2025 STS Coronary Conference

Date(s)

Jun 12–14, 2025

Location

Chicago, IL

Marriott Marquis Chicago

Area of Practice

Adult Cardiac

Audience

Resident / Fellow

Surgeon

Groundbreaking science for cardiothoracic surgeons and heart team members who perform coronary surgery

Description

Join us for the 2025 Coronary Conference taking place June 12-14 in Chicago, featuring a comprehensive program on advanced coronary surgery techniques, conduit optimization, and technological innovations. Expert faculty will lead sessions on radial artery and BITA grafting, evidence-based practices, technical pearls, minimally invasive approaches, and academic career development. The three-day event includes interactive case discussions, featured abstracts, keynote lectures on current evidence, and much more.

Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with leaders in the field and enhance your surgical expertise.

Training Village

New this year! Attendees will explore our innovative non-CME Training Village, which will feature hands-on simulations, expert-led demonstrations, and accompanying surgical videos of cutting-edge techniques. Participation in this event (on Thursday, June 12) is included in meeting registration and will feature:

Anastomosis Masterclass and Sternal Closure – Advance your skills with expert-led demonstrations on anastomotic techniques.
Flow Measurement & Quality Control – Learn how to optimize graft outcomes with intraoperative assessment tools
Atrial Fibrillation Treatment – Clip the LAA and master intraoperative Maze techniques.

Industry Participants (to date): AtriCure, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, Medistim

Faculty Disclosures

Refer to the STS Education Disclosure Policy in the program book. The individuals below have disclosed whether they have financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated. (Current as of June 3, 2025)

Course Directors, Faculty, Abstract Presenters, Poster Presenters and STS Staff Disclosure Information

Course Directors

Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board
Marc Ruel, MD, MPH
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Research Grant, Proctor, MICS CABG
David Glineur, MD, PhD
Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose.
Sigrid Sandner, MD, MS
Financial Relationships: Nothing to disclose.
Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, MSCE
Financial Relationships: Abbott Vascular – Consultant/Advisory Board

Faculty

The following faculty have nothing to disclose:

Irbaz Hameed, MD
James Tatoulis, MB, BS, MS, MD
Jennifer Lawton, MD
Brittany Zwischenberger, MD, MHS
Christopher Lau, MD
Giuseppe Tavilla, MD, PhD
Patrick Myers, MD
Keita Kikuchi, MD, PhD
Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD
Amit Pawale, MD

The following faculty have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months:

Joseph Zwischenberger, MD
Financial Relationships: Avalon, Maquet – Royalties; Verthermia Acquisitions, Inc. – Consultant/Advisory Board
James Cox, MD
Financial Relationships: AtriCure – Consultant/Advisory Board, Ownership Interest; Adagio Medical Holdings – Consultant/Advisory Board, Ownership Interest; Lucid Diagnostics – Consultant/Advisory Board, Ownership Interest
Subodh Verma, MD, PhD
Financial Relationships: Amarin, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Canadian Medical and Surgical Knowledge Translation Research Group, Eli Lilly, HLS Therapeutics, Humber River Health, Janssen, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, PhaseBio, S & L Solutions Event Management Inc – Speakers Bureau; Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, HLS Therapeutics, Janssen, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi – Consultant/Advisory Board; Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, HLS Therapeutics, Merck, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, PhaseBio, Sanofi – Other Research Support
Piroze Davierwala, MD, MCh
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Fellowship Support; Edwards Lifesciences – Fellowship Support
Richard Whitlock, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Financial Relationships: AtriCure – Research Grant, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Procyrion – Chair DSMB; Boston Scientific – Research Grant
Husam Balkhy, MD
Financial Relationships: Intuitive – Proctor; Medistim – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria; Edwards LifeSciences – Speakers Bureau/Honoraria
S. Chris Malaisrie, MD
Financial Relationships: Edwards Lifesciences – Research Grant, Other Research Support, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board; Medtronic – Research Grant, Other Research Support, Consultant/Advisory Board; CryoLife – Research Grant, Speakers Bureau/Honoraria, Consultant/Advisory Board; AtriCure – Speaker/Honoraria includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness; Terumo Aortic – Consultation/Advisory fees, Speaker/Honoraria, Research Grant, Grant/Research Support
John Puskas, MD, MSc, PhD(hc)
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Consultant/Advisory Board; Medistim – Consultant/Advisory Board; AtriCure – Consultant/Advisory Board

