STS Annual Meeting

• Couldn't make it to Fort Lauderdale? Purchase STS 48th Annual Meeting Online or STS/AATS Tech-Con Online today!
• Claim CME credits by Feb. 10
• Final Program Book and Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Abstracts

For 2012, new sessions and more programs were offered to help the entire cardiothoracic surgery team provide the best possible care to patients. The STS Annual Meeting is designed to encourage and promote development, advancement, and exchange of fair and balanced information regarding the research in, and diagnosis and treatment of, cardiovascular and thoracic diseases, with improved patient care and patient management outcomes as the underlying theme.

Program Outline

• Jan. 28-29
  - STS/AATS Tech-Con 2012¹ 
• Jan. 28
  - STS/AATS/SVS: What's New in Peripheral Vascular Disease Management²
  - STS/SCA: Intraoperative Echo & Decision Making in Cardiovascular Surgery³
• Jan. 29
  - Practice Management Summit
  - STS/AATS Cardiothoracic Critical Care Symposium
  - STS Residents Symposium
  - Congenital & General Thoracic Surgical Symposia
• Jan. 29 - Jan. 31
  - STS 48th Annual Meeting Exhibition
• Jan. 30 - Feb. 1
  - STS 48th Annual Meeting⁴
• Feb. 1
  - STS University

Thank you!

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons gratefully acknowledges the following sponsors
for their support of the STS 48th Annual Meeting.

STS Patron Sponsors

Provided $25,000 or more

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.

Medtronic, Inc.

Siemens Healthcare USA

STS Supporter Sponsor

Provided $10,000 or more

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

1. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
2. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
3. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
4. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 28.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.