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General Thoracic Surgery Skills:
Respecting the Past, Looking to the Future

Course Chair: *Stephen C. Yang, Johns Hopkins Hospital

Course Co-Chair: **Daniela Molena, Memorial Solan Kettering Cancer Center

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Moderator: *Andrew C. Chang, University of Michigan

8:10 AM - 8:25 AM	Poetic Justice? Trading Achalasia for GERD with POEM Virginia R. Litle, Boston University Medical Center*
8:25 AM - 8:40 AM	Leaving the Wrap Behind: LINX and Stretta for GERD *Matthew Hartwig, Duke University*
8:40 AM - 9:00 AM	How I Teach It: Laparoscopic PEH Blair M. Marshall, Medstar Georgetown University Hospital*
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Clash of the Titans I: Giant PEH debate: Open Belsey vs. Laparoscopic Mark S. Allen, Mayo Clinic* James D. Luketich, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center*
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM	Panel Discussion
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Coffee Break

Moderator: *Mark Onaitis, University of California San Diego

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Reconstruction 101: The Conduit, The Hiatus, The J-tube Inderpal S. Sarkaria, UPMC Shadyside
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM	How I do it: Lymph Node Dissection Steven R. DeMeester, Oregon Clinic*
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM	Making the Most of the Mosis: Anastomotic Techniques Gail E. Darling,Toronto General Hospital*
11:00 AM- 11:30 AM	How I Teach it: Laparoscopic / VATS and Robotic Esophagectomy Daniela Molena, Memorial Solan Kettering Cancer Center Rishindra M. Reddy, University of Michigan Health System
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Discussion
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Combined Luncheon Speaker Bruce A. Reitz, Stanford University*

Moderator: *Kazuhiro Yasufuku, University of Toronto

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM	Uniport Surgery: Lobectomy, Segmentectomy Diego Gonzalez-Rivas, Coruna University Hospital*
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM	Needlescopic/ 2-Port VATS Lobectomy Alan Sihoe, The University of Hong Kong
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM	Getting Fancy With Mediastinal Staging: Indication and Tools Todd L. Demmy, Roswell Park Cancer Institute*
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	It's Not All About Technique: Teaching Judgement in the OR Shari Meyerson, Northwestern University*
2:15 PM - 2:30 PM	How I Teach It: Robotic Lobectomy Robert J. Cerfolio, New York University*
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Discussion
3:00 PM- 3:15 PM	Coffee Break

Moderator: *Scott G. Swan, Brigham & Women's Hospital

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM	PA Branch Sealing With High Energy Devices: Dream or Nightmare? *Moishe Liberman, Centre Hosp De l'Universite de Montreal Division of Thoracic Surgery
3:30 PM - 3:45 PM	Aisle 5 Trachea & Esophagus: Update in Tissue Engineering Rafael S. Andrade, University of Minnesota*
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM	Where is That Small Nodule? Intraoperative Localization Techniques Sunil Singhal, University of Pennsylvania*
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Looking into the future: Applications of Virtual Reality into Surgical Planning Rene Petersen, Dept. Cardiothoracic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet
4:15 PM - 4:30 PM	The Coming Attractions of Robotic Technology Bernard J. Park, Memorial Solan Kettering Cancer Center*
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Discussion

General Thoracic Surgery Skills:Respecting the Past, Looking to the Future