Cardiac and thoracic talks included in the TSDA 88-week core curriculum.
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Molecular Classification of Lung Cancer
James Jett, MD
Week 1, Year 1
Preoperative Assessment of the Thoracic Surgery Patient
Mark K. Ferguson, MD (University of Chicago)
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Week 3, Year 1
Pediatric Cardiovascular Physiology
S. Adil Husain (University of Texas San Antonio)
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Week 4, Year 1
Nomenclature and Classification of Congenital Heart Disease
Jeff Jacobs, MD (Children's Hospital of Florida)
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Week 4, Year 1
Children with Single Ventricular Physiology
William Douglas, MD (Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, University of Texas, Houston)
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Week 4, Year 1
The New International Staging System: Lung Cancer (PDF)
Valerie Rusch, MD (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
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Week 7, Year 1
Cardiac Transplantation
George Arnaoutakis, MD (Johns Hopkins)
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Week 8, Year 1
Bowel Interposition for Benign Esophageal Disease
Kamal Mansour, MD (Emory University)
Week 8, Year 1
Primum Atrial Septal Defect
Suvro S. Sett, MD (Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, New York Medical College)
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Week 10, Year 1
Management of Peptic Esophageal Strictures
Raphael Andrade, MD and Michael Maddus, MD (University of Minnesota)
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Week 10, Year 1
Surgical Management of Neurogenic Tumors
Stephen Hazelrigg, MD (Southern Illinois University)
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Week 17, Year 1
Surgical Management of Thymic Carcinoid Tumors
Mark K. Ferguson, MD (University of Chicago)
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Week 18, Year 1
Thymoma
Frank Detterbeck, MD (Yale University)
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Week 18, Year 1
Week 36, Year 1
Week 82, Year 2
Management of Chronic Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Edwin C. McGee, Jr., MD (Northwestern University)
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Week 23, Year 1
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation (IMR)
P. Kent Harman, MD
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Week 23, Year 1
Week 26, Year 1
Superior Sulcus Tumors (Pancoast Tumors)
Chadrick E. Denlinger, MD (Medical University of South Carolina)
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Week 25, Year 1
Chest Wall Reconstruction
Mark S. Allen, MD (Mayo Clinic)
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Week 26, Year 1
Pectus Excavatum: Nuss Procedure
Brian Kogon, MD (Emory University)
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Week 27, Year 1
Cardiac Tumors
Josh Cockrell, MD and Curt Tribble, MD (University of Mississippi)
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Week 28, Year 1
Acute Aortic Dissection: Medical and Surgical Issues
Marc Moon, MD (Washington University)
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Week 32, Year 1
Staging Strategies for Esophageal Cancer
Robert J. Cerfolio, MD (University of Alabama)
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Week 33, Year 1
Timing of Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Robert O. Bonow, MD (Northwestern University)
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Week 34, Year 1
Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Chrish Fernando, MD
Week 34, Week 1
Germ Cell Tumors of the Mediastinum
Kenneth A. Kesler, MD (Indiana University)
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Week 36, Year 1
VATS Thymectomy
Todd L. Demmy, MD (Roswell Park Cancer Institute)
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Week 37, Year 1
Extended Pulmonary Resections
Felix G. Fernandez, MD (Emory University)
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Week 38, Year 1
T4N0: From Satellite Pulmonary Nodule in the Same Lobe Should Not be Staged at IIIB NSCLC
Ayesha S. Bryant, MSPH, MD (University of Alabama)
Robert J. Cerfolio, MD (University of Alabama)
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Week 38, Year 1
Blood Management and Red Cell Transfusion
Robert L. Thurer, MD (Harvard University)
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Week 39, Year 1
Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Collateral Injury, Part 1: Pathophysiology
Jeremy L. Herrmann, MD (Indiana University)
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Week 39, Year 1
Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Collateral Injury, Part 2: History of CPB and the Data Regarding End-Organ Injury
Aaron Abarbanell, MD (Indiana University)
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Week 39, Year 1
Hyperhidrosis Update
Mark Krasna, MD (St. Joseph Medical Center)
Week 39, Year 1
The Medical Management of Hyperhidrosis
Sean Grondin (University of Calgary)
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Week 39, Year 1
Left Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction
William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD (University of Central Florida)
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Week 40, Year 1
Anatomy of the Heart
Eugene A. Grossi, MD (New York University)
