EASTERN CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL SOCIETY
52NDANNUAL MEETING
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
3:00 p.m. - 6:00 - p.m.
Check-In and Registration
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 - p.m.
Welcome Reception
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014
6:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Registration
7:00 a.m. - 7:45 a.m.
Executive Session
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Evelio Rodriguez, MD, FACC
President, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
Saint Thomas Heart Hospital, Nashville, TN
8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Expert Session I
Moderator:
Abbas Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Temple University School of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA
Evelio Rodriguez, MD, FACC
St. Thomas Heart Hospital, Nashville, TN
8:15 a.m. - 8:35 a.m.
An Update in Critical Care
Glenn J.R. Whitman, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
8:35 a.m. - 8:55 a.m.
Robotic Mitral Valve Repair
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, FACS, FRCSE
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
8:55 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Chest Wall Reconstruction: Advances in Techniques and Biologics
Daniel L. Miller, MD
WellStar Medical Group, Marietta, GA
9:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Expert Session II
Moderators:
Faiz Y. Bhora, MD. FACS
Mount Sinai Health System , New York, NY
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, FACS, FRCSE
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
9:15 a.m. - 9:35 a.m.
Cardiovascular
Thoracic
New Techniques in Surgical
Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
James L. Cox, MD
Washington University School
of Medicine, Barnes-Jewish
Hospital, St. Louis, MO.
Role of Surgery in Esophageal
Squamous Cell Cancer
Manjit S. Bains, MD, FACS
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer
Center, New York, NY
9:35 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.
How Small Can You Go?
Bartley P. Griffith, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Management of Stage IIIA NSCLC –
What is the Data?
Joshua R. Sonett, MD
New York Presbyterian Hospital /
Columbia University Medical Center
Medical Center, New York, NY
9:55 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Two Are Better Than One: BIMA
Joanna Chikwe, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Thoracic Sympathectomy: Current
Guidelines and Surgical Techniques
Daniel L. Miller, MD
WellStar Medical Group, Marietta, GA
10:15 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
Transplant or LVAD for End Stage
Heart Failure
Scott C. Silvestry, MD
Washington University School of
Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Update on Modern Management
of Thymomas
Abbas E. Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshments
10:45 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Scientific Session I
Moderators:
Bartley P. Griffith, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Daniel L. Miller, MD
WellStar Medical Group, Marietta, GA
SA1 – Requirement of Right Ventricular Assist Device Results in Worse
Post-Transplant Survival
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2
Sharven Taghavi , Senthil Jayarajan , Eugene Komaroff , Abeel Mangi
1
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
2
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
SA2 – The Role of Navigational Bronchoscopy in Localization of Lung
Nodules for Robotic Resection
Sagar Kadakia MD
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
SA3 – Contemporary Outcomes of Adult Veno Venous ECMO for ARDS
Karthik Mikkineni, Robert J. Moraca
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA
SA4 – Robotic-Assisted Surgery: A Primer on Best Practices for Privileging
and Credentialing
Adnan M. Al-Ayoubi, Craig Forleiter, Michael Barsky, AbdulBadee Bogis,
Sadiq Rehmani, Scott Belsley, Faiz Y. Bhora
Mount Sinai St Luke’s Hospital, New York, NY
Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY
SA5 – Lower Extremity Complications in Patients Undergoing Peripheral
Arteriovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenator Support
Matthew J. Kramer, Sofiane Lasar, Michael Acker, Nimesh Desai, Joseph Bavaria,
Prashanth Vallabhajosyula
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
SA6 – Robotic Lobectomy: An Examination of Perioperative Outcomes in
One-hundred and Fifty Consecutive Cases
Victor Reis, Kyle M. Langston, Kevin P. McGill, Michael F. Szwerc, Alex Werner
Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Allentown, PA
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Break
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Scientific Session II
Moderators:
Joanna Chikwe, MD
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Doraid Jarrar, MD
Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
SA7 – Septal Myectomy is Safe and Effective at a Medium Volume Center
Igor Gosev, Robert Neely, Marzia Leacche, Maroon Yammine, Siobhan Mcgurk,
Joshua Levy, Suyog Mokashi, Carolin Y. Ho, Neil Lakdawala, Calum A. MacRae,
Christine E. Seidman, Prem S. Shekar
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
SA8 – Modern Outcomes in Surgical Repair of Esophageal Perforation
Chetan Pasrija, Brody Wehman, Zachary Kon, Diana Pratt, Isa Mohammed,
Nimisha George, James Donahue, Whitney Burrows
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
SA9 – In-hospital and Long Term Survival in Patients with Prolonged
Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay after Cardiac Surgery
Pey-Jen Yu, Hugh A. Cassiere, Rick A. Esposito, Alan R. Hartman
North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY
SA10 – Forgut Injuries as a Complication of Transesophageal
Echocardiography in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
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Frank Manetta , Sophia L. Dellis , Pey-Jen Yu
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Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, Bay Shore, NY
2
Hofstra-North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, NY
SA11 – Anatomy of a Cardiac Surgical Program Turnaround: Is Risk
Aversion the Answer?
