Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2027 Annual Meeting
Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2027 Annual Meeting takes place on 28–31 January 2027 at San Diego Convention Center, San Diego. It is organised by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and B2DB lists 1,225 speakers and 219 sessions announced so far.
The 63rd STS Annual Meeting is the annual cardiothoracic surgery meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, taking place in person at the San Diego Convention Center from January 28 to 31, 2027. The programme includes lectures, late-breaking research, didactic and interactive educational sessions, hands-on activities, an exhibit hall and networking opportunities for the cardiothoracic surgery team. The guiding theme is Excellence. Evidence. Impact.
Key facts
| Dates | 28–31 January 2027 (upcoming) |
|---|---|
| Venue | San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, United States of America |
| Organiser | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons |
| Series | Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting |
| Speakers | 1,225 |
| Sessions | 219 |
| Official site | cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/21662 |
Keynote speakers
- Clay B. Marsh Chancellor, West Virginia University
- Hillary Rodham Clinton Former Secretary of State, US Senator, and First Lady
- Shivdev Rao CEO and founder, Abridge
- Wayne A. I. Frederick President, Howard University
Speakers (1225)
Showing 400 of 1225. Compiled from the published agenda; speakers can claim and verify their own entry.
- Vinod Thourani Cardiac surgeon, Piedmont Heart Institute
- Danny Ramzy UT HEALTH
- Joanna Chikwe Cedars-Sinai
- Rakesh Arora University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Vinay Badhwar West Virginia University
- Dawn Hui University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Jennifer Romano University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center
- Marc Ruel University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- Joseph Sabik University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Tirone David Toronto General Hospital
- Marc Pelletier Yale University
- Michael Ibrahim University of Virginia
- Ibrahim Sultan N/A
- Karen Kim MedStar Health
- Moritz Wyler Von Ballmoos Texas Health Resources
- Rita Milewski Yale-New Haven Medical Center
- Wilson Szeto University of Pennsylvania
- Alexander Brescia Washington University in St. Louis
- Amy Fiedler University of California San Francisco
- Arnar Geirsson Columbia University Medical Center
- David D'Alessandro Massachusetts General Hospital
- Michael Bowdish Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Patrick O'Gara Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Shinichi Fukuhara University of Michigan
- Subhasis Chatterjee Baylor College of Medicine
- Christopher Mascio WVU Medicine Children's Hospital
- Melanie Edwards Trinity Health Ann Arbor
- Andrew Brownlee Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Anthony Estrera UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School, Memorial Hermann Heart and Vascular Institute
- Elliot Servais Lahey Clinic, UMass Chan Medical School
- Felix Fernandez Emory University School of Medicine
- Gianluca Torregrossa Cleveland Clinic
- Jeffrey Javidfar Emory
- Jeremiah Hayanga West Virginia University
- Joseph Cleveland University of Colorado - Division of CT Surgery
- Katherine Harrington The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
- Laura DiChiacchio Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Leora Yarboro University of Virginia Medical Center
- Nicholas Teman University of Colorado
- Olugbenga Okusanya Thomas Jefferson University
- Rafael Sadaba Hospital Universitario de Navarra
- Steven Bolling University of Michigan Hospital
- Thomas Beaver University of Florida
- A. Marc Gillinov The Cleveland Clinic
- Amanda Rea Univ of Maryland St Joseph Medical Center
- Andrea Wolf The Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Andrew Goldstone Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Arman Arghami Mayo Clinic
- Ashish Shah Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Ashtyn Philipsheck Baylor College of Medicine
- Barbara Hamilton University of Michigan
- Douglas Wood University of Washington
- Erin Gillaspie Creighton
- Feras Khaliel King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center
- Gavitt Woodard Yale School of Medicine
- Hiroo Takayama Columbia University
- Ian Bostock Rosenzweig Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health
- J. Hunter Mehaffey West Virginia University
- Jessica Rove University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
- Junichi Shimamura Westchester Medical Center
- Lawrence Wei WVU Heart and Vascular Institute
- Mark Rodefeld Indiana University School of Medicine
- Matthew Bott Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Nimesh Desai University of Pennsylvania
- Peter Barrett Piedmont Heart Institute
- Richa Asija University of Arizona - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Robert Hawkins University of Michigan
- Sameh Said Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital
- Asishana Osho Massachusetts General Hospital
- Glen Van Arsdell UCLA Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Jeffrey Jacobs University of Florida
- Joon Bum Kim Asan Medical Center
- Kevin Lobdell Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute
- Lawrence Greiten Arkansas Children's Hospital
- Patrick Myers Zurich University Hospital
- Pierre-Luc Bernier McGill
- Rudy Lackner University of Nebraska Medical Center
- Sarah Nisivaco McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
- Thomas Reece Univ of Colorado Dept of Surgery Div of Cardiothoracic
- V. Sreenath Reddy TriStar Cardiovascular Surgery / Frist Belmont School of Medicine
- Aaron Williams
- Ahmet Kilic The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Ali Darehzereshki West Virginia University
- Alper Toker Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals Thoracic Surgery
- Betty Tong Duke University Medical Center
- Bradley Leshnower Emory University School of Medicine
- Brendon Stiles Montefiore Health System / Albert Einstein School of Medicine
- Brian Mitzman University of Utah
- Chris Mehta Northwestern University
- Christian Bermudez Piedmont Hospital
- Christopher Malaisrie Northwestern Medicine
- Christopher Seder Rush University Medical Center
- Christopher Towe University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
- Craig Selzman The University of Utah School of Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Dan Raz City of Hope
- David Kalfa Nicklaus Children's Hospital
- Dominic Emerson Cedars Sinai
- Elizabeth Stephens Mayo Clinic
- Emile Bacha New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
- Faisal Bakaeen The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Francis Pagani University of Michigan Hospital
- George Arnaoutakis University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
- Hanghang Wang Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Irbaz Hameed Yale University School of Medicine
- James Gangemi University of Virginia Health System
- Janani Reisenauer Mayo Clinic
- Jane Yanagawa UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
- Jessica Donington The University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences
- John Puskas Emory University
- John Spratt University of Florida
- Jonathan Villena-Vargas Weill Cornell
- Jordan Bloom Massachusetts General Hospital - Division of Cardiac Surgery
