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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
That’s a wrap! Thank you to all who came, participated, engaged, challenged, led, followed, and overall made the meeting the great meeting it was! My gratitude to you, and my best wishes to the WF on Annual Meeting and Chair, Stephanie Fuller
#STS2025
!!
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From Wolverine to Longhorn! First day of school
@UTAustin
@DellMedSchool
!
@geoarnaoutakis
@jgrizzity
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Congratulations Dr. Prager for your Distinguished Service Award from
@STS_CTsurgery
!
#STS2023
@umichCVC
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Standing among giants and forgot to wear 👠 … although photo composition gets A+!
@JosephDearaniMD
@DouglasEWood1
@BavariaMd
#TEMTimetogetanXhandle
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Honored to be
@STS_CTsurgery
Advocacy Conference to advocate for preventing Medicare reimbursement cuts, allowing STS database access to Medicare claims data, and supporting more resident training slots. Also, can’t argue with the view!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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Heading to
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
!!!!! Listening to T Swift 🎶 “Are you ready for it”?!?!
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Congratulations,
@STS_CTsurgery
2024-25 President Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS! She says “We honor this moment in history that belongs to Carolyn Reed”
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“Go to the heart of danger, and there you will find safety”…inspiring and wise words by legend Dr Kenneth L Mattox
@uthealthaustin
@DellMedSchool
Dept of Surgery Grand Rounds
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IMO This will be one of the most important sessions
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Family or Career, A Choice We Shouldn't Have to Make: Supporting Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Trainees in Growing Their Families on Sun, Jan. 28 4:30-6:00 PM
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Yes, we were here for
@STS_CTsurgery
@STS_Advocacy
#STSAdvocacyConference2023
but that doesn’t mean we can’t do a little sightseeing…right?
#TeamTexas
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Privilege to chat with Dr. James Cox
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2023
with
@BadhwarVinay
about the Cox-Maze and more! Don’t miss his Expert Commentary at the ablation session on Mon 01/23/23 10:30-11:30 AM
@SDConventionCtr
Room 33ABC
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@IbrahimSultanMD
dropping wisdom on core concepts in cusp assessment and what aortic valve repairs are destined to fail - 5th North American
#AVRS
in Philly
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I just have two words for the
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Annual Meeting: Golf. Simulator. ⛳️🏌🏻♀️ Better bring your A game if you want to compete with this!!!!!
#iknowskinnyjeansareout
#thiswasin2021
@DouglasEWood1
@TomVargheseJr
@IbrahimSultanMD
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Countdown to
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
! Follow me for the next 40 days as I give you the inside scoop on all the amazing sessions and speakers you can look forward to! Check out the Annual Meeting agenda here:
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Dr. Jane Schwabe calls herself “worker bee of the cardiothoracic surgery workforce” but she’s so much more! CT surgeon, mother, wife, advocate for health literacy, pillar of her community, recipient of
@STS_CTsurgery
@WomenInThoracic
Extraordinary Woman in Cardiothoracic Surgery!
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Just downloaded the
@STS_CTsurgery
Wellness Challenge app! Those who know me will agree I’m terrible at wellness, but for this, look for me on the Leaderboard as STS2024Chair:) !!!! It’s on 🏃🏻♀️🏌🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️💆🏻♀️💪🏻🏆
#STS2024
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So many things to look forward to
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting, including a “Fireside Chat with Dr. James Cox: The Man, the MAZE, and Much More”! Sat. Jan 21, 5:00-5:45 PM in the Exhibit Hall. Join me and
@BadhwarVinay
as we interview a legendary figure in CT Surgery!
#STS2023
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Spent last 2 days w/ Vice Chair Stephanie Fuller + Subspecialty Leads presenting prelim program to
@STS_CTsurgery
Leadership! Based on pics, they look pleased! Or maybe just glad it’s over 😵💫
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Don’t miss an expert panel of cardiac surgeons discussing “Calamitous Clinical Cases”
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting, Sat. Jan 21, 1:15-2:15 PM! Topics like post-cardiotomy shock, radiation-related cardiac disease, aortic PSA, graft infxn, and distal airway obstruction!
