An opportunity for early and mid-career STS surgeon members to learn how to lead in and out of the OR.
Event dates
Jul 10, 2025 – Jan 30, 2026
Location
Zoom, Chicago, and New Orleans
A program in Spanish (with English subtitles) on the features and challenges associated with cardiac surgery in women.
Date
1 p.m. ET
An experiential foundation and hands-on practice in basic cardiothoracic operating skills for first-year residents.
Event dates
Aug 21–24, 2025
Location
Chicago, IL

Join us for the first installment of the STS/SCA webinar series, Across the Drapes: Multidisciplinary Management in Thoracic Aortic Surgery. In this webinar, the multidisciplinary panel will discuss the management of two cases from the perspective of both cardiac anesthesiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons. The discussion will entail preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative components of the cases and the interdisciplinary team that cares for these complex patients.  

Co-presented with the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

 

Date
7 p.m. ET
KTCVS-STS Asia Symposium on Valvular Heart Disease
Event dates
Sep 12–13, 2025
Location
Seoul, Korea
Discussions on valuable research and important clinical findings with the goal of improving data collection and patient outcomes.
Event dates
Sep 25–26, 2025
Location
San Antonio, TX
The premier annual event in cardiothoracic surgery, unveiling never-before-seen science, techniques, and technology, and creating a forum to build lasting connections with colleagues.
Event dates
Jan 29 – Feb 1, 2026
Location
New Orleans, LA

The Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD) continues to undergo improvements to enhance quality of care for patients. In this webinar for CHSD participants, the panel discusses the forthcoming upgrade to version 6.22 and implementation of new STAT scores. The webinar also includes a review of the brand-new Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) component. The surgeon leaders discuss the goals for the ACHD component, how data will be captured, and what the future holds in terms of risk assessment for this rapidly growing population.

Date
Duration
34 min.
Several coauthors of the STS/AATS Clinical Practice Guideline on the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection discuss the key takeaways from this comprehensive, up-to-date summary of the state of the evidence.
Date
Duration
1 hr.
A multidisciplinary panel shares their expertise in establishing and maintaining an effective mobile ECMO unit.
Date
Duration
56 min.
Event dates
Feb 18–19, 2022
Location
Virtual Workshop

Senior leaders from STS and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery discuss the concerns that informed the decision not to endorse the 2021 Guideline for Coronary Artery Revascularization published in December by the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

Date
Duration
1 hr.
An international panel of surgeons shares their experiences with electromagnetic and robotic approaches to bronchoscopy, as well as ablation of lung cancers.
Date
Duration
1 hr. 7 min.