Abstract Presenters

The following abstract presenters have nothing to disclose:

Omar Abdel Kerim, MPH
Sameer Singh, MD
Dario Petrone, MD
Michael Catalano, MD
Sarah Nisivaco, MD
Islam Salikhanov, MD, PhD
Sahra Tasdelen, BSc, MSc
Augusta Paulikaite
Teerth Patel
Nassim Bousmaha, MD
Joshua Crane, MD
Trent Sherman
Massimo Baudo, MD
Syed Peer, MD
Riya Bhasin
AlleaBelle Bradshaw, MD
Sina Danesh, MD
Ahmed Elmahrouk, MD
Irsa Hasan, MD
Živojin Jonjev, MD, PhD
Joshua Leibowitz, MD
Samim Azizi, MD
Fatima Qamar, MD, MPH
Lauryn Spinetta
Ryohei Ushioda, MD
Hong Jun Yong, BHSc
Zhandong Zhou, MD, PhD
Ahmed Hozain, MD
Joanna Lin
Aditya Sengupta, MD, MPH
Ricky Patil, MD
Yazan AlJamal, MD
Andrea Amabile, MD
Connor Barrett
Gustavo Orellana, MD
Alexander Egoavil
Christine Yang
Fadhill Alamrani, MD

The following abstract presenters have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months:

Gregory Rushing, MD
Financial Relationships: AtriCure – Research Grant or Support, Consultant; Medtronic – Research Grant or Support, Consultant
Mark Lutz
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Research Grant or Support
Pablo Ruda Vega, MD
Financial Relationships: AtriCure – Consultant; Medtronic – Consultant; Zimmer Biomet – Consultant; Intuitive Surgical – Consultant
Robert Hawkins, MD, MSc
Financial Relationships: Medtronic – Honoraria for Podcast Paid to Institution
Thierry Carrel-Dahinden, MD
Financial Relationships: Novostia – Consultant/Advisory Board; Abbott Inc – Consultant/Advisory Board; SwissCardioTechnologies AG – Consultant/Advisory Board

Poster Presenters

The following poster presenters have nothing to disclose:

Brock Daughtry, DO
Gina DeFelice, MD
Toyokazu Endo, MD
Marcelo J Figueroa, MD
Arthur Gabriyelyan, DSci(Med)
Michael Catalano, MD
Qiawen Jin, MD
Miia Lehtinen, MD, PhD
Mohamed Madan
Akshat Modi, MS
Michael Nguyen
Kevin Palmer, MD, MPH
Uzma Baig, MBBS
Rohit Ponnada
Muhammad Nabeel Safdar, MD
Hanna Sams, MD
Karlos Jennysson Sousa Soares, MD, MSc
Sujata Syamal, MD, MS
Ihor Stetsyuk, MD, PhD
Brian Hariyanto

The following poster presenters have disclosed these financial relationships with ineligible companies in the past 24 months:

Jessica Briscoe, MD
Financial Relationships: Transmedics (TMDX) – Stockholder
Jaishankar Raman, MBBS, PhD
Financial Relationships: Zimmer-Biomet Microfixation – Royalties
Heidi Reich, MD
Financial Relationships: Johnson & Johnson – Speaker

STS Staff

The following STS Staff have nothing to disclose:

