Department Highlights Clinical and Research Excellence
at WTSA 51st Annual Meeting

July 8, 2025

The Stanford Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery presented its latest clinical and research advancements at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA), held in Dana Point, CA, from June 25 to 28, 2025.

View the program for the meeting.

The following presentations from the department included:

Thursday, June 26, 2025

The Ross Procedure after Prior Aortic Valve Intervention: Outcomes from the North American Ross Consortium Database

Discussant: Joseph Woo, MD

Dialysis Patients Treated with SAVR Have Improved Mid-term Outcomes Compared to their TAVR Counterparts

Discussant: John W. MacArthur, MD

Safety, Efficacy, and Patient Satisfaction Following Esophagectomy for Esophageal Neuromotor Disease: A Single Institution Experience

Discussant: Mark F. Berry, MD

A Novel Lung Lobectomy Simulation Model

Carolyn Chang, Jake J. Kim, Ntemena Kapula, Ashley Choi, Irmina A. Elliott, Brandon A. Guenthart, Douglas Liou, Leah Backhus, Mark Berry, Joseph Shrager, Natalie Lui

Staged Hybrid Treatment of a Large Aneurysmal Pulmonary Sequestration with Tevar Followed by Lobectomy

Selin S. Everett, Leah Backhus, Yihan Lin, Claire Watkins, Irmina Elliott

Friday, June 27, 2025

Adult Cardiac: General Cardiac Surgery Session

Co-Moderator: A. Claire Watkins, MD

Does Fixation of The Middle Lobe/Lingula After Upper Lobectomy/Apical Trisegmentectomy Reduce Rates of Postoperative Torsion?

Devanish N. Kamtam, Douglas Liou, Mark Berry, Satya Malla, Natalie Lui, Irmina A. Elliott, Bailey Wallen, Brandon A. Guenthart, Leah Backhus, Joseph Shrager

Optimal Strategy for Aortic Root Replacement in Advanced Aged Patients: Valve-Sparing Root Replacement or Bentall

Discussant: Michael P. Fischbein, MD, PhD

Favorable Safety Profile and Short-Term Outcomes in the Real World for Neoadjuvant Chemoimmunotherapy in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Discussant: Joseph B. Shrager, MD

Honoring James B. D. Mark

Eulogy by Joseph B. Shrager, MD

Saturday, June 28, 2025

A Simplified Technique for Double Valve Replacement with Aortomitral Reconstruction

Elbert Heng, Aravind Krishnan, Stefan Elde, Vincent Gaudiani, John W. MacArthur

Geographic Variation in Access to Cardiac Surgical Care in the United States

Ellelan Degife, Ihuoma Tasie, Loretta Cain-Shields, Billie-Jean Martin

The Impact Of Peri-Operative Outcomes On Long-Term Survival After Esophageal Cancer Resection

Carolyn Chang, Ntemena Kapula, Irmina A. Elliott, Leah Backhus, Brandon A. Guenthart, Natalie Lui, Joseph Shrager, Douglas Liou, Mark Berry

Endoscopic Findings Predictive of Pathologic Upstaging in T2N0 Esophageal Cancer

Lillian L. Tsai, Sidharth Bommakanti, Ntemena Kapula, Mina Satoyoshi, Chris Aboujudom, Irmina A. Elliott, Brandon A. Guenthart, Douglas Liou, Natalie Lui, Leah Backhus, Joseph Shrager, Mark Berry

Outcomes after Lung Transplantation from Deceased after Circulatory Death Donors: A Propensity Matched Study

Aravind Krishnan, Elbert Heng, Stefan Elde, Moeed Fawad, Ashley Choi, Benjamin Shou, Edgar Aranda-Michel, Alyssa Garrison, Daniel Alnasir, Nataly Montano Vargas, Alexander Berg, Chawannuch Ruaengsri, Brandon A. Guenthart, Y. Joseph Woo, John W. MacArthur

Who Gains Most? A 25-Year Experience with Talc Pleurodesis for Malignant Pleural Effusion in Two Institutions: Results in 1951 Patients

Discussant: Irmina A. Elliott, MD

Left Ventricular Functional Changes After Ross Procedure in Children and Adolescents

Discussant: John J. Lamberti, MD