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This is (some of your)
@STS_CTsurgery
WF on Annual Meeting and STS Education staff celebrating the start of
#STS2024
TOMORROW!!!! Bring it!!!!
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Yes, classic
@BavariaMd
, those lines are recognizable to Penn fellows near and far!
@geoarnaoutakis
@IbrahimSultanMD
#AVRS
At
#AorticValveRepairSymposium
in Philadelphia organized by
@BavariaMd
. We start with the right step thanks to a terrific presentation on
#guidelines
on when to operate on ascending aorta. Final slide is a classic!
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The chance to see good friends
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
… what more could you ask for????
@umichCVC
#GoBlue
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Congrats to
@K_Kleeman
@CarloMRosati
@jmburg
@reilly_hobbs
@Vik_Sood
for finishing their training! There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and this one, you can reach towards!
#MichMedGrad
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Thank you
@DarianBurrell
for meeting with
@JennaRomanoMD
and me to discuss stopping Medicare cuts, allowing
@STS_CTsurgery
database access to Medicare claims data, and addressing physician workforce shortage, appreciated your insights!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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#STS2024
We know lung CA screening is vastly underutilized at a dismal rate of 6%, even though early stage lung CA can be curable in up to 80%! "Lung Cancer Screening: High Hopes, Hard Realities -- How to Move Forward" Sun, Jan. 28, 12:45 PM-2:15 PM
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@DavidCookeMD
Joining the new Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
@UTAustin
@DellMedSchool
headed by my good friend and inaugural chief
@geoarnaoutakis
, with
@jgrizzity
and William Kessler! Going to be a blast 🤠
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CT Surgery Masters Showdown Semifinal
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2023
Exhibit Hall…Go Blue!
@umichCVC
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Congrats
@R_Strobes
on being
@STS_CTsurgery
Key Contact of the Year! Learns the issues, thoroughly prepares, thoughtfully informs legislators, uses social media to promote advocacy!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
“Can somebody please call Chad????” This guy taught me how to take down a LIMA
@pennsurgery
Fellows of
@BavariaMd
@NimeshDesaiMD
#WilsonYouNeedanXHandleAready
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@MCorriereMD
@umichCVC
@DellMedSchool
@UTAustin
Thanks
@MCorriereMD
and thank you to the incredible
@umichCVC
OR staff who arranged the farewell lunch. Deeply touched by the kindness and sentiments expressed in the scrapbook you gave me…will take all you’ve taught me to
@UTAustin
@DellMedSchool
!!!!
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At
@STS_CTsurgery
#AQO2022
where
@umichCVC
Data Manager Extraordinaire Amy Geltz is presenting case scenarios on aortic annular enlargement…including
@BoYangMD
Y-incision/“Yang” enlargement technique
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20 years ago
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting
@roberthiggins32
chaired symposium on health care disparities in CT surgery. This year's Vivien T. Thomas Symposium re-visits the topic "The 2nd STS Achieving Equity in Clinical Care and Education Summit" Sat, Jan. 26 9:45-11:15 AM
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Only 4% post-op AF after prophylactic non-atriotomy left atrial wall isolation + LAA occlusion at time of CABG? That’s what
@armin_kiankhooy
tells us; Dr Cox gives 👍🏻
#sts2023
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Fascinating
@STS_CTsurgery
#STSCoronaryConf2022
with advanced techniques and decision-making for treatment of coronary disease.
@DawnHuiMD
and Dr. Teresa Kieser moderating:
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Lucky me! Got to meet my Congressional District Rep.
@RepLloydDoggett
and discuss important
@STS_Advocacy
issues: physician workforce shortage, 🫁 cancer screening for Medicaid pts, Medicare reimbursement reform. Thank you for your time! (I told him he’s busier than a 🫀 surgeon)
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Calling all cardiothoracic surgeons: Congress is expected to vote tonight on a bill that could mitigate impending 9% Medicare reimbursement cuts! Your engagement with your Congress members is crucial
I just took action to fight the cuts that threaten patients’ access to surgical care. You can too! So important, click here:
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@georgetolisjr
Hi Dr. Tolis, I’m the Chair of the Workforce on the Annual Meeting for
#STS2024
, would love to get your thoughts on suggested content for the meeting next year, can you DM me your cell or email? Let’s connect. Thanks!
