Wonderful webinar by ISMICSofficial today on the global renaissance of #robotic CABG—a showcase of excellence from pioneers and rising stars. A real boost of inspiration for us trainees! 🦾 Thank you Husam H Balkhy Gianluca Torregrossa Michael Halkos MD, MSc Chase Brown, MD, MS & others

Couldn’t agree more - it’s a can’t miss meeting!

📷 Lunch Symposium at ISMICSofficial 2025 Join us Thursday, May 29 | 12:15–13:45 for a can't-miss lunch session featuring expert insights and real-world cases! medistim.com/blog-podcast/j… #ISMICS2025 #TTFM #HFUS Husam H Balkhy Gianluca Torregrossa

Congratulations!!! Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting!

Not sure we could have a better kickoff to the ISMICS Annual Meeting than a joint ISMICS-TSCVS expert session! Fantastic insight happening NOW! ISMICSofficial Husam H Balkhy drsahinsenay Danny Turkish Journal of Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery Innovations Journal Medtronic

ISMICSofficial Tomorrow: Gain insights from surgical leaders using Medistim technology to: Optimize graft quality Reduce complications Improve outcomes with confidence 📍 Lunch Symposium - Thursday, May 29 | 12:15–13:45 🥗 Lunch provided. medistim.com/blog-podcast/j… Husam H Balkhy Gianluca Torregrossa

Official ISMICS Annual Meeting Day 1!!! High energy, high attendance, and high quality talks from the start. Thank you to this year’s president, Dr. Balkhy, for officially welcoming us to Istanbul for ISMICS!

Fantastic job!

Looking forward to hearing your approach!

⚠️ATTENTION ISMICSofficial 2025 Annual Meeting presenters⚠️ We look forward to receiving your submissions from important abstracts and concepts presented in Istanbul! Niv Ad, MD Husam H Balkhy 🏅Best Paper Awards🏅 for articles published in Innovations Journal ismics.org/awards/

Welcome to the ISMICS family! Looking forward to seeing you at the next - Miami June 10-13 2026 can’t miss! @grydahle Husam H Balkhy Innovations Journal

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Thank You for making the trip to share your work with the group! Keep at it for Miami next year!

Landmark paper by Nisivaco et al with the largest series of robotic beating-heart TECAB & longest follow-up! Congratulations to Dr. Balkhy - this year’s ISMICS president - & team for these incredible outcomes, and for carrying the TECAB torch forward! 🫀🦾 @drbypass@SarahNisivaco

It’s been over a couple of weeks since we concluded ISMICSofficial 2025 and I’ve had a some time to reflect on the meeting and all the wonderful people who came together to make it such a special event. Big thanks to our program committee, faculty and industry partners for such a great

meeting!! And a special thank you to our members and attendees who made this a very special event with over 860 registrants from 55 countries! Truly an international society coming together to make cardiothoracic surgery less invasive for our patients! I’m happy we were able to