2007 Cardiothoracic Track Agenda & Speakers

Date: April 20, 2007 - April 22, 2007 (3 days)

Location:

To be held at the University of Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation and the Marriott Kingsgate Conference Center.

Course Participants:

60 Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows from across North America.

Note:

The 2007 CT Symposium will feature two parallel tracks - Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular - to better suit the career interests of the partipants.

Friday, April 20, 2007

10:00 am - 12:00 am

Cardiac Surgery

OPCAB: Controversies and Getting Started

Joseph Woo, M.D.; University of Philadephia

Choosing Between Tissue and Mechanical Valves

J. Michael Smith, MD; Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

Update on Percutaneous Valve Technology

Vinod Thourani, MD ; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Management of Aortic Emergiencies on July 1st

Anthony Estrera, M.D.; University of Houston

Failure to Wean from CPB: Short Term Ventricular Assist Devices

Shahab Akhter, M.D.; University of Cincinnati

General Thoracic Emergencies

David P. Mason, MD; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Arrhythmia Surgery Wet-Lab

Cadaver wet-lab demonstrating various ablation techniques and energy sources in both the open and closed chest. Held at the University fo Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation.

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Reception with Industry Sponsors

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Dinner with Industry Sponsors

Saturday, April 21, 2007

7:30 am - 12:00 am

Cardiac Surgery Wet-Lab

Animal and Cadaver wet-lab highlighting various cardiac procedures and techniques. To be held at the University of Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation.

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

General Thoracic - Lung Cancer

Workup and Staging of Lung Cancer

Alex G. Little, MD; Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

VATS Lobectomy

John Howington, M.D.; University of Cincinnati

Emerging Technology: RFA and Cyberknife

Arjun Pennathur, MD; University of Pittsburgh

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

General Thoracic

Mediastinal Tumors

Sandra L. Starnes, MD; University of Cincinnati

VATS Sympathectomy

Daniel L. Miller, MD; Emory University, Altlanta, Georgia

Non-Surgical Approaches to Esophageal Cancer

TBA;

Sunday, April 22, 2007

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Valve Surgery

Mitral Valve Repair