AATS Week 2014: Register by March 27 and Save! [1]
AATS Week will provide the best science in the specialty, with a focus on accomplishing skills essential to becoming a master surgeon and educator. This will be a truly international experience where your skills can be retooled and your outlook on the specialty recharged.
2014 Aortic Symposium Highlights
View the full Symposium program here [3].
Breakfast Sessions focusing on Controversies in Aortic Surgery
- Drs. Steven Lansman [4] and Roberto Di Bartolomeo [5] will discuss pros and cons of extending the classical repair for type A dissection with a descending endograft.
- Drs. D. Craig Miller [6] and Hans-Joachim Schäfers will discuss re-implantation and remodeling for valve-sparing aortic root replacement.
Stump the Stars – Selected participants submission of diagnostically or technically challenging cases will be presented to faculty members and opened for discussion before the findings/outcomes are presented.
- Endovascular Cases, Moderators: Joseph E. Bavaria [7] and Eric E. Roselli [8]
- Open Surgery Cases, Moderators: Nicholas T. Kouchoukos [9] and David Spielvogel [10]
94th Annual Meeting Schedule and Highlights
View the full Annual Meeting program here [11].
Saturday, April 26th
- Skills and Decision-Making Courses in all specialties
- Allied Health Personnel Symposium
- New Cardiothoracic Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support of Heart and Lung Course
- New Skills Luncheon from Delos M. Cosgrove [12], Cleveland Clinic Foundation, “The Development of a Surgeon”
- New General Surgery Residents and Medical Students Session
- New Surgical Ethics Course (in collaboration with University of Toronto)
- New Hands-On Sessions in all specialties (separate registration required)
Sunday, April 27th
- Postgraduate Symposia in all specialties, including critical care
- New Legends Lunches, featuring: Alain F. Carpentier, F. Griffith Pearson [13], and Aldo R. Castaneda [14] (Please note that you must register for a Postgraduate Symposia on Sunday to attend the Legends Lunch.)
- Exhibit Hall Opening and Welcome Reception featuring the Learning Center, Resident and Allied Health Poster Competitions, and the Surgeon of the Future functional lab
Monday, April 28th
- Plenary and Simultaneous Scientific Abstract Sessions in all specialties
- Basic Science Lecture from Margaret Moore, CEO, Wellcoaches Corporation, "Organize Your Mind in the Operating Room"
- Presidential Address from David J. Sugarbaker [15], Brigham and Women's Hospital, "Clatity of Purpose and Focused Attention: The Essence of Excellence"
- Ethics Forum Luncheon "Can a Physician Ever Justifiably Euthanize a Severely Disabled Newborn" (separate registration required)
- 17th Annual C. Walton Lillehei Resident Forum
Tuesday, April 29th
- Laboratory Research Fora
- Emerging Technologies and Techniques Forum
- New Video Session
- Plenary and Simultaneous Scientific Abstract Sessions
- Honored Guest Lecture from Rick Pitino, Head Coach, University of Louisville Men's Basketball Team, "The One-Day Contract"
- New Moderated Poster Competition in the Exhibit Hall
Wednesday, April 30th
- New Simultaneous Scientific Abstract Sessions
- New Masters of Surgery Video Session, Moderated Live
- Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery Sessions
- Collaborative Cardiac Care Sessions