Scott Bradbury, MS, Vice President of Education
Amy Cacich, CMP, Senior Manager, Meetings and Conventions
Kasia Chalko, Senior Marketing Manager
Colleen Donohoe, CMP, DES, Vice President of Meetings and Conventions
Isabel Dunn, Education Coordinator
Meredith A. Herzog, Associate Director of Education
Melisa Puthenmadom, Senior E-Learning Coordinator
Michele D. Rush, Senior Manager for Education

Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, June 12

Time	Activity
1 - 3 p.m. (Group 1) 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. (Group 2)	Hands-On Training Village (Non-CME) Station 1: Anastomosis Masterclass Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Medtech Station 2: Flow Measurement & Quality Control Sponsored by Medistim Station 3: Atrial Fibrillation Treatment Sponsored by AtriCure
1 - 2 p.m.	Abstract Session Moderators: Joseph F. Sabik III, Cleveland, OH and Irbaz Hameed, MD, PhD, New Haven, CT (Case Presentation) Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Patient with Bilateral Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flaps for Breast Reconstruction AlleaBelle Bradshaw, Baltimore, MD Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Nonagenarians Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights into Survival and Quality of Life Sina Danesh, Rochester, MN Effect of Mechanical Circulatory Support on Outcomes in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Acute Myocardial Infarction Ahmed Elmahrouk, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia A Novel Minimally Invasive Approach Facilitating Concomitant Coronary Artery Bypass and Multiple Valve Surgery Sahra Tasdelen, Graz, Austria The Impact of GLP-1 Inhibitors on Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Results from over 4000 Patients Irsa Hasan, Pittsburgh, PA Sequential Grafting of the Skeletonized Left Internal Mammary Artery to the Left Coronary Artery System Živojin Jonjev, Novi Sad, Serbia Utility of Preoperative P2Y12 Levels in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery on Bleeding Risk Joshua Leibowitz, Baltimore, MD Off-Pump No-Touch Versus On-Pump CABG in Obese Patients with Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease Mark Lutz, Syracuse, NY Coronary Endarterectomy Outcomes in Patients Undergoing CABG: Single Center Experience Over the Last Decade Samim Azizi, Doha, Qatar Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with and Without Perioperative Surgically Implanted Microaxial Pumps for High-Risk Patients with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Single-Center STS Analysis Fatima Qamar, Houston, TX
2 - 3 p.m.	Abstract Session Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, Ottawa, ON, Canada and Sigrid Sandner, MD, Vienna, Austria Robotic-Assisted CABG, Left Atrial Appendage Clip and Convergent Procedure: A Minimally Invasive Approach for Combined Disease Pablo Ruda Vega, Cleveland, OH Evaluating the Role of Gender in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Outcomes Lauryn Spinetta, Dallas, TX Clinical Outcomes of the Sushi Technique in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Patients with Aortic Disease: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis Ryohei Ushioda, Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan Biomechanical Assessment of Sternal Closure Stability Using and Excluding Demineralized Bone Matrix Graft: A Finite Element Analysis Study John Williams, Fort Wayne, IN Long-Term Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using the Pure Internal Thoracic Artery Technique Jong Jun Yong, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Mid-Term Outcomes and Graft Patency for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery with Proximal Inflow from Descending Aorta Zhandong Zhou, Syracuse, New York Outcomes of Bloodless Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Five-Year Single-Center Experience Ahmed Hozain, Chicago, IL Platelet Counts Following Cardiac Surgery: Patterns and Clinical Implications Joanna Lin, New York, NY (Case Presentation) Surgical Unroofing and Transplantation of a Heart with Left Anterior Descending Coronary Artery Bridge Aditya Sengupta, New York, NY The Impact of Secondary Graft Choice on Intra-Operative Resource Utilization During Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Ricky Patil, Ann Arbor, MI
3 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Session 1: Mastering Coronary Surgery: Expert Techniques Moderators: Brittany Zwischenberger, MD, Durham, NC, and Marc Ruel, MD Direct Vision, Bilateral ITA Harvest and RGEA MIS Keita Kikuchi, Xi’an, China Side to Side Anastomosis Joseph F. Sabik III LAD Endarterectomy John Puskas, Atlanta, GA Endoscopic Coronary Surgery—Bilateral ITA Harvesting from Left Side with Elongation Using the Radial Artery Fadhil Alamrani, Dearborn, MI The Composite Anastomosis in MIS—Tips and Tricks Piroze Davierwala, North York, ON, Canada
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Video Session: Your Cases, Your Skills: Coronary Surgery in Practice Moderators: Husam H. Balkhy, MD, Chicago, IL, and James Tatoulis, MD, MS, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Surgical Video: Multi-Vessel Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Revascularization with Radial Y-Graft Connor Barrett, New York, NY Surgical Video: Robotic Off-Pump TECAB to the RCA Using RITA: A Totally Endoscopic Approach Yazan AlJamal, Chicago, IL Surgical Video: Revascularization of Patent Left Internal Mammary Artery Graft in the Setting of Subclavian Stenosis Connor Barrett Surgical Video: RIMA Made Easy in Minimally Invasive CABG Gustavo Orellana, Guayaquil, Ecuador Surgical Video: Totally Endoscopic Myocardial Bridge Unroofing: A Robotic Solution to a Coronary Challenge Andrea Amabile, Pittsburgh, PA
5:30 - 6:15 p.m.	Reception

