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AATS Faculty Visit to Hospital Universitario Austral

Program

9:00am: AATS faculty arrive at Hospital Universitario Austral

-Introductions to Hospital Universitario Austral heart team with overview of the hospital, including origin and evolution of the hospital

10:00am: AATS faculty observe and provide commentary on heart valve operation, providing suggestions on ways to improve/different approaches or techniques that could be used/what is done at their institutions/discussion on the pathology.

1:00pm: Lunch

2:00pm: AATS faculty to provide lectures

Dr. Joseph Woo: Aortic Valve Repair Techniques

Dr. Leonard Girardi: Advanced Aortic Arch Surgery

Dr. Joseph Woo: Complex Mitral Valve Repair in Degenerative and Rheumatic Disease

3:30pm: Q&A with AATS faculty and Hospital Universitario Austral heart team

4:30pm: Day Adjourns