Vinod Thourani
At the 2023 Innovation, Technologies, and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Cardiovascular/Vascular Surgery (ISMICS) annual meeting in late May, President Vinod Thourani made the keynote speech on mental health and collaboration among cardiothoracic surgeons. He spoke...
CTSNet had the great privilege of hosting an expert-filled roundtable on aortic root enlargement (AAE) vs. total root replacement (ARR) for the small aortic root. Barbara Hamilton moderated the debate...
CTSNet is excited to host a debate on the topic of aortic root enlargement (AAE) vs. total root replacement (ARR) for the small aortic root. Cardiac surgery experts Bo Yang,...
The Leadership Book Club, hosted by Ara Vaporciyan, program manager of the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson, discusses the book Teaming: How...
In this CTSNet To Go podcast episode, Niv Ad moderates a discussion on the importance of atrial fibrillation in decision-making in structural heart disease and coronary artery disease. He is...
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre in London, UK, moderates a discussion on the use of sutureless aortic valves in patients with bicuspid valve anatomy. Dr Bashir is joined by...
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Niv Ad of the Washington Adventist Hospital and University of Maryland moderates a discussion on the importance of atrial...
Educational Grants CTSNet wishes to recognize and thank the following companies for their ongoing support through educational grants: Edwards Lifesciences. In March 2019, two randomized trials were published comparing surgical...
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre in London, UK, moderates a discussion on the use of sutureless aortic valves in patients with bicuspid valve anatomy, which was filmed at the...
In a roundtable discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, Vinod Thourani of Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, David Heimansohn of St. Vincent Heart...
Filmed at the 2015 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, this roundtable focuses on percutaneous mitral valve repair. Vinod Thourani moderates a discussion with Michael Mack, Wilson, Szeto, Eric...
Filmed at the 2014 STS Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, this roundtable discussion focuses on the treatment of mitral valve disease. Vinod Thourani moderates the discussion with Gorav Ailawadi, Vinay...
Taped at the STS 49th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, this roundtable discussion focuses on transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and the role surgeons and the entire heart team play...











