Cardiac Co-Chairs
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD
Associate Professor of
Cardiac Surgery
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, Austria
Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Swedish Heart and
Vascular Institute
Seattle, Washington
Thoracic Co-Chairs
Ghulam Abbas, MD,
MHCM, FACS
Director of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Meridian Health System
Red Bank, New Jersey
Farid Gharagozloo, MD
George Washington University Medical Center
Washington, DC
Ex-officio
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
Visit ISMICS at Booth #AF04 during the STS 53rd Annual Meeting that will take place January 22-24, 2017 in Hall 3 of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. We look forward to seeing you there!
ISMICS thanks Getinge Group USA for supporting the ISMICS 2016 Consensus Conference which addressed Endoscopic Vein & Radial Harvest. The ISMICS Expert Consensus Conferences have produced very important scientific results that have benefited all aspects of the minimally invasive specialty. The purpose of a Consensus Conference is to evaluate the available scientific information on a biomedical technology and to develop a consensus statement that advances understanding of the technology or issue in question (assessment) and that will be useful to health professionals and the public at large. A select and geographically diverse expert panel reviews the scientific data, weighs the information, and then composes a consensus statement that addresses a set of questions previously posed to the panel. This statement is an independent report of the panel.
ISMICS appreciates Getinge Group USA's continued support of its endeavors.
ISMICS Office
500 Cummings Center
Suite 4400
Beverly, MA 01915
Tel: 978.927.8330
Fax: 978.524.0498
www.ismics.org
PLEASE NOTE –
as of January 1, 2017, the ISMICS office suite number will be Suite 4400. Please note this in your records.
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Johannes Bonatti, MD
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Dear Members of ISMICS,
As the holiday season approaches, I am pleased to announce that ISMICS has had another very successful year in 2016. In addition to the Annual Scientific Meeting in Montreal, the Society also hosted the Annual Winter Workshop in Kyoto, Japan held 28-29 October. Chairman, Dr. Tohru Asai, and his team put together an outstanding program which was aimed at identifying the latest developments in cardiothoracic therapeutics while offering a hands-on and immersive educational experience. With over 300 professional attendees, this event undoubtedly contributed to furthering the knowledge of minimally invasive techniques within the specialty. Photos from this event are now available on the ISMICS website.
Looking ahead to 2017, ISMICS will continue to help drive innovation by co-sponsoring the Re-Evolution Summit, hosted by Debakey Institute for Cardiovascular Education and Training (DICET) in Houston, Texas, 6-7 April. We are also well underway with our plans for the 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting which will take place in beautiful and historic, Rome, Italy, 7-10 June. Program Co-chairs, Drs. Nikolaos Bonaros and Dr. Eric Lehr on the cardiac side and Drs. Ghulam Abbas and Farid Gharagozloo on the thoracic side, are putting together an excellent Program which is vital to the growth and value of our Society’s Annual Meeting.
A new offering for the 2017 annual meeting will be the "Subramanian Innovation Award" which awards a $5,000 grant to an ISMICS member with an innovation they would like to bring to reality. This award was created through a generous donation from ISMICS Past President and Founding Member, Dr. Valavanur A. Subramanian. I would like to extend my thanks to Dr. Subramanian for his continued support of ISMICS educational initiatives.
I am pleased to let you know that the ISMICS 2017 Winter Workshop will be held 8-9 December at the Rosewood Hotel and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi Conference and Simulation Center in Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates. The Winter Workshop is held in conjunction with the Emirates Cardiac Society Working Group for Cardiac Surgery and I look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi.
INNOVATIONS, the official publication of ISMICS, continues to be issued bi-monthly as a timely resource providing the latest and greatest technological developments and techniques in the field. INNOVATIONS, is Medline indexed and has been accepted by Thomson Reuters for indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. I encourage ISMICS members, as leaders in the field, to continue submitting their work to the journal, as it is an excellent means to facilitate an international exchange of knowledge and expertise in this growing area of study within the specialty. Again, thank you to all those who contribute.
I greatly look forward to what 2017 has in store for ISMICS and am honored to have this opportunity as ISMICS President to help our Society lead and promote innovation and technological advancement in cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgery. I hope to see many of you at the upcoming meetings this winter and wish you all a happy and healthy New Year.
