The 53rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic

THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS: FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 53rd Annual Meeting January 21 25, 2017 George R. Brown Convention Center Houston, Texas The 53rd Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) will be held at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, January 21 25, 2017, with STS/American Association for Thoracic (AATS) Tech-Con 2017 scheduled for Saturday, January 21, 2017. The Annual Meeting is open to all physicians, residents, fellows, research scientists, perfusionists, physician assistants, nurses, and others interested in cardiothoracic surgery. s and nonmembers are both strongly urged to register in advance. Meeting attendees will be provided with the latest scientific information and technological advances in the field. s of the STS Workforce on Annual Meeting, along with STS President Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, have designed an innovative, contemporary, and interactive 2017 meeting in an effort to improve the educational experience for all attendees. All attendees will receive Annual Meeting Online as part of their registration. In addition, STS/AATS Tech- Con 2017, which offers insight on the latest technological advances within cardiothoracic surgery, will focus on new devices and procedures that are not yet approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. A complete list of session titles is included at the end of this article. On the morning of Sunday, January 22, the STS 53rd Annual Meeting will feature the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Symposium, the Practice Management Summit, the STS/AATS Critical Care Symposium, the STS/Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Session: Integrating Perioperative Echocardiography Into Cardiac Surgical Clinical Decision Making, and the How To Video Session: Technical Tricks and Pitfalls to Simplify Cardiac Procedures. Sunday afternoon courses include the Residents Symposium, Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac, the annual General Thoracic and Congenital Surgical Symposia, and Multidisciplinary Response to Emergencies: Strategies for Team s. The STS Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions will begin on Monday, January 23, with the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Papers, the meeting s highest-rated papers, followed by the Richard E. Clark Memorial Papers, the best abstracts using data from the STS National Database, and the much-anticipated Presidential Address from Dr Bavaria. After those presentations, the meeting will include a wide variety of disease-specific sessions. In addition to abstracts presenting cutting-edge research findings, these sessions will include pro/con debates, lectures, and invited talks from world-renowned speakers, including a brand-new Key Contact session that will explain how STS members can become more involved in government advocacy. Late-breaking abstracts also will be presented in a special session on Monday. Visit www.sts.org/annualmeeting for further details. The & Wine event on Monday afternoon will give attendees the opportunity to view the 2017 posters in the company of their colleagues and the poster authors. The scientific posters will be displayed throughout the meeting, and attendees will be encouraged to view the posters during session breaks to learn about the innovative research being performed in the field. Posters will cover all cardiothoracic surgery subspecialties. The Business Meeting for STS s will be held from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM Monday evening; all STS members are encouraged to attend. Tuesday, January 24, will kick off with Early Riser Sessions, followed by the Thomas B. Ferguson lecture by Ralph W. Muller, MA, CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. Later that day, the Patient Safety Symposium will explore the important topic of physician burnout and present strategies on how to combat this problem, and the new Electronic Learning and Innovation in Education session will teach participants how to use the many features of the Society s new Learning Management System. Concluding the Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 25, is STS University, which offers attendees the opportunity for hands-on practice using synthetic and tissue-based simulation models. The STS University courses will be held 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM and repeated 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM. The 2017 hands-on courses include Essentials of TAVR, TEVAR and Aortic Arch Debranching Procedures, Mitral Valve Repair, Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement, Aortic Root Enlarging Procedures and Aortic Valve Leaflet Reconstruction, VATS Lobectomy, Advanced Open Esophageal and Tracheal Procedures, Chest Wall Resection and Adult Pectus, Atrial Fibrillation (Maze Procedure), and Mechanical Circulatory Support. Advance registration is encouraged for STS University courses. These hands-on sessions will have limited workstation accommodations. Registration and Fees An Advance Program, including educational content, travel and hotel information, and social activities, was mailed in November to STS members and registrants from the previous 2 years. The Advance Program and additional detailed meeting information also are available at www.sts.org/annualmeeting. STS/AATS Tech-Con 2017 requires separate registration from the STS Annual Meeting. Registration fees for the STS Annual Meeting and STS/ AATS Tech-Con can be found on the next page. Ó 2016 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Ann Thorac Surg 2016;102:1769 73 0003-4975/$36.00 Published by Elsevier http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2016.10.047

