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Press Release from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Press Release
STS Launches Next-Generation Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Calculator

July 25, 2023, Chicago, Ill… The Society of Thoracic Surgeons has launched its next-generation Operative Risk Calculator to assess the risk of adult cardiac surgery operations.

Jul 25, 2023

Blog
How Can I Get the Latest, Greatest Tech at My Institution?

Understand and embrace a hospital's decision-making process to get the products you need to perform at your best.

May 17, 2023

4 min read

Elisabeth Dexter, MD

FDA Warns of Potential Risk Associated with Abbott Trifecta Valves

Webinar
New FDA-Approved Aortic Technologies

Recent approvals by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have made available two new technologies for treating aortic disease. The GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE) is single-branch aortic stent graft that provides an off-the-shelf solution for patients that need zone II aortic coverage and obviates the need for prior left subclavian revascularization. The Thoraflex Hybrid Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) device is a pre-mated surgical graft and an aortic stent graft to facilitate single-stage treatment of arch and proximal descending aortic pathologies.

Nov 3, 2022

1 hr. 7 min.

Blog
Introducing New Technology to an Institution

As an early career surgeon, you don’t want to be left on an island without the backing of your partners and department leaders., Robert M. Van Haren, MD, MsPH

Mar 2, 2022

3 min read

Robert M. Van Haren, MD, MsPH

Press Release
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Awards Inaugural International Fellowships

Cardiothoracic surgeons from the US and Italy receive practice-changing funding support

CHICAGO (January 19, 2022)—Through a collaborative effort between The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), two standout young surgeons recently each received $20,000 in fellowship grants to learn new techniques used by institutions across the world.

Jan 19, 2022

Press Release
New Legislation Speeds Progress on Patient Access to New Technologies

Longtime society efforts advance connecting clinical outcomes and claims data

WASHINGTON, DC (October 21, 2021) — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) applaud Representatives Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN), and Kim Schrier, MD (D-WA), for introducing the Meaningful Access to Federal Health Plan Claims Data Act of 2021.

Oct 21, 2021

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2021 Lillehei Lecture - The (Radically) Changing Landscape of Medical Technology Innovation

The 2021 C. Walton Lillehei Lecture was presented during The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 57th Annual Meeting by Paul G. Yock, MD, MA, founder and director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign in California.

During the lecture, Dr. Yock encourage participants to view innovation as a discipline—one that can be taught, practiced, and recreated. He acknowledged, though, that comprehensive innovation can be difficult in the health care setting because it involves multiple stakeholders. He likened the “user” in this scenario to an “eight-headed monster.”

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Podcast - Beyond the Abstract

Podcast
#80: Beyond the Abstract: STS 2021 and Recommendations for Hosting a Virtual Surgical Meeting

How conferences are changing in “the Year of the Pandemic”

36 min

Podcast
#65: Beyond the Abstract: Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results from the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial

While social media engagements may seem fleeting, the authors agreed that durable scholarly impact of social media exists.

31 min.

Podcast
#60: STS Summer Series: How I Learned Robotic Cardiac Surgery

They talk about how they got started in robotic surgery, the importance of institutional support for building and training a team, and the efficacy of robotic surgery as an instructional tool for residents and fellows.

1 hr. 3 min.

Video
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Cardiothoracic surgeons are studying the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to improve risk prediction in the hopes that patient outcomes also will improve. Arman Kilic, MD, and Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, along with medical student Brian Ayers, discuss what AI and ML mean, how it can uncover previously unknown relationships in medical data, and how it can be used to assist the surgeon in the operating room.

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