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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:
7:30 am - 9:00 am
John R. Doty, MD; LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah
Wiley L. Nifong, MD; East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Y. Joseph Woo, MD; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John R. Mehall, MD; Penrose St. Francis Heart Institute, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Vinod Thourani, MD ; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Wilson Y. Szeto, MD; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shahab Akhter, MD; University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Daniel L. Miller, MD; ; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel L. Miller, MD; ; Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Ali Khoynezhad, MD & Wilson Szeto, MD; University of Nebraska & University of Pennsylvania
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Live Animal and cadaver Wet-Lab teching various adult cardiac surgery techniques.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Dr. Tung Cai; Denton, Texas
Gary S. Allen, MD; Osceola Regional Medical Center, Orlando, Florida
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Ali Khoynezhad, MD & Wilson Szeto, MD; University of Nebraska & University of Pennsylvania
7:30 am - 8:30 am
J. Michael Smith, MD & Walter H. Merrill, MD; Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio & University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
8:30 am - 10:00 am
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
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.