Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition

CTSNet is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Instructional Video Competition, which highlights outstanding instructional videos that inspire and expand the skill sets of cardiothoracic surgeons and interprofessional teams worldwide.  

The submissions received this year are truly remarkable, and CTSNet is pleased to feature all video submissions in the coming weeks. Congratulations to the winning surgeons for their exceptional videos and thank you to everyone who participated!  

View all submissions to the 2025 Instructional Video Competition, to be published in the coming months.  

Cardiac  

First Place:   

Direct Aortic Impella 5.5 in Post-Cardiotomy Shock 

By Anthony Zaki 

Second Place:   

How to Perform the Konno-Rastan Aortic Root Enlargement Procedure

By Ahmad Ali Amirghofran 

Third Place:  

Open Technique for Radial Artery Harvesting 

By Amlan Rath, Niranjan Hiremath 

Thoracic   

First Place:   

Robot-Assisted Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Bronchoplasty and Thymic Flap Post Neoadjuvant Chemo/IO

By Edward Kim  

Second Place:   

Augmented Reality–Assisted Robotic Segmentectomy Using Open-Source Tools: A Practical and Low-Cost Solution  

By Juliana Vieira de Oliveira Salerno, Eserval Rocha Jr., Hyroan Brandell P. Correa, Ismar Gobira Chagas, Fabio Eiti N. Minamoto, Ricardo Mingarini Terra 

Third Place:  

VATS Intrapericardial Left Pneumonectomy for Centrally Located Lung Tumor: Step-by-Step Approach With Technical Pearls  

By Güntuğ Batıhan 

Congenital  

First Place:   

The Ross Procedure Unveiled: Insights Into Various Techniques and Modifications 

By Ali Mashadi, Mohammed Sanad, Mohamed Gabr, Sameh Said  

Second Place:   

Practical Safeguards for Repair of Sinus Venosus ASD With PAPVD—The Warden Procedure

By Amr Alsalakawy, Amr Elsawy, Mohamed A. Tawfeek, Ahmed Mahgoub, Ahmed Afifi, Hatem Hosny 

Third Place:  

Unifocalization of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries 

By Benjamin Alexander, Christian Eisenring, Ashley Wilson, Eric Braden, Brian Reemsten, Lawrence Greiten  

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