2007 Cardiovascular Track Agenda

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

Location: Held at the Univesity of Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation and the Marriott Kingsgate Hotel & Conference Center April 20-22, 2007.  The 2007 CT Symposium will feature both a Cardiothoracic and a Cardiovascular Track to better tailor the program to the career interests of the participants.

Course Participants: 60 Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows from across North America

Note:

Friday, April 20, 2007

7:00 am - 9:30 am

Arrhythmia Surgery

Starting a Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Program

Robert Lazarra, MD; Cardiac Surgical Associates, Tampa Bay Florida

Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

John R. Doty, MD; LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah

Lone Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

Thomas Beaver, MD; University of Florida

Minimally Invasive CryoMAZE

Wiley L. Nifong, MD; East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Cardiac Surgery

OPCAB: Controversies and Getting Started

Y. Joseph Woo, MD; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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 - 3:30 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.

4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Management of Aortic Emergiencies on July 1st

Anthony L. Estrera, MD; University of texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas

Failure to Wean from CPB: Short Term Ventricular Assist Devices

Shahab Akhter, MD; University of Cincinnati

General Thoracic Emergencies

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

Saturday, April 21, 2007

7:00 am - 8:30 am

Endovascular Overview

Endovascular Overview & Update

Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD; Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, Arizona

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Endovascular Breakout Sessions

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Cardiac Surgery

Coronary Anastomotic Devices and Intra-op Graft Assesment

Randall K. Wolf, MD; University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Robotic and Port Access Valve Surgery

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

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

Gary S. Allen, MD; Osceola Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida

1:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Cardiac Surgery Wet-Lab

Sunday, April 22, 2007

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Valve Surgery

Mitral Valve Repair

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

Aortic Root Techniques

John H. Calhoon, MD; University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

8:30 am - 10:00 am

Mitral Valve Repair Wet-Lab

Porcine Heart wet-lab demonstrating mitral valve analysis and various repair techniques.  All participants will have a porcine heart, insturments, sutures, and a variety of mitral annulpolasty rings.

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Aorti Root Techniques Wet-Lab

A porcine heart wet-lab demonstrating various aortic root reconstruciton techniques.  All participants will have a porcine heart, insturments, sutures, and various materials for aortic root reconstruction.