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6:00AM - 8:00AM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom I
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8:00AM - 9:45AM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom II-III
Atrial Fibrillation Incidence, Clinical Impact Mechanisms, and Surgery
Ralph Damiano, Washington University - St. Louis
Ralph J. Damiano Jr., MD, is the Evarts A. Graham Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. He is co-chairman of the Heart & Vascular Center.
Dr. Damiano has authored more than 430 scientific publications and given more than 600 lectures and presentations around the nation and the world. His major contributions have been in the area of myocardial preservation, surgical electrophysiology, and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Dr. Damiano is past president of the Society of Clinical Surgery, the Cardiac Surgical Biology Club, and the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the AATS in May 2020.
Dr. Damiano has been a pioneer in the area of minimally invasive cardiac surgery. His developmental work on robotically assisted microsurgery for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) earned him a Computer World Smithsonian Award in June of 1997. Dr. Damiano performed the first robotically assisted surgical procedure in North America, a CABG, in December 1998. He also has been a leader in the field of the surgical treatment of arrhythmias. His team at Washington University is world-renowned for its clinical and basic research on the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation. His group has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 30 years in this area. They have developed the gold-standard surgical procedure, the Maze IV operation, which has been adopted around the world. His group has continued to evolve the procedure to be less-invasive, more effective, and more widely applicable to patients with this arrhythmia.
Marc Gillinov, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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.
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9:45AM - 10:00AM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom I
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10:00AM - 11:45AM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom II-III
Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias: The Basics
Manuel Castella, Hospital Clinic/Provincial De Barcelona
Manuel Castella is a cardiovascular surgeon, Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Department at the Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona. Among all types of cardiac surgery, his main interests and fields of research are valvular repair, minimally invasiveness, atrial fibrillation surgery and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy. Since 2018, Dr. Castella is the Chairman of the Arrhythmia Surgery Task Force of EACTS. Dr. Castella has participated in th scientific committee for the Guideilnes on atrial fibrillation management of the ESC/EACTS in the editions 2016 and 2020.
Stephanie Mick, Weill Cornell
Stephanie Mick is the Carrie and David Landew Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Director of the Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medicine.
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12:15PM - 1:00PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom II-III
Atricure Lunch Symposium: Implementing Surgical Ablation Into Your Practice: Creating a Standard of Care*
Patrick McCarthy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Patrick M. McCarthy, M.D., is Vice President of Northwestern Medical Group, and Executive Director of the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute (BCVI) which employs approximately 1600 physicians and staff at 11 Northwestern hospitals. He trained at the Mayo Clinic and Stanford University and practiced at the Cleveland Clinic from 1990 until 2004 as Surgical Director of Heart Transplantation and the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure. The Northwestern heart and heart surgery program rapidly ascended in the U.S. News & World Report rankings from unranked in 2004 to a top 10 U.S. program, and the highest ranked in Illinois and surrounding states. Dr. McCarthy also has a joint appointment with the Department of Biomedical Engineering of Northwestern University, is a member of AOA, and has invented several medical products. Applying a philanthropic gift from Neil Bluhm, Dr. McCarthy founded the unique Center for Artificial Intelligence in Cardiovascular Disease in 2018 to advance the use of AI in CV disease and launch a Master of Science in AI degree granting program for CV trainees. His primary focus is on clinical integration of Northwestern Medicine programs across the health system.
Marc Gerdisch, Franciscan Health
Dr. Gerdisch trained in general and then cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. During fellowship, he visited Dr. Alan Carpentier in Paris, where he gained early insight into heart valve repair. He remains on staff at Loyola Medical Center, as an associate clinical professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Gerdisch is a fellow of American College of Surgeons, American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society.
He is a partner of 30 years, in Cardiac Surgery Associates, the largest private cardiac surgical group in the country. Dr. Gerdisch became Chief of Cardiothoracic surgery at Franciscan Health in 2006. With focus on heart valve disease, he has developed a recognized center for heart valve repair and innovation including lead enrollment in multiple pivotal trials, and first in man with devices and regenerative procedures.
