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General Thoracic

Early Career Surgeons

Hands-On Course: Complex Central Airway Reconstruction

Sunday, January 26, 2025
7:00am - 8:30am PT
Location: Exhibit Hall

Non-CME Ticket (red)

    Course Director(s)

  • Michael Lanuti, MD

    Director of Thoracic Oncology, Vice Chair Operations, Division of Thoracic Surgery
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): , Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Douglas Mathisen, MD (he/him/his)

    Thoracic Surgeon
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Robert Merritt, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

    Professor of Surgery, Director of Thoracic Surgery
    The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
    Columbus, Ohio, United States

    Disclosure(s): Amgen, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Certis, Eli Lilly, Jazz, Genentech, Illumina , Merck, Pfizer, Signatera, Tempus: Advisory Board (Ongoing); DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Speaker (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Christina Costantino, MD

    Thoracic Surgeon
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

    • Faculty(s)

  • Andrea Axtell, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    Assistant Professor
    University of Wisconsin
    Verona, Wisconsin, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS

    Professor of Surgery
    University of Mississippi Medical Center
    Jackson, Mississippi, United States

    Disclosure(s): Aztra zeneka: Advisory Board (Ongoing)

  • Paul Furlow, MD, PhD (he/him/his)

    Thoracic Surgeon
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Samuel Kim, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Northwestern University
    Chicago, Illinois, United States

    Disclosure(s): Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Jules Lin, MD (he/him/his)

    Mark B. Orringer Professor of Thoracic Surgery, Associate Chief Clinical Officer CV/Neuro
    University of Michigan Medical Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Robotic Proctor (Ongoing); Genentech: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Novartis: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Terminated, September 16, 2024)

  • Natalie Lui, MD

    Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Stanford University
    Stanford, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Centese: Sponsored research agreement (Terminated, June 30, 2024); Intuitive Foundation: Research grant (Terminated, June 30, 2024); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Philicia Moonsamy, MD MPH

    Thoracic Surgeon
    Cedars Sinai Medical Center

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Joseph Phillips, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States

    Disclosure(s): KSQ Therapeutics, Inc: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

  • Luis Tapias, MD

    Assistant Professor of Surgery
    Mayo Clinic
    Rochester, Minnesota, United States

    Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca: Advisory Board (Terminated, January 31, 2024); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Terminated, December 31, 2023)

  • John Wain, MD (he/him/his)

    Thoracic Surgeon
    Brigham and Women" Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    Director, New York Mesothelioma Program
    The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Stephanie Worrell, MD

    Associate Professor of Surgery
    University of Arizona
    Tucson, Arizona, United States

    Disclosure(s): Intuitive: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

  • Douglas Wood, MD, FACS, FRCSEd

    The Henry N Harkins Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
    University of Washington
    Seattle, Washington, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Jarrod Predina, MD

    Assistant Professor Surgery
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Nikhil Panda, MD MPH

    Cardiothoracic Surgery Resident
    Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Varun Puri, MD, MSCI

    Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
    Saint Louis, Missouri, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Leonidas Tapias, MD

    Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery
    University Hospitals - Case Western Reserve University
    Cleveland, Ohio, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Henning Gaissert, MD (he/him/his)

    American Board of Thoracic Surgery, American Board of Surgery
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • John Mitchell, MD

    Professor and Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
    University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado, United States

    Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing)

  • Smita Sihag, MD

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    New York, New York, United States

    Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca: Advisory Board (Ongoing); DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated)

  • WK

    Walter Klepetko, MD

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Nathaniel Evans, III, MD (he/him/his)

    Chief, Division of Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
    Thomas Jefferson University
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): Astra Zeneca: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Bristol Myers Squib: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Merck: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing)

  • HO

    Harald Ott, MD

    Massachusetts General Hospital
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Sidhu Gangadharan, MD, MHCM

    Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

  • Mohsen Ibrahim, Md, PhD (he/him/his)

    Professor of thoracic surgery, program director thoracic reconstructive surgery
    Sapienza University of Rome, Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Lindsay Nitsche, BS

    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

  • Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C

    Physician Assistant
    The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Michael Lanuti, MD: , Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)
Douglas Mathisen, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Robert E. Merritt, MD, MBA: Amgen, AstraZeneca, BeiGene, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Certis, Eli Lilly, Jazz, Genentech, Illumina , Merck, Pfizer, Signatera, Tempus: Advisory Board (Ongoing); DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Speaker (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Andrea L. Axtell, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS: Aztra zeneka: Advisory Board (Ongoing)
Paul W. Furlow, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose
Samuel S. Kim, MD: Intuitive Surgical, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)
Jules Lin, MD: DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Robotic Proctor (Ongoing); Genentech: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Novartis: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Terminated, September 16, 2024)
Natalie Lui, MD: Centese: Sponsored research agreement (Terminated, June 30, 2024); Intuitive Foundation: Research grant (Terminated, June 30, 2024); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Ongoing)
Philicia Moonsamy, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Joseph D. Phillips, MD: KSQ Therapeutics, Inc: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)
Luis F. Tapias, MD: AstraZeneca: Advisory Board (Terminated, January 31, 2024); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Terminated, December 31, 2023)
John C. Wain, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Andrea Wolf, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Stephanie G. Worrell, MD: Intuitive: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Jarrod Predina, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Nikhil Panda, MD MPH: No financial relationships to disclose
Varun Puri, MD, MSCI: No financial relationships to disclose
Leonidas Tapias, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
Henning A. Gaissert, MD: No financial relationships to disclose
John D. Mitchell, MD: DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing)
Smita Sihag, MD: AstraZeneca: Advisory Board (Ongoing); DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Terminated)
Nathaniel R. Evans, MD, III: Astra Zeneca: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Bristol Myers Squib: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Intuitive Surgical: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Merck: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing)
Sidhu P. Gangadharan, MD, MHCM: No financial relationships to disclose
Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose