CT Surgery Symposium welcomes over 40 Saturday morning
The 2015 edition of the CT Surgery Symposium covered a wide range of topics on Saturday morning, Oct. 3 for an audience of approximately 40 attendees.
Following welcome remarks from Sibu Saha, MD, MBA, chair of the division of CT Surgery, and Jay Zwischenberger, chair of the department of Surgery, 10 presentations were scheduled to follow. Unfortunately, the presentation on “Percutaneous Approaches to Structural heart Disease” had to be postponed due to Dr. John Gurley being called away.
Setting the stage for the discussions, Dr. Tim Mullett gave an overview of the University of Kentucky’s pro-active work in lung cancer treatment. In addition to the numerous research studies on the diagnosis, treatment, and early detection of the disease, Mullett also discussed the advocacy role that UK has played in raising awareness of lung cancer issues and the most effective smoking cessation strategies.
Other presentations included presentations on Bronchoscopy (Ashish Maskey, MD), Foregut Surgery (Angela Mahan, MD), clinical trials in the use of hyperthermia for cancer treatment (Jeremiah Martin, MD), Infective Endocarditis (Michael Sekela, MD), lung transplant (Alexis Shaffi, MD) and the use of mechanical circulatory support in connection with heart transplants (Paul Tessmann, PharmD) and two different presentations on minimally invasive surgical approaches to atrial fibrillation and esophagectomy, respectively (Ted Wright, MD; Jeremiah Martin, MD).
Dr. Saha welcomes the attendees to the 2015 edition of the CT Surgery Symposium: Advances in the Surgical Management of Cardiothoracic Disease.
Shawn Coffey, Department of Surgery administrator, speaks briefly with Dr. Ted Wright prior to the surgeon's presentation on minimally invasive surgical techniques in atrial fibrillation.
Jay Zwischenberger moderated the first round of presentations.
Tim Mullett on combatting lung cancer in Kentucky.
Dr. Angela Mahan covers topics surrounding the proper applications and methods involved in Foregut Surgery.
Jeremiah Martin covers the clinical trials underway for hyperthermia treatment of cancer.
