WTSA - 2025 Program and Abstracts

Program & Abstracts

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2025

1:00 pm-6:00 pm

REGISTRATION
Pacific Rotunda

1:00 pm-6:00 pm

SPEAKER READY ROOM
Capri

5:00 pm-6:30 pm

SEAN C. GRONDIN NEW MEMBERS / WELCOME RECEPTION
Grand Lawn

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025

6:00 am

SAMSON FUN RUN

7:00 am-8:00 am

BREAKFAST
Pacific Ballroom 3

7:00 am-12:00 pm

EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

7:00 am-12:30 pm

REGISTRATION
Pacific Rotunda

7:00 am-12:30 pm

SPEAKER READY ROOM
Capri

8:00 am-9:00 am

SCIENTIFIC SESSION I
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Craig J. Baker, MD
Michael Smith, MD

8:00 am

1. Posterior Pericardiotomy for Atrial Fibrillation Prophylaxis: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis of Over 1,000 CABG Patients
Mark R. Lutz¹, Shaelyn Cavanaugh², Karikehalli Dilip³, Ahmad Nazem³, Anton Cherney³, Zhandong Zhou³, *Charles J. Lutz³
¹SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, ²Department of Surgery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, ³St. Joseph's Health Center, Syracuse, NY

Discussant: Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, MD

8:20 am

2. Impact of the Composite Allocation Score on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Lung Transplantation Waitlist Outcomes
Shi Nan Feng¹, Alice Zhou¹, Alexandra A. Rizaldi¹, Andrew Kalra¹, Jessica Ruck¹, *Errol Bush¹
¹The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Discussant: Ross M. Bremner, MD

8:40 am

3. Characterization and Outcomes of Patients with Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defect Undergoing Biventricular Repair: Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Machine Learning Study+
Justin Robinson¹, Eugene Blackstone¹, *Tara Karamlou², Hani Najm¹, Xiaowen Li¹, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran¹, William Decampli⁴, William Williams³, Jeffery Jacobs⁵, Marshall Jacobs⁶, James Kirklin¹⁸, Karl Welke⁷, *Bahaaldin Alsoufi⁸, Anastasios Polimenakos⁹, David Barron³, Luc Mertens³, Christopher Caldarone¹², David Kalfa¹⁰, *John M. Karamichalis¹⁰, Kamal Pourmoghadam¹³, Jeremy Herrmann¹⁴, *Ashok Muralidaran¹⁵, Pirooz Eghtesady¹⁶, Joseph Turek¹⁷, David Overman¹¹
¹Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ³The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. ⁴Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, ⁵University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, ⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁷Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, ⁸Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, ⁹Children's Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, GA, ¹⁰Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ¹¹Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, MN, ¹²Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, ¹³Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁴Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, ¹⁵Surgery, Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine, Portland, OR, ¹⁶Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ¹⁷Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, ¹⁸Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Discussant: James Jaggers, MD

9:00 am-10:20 am

PRESEDENTIAL PLENARY IN HONOR OF DAVD A. FULLERTON (Spouse/Guests Welcomed)
Pacific Ballroom 2

9:00 am

Eulogy by J. Scott Millikan, MD

9:05 am

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW MEMBERS & SAMSON PRIZE FINALIST

9:20 am

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Introduction: Michael A. Smith, MD

What We Can Learn From a Family of Ducks
Craig J. Baker, MD
University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

10:20 am-10:50 am

COFFEE BREAK: VISIT EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

10:50 am-12:10 pm

SCIENTIFIC SESSION II

Moderators:

Fenton McCarthy, MD, MS
Christopher T. Salerno, MD

ADULT CARDIAC
Pacific Ballroom 2

10:50 am

4. Management of the Left Subclavian Artery in Total Arch Replacement With Frozen Elephant Trunk
Markian Bojko, David Choe, Joshua Lopez, Serge Kobsa, *Fernando Fleischman
Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA

Discussant: Scott DeRoo, MD

11:10 am

5. The Ross Procedure after Prior Aortic Valve Intervention: Outcomes from the North American Ross Consortium Database
Kyle A. McCullough³, Cody W. Dorton³, Taylor Pickering³, John B. Eisenga³, Tanushree Prasad³, Mary C. Parro³, Emma B. Galvanek³, Bonnie D. Ostergren³, Sarah Hale³, J. Michael DiMaio³, *Justin Schaffer³, Scott C. DeRoo¹, Christopher Mehta², *Christopher Burke¹, S. Chris Malaisrie², Nimesh D. Desai⁴, William Brinkman³, *Katherine Harrington³
¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ³Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano, Plano, TX, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Discussant: Y. Joseph Woo, MD

11:30 am

6. Dialysis Patients Treated with SAVR Have Improved Mid-term Outcomes Compared to their TAVR Counterparts+
Philip M. Allen¹, Thais Faggion Vinholo¹, Jake Awtry¹, Paige Newell¹, Mansoo Cho², Borami Shin¹, Nathaniel Langer³, Arminder Jassar³, Amy Hackmann¹, Tommaso Hinna Danesi¹, David Gross⁴, Piotr Sobieszczyk⁴, Pinak Shah⁴, Asishana Osho³, Ashraf Sabe¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Interventional Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Discussant: Michael E. Bowdish, MD

11:50 am

7. Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Non-Aneurysmal Roots: A Multicenter Analysis+
Arjune S. Dhanekula¹, Bret G. DeGraaff¹, Markian Bojko², Nicolas Chanes³, Bo Chang B. Wu³, Rachel Flodin¹, Anne Reimann-Moody⁴, Artur Rybachok⁵, Christina Kelly⁶, *Fenton McCarthy⁷, *Fernando Fleischman², *T. Brett Reece³, *Jason Glotzbach⁸, *Anthony D. Caffarelli⁹, Scott C. DeRoo¹, *Christopher Burke¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Cardiac Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Cardiac Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ⁴University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ⁵Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ⁶University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷Cardiac Surgery, Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center, Spokane, WA, ⁸Cardiac Surgery, University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Providence Health and Services, Missoula, MT

Discussant: Katherine B. Harrington, MD

GENERAL THORACIC
Pacific Ballroom 1

10:50 am

8. Safety, Efficacy, and Patient Satisfaction Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal Neuromotor Disease: A Single Institution Experience+
Samantha L. Savitch, Jonathan E. Williams, Andrew C. Chang, Rishindra Reddy, Jules Lin, Mark B. Orringer, Kiran H. Lagisetty
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI

Discussant: Mark F. Berry, MD

11:10 am

9. Advancing the Early Detection of Lung Cancer: Outcomes of a Surgeon-led Lung Nodule Clinic in a Distressed Patient Population
Albert Dweck¹, Lamisha Shah², Saba Saidi², Sophia Yanis², Grace Ha³, Rajika Jindani³, Tamar Nobel³, Marc Vimolratana³, Brendon Stiles³, Neel Chudgar³
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ³Department of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY

Discussant: Praveen Sridhar, MD

11:30 am

10. Intraoperative Molecular Imaging With Pafolacianine As An Adjunct For Localization And Surgical Management Of Semi-Solid And Ground Glass Opacities
Ryan Levy¹, Nicholas Baker², Tadeusz Witek¹, Omar Awais¹, Navid Ajabshir¹, Thomas Melvin¹, Evan T. Alicuben¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

Discussant: Jessica Hudson, MD

11:50 am

11. Safety and Efficacy of an Accelerated Recovery Protocol for Patients Undergoing Elective Esophagectomy+
Adam Dyas², *Crystal Erickson¹, Joshua Watson¹, *Matthew Blum¹
¹Surgery, UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central, Colorado Springs, CO, ²University of Colorado System, Denver, CO

Discussant: Graeme Rosenberg, MD

CONGENITAL HEART
Aegean

Moderators:

Ross M. Ungerleider, MD
Luke M. Wiggins, MD

10:50 am

12. Left Atrioventricular Valve Durability in Atrioventricular Septal Defects: Impact of Systolic Blood Pressure
*Christina L. Greene¹, Teklay Desta¹, Anjali Sharma¹, *David Mauchley¹, Lyubomyr Bohuta¹, *Michael McMullan¹
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA

Discussant: Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

11:10 am

13. Combined Heart-Liver Transplantation at Children's Hospitals: A Multi-Institutional Report in the United States
Grant Chappell¹, Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi¹, Darren Turner¹, Awais Ashfaq¹, Suzanne Evans², Gregory Tiao², David Lehenbauer¹, Marco Ricci¹, David Morales¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²General Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Discussant: Reshma M. Biniwale, MD

11:30 am

14. MRI Validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Utilizing Patient Specific Physiologic Parameters as a Predictive Tool for Surgical Decision Making in Complex Fontan Completion and Revision
David Hoganson¹, Vijay Govindarajan¹, Akshita Sahni¹, Emily Eickhoff¹, Noah Schulz¹, Amanda Westman¹, Rahul Rathod², Pedro del Nido¹, Peter Hammer¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Discussant: Subhadra Shashidharan, MD

11:50 am

15. Ongoing Mortality Risk of TAPVR in Single Ventricle Heterotaxy Patients+
*Anna Olds¹, James Meza², Nithya Rajeev¹, Mike Kim¹, *Luke Wiggins², Winfield Wells², *Vaughn Starnes¹, *John Cleveland²
¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Heart Institute, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Tara Karamlou, MD

12:15 pm-1:30 pm

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Non-CME)

4:45 pm-6:05 pm

RAPID FIRE SESSION
Pacific Ballroom 3

ADULT CARDIAC

Moderators:

Peyman Benharash, MD
Jessica A. Y. Rove, MD

4:45 pm

RF01. Long-term Outcomes of Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Undergoing Proximal Aortic Surgery+
Elizabeth L. Norton, Woodrow J. Farrington, William B. Keeling, Bradley G. Leshnower
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

4:53 pm

RF02. Evolution of Myocardial Strain after Ross Procedure in Adults+
*Michal Schafer, *Aaron Eckhauser, *Adil Husain, Reilly Hobbs, Eric Griffiths, *Sara Pereira, *Jason Glotzbach, *Craig Selzman, *Vikas Sharma
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

5:01 pm

RF03. A Randomized Controlled Trial of The Safety Of Direct Oral Anticoagulants Compared To Warfarin Early After Cardiac Surgery: A Pilot Study
Erica Wang⁷, Ricky Turgeon³, Terri Sun², Jamil Bashir¹, Eric Chu⁵, Richard Cook¹, Juliet Atherstone⁴, Tracy Gwozd⁶, Jian Ye¹
¹Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ²Anesthesia, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ³The University of British Columbia Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁴Anesthesia, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁵Pharmacy, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁶Nurse Practitioners, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada, ⁷Pharmacy, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada

5:09 pm

RF04. Anomalous Left Vertebral Artery in Patients Undergoing Total Arch Replacement: Results from a Prospective Trial
Rohun Bhagat, Abigail Snyder, Eric Roselli
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

5:17 pm

RF05. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Digital Stethoscope Technology for Rheumatic Heart Disease Detection in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: Insights from Nepal Cardiac Screening
Kevin Zhang¹, Angela Pal³, Mackenzie Adcox¹, Rache Mureau Haines¹, Taylor Kae Young¹, Michael Mulligan², Jeanne DeCara⁴, David Zhang⁵, *Jay Pal¹
¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³ University of Colorado System, Denver, CO, ⁴The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ⁵Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, Tacoma, WA

5:25 pm

RF06. Neurologic Outcomes after Surgical Proximal Thoracic Aortic Arch Repair: Results from a Multicenter, Prospective Registry
Lauren Gillinov¹, Michael Catalano¹, William Brinkman², Bradley G. Leshnower³, T. Brett Reece⁴, Himanshu Patel⁵, Joe Bavaria⁶, Mary E. Koelsch¹, Elizabeth K. Walsh¹, Steven Messe⁷, Nimesh D. Desai¹
¹Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Cardiac Surgery, Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital Plano, Plano, TX, ³Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, UC Health University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, ⁵Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, ⁷Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

5:33 pm

RF07. Effect of Post-Operative Aortic Insufficiency after Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement
Bret DeGraaff¹, Arjune Dhanekula¹, Anne Reimann-Moody², Artur Rybachok³, Rachel Flodin¹, Becky Schwaegler¹, *Christopher Burke¹, Scott DeRoo¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, ³Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE

5:41 pm

RF08. Graft Flow Decline After Protamine Administration in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Incidence, Outcomes, and Treatments
Hiroyuki Tsukui, Mitsugu Ogawa
Independence Health System, Greensburg, PA

5:49 pm

RF09. NMDA Antagonism and Adenosine Triphosphate - Sensitive Potassium (KATP) Channel Openers for Neuroprotection in a Model of Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest+
Jessica Briscoe, Ifeanyi Chinedozi, Zachary Darby, Jin Kook Kang, Hannah Rando, AlleaBelle Bradshaw, Tim Heck, Hawley Helmbrecht, Yuma Kinase, Bruno Henrique Dallo Gallo, Regina Fernandez Fernandez, Rachael Quinn, Jie Wang, Annie Butt, Rangaramanujam Kannan, Lee Martin, Joseph Scafidi, Lauren Jantzie, Jennifer Lawton
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

5:57 pm

RF10. DPP-4 Inhibitor, Linagliptin, Augments Myocardial Metabolism in a Model of Coronary Artery Disease
Kelsey Muir, Dwight Harris, Christopher Stone, Meghamsh Kanuparthy, Frank Sellke
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI

GENERAL THORACIC

Moderators:

Jules Lin, MD
Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD

4:45 pm

RF11. Financial Limitations of Fertility and Family Planning In Cardiothoracic Surgery
*Laura Scrimgeour⁴, Madigan Stanley³, Naima Alver⁵, *Ramin Beygui², Tom Nguyen¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, FL, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brown University Health, Providence, RI, ⁴Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

4:53 pm

RF12. Outcomes of Robot-Assisted Modified Tracheobronchoplasty using a Dual-Layer Composite Mesh and Running Sutures
Sage Bachus, Prasanth Balasubramanian, Mohammad Alomari, Britney Hazelett, David Abia Trujillo, Sebastian Fernandez-Bussy, Mathew Thomas
Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL

5:01 pm

RF13. Practice Till You Can't Get It Wrong! - Making a Fundoplication Simulator for Todays Surgical Trainees
Sadia Tasnim, Ravi Dhamija, Monisha Sudarshan, Daniel Raymond, Siva Raja, Sudish Murthy, James Yun,
Dean Schraufnagel Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

5:09 pm

RF14. Promising Waitlist and Post-Transplant Outcomes of Lung Transplantation under the 2023 Composite Allocation Score System
Ye In C. Kwon¹, Holly Caboti-Jones¹, Michael Keller¹, Andrew Park¹, Alan Lai¹, Walker Julliard¹, Vigneshwar Kasirajan¹, Vipul Patel², Zubair Hashmi¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, ²Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA

5:17 pm

RF15. Factors Influencing Refusal of Adjuvant Chemotherapy In Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma+
Claire Perez, Alan Amedi, Raffaele Rocco, Harmik Soukiasian, Andrew Brownlee
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

