A pre-meeting symposium on surgical and medical insights for transplant assessment and management

This webinar aims to help early career surgeons navigate their way through challenging procedures that do not yield the optimum outcome for the patient, support their OR team during these difficult experiences, and process the death of a patient.

This is the first event in a quarterly webinar series for early career surgeons. 


Moderators

Reilly D. Hobbs, MD, MBS
University of Utah/Primary Children's Medical Center
Salt Lake City, UT

Brian A. Mitzman, MD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Date
Duration
1 hr.

In this 8 in 8 video, presenters give an overview of perioperative antibiotics in cardiothoracic surgery; including topics such as preoperative antibiotic selection and duration, when to cover pseudomonas, and the data on antibiotics in special situations such as chest tubes, ECMO, and delayed sternal closure after OR.

Presenters:

Lea M. Monday, MD, PharmD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Sorabh Dhar, MD
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

Duration
11 min.
The annual meeting of the Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, presented jointly with STS
Event dates
Sep 15–16, 2023
Location
Seoul Dragon City, Seoul, Korea
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career development
Insights on choosing a niche in cardiothoracic surgery and how it can help you advance your career.
5 min read
Mara Antonoff, MD & Olugbenga Okusanya, MD
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career development
Understand and embrace a hospital's decision-making process to get the products you need to perform at your best.
4 min read
Elisabeth Dexter, MD
Event dates
Dec 1–2, 2023
Location
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The 2023 STS Coronary Conference returns for a second year of innovative, international, and groundbreaking science taking place June 3-4 at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel. Conference attendees will learn how to take their coronary surgery programs to the next level from a basic to an advanced program. Experts from around the world will share the latest techniques and outcomes.

Duration
1 min. 26 sec.
Dr. Griffith discusses the first animal-to-human heart transplant, the work he and his team did in preparation, and how they shattered the barriers around xenotransplantation.
43 min.
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career development
As CT surgery continues to innovate, new faculty may have trained in emerging techniques and can bring these new skills to the group.
2 min read
Olugbenga T. Okusanya, MD
Dr. Tom Varghese interviews Dr. Sara Pereira—professor of surgery at the University of Utah.
47 min.