This is hilarious yet sadly reminiscent of so many of our experiences. Correspond with real life and our findings in this paper: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31144105/ Thanks @DrJRubenstein and to @HopeFeldmanMD for sharing it with me! WomenInThoracicSurg WomenSurgeons #ILookLikeASurgeon

6:45 am: Full house at #AmerSurg24 for a fantastic #DEI session. It bears repeating (and Michaela West, MD, PhD 🟧 and Rebecca Minter did): Diverse teams perform better Association of Out Surgeons and Allies (AOSA) WomenSurgeons Society of Black Academic Surgeons LatinoSurgSociety SocAsianAcadSurg Annals of Surgery

Read the April #CJC Article of the Month from CJC Journals Editor-in-Chief Stanley Nattel: Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2023 Guidelines on the Fitness to Drive. 👉 onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-…

Thank you Stanley Nattel for this pick! Superbly proud of this CCS Guideline, for its contribution to the healthcare community, and to work alongside Harriette Van Spall, MD MPH 🇨🇦 Dr. Chris Simpson, Dr Peter Guerra and Guideline Committee. CCS Trainee Committee Carolyn Pullen, CEO Michelle Graham

Several fantastic innovation sessions coming up at #AATS2024, but one stands out: How do we optimize our personal and professional performance? Do we need a personal coach in #CTSurgery? Find out in Room 717 soon 👇

How people treat each other is the best predictor of team performance ⁦AATS⁩ #AATS2024 This talk is so inspiring ! Lars Svensson

For many surgeons, the most malignant part of our lifelong training is not residency, but our own self-criticism, doubt, and unforgiving self-expectations.

What is the difference between an expert surgeon and a competent surgeon? Here to find out in Athens, Greece @ISMICS2024. Vaibhav Gupta, MD, PhD Western Thoracics Sabita Jiwnani Shravan Sharad Nadkarni docsre

Excited to share our latest paper 🫀 ➡️ AI can revolutionize cardiac surgery educational materials by tailoring them to patients’ literacy levels , democratizing access to health information. Ourania Preventza Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, LLM, FRCSC WomenInThoracicSurg Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports doi.org/10.1016/j.atss…

Congrats Stephanie Sellers et al on this seminal work on Explanted #TAVR & failure mechanisms #JACCINT JACC Journals . Thx for including me. More to learn and to come from this group! Janar Sathananthan Shinichi Fukuhara, MD vinayak bapat Miho.Fukui Omar Khalique Hasan Jilaihawi Syed Zaid, MD

Excited to share our experience with the newest technology in #coronary #surgery: CoreKnot Micro. Published in ⁦Innovations Journal⁩ “Evaluating the Feasibility of a Novel Micro Titanium Fastener to Facilitate Robot-Assisted CABG” journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15…

In a two-part State-of-the-Art Review series The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, congenital heart & thoracic aortic surgery experts discuss the anatomy, physiology, and surgical techniques for valve-sparing aortic root replacement 👇 Part 1: annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-… Part 2: annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-…

Today #RGEA to PDA in 4th time redo CABG with failure at 1 year of #PCI-CTO of RCA. Thanks Joe Sabik #NiinamiHiroshi and #TavulliaGiuseppe for sharing their experiences and tips! Rare surgery but interesting Patrick Myers Faisal Bakaeen Piroze Davierwala Victor Dayan David L. Fischman David J. Cohen, MD, MSc

Another #TECAB at Main Line Health . One of 7 hospitals worldwide offering this surgery to their patients. #multiarterial #CABG without any thoracotomy and discharged in POD1. We will present our series at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting with a #QOL and #costanalysis of MiDCABG vs TECAB

David R. Bobbitt AATS Great meeting #AATS2025 ! Thank you David R. Bobbitt for all you do for the AATS Warm congratulations to all the staff and to amazing Maral Ouzounian and Dr D’Amico DukeCTSurgery for an awesome program ! See you next year Chicago #AATS2026 #tssmn WomenInThoracicSurg TSMA

WomenInThoracicSurg 2025 AATS-WTS Reception, Seattle, WA

World-renowned surgeons Dr. Joseph Coselli, Dr. Gustavo Oderich and Dr. Marc Moon bring decades of innovation, research and operative excellence to Houston. Each has transformed the way complex aortic disease is treated, giving patients longer, healthier lives. Now united under

10y PARTNER II outcomes🫣😱 accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/c…

Glad you brought this to light Victor Dayan . The higher rate of reintervention will likely translate to even higher TAVR mortality beyond 10yrs given the increased risk of surgery after TAVR that many patients will need when SVD kicks in. +PPM&paravalvular leaks come at a cost

IntraOp Pic: TAVR with large posterior PVL w/ hemolysis + AI. Successful TAVR explant, AVR + root enlargement + Asc Ao repair. Consider upfront SAVR especially for low-risk patients with bicuspid valves with aortic disease! Cleveland Clinic Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic #aortaed #CardioEd