5:25 pm

RF16. Evaluating the Success of Speed Mentoring at the Inaugural Women in Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting
Tanisha Rajah¹, Carolyn Chang², Alicia Bonanno³, Busra Cangut⁴, Rebekah Boyd⁵, Nicole Lin⁶, Marianna Papageorge⁷, Sara Sakowitz⁸, Madigan Stanley⁹, Ammara Watkins¹⁰, Mara Antonoff¹¹, *Stephanie Worrell¹²
¹University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, ²Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ³Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁶New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, ⁷Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, ⁸University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ⁹Brown University, Providence, RI, ¹⁰Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc, Cambridge, MA, ¹¹The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ¹²Banner - University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, AZ

5:33 pm

RF17. Letting the Dust Settle: Use of Delayed Chest Closure is a Safe Strategy to Manage Perioperative Challenges in Lung Transplantation
Andrew Keogan¹, Mark Shacker¹, Lucia Chang¹, Lucas Wang¹, Theodore Lin¹, Sreeja Biswas Roy², Ashwini Arjuna², Rajat Walia², *Ross M. Bremner², Samad Hashimi², Lara W. Schaheen², *Jasmine Huang², *Michael A. Smith²
¹Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ²Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

5:41 pm

RF18. A Novel Lung Lobectomy Simulation Model
*Carolyn Chang¹, Jake J. Kim¹, Ntemena Kapula¹, *Ashley Choi¹, *Irmina A. Elliott¹, *Brandon A. Guenthart¹, *Douglas Liou¹, *Leah Backhus¹, *Mark Berry¹, *Joseph Shrager¹, *Natalie Lui¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

5:49 pm

RF19. Increasing The Safety and Outcomes of Robotic Lobectomy and Pneumonectomy After Neoadjuvant Therapy for NSCLC+
Camille Yongue¹, Ammar Asban¹, Ashley McCormack¹, Caroline A. Snyder², Isabella Ferraro³, Charles Kambourakis³, Michael D. Zervos³, *Robert J. Cerfolio¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University, New York, NY, ²School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

5:57 pm

RF20. Staged hybrid treatment of a large aneurysmal pulmonary sequestration with TEVAR followed by lobectomy
Selin S. Everett, *Leah Backhus, *Yihan Lin, *Claire Watkins, *Irmina Elliott
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

CONGENITAL HEART

Moderators:

John M. Karamichalis, MD,PhD,DM
Matthew L. Stone, MD, PhD

4:45 pm

RF21. Burden of Hemodialysis in Infants Undergoing Congenital Heart Surgery: A Multi-Institutional Analysis
Grant Chappell¹, Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi¹, Aadhyasri Ramineni¹, *Tara Karamlou¹, Awais Ashfaq¹, David Lehenbauer¹, Marco Ricci¹, David Cooper², Stuart Goldstein³, David Morales¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ²Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, ³Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

4:53 pm

RF22. Tau as a Novel Biomarker for Detection of Neural Injury Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery Patients
Marc Lussier, Daniel McKeone, E. Scott Halstead, Allen Kunselman, Jason Imundo, John Myers, Akif Undar Penn State Hershey Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Center,
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

5:01 pm

RF23. Longevity of Homograft Conduits for Infant Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction in the Modern Era
Chen Chia Wang¹, Jennifer Diaz Garcia¹, George Nicholson³, *David Bichell²
¹School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, ²Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³ Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

5:09 pm

RF24. Contemporary Outcomes for Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection with Single Ventricle Anatomy: Multi-Center Review of Survival, Burden and Reintervention
Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, Darren Turner, Hosam Ahmed, Grant Chappell, Sarosh Batlivala, David Lehenbauer, *Awais Ashfaq, David Morales, Marco Ricci Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

5:17 pm

RF25. 3D Model Facilitated Vertical Vein Stenting for Obstructed Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return: An Early Experience with a New Care Paradigm
Srujan Ganta¹, Marjan Hesari³, Justin Ryan², Henri Justino³, howaida El-Said³, *John J Nigro¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, San Diego, CA, ²Neurological Surgery,, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ³Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

5:25 pm

RF26. MRI-Derived Flow Parameters and Clinical Outcomes Are Equivalent Between Unilateral and Bilateral Bi-Directional Glenn Circulations+
Nicolas Drysdale¹, Joanna Shad⁵, Takashi Fujiwara⁴, Sungho Park⁴, Charles Fraser², Ryan Leahy⁶, *James Jaggers³, *Max Mitchell³, Alex Barker⁴, *Matthew Stone²
¹Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ³Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁴Radiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, ⁵School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ⁶Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO

5:33 pm

RF27. Engineering Optimization of Roller Pump Cardiopulmonary Bypass: High Fidelity In Silico Model of Blood Shear Stress
Yunpeng Tu², Yi-Ting Yeh², Alex de Lecea², Kevin Charette¹, Lyubomyr Bohuta¹, Vishal Nigam¹, Juan Carlos del �lamo², *Christina L. Greene¹
¹Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, ²Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

5:41 pm

RF28. Is Ice Enough? Maintaining Safe Donor Heart Temperature with Ice Storage
Lynette Lester, Nithya Rajeev, Ajay Vaidya, Jessica Clothier, Kamso Okonkwo, Serge Kobsa, *Jonathan Praeger, Mark Barr, *Raymond Lee
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

6:00 pm-9:00 pm

CALIFORNIA LIVING THEME DINNER
Botanical Lawn North

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025

6:30 am-7:40 am

BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM (Non-CME), Pacific Ballroom 2
Supported by W. L. Gore

7:30 am-8:30 am

BREAKFAST
Pacific Ballroom 3

7:30 am-12:00 pm

SPEAKER READY ROOM
Capri

7:30 am-12:00 pm

EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

7:30 am-12:30 pm

REGISTRATION
Pacific Rotunda

7:45 am-8:50 am

CONCURRENT FORUMS I

ADULT CARDIAC: GENERAL CARDIAC SURGERY
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Anthony D. Caffarelli, MD
A. Claire Watkins, MD

7:45 am

AC01. Incorporating the Model for End Stage Liver Disease in Cardiac Surgery: Assessing the Impact of Mild-to-Moderate Liver Disease on Operative Outcomes+
Tom Liu¹, Zhanlin Chen², Charles Logan¹, Ryan C. Jacobs¹, Beth Whippo¹, Seokyung An¹, Patrick McCarthy¹, *Christopher Mehta¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

7:53 am

AC02. AC02. Long-Term Mortality Following Robotic Mitral Valve Repair+
Maxwell Braasch, Mehran Rahimi, June He, Takashi Murashita, Harold Roberts, Ralph Damiano, Tsuyoshi Kaneko1
Department of Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St. Louis, MO

8:01 am

AC03. Hospital Volume Does Not Ameliorate Failure to Rescue for Black Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Insights Using Causal Inference
Amulya Vadlakonda, Troy Coaston, Sara Sakowitz, Giselle Porter, Esteban Aguayo, *Peyman Benharash
University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

8:09 am

AC04. Early Experience from the First 100 Cases of a New Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Program: Lessons Learned and Strategies for Success+
Omar Toubat, Anne Tran, Max Shin, Michael Catalano, Matthew Woods, Michael Ibrahim, Michael Acker, Wilson Y. Szeto, Chase R. Brown
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

8:17 am

AC05. Outcomes of Open Transatrial Mitral Valve Replacement with a Balloon-Expandable Aortic Valve in the Setting of Severe Mitral Annular Calcification+
Brett Curran¹, Fernando Juarez Casso¹, Hartzell Schaff¹, Nishant Saran¹, Phillip Rowse¹, Gabor Bagameri¹, Kevin Greason¹, Richard Daly¹, Mayra Guerrero², Juan Crestanello¹
¹Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, MN, ²Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic Minnesota, Rochester, MN