- Joseph Bavaria Jefferson Health
- Kelsey Gray Yale University
- Kimberly Holst Mayo Clinic
- Kiran Lagisetty University of Michigan
- Leonard Girardi New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Lorenzo Galletti Hospital Bambino Gesù Rome
- Marijan Koprivanac Cleveland Clinic
- Mario Gaudino Weill Cornell Medicine
- Marisa Cevasco Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
- Mark Bleiweis University of Florida
- Matthew Hartwig Duke University Medical Center
- Megan Schultz University of Michigan
- Onkar Khullar Emory University
- Patrick McCarthy Northwestern Medicine
- Pavan Khosla Yale School of Medicine
- Pedro Catarino Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Puja Kachroo Washington University School of Medicine
- Rachel Medbery Emory University
- Ramiro Fernandez Baylor College of Medicine
- Rawn Salenger University of Maryland Saint Joseph Medical Center
- Rishindra Reddy University of Michigan
- Robert Jaquiss Children's Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin
- Roxana Mehran Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ryan Levy UPMC
- Scott Atay University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
- Scott LeMaire Geisinger
- Shelby Stewart University of Maryland
- Sigrid Sandner Medical University of Vienna
- Stephanie Worrell University of Arizona
- Thomas MacGillivray MedStar Washington Hospital Center
- Thomas Varghese Jr. University of Utah School of Medicine
- Thoralf Sundt Massachusetts General Hospital
- Tracy Geoffrion Children's Wisconsin, Medical College of WIsconsin
- Varun Puri Washington University School of Medicine
- Vaughn Starnes Keck School of Medicine, USC
- Abelardo Deanda WVU Heart and Vascular Institute
- Afshin Ehsan Baylor Scott and White Health - Temple
- Alessandro Bertani IRCCS ISMETT - UPMC ITALY
- Alessandro Mariani InCor Hospital das Clinicas FMUSP
- Alexander Krupnick University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Alison Mungo University of Colorado
- Alison Ward Kaiser Permanente San Francisco
- Allan Pickens Piedmont Health
- Ameen Basha University of Calgary
- Amit Pawale Washington University in Saint Louis
- Ammara Watkins Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
- Andrew Gorton University of Kentucky
- Angela Lee Stanford hospital
- Annetine Gelijns Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Ansar Hassan Maine Medical Center
- Antonios Sideris Piedmont Heart Institute
- Audrey Spelde University of Pennsylvania
- Barry Gibney Medical University of South Carolina
- Benjamin Degner East Carolina University
- Benjamin Wadowski Emory University
- Benjamin Wei University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Bianca Bromberger University of California San Francisco
- Brian Lima Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Brian Louie Swedish Health Services
- Brittany Potz
- Brittney Williams Emory University
- Bryan Whitson The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Camille Hancock Friesen
- Carolyn Jones University of Rochester
- Charles Logan Northwestern University
- Chigozirim Ekeke Michigan Medicine
- Christina Greene Seattle Children's Hospital
- Christopher Heid University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Christopher Salerno University of Chicago
- Damien LaPar
- Dane Paneitz University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- Daniel Engelman UMASS Chan Medical School-Baystate
- Danielle Gottlieb Sen
- Derrick Tam Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Desmond D'Souza The Ohio State University Medical Center
- Douglas Farmer Brooke Army Medical Center
- Douglas Mathisen Massachusetts General Hospital
- Dustin Walters UConn Health
- Edward Percy Vancouver General Hospital
- Elaine Tseng University of California San Francisco and San Francisco VA
- Emily Farkas Indiana University School of Medicine
- Enrico Ferrari Cardiocentro Ticino institute
- Erin Schumer Premier Health
- Errol Bush The Johns Hopkins University
- Eugene Grossi New York University Medical Center
- Farhood Farjah University of Washington
- Fatima Wilder Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Federico Sertic Thomas Jefferson University
- Frank Baciewicz Wayne State University Harper Hospital
- Frank Hanley
- Gaetano Paone Emory University School of Medicine
- George Hughes Duke University Medical Center
- Ghulam Murtaza SSM Health
- Gillian Alex Rush University Medical Center
- Giovanni Luciani University of Verona
- Gita Mody University of North Carolina School of Medicine
- Glenn Whitman Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Gregory Rushing University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University
- Hani Najm Cleveland Clinic
- Hao Pan Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital
- Harold Burkhart University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
- Hasan Batirel Biruni Uni. Hospital
- Ido Haimi University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center/University of Texas Medical School at Houston
- Irsa Hasan University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- J. Michael Dimaio Baylor Scott & White Health
- Jamel Ortoleva Boston Medical Center
- James Huang Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Jason Muesse UAMS
- Jeffrey Keenan Duke University Medical Center
- Jennifer Lawton Johns Hopkins
- Jesse Codner New York Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Jessica Luc Queen's University
- Joseph Turek
- Kan Nawata St Marianna University School of Medicine
- Karl Welke
- Katherine Verdi University of Virginia
- Kathryn Engelhardt Medical University of South Carolina
- Kevin Accola N/A
- Kirsten Finucane
- Kristopher Deatrick University of Michigan
- Kumari Adams IHA Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
- Leah Backhus Stanford University
- Leo Belyayev Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
- Li-Zhong Sun Beijing Anzhen Hospital Capital Medical University
- Lise Tchouta Cedars Sinai Medical Center
- Lloyd Felmly Medical University of South Carolina
- Madhuri Rao University of Minnesota
- Manu Sancheti Emory University
- Maria Lucia Madariaga University of Chicago
- Mark Orringer University of Michigan Medical Center
- Matthew Schill Washington University in St. Louis
- Matthew Stanley MemorialCare
- Meena Nathan
- Melita Viegas
- Menaka Ponnambalam Vancouver General Hospital
- Michael Cain University of Colorado
- Michael Halkos Emory University
- Michael Kirsch University of Colorado
- Michael Monge Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital
- Michele Pilato UPMC Italy
- Minoru Ono The University of Tokyo Hospital
- Nabil Munfakh Christian Hospital Northeast
- Nadia Clarizia University of Ottawa Heart Institute
- Nakul Valsangkar Ascension St Vincent Hospital
- Nathalie Roy
- Nathaniel Langer Massachusetts General Hospital
- Nestor Villamizar University of Miami
- Nishant Saran Mayo Clinic
- Noboru Motomura Motomura Shin-Otsuka Heart Clinic
- Omar Sharaf University of Florida Health
- Panayotis Vardas Tufts Medical Center
- Paul Schipper Oregon Health and Science University
- Petros Anagnostopoulos
- Philicia Moonsamy Cedars Sinai Health System
- Philippe Lemaitre New York Presbyterian - Columbia
- Pinki Patel Penn Medicine
- Prakash Punjabi Imperial College London
- Raina Sinha
- Ramesh Daggubati West Virginia University
- Ray Chihara Houston Methodist Hospital
- Raymond Strobel University of Virginia
- Richard Mainwaring Stanford University School of Medicine
- Richard Ohye
- Robert Guyton Emory University
- Robert Higgins Rush University
