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6:00AM - 7:30AM EDT Sheraton Boston, Independence
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6:00AM - 7:30AM EDT Sheraton Boston, Independence
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7:30AM - 9:18AM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand Ballroom
Demographics/Natural Hx/Ascending
Edward Chen, Duke University
Edward P. Chen, MD is Professor of Surgery at Duke University. He is a graduate of Stanford University, Duke Medical School, University of California San Francisco General Surgery, Emory Cardiothoracic Residency and the UT Houston Aortic Surgery Fellowship. He is internationally visible for his clinical expertise in reoperative thoracic aortic procedures, high-risk and complex adult cardiac surgery. He has published over 250 peer-review articles and his research has focused cerebral protection for aortic arch reconstruction, aortic root operations and valve-sparing aortic root replacement. He has been a PI and co-PI on numerous clinical trials focused on thoracic aortic surgery and structural heart disease. He has won awards for both his research and commitment to teaching including the Thoracic Surgery Residents Association (TSRA) Socrates Award in 2019, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS) at Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Research Award 4 times in 2017, 2018, 2020 and 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Aortic Symposium 2018 Griepp Research Award and Outstanding Teacher in Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory in 2007, 2009 and 2010. Dr. Chen serves in several leadership positions in the AATS including the Cardiothoracic Residents Committee, Annual Meeting Didactic Committee, Chair of the Adult Cardiac Skills Course, Ethics Committee, Chair of the AATS Foundation Travel Award Committee, Advisory Council on Education, Aortic Symposium Program Committee, AATS Cardiac Clinical Practice Writing Group of Acute Aortic Type A Dissection, and Co-Chair of the Online Committee.
Thomas Gleason, Asheville Heart
Dr. Thomas Gleason is currently a senior surgeon with Asheville Heart and has distinguished clinical and research expertise in both thoracic aortic and valvular heart disease. His clinical research interests have included the development and refinement of novel valve therapies, particularly aortic valve repair strategies, the study of thoracic aortic diseases, especially bicuspid aortic valve associated aortopathy, and refinement of a systematic approach toward the management of aortic dissections with a distinct focus on neurocerebral malperfusion and neurologic outcomes. His longstanding basic science research interest has been devoted to the study of ascending aortopathies and aortic dissection, particularly that associated with congenital bicuspid aortic valve (BAV). His research on BAV aortopathy has been supported by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health for many years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons as well as the National Steering Committee for the STS/ACC TVT Registry and is co-Chair of the Research and Publications Committee for the TVT.
Ourania Preventza, University of Virginia
Ourania Preventza is the George Minor Professor of Surgery at the Department of Surgery, and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Virginia. She is also adjunct Professor of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston where she spent 15 years of her career , and an associate professional staff at The Texas Heart Institute, in Houston. Dr. Preventza is triple-boarded; American Board of Surgery, American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care), and American Board of Thoracic Surgery. She is the immediate Past President of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists 2021-2023( ISEVS). Prior leader of Adult Cardiac Surgery within the Women in Thoracic Surgery, immediate Past Program Committee Chair of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, and immediate past co chair of the adult cardiac surgery program of the AATS Annual Meeting and a holder of a management and business administration degree on Health Care leadership from Brandeis University in Boston. She is the Co –chair of the 2022 ACC/AHA guidelines on aortic disease and co –authored of more than 200 articles in peer review journals. Her interest includes education, health outcomes research, aortic surgery, heart valve surgery, new technologies and cardiovascular disease and women.
Thoralf Sundt, Harvard University
Thoralf M. Sundt, III, M.D.
Thor Sundt, MD, is the Churchill Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. He co-directs the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center at MGH, and has been appointed the Director of the Cardiac Surgery Clinical Service for Mass General Brigham.
Dr. Sundt's clinical focus has been on surgery for the correction of acquired cardiovascular conditions in adults. He is an internationally recognized thought-leader on thoracic aortic diseases, having written and lectured extensively on the subject. He is also widely recognized as an expert in reparative procedures for valvular heart disease as well as the use of arterial conduits to improve the long term durability of coronary bypass procedures.
