Early Career Journey

These sessions are suggested for a well-rounded journey through the meeting for early career surgeons, though you may also customize your own schedule.

Early Career Journey

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Friday, Jan 24th
6:30am – 7:45am PT
Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Awards Breakfast
Location: Concourse Hall 152-153
TraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
8:00am – 9:00am PT
Nina Starr Braunwald Lecture: Dr. Jennifer Doudna
Location: Main Stage
PlenaryTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
9:00am – 9:45am PT
Job Interview Prep
Location: The Hub
Early Career SurgeonsTrainees
Friday, Jan 24th
9:45am – 11:15am PT
Vulnerability Makes Us Whole
Location: 411 Theatre
Moderator: Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
Moderator: Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Education/Quality/WellnessTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
9:45am – 11:45am PT
Esophageal Cancer: Current Advances and Controversies
Location: 408A
Moderator: Sandra L. Starnes, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Moderator: Inderpal Sarkaria, MD – UT Southwestern Medical Center
General ThoracicEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
10:45am – 11:45am PT
Strategy Is an Asset, Execution Is an Art: Establishing Multidisciplinary ECMO, PERT, and Shock Institutional Programs
Location: 409AB
Moderator: Kevin Koomalsingh, MD – Providence Heart Institute
Moderator: Menaka Ponnambalam, MN NP-Adult – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Critical Care and Perioperative ManagementEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
1:00pm – 2:00pm PT
Standing Your Moral Ground
Location: 404AB
Moderator: Richard I. Whyte, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Moderator: Sean C. Wightman, MD – Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Education/Quality/WellnessTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
1:00pm – 2:05pm PT
Cardiac Surgery in Women
Location: 403B
Moderator: Gry Dahle, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Oslo University Hospital
Moderator: Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto
Adult CardiacEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
1:00pm – 3:10pm PT
Extent of Resection and Quality Metrics in Lung Cancer Care: From the Patient Level to the Programmatic Level
Location: 408A
Moderator: Anna McGuire, MD, MSc, FRCSC – Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia
Moderator: Timothy W. Mullett, MD, MBA, FACS – University of Kentucky / Markey Cancer Center
General ThoracicEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
2:00pm – 3:30pm PT
Effective Models for Innovation in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Location: 411 Theatre
Moderator: Danielle Gottlieb Sen, MS, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Moderator: Yolonda L. Colson, MD, PhD (she/her/hers) – Department of Surgery – Massachusetts General Hospital
Education/Quality/WellnessEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
2:30pm – 3:30pm PT
Failure to Rescue: New Tools for Better Outcomes
Location: 409AB
Moderator: Nadia A. Clarizia, MD MSc FRCSC (she/her/hers) – University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Moderator: J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD MPH MHL FACS FRCS FCCP FCCM – WVU Medicine
Critical Care and Perioperative ManagementEarly Career Surgeons
Friday, Jan 24th
2:30pm – 3:30pm PT
Missing the Boat: Things We Should Do
Location: 403B
Moderator: Marc P. Pelletier, MD, MSc, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Case Western Reserve University
Moderator: Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Adult CardiacEarly Career Surgeons
Saturday, Jan 25th
9:30am – 10:15am PT
How Medical Providers Can Build Wealth, Pay Off Debt, and Reduce Burnout
Location: The Hub - Small Theater
Early Career SurgeonsTrainees
Saturday, Jan 25th
11:45am – 1:00pm PT
Winning Research: Presentations by TSF Awardees
Location: The Hub - Small Theater
TraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Saturday, Jan 25th
2:45pm – 3:30pm PT
Job Interview Prep
Location: The Hub
Early Career SurgeonsTrainees
Sunday, Jan 26th
7:00am – 8:00am PT
Job Interview Prep
Early Career SurgeonsTrainees
Sunday, Jan 26th
7:00am – 8:30am PT
Hands-On Course: Complex Central Airway Reconstruction
Location: Exhibit Hall
Course Director: Michael Lanuti, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Course Director: Douglas Mathisen, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Course Director: Robert E. Merritt, MD, MBA (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Course Director: Christina L. Costantino, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty: Andrea L. Axtell, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin
Faculty: Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS – University of Mississippi Medical Center
Faculty: Paul W. Furlow, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty: Samuel S. Kim, MD – Northwestern University
Faculty: Jules Lin, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan Medical Center
Faculty: Natalie Lui, MD – Stanford University
Faculty: Philicia Moonsamy, MD MPH – Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Faculty: Joseph D. Phillips, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Faculty: Luis F. Tapias, MD – Mayo Clinic
Faculty: John C. Wain, MD (he/him/his) – Brigham and Women" Hospital
Faculty: Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Faculty: Stephanie G. Worrell, MD – University of Arizona
Faculty: Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd – University of Washington
Faculty: Jarrod Predina, MD – University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Faculty: Nikhil Panda, MD MPH – Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Faculty: Varun Puri, MD, MSCI – Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Faculty: Leonidas Tapias, MD – University Hospitals - Case Western Reserve University
Faculty: Henning A. Gaissert, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty: John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Faculty: Smita Sihag, MD – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Faculty: Walter Klepetko, MD
