Congratulations Johns Hopkins Medicine Pozefsky Scholar Alice Zhou on her amazing work and team leadership in review of clinical EVLP use and potential. Can’t get much better than landing on the cover! Hopkins Surgery Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Jessica Ruck Emily Larson WomenInThoracicSurg

TSMA was founded in 2020 by & for medical students interested in CT surgery– help us continue our mission through a tax-deductible donation! All funds will go towards furthering CT surgery education for students #GivingTuesday Check out our website! donorbox.org/giving-tuesday…

#GivingTuesday is finally here, and so is your chance to support the future of CT surgery with the start of our inaugural #TSMA fundraising campaign through a generous, tax-deductible donation! Share this post, and donate now to show your support! donorbox.org/giving-tuesday…

Joint statement from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, EACTS & AATS📣 Editors of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, #EJCTS & #JTCVS acknowledge the importance of a unified submission process. To enhance author experience, we’ve aligned submission requirements for full-length research articles. Read more below👇

Honored to host Dr. Irving Kron at last week’s AATS Gardner Lectureship. Dr. Kron, a pioneer and master educator, has trained countless leaders in our field. He imparted invaluable insights on ‘Surgical Mentorship,’ igniting inspiration for the next wave of CT surgeons. 🫀🫁🔥

Second #STS2024 in the books! Great seeing old friends and new and learn a ton about this amazing field. Best part was that my mom came to watch my talk 🥹🫀The Society of Thoracic Surgeons STS Advocacy TSMA

Congratulations to Aravind Krishnan, MD and Jessica Ruck, our 2024 TSMA Trainee Teaching Award recipients! We received lots of nominations this year, so thank you to Drs. Krishnan and Ruck and all our nominees for their commitment to teaching students inside and outside the OR!

TSMA Aravind Krishnan, MD Jessica Ruck Well deserved award for both recipients! I am honored and privileged to be one of their mentors Hopkins Surgery Johns Hopkins Medicine and to witness their journey in education and scientific pursuits. So proud of these amazing superstars that will help lead the future of CT surgery.

🎓 Are you a CT surgery graduate? 🏥 Take a 5-10 min mentorship survey 📝 the next 10 participants will get a chance to win a $50 virtual gift card! 💳  Participate in the Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery study on the impact of mentorship on career decisions. Start here 👉 bit.ly/jhqualtrics

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 3rd TSMA Research Competition will take place SATURDAY, MARCH 16 at 12 PM PST/3 PM EST with an ALL-STAR judging panel and several amazing student presentations. You don’t want to miss it! tinyurl.com/44m8ukhp

✨Congratulations to our incoming I6 Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery residents! 🎉 We’re excited to have three new interns join our program: Ellelan Degife from Yale School of Medicine, Sofia Hu from Harvard Medical School, and Benjamin Shou from Johns Hopkins Medicine - welcome to the team!🌲#WeAreStanford #Match2024

So proud to have contributed a little to your academic mentoring and now call you a colleague Benjamin Shou. The future is yours ! 🫀🫁 TSMA TSRA Thoracic Surgery Directors Association The Society of Thoracic Surgeons AATS Johns Hopkins Medicine Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery

One week s/p #Match2024 and we're still so excited for all the future surgeons! 🫀We wanted to take the time to highlight our AMAZING TSMA leadership team members who matched🫁 We are so proud to have you as part of the TSMA team, and wish you all the best in this next chapter!

Another impressive day at #ISHLT2024 For the Johns Hopkins Medicine students Armaan Akbar Emily Larson Atharv Oak Alice Zhou and fellow Al Casillan in the Johns Hopkins Cardiothoracic Surgery Thoracic Workgroup. As a collaborative Hopkins Lung Transplant Program team we are able to accomplish amazing scientific work!

Truly humbling to share the podium with giants in the field, Drs. Duke Cameron, Jo Chikwe, Eric Roselli, Stephanie Fuller, Betty Tong, Brad Taylor, and more, to share my perspective and advice for aspiring CT surgeons at #AATS2024 Member for a Day Session

Machine Learning from Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Identifies Factors Associated with Neurological Outcomes | Lung link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🎉 We are excited to welcome our newest residents and fellows to Stanford Medicine Stanford Cardiothoracic Surgery! 😃 👋 Please welcome Drs. Ellelan Degife, MD, Corbin E. Goerlich, Sofia Hu, Greg Kennedy, and Benjamin Shou. #WeAreStanford Read more: ow.ly/svij50Skjup

#AdultCardiac #CME article from Benjamin Shou et al on Impact of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Bridging Duration on Lung Transplant Outcomes: doi.org/10.1016/j.atho… #AnnalsCME Emily Larson Sung-Min Cho Andrew Kalra Errol L. Bush, MD, FACS

.Andrew Kalra et al researched acute brain injury risk prediction models in venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation patients with tree-based machine learning by analyzing the Extracorporeal Life Support Org Registry. See more in #JTCVS Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon…

Our President Gianna D'Afflisio gave a great presentation on our collaborative effort with Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society evaluating the impact of a longitudinal research mentorship program for medical students. We are so grateful to Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society for their commitment toward trainee programming!