Day 2 - Friday, June 13

Time	Activity
7:15 a.m.	Visit Exhibits / View Posters
7:30 - 8 a.m.	Breakfast
8 - 9 a.m.	Session 1: Making the Most of Your Conduits: How to Use the Radial Artery Moderators: Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, New York, NY and Brittany Zwischenberger, MD, Durham, NC Video Masterclass: Open and Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting Christopher Lau, MD, New York, NY Video Masterclass: Surgical Strategy and Techniques David Glineur, MD, PhD, St. John's, NL, Canada Prevention and Treatment of Spasm James Tatoulis, MD, MS, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Do Women Benefit More Than Men from Use of the Radial Artery? Jennifer Lawton, MD, Baltimore, MD Panel Discussion
9 - 10 a.m.	Session 2: Making the Most of Your Conduits: BITA Grafting Moderators: Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, Cleveland, OH and James Tatoulis, MD, MS Skeletonized and Pedicled ITAs: The Pros and Cons Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, Ottawa, ON, Canada Video Masterclass: How to Deploy BITA Sigrid Sandner, MD, Vienna, Austria Why Experience Matters with BITA Grafting John Puskas, MD, Atlanta, GA Video Masterclass: Expanding the Limits – Recycling the ITA Giuseppe Tavilla, MD, Temple, TX Panel Discussion
10 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Session 3: State-of-the-Art in Coronary Surgery: What Does the Evidence Say? Moderators: Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, and Jennifer Lawton, MD Panelists: Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD, and Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, Lexington, KY Atrial Management in the CABG Patient Richard Whitlock, Hamilton, ON, Canada Mechanical Circulatory Support in High-Risk CABG Amit Pawle, St. Louis, MO FFR – Why It Matters in PCI, But Not in CABG Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD Contemporary Secondary Prevention Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Toronto, ON, Canada
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch
1 - 2 p.m.	Session 4: Which Kind of Academic Surgeon Do You Want to Be?  Moderators: Patrick O. Myers, MD, Lausanne, Switzerland and Richard Whitlock, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Hamilton, ON, Canada Surgeon Scientist: Clinical Research Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD Surgeon Scientist: Translational Research Jennifer Lawton, MD Surgeon Innovator: Developing a New Idea into an FDA-Approved Device Joseph Zwischenberger, MD Maximizing Opportunities in Surgical Societies to Build an Academic Career Joseph F. Sabik III, MD Panel Discussion
2 - 3 p.m.	Session 5: Technical Pearls in Coronary Surgery Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, and Husam H. Balkhy, MD, Chicago, IL Panelists: James Tatoulis, MD, MS, and Jennifer Lawton, MD Mastering Graft Configurations: Sequential and Composite Grafting David Glineur, MD, PhD Mastering Graft Configurations: Baby Y and Elongation Strategies Christopher Lau, MD Off-Pump CABG: Achieving Optimal Exposure John Puskas, MD Transit Time Flow Measurement: Intraoperative Quality Control Sigrid Sandner, MD
3 - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.	Abstract Session: Strategies and Outcomes in Coronary Surgery Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, and Brittany Zwischenberger, MD Weekend Effect in Cardiac Surgery: A National Analysis of CABG Outcomes by Operative Day Omar Abdel Kerim, Miami, FL Mid-Term Follow-Up (24 Month) of Concomitant Non-Atriotomy Surgical Ablation (GP-Maze) During Coronary Surgical Revascularization Gregory Rushing, MD, Cleveland, OH Impact of Interhospital Transfer on Early and Late Outcomes after Urgent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Sameer Singh, MD, New York, NY Propensity-Matched Comparison of Total and Non-Total Arterial Grafting in Patients with Low Ejection Fraction: Mid-Term Results Dario Petrone, MD Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Repeat Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Management of In-Stent Restenosis – A National Medicare Analysis Michael Catalano, MD, Philadelphia, PA Redo Coronary Bypass Grafting Using a Robotic Totally Endoscopic Approach: Perioperative and Ten-Year Outcomes Sarah Nisivaco, MD, Chicago, IL
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.	Session 6: Interactive Case Session Moderators: Brittany Zwischenberger, MD, and Irbaz Hameed, MD, PhD, New Haven, CT Panelists: Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, Jennifer Lawton, MD, David Glineur, MD, PhD, and Giuseppe Tavilla, MD Case 1 Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD Case 2 Sigrid Sandner, MD Case 3 John Puskas, MD Case 4 Husam Balkhy, MD