1770 THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS: FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING STS s s Surgeon s Associate (CT Surgeons) Associate Candidate and Pre- Candidate s Residents, Fellows, and Medical Students STS 53rd Annual Meeting (includes Annual Meeting Online) Standard (November 16 $475 $475 $275 $0 $1,100 $550 $275 January 19) Onsite (January 20 $575 $575 $375 $0 $1,200 $650 $375 January 25) STS/AATS Tech-Con 2017 Standard (November 16 $500 $500 $500 $0 $725 $725 $0 January 19) Onsite (January 20 January 25) $600 $600 $600 $0 $825 $825 $0 Ticketed Events (must be registered for the STS Annual Meeting) Monday Night $125 $125 $125 $125 $125 $125 $125 Social Event STS University Course (each) $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 $150 Presentation and Publication For each abstract that is presented orally or as a poster during the STS 53rd Annual Meeting, a corresponding full manuscript must be submitted for publication consideration to The Annals of Thoracic on or before Wednesday, January 25, 2017, unless the STS Board of Directors or Executive Committee has granted an explicit waiver, as discussed below. Manuscripts must be submitted online at www.editorialmanager.com/annals. Editorial staff will be on hand at the meeting to assist those submitting papers if they need help. Manuscripts will not be considered for publication if submitted after Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at 11:59 PM CST. All papers become the property of the Society. Publication of all manuscripts in The Annals of Thoracic is not assured. If manuscripts are not submitted to The Annals before or at the time of the STS Annual Meeting, a 2-year period of ineligibility for participation in the STS Annual Meeting will be imposed on all authors of the paper. The same 2-year sanction applies to all manuscripts returned to authors for revisions that are not resubmitted within 1 calendar year of the request for the revision. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the STS Board of Directors or Executive Committee may waive the requirement that authors of an abstract accepted for presentation at the STS Annual Meeting submit a corresponding manuscript to The Annals of Thoracic for publication consideration in unusual circumstances. Requests for such waivers must be submitted in writing to the STS Secretary and may be granted subject to certain terms and conditions. In all such circumstances, manuscripts derived from STS Annual Meeting presentations may not be published before presentation of the material at the Annual Meeting. Accreditation STS 53rd Annual Meeting The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. STS designates this live activity for a maximum of 27.25 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsÔ. should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion designates this activity for 31.4 Category I CEUs. Continuing medical education credit will not be offered for Tech-Con. STS/AATS Tech-Con 2017 and STS 53rd Annual Meeting SESSIONS January 20, 2017 (Friday) 3:00 PM 6:00 PM Registration January 21, 2017 (Saturday) 7:00 AM 6:00 PM Registration 7:00 AM 6:30 PM Tech-Con Exhibits 7:00 AM 8:00 AM Breakfast 8:00 AM 9:30 AM Tech-Con Adult Cardiac Track I: Innovations in Mitral Valve Disease and Atrial Fibrillation Management Tech-Con General Thoracic Track I: Precision Thoracic 9:30 AM 10:15 AM BREAK Visit Tech-Con Exhibits

THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS: FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 1771 10:15 AM 12:00 PM Tech-Con Adult Cardiac Track II: Aortic/Endovascular Tech-Con General Thoracic Track II: Advanced Thoracic 12:00 PM 1:00 PM LUNCH Visit Tech-Con Exhibits 1:00 PM 2:45 PM Tech-Con Adult Cardiac Track III: Ventricular Assist Devices/Heart Failure Tech-Con General Thoracic Track III: Health Care in the 21st Century 2:45 PM 3:15 PM BREAK Visit Tech-Con Exhibits 3:15 PM 5:00 PM Tech-Con Joint Session: Shark Tank Rapid-Fire Elevator Pitches of Revolutionary Technology 5:00 PM 6:30 PM Tech-Con Reception January 22, 2017 (Sunday) 7:00 AM 6:30 PM Registration 8:00 AM 12:00 PM Adult Congenital Heart Disease Symposium: Evaluating Approaches to the Aortic Valve and End-Stage Problems in Young Adults What Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Surgeons Can Learn From Each Other Practice Management Summit: Working In an Employment Model Environment STS/AATS Critical Care Symposium: Challenges in the Management of Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Support in the Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit STS/SCA: Integrating Perioperative Echocardiography Into Cardiac Surgical Clinical Decision Making 10:00 AM 4:30 PM How To Video Session: Technical Tricks and Pitfalls to Simplify Cardiac Procedures 12:00 PM 1:00 PM BREAK 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Residents Symposium: Transitioning From Residency to a Successful Practice 1:00 PM 4:30 PM Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac Surgical Symposium: Congenital Cardiac Melange Surgical Symposium: How To Video Session Tips and Tricks in General Thoracic 2:00 PM 6:30 PM 2:30 PM 4:30 PM Multidisciplinary Response to Emergencies: Strategies for Team s 4:30 PM 6:30 PM Opening Reception in STS Exhibit Hall January 23, 2017 (Monday) 6:30 AM 5:00 PM Registration 9:00 AM 4:30 PM Exhibit Hall 7:00 AM 7:15 AM Opening Remarks 7:15 AM 8:15 AM J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Papers 8:15 AM 9:00 AM Richard E. Clark Memorial Papers 9:00 AM 9:40 AM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 9:40 AM 9:50 AM Introduction of the President: Richard L. Prager 9:50 AM 10:50 AM Presidential Address: Joseph E. Bavaria 10:50 AM 11:30 AM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 11:30 AM 12:30 PM Adult Cardiac: Arrhythmia Basic Science Research: Adult Cardiac Basic Science Research: General Thoracic Congenital: Adult Congenital Critical Care Ethics Debate: When a Child s Heart Is Failing General Thoracic: New Technology Late-Breaking Abstracts NEW! STS Key Contacts: How to Become an Advocate for Cardiothoracic