Johannes Bonatti, MD
President
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7-10 June 2017, Rome Cavalieri, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts, Rome, Italy
The abstract submission site for the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery is now open. To have your work be considered for the 20th Annual Scientific Meeting, submit your abstract today.
View the Author Instructions
Deadline to submit abstracts: Monday, December 19, 2016 at 11:59PM EST
Masters Day Course
Course details for the 2017 ISMICS Masters Day program are now available. Please join your colleagues in attending these six cardiac-focused advanced training sessions that are always a highlight of the ISMICS educational programing.
Minimally Invasive and Endovascular Thoracic Aortic Surgery
Chairs:
Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, CA
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Eric E. Roselli, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
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Minimally Invasive, Robotic and Innovative Coronary Surgery
Chairs:
Marc Ruel, MD, MPH
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Jean-Luc Jansens, MD
CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
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Minimally Invasive and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Interventions
Chairs:
Nikolaos Bonaros, MD, PhD
Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, Austria
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Guenther Laufer, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Waehringer Guertel, Vienna
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Minimally Invasive and Transcatheter Mitral Valve Interventions
Chairs:
Rakesh M. Suri, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Abu Dhabi, UAE
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Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD
Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute
Seattle, WA
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Heart Failure
Chairs:
Dominik Wiedemann, MD
Vienna Medical Center
Vienna, Austria
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Zachary N. Kon, MD
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
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Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Atrial Fibrillation
Chairs:
Gianluigi Bisleri, MD
Queens University, Kingston
ON, Canada
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Nicolas Doll, MD
Sana Klink Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
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Subramanian Innovation Award
The Subramanian Innovation Award was developed in 2016 through a generous donation to the ISMICS Research and Education Fund made by ISMICS Past President and Founding Member Dr. Valavanur A. Subramanian. The winner of the Subramanian Innovation Award shall receive grant funding to be used toward taking their innovation and bringing it to reality for implementation. Recipient is awarded $5,000 USD. The first annual Subramanian Innovation Award will be presented during the 2017 ISMICS Annual Scientific Meeting in Rome.
ISMICS appreciates the support of its industry partners for the 2017 Annual Meeting.
Aesculap AG
AtriCure, Inc.
Cardio Medical GmbH
Fehling Instruments GmbH & Co. KG
Getinge Group
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
LivaNova
LSI Solutions
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Medtronic
NOVADAQ Technologies
Scanlan International, Inc.
St. Jude Medical
Terumo Cardiovascular Group
Wexler Surgical, Inc.
Zimmer Biomet
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ISMICS congratulates Dr. Tohru Asai and his colleagues for organizing a very successful ISMICS Winter Workshop, 28-29 October 2016 in Kyoto, Japan which had more than 300 registrants.
2017 Winter Workshop
in conjunction with the Emirates Cardiac Society
Working Group for Cardiac Surgery
December 8-9, 2017
Rosewood Hotel
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
Conference and Simulation Center
Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates
Download Brochure
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 ISMICS is pleased to co-sponsor the 8th Annual Re-Evolution Summit, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS); The Ultimate Hands-On Summit that will be held 6-7 April 2017 at the Houston Methodist Research Institute in Houston, Texas. The goal of this conference is to provide up-to-date evidence-based didactic lectures along with expert-instructed hands-on exposure to the latest in all aspects of minimal access cardiac surgery with an emphasis on hybrid approaches.
Register now!
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 Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery was accepted for MEDLINE indexing by the National Library of Medicine and by Thomson Reuters for indexing in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Innovations is the first journal whose main mission is to disseminate information specifically about advances in technology and techniques that lead to less invasive treatment of cardiothoracic and vascular disease. Visit ismics.org/journal.cgi to view the current issue and editorialmanager.com/innov to submit a manuscript.
