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  • Friday, Jan 24th
    9:00am – 9:45am PT
    Education/Quality/Wellness Rapid Fire Orals
    Location: Exhibit Hall Theater 2
    Moderator: Erin A. Gillaspie, MD, MPH – Creighton University Medical Center
    Moderator: Sharon Ben-Or, MD (she/her/hers) – Florida Atlantic University
    Education/Quality/WellnessTrainees
  • 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
    Keynote Speaker: Carrie E. Cunningham, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – Mass General Hospital
    Education/Quality/WellnessTraineesEarly 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
    2:00pm – 3:30pm PT
    C. Walton Lillehei Session: 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
    2:15pm – 3:30pm PT
    The Vivien T. Thomas Symposium – The 3rd STS Achieving Equity in Clinical Care and Education Summit
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Cherie Erkmen, MD (she/her/hers) – Temple University Hospital, Lewis Katz School of Medicine
    Moderator: Leah M. Backhus, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Stanford University, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • Friday, Jan 24th
    2:30pm – 3:30pm PT
    Heart Surgery 101: Concepts Your Faculty Want You to Know
    Location: The Hub - Small Theater
    Moderator: Nicholas R. Teman, MD – University of Colorado
    Education/Quality/WellnessTrainees
  • Saturday, Jan 25th
    7:15am – 8:15am PT
    Understanding Quality Metrics Beyond the STS Database
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP – University of Florida
    Moderator: Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc – Emory University
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • Saturday, Jan 25th
    10:15am – 11:45am PT
    Post-Certification School: Being a New Attending
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Brian Mitzman, MD, MS – University of Utah
    Moderator: Olugbenga Tokunbo Okusanya, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • Saturday, Jan 25th
    10:30am – 11:30am PT
    Challenges and Successes of Parental Policies for Cardiothoracic Trainees
    Location: The Hub - Small Theater
    Moderator: Douglas E. Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd – University of Washington
    Moderator: Leah M. Backhus, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Stanford University, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Education/Quality/WellnessTrainees
  • Saturday, Jan 25th
    3:30pm – 5:15pm PT
    Present and Future of Artificial Intelligence in Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine
    Moderator: Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • Saturday, Jan 25th
    4:15pm – 5:15pm PT
    Fiscal Issues Surrounding Modern Healthcare
    Location: The Hub - Small Theater
    Moderator: Joseph Cleveland, Jr., MD – University of Colorado - Division of CT Surgery
    Moderator: Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD (he/him/his) – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
    Education/Quality/WellnessTrainees
  • Sunday, Jan 26th
    8:00am – 9:30am PT
    Global Issues in Cardiac Surgery: Strategic Partnerships for Global Capacity Building
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Emily A. Farkas, MD – Indiana University
    Moderator: Kathleen Fenton, MD – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • 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
    Bridge to Nowhere: Can ECMO Be Withdrawn Over Patient/Family Objections?
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: John W. Entwistle, III, MD PhD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
    Education/Quality/Wellness
  • 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: Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD (he/him/his) – University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital
    Education/Quality/WellnessEarly Career Surgeons
  • Sunday, Jan 26th
    11:30am – 1:00pm PT
    It Takes a Village—The Role of Multidisciplinary Team Members in Cardiothoracic Residency Training
    Location: 404AB
    Moderator: Rita Milewski, MD, PhD – Yale University
    Moderator: Wanda M. Popescu, MD – Yale University School of Medicine
    Education/Quality/Wellness