The STS 51st Annual Meeting Is Just Weeks Away!

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 51st Annual Meeting in San Diego is only weeks away, but it’s not too late to join your colleagues at one of the largest international educational events in cardiothoracic surgery, January 24–28, 2015.

Registration is still available at www.sts.org/annualmeeting, as well as onsite in San Diego. Early registration is encouraged for ticketed sessions, such as the Early Riser Sessions and STS University.

New offerings at the 51st Annual Meeting include two parallel sessions on mechanical circulatory support, a session on how quality measurement is reshaping clinical practice, and a session exploring the role of stereotactic body radiation therapy in lung cancer treatment.

STS will welcome two outstanding guest speakers at the General Session on Tuesday, January 27. Pedro J. del Nido, MD, President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, will present the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture on “Surgical Innovation: Lessons From the Pragmatism Philosophical School” at 9:00 a.m. Dr. del Nido is the Chief of Cardiac Surgery and William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery at Harvard Medical School in Boston. For the C. Walton Lillehei Lecture at 11:00 a.m., Patrick T. O’Gara, MD, President of the American College of Cardiology, will deliver a talk on “Clinical Trials at the Interface of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery—What Would Dr. Lillehei Think?” Dr. O’Gara is the Director of Clinical Cardiology and Executive Medical Director of the Shapiro Cardiovascular Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Innovative and thought-provoking weekend sessions are also scheduled. Watch here as STS leaders describe some of the most anticipated sessions, such as STS/AATS Tech-Con 2015, the Congenital Parallel Surgical Symposium, and the General Thoracic Parallel Surgical Symposium.

Additional details about all sessions are available in the Advance Program.

Click here to register and reserve your housing. If you have questions about registration, contact the Society’s official registration partner, Experient, at (866) 229-2386 (toll free), (301) 694-5243 (for international callers), or sts@experient-inc.com.

The Society looks forward to seeing you in San Diego!