Amazing sign-in book at Michigan CT Surgery Residency alumni reception at the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting. First entry from 1938, include attendees John Alexander, Cameron Haight, & J. Maxwell Chamberlain! #STS2024

It’s a privilege and an honor to be elected to the Board of Directors of the The Society of Thoracic Surgeons . I am indebted to all my mentors, sponsors & coaches. I look forward to advancing the organization and our specialty and the historic presidency of Jennifer Romano !
#STS2024 #STS2025

The aortic club of Michigan graduated, current, and coming aortic fellows at STS 2024. Great meeting, great reunion

Huge thank you Jennifer Romano Michigan CT Surgery Residency Gorav Ailawadi Tessa M. F. Watt, MD @umichsurgery . This policy requires buy in and support at all levels.

Next step-making sure this policy isn’t just at “progressive” programs- we must support residents at ALL institutions! Nat’l Clinician Scholars Program at U-M IHPI

Many cherished times during my Michigan CT Surgery Residency training days. Breakfast at Angelo’s was one of them. #Grateful to the Vangelatos family for the memories.

Had an absolute blast at Michigan CT Surgery Residency! I may be an App State grad, but UM and Ann Arbor sure grew on me. Thankful to have learned so much and met so many awesome people this month. Two sub-Is down, one to go!

So excited to share our work (⁦Whitney Fu⁩ ⁦⁦Alex Brescia⁩ ⁦U-M Health Frankel CVC⁩ ⁦Michigan CT Surgery Residency⁩) in ⁦⁦AATS ED⁩:

Repeat Cross-Clamp After Failed Initial Degenerative Mitral Valve Repair is Safe and Successful sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Scrubbed Dr. Weir’s first case as an attending. Shout out to Michigan CT Surgery Residency for sending us a good one

To an audience w 0 female surgeons & 1 female resident, Sarah Ward Palmer, MD integrated her personal experiences in training & practice with extensive data generated by WomenInThoracicSurg Mara Antonoff, MD, FACS Ara Vaporciyan & others in really impactful presentation Women's Thoracic Surgery Research Collaborative Women in Surgery

Surgeons, trainees, and everyone else in both cities were extremely hospitable & welcoming & despite it being just a <5 day trip we covered lots of ground!
很感谢您们的好客盛情，再见！

We also discussed the structure/length/req of CT training in US & specifically at Michigan CT Surgery Residency, where we've been fortunate to be taught & granted autonomy in simple/complex cases by world class mentors, in program that's been 50/50 female/male for the past decade Gorav Ailawadi

In addition, former Michigan CT Surgery Residency resident & aortic fellow Sarah Ward Palmer, MD, now faculty Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, gave an amazing talk about women in CT Surgery & early career experience with annular enlargement, including her 1st case as faculty in pt w morbid obesity req redo AVR w/ Y-AAE

After multiple presentations on VSARR, AV repair, & AAE, Bo Yang led a wet lab teaching the Y-incision annular enlargement. The most common valve size in China is 21 mm... 27 & 29s are practically never used. And just like in the US, annular/root enlargement is extremely rare!

Privileged to accompany Bo Yang & Sarah Ward Palmer, MD to Zhongshan Hospital in Shanghai, then to Beijing Anzhen Hospital & Capital Medical University for 2nd Beijing Aortic Valve Seminar discussing AVR/annular enlargement, VSARR, & AV repair w/ cardiac surgeons from throughout China!