Joseph M. Arcidi for the McLaren Cardiac Surgery QI Committee
McLaren Flint Medical Center, Flint, MI
SA12 – Comparison of Post-Operative Symptoms in Patients Undergoing
Pyloroplasty, Botulinum Toxin, or No Gastric Emptying Procedure After
Esophagectomy
Amanda A. Ghanie, Rachel Grosser, Nabil P. Rizk, Debra A. Goldman,
Camelia S. Sima, Manjit S. Bains, Valerie W. Rusch, David R. Jones,
Inderpal S. Sarkaria
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
SA13 – Rescue Strategies for Repair of Intraoperative Thoracic Vena
Caval Injury
Jahanzaib Idrees, Eric E. Roselli
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
4:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
Movies Moderator:
Richard Lazzaro, MD, Lenox Hill Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY
Scott C. Silvestry, MD, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, MO
A New Shift in Cracking the Code: Change from CorMatrix ECM to Autologus
Pericardium and Cardio Cell Usage to Repair of Type III Mitral Valve Disease
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Complex Robotic Lung Resection
Richard Lazzaro, MD, Lenox Hill Thoracic Surgery, New York, NY
Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagectomy
Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis TN
Robotic Superior Segmentectomy
Benny Weksler, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis TN
Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD, FRCSC , Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute , Seattle, WA
Totally Endoscopic Robotic Myomectomy and Anterior Leaflet Augmentation
for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Towards a Paradigm Shift
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Case Bowl
Moderators:
David B. Campbell, MD
Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
Fred Weber, MD
Atlantic City Medical Center, Somers Point, NJ
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2014
7:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Expert Session I
Moderators:
TBD
Daniel L. Miller, MD
WellStar Medical Group, Marietta, GA
Cardiovascular
Thoracic
8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
There’s a Cold Elephant in Your
OR – Frozen Elephant Trunk
Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD, FAHA
Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Setting Up a Lung Cancer
Screening Program
Nasser Khaled Altorki, MD
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY
8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
Hybrid Coronary Revascularization
Michael Halkos, MD, MSc, FACC
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, GA
Endoscopic Ablation of Esophageal
Disease
Michael S. Smith, MD, MBA
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Echo Imaging for Catheter
Based Procedures
Rebecca Hahn, MD, FACC, FASE
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Endoscopic Ablation of Bronchial
Disease
Abbas E. Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Temple University School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Adult Congenital Heart Disease 360:
Teamwork, Innovation and Process
Improvement
Alistair Phillips, MD, FACC, FACS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center,
Los Angeles, CA
POEM vs. Heller for Achalasia
Stavros N. Stavropolous. MD
Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, NY
9:20 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Expert Session II
Moderators:
Abbas Abbas, MD, MS, FACS
Temple University School of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA
John A. Elefteriades, MD
Yale University School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
9:20 a.m. - 9:40 a.m.
“Negotiating Your Second Contract: Tips, Pitfalls and Restrictive Covenants
Frank L. Fazzalari, MD, MBA. FACS
University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
9:40 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Stem Cell Therapy – Is It Ready for Prime Time?
TBD
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Is 3-D Printing of Organs the Future: Creating a Biologic 3-D Trachea
Faiz Y. Bhora, MD. FACS
Mount Sinai Health System , New York, NY
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshments
10:35 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Scientific Session
Moderator:
Sharon Ben-Or, MD
East Carolina Heart Institute, East Carolina Heart Institute
TBD
SA14 – The Application of Spray Cryotherapy in Treatment of Benign and
Malignant Bronchial Strictures
Abbas Abbas, MD, Kelly Janke, MD, Vishnu Ambur, MD
Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
SA15 – Bedside Surgical Ligation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Extremely
Low Birth Weight Infants is Safe and Efficacious
William Lorenz, Andrew Herman, Benjamin Peeler, Thomas Maxey
Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC
SA16 – Implementing a Free Lung Cancer Screening Program in a Teriary
Healthcare Network
Doraid Jarrar, MD, Hank Simms, MD, William Tester, MD, Thomas Reilly, MD,
Julie Gubernick, MD, Tracy Kane, Chris Minnick, Marc Schaller, Gary Drizin, MD
Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
SA17 – Operative Strategies and Patient Outcomes in Acute Type A
Dissections (ATAAD) Before and After the Implementation of a
Multidisciplinary Aortic Surgery Team
Joshua A. Scheinerman, Jared P. Beller, Eugene A. Grossi, Leora B. Balsam,
Patricia Ursomanno, Aubrey C. Galloway, Abe DeAnda, Jr.