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The 1st plenary session to kick off
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
: C. Walton Lillehei Lecturer Mortimer J. Buckley, Chairman/CEO
@Vanguard_Group
! Hear "Leadership Lessons from the OR" he learned from his father, Dr. Mortimer Buckley,
@AATSHQ
president '95 and giant in our field
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Fascinating insights by Dr. Ed Chen, “Do Western Aortic Guidelines Apply to Asian Populations?”
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2023
. The answer? “Maybe…but it’s complicated”
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Congratulations to Dr. Brett Curran
@MayoClinic
, recipient of the
@STS_CTsurgery
President’s Award for his abstract on ascending-to-descending bypass for coarctation
#STS2024
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Join me and other cardiothoracic surgeons
@STS_Advocacy
's Advocacy Conference in D.C. September 13-14, 2022 to bring important issues for our specialty and patients to the attention of our legislators!
@STS_CTsurgery
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@sparklyscalpel
Tom MacGillivray (not pictured) has appointed me Chair of the Workforce on the Annual Meeting and for
#STS2024
I and another woman (Stephanie Fuller
@ChildrensPhila
) will be in charge of the program
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Great conversation with Jessica Burnell, Senior Policy Advisor
@RepBrianHiggins
about the issues facing physicians and surgeons (Medicare cuts, workforce shortage, STS database access to claims data). Thank you for your time and insights!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
kicks off with the Extraordinary Women in CT Surgery Awards Breakfast! Packed house hearing the heartfelt, wise words from first recipient, the amazing
@ShandaBlackmon
, introduction by colleague
@TomVargheseJr
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Is this good ergonomics? (Fwiw, my back hurt at the end of the case…) Guess I’ll find out at my personal mini-coaching session
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Sun, Jan. 28 in the STS Exhibit Hall, Booth
#1859
! Register here for yours:
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Failure to Rescue (FTR) is a fascinating concept...not just surgeons but hospital SYSTEMS of care impact patient outcomes after cardiothoracic surgery. Learn more
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
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Register ASAP for 60th
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting in San Antonio and plan to stay for the entire 3 days…you won’t want to miss it!!!!!!
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Thank you Adegbemisola Aregbe and
@R_Strobes
for promoting
@STS_CTsurgery
Advocacy Conference on Twitter and Instagram!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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If you miss
@STS_CTsurgery
session “Let’s Make a Deal” in-person, make sure to check it out when
#STS2024
Annual Meeting goes online! Continues the conversation about compensation, with aspects of negotiation as well
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@STS_CTsurgery
AQO Adult Cardiac happening today! A group of superstars providing high-level insights into deep sternal wound infection and stroke!!
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@sparklyscalpel
I was the first woman cardiac fellow
@pennsurgery
and
@BavariaMd
trained me to be an aortic surgeon. Rich Prager hired me as the first woman adult cardiac faculty
@umichCVC
.
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ASE Episodes of Care 1: Coronary Disease was a great group and great session! Honored to be included in
#ASE2020
Getting ready to kick off the ASE LIVE Episodes of Care at
#ASE2020
! Join us for a great discussion!
@ASE360
@mswami001
@ErinMichos
@RigolinVera
@ucsf_echo
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Be sure to check out the “How I Do It” surgical video submission category…share your expertise/technical pearls with fellow attendees on a suggested procedure or one of your own choosing!
#STS2024
Share your work! Submissions for the STS 60th Annual Meeting (Jan. 27-29, 2024, San Antonio, TX) are now open! Submit scientific abstracts, surgical videos, and unique session proposals on hot topics in CT surgery. Deadline: July 20, 2023.
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Great presentations and Q&A's on the Adult Cardiac Surgery Database at
#AQO2021
so far! Next up: Aorta!
