Optimizing Operation Planning: An Interview With Dr. Mahtab and Physician Coopmans

At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Watch for more interviews from the meeting.  

At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Dr. Edris A. F. Mahtab, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands, and Laurent Coopmans, technical physician at Leiden University Medical Center, about optimizing operation planning. They explored how the definition of optimal varies between surgeons and nurses, artificial intelligence, and advancements in medical technology. Additionally, they discussed the concept of hybrid clinicians, what this role entails, how to become a hybrid clinician, and the importance of training these specialists for the future of cardiothoracic surgery.  

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