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12:00PM - 12:10PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Welcome and Announcements
Lars Svensson, Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Svensson is the Chairman of the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and served on the Cleveland Clinic Health System Operations Council. Dr. Svensson is an internationally known cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. His research has led to many innovative surgical treatments and techniques. He is a Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Svensson previously served on the AATS Council, has Chaired the AATS Guidelines Committee. He has chaired multispecialty guidelines writing committees for endovascular treatment with stents for the thoracic aorta, aortic valve surgery, and for the treatment of thoracic aortic disease.Dr. Svensson was born in Barberton, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate work at Treverton College in Mooi River, South Africa. He earned his medical degree and PhD in blood flow pathophysiology from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he received numerous fellowships and awards. He received his training in cardiology and general surgery at the Johannesburg Hospital, South Africa, and his training in cardiothoracic surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, for which he received a fellowship. He also completed a cardiovascular surgery fellowship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. In 2005, Dr. Svensson was named King James IV Professor of Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. His academic appointments have included Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, TX; Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tufts University, Boston; and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
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12:10PM - 1:25PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Aortic Valve
Lars Svensson, Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Svensson is the Chairman of the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute at Cleveland Clinic and served on the Cleveland Clinic Health System Operations Council. Dr. Svensson is an internationally known cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. His research has led to many innovative surgical treatments and techniques. He is a Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Svensson previously served on the AATS Council, has Chaired the AATS Guidelines Committee. He has chaired multispecialty guidelines writing committees for endovascular treatment with stents for the thoracic aorta, aortic valve surgery, and for the treatment of thoracic aortic disease.Dr. Svensson was born in Barberton, South Africa. He completed his undergraduate work at Treverton College in Mooi River, South Africa. He earned his medical degree and PhD in blood flow pathophysiology from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he received numerous fellowships and awards. He received his training in cardiology and general surgery at the Johannesburg Hospital, South Africa, and his training in cardiothoracic surgery at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, for which he received a fellowship. He also completed a cardiovascular surgery fellowship and residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. In 2005, Dr. Svensson was named King James IV Professor of Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. His academic appointments have included Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston, TX; Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Clinical Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Tufts University, Boston; and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston.
Vaughn Starnes, Keck Medical Center
Dr. Starnes joined the Department of Surgery as a Hastings Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Heart and Lung Transplant Program in 1992 and became Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 1997. He was named a Distinguished Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2004 and became Chair and Surgeon-in-Chief of the Department of Surgery in 2008. As the founding Director of the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute, Dr. Starnes has built an interdisciplinary powerhouse comprised of clinicians and basic scientists who are exploring better and more innovative ways of treating heart disease. Under his leadership, USC surgeons have conducted more than 16,000 open heart surgeries to repair and replace valves or create coronary artery bypasses, and more than 10,400 surgeries for diseases of the lungs, esophagus, and chest wall. Dr. Starnes also serves as the Division Head of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Heart Institute. When he was recruited in 1992, the program was performing 125 surgeries a year. Under his leadership, the Institute has now grown to more than 1,000 cases a year. Dr. Starnes has an ongoing interest in congenital heart disease and minimally invasive repair and replacement of the valves of the heart. He is actively involved in research on stem-cell therapy for congenital heart defects and in clinical trials investigation of new valve technology, including percutaneous heart valve replacement. He has authored and co-authored over 200 publications. Dr. Starnes other major areas of research include adult acquired heart disease, tissue engineering, and heart, heart-lung, and lung transplantation. Dr. Starnes served as President of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association in 2003 and on the Examination Committee and Examination Consultation Committee of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Starnes was honored to serve as the 100th President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
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1:25PM - 2:20PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Pulmonary and Tricuspid Valves
Y. Joseph Woo, Stanford Hospital
Joseph Woo, M.D. serves as the Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Bioengineering. He received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania where he also conducted his postgraduate surgical training in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery as well as a postdoctoral research fellowship developing novel molecular strategies for attenuating myocardial ischemic injury. Dr. Woo has an active clinical practice of 300 pump cases/year focusing on complex cardiac valve repair, aortic surgery, cardiopulmonary transplantation, and minimally-invasive surgery, and has advanced these fields by developing several innovative operations. Dr. Woo currently runs an NIH R01-funded basic science research lab studying stem cells, angiogenesis, tissue engineering, and valvular biomechanics and has held continuous NIH funding since 2004. He has also served as PI for several clinical device trials as well as translational scientific clinical trials entailing administration of stem cells during coronary artery bypass grafting and LVAD implantation. He has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications.
Nationally, Dr. Woo serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and as Associate Editor for the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
Hartzell Schaff, MD, Mayo Clinic
Dr. Schaff is the Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery and a consultant in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,
Dr. Schaff received his medical degree and training at the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine where he also completed an NIH Research Fellowship. He trained in general surgery and thoracic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and joined the staff at Mayo Clinic in 1980.
Dr. Schaff has delivered over 900 lectures on topics in adult and congenital cardiac surgery and has been visiting professor at over 70 medical schools and universities that include the Ira Page Lectureship, the Michael M. Frymus Lectureship, the Thomas B. Ferguson Visiting Professorship, Arthur DeBoer Lectureship, Terrence Donnelly Visiting Professorship, Julian Johnson Lectureship, Mortimer L. Buckley Visiting Professorship, Victor Chang Memorial Lecturer, the Anandi L. Sharma Visiting Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, the Laman A. Gray, M.D. Lecturer, Alfred A. Blalock Lecture (Johns Hopkins Hospital), and most recently the James K. Kirklin Endowed Visting Professorship at the University of Alabama.
Dr. Schaff has received many professional awards including Fulbright Visiting Professorship 1986, Teacher of the Year (surgery) 1998, the Distinguished Clinician Award at Mayo Clinic 2007, the Surgery Mentoring Award from the American Heart Association 2010, and the 2011 William W. L. Glenn Lecturer.
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2:20PM - 2:35PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Break
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2:35PM - 3:40PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Mitral Valve
Marc Gillinov, Cleveland Clinic
Since joining the Cleveland Clinic in 1997, A. Marc Gillinov has become one of the nation’s busiest heart surgeons. He is the Chair of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and specializes in robotic and minimally-invasive heart valve repair and replacement. His patients range from Academy Award winner Robin Williams to his long-time barber, Vince.
David Adams, Mount Sinai Health System
Dr. David H. Adams is the Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief of the Mount Sinai Health System. He is internationally recognized as a thought leader in the field of mitral valve reconstruction, and leads a specialized team that performs over 400 mitral valve operations per year. He is a co-author of the acclaimed valve textbook, Carpentier’s Reconstructive Valve Surgery, and has co-invented multiple valve repair prostheses used throughout the world. He is the author of over 300 peer-reviewed publications, and is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Adams was the 99th President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery.
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3:40PM - 4:20PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Mixed Valve Disease
Joseph Coselli, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute
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.
Leonard Girardi, Weill Cornell Medicine
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine
Cardiothoracic Surgeon-in-Chief, New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
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4:20PM - 4:45PM EDT
AATS Complex Valve Scenarios Symposium | Panel Discussion and Q&A