8:25 am

AC06. The UNOS experience on heart transplantation for amyloid cardiomyopathy+
Ilias Doulamis¹, Nicholas Steudel¹, Shivam Rastogi¹, Aspasia Tzani², Toshiko Kuno³, Rabea Asleh⁴, Ahmet Kilic⁵, Alexandros Briasoulis⁶
¹Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington, MA, ²Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ³Montefiore Health System, New York, NY, ⁴Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Jerusalem District, Israel, ⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁶Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistemio Athenon, Athens, Attica, Greece

8:33 am

AC07. Outcomes after Cardiac Surgery in Patients with Epilepsy: A Nationwide Analysis+
Alexander P. Cabulong¹, Guangjin Zhou¹, Jean-Luc Maigrot¹, *Edward Soltesz², Siran M. Koroukian¹
¹Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kaufman Center for Heart Failure Treatment and Recovery, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

8:41 am

AC08. Enhancing Cardiac Arrest Outcomes Through Advanced Life Support Education in Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients: An InterdisciplinaryApproach to Implementation and Quality Improvement
Jennifer Peterson¹, Jenelle Badulak¹, Jordan Surrusco¹, Janet Regan-Baggs¹, Megan Robinson¹, Ruth Rogers¹, Joel Green¹, Jenny Garnett¹, Kailey Sparks¹, Melissa Cullen¹, Angela Pal², Aaron M. Cheng¹, *Jay Pal¹
¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²University of Colorado System, Denver, CO

ADULT CARDIAC: AORTIC
Adriatic

Moderators:

Christopher R. Burke, MD
Jason P. Glotzbach, MD

7:45 am

AC09. Neighborhood socioeconomic status predicts long-term outcomes after acute type A aortic dissection repair in a propensity-matched cohort
Michael Catalano, Lauren Gillinov, Kendall Lawrence, Omar Toubat, Nicholas Goel, William Patrick, Alexandra Sperry, Chase R. Brown, Wilson Y. Szeto, Nimesh D. Desai
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

7:53 am

AC10. The Impact of Thoracic Aortic Endograft Explant on Open Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Replacement+
Elizabeth L. Norton¹, Woodrow J. Farrington¹, Edward Chen², Bradley G. Leshnower¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC

8:01 am

AC11. Head-First Approach Streamlines Aortic Arch Replacement in Aneurysm and Dissection+
Bo Chang B. Wu¹, Nicolas Chanes¹, Adam M. Carroll¹, *Muhammad Aftab², *T. Brett Reece²
¹Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, ²Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

8:09 am

AC12. Left Subclavian Artery Revascularization Is Associated with Decreased Incidence of Stroke During Zone 2 Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: An analysis of the STS Database+
Henry Y. Kwon¹, Hassan Chamseddine², Loay Kabbani², Adam Daly³, Hassan Nemeh³, Donald Chang¹, Kyle Miletic³
¹General Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, ²Vascular Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, ³Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

8:17 am

AC13. Redo total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk for patients with previous proximal aortic replacement for acute type A dissection+
Markian Bojko, Maylis Basturk, Serge Kobsa, *Fernando Fleischman1
Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA

8:25 am

AC14. Ascending and Transverse Aorta Surgery in Patients Refusing Blood Products: Lessons Learned+
Steven S. Qi, Ross Milner, Trissa A. Babrowski, John Stepney, John Gnezda, Maureen Wilson, Valluvan Jeevanandam
The University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL

8:33 am

AC15. Regional Variation in Case Volume and Complication Rate for Proximal Aortic Surgery+
Yas Sanaiha, Troy Coaston, Sara Sakowitz, Esteban Aguayo, *Richard Shemin, *Peyman Benharash
University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

8:41 am

AC16. Warm Aortic Arch Repair: Redefining Proximal Aortic Arch Surgery+
Shinichi Fukuhara, Robert Hawkins, Barbara C. Hamilton, Gorav Ailawadi
Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

GENERAL THORACIC: LUNG CANCER
Pacific Ballroom 1

Moderators:

David Tom Cooke, MD
Elizabeth David, MD

7:45 am

GT01. Race-Based Disparities in Referral to High Volume Commission on Cancer Centers for Lung Cancer
Sara Sakowitz¹, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar², Amulya Vadlakonda¹, Troy Coaston¹, *Peyman Benharash¹
¹Surgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

7:53 am

GT02. Association of Lymph Node Sampling Criteria on Pathologic Nodal Upstaging, Short-Term Recurrence-Free Survival, and Overall Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer+
Ryan C. Jacobs¹, Raheem D. Bell¹, Maxime A. Visa¹, Austin B. Chang¹, Kelley Chan², Jonathan E. Williams³, Kalvin C. Lung¹, *Samuel S. Kim¹, Ankit Bharat¹, David J. Bentrem¹, David D. Odell³
¹Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ²Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, ³Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

8:01 am

GT03. Comparison of Opioid Use Between Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches for Lung Cancer Resection+
Alyssa Murillo¹, Gediwon Milky³, Tessa Runels³, Yvonne Shih³, Daniel Oh², Johannes Kratz¹
¹University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ²University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ³Intuitive Surgical Inc, Sunnyvale, CA

8:09 am

GT04. Largest Single Institution Series of Robotic Pneumonectomy+
*Ammar Asban, Michael D. Zervos, Stephanie Chang, Caroline A. Snyder, Isabella Ferraro, Charles Kambourakis, Robert J. Cerfolio
Thoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

8:17 am

GT05. Lost in Translation: Primary Spoken Language Affects Pain Management and Clinical Outcomes in Lung Resections+
Claire Perez, Savannah Gelhard, Lucas Weiser, Drew Bolster, Kellie Knabe, Sevannah Soukiasian, Raffaele Rocco, Andrew Brownlee, Harmik Soukiasian
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

8:25 am

GT06. Concomitant Bronchoscopic Biopsy and Mediastinal Staging Expedites Time To Treatment in Resectable Lung Cancer Patients
Abhinav Kareddy¹, Ben Zollinger², Melanie Subramanian³, Nihar Shah³, Kevin Duoung³, Priya Patel², Michael Weyant³, Amit Mahajan³, Kei Suzuki³
¹University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, ²Surgery, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA, ³Thoracic Surgery, Inova, Falls Church, VA

8:33 am

GT07. Does fixation of the middle lobe/lingula after upper lobectomy/apical trisegmentectomy reduce rates of postoperative torsion?
Devanish N. Kamtam, *Douglas Liou, *Mark Berry, Satya Malla, *Natalie Lui, *Irmina A. Elliott, Bailey Wallen, *Brandon A. Guenthart, *Leah Backhus, *Joseph Shrager1
Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

8:41 am

GT08. Establishing Safe Criteria for Chest Tube Removal in Thoracic Surgery Patients Using a Digital Chest Tube Management System
Xindi Chen¹, Zhuo Li², Ian Makey², Mathew Thomas²
¹Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ²Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL

CONGENITAL HEART
Aegean

Moderators:

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD
Christina L. Greene, MD

7:45 am

CH01. Tracheostomy in Single Ventricle Patients During Stage 1 Palliation Hospitalization: Prudent?
Hosam F. Ahmed, Muhammad Faateh, Grant Chappell, Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, Marco Ricci, David Lehenbauer, *Awais Ashfaq, Alexis Benscoter, *David Morales
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

7:53 am

CH02. The Impact of the Donor Sequence Number on Outcomes and Survival in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients+
Muhammad M. Zubair¹, Ayush Shah², Edo Bedzra³
¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, ³Children's Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

