Congratulations to #MarisaCevascoMD & Aditya Parikh 🩺 on leading the Penn Medicine's Heart Transplant Program as the new surgical director and medical director. 🎉 #HeartTransplant #HeartFailure

New lung cancer research: Mediastinal lymph node dissection in segmentectomy for peripheral c-stage IA (≤2 cm) #NSCLC—how beneficial is it? Find out from surgeons in Tokyo by reading the study in #JTCVS: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…

In a review of neonatal aortic arch surg literature,Michael Catalano, MD & colleagues identify & describe an alarming degree of variation in selecting antegrade cerebral perfusion practices, highlighting the need for further evaluation & optimization of techniques annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-…

Fantastic hands on mitral valve lab for didactics today. Thanks to Medtronic for the sponsorship and Panos N. Vardas for excellent teaching! Benjamin Wei, MD UAB Surgery TSRA #whyUABCT

We’ve broken ground on a new outpatient center in Montgomeryville, opening in 2027. This will expand access for patients in Montgomery and Bucks counties, with specialties including oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, women’s health and more.

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

Head to Theater 1 to see our inaugural TSMA poster competition. The winner will be announced during tomorrow’s plenary session. #AATS2025

“You have to be the keeper of the flame. Keeping the theme of scholarship alive takes a village. It’s hard work.” AATS President Jones David R. #AATS2025

Thrilled to win the inaugural AATS-TSMA Research Competition AATS TSMA #AATS2025 while representing Vanderbilt School of Medicine Vanderbilt University Medical Center! Could not have done it without the endless support of my mentors Brian Lima Aaron M. Williams Ashish Shah

So long #AATS2025! It's been one for the books. Thank you to the AATS for hosting an amazing weekend. See you next year in Chicago 👋✈️

Amazing technology! Tumors in the 🫁light up like this: 🦠 Brain child of the amazing PennSurgery Thoracic Chief Dr Sunil Singhal

Yesterday we celebrated the 3rd Annual Naji Symposium Day. The inaugural Clyde Barker MD Lecture was given by Dr. Daniel Kreisel, Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair of Research from WashU. The event also included presentations from our residents as well as a poster session.

Congratulations to @UMichMedicine and Jules Lin, MD for activating one of the newest TSOG studies, “Pulmonary Segmentectomy for Lung Cancer: A Real-World International Registry-TSOG 108.” Michigan Research Michigan Surgery Jones David R.

Last night we celebrated Pete Atherton who will be retiring as a full time Penn Medicine employee after 31+ years. For more pictures of this DOS legend, please visit: instagram.com/@pennsurgery

So very grateful to my friends UofU CT Surgery UofUSurgery and UAB Cardiothoracic Surgery UAB Surgery for their incredible support ❤️ Humbled and excited for this great opportunity Indiana Surgery -Indiana Univ School of Medicine IUSM Division of CT Surgery IU School of Medicine. Thank you Karl Bilimoria and IU Health leadership for your trust!

#MeetTheSpeaker Dr. Morrell will be discussing Teaching the Next Generation at the ECTSS Leadership Academy on October 15th. Don't forget to sign up for the Leadership Academy when you register for the Annual Meeting - It is FREE with ANNUAL MEETING REGISTRATION!

Remarkable how cost effective this type of intervention is

Great presentations from our Penn cardiac surgery residents on robotic coronary and aortic surgery at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association annual meeting. Fantastic conference and fun to catch up with west coast colleagues. Nimesh Desai MD PhD Scott DeRoo Michael Catalano, MD

Excited to become PENN’s new Cardiac surgery Program Director for our cardiac I-6 and Traditional Pathways. We will continue our legacy of being the best training program in the country! Come train with us on the #rightsideofthetable

Are you a medical student looking to understand different closure techniques, acquire basic suturing skills, and learn how to choose the right needle and suturing material? Register for the Medical Student Simulation Workshop for FREE when you register for the Annual Meeting!