Meet The Experts Sessions

Date: Wednesday Morning, February 2

Time: 7:00 am – 8:00 am (7 Simultaneous Sessions)

Session Committee

John W. Brown, Indianapolis, IN, Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL, and Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN

Seminar I
Cerebral Protection During Cardiac Surgery
John W. Hammon, Jr., Winston-Salem, NC, and Randall B. Griepp, New York, NY

Seminar II
Mitral Regurgitation in Ischemic and Dilated Cardiomyopathy—When and How to Operate
D. Craig Miller, Stanford, CA, and Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN

Seminar III
Extensive Versus Minimal Preoperative Staging for Lung Cancer
Richard F. Heitmiller, Baltimore, MD, and
Eric Vallieres, Seattle, WA

Seminar IV
Barrett’s Esophagus With High Grade Dysplasia—Mucosal Ablation Versus Resection
John M. Streitz, Duluth, MN, and Kenneth K. Wang, Rochester, MN

Seminar V
Extended Versus Minimally Invasive Thymectomy for Myasthenia Gravis
Shafique H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

Seminar VI
Pectus Repair
John W. Brown, Indianapolis, IN, and Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL

Seminar VII
Bypass Strategies for the Neonate
Richard A. Jonas, Boston, MA, and Frank L. Hanley, San Francisco, CA