Monday, October 28 | 6:00–9:00 pm

Fee: $50 (includes dinner)

This course will introduce surgery residents and medical students to conventional and complex procedures performed by cardiothoracic surgeons today and provide information about upcoming new technologies and integrated cardiothoracic surgery training programs. The primary focus of the session will be hands-on experience with specific cardiothoracic surgical procedures. Participants will experience and have the opportunity to perform these surgical procedures using synthetic and tissue-based simulation models. The program will be taught by cardiothoracic surgeons who are leaders in their respective fields of cardiac and general thoracic surgery. (Dinner will be provided at 6:00 pm.)

For additional information, please contact Wesley Peart, STS Education Manager, at [email protected].

Sponsored by the American College of Surgeons and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.