- Robert McClure Foothills Medical Centre
- Rony Atoui Health Sciences North
- Ryan Campagna University of Rochester
- Sabin Bozso University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Sahar Saddoughi Mayo Clinic
- Saket Singh Ochsner Medical Center
- Salman Zaheer Penn State Health
- Sandeep Bharadwaj Northwestern University
- Sandra Starnes University of Cincinnati Medical Center
- Seana Corbin University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Medicine
- Serguei Melnitchouk Massachusetts General Hospital
- Shaf Keshavjee Toronto General Hospital, UHN
- Sidney Levitsky Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Smita Sihag Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Stephen Fremes Sunnybrook Health Science Center
- Subhadra Shashidharan
- Suguru Ohira Hartford Hospital
- Syed Hussain NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Takuya Ogami University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Tara Karamlou
- Taryne Imai Queen's Medical Center / University of Hawaii
- Thomas D'Amico Duke University Medical Center
- Toshinobu Kazui The University of Arizona/ Banner University Medical Center Tucson
- Trevor Ellison Methodist Dallas Medical Center
- Uma Sachdeva Massachusetts General Hospital
- Volkmar Falk Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
- W. Randolph Chitwood ECU Health/Brody School of Medicine -East Carolina University
- Walter Wakwe HonorHealth, Heart and Lung Surgery Group
- Wei-Guo Ma Yale Medical School
- Whitney Sutton Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Yakov Elgudin University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center
- Yasir Abu-Omar University Hospitals Cleveland
- Yolonda Colson Massachusetts General Hospital - Thoracic Surgery
- Yuliya Tipograf University of Michigan -Michigan Medicine
- Aleksander Dokollari St. Boniface Hospital
- Dimitrios Magouliotis Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
- Eilon Ram New York Hospital-Weill Cornell Medical Center
- Michele Dell'Aquila Northwell Health
- Sara Sakowitz Massachusetts General Hospital
- Rohit Ganduboina Northwell Health
- Adishesh Narahari University of Virginia
- Danial Ahmad Yale School of Medicine
- Danielle Mullis Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Gorav Ailawadi The University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center
- Harendra Kumar Mayo Clinic
- Mansi Shah-Jadeja University of Kentucky
- Max Shin University of Pennsylvania
- Michael Zervos NYU-Langone Medical Center
- Omar Jarral Northwell Cardiovascular Institute
- Michael Reardon Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Methodist Hospital
- Ana McCracken The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
- Andrew Keogan Creighton University, Arizona
- Bongyeon Sohn Bucheon Sejong Hospital
- Chase Marso Massachusetts General Hospital
- Douglas Johnston Northwestern Medicine
- EunYeong Jung Asan medical center
- Hamza Nasir Chatha University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- J. Trent Magruder Piedmont Heart Institute
- Jonathan Haft University of Michigan - Cardiac Surgery
- Joseph Dearani Mayo Clinic
- Junghee Lee Samsung Medical Center
- Justin Heidel Mass General Brigham
- Justin Lum University of Rochester Medical Center
- Justin Schaffer Baylor Scott and White - The Heart Hospital, Plano
- Kareem Halwah Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Kazuhiro Ueno Thomas Jefferson University
- Maral Ouzounian Toronto General Hospital
- Min-Seok Kim Myongji Hospital
- Muhammad Abdullah Shaikh Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Myeong su Kim Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital
- Neel Prabhu Duke University Hospital
- Nicole Gorbenko Charleston Area Medical Center
- Omar Toubat University of Virginia
- Raffaele Rocco Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Rio S. Nomoto Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
- Safal Sapkota University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
- Samuel Creden University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- Sanjhai Ramdeen University of Michigan
- Sarah Madira Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis
- Shin Junghoon Severance Cardiovascular Hospital
- Varun Mandi University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Vikram Krishna Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- William Devries Baylor Scott and White Research Institute
- Zachary Brennan Cedars-Sinai
- Zihan Feng University of Pittsburgh
- Yu Mao Cardiac surgeon, Fudan University
- Abhishek Chakraborty Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Adam Sauer Stanford University
- Adnaldo Maia Yale New Heaven Hospital
- Alexandra Malarczyk Washington University in Saint Louis
- Alicia Bonanno Emory University
- Alyster Alcudia Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
- Amine Mazine Royal Children's Hospital
- Amy Hackmann Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Andrei Gritsiuta University of Texas Medical Branch
- Andrew Magdich Hackensack University Medical Center
- Andrew Vogel University of North Carolina
- Ben Rembetski University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Berk Inan Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Bilal Khan Mohammed Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Brett Curran Mayo Clinic
- Brian Samuel Hariyanto Pelita Harapan University
- Carlos Diaz-Castrillon University of Pittsburgh
- Cassandra Witt Washington University School of Medicine
- Chetan Pasrija Johns Hopkins
- Chikara Ueki Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health
- Christian Held University of Washington School of Medicine
- Christopher Rumer Johns Hopkins
- Clay B. Marsh Chancellor, West Virginia University
- Clement Rajakumar Jersey Shore University Medical Center
- Cynthia Herrington USC
- Daniel Cloonan Cleveland Clinic
- Daniel Romary Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
- Danika Meldrum The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Dariush Yalzadeh David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles
- David Koza Creighton University
- David Morales Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center The University of Cinci
- David Odell University of Michigan
- Deepti Srinivasan Massachusetts General Hospital
- Dhaval Chauhan West Virginia University
- Dhiaeddine Djabri Resident Physician, The Ohio State University
- Domenico Galetta San Giovanni Bosco Hospital, Turin
- Dong Hee Jang Asan medical center
Most represented companies
- Mayo Clinic — 23 speakers
- University of Michigan — 19 speakers
- Cleveland Clinic — 17 speakers
- Massachusetts General Hospital — 17 speakers
- Asan Medical Center — 14 speakers
- Emory University — 14 speakers
- University of Pennsylvania — 13 speakers
- Baylor College of Medicine — 11 speakers
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center — 11 speakers
- Seoul National University Hospital — 10 speakers
Agenda (219 sessions)
Day 1 — Thursday 28 January 2027
- Extraordinary Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery Awards Breakfast 07:00–08:00 · Ballroom 20A
- STS 2027 Award Winning Science 08:15–09:45 · Main Stage – Hall H — Vinod Thourani, Vinay Badhwar, Wilson Szeto, Joseph Cleveland +6 more
- Continue the Conversation 09:45–10:30 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Mock Interviews 10:00–10:30 · The Hub
- Robotic MidCAB (Sponsored by: Intuitive Surgical) (Non-CME) 10:00–12:00 · Hands-On 2 — Danny Ramzy, Gianluca Torregrossa, Kelsey Gray, Pablo Ruda Vega
