD

    University of Minnesota

    2010

  • Nomenclature and Classification of Congenital Heart Disease

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    Jeff Jacobs, MD

    Children's Hospital of Florida

    University of Southern Florida

    2010

  • Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Artery Slings

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    Dr. Carl Backer

    Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago

    2010

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery vs. Percutaneous Intervention

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    Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD, FACS

    The Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

    Baylor College of Medicine

    2011

  • New Trends and Indications for LVADs

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    Mark S. Slaughter, MD

    University of Louisville

    2011

  • Primum Atrial Septal Defect

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    Suvro S. Sett, MD

    Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, New York Medical College

    March 2011

  • The Medical Management of Hyperhidrosis

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    Sean C Grondin, MD MPH

    University of Calgary

    June 2010

  • Children with Single Ventricle Physiology

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    William I Douglas, MD

    Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital

    The University of Texas Medical School at Houston

  • Molecular Classification of Lung Cancer

    James Jett, MD

  • Robotic vs VATS Lobectomy, Pro

    Kemp Kernstine, MD

  • Robotic vs VATS Lobectomy, Con

    Scott Swanson, MD

  • Super Dimension Bronchoscopy

    Douglas Minnich, MD

  • Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy

    Chrish Fernando, MD

  • High Resolution Manometry

    Thomas Rice, MD

  • Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer

    James Jett, MD

  • Supply Management: Reducing Expense While Improving Quality, Safety, and Efficiency

    Malcolm DeCamp, MD

  • ProvenCare® Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Collaborative Pilot Study

    Mark Katlic, MD

  • Use of Routine Post-Operative Esophagram after Esophagectomy in Clinically Asymptomatic Patients with Neck Anastomosis: An Unnecessary Test?

    Matthew Bott, MD

  • Lymph Node Staging at the Time of Thoracoscopic (VATS) Lobectomy: A Comparison to Staged Mediastinscopy

    David Odell, MD

  • Intraoperative Communication

    Thoralf M. Sundt, MD

  • Surgical Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism

    Thoralf M. Sundt, MD

  • Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Bypass

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    Ron Angona, CCP

    University of Rochester Medical Center

  • Acute Aortic Dissection: Medical and Surgical Issues

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    Marc Moon, MD

    Washington University Sc

  • The Emerging Field of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices, Part 1

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    David L. S. Morales, MD

    Iki Adachi, MD

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • The Emerging Field of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices, Part 2

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    David L. S. Morales, MD

    Iki Adachi, MD

    Baylor College of Medicine

  • Cardiac Transplants

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    Dr. George Arnaoutakis

    Johns Hopkins

  • Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction

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    William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD

    University of Central Florida

  • Surgical Management of Thymic Carcinoid Tumors

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    Mark K. Ferguson, MD

    University of Chicago

  • Surgical Management of Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Tumors

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    Mark K. Ferguson, MD

    University of Chicago

  • Superior Sulcus Lung Tumors

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    Dr. Chad Denlinger