8:01 am

CH03. Impact of varying degree of donor-recipient weight mismatch on survival outcomes in pediatric heart transplantation
Rohit Ganduboina¹, Xander Jacquemyn², Michel P. S�³, Leonardo Mulinari⁴, Sandeep Sainathan⁴, John M. Karamichalis⁵
¹General Surgery, NRI Institute of Medical Sciences, Visakhapatnam, AP, India, ²Cardiovascular Sciences, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Flanders, Belgium, ³Cardiac Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁴Cardiac Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, ⁵Department of Cardiac Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States

8:09 am

INVITED SPEAKER
S. Adil Husain, MD
Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT

8:25 am

CH04. When is Surgical Valvotomy a Better Choice than Balloon Valvotomy for Neonates with Isolated Critical Aortic Stenosis? A Decision Analysis Model
Anish Katta¹, Samuel M. Hoenig¹, Kunaal S. Sarnaik¹, Justin Robinson², Karl Welke³, Brian W. McCrindle⁴, *Tara Karamlou⁵
¹School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ²Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ³Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC, ⁴Labatt Family Heart Centre, Sick Kids Foundation, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH

8:33 am

CH05. Outcomes of Surgical Management of Ebstein's Anomaly in Neonates
Mario O'Connor, Maria Hoyos, Lee M. Fuentes, Charles Fraser Jr, Andrew Well,
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, Austin, TX

8:41 am

CH06. Contemporary Outcomes And Healthcare Costs Associated With Single-Ventricle Heart Failure Admissions In Adults In the United States
Michael Catalano¹, Omar Toubat¹, Halil Beqaj¹, Jonathan B. Edelson², Joseph Rossano², Constantine D. Mavroudis³
¹Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

9:00 am-10:00 am

SCIENTIFIC SESSION III
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Fernando Fleischman, MD
Jane Yanagawa, MD

9:00 am

16. Optimal Strategy for Aortic Root Replacement in Advanced Aged Patients: Valve-Sparing Root Replacement or Bentall?+
Elizabeth L. Norton¹, Parth M. Patel¹, Dov Levine², Alexander Nissen¹, Kavya Rajesh², Megan M. Chung², Bradley G. Leshnower¹, Hiroo Takayama², Edward Chen³
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, ³Duke University, Durham, NC

Discussant: Michael P. Fischbein, MD, PhD

9:20 am

17. Favorable Safety Profile and Short-Term Outcomes in the Real World for Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (4276406)+
Giorgio Caturegli, Michael Kaminski, Maureen Canavan, Oluwaseun Ayoade, Benjamin Resio, Daniel Boffa
Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Discussant: Joseph B. Shrager, MD

9:40 am

18. Decades of Single-Center Experience in Managing 274 DORV Patients: Is Biventricular Repair Suitable for More Complex Forms?+
Justin Robinson¹, Anish Katta³, Praise Chowen¹, Shivni Patel³, Ruchika Kamojjala³, Ayman Alrazim¹, Hani Najm¹, *Tara Karamlou²
¹Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ²Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, ³Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

Discussant: Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD

10:15 am-12:25 pm

ALL ACCESS FAMILY FORUM FOR SURGEONS, SPOUSES & GUESTS
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Craig J. Baker, MD
Regina Baker, MD

POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN HONOR OF DAVID CLARKE

10:15 am

Eulogy by David N. Campbell, MD

10:20 am

Tangible Heroes: Life�Lessons�and Legacy
Michael Karch, MD
Mammoth Orthopedic Institute, Mammoth Lakes, California

11:05 am

COFFEE BREAK: VISIT EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

FAMILY FORUM INVITED GUEST SPEAKER IN HONOR OF JAMES B. D. MARK

11:35 am

Eulogy by Joseph B. Shrager, MD

11:40 am

The Life Brief: Living with No Regrets
Bonnie Wan
Partner and Head of Brand Strategy at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Author of The Life Brief

12:45 pm-2:00 pm

LUNCH SYMPOSIUM (Non-CME)
Pacific Ballroom 2
Supported by Terumo

2:00 pm

FREE FAMILY TIME

2:00 pm

TENNIS & PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENTS: REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Monarch Beach Tennis Club

2:30 pm

GOLF TOURNAMENT: REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Monarch Beach Golf Links

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2025

6:00 am-7:00 am

BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM (Non-CME), Pacific Ballroom 2
Supported by Edwards Lifesciences

6:30 am-7:30 am

BREAKFAST
Pacific Ballroom 3

6:30 am-10:45 am

EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

6:30 am-11:45 am

SPEAKER READY ROOM
Capri

6:30 am-12:15 pm

REGISTRATION
Pacific Rotunda

7:00 am-8:15 am

CONCURRENT FORUMS II

ADULT CARDIAC
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Scott McClure, MD
Elaine E. Tseng, MD

7:00 am

AC17. Long-Term Cardiac Transplant Outcomes for Recipients of Frequently Refused Hearts
Lynette Lester, Jason Greenberg, Sumant Iyer, *Raymond Lee, Serge Kobsa
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

7:08 am

AC18. A Simplified Technique for Double Valve Replacement with Aortomitral Reconstruction+
Elbert Heng, Aravind Krishnan, Stefan Elde, *Vincent Gaudiani, *John W. MacArthur
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

7:16 am

AC19. High Stakes and High Costs: The Presence of a Volume-Outcome Relationship in Tricuspid Valve Operations in the United States
Konmal G. Ali¹, Ayesha P. Ng¹, Syed Shaheer Ali¹, Sara Sakowitz¹, Giselle Porter¹, Esteban Aguayo¹, Yas Sanaiha², *Peyman Benharash¹
¹University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

7:24 am

AC20. Sex-based Differences in Surgical Intervention in Patients with Genetically-Triggered Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Disease
Shiv Verma, Irbaz Hameed, Ely Erez, Adrian Higaki, Sriharsha Talapaneni, Sedem Dankwa, Anh Phu, Fabrizio Darby, Asama Rana, Sheethal Panicker, Roland Assi, Prashanth Vallabhajosyula
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

7:32 am

AC21. Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Surgical Care in the United States+
Ellelan Degife¹, Ihuoma Tasie², Loretta Cain-Shields¹, *Billie-Jean Martin¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ²Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

7:40 am

AC22. Prevalence and Impact of Ventricular Arrhythmias on Survival After Mitral Valve Repair
Betemariam Sharew BA,¹,² Aminah Sallam MD,¹ Armin Razavi MD,¹ Derrick Tam MD PhD,¹ Amy S. Nowacki PhD,²,³ Natalia Egorova PhD,⁴ Dominick Megna MD,¹ Dominic Emerson MD,¹ Michael E. *Bowdish MD,¹ Eugene Blackstone MD,² *Joanna Chikwe MD¹
¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, ³Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY

7:48 am

AC23. Metformin's Effects Beyond Ischemia: Evaluating Cardioprotective Effects in Non-Ischemic Myocardium in a Large Animal Model of Coronary Artery Disease and Metabolic Syndrome
Keertana Yalamanchili, Christopher Stone, Dwight D. Harris, Kelsey Muir, Meghamsh Kanuparthy, Frank W. Sellke
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI

7:56 am

AC24. Impact of Donor Age on Heart Utilization: Evidence of Left-Digit Bias+
Jack Zakrzewski², Ryan LaVanchy², Rocio Lopez², Nicolas Drysdale², Michael J. Kirsch², Sarah Y. Park¹, *T. Brett Reece¹, *Joseph Cleveland¹, *Jessica Rove¹, *Muhammad Aftab¹, Nicholas Teman¹, Jesse Schold², *Jordan Hoffman¹, *Michael Cain¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ²Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

8:04 am

AC25. Internal Mammary Artery Grafting Confers A Survival Benefit Even In The Most Elderly Population Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Paul Kurlansky¹, Sameer Singh¹, David Galbut², Ernest Traad², George Ebra³
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgical Associates, Miami, FL, ³Premier Cardiovascular Surgeons, Tampa, FL