1772 THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS: FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 11:30 AM 12:30 PM (Continued) STS/CATS/CSCS: Quality Improvement in Cardiothoracic Real-Life Methods to Improve Surgical Performance Within Yourself, Your Division, and Your Specialty 12:30 PM 1:30 PM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 1:15 PM 5:15 PM ACC @ STS: Cardiologists and Surgeons Tackling Complex Clinical Scenarios as a Heart Team Redefining Practice Through Quality and Evidence: What s New 1:30 PM 3:30 PM Adult Cardiac: Aorta I Adult Cardiac: Ischemic Congenital: Pediatric Congenital I General Thoracic: Lung Cancer I General Thoracic: Lung Transplantation International Symposium: The Quality vs Access Dilemma in Cardiothoracic Regionalization, Building Sustainable Cardiothoracic Programs, and Humanitarian Crises SVS @ STS: Sharing Common Ground for Cardiovascular Problems 3:30 PM 4:15 PM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 4:15 PM 5:15 PM Surgical Motion Picture Matinees: Adult Cardiac, Congenital, and General Thoracic The Annals Academy: Propensity Score Matching 5:15 PM 6:30 PM and Wine 5:30 PM 6:30 PM Business Meeting (STS s Only) 7:30 PM 10:30 PM STS Social Event: Space Center Houston (Shuttle buses depart at 6:45 PM) January 24, 2017 (Tuesday) 6:30 AM 4:30 PM Registration 9:00 AM 3:30 PM Exhibit Hall 9:00 AM 5:00 PM 7:30 AM 8:30 AM (10 Early Riser Sessions) Career Transitions: How to Prepare for Life After the OR Research Using the STS National Database TM Clinical Trials in Cardiothoracic SBRT vs : A Debate With a Twist Management of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in the Modern Era Robotic Lung Resection vs VATS for Lung Cancer All-Arterial CABG vs Hybrid CABG vs Multivessel PCI: What Is the New Standard for Revascularization? Learning From My Mistakes: A Case I Wish I Could Do Over Improving Combat Casualty Care: The Use of Golden Hour Offset Trauma (GHOST) Surgical Teams and Group O Low-Titer Whole Blood Transfusion in the Field Developing an Extracorporeal Life Support Program 7:30 AM 8:30 AM Early Riser Health Policy Forum: Ready or Not: Implementing the New Merit-Based Incentive Payment System in Your Practice Today 8:45 AM 9:00 AM Results of the STS TAVR Survey 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture: Ralph W. Muller 10:00 AM 10:45 AM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 10:45 AM 11:00 AM Award Presentations 11:00 AM 12:00 PM C. Walton Lillehei Lecture 12:00 PM 1:00 PM BREAK Visit Exhibits and Residents Luncheon 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Adult Cardiac: General Adult Cardiac: Mitral and Tricuspid Valves Congenital: Pediatric Congenital II EACTS @ STS: Management of Distal Type B Aortic Dissection NEW! Electronic Learning and Innovation in Education

THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS: FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL MEETING 1773 1:00 PM 3:00 PM (Continued) General Thoracic: Esophageal General Thoracic: Lung Cancer II 1:00 PM 5:30 PM Advanced Therapies for End-Stage Heart Disease Patient Safety Symposium: Resilience or Burnout Do We Have a Choice? 3:00 PM 3:30 PM BREAK Visit Exhibits and 3:30 PM 4:30 PM Cardiothoracic Surgical Education 3:30 PM 5:30 PM Adult Cardiac: Aorta II Adult Cardiac: Aortic Valve Congenital: Pediatric Congenital III ESTS @ STS: Controversial Issues in General Thoracic Perspectives From Europe and North America General Thoracic: Mediastinal/ Pulmonary January 25, 2017 (Wednesday) 6:30 AM 9:30 AM Registration & Breakfast 7:00 AM 9:00 AM (10 STS University Courses) Course 1: Essentials of TAVR Course 2: TEVAR and Aortic Arch Debranching Procedures Course 3: Mitral Valve Repair Course 4: Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Course 5: Aortic Root Enlarging Procedures and Aortic Valve Leaflet Reconstruction Course 6: VATS Lobectomy Course 7: Advanced Open Esophageal and Tracheal Procedures Course 8: Chest Wall Resection and Adult Pectus Course 9: Atrial Fibrillation (Maze Procedure) Course 10: Mechanical Circulatory Support 9:30 AM 11:30 AM (10 STS University Courses) Same courses as listed above. Check www.sts.org/annualmeeting for the most current program information.