- ECMO (Sponsored by Medtronic) (Non-CME) 10:00–12:00 · Hands-On 1 — Rakesh Arora, Jeremiah Hayanga, Nicholas Teman, John Trahanas +1 more
- Congenital Quality and Education 10:30–11:45 · Ballroom 20D — Camille Hancock Friesen, Christina Greene, Cynthia Herrington, Pirooz Eghtesady +5 more
- East Meets West: Dissecting Perspectives 10:30–11:45 · Main Stage – Hall H — Karen Kim, Wilson Szeto, Anthony Estrera, Thomas Beaver +8 more
- Secondary Prevention After CABG: Implementing the 2026 AHA Scientific Statement 10:30–11:45 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Marc Ruel, Joseph Sabik, Patrick O'Gara, Peter Barrett +5 more
- Ethical Conundrums in Heart Transplantation 10:30–11:45 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Amy Fiedler, Asishana Osho, Ahmet Kilic, Pedro Catarino +6 more
- Primary MR: Quo Vadis 10:30–11:45 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Joanna Chikwe, Vinay Badhwar, Tirone David, Arnar Geirsson +6 more
- Aortic Valve I: Lifetime Management of the Young Aortic Valve 10:30–11:45 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Barbara Hamilton, Jordan Bloom, Joseph Bavaria, J. Michael Dimaio +6 more
- Coronary I: Arterial Grafting - Adoption, Access, and Variation 10:30–11:45 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Faisal Bakaeen, Stephen Fremes, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Adishesh Narahari +7 more
- Thymic, Pleural, Airway, and Chest Wall Surgery 10:30–11:45 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Alessandro Bertani, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Kareem Halwah, Khaled Noueihed Gherzeddine +6 more
- Thoracic Oncology in the Real World: Evidence for the Mixed-Practice Surgeon 10:30–11:45 · Ballroom 20A — Brian Mitzman, Jessica Donington, Onkar Khullar, Chigozirim Ekeke +6 more
- Education and Wellness Abstracts 10:30–11:45 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Leora Yarboro, Irbaz Hameed, Rio S. Nomoto, Sanjhai Ramdeen +5 more
- STS Looking to the Future Scholar Session (Scholars Only) 10:30–11:45 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Lawrence Greiten, Dominic Emerson
- Mock Oral Exam Course 11:45–12:45 · The Hub
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 1 - Mitral and AF 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 4 – Hall E — Ghulam Murtaza, Salman Zaheer, Aleksander Dokollari, J. Trent Magruder +7 more
- Congenital Poster Session 1 - Ebstein and Tetralogy 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 8 – Hall E — Elizabeth Stephens, Kirsten Finucane, Dong Hee Jang, Massimo Baudo +8 more
- Perioperative Care Poster Session 1 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 9 – Hall E — Laura DiChiacchio, Richa Asija, Jamel Ortoleva, Maria Lopez Trevino +8 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 1: Surgery for Early Stage Lung Cancer: Who, When, and How? 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 6 – Hall E — Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, Walter Wakwe, Andrew Magdich, Christian Held +6 more
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by J&J MedTech, Heart Recovery (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 2
- International Resident Showdown 12:00–13:00 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Education and Wellness Poster Session 1 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 10 – Hall E — Danny Ramzy, Shelby Stewart, Rio S. Nomoto, Samuel Creden +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 1 - Aortic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 1 – Hall E — Junichi Shimamura, Puja Kachroo, Eilon Ram, Danielle Mullis +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 1 - Aortic Valve and TAVR 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 2 – Hall E
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 1 - Coronary Surgery 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 5 – Hall E — Alison Ward, Ansar Hassan, Michele Dell'Aquila, Nicole Gorbenko +8 more
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by AtriCure (CME) 12:00 · Industry 1
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Eli Lilly & Company (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 4
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Gore & Associates (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 3
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 1 - Mitral and Tricuspid 12:00 · E-Poster Station 3 – Hall E — Dane Paneitz, Kevin Accola, Max Shin, Andrew Magdich +6 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 1: Airway, Pleural, and Benign Thoracic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 7 – Hall E — Nakul Valsangkar, Justin Heidel, Rio S. Nomoto, Manzar Abbas +5 more
- Vivien T. Thomas Plenary 13:15–14:15 — Clay B. Marsh, Wayne A. I. Frederick
- From Award to Impact: The Lasting Influence of Thoracic Surgery Foundation-Funded Research on Cardiothoracic Surgery 14:30 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC
- Unmasking Your Brilliance: Conquering Your Inner Impostor 14:30–15:45 · Ballroom 20D — Jennifer Romano, Melanie Edwards, Douglas Wood, Sanjhai Ramdeen
- TEVAR 101 for Aneurysm and 201 for Dissection (Sponsored by: W.L. Gore & Associates) (Non-CME) 14:30–16:30 · Hands-On 1 — Ibrahim Sultan, Karen Kim, George Arnaoutakis, Puja Kachroo +9 more
- Advanced Bronchoscopy: Expanding the Thoracic Surgeon's Reach 14:30–15:45 · Ballroom 20A — Andrew Brownlee, Richa Asija, Brendon Stiles, Janani Reisenauer +6 more
- Aortic Disease I: Root to Thoracoabdominal - Dissection, Arch, and Durability 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Dawn Hui, Alexander Brescia, Bradley Leshnower, Eilon Ram +7 more
- Robotic Esophagectomy (Sponsored by: Intuitive Surgical) (Non-CME) 14:30–16:30 · Hands-On 2 — Elliot Servais, Manu Sancheti, Alexi Matousek, Fernando Safdie +1 more
- Rescuing the Failing RV 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — David D'Alessandro, Subhasis Chatterjee, Laura DiChiacchio, Ashish Shah +6 more
- Bench to Bedside: Lung Transplantation 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Errol Bush, Yuliya Tipograf, Sara Sakowitz, Andrew Keogan +7 more
- One Ventricle, Three Repairs 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Sameh Said, Emile Bacha, Nathalie Roy, Rohit Ganduboina +7 more
- Controversial Decisions in Mitral Valve Surgery 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Joanna Chikwe, Michael Ibrahim, Steven Bolling, Jessica Rove +7 more
- Mock Interviews 14:30–15:00 · The Hub
- Measuring Quality, Complications, and Value in Thoracic Surgery 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Christopher Towe, Onkar Khullar, Adam Sauer, Syed Shaheer Ali +6 more
- MAG: Give Me One More Artery 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Marc Ruel, Joseph Sabik, Faisal Bakaeen, Sigrid Sandner +7 more
- Latin Heart Rounds 14:30–15:45 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Mock Interviews 15:15–15:45 · The Hub
- Impacting Atrial Fibrillation 16:00–17:15 · Ballroom 20D — Joseph Sabik, Moritz Wyler Von Ballmoos, Lawrence Wei, Patrick McCarthy +6 more
- Coronary II: CABG After Infarction - Urgency and Mechanical Complications 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Erin Schumer, Michael Halkos, Michele Dell'Aquila, Kazuhiro Ueno +4 more
- CTEPH Program Development: Getting to Great 16:00–17:15 · Ballroom 20A — Christian Bermudez, Christopher Heid, Michael Cain, Jonathan Haft +5 more
- Failure to Rescue in Contemporary CT Surgery 16:00–17:15 · Main Stage – Hall H — Jennifer Romano, Jeremiah Hayanga, Nicholas Teman, Raymond Strobel +8 more