GENERAL THORACIC: ESOPHAGEAL/BENIGN DISEASE
Pacific Ballroom 1

Moderators:

Abdul Samad Hashimi, MD
Crystal Erickson, MD

7:00 am

GT09. Anastomotic Leak After Esophagectomy: An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Drain Management On Perioperative Anastomotic Leaks+
Marissa A. Matto¹, James D. Luketich¹, Ryan Levy¹, Tracey Primeau¹, Omar Awais¹, Tadeusz Witek¹, James Ackerman¹, Renee Levesque¹, Matthew J. Schuchert¹, Nicholas Baker³, Rajeev Dhupar¹, Navid Ajabshir¹, Katie S. Nason², Neil A. Christie¹, Rodney J. Landreneau¹, Evan T. Alicuben¹
¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Thoracic Surgery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, ³.WVU Medicine, Morgantown, WV

7:08 am

GT10. Surgical Management of Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis+
J. Asher Jenkins¹, Megan E. Campany², Xindi Chen¹, Juan M. Farina¹, Dawn E. Jaroszewski¹, Samine Ravanbakhsh¹, Jonathan D'Cunha¹, Staci Beamer¹
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, ²Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

7:16 am

GT11. The Impact Of Peri-Operative Outcomes On Long-Term Survival After Esophageal Cancer Resection
*Carolyn Chang, Ntemena Kapula, *Irmina A. Elliott, *Leah Backhus, *Brandon A. Guenthart, *Natalie Lui, *Joseph Shrager, *Douglas Liou1, *Mark Berry
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

7:24 am

GT12. The Surgical Management of Mediastinal Paraganglioma; a Modern Series Reflecting True Collaboration Between Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons+
*Kayvan Kazerouni, *Brittany Abt, Sean Wightman, Takashi Harano, Brooks Udelsman, Graeme Rosenberg, Jonathan Praeger, *Craig Baker, *Vaughn Starnes, Anthony Kim, Scott Atay
Surgery, Keck Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

7:32 am

GT13. Real World Utilization of Adjuvant Nivolumab Among Esophageal Cancer Patients at a Large Integrated Health System
Andrea M. Gochi¹, Sydney Jeffs², Yun-Yi Hung³, Jingrong Yang³, Sumie Kakehi⁴, Lisa Rosenblatt⁴, Gary Okano⁴, Tony Wang⁴, *Jeffrey B. Velotta⁵
¹Department of Surgery, UCSF East Bay, Oakland, CA, ²Duke University, Durham, NC, ³Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, ⁴Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Surgery, The Permanente Medical Group Inc, Oakland, CA

7:40 am

GT14. Identification of �False-Positive� Fungal Nodules in a Coccidioidal Endemic Area
Mark Shacker¹, Noor Jahanshahi¹, Claire Woods¹, Artur Rybachok¹, Parth Patel¹, Stephanie Gerardin², Cindy Stotts², Enise Yoo-Liu², *Ross M. Bremner², *Jasmine Huang²
¹Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ²Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

7:48 am

GT15. Comparing TPA/Dornase and VATS for Empyema Management: Impact of Patient Factors on Recurrence and Outcomes+
Ahmed A. Elkamel, Timothy Harris, *Kevin Wang, *Shamele Battan-Wraith, *Evelyn Alexander, *Titilope Sandra Saheed, *Mazin Abdalgadir, *Kameron Durante, Nikolas Brzezinski, Ramya Mohankumar, *Kyra Sing, *Jonathan Rice, *Stephanie Worrell, *Praveen Sridhar
Surgery, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

7:56 am

GT16. Association of hospital volume on perioperative and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive thymectomies
Erin Yu, Li Ding, Hannah K. Sidhu, Graeme Rosenberg, Takashi Harano, Sean Wightman, Scott Atay, *Anthony Kim, *Brooks Udelsman
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

8:04 am

GT17. Endoscopic Findings Predictive of Pathologic Upstaging in T2N0 Esophageal Cancer+
Lillian L. Tsai, Sidharth Bommakanti, Ntemena Kapula, Mina Satoyoshi, Chris Aboujudom, *Irmina A. Elliott, *Brandon A. Guenthart, Douglas Liou, *Natalie Lui, *Leah Backhus, *Joseph Shrager, *Mark Berry
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA

GENERAL THORACIC: LUNG TRANSPLANT
Adriatic

Moderators:

Errol J. Bush, MD
Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MD, MPH

7:00 am

GT18. Pleural Space Complications After Lung Transplantation: To Operate or Not to Operate
Mark Shacker¹, Lucas Wang¹, Lucia Chang¹, Kaitlin Buhrke², Andrew Keogan¹, Theodore Lin¹, Sreeja Biswas Roy³, Ashwini Arjuna³, Rajat Walia³, *Samad Hashimi³, *Ross M. Bremner³, Lara W. Schaheen³, *Jasmine Huang³, *Michael A. Smith³
¹Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ².General Surgery Residency Program, Dignity Health System, Chandler, AZ, ³Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

7:08 am

GT19. Now Boarding All Lungs! Transporting Donor Lungs via Commercial Airlines: Improving Costs and Team Safety?
Andrew Keogan¹, Theodore Lin¹, Mark Shacker¹, Sreeja Biswas Roy², Ashwini Arjuna², *Jasmine Huang², *Samad Hashimi², John Tedesco², Sofya Tokman², Brandi Krushelniski², Katherine Grief², Rajat Walia², *Michael A. Smith², *Ross M. Bremner², Lara W. Schaheen²
¹Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, ²Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ

7:16 am

GT20. The Dilemma Of Choosing One Or Two: Increased Survival In Double Lung Recipients Waitlisted For Both Single And Double Lung Transplantation
Victoria Van Kirk, *Brooks Udelsman, Graeme Rosenberg, Sean Wightman, Scott Atay, *Anthony Kim, Takashi Harano
Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

7:24 am

GT21. Does the Primary Indication for Lung Transplantation Impact Resource Utilization?
*Andrew Kalra¹,², *Jessica Ruck¹, Amy Feng¹, Winnie Liu¹, Alice Zhou¹, Armaan Akbar¹, Alfred Casillan¹, Sean Agbor-Enoh¹, Christian Merlo¹, *Errol Bush¹
¹The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, ²Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

7:32 am

GT22. Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation with Intraoperative Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support
Mohammad Alomari¹, Cristhian G. Negron¹, Prasanth Balasubramanian², Tathagat Narula², Francisco Alvarez², Remzi Bag², Jorge Mallea², Archer Martin², Kevin Landolfo¹, Basar Sareyyupoglu¹, Si Pham¹, Magdy M. El-Sayed Ahmed¹, Ian Makey¹, Mathew Thomas¹
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ²Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

7:40 am

GT23. Elevated MELD-XI Score Associated with Early and Late Mortality in Patients After Lung Transplantation: A United Network for Organ Database Analysis
Stephanie Tom¹, Rachel A. Holstein¹, Clayton J. Rust¹, Sandra L. Carpenter¹, Humza Naqvi¹, Ailin Tang¹, Jeffrey Javidfar¹, Lorenzo Zaffiri², Muath A. Bishawi¹, Mani A. Daneshmand¹, Joshua L. Chan¹
¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

7:48 am

GT24. Outcomes of Staged Single versus Bilateral Lung Transplantation in the Modern Era
Chris He¹, Clayton J. Rust¹, Ahanna U. Onyenso¹, Ailin Tang¹, Jeffrey Javidfar¹, Lorenzo Zaffiri², Muath A. Bishawi¹, Mani A. Daneshmand¹, Joshua L. Chan¹
¹Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