His research interests have ranged from organ transplantation to the genetics and genomics of bicuspid aortic valve disease. He has received funding by the National Institutes of Health, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Mayo Foundation for this work. Most recently, he collaborated with investigators in the disciplines of human factors and systems engineering to improve the safety and efficiency of healthcare delivery. On a national level, he was the first chair of the Workforce on Patient Safety for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
He has served in numerous executive roles, including surgical director for cardiac transplantation at Washington University in St. Louis, surgical director of the Thoracic Aortic and Marfan Clinic at the Mayo Clinic and vice-chair of the Department of Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Sundt is a Past-President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. -
9:18AM - 9:48AM EDT Sheraton Boston, Independence
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9:48AM - 11:54AM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand Ballroom
Root/Arch
Eric Roselli, Cleveland Clinic
Eric E. Roselli, MD, is Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Surgical Director of the Aorta Center, and on the teaching faculty at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery.
Dr. Roselli is an active member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons and has served as a chairman and member of the program committee for multiple national and international meetings, and co-authored practice guidelines for the treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases. He has won several teaching awards and is the activity director for the Tall Rounds® graduate education program and podcast.
He has authored or co-authored over 250 book chapters and articles in peer-reviewed journals on root, arch, and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms and dissection, endovascular surgery, reoperations, aortic valve disease, cardiac tumors, atrial fibrillation and transcatheter device development.
Dr Roselli's research is focused on thoracic aortic dissection and aneurysms, and aortic valve and multi-valve disease. Specifically, his projects are directed at improving and developing safer and less invasive approaches to treat patients with these problems. He currently serves as the principal investigator and co-investigator for several device trials and holds several patents for novel devices to treat aortic disease. He regularly presents his work at medical and surgical conferences worldwide.
Ismail El-Hamamsy, Mount Sinai Hospital
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD PhD
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, FRCSC, is System Director of Aortic Surgery at the Mount Sinai Health System and is honored to serve as Mount Sinai’s inaugural Randall B. Griepp Professor of Surgery. His principal surgical focus is aortic root reconstructive surgery in young adults, including patients with heritable and connective tissue disorders.
Before joining Mount Sinai, Dr. El-Hamamsy directed the Montreal Heart Institute’s aortic surgery program, one of the busiest complex aortic surgery programs in North America, and was Associate Professor at the University of Montreal. He founded the Montreal Heart Institute’s Aortic and Connective Tissue Clinics, and helped establish several Ross programs across North America, Europe and Asia. Altogether, he has performed more than 700 Ross procedures and valve-sparing operations, which are among the world’s most complex and challenging aortic surgeries.
Dr. El-Hamamsy completed his medical education and cardiac surgery training at the University of Montreal, followed by a 4-year fellowship in London under the mentorship of Sir Magdi Yacoub. During this period, he completed a PhD entitled “The Living Aortic Valve” at Imperial College London. He currently leads a research team exploring the natural history of aortic disease, as well as innovative therapeutic approaches to diseases of the aorta and aortic valve.
Dr. El-Hamamsy has authored or co-authored several book chapters, as well as more than 150 scientific articles in The Lancet, Circulation, JACC and other leading peer-reviewed journals. He serves on the Editorial Boards of The American Heart Journal, Journal of Heart Valve Disease, Structural Heart and the Canadian Journal of Cardiology, and is an elected member of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. He also serves on the Heart Valve Society’s Board of Directors, and – among other humanitarian projects – helped establish the Aswan Heart Center in Egypt.
D. Craig Miller, Stanford University School of Medicine
Henry and Thelma Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Emeritus
Stanford University Medical School
Stanford, CA 94305
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12:30PM - 1:15PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand, Back Bay CD, Commonwealth
Industry Lunch Symposia
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12:30PM - 1:15PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand Ballroom
Terumo Aortic Lunch Symposium: Aortic Arch Disease Treatment with a Therapy-specific Technology for Frozen Elephant Trunk
Joseph Coselli, Baylor College of Medicine
Dr. Coselli is the Executive Vice-Chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, holds the Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, and is Professor of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at BCM. He serves as Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at THI, and Associate Chief of the Cardiovascular Service at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. He is Program Director of the Thoracic Surgery Residency at THI/BCM and directs the Aortic Fellowship Program at BCM.