- Don't Replace My Aortic Valve - Spare It! 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Tirone David, Shinichi Fukuhara, Barbara Hamilton, Hiroo Takayama +8 more
- Uncommon Congenital Operations 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Jennifer Romano, David Kalfa, James Gangemi, Harold Burkhart +7 more
- General Thoracic Videos: Single-Port, Sleeve, and Vascular Rescue 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Alper Toker, Kathryn Engelhardt, Mansi Shah-Jadeja, Michael Zervos +4 more
- Quality Improvement: Endocarditis, Equity, and Practice Variation 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Kevin Lobdell, Ahmet Kilic, Jae Hoon Kim, Vincenzo Caruso +7 more
- Beyond the Scan: Screening and Incidental Lung Nodules — STS/ESTS Joint Session 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Dan Raz, Jane Yanagawa, Hasan Batirel, Ido Haimi +7 more
- Postoperative Complications and Outcomes 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Petros Anagnostopoulos, Tara Karamlou, ilkun Park, Srujan Ganta +6 more
- 2027 Post Certification School: Being a New Attending 16:00–17:15 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Olugbenga Okusanya, Andrea Wolf, Arman Arghami, Brian Mitzman +5 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 2 - Quality and Outcomes 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 4 – Hall E — Andrew Gorton, Rony Atoui, Danial Ahmad, Abid Mohideen +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 2 - Mitral and Tricuspid 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 3 – Hall E — Nathaniel Langer, Aleksander Dokollari, Kareem Halwah, William Devries +6 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 2 - Coronary Surgery 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 5 – Hall E — Lise Tchouta, Prakash Punjabi, Bongyeon Sohn, Kazuhiro Ueno +7 more
- Perioperative Care Poster Session 2 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 9 – Hall E — Kristopher Deatrick, Danielle Mullis, Vikram Krishna, Subodh Verma +6 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 2 - Aortic Disease 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 1 – Hall E — Rafael Sadaba, Sabin Bozso, Eilon Ram, Harendra Kumar +7 more
- Congenital Poster Session 2 - Bleeding, Bypass, and Bots 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 8 – Hall E — Raina Sinha, Ahmed Hafez, Chen Chia Wang, Elizabeth Havlicek +6 more
- Transplant Poster Session 2: Heart Transplantation 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 10 – Hall E — Amit Pawale, Jeffrey Keenan, Sara Sakowitz, Danielle Mullis +8 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 2 - Recurrence Risk and Precision Approaches in Lung Cancer 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 6 – Hall E — Rachel Medbery, Ramiro Fernandez, Vikram Krishna, Olga Ostrovetsky +8 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 2 - Aortic Valve and TAVR 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 2 – Hall E — Alexander Brescia, Ashtyn Philipsheck, Suguru Ohira, Takuya Ogami +8 more
- Semi-Finals Resident Showdown 17:15–18:15 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- General Thoracic Poster Session 2 - Esophageal Cancer: Treatment, Recovery, and Outcomes 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 7 – Hall E — Smita Sihag, Ana McCracken, Justin Heidel, Justin Lum +6 more
Day 2 — Friday 29 January 2027
- Congenital Videos 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Christopher Mascio, Andrew Goldstone, Danielle Pitchon, Ishit Chauhan +3 more
- General Thoracic Videos: Innovation and Precision in Lung Cancer Surgery 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Elliot Servais, Allan Pickens, Mansi Shah-Jadeja, Michael Zervos +3 more
- Roll the Tape: The Aorta and Aortic Valve 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Vinod Thourani, Vinay Badhwar, Tirone David, Michael Ibrahim +3 more
- Mock Interviews 08:00–08:30 · The Hub
- Robotic MAZE (Sponsored by: Intuitive Surgical) (Non-CME) 08:00–10:00 · Hands-On 2 — Arman Arghami, Jessica Rove, Lawrence Wei
- Mitral Valve Repair (Sponsored by Corcym) (Non-CME) 08:00–10:00 · Hands-On 1 — Danny Ramzy, Joanna Chikwe, Marc Pelletier, Michael Ibrahim +7 more
- The Tricuspid Decision: Operate, Intervene, or Enroll 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Dawn Hui, Steven Bolling, Ali Darehzereshki, Gorav Ailawadi +4 more
- Two Valves, One Patient 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Vinod Thourani, Hanghang Wang, Kimberly Holst, Thoralf Sundt +7 more
- Coronary III: CABG Outcomes That Matter - From PROs to Reintervention 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Eugene Grossi, Robert McClure, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Harendra Kumar +7 more
- Perioperative Care I: Shock, Support, and the Road to Recovery 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Rita Milewski, Junichi Shimamura, V. Sreenath Reddy, Min-Seok Kim +5 more
- Esophagectomy Outcomes and Benign Foregut Surgery 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Melanie Edwards, Ryan Campagna, Andrei Gritsiuta, Ben Rembetski +7 more
- Donor Innovation in Lung Transplantation: STS/ISHLT Joint Session 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Matthew Hartwig, Pedro Catarino, Sahar Saddoughi, Alyster Alcudia +6 more
- Arch and Beyond: State of the Aorta 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20D — Karen Kim, Wilson Szeto, Anthony Estrera, Leonard Girardi +7 more
- Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Redefining Resectability in the Era of Perioperative Therapy 08:15–09:30 · Main Stage – Hall H — Felix Fernandez, Erin Gillaspie, Brendon Stiles, Jessica Donington +3 more
- Congenital Administration/Heart Center Management 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20A — Christopher Mascio, Robert Jaquiss, Amy Bush, Nick Barcellona
- Aortic Valve II: SAVR Reimagined - Less-Invasive Access and Evolving Practice 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Dominic Emerson, Serguei Melnitchouk, Sina Danesh, Thomas Schwann +7 more
- STS Looking to the Future Resident and Student Symposium 08:15–09:30 · The Hub Large Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Amy Fiedler, Olugbenga Okusanya, Erin Gillaspie, Lawrence Greiten +1 more
- Mock Interviews 08:45–09:15 · The Hub
- General Thoracic Continue the Conversation 09:30–10:00 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Mock Oral Exam Course 09:45–10:30 · The Hub
- A.I. Plenary 10:00–11:30 — Shivdev Rao
- Mock Oral Exam Course 11:45–12:45 · The Hub
- Perioperative Care Poster Session 3 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 10 – Hall E — Kevin Lobdell, Frank Baciewicz, Shin Junghoon, Mohammad Malik +8 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 3 - Aortic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 1 – Hall E — Federico Sertic, Gaetano Paone, Eilon Ram, Alexis Miranda +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 3 - Aortic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 2 – Hall E — Hanghang Wang, Giovanni Luciani, Duc Giao, Yuki Kuroda +8 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 3 - Aortic Valve and TAVR 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 3 – Hall E — Thomas Beaver, Pavan Khosla, Ramesh Daggubati, Aleksander Dokollari +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 3 - Coronary Surgery 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 5 – Hall E — Edward Percy, Jennifer Lawton, Joshua Hon, Kei Kobayashi +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 3 - Mitral and Tricuspid 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 4 – Hall E — Ashtyn Philipsheck, Hao Pan, Sidney Levitsky, Aleksander Dokollari +8 more
