A phenomenal multidisciplinary #AATS2024 panel about managing challenging cases and hearing clinician leaders share their words of wisdom, emphasizing effective team communication and empathetic consistent discourse with the patient and families AATS WomenInThoracicSurg

Another excellent follow up talk by Dr. Matthew Weber, MD on the association between CSU-ALS status on failure-to-rescue after cardiac arrest in a regional collaborative. A doubly robust analysis suggesting CSU-ALS centers had improvement in FTR after cardiac arrest! Nick Teman

Research resident Dr. Skylar Rodgers with an outstanding talk on holiday/weekend surgery and its effect on failure-to-rescue! Potentially more complications but hospitals appear able to address and rescue patients at a similar rate.
Nick Teman Matthew Weber, MD Alex Wisniewski, MD

An incredible presentation and analysis by Dr. El Moheb on the impact of socioeconomic distress on readmission after cardiac surgery! Socioeconomic distress did not predict readmission but distressed patients more likely to be readmitted later suggesting lack or resources.

Standing room only for a great talk by Anthony Norman on CABG timing after NSTEMI. Early (but not too early!) may result in improved outcomes. However, RCT needed to fully answer this question Nick Teman Ourania Preventza Matthew Weber, MD

Incredible talk at the C. Walton Lillehei forum by Ray Strobel, MD, MSc on attenuation of lung IRI in a preclinical porcine lung transplant model. Very proud of his hard work this past year and an extremely well done presentation! Anthony Norman Andy Young Ourania Preventza Nick Teman

One of our I-6 residents Alex Wisniewski, MD starting us off on the main stage with an excellent talk about early cardiac DCD use in the adult congenital heart disease population. An elegant analysis of a complicated topic!

A packed room for Matthew Weber, MD and his superb analysis on the trends of heart transplantation in adult congenital heart disease post allocation change. We commend him for his steadfast commitment to exploring outcomes for this unique population! Ourania Preventza Philip Carrott, Jr

Do the names DeBakey, Cooley, Shumway, Barnard, & Lillehei sound familiar?

Nick Teman & I recently sat down with Dr. Gerald Imber to discuss how these 5 men ignored those who said “Don’t touch the heart” & raced one another to invent the specialty of cardiac surgery 🫀

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

CARDIAC COWBOYS: THE HEROIC INVENTION OF ♥️ SURGERY w/ author Dr. Gerald Imber Nick Teman Jessica Millar

How 5 men raced to raced to invent an entirely new field of surgery: app.behindtheknife.org/podcast/cardia…

Introducing CT ORAL BOARD REVIEW!

43 high-yield scenarios designed to help you DOMINATE the oral boards.

Check it out, including previews: app.behindtheknife.org/premium/cardio….

Pairs great with our app 😎

Amazing work John Kuckelman Jason Bingham Nick Teman +++

Another great talk by current lab resident Alex Wisniewski, MD on ECMO as a bridge to lung transplant analyzing the ELSO registry. Improving utilization over time with better survival after transplant!

A lot to digest in treating our most complex patients, and a great team effort! Gabriel Loor SubhasisChatterjeeMD Nick Teman Yota Suzuki

Stellar talk from our stellar resident Adi Narahari on advanced fellowships following training. Higher number of I-6 trainees pursuing congenital fellowship. When excluding these, no difference in rate of other advanced fellowships whether I-6 or traditional/4-3 trained.

This is going to be a great session at #STS2024 !

An excellent grand rounds by our chief integrated resident, Dr. Jolian Dahl, on the ethical dilemmas faced with ECMO! A complicated topic with many factors to consider Nick Teman UVA Surgery Ourania Preventza Erik Scott Ray Strobel, MD, MSc

Our rockstar first year med student Gaby Li presenting on utilization of RAP during CABG. Less transfusions and less prolonged ventilation perhaps due to avoidance of fluid overload Nick Teman UVA Surgery

Really appreciated the opportunity to present our work at the #STSA2023 meeting showing you can safely travel up to 100 miles for TAAD repair! Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Nick Teman Ourania Preventza UVA Cardiothoracic Surgery UVA Surgery

Had a great time presenting at STSA with this crew! Ani and Taylor are medical students already presenting excellent work! Ani Chandrabhatla Anthony Norman Nick Teman Philip Carrott, Jr Linda Martin Ourania Preventza UVA Cardiothoracic Surgery UVA Surgery Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) #STSA2023

Strong presentation from Raza! Providing a nuanced perspective on the impact of preoperative anemia on AKI in cardiac surgery.

UVA Cardiothoracic Surgery Nick Teman