Dr. Gerdisch has published and presented on next generation valve devices and repair, surgery for atrial fibrillation and rigid sternal fixation. He trains surgeons in heart valve repair and surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation and his practice ranges from multi-valve redo operations to transcatheter procedures. He is a founding board member of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery – Cardiac Society. An approach combining minimally invasive and advanced closure techniques with rapid mobilization and recovery has made Dr. Gerdisch an advocate for enhanced recovery, even for the most complex patients.
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1:30PM - 3:25PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom II-III
How I Do It Case Presentations
Niv Ad, JOHNS HOPKINS
Niv Ad, MD
A cardiac surgeon at White Oak Medical center in Maryland and an adjunct professor of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Ad is the past president of The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (ISMICS) the Editor in Chief of INNOVATIONS.
Dr. Ad’s research is focused on Atrial Fibrillation, patients’ outcome and minimally invasive valve surgery and techniques. He led numerous clinical trials and is very well published in the field.
Yosuke Ishii, Nippon Medical School Hospital
- Nippon Medical School (M.D. 1993)
- Nippon Medical School, Cardiothoracic Surgery (1993-1995)
- Ebina General Hospital, General Surgery Residency (1995-1996)
- Sakakibara Heart Institute, Cardiac Surgery (1996-1997)
- Nippon Medical School, Cardiothoracic Surgery (1997-2002)
- Washington University School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, USA (2002-2005)
- Nippon Medical School, Cardiothoracic Surgery (2005-2007)
- Nippon Medical School, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery (2007-)
- Nippon Medical School, Associate professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2013-)
- Nippon Medical School, Professor and Chairman of Cardiovascular Surgery (2020-)
- Nippon Medical School Hospital, Vice director (2020-)
Member of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Heart Association, Heart Rhythm Society, Japanese Heart Rhythm Society, European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery.
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3:25PM - 3:45PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom I
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3:45PM - 5:00PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom II-III
Management of the Left Atrial Appendage
Marc Gillinov, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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.
Richard Whitlock, Population Health Research Institute
Dr. Whitlock is a Professor of Surgery at McMaster University and a practicing cardiac surgeon at Hamilton Health Sciences. He is a lead investigator at the Population Health Research Institute and the principal investigator of the LAAOS III trial, along with co-principal investigator Dr. Stuart Connolly. Dr. Whitlock holds the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery and a career award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Through the multinational studies that he has led, which include SIRS, TRICS III, VISION Cardiac, and LAAOS III, he has established a network of over 200 collaborating cardiac surgical centres in 32 countries.
Marc Gerdisch, Franciscan Health
Dr. Gerdisch trained in general and then cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago. During fellowship, he visited Dr. Alan Carpentier in Paris, where he gained early insight into heart valve repair. He remains on staff at Loyola Medical Center, as an associate clinical professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Dr. Gerdisch is a fellow of American College of Surgeons, American College of Cardiology and Heart Rhythm Society.
He is a partner of 30 years, in Cardiac Surgery Associates, the largest private cardiac surgical group in the country. Dr. Gerdisch became Chief of Cardiothoracic surgery at Franciscan Health in 2006. With focus on heart valve disease, he has developed a recognized center for heart valve repair and innovation including lead enrollment in multiple pivotal trials, and first in man with devices and regenerative procedures.
Dr. Gerdisch has published and presented on next generation valve devices and repair, surgery for atrial fibrillation and rigid sternal fixation. He trains surgeons in heart valve repair and surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation and his practice ranges from multi-valve redo operations to transcatheter procedures. He is a founding board member of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery – Cardiac Society. An approach combining minimally invasive and advanced closure techniques with rapid mobilization and recovery has made Dr. Gerdisch an advocate for enhanced recovery, even for the most complex patients.
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom I
Welcome Reception
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5:01PM - 6:30PM EST The Westin Boston Waterfront, Harbor Ballroom I