2026 STS Boot Camp Attendee Program

• Explain the surgical principles of coronary revascularization and satisfactorily perform proximal and distal coronary anastomoses.
• Adequately perform wire skills with performance of TAVR procedures.
• Adequately perform aortic and atrial cannulation along with placing a patient on cardiopulmonary bypass and subsequently weaning of the process and decannulation.
• Explain the principles of the cardiopulmonary bypass machine as well as common troubleshooting issues that can arise when a patient is on CPB.
• Recognize the basics of echocardiography and standard normal and pathologic findings with TEE.
• Describe the fundamental surgical techniques and strategies for performing an open pulmonary lobectomy.
• Satisfactorily operate the Da Vinci robot and conduct the basic skills necessary to perform a robotic- assisted pulmonary lobectomy.
• Adequately operate the Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Scope and perform EBUS-directed biopsy of parabronchial and paratracheal lymph nodes.
• Adequately perform navigational bronchoscopy
• Adequately perform robotic bronchoscopy.
• Adequately perform trans thoracic lung biopsy.
• Manage insertion of a double lumen endotracheal tube, as well as troubleshoot problems that commonly occur after the tube has been placed.
• Proficiently place an esophageal and tracheal stent.
• Proficiently place and use a rigid bronchoscope.
• Adequately perform a mitral valve repair and replacement.  
• Adequately perform an aortic valve repair and replacement
• Understand correct suture needle angles.
• Understand the pitfalls and potential areas of harm due to improper suture placement.
• Adequately perform a mitral valve repair.  
• Adequately perform an aortic valve repair.  

Raza Ahmad, MD 
Emory University School of Medicine, Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship

Tayal Alzghari, MD 
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Madison Argo, MD 
UT Southwestern Medical Center Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

Yingyot Arora, MD 
Loma Linda University Health Education Consortium Program - Thoracic Surgery

Abigail Bateman, MD 
Oregon Health & Science University

Claire Bensard, MD, PhD 
University of California San Diego

Maria Beyer, MD 
UTHSCSA

Diane Bronikowski, MD 
Albany Medical Center

Sarah Burki, MD 
Temple University Hospital

Elizabeth Calle, MD, PhD 
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics-Cardiothoracic Fellowship

Seana Corbin, MD 
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Elena Danielson, MD 
University of Iowa Cardiothoracic Surgery

John DePaolo, MD, PhD 
Penn State Hershey Medical Center

Adam Dyas, MD 
University of Colorado Anschutz

Jasmina Ehab, MD 
Tufts Medical Center

Mina Estafanos, MD 
University of Rochester

Ionea Florea, MD 
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Sean Francois, MD 
Corewell Health - Grand Rapids | Michigan State University

Amanda Ghanie, MD 
Montefiore Medical Center

Timothy Harris, MD 
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Bayley Jones, MD 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Whitney Kellett, MD, PhD 
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Matthew Khouzam, MD 
IU Health Thoracic Surgery Indianapolis - Thoracic Surgery Integrated

Thomas Knapp, MD 
University of Utah

Ezra Koh, MD 
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Alla Kozubenko, MD 
Thoracic Surgery Yale Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital

Henry Kwon, MD 
VCU School of Medicine

Alexander Lee Chen, DO 
Henry Ford Health

Luke Meredith, MD 
University of Michigan Thoracic Surgery Independent Fellowship

Bryan Miles, MD 
Allegheny General/ AHN

Kriti Mittal Agrawal, MD 
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Anne Montal, MD 
Mount Sinai Health System

Antonela Muca, MD 
Mayo Clinic Thoracic Surgery Residency

Pournika Muniyandi, MD 
UC Davis Health

Allison Navarrete-Welton, MD 
Duke University

Anna Niroomand, MD, PhD 
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Aloys Nsereko, MD 
UConn Thoracic Surgery Fellowship Program

Bernadette Peltier, MD 
Cleveland Clinic Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Julia Riccardi, MD 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Yasmine Rifai, MD 
Montefiore Einstein Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hunter Row, MD 
Loyola University Medical Center

Devin Russell, MD 
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine / ECU Health Medical Center

Syed Saif  Rizvi, MD 
UM / JMH Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

Benjamin Seadler, MD 
Medical College of Wisconsin Thoracic Surgery Fellowship

Madigan Stanley, MD 
University of Minnesota

James Stewart II, MD 
University of Florida Thoracic Fellowship

Hailey Theeuwen, MD 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Shawn Tsutsui, MD 
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University

