🔥 Much awaited- SANO trial published (Phase 3, non-inferiority trial, 🇳🇱) 309 patients with esophageal cancer with complete response after neoadjuvant chemoradiation (EUS, biopsy, PET) ➡️198 active surveillance, 111 standard surgery. ‼️74% adenocarcinoma 🕰️ Median follow-up

🚨FELLOWSHIP MATCH ALERT🚨 Our superstar PGY4 Camila Franco has matched at her top choice Vanderbilt Health for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery fellowship! The future is BRIGHT 😎🌟🔪

Our study in JAMA found that most people eligible for #lungcancerscreening (LCS) are already getting screened for breast & colon cancers. LCS eligible adults ARE receptive to cancer screening. They are NOT “hard to reach,” they are “hardly reached.”

Dr. Luketich starts off #AmerSurg25 with his talk: "Results of a Phase III Randomized Controlled Trial of Pyloroplasty Versus No Pyloroplasty in Patients Undergoing Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy or Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy" Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department

Living the absolute dream 🤯🥹 So much gratitude for the mentors and role models who fueled this journey 🔋 Ravi Radhakrishnan Bindi Naik-Mathuria MD, MPH Erika Adams Newman Samir Gadepalli Erin Perrone Kathleen van Leeuwen Marion Henry 🟧 Michigan Surgery UM Pediatric Surgery UTMBSurgery UTMB Pediatric Surgery

Congratulations to Dr. Junji Tsukagoshi, who matched for CT fellowship at UW Seattle! That's a great result for him and a credit to our team! Junji Tsukagoshi【チームWADA】 UW Department of Surgery #futureaorticsurgeon #vascsurg #VascularSurgery #aorta

Dr. Yota Suzuki presents: Evacuation from Esophageal Crisis: Outcomes of Bipolar Exclusion and Long-Term Prognosis at #AATS2025 Seattle Convention Center | Summit, Room 441-442, Level 4 Saturday 5/3/25 @ 7:45am AATS UPMC Physician Resources UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute Yota Suzuki

Dr. Matthew Schuchert presents: Second Primary Lung Cancer and Treatment Strategy after Lobectomy vs Segmentectomy for First Primary Lung Cancer at #AATS2025 Seattle Convention Center | Summit, Ballroom 2, Level 5 Saturday 5/3/25 @ 8:00am AATS UPMC Physician Resources UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Honored to present our experience with esophageal exclusion and reconstruction AATS—one of the most challenging patient populations in thoracic surgery. Grateful for the opportunity to share our work. #AATS2025

Dr. Evan Alicuben presents: Minimally Invasive Revision of Redundant Gastric Conduits Following Esophagectomy: 20-Year Experience at #AATS2025 Seattle Convention Center | Summit, Room 441-442, Level 4 Sunday 5/4/25 @ 2:00pm AATS UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute UPMC Physician Resources

Congratulations President Jones David R. for an inspiring Presidential Address about scholarship „Via Minus Trita“

Did you miss this #thoracic Global Grand Rounds webinar on new technologies for Lung Nodule Localization? Watch the recording on your time through the AATS Digital Resource Center. Hear panelists discuss intraoperative molecular and CT imaging: aats.org/resources/new-…

Watch AATS 105th President Jones David R.'s Presidential Address and all #AATS2025 recordings here: events.aats.org/am25/program.

New in #JTCVS: Comparison between 2 central VA-ECMO anticoagulation strategies and their impact on lung transplant outcomes. Learn more about this bloodless lung transplantation approach from researchers at Pitt Cardiothoracic Surgery Department by logging in: doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcv…

Single institution retrospective study shows that in patients with cT1N0M0 large-cell neuroendocrine cancer, sublobar resection may be inferior to lobectomy in long-term locoregional disease control 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40525179/ Yota Suzuki The Annals of Thoracic Surgery #LCNEC #ShortReports

Case series demonstrates that total robotic resection of superior sulcus tumors appears to be feasible and safe 🔗📹: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40525146/ Yota Suzuki Chigo Ekeke M.D The Annals of Thoracic Surgery #CaseSeries #ShortReports #RoboticSurgery

Congratulations to Diana Mao for matching into Advanced GI & MIS fellowship at OHSU News! 🥹🤩😷

Completed thoracic surgery fellowship at University of Pittsburgh. Grateful for the privilege of learning from the legend and master surgeons. One final chapter of training awaits- continuing the journey northward.

💥Very grateful for the year in Boston at MGH CT Surgery Residency Program Mass General Surgery Mass General Brigham Harvard Medical School with Jordan Bloom Arminder Singh Jassar Serguei Melnitchouk Eriberto Michel Motahar Hosseini Asishana Osho, MD, MPH Jordan Secor maggie rose connolly, MD Dr Aabha Divya Lise Tchouta_MD #CardiacSurgery🫀

Single institution retrospective study shows that esophageal diversion ensures safe control of esophageal crises, with favorable long-term survival despite high anastomotic leak rate after reconstruction 🔗: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40633608/ Yota Suzuki AATS #JTCVS #Esophagectomy