Faculty: Nathaniel R. Evans, III, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
Faculty: Harald C. Ott, MD, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty: Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD, MHCM – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Faculty: Mohsen Ibrahim, Md, PhD (he/him/his) – Sapienza University of Rome, Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome
Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
General ThoracicEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
7:00am – 8:30am PT
Hands-On Course: Mitral Valve Repair
Location: Exhibit Hall
Course Director: Steven F. Bolling, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan Hospital
Course Director: Stephanie Mick, MD (she/her/hers) – New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell
Faculty: Michael A. Acker, MD – University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Faculty: Pavan Atluri, MD – University of Pennsylvania
Faculty: Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Faculty: Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS – Cedars-Sinai
Faculty: Ralph Damiano, Jr., MD (he/him/his) – Washington University School of Medicine
Faculty: Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS – Cedars Sinai
Faculty: Arnar Geirsson, MD (he/him/his) – Columbia University Medical Center
Faculty: T. Sloane Guy, MD – Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Faculty: Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University
Faculty: Gerald M. Lawrie, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital Specialty Physician Group
Faculty: Serguei Melnitchouk, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Faculty: Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute
Faculty: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine
Faculty: Matthew Romano, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center
Faculty: Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD (he/him/his) – Kaiser Permanente
Faculty: Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – Texas Health Resources
Faculty: Sabet W. Hashim, MD – Hartford HealthCare
Faculty: Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc – Washington University in St. Louis
Faculty: Jeff Schneider, PA-C – University of Michigan /Michigan Medicine
Faculty: Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Adult CardiacTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
7:00am – 8:30am PT
Hands-On Course: The Ross Procedure
Location: Exhibit Hall
Course Director: Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – The Mount Sinai Hospital
Course Director: Vaughn A. Starnes, MD (he/him/his) – Keck School of Medicine, USC
Faculty: Craig Baker, MD – University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Faculty: Luke Wiggins, MD – Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Faculty: Yakov Elgudin, MD PhD (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland
Faculty: Cristian R. Baeza, MD – University Hospitals
Faculty: Eric Smith, PA-C – University of Michigan
Faculty: Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty: Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
CongenitalEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
8:00am – 9:30am PT
Controversies in Anticoagulation and HIT After Cardiac Surgery
Location: 409AB
Moderator: Milan Milojevic, MD, PhD, MSCE, FESC – Dedinje Cardiovascular Institute Belgrade
Moderator: Ravi K. Ghanta, MD – Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Critical Care and Perioperative ManagementEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
8:00am – 9:30am PT
Modernized Solutions for Lung Failure, From Bench to Bedside
Location: 408A
Moderator: Matthew Hartwig, MD – Duke University Medical Center
Moderator: Errol L. Bush, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins
General ThoracicEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
8:00am – 9:30am PT
Top Adult Cardiac Surgery Abstracts
Location: 403A
Moderator: Isaac George, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Moderator: Brittany Zwischenberger, MD – Duke University
Adult CardiacTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
10:15am – 11:15am PT
2024 STS Compensation and Member Practice Survey Update
Location: Concourse Hall 152-153
Moderator: Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
Moderator: Cherie Erkmen, MD (she/her/hers) – Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Education/Quality/WellnessEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
10:15am – 11:15am PT
Taking It to the Limit: Resilience and Burnout
Location: 406AB
Moderator: Alexander J. Gregory, MD, FRCPC – Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Moderator: Bonnie Milas
Education/Quality/WellnessEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
10:15am – 11:15am PT
Thoracic Oncology for the Cardiothoracic Surgeon: What You Really Need to Know in 2025
Location: 408A
Moderator: Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator: Brian Mitzman, MD, MS – University of Utah
General ThoracicTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
11:30am – 12:30pm PT
Adult Cardiac SOS: Managing Difficult Situations
Location: 411 Theatre
Moderator: Ibrahim Sultan, MD – University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Moderator: George John Arnaoutakis, MD – University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Adult CardiacEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
11:30am – 1:00pm PT
Lung Cancer Challenges in Resectable Disease: It's a Whole New World
Location: 408A
Moderator: Kyle G. Mitchell, MD, MSc – University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Moderator: Elliot Servais, MD – Lahey Hospital & Medical Center
General ThoracicTraineesEarly Career Surgeons
Sunday, Jan 26th
11:30am – 1:00pm PT
The Changing Landscape of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Location: 409AB
Moderator: Michael S. Mulligan, MD (he/him/his) – University of Washington Medical Center
Moderator: Leora T. Yarboro, MD – University of Virginia Medical Center
Critical Care and Perioperative ManagementEarly Career Surgeons