Day 3 - Saturday, June 14

Time	Activity
7 - 7:30 a.m.	Breakfast
7:30 - 8:30 a.m.	Abstract Session Moderators: David Glineur, MD, PhD, and Piroze Davierwala, MD Applicability of the STS Risk-Adjusted Failure-to-Rescue Model in a Single UK Adult Cardiac Centre: A Step Toward Nationwide Implementation? Augusta Paulikaite, Brighton, England, UK Association Between Preoperative Non-Tobacco Nicotine Dependence and Postoperative Complication Outcomes in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Teerth Patel, Galveston, TX Making the Most Out of the Internal Mammary Artery: Does Sequential Grafting on the Left Anterior Descending Artery Territory Provide Clinical Benefits in a Bilateral Internal Mammary Artery Grafting Strategy? Nassim Bousmaha, Quebec, QC, Canada Time from STEMI to CABG Impacts Survival Outcomes Joshua Crane, Louisville, KY Age-Based Survival Benefit of Radial Artery in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Trent Sherman, Erie, PA Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Impella 5.5 Assist Device Support in Reduced Ejection Fraction: A Case Series Massimo Baudo, Wynnewood, PA Safety and Efficacy of Veno-Arterial ECMO Support in Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Syed Peer, Houston, TX Does Robotic TECAB Mitigate the Risks of BITA Grafting in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients? Early and Mid-Term Outcomes Compared to a Non-Diabetic Population Riya Bhasin, Chicago, IL A Promising "Minimal-Volume" Cardioplegic Solution with Excellent Clinical Results Thierry Carrel-Dahinden, Bern, Switzerland
8:30 - 10 a.m.	Session 7: Featured Abstracts, Keynote, and Awards Moderators: Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, and Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Panelists: Joseph Zwischenberger, MD, and David Glineur, MD, PhD The Assessing and Determining Optimal Targets for CABG (ADOPT-CABG) Study Methodology Alexander Egoavil, Cleveland, OH Socioeconomic Distress Associated with Increased Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Over Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Robert Hawkins, Ann Arbor, MI Non-Atriotomy Surgical Ablation Is Safe and Effective: A Multicenter Study Gregory Rushing, Cleveland, OH Racial Disparities in End Stage Renal Disease Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting with Arterial Grafting Christine Yang, New York, NY Keynote Lecture: What All Surgeons Must Know About Atrial Fibrillation James L. Cox, MD, Chicago, IL Awards
