Professional Development

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Pan-Asian AAHVD Heart Valve Meeting 2026

August 22, 2026

Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD) is pleased to invite you to the Pan-Asian AAHVD Heart Valve...

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ASAIO 2026 | Celsior Cold Storage and Myocardial Edema in DCD Heart Donation

September 18, 2026

This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in...

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The 40th EACTS Annual Meeting Is Calling – Be Sure to Register Your Place Today!

September 16, 2026 | Marianna Mast

With less than one month to go, the countdown to the landmark 40th EACTS Annual Meeting has begun! Together, we’ll celebrate our cardiothoracic community and look ahead to the future...

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ISMICS 2027 Call for Abstracts—Now Open!

September 14, 2026 | Marianna Mast

ISMICS 2027 Call for Abstracts is officially open — and this year, it means something more. 2027 marks the 30th anniversary of ISMICS. From our founding in Paris in 1997...

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Save the Date – SCTS Annual Meeting 2027

August 21, 2026

Join colleagues from across the cardiothoracic community at the SCTS Annual Meeting 2027, taking place March 21-23, 2027, at ICC Birmingham. The meeting will bring together clinicians, researchers, trainees, nurses,...

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Thinking Better: Context-Specific Decision-Making Tools

June 27, 2019 | Gianluca Casali

The quality of our decision making is proportional to the decision-making models we use and our ability to match them to the appropriate situation. This short video explores the decision-making...

JANS Article

In Global News: Surgery in Conflict Zones, Making Blood Type O, and Spinning Views on Treatments

June 21, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A father got a sternotomy scar tattoo in support of his son after the boy underwent surgery for supravalvular aortic stenosis. In a Viewpoint paper...

JANS Article

Best Hospitals for Cardiology & Heart Surgery

June 21, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

US News & World Report published a list of 613 hospitals in Cardiology & Heart Surgery that see many challenging patients, including those needing heart transplants, those with cardiovascular disease,...

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Day in the Life: 2019 STS Annual Meeting

June 14, 2019 | Jacqueline Olive…

Follow Jackie Olive, a medical student at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and cardiothoracic surgery resident Jessica Luc of the University of British Columbia in Canada as they...

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Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Antonio Maria Calafiore

May 29, 2019 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor…

In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Marco Nardini speaks with Antonio Maria Calafiore of the Prince Sultan Cardiac Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They begin by highlighting the influence...

JANS Article

In Global News: Prevalence of Spin in RCT Reports, Setting the Standard for Teamwork, and the Continued Public Health Challenge of Asbestos

May 24, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Despite being the leading cause of death in the US, heart disease was the most-Googled disease in only one state: Maine. A study that sought...

JANS Article

Vaughn A. Starnes Assumes Presidency of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery

May 18, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, became the 100th President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS). He officially succeeded David H. Adams, MD, in a ceremony at the AATS 99th...

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Using Social Media for Academic Promotion

May 16, 2019 | Mara AntonoffSilver Contributor…

Filmed at the 2019 STS Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, USA, moderates a discussion on the...

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