7:56 am

GT25. Donor Hemodynamic Stability and Its Association with 1-Year Mortality Following Lung Transplantation+
Richard Nudotor¹, Jessica Ruck², Emily Larson², Alfred Casillan², *Errol Bush²
¹Department of Surgery, Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD, ²Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

8:04 am

GT26. Outcomes after Lung Transplantation from Deceased after Circulatory Death Donors: A Propensity Matched Study+
Aravind Krishnan, Elbert Heng, Stefan Elde, Moeed Fawad, Ashley Choi, Benjamin Shou, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Alyssa Garrison, Daniel Alnasir, Nataly Montano Vargas, Alexander Berg, Chawannuch Ruaengsri, Brandon A. Guenthart, *Y. Joseph Woo, *John W. MacArthur
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

CONGENITAL HEART
Aegean

Moderators:

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD
Melita L. Viegas, MD

7:00 am

CH07. Repair of Neonatal Coarctation of Aorta with Proximal Arch Hypoplasia via Thoracotomy is Safe and Durable
William H. Gray¹, Mason Berry¹, Robert Sorabella¹, Luz Padilla¹, Carlisle O' Meara², Robert Dabal¹
¹Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Perfusion, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

7:08 am

CH08. In Patients with Neonatal Ebstein's Anomaly, Substantial Operative and Nonoperative Mortality Persists+
Darren Turner, Amir Mehdizadeh-Shrifi, Muhammad Faateh, Hosam F. Ahmed, Michael Carlisle, David Lehenbauer, Marco Ricci, *Awais Ashfaq, David Morales
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

7:16 am

CH09. The Impact of Kommerell Diverticulum Resection on Patient Outcomes: A 20-Year Comparative Analysis of Surgical Techniques for Vascular Rings+
Julian C. Marsh¹, Ashok Muralidaran¹, Irving Shen¹, John P. Iguidbashian², *Yoshio Ootaki¹
¹School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, ²Randall Children's Hospital, Portland, OR

7:24 am

CH10. Aortic Root Replacement After Repaired Congenital Conotruncal Defects: A Surgical Challenge
Megan M. Chung¹, Kavya Rajesh¹, Paridhi Agarwal², Elizabeth L. Norton², Alexander Nissen², Chris He¹, Yu Hohri¹, Andrew Goldstone¹, Edward Chen³, Hiroo Takayama¹
¹Columbia University, New York, NY, ²Emory University Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Atlanta, GA, ³Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

7:32 am

CH11. Femoral ECMO Cannulations in the Pediatric Patient Population: A Single Center Experience
William B. Swicord¹, *John Cleveland², Asavari Kamerkar³
¹Cardiac Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

7:40 am

INVITED SPEAKER
BiV Conversions in Borderline Left Heart: What's New?
Tara Karamlou, MD
Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH

7:47 am

CH12. A Novel Total Transcatheter-based Palliation Prior to Yasui Repair for Type B Interrupted Aortic Arch with Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction+
*Nataliya Bahatyrevich¹, Pournika Muniyandi¹, Frank Ing², Mohammad Alnoor², Gary Raff¹, *Timothy Pirolli¹
¹Surgery, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, ²Pediatrics, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA

7:55 am

INVITED SPEAKER
Navigating Medico-Legal Issues in CHS
Winfield J. Wells, MD
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

8:15 am-9:15 am

SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV

ADULT CARDIAC: GENERAL CARDIAC SURGERY
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Dawn S. Hui, MD
Andrea M. Steely, MD

8:15 am

19. Estimation of Adult Cardiac Surgery Inpatient Expenditures: A Decade in Review
Troy Coaston, Amulya Vadlakonda, Esteban Aguayo, Giselle Porter, Sara Sakowitz, Saad Mallick, *Peyman Benharash
University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Robbin G. Cohen, MD

8:30 am

20. Long-Term Outcomes After Valve Sparing Root Replacement in Patients with Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
Alexander Nissen¹, Elizabeth L. Norton¹, Parth M. Patel¹, Kavya Rajesh², Megan M. Chung², Bradley G. Leshnower¹, Hiroo Takayama², Edward Chen³
¹Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, ³Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC

Discussant: David G. Rabkin, MD

8:45 am

21. Anatomic Analysis To Guide Future Endovascular Treatment Of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms+
Yuan Qiu¹, Eric Herget², Munir Boodhwani¹, Philippe Demers³, Arminder Jassar⁴, *Himanshu Patel⁵, G. Chad Hughes⁶, Francois Dagenais⁷, Michael Chu⁸, Maral Ouzounian⁹, Puja Kachroo¹⁰, Juan Grau¹¹, John Bozinovski¹², William Brinkman¹³, Zlatko Pozeg¹⁴, Rony Atoui¹⁵, *Nimesh D. Desai¹⁶, Elaine Tseng¹⁷, Kevin Lachapelle¹⁸, Anthony Estrera¹⁹, Ismail El-Hamamsy²⁰, Jehangir Appoo²¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, AB, Canada, ³Institut De Cardiologie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁵University of Michigan Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶Duke University, Durham, NC, ⁷Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec - Universite Laval, Qu�bec City, QC, Canada, ⁸Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁹Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ¹¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, ¹²The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ¹³Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas, TX, ¹⁴New Brunswick Heart Centre, Saint John, NB, Canada, ¹⁵NOSM University, Sudbury, ON, Canada, ¹⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁷University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, ¹⁸McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada, ¹⁹The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston John P and Katherine G McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²⁰Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, ²¹. Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, Calgary, AB, Canada

Discussant: T. Brett Reece, MD

9:00 am

22. The Impact of a Comprehensive Multi-Disciplinary Thoracic Aortic Program on Quality Measures Following Type A Dissection Repair
Bret G. DeGraaff¹, Arjune S. Dhanekula¹, Dariga Tugan¹, Rachel Flodin¹, Catherine Otto², Yonaton Buber², Peter H. Byers³, Ulrike Schwarze⁴, Melissa Upson¹, Sara L. Zettervall⁵, Matthew P. Sweet⁵, Scott C. DeRoo¹, *Christopher Burke¹
¹Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³Department of Medicine, Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁴Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Discussant: Richard J. Shemin, MD, FACS

ADULT CARDIAC: TRANSPLANT/MCS
Adriatic

Moderators:

Raymond Lee, MD
Nahush A. Mokadam, MD

8:15 am

23. Impact of Pre-Operative Renal Function on Outcomes in Older Recipients Undergoing Heart-Kidney Transplantation+
Brandon E. Ferrell¹, Albert Dweck¹, Hersh Gupta¹, Adam Chalek¹, Stephen M. Spindel¹, Snehal Patel², Ulrich Jorde², Shivank Madan², Daniel Goldstein¹, Stephen Forest¹
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY, ²Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY

Discussant: Frederick A. Tibayan, MD

8:30 am

24. Improved Outcomes of Orthotopic Heart Transplant following Left Ventricular Assist Device Explant at High-Volume Centers: A UNOS Database Analysis+
Catherine L. McGeoch, Reshma Kodimerla, Clayton J. Rust, Supreet S. Randhawa, Ailin Tang, Muath A. Bishawi, Mani A. Daneshmand, Joshua L. Chan
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Discussant: Jay D. Pal, MD, PhD

8:45 am

25. Increasing Adoption of DCD Heart Transplantation in Higher Risk Patients: Insights into Current Practices in the United States
Hosam F. Ahmed, Grant Chappell, Muhammad Faateh, Darren Turner, Marco Ricci, David Lehenbauer, *David Morales, Clifford Chin, *Awais Ashfaq
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Discussant: Raymond Lee, MD

