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Humanoid Robots in the Operating Room: A Framework for Staged Integration of Embodied AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Aamir Amin

This article explores the pathways for and challenges and implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled humanoid robotic systems, or embodied AI, into operating rooms (ORs). While AI is being integrated into every area of life...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 169: CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery

August 13, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...

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The Lifeline: Management of Acute Aortic Emergencies

August 12, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...

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Register for the Inaugural ‘In Africa for Africa’ Cardio-Thoracic Conference in Cape Town!

August 7, 2026 | Marianna Mast

Join Us in Cape Town for the EACTS/STS/CSIA Cardio-Thoracic Conference, ‘In Africa for Africa’ The conference takes place from September 4–6, 2026 in Cape Town, bringing together leading regional and...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...

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Female CT Surgeons—Unlocking the Male Fortress: An Interview With Shanda Blackmon

March 19, 2026 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor…

In this important interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute at...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 149: Female CT Surgeons—Unlocking the Male Fortress

March 19, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute...

JANS Article

Female Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Unlocking the Male Fortress

March 19, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This article discusses the underrepresentation of women in cardiothoracic surgery, where they constitute less than 10 percent of heart and lung surgeons. The article highlights challenges such as lower pay,...

Podcast

The Cardiac Recovery Room: Optimizing the Preoperative Patient

March 18, 2026 | Vicki Morton…

In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Vicki Morton, Director of Clinical and Quality Outcomes at Providence Anesthesiology Associates in North Carolina, USA, spoke with Drs. Rakesh Arora,...

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Standardized Recommendations for the Implementation of Enhanced Recovery Protocols in Thoracic Surgery in Spain: A Delphi Consensus Study

March 12, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

This study used a two-round Delphi consensus process with multidisciplinary experts, including thoracic surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, physiotherapists, and patients, to create a structured set of 62 enhanced recovery after surgery...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 148: Six-Year Outcomes After TAVR vs SAVR in Low-Risk Patients

March 12, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. John Forrest, a cardiologist and Director of both Interventional Cardiology and the Structural Heart Disease Program at Yale...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 147: Updated 5-Year TAVR vs SAVR Outcomes in Low-Risk Patients

March 5, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, CTSNet JANS Editor and cardiac surgeon at the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at Leipzig Heart...

Podcast

The Lifeline: End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Monitoring in Cardiac Surgical Emergencies

March 4, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor

In this first edition of the new CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder...

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