Department research and speaker presentations featured at the 2022 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting

by Roxanna Van Norman
January 26, 2022

The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery will present the latest research at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 58th Annual Meeting from January 29 to 30, 2022. The two-day virtual meeting will feature high-quality research and science and more than 150 virtual posters in all cardiothoracic surgery disciplines. The following speaker and presentations will be showcased at the meeting:

Speakers

Leah Backhus, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Thoracic Surgery)

Moderator for the Vivien T. Thomas Symposium

Society of Thoracic Surgeons 58th Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 29, 2022

Brandon Guenthart, MD

Clinical Instructor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

Extended Ischemic Time in Cardiac Transplantation Has Equivalent Short and Long-Term Outcomes: Time to Move the Threshold

Saturday, January 29, 2022

On-Demand Presentations

Michelle Chan

MD Student (Clinical Research / Surgery)
Expected Graduation Spring 2025

Lobar vs Sublobar Resection in Clinical Stage IA NSCLC with Occult N2 Disease

Session: Sublobar Resection and Occult Nodal Disease

Albert J. Pedroza, MD

Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Reoperative Aortic Root Replacement Following Index Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Repair

Session: Adult Cardiac Abstracts

A. Claire Watkins, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery

On the Forefront: Endovascular TAAA Repair in Action (Case Presentations)

Session: STS/SVS: Integration, Collaboration, and Innovation

On-Demand Oral/Posters

Cayley Bowles, MD

Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Racial Disparities in Access to Advanced Heart Failure Therapies

Alex Dalal, MD

Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery

True Redo Aortic Root Replacement: Equivalent Outcomes to Root Surgery After Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement

Irmina Elliott, MD

General Thoracic Surgery Fellow

The Impact of Tumor Size on Node Involvement in Typical Lung Carcinoids

Aravind Krishnan, MD

Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Outcomes after Concomitant Arch Replacement at the Time of Aortic Root Surgery