Joel Dunning

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Intraoperative Molecular Imaging: An Interview With Dr. Robert Meguid

July 10, 2026 | Robert Meguid…

This interview focuses on intraoperative molecular imaging. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Robert Meguid, Professor of Surgery at the University of Colorado...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 178: Managing the Left Subclavian Artery

October 29, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 177: Expert Consensus Document on LVRS for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...

JANS Article

EACTS Expert Consensus Document on Lung Volume Reduction for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial approaches for appropriately selected patients. It provides guidance on patient selection, techniques, risks, transplantation considerations,...

JANS Article

Pope Leo XIV Undergoes Successful Lung Surgery

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported...

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Redo Aortic Root Replacement and Tricuspid Repair After Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

July 1, 2024 | Vincent Gaudiani

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This fifty-five-year-old, 125 kg patient had a previous aortic valve replacement and presented with endocarditis with heart failure with a CVP of 30. It was determined unsafe to give antegrade...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 62

June 28, 2024 | Joel Dunning

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the recently published MARS 2 trial, an AATS consensus document on management of subsolid lung nodules, and the long-term...

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Onyx Aortic Root Replacement Through a Ministernotomy

June 24, 2024 | Vincent Gaudiani

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This video shows the case of a forty-year-old man who presented with a large 6 cm pear-shaped dilated aortic root. He was offered valve sparing root replacement or a mechanical...

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Aortic Root Replacement With a Konect Prosthesis, Full Cox Maze, and IMA to LAD

June 24, 2024 | Vincent Gaudiani

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This is a video of a sixty-five-year-old man who presented with atrial fibrillation, a critical LAD lesion, and heart failure with severe aortic regurgitation and a root dilated to 48...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 61

June 21, 2024 | Joel Dunning

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses a new cardiothoracic surgery conference in Iraq and his insights on the newest surgical robot technology. Joel also talks...

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Introduction to Aortic Root Reconstruction

June 19, 2024 | Vincent Gaudiani

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Dr. Vince Gaudiani introduces his series on different techniques for aortic root reconstruction. The patient is a sixty-year-old man who presented with collapse and was found to have a 7...

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Surgical Correction of Pentalogy of Fallot

June 19, 2024 | Joel Dunning

This video shows surgical repair of pentalogy of Fallot in a thirteen-year-old boy. A team of British surgeons assisted the team at the National Cardiothoracic Centre in Accra, Ghana with...

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Lessons From a Longitudinal Esophageal Cancer Study: An Interview With Justin Blasberg

June 14, 2024 | Justin Blasberg…

At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. CTSNet...