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Day 2! Starting with J. Maxwell Chamberlain and James S. Tweddell Memorial Paper presentations
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If you filled out the
@STS_CTsurgery
Surgeon Compensation Survey - or even if you're just curious - you can hear the initial report at
#STS2024
Saturday Jan. 27, 3-4 PM! Expert insights on the survey from
@sgallani
and role of race and gender from Cherie Erkmen
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Who will emerge victorious at the CT Surgery Resident Showdown Finals
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
?????? Find out on Sat, Jan. 27 5:00 PM-6:15 PM in Exhibit Theater 1 when Castle Hill Hospital, UK and University of Iowa, USA
@CTSurgeryUiowa
go head to head!
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Don’t miss the joint
@STS_CTsurgery
@ACCinTouch
session TAVR vs. SAVR coming up at 3:30 PM EST! Great speakers
@GAilawadiMD
@NishthaSodhi
@SusheelKodaliMD
@geoarnaoutakis
@DawnHuiMD
@GChadHughesMD
& others
#ACC2021
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@STS_CTsurgery
@ACCinTouch
joint session TAVR vs. SAVR, the concept of "lifetime management" by
@SusheelKodaliMD
#ACC2021
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Full house at 2023
@STS_CTsurgery
Compensation Survey session and excited to have
@sgallani
giving us insights on the results
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One of my fave
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
session titles "CABG in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: How Low Is Too Low and How Dead Is Too Dead?" Sun, Jan. 28 12:45-2:15 PM...low EF, viability assessment, revascularizing akinetic myocardium, MAG in ischemic cardiomyopathy, and IMPACT trial
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Right after "CABG in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: How Low Is Too Low and How Dead Is Too Dead?" continue on with MCS for high-risk CABG and more:
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
"Evolution of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Everyday Cardiac Surgery" Sun, Jan. 28 2:30-4:00 PM
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Changfu Wu
@US_FDA
shows new labeling for surgical valve sizing coming in next 2 years to help surgeons understand exactly what they’re putting in. Thank you!
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Honored to have Dr. James Cox
@STS_CTsurgery
#2023
on the panel for “Get Me Up to Speed on Surgical Ablation!” and giving Expert Commentary on the presented abstracts
@NM_CTSurg
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Great panelists for this
@STS_CTsurgery
@ACCinTouch
session TAVR vs. SAVR
@geoarnaoutakis
@GChadHughesMD
@DawnHuiMD
@GAilawadiMD
@SusheelKodaliMD
#ACC2021
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#STS2024
Don't miss some of the highest-scoring "Top Adult Cardiac Abstracts" and "Top General Thoracic Abstracts" of
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting, both sessions on Mon Jan. 29 1:15 PM-2:45 PM, including the President's Award and the General Thoracic Richard Clark Memorial Paper
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
C. Walton Lillehei Lecturer Mortimer J. “Tim” Buckley Chair/CEO
@Vanguard_Group
tells us lessons he learned from his father, Dr. Mortimer J. Buckley
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Thank you Elizabeth Hood
@RepDebDingell
for taking time to meet with
@JennaRomanoMD
and me during
@STS_CTsurgery
Advocacy Conference 2022!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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Thank you Kasandra Navarro
@SenBlumenthal
for meeting
@STS_Advocacy
2022 Advocacy Conference to discuss clinician-led clinical registry access to Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP claims data to understand how best to care for our patients!
#STSAdvocacy2022
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@NimeshDesaiMD
@BavariaMd
@BavariaMd
is an aortic legend, a rock star, an incomparable, a gentleman, a mentor, a hero to many a Penn resident and fellow. So much to thank and honor him for!!!!!!
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Don't miss Updates from the ABTS
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
on general directions and MOC during the Late-Breaking Science sessions Sat, Jan. 27, 3-4 PM and on written and oral exam updates in "How Do We Educate the Cardiothoracic Surgeons of the Future" Sun, Jan. 28, 2:30-4 PM
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@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Adult Cardiac Chamberlain paper by
@JadMalasMD
with discussant Dr. Joseph Bavaria
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Thank you Sarah Jamgotch, Legislative Aide to
@SenStabenow
, for meeting with me,
@JennaRomanoMD
@AlexBresciaMD
during 2021
@STS_Advocacy
Virtual Advocacy Conference to discuss important issues affecting cardiothoracic and congenital patients and the specialty of
@STS_CTsurgery
!