ISMICS is pleased to congratulate the 2015 Best Paper Award recipients:
David Stecher, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht
"A Laser Assisted Anastomotic Technique: Feasibility on Human Diseased Coronary Arteries"
Matthew Valdis, MD
University of Western Ontario
"Validation of a Novel Virtual Realty Training Curriculum for Robotic Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Trial"
Cesare Quarto, FRCS, PhD
Royal Brompton Hospital
"Transcatheter Mitral Valve Implantation for the Treatment of Mitral Regurgitation: Thirty days Outcomes of First-in-Man Experience with an Apically Tethered Device"
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| New ISMICS Webinar Series |
We are pleased to announce that ISMICS will be introducing a webinar series in 2017 to supplement its already comprehensive educational offerings. Each webinar will feature thought leaders from our specialty who will be speaking on cutting edge minimally invasive topics. Stay tuned to www.ismics.org for more as these webinars are scheduled.
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| Research and Education Fund |
The ISMICS Board of Directors is pleased to thank the contributors to the Research and Education Fund which is focused on fully funding our award programs. The Board encourages members of ISMICS to join their colleagues in supporting this worthwhile endeavor.
Niv Ad, MD - Falls Church, Virginia, USA
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD - Greenville, North Carolina
Kit V. Arom, MD - Bangkok, Thailand
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Todd L. Demmy, MD - Buffalo, New York, USA
Anno Diegeler, MD - PhD, Bad Neustadt, Germany
Robert W. Emery, MD - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Francis D. Ferdinand, MD - Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA
James D. Fonger, MD - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
John L. Knight, MD - North Adelaide, Australia
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Xu Meng, MD - Beijing, China
Yugal K. Mishra, MD - PhD, New Delhi, India
John D. Puskas, MD - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Hermann Reichenspurner, MD - PhD, Hamburg, Germany
Rex De Lisle Stanbridge, MD - London, England
Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD - New York, New York, USA
Vinod Thourani, MD - Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Naresh Trehan, MD - Medanta, Haryana, India
Randall K. Wolf, MD - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Amir Abolhoda, MD
Taylan Adademir, MD
Aqeel Ahmad, MS
Ramil Aliyev, MD
Tijen Alkan Bozkaya, MD
Carlos J. Anciano, MD
Alessandro Armaro, MD
Mehmet Sanser Ates, MD
Pavan Atluri, MD
Vivek Babu Bojjawar, MBBS, MS, MCh
Amal Bose, MD
Davut Cekmecelioglu, MD
Ferid Cereb, MD
Amit Chaudhary
Hyun Keun Chee, MD, PhD
Ali Civelek, MD
Angela De Palma, MD
Ufuk Demirkilic, MD
Kristeen Derrick
Suat Doganci, MD
AhmetBaris Durukan, MD
Selim Erenturk, MD
Renata Ford, MD
Gary Guenst, PA
Elif Guneysu, MD
Gentaku Hama
Hakan Hancer, MD
Matthew Henn, MD
Cenk Indelen, MD
Eric J. Keyser, MD
Feras Khaliel
Keita Kikuchi
Charles Klodell, MD
Peter A. Knight, MD
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Cemal Kocaaslan
Jian Liu, M.D.
Andreas Martens, MD
William W. McAlexander, MD, FACS
Reza J. Mehran, MD
Erick L. Montero, MD
Shahram Momtahan
Robert Moraca, MD
Fuad Moussa, MD
Kaushik Mukherjee, MS, MCh
Hiroyuki Nakajima, MD, PhD
Muhammad Nawaz, MBBS, MRCS, FCPS
Pouya Nezafati
Calvin S.H. Ng, MD, FRCS (CTh), FCCP
Begench Orazgeldiyev, MD
Arda Ozyuksel, MD
Jeewan Pillai, MBBS, MS, MCh
Manish V. Puranik, MS, MCh, CVTS
Danny Ramzy, MD
Sebastian V. Rojas, MD
Murat Sargin, MD
Jude S. Sauer, MD
Gilbert Sebastien, MD
Vikas Sharma
Rajiv Srivastava, MCh
Takahiro Takemura
Grigore Tinica, MD, PhD
Joseph Turek, MD, PhD
Corazon Mabel Calle Valda
Frank Van Praet, MD
Joshua K. Wong, MD
Sze Yuen Yu, MBBS
Volkan Yurtman, MD
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