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Great #UABCT representation and lots of incredible learning at AATS #AATS25 annual meeting in beautiful Seattle! UAB Surgery UAB Cardiovascular Institute

Excellent job by UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery PGY6 fellow Dr. Hansen-Estruch presenting VQI data showing higher stroke rates with inominate artery treatment during proximal TEVAR. Staged revascularization protective UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery UAB Surgery AATS #AATS25

Pleasant surprise seeing UAB Vascular Surgery Adam W. Beck study on TEVAR in high-risk complicated TBAD cited in Dr. Hughes Duke Heart talk on “When to intervene in Type B Aortic Dissection” UAB Surgery UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery herb chen AATS #AATS25

Dr. Stephanie Fuller tells a story about receiving advice from a mentor. She asked him, “How do you do everything so perfectly?” He said, “I’ve never done a perfect operation. After each one I sit down and think about all of the things I did wrong.” #AATS2025

Incredible mixer. So nice to see co-fellows from across the country! UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery TSRA AATS #AATS25

Starting Day 3 at #AATS25 AATS wth Dr. Gleason’s presentation on patient engagement technology and its positive impact: ⬆️ patient confidence, ⬇️ patient phone calls and ER visits. Great job! UAB Surgery Benjamin Wei, MD #whyUABCT

Congrats to UAB Heersink School of Medicine rising MS4 and future 🫀🫁 surgeon Benjamin Hambright on his poster on predicting home O2 requirement after lung resection at #AATS25 AATS UAB Surgery Benjamin Wei, MD #whyUABCT

“Study something that matters, something that is highly relative to your clinical practice, something that makes a difference.” - AATS President Jones David R. #AATS2025

Started as med school best friends in 2012 Aga Khan University and ended up in Seattle AATS #AATS25 w/ Mujtaba Mubashir, MD and Natasha Khan MD. Couldn’t plan it better if I tried!

Irbaz Hameed, MD our I6 resident at Yale Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency giving great advice to TSRA at the AATS TSRA lunch. Lots of opportunities and great work that the TSRA is doing!!

Listen to Sasha Still MD discuss how aortic disease affects women differently: atypical symptoms, 3x higher risk of dissection/rupture, 10% higher mortality after repair; while multifactorial, awareness 1st step to reducing disparities in care UAB Cardiovascular Institute #AortaEd

Division Director of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Dr. Adam Beck and UAB Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident Dr. Angela Sickels published surprising findings on spinal drain usage, and effects in Journal of Vascular Surgery! 🖥️ Read more here: bit.ly/4imP6PW.

The Ten Commandments of Cardiac Surgery Training 🫀 Just published in AATS Journals 👉🏻 tinyurl.com/JTCVSOpenTenCo…

So proud of our 🫁🔪 team for winning BEST PGY3 rotation for the 4th year (!) and Lani Clark winning the Outstanding APP award (chosen by senior residents UAB Surgery). Grateful for an incredible experience on our thoracic surgery service! Benjamin Wei, MD herb chen James davies

Looking forward to presenting at UAB Surgery Grand Rounds this week with my incredible co-chiefs. Come hear about the latest in aortic arch repair and why the future is endovascular 🩸 #AortaEd UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery Kyle W Eudailey, MD Adam W. Beck

Congratulations to Yale I-6 🫀residents Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Irbaz Hameed, MD and Clancy Mullan who were hooded today Yale School of Medicine graduation after defending their PhDs earlier this year! Both completed PhDs during research years. They have great careers as cardiac surgeon-scientists ahead!

Congrats to graduating UAB Surgery residents and incoming UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery PGY6 fellows Marvi Tariq and Cozette Killian for their inspiring Chief Grand Rounds this morning on the future of 🫀 transplant and endovascular aortic repair 🩸 herb chen Benjamin Wei, MD #whyUABCT #AortaEd

Let’s continue to improve #AorticAwareness - Unmet need: 50% increased death w/ malperfusion in Acute proximal dissection John J. Kelly, MD William L. Patrick Joe Bavaria, MD Maral Ouzounian T. Brett Reece G C Hughes Eric E. Roselli Karen M Kim, MD Ourania Preventza Nimesh Desai MD PhD #AortaEd

New pub alert 💥: Open 3-stage repair of multifocal aortic aneurysms in a 34-year-old by Sasha Still MD, presented by graduating fellow Dr. Soler at the Fellow Case Competition International Aortic Summit and published in JVS-Cases Innovations and Techniques jvscit.org/article/S2468-… #whyUABCT UAB Cardiovascular Institute #AortaEd

Don’t miss the chance to share your work! Abstract submissions are OPEN for the 2025 WTS 2nd Annual Conference. We invite abstracts showcasing impactful research in cardiothoracic surgery and supporting the advancement of women in the specialty. ➡️ bit.ly/4cBfsMr