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I had the opportunity to sit & chat with Dr. Daniela Molena Daniela from ThoracicSurgeryMSK about the Expert Consensus Document on Surgical Management of Esophageal & GEJ Cancer she will present Sunday at #AATS2025 AATS. Look for the simultaneous #JTCVS publication!

⁦AATS⁩ ⁦CTSurgSocMedNetwork⁩ Stage 3 (N2) surgical outcomes from AFT46- don’t miss it! 1:30 pm session today 5th floor ballroom 2. Time for a surgical uprising in stage 3 🫁 cancer

Congratulations to my co-resident and role model Jorge Humberto Rodríguez Quintero MD, MPH for winning the AATS cardiothoracic resident abstract competition! Important work highlighting treatment paradigms in resectable esophageal adenocarcinoma- stay tuned for the manuscript! #AATS2025 AATS Montefiore Health System

Rajika Jindani, MD, MPH, MS Jorge Humberto Rodríguez Quintero MD, MPH AATS Montefiore Health System Montefiore Surgery Montefiore Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency Neel Chudgar, MD I am incredibly proud of our team and their exceptional work at #AATS2025! Jorge Humberto Rodríguez Quintero MD, MPH for this award, Grace Ha for her WTS award, and Rajika Jindani, MD, MPH, MS for her outstanding Lillihei presentation! I am proud to work with these exceptional residents! Montefiore Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency

#AATS2025 Phase I study of in vivo lung perfusion for metastatic colorectal cancer. In a high-risk population, IVLP was safe, and had no chemo-related toxicities with promising preliminary long-term outcomes. Visionary work from Toronto! AATS

Inspirational talk by Dr Jones during his AATS presentational address about scholarship and the road less traveled. Honored to have trained with him. #aats2025 #scholarship

Great presentation by Daniela at #AATS2025 on the AATS expert consensus for esophageal and GE junction cancers. Emphasized the importance of treating adenocarcinoma and SCC as distinct diseases and maximizing esophagectomy outcomes through multidisciplinary care.

Dr. Gavitt Woodard (Gavitt Woodard) gave a terrific presentation on research & grant writing advice at the AATS/TSRA “Preparing Yourself for an Academic Career” luncheon. Main points: try to go in-depth on a topic and become an expert (avoid “writing a paper here and another

Congratulations Jeff Yang MD FACS 👏👏👏 Well deserved!

Want to train academic surgeons? 🧠📚 This study shows it takes more than intent—top-20 programs, strong mentorship, and active publishing during residency matter most. 🔗journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Absolutely outstanding, inspirational Presidential Address from Dr. David R. Jones. #AATS2025

Proud of our team as we try & help define best practice in emergency conversion from robotic to open. Adding to our AATS Op Techs technical paper, here in Surgical Clinics Thoracic Surgery Clinics, we discuss the “when” and “how” of emergency conversion.

Incredibly proud of Justin A. Olivera, MD who graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official! Seems like yesterday I met you - you’ve impressed me greatly with your intelligence, energy, and resolve. Excited for you to take the next steps at MGH. “You are off to Great Places”. Andrea Wolf bonus!

Retrospective study of neoadjuvant immunotherapy for 112 pts with stage III borderline resectable NSCLC JAMA Oncology. Included stage III with T4 and/or N2/3 NSCLC and 75% underwent surgery with 29% pCR, 42.2% MPR, mEFS 52.6m. Impressive to note that all N3 achieved ypN0.

Grace Ha Mittler, MD gave an outstanding talk at #ESTS2025 on whether there exist advantages of robotic surgery over VATS for wedge resection. Do we need RATS for a "simple" operation? NCDB data shows some advantages but need to evaluate cost, OR times, outcomes & PROs. ESTS

Matterhorn falters on OS EFS HR 0.71 🧪 NEJM MATTERHORN Trial — Periop Durvalumab + FLOT in Resectable Gastric/GEJ Cancer n=948 | Global Phase 3 | FLOT backbone 🎯 Primary Endpoint: Event-Free Survival (EFS) 📊 2-yr EFS: 67.4% vs 58.5% 🕒 Median EFS: NR vs 32.8 mo 🧮 HR 0.71

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High volume adrenal program = 6 per year. Montefiore Health System already 18 in 2025. Proud to provide outpatient minimally invasive surgery techniques for benign and malignant adrenal gland diseases. Montefiore Surgery #bronxNY #westchesterNY #surgicaloncology MontefioreEndo Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Official

Findings support using molecular profiles—not anatomy alone—for staging and treatment decisions in GEJ cancers. The Siewert system may need rethinking. journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Dear IMG, You didn’t come this far to only come this far. God-mode on until it’s finished. 2004 IMG