9:00 am

26. Impact of the New Heart Transplantation Allocation System on Waitlist Mortality: A Regional Comparison Between the old and the new allocation System
*Mamadou Balde, *Mashahiro Ono, *George Arnaoutakis, *Joshua Grimm
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas, Austin, TX

Discussant: Danny Ramzy, MD

GENERAL THORACIC
Pacific Ballroom 1

Moderators:

Robert E. Merritt, MD
Mark W. Onaitis, MD

8:15 am

27. Who Gains Most? A 25-Year Experience with Talc Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusionin Two Institutions: Results in 1951 Patients
Domenico Galetta¹, Lorenzo Spaggiari²
¹Division of Thoracic Surgery, San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin, Italy, ²Division of Thoracic Surgery, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Discussant: Irmina A. Elliott, MD

8:35 am

28. Perioperative FLOT Versus Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy and Adjuvant Immunotherapy for Locally Advanced Esophageal Carcinoma
Sara Sakowitz¹, Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar², Amulya Vadlakonda¹, Troy Coaston¹, *Peyman Benharash¹, *Jane Yanagawa³
¹Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, ²Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, ³Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: TBD

8:55 am

29. Estimating the Financial Contribution of a Benign Foregut Practice: What General Thoracic Surgeons Need to Know Regarding its Relative Value Compared to Pulmonary Procedures
Arman Ashrafi, *Brooks Udelsman, *Graeme Rosenberg, *Sean Wightman, Takashi Harano, *Anthony Kim, Scott Atay
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Virginia R. Litle, MD

CONGENITAL HEART
Aegean

Moderators:

Cynthia S. Herrington, MD
Neil Venardos, MD

8:15 am

30. Durability of Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Conduits in Patients Less Than a Year of Age
James Meza¹, *John Cleveland¹, Jason Greenberg², *Winfield Wells¹, *Vaughn Starnes¹, *Luke Wiggins¹
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Anees J. Razzouk, MD

8:35 am

31. Left Ventricular Functional Changes After Ross Procedure in Children and Adolescents+
*Michal Schafer, *Aaron Eckhauser, *Reilly Hobbs, Eric Griffiths, *Vikas Sharma, Sanja Dzelebdzic, Edem Binka, *Adil Husain
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT

Discussant: John J. Lamberti, MD

8:55 am

32. Septal Leaflet Augmentation During the Cone Procedure: Valvar Function and Anatomical Features Compared to Non-Patch Repair
Veenah K. Stoll¹, Jose P. Da Silva³, Krithika Sundaram², Carlos E. Diaz Castrillon¹, Mary Schiff⁴, Mary Taylor⁴, Floyd Thoma⁵, Laura Seese³, Mousumi Moulik⁶, Tarek Alsaied⁶, Dale Hajovsky⁶, Mario Castro-Medina³, Victor Morell³, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva³
¹Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Department of Pediatrics, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴Heart and Vascular Institute, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Heart and Vascular Institute, UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁶Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Discussant: John J. Nigro, MD

9:15 am-9:45 am

COFFEE BREAK: VISIT EXHIBITS
Pacific Ballroom 3

9:45 am-10:45 am

SCIENTIFIC SESSION V: VIDEO SESSION

ADULT CARDIAC
Pacific Ballroom 2

Moderators:

Craig H. Selzman, MD
Vaughn A. Starnes, MD

9:45 am

V01. Failure after aortic valve repair with geometric annuloplasty ring: case series+
Yujiro Yokoyama, Barbara C. Hamilton, robert hawkins, Matthew Romano, Shinichi Fukuhara
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

9:57 am

V02. Deep Root Disseciton During VSRR in BAV Repair
*Christopher Burke, Scott C. DeRoo
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:09 am

V03. A Time Bomb in The Chest: 8 cm Coronary Artery Aneurysm
Alexandra Murillo Solera, Ryan Azarrafiy, Iverson E. Williams, Thomas M. Beaver
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

10:21 am

V04. Removal of Migrated Venous Iliac Stent and Tricuspid Repair
Philip M. Allen¹, Rami Bikdash¹, Piotr Sobieszczyk², George Tolis¹, Sary Aranki¹, Ashraf Sabe¹, Borami Shin¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Interventional Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

10:33 am

V05. Reinforced Ross Procedure in the Setting of Aortic Valve Endocarditis
Scott C. DeRoo¹, Samhitha Koruko², *Christopher Burke¹
¹Cardiac Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

GENERAL THORACIC
Pacific Ballroom 1

Moderators:

Jessica S. Donington, MD
Clark B. Fuller, MD

9:45 am

V06. Robotic Mid Tracheal Resection at the Level of the Innominate Artery Using Veno-Venous ECMO Support+
*Ammar Asban, Caroline A. Snyder, Robert J. Cerfolio
Thoracic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY

Discussant: John D. Mitchell, MD

10:00 am

V07. Robotic-assisted Laparoscopic Transabdominal Preperitoneal Repair of Morgagni Hernia with Mesh
Jasmine Ngo, Michael Spinrad, *Thomas Ng, Jane Zhao
Surgery, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, Memphis, TN

Discussant: Jasmine Huang, MD

10:15 am

V08. Robotic Resection of Nerve Sheath Tumor enbloc with Chest Wall: Surgical Technique+
Mujtaba Mubashir, *Richard Whyte, Michael Kent, Sidharta Gangadharan, Jennifer Wilson
Thoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Discussant: Anthony W. Kim, MD

10:30 am

V09. Single Anesthetic Robotic Bronchoscopy to Robotic Resection Work Flow+
Claire Perez, Charles Fuller, Raffaele Rocco, Andrew Brownlee, Harmik Soukiasian
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Bryan Burt, MD

CONGENITAL HEART
Aegean

Moderators:

Awais Ashfaq, MD
Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc

9:45 am

V10. Senning Procedure of AV Discordance / VA Concordance (atrial situs solitus) in a 4 Month Old Female
*Ross M. Ungerleider¹, Robert Hanfland¹, Sara Pittenger², Rob Hartman³, Neptali Bocanegra³, Anne Anderson¹, Elisabeth Leong³, John Cotton³, Elman Franz³, James R. Shea³, Scott Buck³, Pamela S. Ro³, Timothy Hoffman³
¹Surgery, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ²Anesthesiology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Pediatrics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Discussant: Winfield J. Wells, MD

10:00 am

V11. Coronary Ostial Plasty for Left Main Coronary Occlusion Following Arterial Switch Procedure
Les James², Mickel Attia², Cynthia Harrison², Adam Small¹, Dan Halpern¹, *Eugene Grossi², Ralph Mosca², TK Susheel Kumar²
¹Cardiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, ²Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY

Discussant: Melita L. Viegas, MD

10:15 am

V12. Repair Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation In A Neonate With Intrauterine Tricuspid Valve Chordae Rupture
Shuchien Huang, YiChia Wang
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Discussant: TBD

10:30 am

V13. Starnes Procedure
Luke M. Wiggins, MD
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Discussant: Brian L. Reemtsen, MD

10:50 am-11:45 pm

CONTROVERSIES DEBATE
Do RVU Based Incentive Structures Violate the Hippocratic Oath?
Moderator: Robert J. Cerfolio, MD
Pro: Tom C. Nguyen, MD
Con: Sara J. Pereira, MD

11:45 am-12:15 pm

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Members Only)
Pacific Ballroom 2

12:15 pm

ADJOURN

12:30 pm-2:00 pm

FAMILY LUNCHEON
Pacific Lawn

6:30 pm-11:00 pm

THE MAGIC OF THE WESTERN THORACIC PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION & DINNER (Black Tie Optional)
Reception: Lawn/Promenade
Dinner: Pacific Ballroom 1-2

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6:30 pm-10:00 pm

KIDS BANQUET
Adriatic

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