218 - AORTIC VALVE SURGICAL SKILLS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM: ROSS, BENTALL, AVR

Friday, October 25, 2024

8:30 AM – 12:00 PM PT

Room: 223 - 224

Hands-on aortic valve surgery skills session with a focus on the Ross procedure.

Medical students, residents, and fellows will have the opportunity to learn and practice aortic valve replacement techniques including the Ross procedure and bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

Identify the relevant surgical anatomy of the aortic valve and surrounding structures;
be familiar with the surgical conduct of a Ross operation; and
discuss factors that might favour or contraindicate a Ross.

Disclosure(s):

Joel Bierer, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Dominique de Waard, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jennifer Chung: No financial relationships to disclose

Philippe Demers: No financial relationships to disclose

Iqbal H. Jaffer, MBBS PhD FRCSC: Edwards Lifesciences: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing); LeMaitre: Consultant/Advisory Board (Terminated, June 15, 2024)

Kanwal Kumar: No financial relationships to disclose

Scott McClure, MD, SM: Gore Medical: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Maral Ouzounian, MD PhD: Antonio & Helga DeGasperis Chair in Clinical Trials and Outcomes Research: Funded Chair (Ongoing); Munk Chair in Advanced Therapeutics: Chair (Ongoing)

Saurabh Gupta, MD, MSc: Edwards Lifesciences: Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing)

Osami Honjo, MD, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Philippe Tremblay, MD, MSc, FRCSC: No financial relationships to disclose

Mimi X. Deng, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Asher Frydman, BMSc: No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Chair(s)

Joel Bierer, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dominique de Waard, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
Dalhousie University

Presenter(s)

Jennifer Chung

Cardiac Surgeon
University of Toronto
Philippe Demers (he/him/his)

Cardiac Surgeon
Montreal Heart Institute
Université de Montréal
Iqbal H. Jaffer, MBBS PhD FRCSC (he/him/his)

Cardiac Surgeon
Hamilton Health Sciences
McMaster University
William Kent (he/him/his)

Clinical Associate Professor, Cardiac Surgery
University of Calgary, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
University of Calgary
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Kanwal Kumar (he/him/his)

Cardiac Surgeon
Royal Jubilee Hospital
University of British Columbia
Scott McClure, MD, SM (he/him/his)

Cardiac Surgeon, Associate Professor
CSCS
University of Calgary
Maral Ouzounian, MD PhD

Associate Professor
CSCS
University Health Network, University of Toronto
Saurabh Gupta, MD, MSc (he/him/his)

Cardiovascular Surgeon
New Brunswick Heart Centre
Dalhousie University New Brunswick
OH

Osami Honjo, MD, PhD

Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
CCS/CSCS
University of Toronto
Philippe Tremblay, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Cardiac Surgeon
Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons

Planning Committee Member(s)

Mimi X. Deng, MD

Cardiac surgery resident
University of Toronto
Asher Frydman, BMSc

Cardiac Surgery Resident
St. Boniface Hospital/Max Rady College of Medicine
Max Rady College of Medicine
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Alex Wolfe