2008 Cardiovascular Track Agenda

Date: April 18, 2008 - April 20, 2008 (3 days)

Location: Held at the Univesity of Cincinnati Center for Surgical Innovation and the Marriott Kingsgate Hotel & Conference Center April 18-20, 2008. The 2008 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 18, 2008

7:30 am - 9:00 am

Arrhythmia Surgery

Indications & Techniques for Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

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

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

Non-Sternotomy Cardiac Surgery

John R. Mehall, MD; Penrose St. Francis Heart Institute, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Update on Percutaneous Valve Technology

Vinod Thourani, MD ; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

1:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Aortic Dissection

Wilson Y. Szeto, MD; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Failure to Wean from CPB: Short Term Ventricular Assist Devices

Shahab Akhter, MD; University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

VATS Lobectomy a Step-by-Step Guide

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

Non-Surgical Approaches to Esophageal Cancer

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

6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Industry Sponsor Reception & Dinner

Saturday, April 19, 2008

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Endovascular Overview

Endovascular Overview & Update

Ali Khoynezhad, MD & Wilson Szeto, MD; University of Nebraska & University of Pennsylvania

9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Cardiac Surgery Wet-Lab

Live Animal and cadaver Wet-Lab teching various adult cardiac surgery techniques.

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Cardiac Surgery

Coronary Anastomotic Devices and Intra-op Graft Assesment

Dr. Tung Cai; Denton, Texas

Apical to Aorta Conduit

John W. Brown, MD;

Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization

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

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Endovascular Breakout Sessions

Endovascular Lecture

Ali Khoynezhad, MD & Wilson Szeto, MD; University of Nebraska & University of Pennsylvania

Sunday, April 20, 2008

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Valve Surgery

Aortic & Mitral Valve Techniques

J. Michael Smith, MD & Walter H. Merrill, MD; Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio & University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

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.