Dr. Coselli specializes in diseases of the aorta, and was mentored by the pioneering aortic surgeon, Dr. Crawford, as well as legendary cardiothoracic surgeons, Drs. Cooley and DeBakey. He has performed more than 10,000 aortic repairs, including over 3,600 of thoracoabdominal aorta, for which he is world-renowned. He has published more than 580 medical manuscripts and delivered nearly 900 presentations in 30 countries. In 2008, along with colleague Scott A. LeMaire, Dr. Coselli was coeditor of the book Aortic Arch Surgery: Principles, Strategies and Outcomes published by Wiley-Blackwell.
Dr. Coselli was the two-time recipient of the Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award (2001 and 2017) for his research on the surgical treatment of aortic aneurysms, aortic dissection, and Marfan syndrome. In 2018, Dr. Coselli received the DeBakey Surgery Award from the Michael E. DeBakey International Surgical Society as well as the Ray C. Fish Award for Scientific Achievement from the Texas Heart Institute recognizing his innovative work in aortic aneurysm surgery. In 2019, he received the Leader of Distinction Award for The Marfan Foundation and in 2021 he received the Medical Honoree Hero with a Heart award for his 29-year commitment to The Marfan Foundation and the field of cardiovascular surgery.
- Moderator: Joseph Coselli, Baylor College of Medicine
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12:30PM - 1:15PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Back Bay CD
Cook Lunch Symposium: Endovascular Approach to Treating the Challenges of the Thoracic Aorta: Case Presentation and Discussion.
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12:30PM - 1:15PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Commonwealth - 3rd Floor
Gore Lunch Symposium: TEVAR and Dissections: The Proof is in the Data. Learnings from Five Years of Outcome Data and Insights for the Future
Nimesh Desai, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Nimesh Desai is a cardiovascular surgeon who serves as Co-Director of the Penn Aorta Center and an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He also serves as Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Outcomes, Quality, and Evaluative Research (CAVOQER) Center at Penn. He received his medical degree from the Schulich School of Medicine at the University of Western Ontario and his doctorate of philosophy in clinical epidemiology from the University of Toronto. He completed an integrated Cardiac Surgery Residency at the University of Toronto and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada. He holds several national leadership positions in cardiovascular surgery including Co-Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Aortic Surgery Task Force and Co-Chair of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology Transcather Valve Therapies Registry Risk Modelling Sub-Committee.
Dr. Desai’s research interests include organizing large multi-center clinical trials to assess new cardiovascular technologies and health process evaluations using big-data and novel statistical approaches to improve quality of care for cardiac patients. Dr. Desai is Primary Investigator of over 10 clinical trials currently ongoing at Penn, holds grants for database and registry development and was recently awarded funding from the NHLBI to develop and direct a Clinical and Implementation Research Skills Program (CIRSP) for surgical trainees as part of a successful Penn U01 submission. Dr. Desai’s clinical focus is on advanced aortic surgery, both endovascular and open, percutaneous valve replacement, complex valve surgery, multiple arterial grafting and arrhythmia surgery.
Himanshu Patel, University of Michigan Hospital
Himanshu J. Patel is the Joe D. Morris Collegiate Professor and Section Head of Adult Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School. His clinical, educational and research interests revolve around the topics of aortic disease and aortic valve disease.
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1:45PM - 3:09PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand Ballroom
Dissection I
G. Chad Hughes, Duke University
Dr. Hughes is Professor of Surgery, with tenure, Director of the Duke Center for Aortic Disease, and Surgical Director of the Duke Center for Structural Heart Disease. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University (1991;Phi Beta Kappa), Duke Medical School (1995;AOA), and the Duke General and Thoracic Surgery residencies. He was a varsity letterman in baseball at Wake Forest.
His clinical interests include aortic valve and aortic reconstructive surgery including complex aortic valve repair and valve-sparing surgery, branched endograft thoracic endovascular repair, and transcatheter aortic valve replacement, in addition to conventional open surgery spanning all segments of the aorta. His research interests focus on clinical outcomes in aortic surgery and he has been a PI on >30 multi-institutional clinical trials, and co-investigator or sub-investigator on numerous others. He is the co-PI on a current NIH R-01 entitled “Cognitive effects of body temperature during hypothermic circulatory arrest” examining the impact of temperature on neurocognitive outcomes after arch surgery.
Dr. Hughes has authored or co-authored >240 peer reviewed publications and book chapters. He received the STSA President’s Award in 2009 for best scientific presentation at the annual meeting and was senior author on the paper receiving the inaugural STS Richard E. Clark Award in 2010.
