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Building the Hybrid OR of the Future Program

May 3, 2010 — Monday, Afternoon Sessions
2:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.   Introduction
David Sugarbaker, MD, Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Raphael Bueno, MD, Associate Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and John Byrne, MD, Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN
2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.   Making the Case for a Hybrid OR
Patricia Wynn, Senior Consultant of Strategic Research, The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC, and Joseph E. Bavaria, MD, Vice Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.   Identifying the Players for a Hybrid OR
Marie Hasselblad, RN, Administrative Director Invasive Cardiology, Director, Cardiothoracic Operating Rooms, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN, and Vinod H. Thourani, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Associate Director, CTS Clinical Research Unit, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
3:15 p.m.– 3:30 p.m.   Discussion
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.   Break
3:45 p.m.– 4:15 p.m.   The Hybrid OR: Architectural Issues
Charles Martin, AIA, Principal, NBBJ, Seattle, WA, and Jeff High, RN, BA, ASN, Charge Nurse Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN
4:15 p.m.– 4:45 p.m.   Challenges Encountered Along the Way in Building a Hybrid OR
Ferenc A. Jolesz, MD, Director Division of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Image Guided Therapy Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, Mathew R. Williams, MD, Surgical Director, Cardiovascular Transcatheter Therapies, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia, New York, NY, and Georg Nollert, MD, Director Global Marketing, Interventional Cardiology and Hybrid OR Healthcare Sector, Siemens AG
4:45 p.m.– 5:15 p.m.   Philosophy of Equipment Selection
Julian M. Goldman, MD, Director of Interoperability, and Janice Crosby, Director, Business Development, Center for Integration of Medicine & Innovative Technology (CIMIT), Boston, MA
5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.   Discussion
5:30 p.m.   Adjourn
May 4, 2010 -- Tuesday, Morning Sessions
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.   The Hybrid OR: Specific Design Features
Michael J. Mack, MD, CT Surgery Associates of North Texas, Dallas, TX
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.   Marketing a Hybrid 
Michele Toungette, MSHA, MMHC, Chief Business Development Officer, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Nashville, TN
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.   Financial Aspects of Building a Hybrid OR
Gina Cronin, Administrator, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, and Michael Schroyer, COO, St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.   The Hybrid OR: Cardiac Clinical Outcomes
Steven J. Hoff, MD, Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Nashville, TN, and Mike Davidson, MD, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.   Discussion
10:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.   Break
10:40 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.   Brigham & Women’s Thoracic Hybrid & Vanderbilt Cardiac Hybrid: Lessons Learned
Raphael Bueno, MD, Associate Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and John Byrne, MD, Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN
11:10 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.   Discussion
11:25 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.   Closing
Raphael Bueno, MD, Associate Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, and John Byrne, MD, Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, Nashville, TN


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