Thank You!
The 2025 Coronary Conference, which took place June 12-14 in Chicago, featured a comprehensive program on advanced coronary surgery techniques, conduit optimization, and technological innovations. Thank you to all the faculty, presenters, attendees, industry partners, and exhibitors who helped to make this event a great success.
Read highlights from this year's Coronary Conference.
Claiming Credit
Attendees: don't forget to evaluate the conference. Your feedback is crucial as we strive to make this event as informative and relevant as possible. After completing the evaluation, you may claim continuing education credit.
To claim credit for this course:
- Log into the STS Learning Center. (For assistance with your login credentials, contact Member Services.)
- Go to 2025 STS Coronary Conference, listed in your “In-Progress Activities” under the “My Activities” tab.
- Fill out and submit the overall evaluation.
- Confirm the amount of credit you are claiming for the conference, then download your CME certificate (find it in the “Completed Activities” under the “My Activities” tab).
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.
Thank you to our Training Village sponsors: 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
- 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
Time | Activity |
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1 - 3 p.m. 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Hands-On Training Village (Non-CME) Station 1: Anastomosis Masterclass Station 2: Flow Measurement & Quality Control Station 3: Atrial Fibrillation Treatment |
1 - 2 p.m. | Abstract Session
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2 - 3 p.m. | Abstract Session
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3 - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Session 1: Mastering Coronary Surgery: Expert Techniques
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Video Session: Your Cases, Your Skills: Coronary Surgery in Practice
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5:30 - 6:15 p.m. | Reception |
Time | Activity |
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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
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9 - 10 a.m. | Session 2: Making the Most of Your Conduits: BITA Grafting
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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?
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12 - 1 p.m. | Lunch |
1 - 2 p.m. | Session 4: Which Kind of Academic Surgeon Do You Want to Be?
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2 - 3 p.m. | Session 5: Technical Pearls in Coronary Surgery
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3 - 3:30 p.m. | Break |
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Abstract Session: Strategies and Outcomes in Coronary Surgery
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4:30 - 5:30 p.m. | Session 6: Interactive Case Session
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Time | Activity |
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7 - 7:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
7:30 - 8:30 a.m. | Abstract Session
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8:30 - 10 a.m. | Session 7: Featured Abstracts, Keynote, and Awards
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10 - 10:30 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Session 8: Minimally Invasive, Hybrid and Robotic CABG
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12 - 1 p.m. | Session 9: Decision-Making in CABG: Strategies for Complex Intraoperative and Postoperative Challenges
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1 p.m. | Adjourn |
View all oral and poster scientific abstracts.
Pricing
Category | Early Bird | Standard |
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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 |
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
Thank you to 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.