- Congenital Poster Session 3 - Pulmonary Valve 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 8 – Hall E — Karl Welke, Andrew Vogel, Dhaval Chauhan, Hannah Lacey McMullen +7 more
- Congenital Poster Session 3 - Veins, Ventricles, and Coronary Vessels 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 9 – Hall E — Sameh Said, James Gangemi, Massimo Baudo, Hyun Soo Lee +5 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 3 - Quality, Safety, and Patient-Centered Thoracic Care 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 6 – Hall E — Gavitt Woodard, Gita Mody, Dariush Yalzadeh, Cecilia Pompili +8 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 3 - Screening, Nodule Workup, and Image-Guided Intervention 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 7 – Hall E — Alexander Krupnick, Kumari Adams, Raffaele Rocco, Domenico Galetta +7 more
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Abbott (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 2
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Artivion (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 3
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Edwards Lifesciences (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 1
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Intuitive Surgical (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 4
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Medtronic (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 5
- STS/TSF: Lessons Learned from Global Humanitarian Cardiothoracic Surgical Programs 12:00–13:00 · Center Stage – Hall FG — Anthony Estrera, Jeffrey Jacobs, Emily Farkas, Jedida Kimutai +4 more
- STS/TSRA Resident Luncheon 12:00–13:00 · The Hub — Andrew Brownlee, Erin Gillaspie, Irbaz Hameed, Rohun Bhagat
- Leadership Plenary 13:15–14:15 — Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Surgeon Scientists Lead the Way 14:30–15:45 · Ballroom 20A — Michael Ibrahim, Robert Hawkins, Craig Selzman, Elaine Tseng +6 more
- Fit to Operate: Two Debates on Who Belongs in the Operating Room and When 14:30–15:45 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Melanie Edwards, Douglas Wood, Jeffrey Jacobs, Thomas Varghese Jr. +1 more
- Thinking Thoracic Podcast 14:30–15:45 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- The Robot Will See You Now 14:30–15:45 · Main Stage – Hall H — Vinay Badhwar, Tirone David, Arnar Geirsson, Gianluca Torregrossa +7 more
- Aortic Annular Enlargement (Sponsored by J&J MedTech) (Non-CME) 14:30–16:30 · Hands-On 1 — Dawn Hui, Ibrahim Sultan, Karen Kim, Alexander Brescia +22 more
- The Great Debates in Perioperative Care 14:30–15:45 · Ballroom 20D — Rakesh Arora, Moritz Wyler Von Ballmoos, Subhasis Chatterjee, Jeremiah Hayanga +4 more
- The Cutting Edge of Heart Transplantation 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Christopher Salerno, Yasir Abu-Omar, Sarah Madira, Melissa Lamicq +7 more
- Aortic Disease II: The Arch and Beyond - FET, Aortopathy, and Distal Repair 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Thomas Reece, EunYeong Jung, Vincenzo Caruso, Yuto Yasumoto +6 more
- Robotic Single Port - Lung (Sponsored by: Intuitive Surgical) (Non-CME) 14:30–16:30 · Hands-On 2 — Jonathan Villena-Vargas, Desmond D'Souza, Mansi Shah-Jadeja, Leonidas Tapias
- Local Therapy and Staging for Early-Stage Lung Cancer 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Benjamin Wei, Jason Muesse, Chase Marso, Dariush Yalzadeh +5 more
- Arrhythmia: Surgical AF Ablation - Rhythm, Mechanisms, and Economics 14:30–15:45 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Dawn Hui, Noboru Motomura, Michele Dell'Aquila, William Devries +7 more
- Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Thoracic Surgery 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Christopher Seder, Benjamin Wadowski, Yolonda Colson, Elizabeth David +4 more
- Mock Interviews 14:30–15:00 · The Hub
- Advancing Clinical Trials in Cardiac Surgery 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — David D'Alessandro, Patrick O'Gara, A. Marc Gillinov, J. Hunter Mehaffey +6 more
- Transplant/Mechanical Circulatory Support/ECMO Congenital 14:30–15:45 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Mark Rodefeld, Mark Bleiweis, Joseph Dearani, Safal Sapkota +7 more
- Military Matters Symposium 16:00–17:15 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Douglas Farmer, Leo Belyayev, Timothy Veit, Carolina Alvarez +3 more
- Heart Team 2.0: The Next Chapter Dawns — STS/ACC Joint Session 16:00–17:15 · Main Stage – Hall H — Vinod Thourani, Vinay Badhwar, Michael Bowdish, Patrick O'Gara +6 more
- Coronary IV: Modern CABG — Robotic Access, Conduit Choice, Graft Surveillance, and Value 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Danny Ramzy, Irsa Hasan, Rohit Ganduboina, Min-Seok Kim +6 more
- Early-Stage Lung Cancer: Precision Surgery in an Era of Personalized Care 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Sandra Starnes, Thomas D'Amico, Whitney Sutton, Justin Heidel +7 more
- What Matters to Patients: Hardwiring the Recovery They Actually Live 16:00–17:15 · Ballroom 20A — Amy Fiedler, Peter Barrett, Sarah Nisivaco, Daniel Engelman +6 more
- Equitable Access to Durable MCS 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Leora Yarboro, Megan Schultz, Koji Takeda, Amira Mansuri +4 more
- Tricuspid: Isolated Tricuspid Surgery - Risk, Phenotype, and Repair 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Marc Pelletier, Michele Dell'Aquila, Ethan Pavlovsky, Gregory Boyajian +5 more
- Esophageal Cancer: Treatment Selection, Staging, and Recurrence 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Ryan Levy, Uma Sachdeva, Daniel Cloonan, Russyan Mark Mabeza +7 more
- Let's Run the Gamut 16:00–17:15 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Sameh Said, Richard Mainwaring, Dong-hee Kim, Jorge Monserrate-Marrero +6 more
- The Vivien Thomas Symposium – The 5th Annual STS Achieving Equity in Clinical Care and Education Summit 16:00–17:15 · Ballroom 20D — Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, Fatima Wilder, Sanjhai Ramdeen, Carlos Diaz-Castrillon +2 more
- Innovation in Congenital Heart Surgery 16:00–17:15 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Frank Hanley, Meena Nathan, Michael Catalano, Pirooz Eghtesady +7 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 4 - Induction Therapy and Complex Lung Cancer Resection 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 7 – Hall E — Andrea Wolf, Sara Sakowitz, Adam Sauer, Domenico Galetta +4 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 4 - Atrial Fibrillation and Arrhythmia 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 4 – Hall E — Ali Darehzereshki, Matthew Schill, Aleksander Dokollari, Harendra Kumar +7 more
- Finals Resident Showdown 17:15–18:15 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 4 - Aortic Valve and TAVR 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 2 – Hall E — Thomas Beaver, Pavan Khosla, Hamza Nasir Chatha, Nicole Gorbenko +5 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 4 - Aortic Disease 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 1 – Hall E — Thomas Reece, Chris Mehta, Omar Jarral, Myeong su Kim +8 more