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Walking photobooth at
@STS_CTsurgery
President’s Reception was the best!!! With my NP and nurse from
@umichCVC
❤️❤️❤️
#STS2024
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Tired of hurting at the end of a long day in the OR or charting in the EMR? Wondering what surgical ergonomics coaching involves and how it can help? A personal mini-coaching session
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
Sun, Jan. 28 in the STS Exhibit Hall, Booth
#1859
is just what you need!
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This might be one of my favorite things about
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
: old-school pocket program…yes!!!!!!! (You should still download the STS Events app, that has more stuff in it…)
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Check out the amazing research funded by
@ThoracicSurgFnd
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
! The 2024 Research Award recipients share their grant proposals while panel of
@ThoracicSurgFnd
Research Committee members and you provide feedback! Find it in The Hub on Mon, Jan. 29 9:00-10:30 AM!
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Bonnie Raitt - Just Like That (Official Lyric Video) Thank you to the transplant surgeons I’ve known throughout my career, who give new lives and hope to waiting patients - and also to the loved ones who mourn
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@STS_CTsurgery
Advocacy Conference Breakfast at Capitol Hill Club with Reps./Drs.
@RepLarryBucshon
and
@millermeeks
, great supporters of patients, physicians, and all issues impacting them
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Thank you Zach Weber, Legislative Director for
@RepLawrence
, for discussing with me &
@AlexBresciaMD
during the 2021
@STS_Advocacy
Conference Medicare reimbursement cuts, resident physician shortage, and
@STS_CTsurgery
National Database access to claims data to help our patients!
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Can’t wait to hear the
@STS_CTsurgery
Ferguson Lecture by former
@CDCgov
Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky! 11:15 AM on the Main Stage, come join us!!!
#STS2024
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@R_Strobes
presenting the Critical Care/Periop Chamberlain paper
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2023
; COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted mortality, FTR, cost but outcomes similar across Distressed Community Indices. Awesome!
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Delighted to have former
@CDCgov
Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecturer
@STS_CTsurgery
#STS2024
! STS members: check your inbox for an email from STS Headquarters for link to submit ?s for possible inclusion in this fireside chat-like conversation
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Imagine: heart surgery doesn't make me nervous, but (virtual) meetings on Capitol Hill with Congressional staffers do! Thanks
@STS_Advocacy
for a great experience allowing my colleagues and me to advocate for our patients and our specialty!
@STS_CTsurgery
#STSAdvocacy2021
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It will be fantastic...look forward to seeing you
@STS_CTsurgery
Annual Meeting!
Register today for
#STS2023
and reconnect with your STS colleagues and friends in San Diego! The Annual Meeting, Jan. 21-23, features top-quality research, groundbreaking procedures, expert discussion, and more. Early bird rates available until October 13.
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@STS_CTsurgery
Seeing *my* government in action rather than in the abstract! I saw the power of what advocacy can do in the beautiful backdrop of D.C. Awe-inspiring!
#STSAdvocacy2022
Until next year
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Thank you Tim Huebner
@RepDebDingell
for meeting during the 2021
@STS_Advocacy
Virtual Conference to discuss patient access to
#CTSurgery
and preventing Medicare reimbursement cuts. Appreciate your engagement and knowledge of the issues!
@STS_CTsurgery
#STSAdvocacy2021
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#STS2024
offers three full days of practice-changing science that you can apply immediately! Register today to experience thought-provoking lectures, renowned experts, data-driven findings, networking, wellness, and more. See you in San Antonio!
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#STS2024
With Medicare reimbursement cuts on the horizon, advocacy for our patients, colleagues, and specialty is more important than ever! Hope I see you at "Advocacy in Action: Skills to the Take to the Hill" Mon Jan. 29 9-10:30 AM
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