Congrats to 3 extraordinary leaders on their awards. Drs. Jennifer Ellis NYU Langone Health , Leah Backhus MD MPH FACS @StanfordCTSurg, Betty Tong, MD MHS DukeCTSurgery - your dedication, excellence & track records have inspired us all! #STS2023 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons WomenInThoracicSurg

We believe that helping people overcome hurdles, challenges, bias and discrimination to become excellent cardiothoracic surgeons is part of our mission.

Well hello there, Lake Lag 🤩 #GoStanford | 📸 Erin Attkisson

Here is a recent FerrariLab @Columbia work addressing current technologies and future directions for polymeric prosthetic heart valves. Well done, Sameer #heartvalvedisease #BiprostheticHeartValve ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Our surgeons routinely remove, repair, and transplant human hearts. But replacing the entire heart w/ something else entirely? That is a rare undertaking—especially in a child. This was the first pediatric artificial heart transplant in the northeast. (part 1 of 2) #CardioTwitter

On April 13, CT surgeons and trainees who are underrepresented in medicine will discuss challenges they’ve experienced throughout their careers. Attendees will hear how to apply lessons learned from those experiences to build more inclusive workplaces. bit.ly/3zDLeX3

Thanks to The Society of Thoracic Surgeons for hosting an informative session on URiM in CT Surgery. #faceofCTSurgery WomenInThoracicSurg TSMA TSRA Society of Black Academic Surgeons LatinoSurgSociety SocAsianAcadSurg

Not baseball related but this hit me and everyone should listen to it. Giannis was asked if this season a failure. Just listen what he has to say.

ONE OF THE CRAZIEST ENDINGS YOU WILL EVER SEE Stanford Baseball is OMAHA BOUND!!!

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Yesterday, Mia, Brooklyn, and their families were on the TODAY! ICYMI, here's their story: a first-of-its-kind “domino” transplant in infants. Surgeons performed a heart transplant on Mia, then transplanted valves from her old heart into Brooklyn: columbiasurgery.org/news/nyp-s-hea…

Pediatric heart surgeons Dr. David Kalfa and Dr. Andrew Goldstone explain partial heart transplant. They discuss how it works and why it completely changes the scope of treatment for kids. (Because the valves are alive!) #CardioTwitter #surgery

ROMA-Women: The First Cardiac Surgery Trial in Women Addressing the gender gap in clinical trials and lack of representation of women in cardiac surgery, this study acknowledges the unique aspects of coronary artery disease in women.⁦⁦ ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CI…

Newly elected President Doraid Jarrar gave his opening remarks at the 61st annual meeting of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society.  #ectss2023

Thank you, Arnold Arnold, for attending and sharing your insights with us @ #AATS2024.

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Register today! It will be a lively conversation! Gianluca Torregrossa Jason Han Danielle Spragan Jefferson Surgery

Dr. Tirone David is a living legend in cardiac surgery. Over the past four decades, he has pioneered numerous procedures, including the revolutionary David Procedure in 2007—an aortic valve-sparing operation for patients with aortic incompetence and ascending aorta aneurysms.