2014 Program

Program is based on a minimum of 25% of time allowed for questions and answers. Presentations will be designed to incorporate an audience response system.

Friday, June 6, 2014

7:15 Registration and Continental Breakfast
7:50 Dr. Thomas Waddell, Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery

MORNING SESSION I
LUNG CANCER: MULTIFOCAL AND T4 DISEASE
Chair: Dr. Marc de Perrot

8:00 TNM Staging of Multifocal Disease: Implications for therapy
Michael Ko
8:20 Multifocal Ground Glass Opacity: When is surgery necessary?
Wael Hanna
8:40 New Lung Nodule: Is it recurrence or a new primary, practical approach?
Christian Finley
9:00 Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT):
What are the current limits?
Andrea Bezjak
9:20 Salvage Surgery After Radiation Therapy: What are the challenges?
Thomas Waddell
9:40 Case Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
10:00 Refreshment Break

MORNING SESSION II
LUNG CANCER: N2 DISEASE
Chair: Dr. Thomas Waddell

10:30 N2 Disease: Results of surgery followed by chemotherapy
Thierry Le Chevalier
10:50 N2 Disease: Results of induction therapy followed by surgery
Frances Shepherd
11:10

F.G. Pearson Lecture

Restaging Strategy After Induction Therapy for N2 Disease
Paul De Leyn

11:40 How to Approach PET Positive Aorto-pulmonary Lymph Node
Marcelo Cypel
12:00 Case Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
12:20 Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION I
FUTURE OF LUNG CANCER TREATMENT
Chair: Dr. Shaf Keshavjee

1:20

R. J. Ginsberg Lecture

Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Resected Lung Cancer:
Where are we and where are we going?
Thierry Le Chevalier

1:50 Targeted Therapy: What the thoracic surgeon needs to know
Frances Shepherd
2:10

University of Toronto Lecture

Impact of Telehealth on the Care of Patients with Lung Cancer
Michael Humer

2:30 e-Health Platform: Application in Thoracic Surgery
Stephen Cassivi
2:50 Screening for Lung Cancer: Where are we in Canada?
Kazuhiro Yasufuku
3:10 Case Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
3:30 Refreshment Break
4:00

AFTERNOON SESSION II
INTERACTIVE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS

(Repeated Saturday, June 7 at 1:40 PM)

  1. Esophageal Carcinoma
    Drs. Cassivi / Darling / Compeau / Finley
  2. Tracheo-Bronchial Tumor
    Drs. De Leyn / Keshavjee / Shargall / de Perrot
  3. Lung Tumor Board
    Drs. Le Chevalier / Waddell / Zeldin / Schieman
  4. Mediastinal Disease
    Drs. Humer / Pierre / Saffiedine / Blitz
5:15 Adjourn

Saturday, June 7, 2014

7:30 Continental breakfast

MORNING SESSION I
ESOPHAGEAL DISEASE
Chair: Dr. Andrew Pierre

8:00 Evaluation and Management of Benign Esophageal Stricture
Andrew Pierre
8:20 Role of High Resolution Impedance Manometry in Esophageal Disease
Gail Darling
8:40

Henderson Lecture

Achalasia:  State of the art in diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Stephen Cassivi

9:10 Management of Barrett Esophagus with High Grade Dysplasia/Intramucosal Carcinoma
Gail Darling
9:30 Esophageal Leak/Perforation: Role of stenting?
Michael Humer
9:50 Case Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
10:10 Refreshment Break

MORNING SESSION II
PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COMPLICATIONS
Chair: Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku

10:40 Prophylactic Anticoagulation Beyond the Hospital Stay: What is the evidence?
Yaron Shargall
11:00 Acute Pulmonary Emboli: When is surgery required?
Marc de Perrot
11:20 Options in the Management of Air Leaks After Lung Resection
Paul De Leyn
11:40 Acute Lung Injury After Lung Resection: Prevention and treatment
Carmine Simone
12:00 Extracorporeal Life Support: Role in thoracic surgery
Shaf Keshavjee
12:20 Case Based Panel Discussion with Audience Participation
12:40 Lunch
1:40

AFTERNOON SESSION I
INTERACTIVE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS

  1. Esophageal Carcinoma
    Drs. Cassivi / Darling / Compeau / Finley
  2. Tracheo-Bronchial Tumor
    Drs. De Leyn / Keshavjee / Shargall / de Perrot
  3. Lung Tumor Board
    Drs. Le Chevalier / Waddell / Zeldin / Schieman
  4. Mediastinal Disease
    Drs. Humer / Pierre / Saffiedine / Blitz
2:55 Refreshment Break

AFTERNOON SESSION II
HOW I DO IT
Chair: Dr. Marcelo Cypel

3:25 Resection of Esophageal Leiomyoma
Gail Darling
3:45 Double Sleeve Resection for Lung Cancer
Marcelo Cypel
4:05 Pectus Excavatum: The Nuss procedure
Christopher Compeau
4:25 Vertebrectomy for Lung Cancer
Thomas Waddell
4:45 3Dimensional VATS Lobectomy
Kazuhiro Yasufuku
5:05 Evaluation and adjourn