Preliminary Program

Friday, June 8, 2012

7:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 Welcome Dr. James Rutka, Chair, Department of Surgery
Dr. Thomas Waddell, Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery
Morning Session I: Mediastinum
Chair: Dr. Thomas Waddell
8:00 Mediastinal Mass: How Do I Approach Them?
Dr. Andrew Pierre
8:15 Treatment of Acute and Chronic Mediastinitis
Dr. Carmine Simone
8:30 RJ Ginsberg LectureRobotic Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Robert Cerfolio
9:00 Minimally Invasive Extended Thymectomy for MG
Dr. Eugenio Pompeo
9:15 Duplication Cysts: How to recognize and manage them
Dr. Robert Zeldin
9:30 Case-Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
10:00 Refreshment Break
Morning Session II: Chest Wall and Thoracic Inlet
Chair: Dr. Andrew Pierre
10:30 Anatomy and Surgical Approaches to the Thoracic Inlet
Dr. Marc de Perrot
10:45 Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada LectureIndications and Results of Surgery for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Dr. Drew Bethune
11:15 Surgery for Hyperhidrosis
Dr. Christopher Compeau
11:30 Chest Wall Tumor: When should I observe, biopsy or resect them?
Dr. Thomas Waddell
11:45 Case-Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
12:15 Lunch
Afternoon Session I: Esophagus
Chair: Dr. Gail Darling
1:30 Approach to Clinical T2N0 Esophageal Carcinoma
Dr. Gail Darling
1:45 R.D. Henderson Memorial LectureThree-Field Esophagectomy: Early and long-term results
Dr. Nasser K. Altorki
2:15 Esophageal Hernia: Treatment options
Dr. Maurice Blitz
2:30 Zenker Diverticulum: Endoscopic stapling or external transcervical approach?
Dr. Drew Bethune
2:45 Role of Repeat PET Scan After Induction Chemo-Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer
Dr. Robert Cerfolio
3:00 Case-Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00 Afternoon Session II: Interactive Small Group Sessions

  1. Pathology of the Thoracic Inlet
    Drs. Bethune/de Perrot/Shargall
  2. Diseases of the Esophagus
    Drs. Altorki/Darling/Pierre
  3. Approach to Mediastinal Tumors
    Drs. Pompeo/Keshavjee/Compeau
  4. Robotic Surgery
    Drs. Cerfolio/Waddell/Yasufuku
5:15 Adjourn

Saturday, June 9, 2012

7:30 Continental Breakfast
Morning Session I: Lung Nodule
Chair: Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
8:00 Options for Intraoperative Localization of Pulmonary Nodule
Dr. Kazu Yasufuku
8:15 Clinical Stage IA Lung Cancer: Lobectomy, segmentectomy or SBRT?
Dr. Christian Finley
8:30 Impact of Lung Cancer Screening for the Thoracic Surgeon
Dr. Nasser K. Altorki
8:45 When Should I Consider Surgery for Metastatic Disease to the Lungs?
Dr. Marcelo Cypel
9:00 F.G. Pearson LectureThoracic Surgery in Awake Patients: Indications and limits
Dr. Eugenio Pompeo
9:30 Case-Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
10:00 Refreshment Break
Morning Session II: Complications
Chair: Dr. Marc de Perrot
10:30 Pre-Operative Assessment of the Surgical Patient
Dr. Michael Ko
10:45 Optimal Post-Operative Care After Lung Surgery
Dr. Robert Cerfolio
11:00 Extra-Corporeal Life Support for Respiratory Failure
Dr. Shaf Keshavjee
11:15 Management of Post-Pneumonectomy Empyema
Dr. Nasser K. Altorki
11:30 Management of Complications from Sternotomy
Dr. Yaron Shargall
11:45 Case-Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
12:15 Lunch
1:30 Afternoon Session I: Interactive Small Group Sessions

  1. Pathology of the Thoracic Inlet
    Drs. Bethune/de Perrot/Shargall
  2. Diseases of the Esophagus
    Drs. Altorki/Darling/Pierre
  3. Approach to Mediastinal Tumors
    Drs. Pompeo/Keshavjee/Compeau
  4. Robotic Surgery
    Drs. Cerfolio/Waddell/Yasufuku
2:45 Refreshment Break
Afternoon Session II: How I Do It (10 minutes each with 2 minutes for discussion)
Chair: Dr. Kazu Yasufuku
3:10 Robotic Lobectomy
Dr. Robert Cerfolio
Robotic Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy
Dr. Robert Cerfolio
Three-Field Esophagectomy
Dr. Nasser K. Altorki
Transsternal Transpericardial Resection-Reconstruction of the Carina
Dr. Marc de Perrot
VATS Lobectomy and Segmentectomy
Dr. Najib Safieddine
Transxiphoid Hand-Assisted Videothoracoscopic Surgery
Dr. Eugenio Pompeo
Video-Assisted Transaxillary Resection of the First Rib
Dr. Drew Bethune
In Vivo Lung Perfusion for Chemotherapy
Dr. Marcelo Cypel
5:00 Evaluation and Adjourn