The STS South Asian Webinar: Surgical Management of Infectious Lung Diseases features expert talks on open and minimally invasive surgical approaches to infectious lung diseases, including tuberculosis sequelae, by leading thoracic surgeons from South Asia, Europe, and the United States.

Date
8 a.m. ET
An opportunity for early and mid-career STS surgeon members to learn how to lead in and out of the OR.
Event dates
Jan 28, 2026
Location
Zoom, Chicago, and New Orleans
Our theme, Teaching for Tomorrow Together, honors STS’s dedication to innovation, training the next generation of cardiothoracic surgeons, and moving the specialty forward through collaboration and community.
Event dates
Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2026
Location
New Orleans, LA
Performing as our best selves as cardiothoracic surgeons both inside and outside of the workplace
Event dates
Feb 10 – Apr 28, 2026
Location
Virtual

Plan to attend this installment of the STS/SCA Webinar Series, Across the Drapes: Multidisciplinary Management in Esophagectomy. Leaders in both surgery and anesthesiology will discuss preoperative and intraoperative management of esophagectomy and its complications, with the goal of optimizing intraoperative management between surgeons and anesthesiologists.  

A collaborative series presented by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA)

 

Date
7 p.m. ET
Best Practices for Cardiothoracic Surgery is a 2-day virtual event that provides coders, surgeons, and billing professionals with the latest updates to CPT and physician coding and reimbursement, which affect cardiothoracic surgical practices.
Event dates
Feb 27–28, 2026
Location
Virtual
An opportunity for early and mid-career STS surgeon members to learn how to lead in and out of the OR.
Event dates
Mar 19, 2026 – Jan 27, 2027
Location
Virtual, Chicago, and San Diego
Be the voice of the cardiothoracic surgery specialty in Washington, DC.
Event dates
Mar 23–24, 2026
Location
Washington, DC
Discussion of two important clinical trials demonstrating equivalent survival for sublobar resection versus lobectomy for clinical stage IA.
Date
Duration
1 hr. 2 min.
Experts provide insight on the management of patients born with Tetralogy of Fallot.
Date
Duration
1 hr. 32 min.
Be the voice of the cardiothoracic surgery specialty in Washington, DC
Event dates
Oct 17–18, 2023
Location
Washington, D.C.

A panel of leaders in cardiothoracic surgery will explore the cost of patient safety relative to the effects on education, how public reporting of patient safety is often confusing to patients, and how expected patient safety results may lead to disproportionate investments and difficult prioritization decisions.

Topics will include: 

Date
Duration
1 hr. 2 min.
Discussions on valuable research and important clinical findings with the goal of improving data collection and patient outcomes.
Event dates
Sep 26–29, 2023
Location
Virtual
The annual meeting of the Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, presented jointly with STS
Event dates
Sep 15–16, 2023
Location
Seoul Dragon City, Seoul, Korea