Learning from the best AATS Leadership Academy BCM_Surgery The Texas Heart Institute Texas Medical Center Joseph Coselli, MD Marc Moon Maral Ouzounian Marcelo Cypel

#TeamUHN is celebrating 1,000 Ex-Vivo Lung Perfusion (EVLP) transplantation surgeries! "I saw the 1,000th coming and I see the 10,000th coming," says Dr. Shaf Keshavjee who co-created EVLP at UHN. Learn more about the milestone and innovative technology 👉 bit.ly/3Uj8Yts

Save your spot before early rates expire on May 17, 2024! bit.ly/ThoracicSurger…

💠 Congreso #SECT2024 ACTUALIZACIÓN EN TRASPLANTE PULMONAR ➡️ Cambio de grupo sanguíneo del donante mediante tratamiento enzimático ex vivo. 🙍Marcelo Cypel. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Marcelo Cypel #YoSoySECT #cirujanos #torácicos #ThoracicSurgeons

If you've completed your residency in general #thoracic surgery, now is your time to apply for the F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship. Receive a grant of $9,000 to spend six to eight weeks studying clinical techniques at a host institution in North America: aats.org/foundation/f-g…

New: #MechSupport2024 will now occur annually! Help advance the field of mechanical support and #transplantation by sharing your ground-breaking work. Submit your abstract by July 1: events.aats.org/mechanical24/c…

We concluded this weekend the 48th Thoracic Surgery Refresher Conference. A traditional conference started almost 50 years ago by Dr. Pearson. Thank you to all University of Toronto thoracic surgery faculty, and our guest speakers for a successful event. See you in June 2025 University Health Network UHN Sprott Department of Surgery

10 days left to submit your abstract to #MechSummit2024! If you haven't submitted yet, you're getting close to missing this chance to showcase your work to global leaders in the mechanical support and transplantation field. Share your research by July 1: events.aats.org/mechanical24/c…

Last night Coldplay invited Michael J. Fox (from Back to the Future) to perform "Fix You" at Glastonbury. Michael had to play sitting in a wheelchair because his illness prevented him from standing. This is beautiful and touching. Michael is a legend of the 80's cinema.

The program is looking really great…

This week's #STEM Exploration Program was led by the fantastic Dr. Marcelo Cypel and team. Students had the opportunity to shadow surgery, clinical care and research to explore many avenues within the #healthcare field. An inspiring week for all! 🩺

Hot topics in #lung #transplantation that will be discussed at #MechSummit2024: 🔹 3rd Party Company/OPOs Donor Lungs Retrieval 🔹 Use of Intra-op ECMO 🔹 High Risk Donor Management Ready to learn more? Join us in September: events.aats.org/mechanical/reg… Early bird deadline: 8/26

Don’t miss this year’s AATS mechanical support and thoracic transplantation summit in Toronto. Great talks and abstracts of innovative work being presented. Program in the link below. events.aats.org/mechanical

There are still a couple of spots available for the Vienna- Toronto Lung Transplant academy in October in Toronto. Great immersion in all aspects of lung transplantation in one week. More information below: thoraxchirurgie.meduniwien.ac.at/en/studies-tra…

Congratulations to our Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN CIHR grant awardees for advancing transplant research and innovation for our patients. #innovation #research #transplant #CIHR

Check our latest paper by Dr. Wang on mechanisms of lung protection using 10C donor lung preservation - 10C is now standard of care at our center and many others and allow much extended (at least 24h) graft preservation Ajmera Transplant Centre UHN sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Are mitochondria the key to improved donor lung quality? Marcelo Cypel reviews the current state of research in this area which shows promising early results. #LungTransplantCongress