So proud of my partner #STS2025 President Jennifer Romano. Introducing Nobel Laureate & CRISPR pioneer Dr. Jennifer Doudna for the inaugural Nina Starr Braunwald Lecture.

I’m honored to have been accepted to present at #STS2025, and share our center’s experiences and outcomes on cardiac transplantation after bridging with HYBRID+VAD. Jeff Jacobs Mark Bleiweis Ahmet Bilgili The Society of Thoracic Surgeons UF Surgery UF Medicine Giles Peek UF Congenital Heart Center

🎉 Congratulations to Sara Pasquali of C.S. Mott Children's and colleagues from Boston Children's who received the Richard E. Clark award at #STS2025 for their NIH NHLBI funded research improving how we measure congenital heart center quality. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Liam Kugler Jeff Jacobs Mark Bleiweis Ahmet Bilgili The Society of Thoracic Surgeons UF Surgery Giles Peek UF Congenital Heart Center Amazing, Liam! Congrats! 👏👏👏

Editorial Board Member Dr Brian Mitzman presenting #AnnalsAcademy – Top 10 Questions in General Thoracic Surgery at #STS2025 Brian Mitzman

During her Presidential Address, STS President Jennifer Romano delivered a powerful speech that highlighted vulnerability, resilience, and the profound importance of "extending grace to others and ourselves." U-M Health Frankel CVC #STS2025

Liam Kugler Jeff Jacobs Mark Bleiweis Ahmet Bilgili The Society of Thoracic Surgeons UF Surgery UF Medicine Giles Peek UF Congenital Heart Center Great study! Congratulations on an excellently presented study!

Congrats to outgoing The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) President Joe Dearani Mayo Clinic who has done a phenomenal job. Grateful for your servant leadership Joe. Inspired by all you do. 👏🏾 #STS2025 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Our Chief, George Arnaoutakis, discussed the application of a Florida Sleeve in managing root pathology in acute, Type A aortic dissection at STS Aortic Universe. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons #STS2025

Jeff Jacobs The Society of Thoracic Surgeons World Health Organization (WHO) Emily Farkas, MD Dominique Vervoort BCM Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency BCM_Surgery Thank you! 🙏🐊

Back in the swing of things but reflecting on how awesome #STS2025 was. Grateful to have attended as a scholar thru the support of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ABCTS Latinos in Cardiothoracic Surgery & Smita Sihag Sara Pereira MD Jeff Jacobs. Proud to rep U-M Health Frankel CVC Geisinger General Surgery Residency UF Congenital Heart Center WomenInThoracicSurg

Happy Congenital Heart Disease Awareness Week! Our first speaker for congenital heart awareness series is Dr. Jacobs. Join us on February 12th to learn more about transposition of the great arteries.

Congratulations to Dr. Cochran and Dr. Driscoll on being elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society! This honor signifies a lasting commitment to professionalism, leadership, scholarship, research, and community service. Proud of our #GatorSurgeons!

On inpatient service this week with my team which included our boss Dog-tor Koda 🐶 the therapy dog! He is the “Official Good Boy”! It’s really more fun in Peds! #dogsofX UF Congenital Heart Center UF Health UF Medicine UFPedsResidency

⁦PRADA⁩ Milan FW2025 was so fab- with my stylist Arif and my bbg Lourdes ⁦Vogue Runway⁩ ⁦Vogue Magazine⁩ ⁦Akron Children's⁩ ⁦The Cincinnati ACHD Program⁩ ⁦Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute⁩ ⁦TSMA⁩ ⁦TSRA⁩ ❤️💄

Meet your 2025 PROGRAM COMMITTEE! We have an incredible group working diligently to ensure that this Annual Meeting is the best yet! Stay tuned for updates and don't forget to SAVE THE DATE for the 63rd Annual Meeting, October 15-18 in STUNNING Amelia Island, Florida!

We are so excited to welcome our incoming class! Jean-Luc Maigrot Andrew Jones Sean H. Kwak Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Cleveland Clinic CTS Residency James Yun Patrick R. Vargo Siva Raja #MatchDay2025

Don't miss tomorrow's Career Development Committee x Leadership Academy webinar with Dr. Jeff Jacobs on Global Surgery! This FREE webinar requires registration, register on our website here ectss.org.

New paper from our team published in press The Annals of Thoracic Surgery on Cardiac Transplant after HYBRID+VAD in patients with HLHS annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-… UF Medicine UF Congenital Heart Center UF Surgery Mark Bleiweis Jeff Jacobs Ahmet Bilgili Giles Peek Yuriy Stukov Matthew Purlee