STS Evidence-Based Guidelines: 2025 Updates for Best Practices in General Thoracic Surgery

Moderator(s)

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  Thomas Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE

  Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Utah; Chief Value Officer - Huntsman Cancer Institute; Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer - HCI
  University of Utah School of Medicine
  Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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  Elizabeth David, MD

  Associate Professor
  University of Colorado
  Aurora, Colorado, United States
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  J.W. Awori Hayanga, MD MPH MHL FACS FRCS FCCP FCCM

  Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery West Virginia University
  WVU Medicine
  Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

Presentations:

• 7:15am – 7:25am PT

  Logistics of Creating STS Guideline Documents
  

  Invited Speaker: Traves Crabtree, MD – Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• 7:25am – 7:31am PT

  Existing Guidelines: Chest Tube Management
  

  Invited Speaker: Michael Kent, MD (he/him/his) – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 7:31am – 7:37am PT

  Existing Guidelines: Thymoma
  

  Invited Speaker: Douglas Liou, MD – Stanford University School of Medicine
• 7:37am – 7:43am PT

  Existing Guidelines: Robotics
  

  Invited Speaker: Samuel S. Kim, MD – Northwestern University
• 7:43am – 7:49am PT

  Existing Guidelines: OMD
  

  Invited Speaker: Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
• 7:49am – 7:59am PT

  Summary of Ongoing Guidelines Under Development: Pain Management, Locally Advanced Disease, Sublobar Resection, Esophageal Perforation, and Nodule Screening
  

  Invited Speaker: Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS (she/her/hers) – UC Davis Health
• 7:59am – 8:15am PT

  Discussion