He is a member of the STS Workforce on Adult Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, STS Aortic Surgery Database Task Force, and Program Committee for the AATS Aortic Symposium. He has served as a Cardiac Consultant to the ABTS and is on the Editorial Boards of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery as well as a guest reviewer for >20 other medical journals including Circulation, JAMA, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He recently served as the Co-Chair of the Society for Vascular Surgery/STS Type B Aortic Dissection Reporting Standards Writing Group.
Maral Ouzounian, Toronto General Hospital
Dr. Ouzounian is Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto. She is the Munk Chair in Advanced Therapeutics and the Antonio and Helga DeGasperis Chair in Clinical Trials and Outcome Studies at University Health Network in Toronto. Her clinical and academic interests are in the understanding and management of valvular and aortic disease. Dr. Ouzounian was the Chair of the Adult Cardiac Program for the 102nd Scientific Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
Malakh Shrestha, Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
Malakh Shrestha is Director of Aortic Surgery, Cardio-Vascular Medicine at the May Clinic, Rochester, minnesota, USA
Roberto Di Bartolomeo, University of Bologna
Actually Professor ALMA MATER, University of Bologna, Italy. Past President Cardiac Italian Society .
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3:09PM - 3:39PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Independence
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3:39PM - 5:45PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Grand Ballroom
Dissection II/Miscellaneous
Joseph Bavaria, Thomas Jefferson University
Dr. Joseph Bavaria is currently the Roberts-Measey Professor of Surgery and Vice-Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania. He was President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (2016-2017) and is presently President of the Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) (2019-2021). He is Director of the Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program at PENN which is a multidisciplinary program encompassing all aspects of aortic disease including thoracic aortic reconstruction and Marfan’s Syndrome. His primary interests include thoracic aortic surgery, aortic dissection, aortic root and ascending aortic reconstruction, aortic arch surgery and the circulation management necessary for successful thoracic aortic clinical outcomes. Additionally, Dr. Bavaria's clinical interests include thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. Dr. Bavaria's clinical interests include valvular heart surgery and he is the national primary investigator in over 20 industry sponsored, FDA IDE trials as well as ongoing NIH funding in the GenTAC study and the CTSNetwork.
Steven Lansman, Westchester Medical Center
Dr. Lansman received MD and PhD (Biophysics) degrees in 1977 from the State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn. He trained in cardiac surgery at S.U.N.Y. under Dr. Randall Griepp, and received training in cardiac transplantation at Stanford University Hospital, under Dr. Norman Shumway.
In 1986, after serving as Interim Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery for SUNY Brooklyn, The Brooklyn VA Hospital, and Kings County Hospital, Dr. Lansman joined the staff at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. He performed the first cardiac transplant at Mount Sinai in 1986 and directed the Mechanical Assist and Heart and Lung Transplant Program through 2004. Since 1988, Dr Lansman has organized and directed The Aortic Symposium series, an internationally recognized forum for surgery of the thoracic aorta.
In 2001-2002, Dr. Lansman was President of the New York Society for Thoracic Surgery and, in 2002, served as interim Chairman of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Mount Sinai. In 2005 he became Professor of Surgery at New York Medical College and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Westchester Medical Center, where he is is currently Director and Chairman of the Department of Surgery.David Spielvogel, Westchester Medical Center
David Spielvogel, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Medical College
Doctorate of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
General Surgery Residency, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Cardiothoracic Residency, the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
Specialist Registrar Cardiothoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, United Kingdom
Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Memberships: New York Society of Thoracic Surgery
International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
American Association of Thoracic Surgery
European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical and Academic Interests: Aortic Surgery
Ischemic Heart Disease and Valve Repair
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Cerebral and Spinal Cord Protection
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5:45PM - 7:30PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Independence
Welcome Reception
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7:00PM - 7:30PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Exhibit Hall: Posters are displayed for the duration of the meeting
Aortic Posters: Director's Choice
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7:00PM - 7:30PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Exhibit Hall: Posters are displayed for the duration of the meeting
Aortic Posters: Plenary Citation
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7:00PM - 7:30PM EDT Sheraton Boston, Exhibit Hall: Posters are displayed for the duration of the meeting
Aortic Posters: Presentation-on-Demand (POD)