International Educational Activity Proposals
The STS Workforce on International Education is currently seeking proposals for collaborative or STS-owned educational activities to take place in 2025-2027. The Workforce, in collaboration with the STS Council on Education Operating Board, has developed a set of near-term geographic and subspecialty priorities available, but proposals outside of those parameters are welcome.
- Live/in-person activity proposals for 2026-2027 are submittable now until April 1, 2025, for review and approval this summer.
- Virtual activities are reviewed and approved on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Learn more and access the submission form.
Latin Heart Rounds
This series of webinars and live activities features surgeons and other healthcare professionals from around the world discussing and debating a broad range of cardiothoracic surgery topics important and relevant to the Latin and South American community.
- Upcoming webinars are listed on the STS calendar of events.
- Archived recordings are located on STS.org and on YouTube.
2025 STS/EACTS/ESTS Latin America Thoracic Surgery Conference
The Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT) is pleased to host this one-day post-conference symposium on May 10, 2025, as part of TÓRAX 2025 – XXIV Congress of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery. The program was developed in collaboration with SBCT, the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS), and seven other society partners from Spain and Latin and South America:
- Sociedad Mexicana de Cirujanos Torácicos Generales (SMCTG)
- Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Sociedad Chilena de Enfermedades Respiratorias
- Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile
- Departamento de Cirugía Torácica, Asociación Latinoamericana de Tórax (ALAT)
- Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía de Tórax (Asocoltorax)
- Sociedad Argentina de Cirugía Torácica (SACT)
- Sociedad Española de Cirugía Torácica (SECT)
Session Topics
- Multidisciplinary Approach to Lung Cancer
- Thoracic Trauma
- ERAS: How to Build a Program
- Infectious Diseases
- Surgical Treatment of Malignant Diseases
STS-EACTS @ ASCVTS 2025 Workshop
STS is collaborating with the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) on a one-day joint session workshop taking place at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS), taking place May 14-17, 2025 in Singapore. View the full program. The workshop will feature the following sessions taking place on Friday, May 16:
- 08:00 – 10:00 – Joint Session 1: Mastering CABG
- 10:30 – 12:30 – Joint Session 2: Mastering AV – Focus on AS
- 14:00 – 16:00 – Joint Session 3: Mastering AV – Aortic Regurgitation
Heart Valve Disease Forum 2025
KTCVS-STS Asia Symposium on Valvular Heart Disease
STS is pleased to co-present the Heart Valve Disease Forum (HVDF) with the Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, offering the latest knowledge regarding the basics, diagnosis, treatment, and future of valvular heart disease. The meeting will take place September 12-13, 2025, in Seoul, Korea.