AATS/ASCVTS Postgraduate Course (PG)

Specialty(ies):

- Cardiovascular Surgery

Interests:

- Investigation of Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
- Outcomes Related to Mitral Valve Repair
- Novel Mitral Valve Repair Strategies

Past research honors include the Alton Ochsner Research Scholarship from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the Paul Dudley White Research Fellowship from the American Heart Association. He has also received honorary Professorships from Capital University in Beijing and Keio University in Tokyo.

Specialty(ies):

Arortic Valve Repair, Cardiovascular Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Airway Disorders, Congenital Heart Valve Disorders, Heart Transplant, and TEDMED.

Dr. Pedro Del Nido is a thoracic and cardiac surgeon in Boston, Massachusetts and is affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and has been in practice for more than 20 years. He is one of 6 doctors at Boston Children's Hospital who specialize in Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery.

Specialty(ies):

General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery, Molecular Oncology

Professional Memberships:

American Society of Clinical Oncology - ASCO.

As a thoracic surgeon for more than 15 years, Dr. David R. Jones has devoted his clinical practice to diagnosing and treating patients with lung cancer, esophageal cancer, mesothelioma, and all other cancers of the chest cavity. In addition to serving as Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Dr. David R. Jones is the Surgical Director of the Thoracic Oncology Program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Specialty(ies):

Thoracic Surgery

Research Interests:

Clinical outcomes & Lung Injury & Gene Therapy in Lung Transplantation.

Dr. Shaf Keshavjee MD MSc FRCSC FACS is the current Surgeon-in-Chief at University Health Network in Toronto Ontario, the Director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program, as well as a clinical scientist and professor with the University of Toronto.
His clinical practice in Thoracic Surgery and Transplant Surgery is based at the Toronto General Hospital, where he also leads a research team in lung transplantation studies. Dr. Keshavjee gained international recognition for the development of his lung preservation solution for donor lungs en route to transplantation; this solution is now the standard technique utilized by transplantation programs around the world. Further, he broke new ground with his research to the recondition and repair of injured human donor lungs, making them suitable for patient transplantation, using the Toronto XVIVO Lung Perfusion System. His work has allowed for an increase in the number of available donor lungs.

Specialty(ies):

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation, Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery.

Clinical Interest:

Adult cardiac surgery, heart surgery, endocarditis, heart-lung transplantation, heart transplant, mitral valve replacement, coronary artery bypass surgery, aortic aneurysm, arrhythmia surgery, heart disease, vascular disease, AAA, transmyocardial laser revascularization, TMR

Marc R. Moon has authored more than 200 scientific publications; and is the Secretary of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the world’s oldest and most prestigious society dedicated to thoracic disease, and he is a consultant to the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Food and Drug Administration.

Clinical Interests:

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Mitral Valve Repair, The Ross Procedure, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Adult and Pediatric Heart and Lung Transplantation, Living Donor Lobar Lung Transplantation, Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Research Interests:

Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Dr. Vaughn A. Starnes has an ongoing interest in congenital heart disease, heart, lung, heart-lung and living related lung transplantation, coronary bypass grafting, and repair and replacement of the valves of the heart. He is also involved in research, helping develop gene therapy techniques to address the problem of restenosis following balloon angioplasty

Specialties:

Cardiac Surgery, Heart Transplant.

Clinical Interests:

Mitral Valve repair, Aortic surgery, Thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta, Arterial coronary bypass grafting, Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, Pericardiectomy, Cardiac (heart) surgery.

Dr. Sundt's clinical focus has been on surgery for the correction of acquired cardiovascular conditions in adults. He is an internationally recognized thought-leader on thoracic aortic aneurysms and other aortic diseases, having written and lectured extensively on the subject. He is also widely recognized as an expert in reparative procedures for vascular heart conditions, including mitral regurgitation and aortic valve regurgitation. He has also contributed to the literature on the optimal use of arterial conduits to improve the long term durability of coronary bypass procedures.
His research interests have ranged from organ transplantation to the genetics and genomics of bicuspid aortic valve disease.

Dr. Sundt is a member of numerous medical and surgical societies and is the Vice President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the most prestigious academic cardiothoracic surgical organization in the world.

Practice Specialty:

Cardiothoracic Surgery (Heart).

Clinical Focus:

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure Surgery, Heart Transplantation, Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, Surgical Ventricular Reconstruction, Valve Repair Surgery

Research Focus:

Dr. Michler and his cardiothoracic surgery team are advancing the use of minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery procedures including coronary bypass, aortic and mitral valve repair procedures, autologous myoblast and stem cell injection therapy.