8:00 AM - 9:45 AM
SCIENTIFIC SIMULTANEOUS BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Managing the Ascending Aorta
Rescue Mechanical Circulatory Support for Non-Surgical Cardiogenic Shock Essentials
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Conduit Selection and Fate
Minimal Access Cardiac Surgery
Mesothelioma: How Much Surgery is Enough?
Lung Cancer: Immunotherapy and Other Basic Science Breakthroughs
Management of Congenital Aortic Valve Disease
Cardiothoracic Careers College: Mentorship and Sponsorship
Preoperative Optimization: What’s the Rush? Let’s First Optimize
9:45 AM - 10:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Aortic Root Surgery
Post Cardiotomy Shock Essentials
On-Pump, Off-Pump, or Hybrid Revascularization
Minimal Access Surgery and Novel Approaches
Looking to the Future: Clinical Trials, Education, and Evolution
Esophageal Surgery Complications
Surgical Management of Aortic and Neoaortic Root
Cardiothoracic Careers College: Career Development
Enhancing Intraoperative Cardiac Surgical Care
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
The Ross Procedure Master Class
Cardiogenic Shock Master Class
Innovative Coronary Revascularization Master Class
Ventricular Septal Defect Master Class
Lung Cancer: Mediastinal Lymph Nodes
Mechanical Lung Support: ECLS and EVLP
Pulmonary Vein Surgery
Cardiothoracic Careers College: Team Development
Minimizing Opioids to Enhance Postoperative Recovery
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
INDUSTRY SPONSORED LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Lung Cancer: Technical Mastery
Lung Transplant: Donor, Recipient, and Outcomes
Airway Surgery in Children
Cardiothoracic Careers College: Scholarship Master Class
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Aortic Dissection Essentials
Global Challenges Rheumatic Valve Disease
HOCM, Myectomy, and SAM
Surgical Treatment of Arrhythmias
Rapid Fire Abstracts I: Perioperative
3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
PLENARY - QUALITY AND OUTCOMES
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
Congenital C. Walton Lillehei Competition
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
Update on Maintenance of Certification for the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
7:45 AM - 9:30 AM
Mitral Valve Repair Essentials
Translational Research That Will Change Your Practice
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Evidence Base
Rapid Fire Abstracts II: VAD/ECMO/Transplant
Rapid Fire Abstracts III: Aortic Surgery
AATS/American Society of Echocardiography Imaging Essentials
Screening and Early Stage Lung Cancer
Looking to the Future: Emerging Technology
Complex Biventricular Repairs in Congenital Heart Disease
The Year in Review: The Very Best of the CT Perioperative Publications
Survival Guide: Your First Night on Call
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
PLENARY – UNDERTREATMENT
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH
Thoracic Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Arch and Descending Aorta: Evidence Base
CABG Technical Considerations
AATS/TCT COAPT & MITRA_FR Deep Dive
Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices and Heart Transplantation Master Class
Past Presidents Master Class: Managing Acute Complications After Valve Surgery
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Esophageal Cancer: Technical Mastery
Mediastinal Tumors
Single Ventricle Management
Postoperative Cardiac Enhanced Recovery
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
INNOVATION SUMMIT
The Surgeon as Innovator
Supporting Innovation
Digital Health and Cardiovascular Disease
Physicians and Industry Round Table Discussion
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Adult Cardiac Plenary: Innovative Strategies and Perfecting Outcomes
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Doing the Right Thing I: Guidelines, Public Reporting, and Outcomes
Lung Transplant: Protecting the Graft
Atrioventricular Valve – Mitral, Tricuspid, and Atrioventricular Canal Defects
BUSINESS SESSION
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Advanced Valve Repair
Rapid Fire Abstracts IV: Valve
Transcatheter Mitral Valve Therapy Master Class
Teaching and Learning Cardiac Surgery
Arrhythmia Master Class
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Staging
Esophageal Cancer: Beginning to End
Right Ventricular Outflow Reconstructions and Tetralogy of Fallot
When Patients “Fall Off the Pathway”
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY
Thoracic Mini Oral Competition
Congenital Mini Oral Competition
2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Endocarditis
Aortic Valve Reconstruction
Thunder Dome: Expert Versus Expert
Ischemic MR Evidence Base
Tricuspid Valve Surgery Essentials
Rapid Fire Abstracts V: Coronary
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Esophageal Surgery Technical Session
Locally Advanced Lung Cancer: Stage IIIA Today and Tomorrow
Expandable Prostheses for Growing Children /3D Printing and Virtual Reality for CHD
Patient Safety: The Team Approach
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Adult Cardiac Plenary: Treatment of Aortic Stenosis in the 21st Century
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Technical Aspects of Tracheobronchial and Chest Wall Surgery
Doing the Right Thing II: Safety, ERAS, and Professionalism
Coronary Artery Anomalies in Children
7:00 PM
PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
AATS/TCT Interventional Surgeon Master Class LIVE: I
Undertreatment of Concomitant Disease
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery Master Class
Matching the Patient and the Prosthesis
Esophageal Surgery Master Class
Lung Transplant Master Class
Fontan Surgery and Complications/Surgical Treatment of Heart Failure in Children
Ethics Session
Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance: Cardiac Surgery for the Forgotten Millions
Grant Writing Workshop: Grant Opportunities
AATS/TCT Interventional Surgeon Master Class LIVE: II
Cardiac Surgery in 2019: Economics and Realities
Complex Operations Video Session
Lung Cancer Surgery Master Class
Cardiopulmonary Bypass Strategies and Postoperative Care for Congenital Heart Disease
Grant Writing Workshop: Major Grant Components
Ethics Session II
*Program subject to change.