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COUNT DOWN TO STS’ 38TH ANNUAL MEETING

until the Annual Meeting, January 28 - 30, 2002.
Ancillary Programs Offer an Expanded Educational Experience

Meet the Experts - 7:00 am - 8:00 am, Tuesday, January 29

  • Endovascular Stenting for Traumatic Aortic Transection
  • Pet Scan Staging of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
  • VATS Lobectomy is Superior to Thoracotomy for Resection of Stage I Lung Cancer
  • Anterior and Bileaflet Mitral Repair
  • Therapy for Distal Coronary Disease
  • DHCA Versus Regional Perfusion
  • TOF-Timing of Repair

Technical Sessions - "How I Do It" - 7:00 am - 8:00 am, Tuesday, January 29

  • Preparing the Patient and Team for Early Discharge
  • Vagal-Sparing Esophagecgtomy
  • Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Surgery
  • Atrial Arrhythmia Ablation - What Do We Do?
  • Tetrology of Fallot - APU
  • Arterial Switch with Difficult Coronary Anatomy

Clinical Workshops - 7:00 am - 8:00 am, Wednesday, January 30

  • Induction Chemoradiotherapy and Surgery for Lung Cancer
  • Management of Complications After Esophagectomy
  • Workup and Management of Mediastinal Masses
  • Endoscopic Palliation of Airway Obstruction
  • Hemostatic Sealants and BioGlues
  • Getting Started in Robotic Cardiac Surgery
  • Alternative Coronary Surgery Techniques
  • Tissue Engineering for Valve Replacement
  • Postoperative Management Following Norwood
  • Heart Transplantation for Complex Congenital Anomalies
  • Annual Coding Clinic
Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County, Florida: Did You Know…?




  • Broward County, incorporated in 1915, is situated on the southeast coast of Florida between Miami-Dade and Palm Beach Counties.
  • Broward County is the second-largest county in Florida, with the second-largest public school district in the state (one of the largest fully accredited public school systems in the nation).
  • There are more than 23 miles of beaches and waterways, 288 parks, three natural reefs, and the Everglades.
  • Broward's average year-round temperature is 77· F/23· C, and it has 3,000 hours of sunshine annually! Even in January, the coolest month of the year, temperatures average 66· F/20· C.
  • The 500,000+ square-foot Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, at Port Everglades, is the centerpiece of a mixed-use retail complex covering 33 acres.
  • More than 3,000 wining and dining establishments are in Broward County-reputed to be more per capita than any other area in the United States-and the area boasts more award-winning restaurants than any other county in Florida.