10 - 10:30 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Session 8: Minimally Invasive, Hybrid and Robotic CABG Moderators: David Glineur, MD, PhD, and Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Panelists: Husam Balkhy, MD, and Piroze Davierwala, North York, Ontario, Canada Case Presentation: The Robotic-Assisted MIDCAB – Do Women Benefit Most? Brittany Zwischenberger, Durham, NC Hybrid Revascularization: Who Benefits and How to Get Started Husam Balkhy, Chicago, IL Video Masterclass: Multivessel Minimally Invasive CABG Piroze Davierwala, MD, MCh, North York, ON, Canada Case Presentation: Robotic Multivessel Minimally Invasive CABG Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Video Masterclass: Fully Robotic Multivessel CABG Husam Balkhy, MD Video Masterclass: Minimally Invasive CABG in a Redo Setting Using the Gastroepiploic Artery Giuseppe Tavilla, MD
12 - 1 p.m.	Session 9: Decision-Making in CABG: Strategies for Complex Intraoperative and Postoperative Challenges Moderators: Marc Ruel, MD, MPH, and Joseph F. Sabik III, MD Panelists: James Tatoulis, MD, MS, Jacqueline Tamis-Holland, MD and Joseph Zwischenberger, MD Mitral Regurgitation in CABG Patients: When to Repair and When to Leave It Alone Chris S. Malaisrie, MD, Chicago, IL Ischemia After CABG: When to Take the Patient Back to the Cath Lab Marc Ruel, MD, MPH Intraoperative Graft Flow Issues: When to Revise and When to Accept David Glineur, MD, PhD Handling Severe Aortic Calcification: When to Modify Your Surgical Strategy Patrick O. Myers, MD
1 p.m.	Adjourn

View all oral and poster scientific abstracts.

Housing

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Marriott Marquis Chicago. The special STS group rate is $279, plus state and local taxes, and is guaranteed through Wednesday, May 21, or until the group block is sold out. Guest rooms reserved after the cutoff date or when the room block is sold out are subject to hotel availability.

How to Reserve a Room in the STS Block:

Reserve online.
Call 1-877-303-0104 and mention "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Coronary Conference 2025.”

Pricing

Category	Early Bird (by April 15, 2025)	Standard (after April 15, 2025)
Physician - STS Member	$900	$1,000
Physician Non-Member	$1,050	$1,150
Allied Health - STS Member	$350	$500
Allied Health Non-Member	$500	$600
Resident/Fellow & Medical Student - STS Member	$250	$350
Resident/Fellow/Medical Student Non-Member	$300	$400
Industry Employee	$1,000	$1,200

*An STS Member ID (6 digits) is required to receive the discounted member rate. For help retrieving your STS Member ID, contact Member Services

Accreditation

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician assistants may claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this activity.

Exhibitors

View the Exhibitor Prospectus and submit your application today!

Exhibitor List: Arthrex, AtriCure, CardioXtek, Fehling Surgical, Hemostasis, Med Alliance Solutions, Medistim, Medtronic, Scanlan International, Wexler Surgical, Zimmer Biomet

Ethical MedTech Compliance

This workshop has been assessed by Ethical MedTech and is COMPLIANT with the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice and EFPIA Code of Practice.

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