Week 45, Year 2
Radiation Therapy for Lung Cancer
Robert Timmerman, MD (University of Texas Southwestern)
Week 50, Year 2
Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer
James Jett, MD
Week 50, Year 2
Aortic Replacement in Bicuspid Disease: How to Match the Procedure with the Patient, Part 1
John S. Ikonomidis, MD (Medical University of South Carolina)
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Week 51, Year 2
Aortic Replacement in Bicuspid Disease: How to Match the Procedure with the Patient, Part 2
John S. Ikonomidis, MD (Medical University of South Carolina)
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Week 51, Year 2
Vascular Rings and Pulmonary Artery Slings
Carl Backer, MD (Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago)
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Week 53, Year 2
Introduction to Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Ron Angona, CCP (University of Rochester)
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Week 54, Year 2
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery vs. Percutaneous Intervention
Faisal Bakaeen, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
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Week 56, Year 2
Postoperative Care
Oz M. Shapira (Hebrew University)
Comments by James I. Fann, MD (Stanford University)
January 2011
Week 60, Year 2
Postpneumonectomy Physiology
Jean Deslauriers, MD
Week 65, Year 2
Neurological Complications of Cardiac Surgery
Jeffrey P. Gold (University of Toledo)
Comments by James I. Fann, MD (Stanford University)
January 2011
Week 66, Year 2
Interrupted Aortic Arch with VSD
Richard A. Jonas, MD (Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC)
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Week 68, Year 2
Surgical Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
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Week 70, Year 2
Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Peter Mikhail, MD (Carilion Clinic)
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Week 71, Year 2
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Dean M. Donahue, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
Week 73, Year 2
The Emerging Field of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices, Part 1
David L. S. Morales, MD and Iki Adachi, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
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Week 77, Year 2
The Emerging Field of Pediatric Ventricular Assist Devices, Part 2
David L. S. Morales, MD and Iki Adachi, MD (Baylor College of Medicine)
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Week 77, Year 2
Surgical Management of Bronchopulmonary Carcinoid Tumors
Mark K. Ferguson, MD (University of Chicago)
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Week 81, Year 2
Pulmonary Stenosis & Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction (RVOTO)
Hyde Russell, MD (Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago)
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Week 81, Year 2
New Trends and Indications for LVADs
Mark Slaughter, MD (University of Louisville)
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Week 82, Year 2
Timing of Heparin and Microscopic Thrombi Formation in Donor Lungs After Cardiac Death
Hari Keshava, et al (Cleveland Clinic)
Week 86, Year 2
Thoracic Duct Embolization
Max Itkin, MD and John Kucharczuk, MD (University of Pennsylvania)
Week 87, Year 2
Surgery for Lone AF: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
Richard Lee, MD, MBA (Northwestern University)
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Week 88, Year 2
Other Thoracic Talks
Ground Glass Opacities
Salman Zaheer, MD (Loma Linda University)
Robotic vs VATS Lobectomy, Pro
Kemp Kernstine, MD (University of Texas, Southwestern)
Robotic vs VATS Lobectomy, Con
Scott Swanson, MD (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
Tracheomalacia
Sidharta Gangadharan, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess)
Total Endoscopic Mediastinal Lymphadenectomy
Frank Detterbeck, MD (Yale University)
Clinical Use of Pharyngostomy Tubes for Gastric Decompression Following Esophagectomy
Natasha Rueth, MD (University of Minnesota)
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Non-Invasive Ablation of Early Stage Lung Cancer
Robert Timmerman, MD (University of Texas Southwestern)
Super Dimension Bronchoscopy
Douglas Minnich, MD (University of Alabama)
High Resolution Manometry
Thomas Rice, MD (Cleveland Clinic)
ProvenCare Lung Cancer: A Multi-Institutional Collaborative Pilot Study
Mark Katlic, MD
Use of Routine Post-Operative Esophagram after Esophagectomy in Clinically Asymptomatic Patients with Neck Anastomosis: An Unnecessary Test?
Matthew Bott, MD
Lymph Node Staging at the Time of Thoracoscopic (VATS) Lobectomy: A Comparison to Staged Mediastinoscopy
David Odell, MD (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center)
Other Talks
Health Care Reform Update
Victor Trastek, MD (Mayo Clinic)
Maximally Invasive Learning
Debra DaRosa, PhD (Northwestern University)
Instructional Strategies for Teaching Error Prevention, Recognition, Management, and Rescue
Debra DaRosa, PhD (Northwestern University)
Supply Management: Reducing Expense While Improving Quality, Safety, and Efficiency
Malcolm DeCamp, MD (Northwestern University)
Intraoperative Communication
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
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