- Education and Wellness Poster Session 4 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 9 – Hall E — V. Sreenath Reddy, Andrew Keogan, Chase Marso, Tyler Lackland +7 more
- Congenital Poster Session 4 - ACHD and HF/MCS/Transplant 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 8 – Hall E — Brittany Potz, Damien LaPar, Sara Sakowitz, Hannah Lacey McMullen +7 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 4 - Thymic and Chest Wall Surgery: Outcomes and Technique 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 6 – Hall E — Rudy Lackner, Gillian Alex, Daniel Cloonan, Khaled Noueihed Gherzeddine +6 more
- Transplant Poster Session 4: All Things Organ Failure 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 10 – Hall E — Aaron Williams, Scott Atay, Sarah Madira, David Koza +8 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 4 - Coronary Surgery 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 5 – Hall E — Brian Lima, Saket Singh, Bongyeon Sohn, Mohammad Malik +5 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 4 - Mitral and Tricuspid 17:15–18:15 · E-Poster Station 3 – Hall E — Marijan Koprivanac, Afshin Ehsan, Danial Ahmad, Abhishek Chakraborty +8 more
Day 3 — Saturday 30 January 2027
- Test for ePosters - DO NOT DELETE 00:00–02:00 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Isabel de la Cruz, Michele Rush, T Mejudhon
- Roll the Tape: Mitral and Tricuspid 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Danny Ramzy, Arnar Geirsson, Lawrence Wei, Gorav Ailawadi
- Congenital Videos 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — David Kalfa, Hani Najm, Andrew Vogel, Anmol Kahlon +3 more
- General Thoracic Videos: Complex Operations, Innovative Approaches 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Rudy Lackner, Jonathan Villena-Vargas, Rachel Medbery, Douglas Mathisen +3 more
- Mock Interviews 08:00–08:30 · The Hub
- Robotic Bronchoscopy (Sponsored by: Intuitive Surgical) (Non-CME) 08:00–10:00 · Hands-On 2 — Andrew Brownlee, Matthew Bott, Janani Reisenauer, Raffaele Rocco +2 more
- Leaders Are Made, Not Born 08:15–09:30 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Danny Ramzy, Joanna Chikwe, Andrea Wolf, Dustin Walters +3 more
- Esophageal Cancer: Changing Evidence, Changing Practice 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20A — Elliot Servais, Kiran Lagisetty, Stephanie Worrell, Mark Orringer +7 more
- Aortic Disease III: After the Repair - New Distal Entries, Remodeling, and AI 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Nimesh Desai, Wei-Guo Ma, Eilon Ram, Omar Jarral +6 more
- Multivalve: Beyond One Valve - Concomitant Disease and Complex Risk 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Asishana Osho, Bryan Whitson, Dimitrios Magouliotis, Daniel Romary +7 more
- Coronary Controversies 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Marc Ruel, Joseph Sabik, Gianluca Torregrossa, John Puskas +6 more
- From Screening Eligibility to Diagnosis of the Lung Nodule 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Betty Tong, Madhuri Rao, Christian Held, Deepti Srinivasan +6 more
- The Bedside Debate: Four Perioperative Controversies Where Evidence and Practice Diverge 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Rakesh Arora, Subhasis Chatterjee, Jeffrey Javidfar, Robert Hawkins +6 more
- Collaboration in Action: STS/CHSS Joint Session 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Jennifer Romano, Robert Jaquiss, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, David Overman
- Bridging Strategies for Transplantation in the Modern Era 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20D — Leora Yarboro, Feras Khaliel, Francis Pagani, Marisa Cevasco +6 more
- TAVI vs. SAVR: Transatlantic Unity, Divided Evidence — STS/EACTS Joint Session 08:15–09:30 · Main Stage – Hall H — Vinod Thourani, Michael Bowdish, Patrick O'Gara, Rafael Sadaba +6 more
- Surgical Strategy for Locally Advanced and Recurrent Lung Cancer 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Maria Lucia Madariaga, Nestor Villamizar, Michael Zervos, Junghee Lee +7 more
- Mock Oral Exam Course 09:15–10:00 · The Hub
- Adult Cardiac Continue the Conversation 09:30–10:15 · Center Stage – Hall FG — Michael Bowdish, Christopher Mascio, Felix Fernandez
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 5 - Aortic Valve and TAVR 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 2 – Hall E — Nishant Saran, Trevor Ellison, Aleksander Dokollari, Michele Dell'Aquila +8 more
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by Natera (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 2
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 5 - Quality and Outcomes 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 5 – Hall E — Marijan Koprivanac, Gregory Rushing, Sandeep Bharadwaj, Danial Ahmad +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 5 - Aortic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 4 – Hall E — John Spratt, Abelardo Deanda, Varun Mandi, Zihan Feng +6 more
- Transplant Poster Session 5: Lung Transplantation 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 10 – Hall E — Rishindra Reddy, Yakov Elgudin, Andrew Keogan, Vikram Krishna +7 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 5 - Mitral and Tricuspid 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 3 – Hall E — Ameen Basha, Toshinobu Kazui, Bilal Khan Mohammed, Yona Lei +6 more
- Adult Cardiac Poster Session 5 - Aortic Disease 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 1 – Hall E — Benjamin Degner, Enrico Ferrari, Adishesh Narahari, Omar Jarral +7 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 5 - Evolving Standards in Pulmonary Resection: Approach, Recovery, and Complications 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 6 – Hall E — Olugbenga Okusanya, Barry Gibney, Ana McCracken, Junghee Lee +5 more
- General Thoracic Poster Session 5 - Foregut Surgery and Esophagectomy Care Pathways 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 7 – Hall E — Ashtyn Philipsheck, Philicia Moonsamy, Ana McCracken, Tyler Wilson +6 more
- Industry Symposium, Sponsored by AstraZeneca (Non-CME) 12:00–13:00 · Industry 1
- Congenital Poster Session 5 - Buzz Aldrin's Best 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 8 – Hall E — Danielle Gottlieb Sen, Rohit Ganduboina, Muhammad Abdullah Shaikh, Dong Hee Jang +7 more
- Perioperative Care Poster Session 5 12:00–13:00 · E-Poster Station 9 – Hall E — Jeffrey Javidfar, Rawn Salenger, Aabha Divya, Amol Joshi +7 more
- Meet the Editors 13:15–14:30 · The Hub Large Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Joanna Chikwe, Marc Ruel, Andrew Goldstone, Scott LeMaire +2 more
- Neonatal Cardiac Surgery 13:15–14:30 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Mark Bleiweis, Melita Viegas, Richard Ohye, Isabel Vara +5 more
- How Do We Achieve Excellence? 13:15–14:30 · Ballroom 20D — Marc Ruel, Joseph Sabik, Wilson Szeto, Subhasis Chatterjee +9 more
- Pediatric Valves 13:15–14:30 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Lorenzo Galletti, Joseph Turek, Michael Monge, Joseph Dearani +6 more
- Perioperative Care II: Physiology, Risk, and the Signals We Miss 13:15–14:30 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Audrey Spelde, Nadia Clarizia, Berk Inan, Christopher Rumer +5 more
- The Frontier of Transplantation: The Future Is Now 13:15–14:30 · Main Stage – Hall H — David D'Alessandro, Joseph Cleveland, Robert Hawkins, Aaron Williams +8 more
- Complex Thoracic Disease: Chest Wall, Mesothelioma, and Thymus 13:15–14:30 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, Alper Toker, Varun Puri, James Huang +6 more