Samantha Valentine, DO 
University of Kansas Health System

Hannah Vester, MD 
University of Cincinnati Medical Center

Srineil Vuthaluru, MD 
University of Chicago

Vivian Wang, MD 
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Kevin Wang, MD 
University of Arizona

Hamid Wardak, MD 
UTMB Cardiothoracic Surgery

Hadley Wilson, MD 
Carolinas Medical Center

Amelia Wong, DO 
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Thoracic Surgery Fellowship and Thoracic Surgery Residency Integrated

Cynthia Xu, MD 
Johns Hopkins

Michael Xu, MD 
UPMC Medical Education

Lye-Yeng Wong, MD 
Stanford CT Surgery Residency Training Program

Andrew Young, MD 
University of Virginia 

Zaid Abdelsattar, MD 
Loyola University Medical Center

Ron Angona 
Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester Medical Center

Marvin Atkins, MD 
Houston Methodist Hospital

Vinay Badhwar, MD 
West Virginia University

Manjit Bains, MD 
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Alejandro Bribriesco, MD 
Cleveland Clinic

Andrew Brownlee, MD 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Darren Bryan, MD 
University of Chicago

Robert Cameron, MD 
University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA Medical Center

Ryan Campagna, MD 
University of Rochester Department of Surgery

Edward Chan, MD 
MedStar Washington Hospital Center

Ernest Chan, MD 
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Stephen Chiu, MD 
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Kukbin Choi, MD 
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Andrei Churyla, MD 
Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center

Kim Costas, MD 
Providence Regional Medical Center

Emmanuel Daon, MD 
The University of Kansas Hospital

Caitlin Demarest, MD, PhD 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Desmond D'Souza, MD 
The Ohio State University Medical Center

James Edgerton, MD 
Washington University, St Louis

Mohammed Eldeiry, MD 
University of Colorado

Thomas Fabian, MD 
Albany Medical College

Nick Falter, MPH, CCP 
UCHealth

James Fann, MD 
Stanford University

Gurinder Gill 
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Luis Godoy, MD 
University of California Davis Health

Tyler Grenda, MD 
Thomas Jefferson University

Eugene Grossi, MD 
New York University Medical Center

Robert B. Hawkins II, MD 
University of Michigan

Rian Hasson, MD 
Brigham and Woman's Hospital

Matthew Henn, MD 
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Mohammed Hussein, MD
University of Rochester

Jeffrey Javidfar, MD 
Emory University

Patpilai Kasinpila, MD 
Stanford University

Amie Kent, MD 
NYU Langone Health - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Samuel Kim, MD 
Northwestern University

Serge Kobsa, MD, PhD 
USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute

Minyoung Kwak, MD
Rochester Regional Health

Kiran Lagisetty, MD 
University of Michigan

John Lazar, MD 
Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown

Miguel Leiva Juarez, MD 
Tufts Medical Center

Jules Lin, MD 
University of Michigan

Yihan Lin, MD 
University of Washington

Jason Long, MD 
University of North Carolina

Natalie Lui, MD 
Stanford University

Kalvin Lung, MD 
Northwestern University

Frank Manetta, MD 
Northwell Health

Melissa Medina, MD 
Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Nicole Michaud, MS, CCP 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Rita Milewski, MD, PhD 
Yale University

Nahush Mokadam, MD

Jonathan Nesbitt, MD 
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Daniel Oh, MD 
University of Southern California

Miroslav Peev, MD 
University of Chicago

Stevan Pupovac, MD 
Northwell Health

Dave Rabkin, MD 
Loma Linda University Medical Center

Jonathan Rice, MD, PhD 
University of Arizona

T. Brett Reece, MD 
University of Colorado

Scott Reznik, MD 
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Matthew Rochefort, MD 
Brigham and Woman's Hospital

Phillip Rowse, MD 
Mayo Clinic

Manu Sancheti, MD 
Emory University

Chelsey Santino, MD 
Johns Hopkins University

Ahmad Sheikh, MD 
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco

Sara Shumway, MD 
University of Minnesota

Aleem Siddique, MBBS 
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Shelby Stewart, MD 
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Frederick Tibayan, MD 
Oregon Health and Sciences University

Garrett Walsh, MD 
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

James Yun, MD, PhD 
Cleveland Clinic

Anthony Zaki, MD 
Cleveland Clinic

Daniel Ziazadeh, MD 
University of Rochester Medical Center

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