Understanding Quality Metrics Beyond the STS Database

Moderator(s)

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  Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

  Professor
  University of Florida
  Gainesville, Florida, United States

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
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  Felix Fernandez, MD, MSc

  Professor of Surgery, Section of General Thoracic Surgery
  Emory University
  Decatur, Georgia, United States

  Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Presentations:

• 7:15am - 7:23am PT

  Cardiothoracic Surgical Quality Metrics From a Hospital Administrator’s Perspective
  

  Invited Speaker: Craig R. Smith, MD – Columbia University Medical Center
• 7:23am - 7:31am PT

  How I Use Data to Improve Performance for Cardiac Surgery
  

  Invited Speaker: Kevin W. Lobdell, MD – Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
• 7:31am - 7:45am PT

  Discussion
• 7:45am - 7:55am PT

  A Statewide Quality Initiative to Promote Aortic Annular Enlargement: Leading an Evolving Paradigm Shift
  

  Presenting Author: Dimitrios E. Magouliotis, MD, PhD, MSc (he/him/his) – Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
• 7:55am - 8:05am PT

  Lay Navigators Improve Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) Uptake in Asian Americans in a Large Integrated Health System
  

  Presenting Author: Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, FACS – Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, UCSF Department of Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
• 8:05am - 8:15am PT

  Outcomes Associated with Sustained Refractory Respiratory Failure After Recovery from Severe Cardiogenic Shock
  

  Presenting Author: Penny Sappington, MD – West Virginia University