This article explores emerging innovations aimed at addressing the critical challenges of organ transplantation, particularly organ scarcity, rejection, and the burden of lifelong immunosuppression.
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Vascular
September 9, 2025
This video demonstrates the fundamentals of aortic cross-sectional imaging and measurement techniques using computed tomography angiography for students and trainees who are not radiologists.
September 4, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Nicholas Smedira, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, about mitral valve-induced left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction with minimal septal hypertrophy.
August 28, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 28, 2025
In this exceptional interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 26, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Agathe Seguin-Givelet, a thoracic surgeon at Ambroise Pare-Hartmann Hospital in France, about segmentectomy.
August 22, 2025
This video highlights Dr. Ludwig Mueller’s acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Meeting 2024.
August 21, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Kenneth Liao, professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support at Baylor College of Medicine, about performing the world’s first adult robotic heart surgery in the United States using a subxiphoid approach.
August 21, 2025
The U.S. healthcare system faces significant challenges, including staff shortages and reimbursement cuts, impacting physician compensation and leading to a decline in independent practices. In 2024, average physician compensation increased by 3.7 percent, with greater disparities noted between genders and between adult and pediatric specialists.
August 21, 2025
In this expert opinion, the authors highlight the challenges faced by international medical graduates (IMGs) pursuing cardiothoracic (CT) surgery training positions in the United States.