New York University School of Medicine, Manhattan, NY
SA18 – Surgical Outcomes in a Clinical CT Lung Screening Program
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Bryan Walker , Christina Williamson , Shawn M. Regis , Andrea B. McKee ,
2
Brady J. McKee
1
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA
SA19 – Pulmonary Complications Adversely Affect Long-term Mortality
Following Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair
Konstadinos Plestis, Oleg Orlov, Carlos Padula, Mostafa Sadek, Li Zhang
Lankenau Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.
James A. Magovern, MD Memorial Lectureship Luncheon
Innovation and Cardiac Surgery
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, FACS, FRCSE
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
Membership Business Meeting
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Wet Lab Training
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Scientific Poster Rounds and Reception
7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Banquet Dinner
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2014
7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Registration
7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
8:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Expert Session I
Moderators:
Nimesh D. Desai, MD, PhD, FAHA
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Benny Weksler, MBA, MD, FACS, University of Tennessee Health
Science Center, Memphis TN
Cardiovascular
Thoracic
8:00 a.m. - 8:20 a.m.
Current Surgical Treatment of Mitral
Valve Endocarditis
Harold G. Roberts Jr., MD
Florida Heart & Vascular Care
Aventura, FL
Role of Sublobar Resection for Lung
Cancer: When Is It an Acceptable
Operation
Nasser Khaled Altorki, MD
New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell
Medical Center, New York, NY
8:20 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.
Genetics and Genomics of Thoracic
Aortic Disease
John A. Elefteriades, MD
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Genetics of Lung Cancer: 2014 and
Beyond
Charles A. Powell, MD
Mount Sinai Health System,
New York, NY
8:40 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
Do Sutureless Valves Save Time?
Evelio Rodriguez, MD, FACC
St. Thomas Heart Hospital
Nashville, TN
Endoscopic Management of Central
Airway Obstruction
Faiz Y. Bhora, MD, FACS
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, NY
9:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair
and Replacement
Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Swedish Cardiac Surgery, Seattle, WA
Surgical Management of GEJ
Esophageal Cancer
Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,
Pittsburgh, PA
9:35 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Scientific Session
Moderator: Michael Halkos, MD, MSc, FACC, FACS
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Michael J. Walker, MD
Main Main Line Health Care, Bryn Mawr, PA
SA20 – Initial Experience with a Combined Bilateral Mini Thoractomy
Approach for Valve and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Mark Anderson, Sal Shah, Theresa Baker, Jennifer Arnold
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA,
SA21 – Minimally Invasive Fundopolication is Effective for Patients with
Severe Esophageal Hypomotility
Michael Goldberg, MD
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
SA22 – Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in HemodialysisDependent Patients
Katherine McDermott, Fenton McCarthy, Dale Kobrin, Wilson Szeto, Joseph
Bavaria, Nimesh Desai
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
SA24 – Concomitant Bypass Grafts Have no Impact on Early or Long-Term
Outcomes Following Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement
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Mark A. Groh , Ivan Diaz , Stephen W. Ely , Oliver A. Binns , Alan M. Johnson ,
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Gerard L. Champsaur
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2
Mission Heart, Asheville, NC, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
3
Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC
SA25 – Improving Lives with Tunneled Pleural Catheters
Mrinalini Krishnan, Hardik Bhatt, Hassan Al-Khalisy, Troy Moritz
PinnacleHealth Hospital, Harrisburg, PA
SA26 – The Impact of Gastrointestional Complications on Patients Who
Undergo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Anthony Lemaire, George Batsides, Aziz Ghaly, Alan Spotnitz, Leonard Y. Lee
Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
10:15 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Refreshments
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 pm
Expert Session II
Moderator: John A. Elefteriades, MD
Yale University School of Medicine, Hartford, CT
Michael J. Walker, MD
Main Main Line Health Care, Bryn Mawr, PA
11:00 a.m. - 11:20 a.m.
Adult Pulmonary ECMO
George J. Magovern, Jr., MD
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
11:20 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.
Update on the State of Lung Transplant in the United States
Yoshida Toyoda, MD, PhD
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Question (in Severe Ischemic MR)
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Evelio Rodriguez, MD, FACC
President, Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
Saint Thomas Heart Hospital, Nashville, TN