- Resilient Surgeon Podcast 13:15–14:30 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Endocarditis: It Takes a Team 13:15–14:30 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Tirone David, Thoralf Sundt, Syed Hussain, Max Shin +6 more
- Failed AVR: Repeat SAVR or TAVI 13:15–14:30 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Ibrahim Sultan, Shinichi Fukuhara, Katherine Harrington, Hamza Nasir Chatha +4 more
- Foregut Surgery: Mastering the Difficult Decisions 13:15–14:30 · Ballroom 20A — Matthew Hartwig, Alison Mungo, Brian Louie, Carolyn Jones +7 more
- Coronary V: Diffuse Disease and Difficult Targets 13:15–14:30 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — John Puskas, Li-Zhong Sun, Serdar Gunaydin, Yojiro Machii +5 more
- Mock Interviews 14:00–14:30 · The Hub
- ECMO for Cardiogenic Shock and Beyond 14:45–16:00 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Nicholas Teman, Ashish Shah, Kelsey Gray, Ramiro Fernandez +6 more
- How Do We Turn Evidence into Practice? 14:45–16:00 · Ballroom 20D — Danny Ramzy, Rakesh Arora, Rita Milewski, Jeffrey Javidfar +7 more
- Quality in Thoracic Surgery: Celebrating 25 Years of the STS General Thoracic Surgery Database 14:45–16:00 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Felix Fernandez, Betty Tong, Christopher Seder, Christopher Towe +7 more
- Beyond Stage: Biologic, Clinical, and Patient Factors in Postoperative Recurrence 14:45–16:00 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Paul Schipper, Ray Chihara, Raffaele Rocco, Victoria Yin +7 more
- Mitral I: Robotic and Minimally Invasive Mitral Repair 14:45–16:00 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Derrick Tam, Kan Nawata, Harendra Kumar, Bongyeon Sohn +6 more
- Personalizing Lung Transplantation to Improve Recovery: Less Is More 14:45–16:00 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Kiran Lagisetty, Bianca Bromberger, Philippe Lemaitre, Anabel Marre +7 more
- The Annals in the Age of AI: Impact at Your Fingertips 14:45–16:00 · Main Stage – Hall H — Joanna Chikwe, Moritz Wyler Von Ballmoos, Michael Bowdish, Barbara Hamilton +6 more
- Common Congenital Lesions, Common Congenital Problems 14:45–16:00 · Ballroom 20A — Elizabeth Stephens, Subhadra Shashidharan, Amine Mazine, Danika Meldrum +7 more
- Multimodal Lung Cancer Care: Clinical Evidence and Translational Frontiers 14:45–16:00 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Matthew Bott, Alessandro Mariani, Adishesh Narahari, Samuel Creden +6 more
- From Fellow to Financially Confident: A Practical Guide to Building Wealth in Your First Years of Practice 14:45–16:00 · The Hub Large Theater – Ballroom 20BC — James Dahle, Steven Macheers
- Aortic Valve III: SAVR and TAVR Head-to-Head - Conduction, Leak, and Late Hazards 14:45–16:00 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Patrick Myers, Michele Pilato, EunYeong Jung, Omar Toubat +7 more
- Same Surgeon Different Light 14:45–16:00 · Center Stage – Hall FG
- Mock Interviews 15:45–16:15 · The Hub
- How Can We Have the Greatest Impact? 16:15–17:15 · Ballroom 20D — Rita Milewski, Amanda Rea, Angela Lee, Ken Nakamura +3 more
Day 4 — Sunday 31 January 2027
- General Thoracic Videos: Navigating Complex Thoracic Surgery 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Taryne Imai, Michael Zervos, Alicia Bonanno, Gabriella Rasmussen +3 more
- Congenital Videos 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Glen Van Arsdell, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Muhammad Abdullah Shaikh, Neel Prabhu +3 more
- Roll the Tape: Impossible Cases 07:00–08:00 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Marc Pelletier, Moritz Wyler Von Ballmoos, Shinichi Fukuhara, Feras Khaliel +1 more
- Heart Failure/Mechanical Circulatory Support/Transplant 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater D – Hall E — Mark Rodefeld, Pierre-Luc Bernier, Tracy Geoffrion, Rohit Ganduboina +7 more
- Supporting the Surgical Family: From Lived Experience to Action in Cardiothoracic Surgery 08:15–09:30 · The Hub Small Theater – Ballroom 20BC — Jennifer Romano, Gavitt Woodard, Dan Raz, Ammara Watkins +2 more
- Single Ventricle 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 3 – Hall D — Andrew Goldstone, Glen Van Arsdell, Emile Bacha, Lorenzo Galletti +6 more
- Aortic Disease IV: Type A Dissection - How Much Repair Is Enough? 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater B – Hall E — Dawn Hui, Hiroo Takayama, Eilon Ram, Myeong su Kim +7 more
- Pushing the Boundaries in Heart Transplantation 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20D — Amy Fiedler, David D'Alessandro, Ashish Shah, Feras Khaliel +7 more
- Complex Thoracic Surgery Videos: Mediastinal, Airway, and Esophageal Techniques 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater A – Hall E — Richa Asija, Jane Yanagawa, Matthew Stanley, Mansi Shah-Jadeja +4 more
- Complications, Judgment, and Rescue: Lessons from the Toughest Cases 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 1 – Hall D — Douglas Wood, Matthew Bott, Ryan Levy, Scott Atay +7 more
- Disasters and Rescue: Cardiac 08:15–09:30 · Plenary Theater 2 – Hall D — Marc Pelletier, Ibrahim Sultan, Joseph Cleveland, Katherine Harrington +8 more
- Early Mobility Is What We [Should] Do 08:15–09:30 · Ballroom 20A — Rakesh Arora, Rita Milewski, Amanda Rea, Peter Barrett +6 more
- Mitral II: Mitral Replacement and Reintervention in the Transcatheter Era 08:15–09:30 · Spotlight Theater C – Hall E — Joon Young Kim, Paighton Miller, Shantel Chang, Daniel Ragheb +5 more
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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Exhibitors (88)
Q-Optics & Quality Aspirators Inc · Intuitive · Cardiac Advanced Resuscitation Education, LLC · Centese · HCA Healthcare · Transonic · Synapse Biomedical · Zimmer · EMR Operative Illustrations, Inc. · EDDA Technology, Inc. · Medeloop · Natera · Unbound Medicine · W. L. Gore & Associati · Berlin Heart Inc. · Rultract Inc. · Getinge · Kapp Surgical, Inc. · Hemostasis · Nadia International · Vascular Technology Inc · 4DMedical · Abyrx, INC. · Riverside Health · Wexler Surgical, Inc · Genesee BioMedical · Thoracic Innovations · Artivion · Chase Medical · DELACROIX-CHEVALIER · Spectrum Medical · NEOS SURGERY · Scanlan International, Inc. · Designs for Vision, Inc. · Mercy · Nordson Medical · AtriCure Inc. · Peters Surgical · EVONOS MEDICAL LP · Front1 Health Partners · BrioHealth Solutions · ATMOS · Thompson Retractor · Pulse Biosciences · LSI Solutions, Inc. · Medela LLC · EACTS · ESTS · Applied Medical Resources · SYLKE, Inc. · Ronin Surgical Corp. · KLS Martin · Hayes Locums · Able Medical Devices · R&D Surgical USA Inc · Eli Lilly and Company · Etiometry · Medtronic · American Board of Thoracic Surgery · Think Aorta US · Edwards Lifesciences · Thoragenix Innovations, Inc · Terumo Aortic · Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc., · CircumFix Solutions, Inc. · Sontec Instruments · DePuy Synthes · Pinnacle Biologics, Inc. · Kaiser Permanente - Southern California Permanente Medical Group · Corcym Inc. · BFW Inc · MyMichigan Health · Johnson & Johnson MedTech · Octapharma · Razor Genomics · LifeNet Health · LocumTenens.com · International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) · USB Medical · Medistim · SurgiTel/General Scientific Corp · Cook Medical · enableCV · Sunoptic Technologies · Medical Instruments USA · Fehling Surgical Instruments · Essential Pharmaceuticals · ProCure On-Demand
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