ISMICS:

Winter Workshop Program

ISMICS 2nd Winter Workshop
Bangkok, Thailand
December 3 - 5, 2004
InterContinental Hotel

Scientific Program

FRIDAY 3 DECEMBER: BALLROOM 1 & 2
10.00 - 11.30 PM	SPECIAL LECTURE
	Co-Chair Persons :	Taweesak Chotivatanapong, MD. Yingze Li, MD.
	Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement and Mitral Valve Repair - Speaker: William E. Cohn, MD. Home Made Devices for Heart Surgery - Speaker: *Go Watanabe, MD.* Words from Mr.President - introduction : *Kit V. Arom, MD.PhD.* - Speaker: *Naresh K. Trehan, MD.*
12.00 -13.00 PM	LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM 1
	Co-Chair Persons :	Sudhir Srivastava, MD. Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, MO.
	The Regent Valve - Speaker: *Robert W. Emery, MD., Jr.*
13.00 - 14.30 PM	SESSION 1 : UPDATE OF NEW ANESTHESIA TECHNOLOGY
	Co-Chair Persons :	Degapudi J.Reddy, MD. Pranom Cumpeeravut, MD,
	OPCAB Surgery : Perioperative Physiology and Fast Track Management - Speaker: *Davy Cheng, MD.* Extubation All OPCAB Patients in the Operating Room: Is it Possible? - Speaker: *Jerrold H. Levy, MD.* Awake Cardiac Surgery On and Off-Pump - Speaker: *Vivek Jawaii, MD.*
14.30- 15.00 PM	COFFEE BREAK
15.00 - 16.30 PM	SESSION 2 : SHOW AND TELL - LESSONS TO LEARN
	Co-Chair Persons :	Benjamin P. Bidstrup, MD. Tohru Asai, MD.
	Endoscopic SVG and Radial Artery Harvesting - Speaker: *Amtt Patel, MD.* Skeletonization of Arterial Grafts (Video - 5 mins) - Radial Artery *Kit V. Arom, MD.PhD.* - Gastroepiploic Artery *Go Watanabe, MD,* - internal Thoracic Artery *ValavanurA, Subramanian, MD.* Discussion : *Tohru Asai, MD.* (3 mins) Teaching Module for Off-Pump Surgery - Speaker: *Rex Stanbridge, MD.*
SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER: BALLROOM 1 & 2
7.30 - 8.30AM	BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM 1
	Co-Chair Persons :	John L. Knight, MD. Qing-Yu Wu, MD.
	Update Robotic Heart Surgery - Speaker: *Alan H. Menkis, MD.* Update Proximal and Distal Anastomotic Devices - *Randall K. Wolf, MD.*
8.30 - 12.00PM	LIVE TELECAST 1
	Sternal Sparing Off-Pump CABG - Surgeons: *Valavanur A. Sumramanian, MD.,/Nilesh U. Patel, MD./Vitoon Pitiguagool, MD.* Director: *Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, MD.*
8.30 - 10.00AM	SESSION 3: END-STAGE HEART FAILURE: THE NON-MEDICAL MANAGEMENT
	Co-Chair Persons :	Ki-Bong Kim, MD. Patric R. Nataf, MD.
	Role of Resynchronization: Endoscopic and Robotic Approaches - Speaker: *James R. Edgerton, MD.* Surgical Ventricular Remodeling Approach - Speaker: *Kevin D. Accola, MD.* Update in Devices and Techniques for Ventricular Shape Change - Speaker: *Hermann Reichenspurner, MD.PhD.*
10.00 - 10.30AM	COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 12.00PM	SESSION 4: ROLE OF THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
	Co-Chair Persons :	Anno Diegeler, MD. Jae Won Lee, MD.
	Update Surgical Treatment for AF - Speaker: *James Wong, MD.* Outcomes of Surgery with Different Devices and Techniques - Speaker: *Rameh K. Bapna, MD.* Novel Minimally Invasive Mini-Maze Technique - Speaker: *Randall K. Wolf, MD.*
12.00 - 13.00AM	LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM 2
	Co-Chair Persons:	James C. Hart, MD. Weerachai Nawarawong, MD.
	Improving Design and Results of the New Bi-leaflet Valve - Speaker: *Jeffrey Marc Altshuler, MD.*
13.00 - 14.30AM	MODERATED SELECTED POSTER SESSION
	Co-Chair Persons:	Naresh K. Trehan, MD. Prinya Sakiyalak, MD.
13.00 - 15.00AM	HANDS-ON SESSION
	Hands-on I (President Room I) Topic: Irrigated RF - Proctor: *James Wong, MD.*
	Hands-on II (President Room II) Topic: Proximal Anastomostic & Endoscopic Conduit Harvesting - Proctor: *Jong Yuan Hsun, MD.*
Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Having graciously consented to preside over The Opening Ceremony. Request the pleasure of your company On Friday December 3^rd, 2004 at 5.00 pm. At the InterContinental Hotel, Bangkok Cocktail Reception to follow.
Join the Gala Dinner along Chao Praya River on Saturday, December 4^th, 2004 at 7.00 pm. Shuttle Bus will leave from the InterContinental Hotel at 5.00 pm. Dress: Smart Casual
SUNDAY 5 DECEMBER: BALLROOM 1 & 2
7.30 - 8.30AM	BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM 2
	Co-Chair Persons :	Nilesh U. Patel, MD. Sarana Boonbaichaiyapruck, MD.
	Update Clinical Trial on Drug Eluting Stent - Speaker: *Wacin Buddhari, MD.* Worldwide Experience with the Tandem Heart Percutaneous Left Heart Assist Device - Speaker: *James D. Fonger, MD.*
8.30 - 12.00AM	LIVE TELECAST 2
	Robotic Assisted Mitral Valve Surgery - Surgeons: *W. Randolph Chitwood, MD., Jr./L. Wiley Nifong, MD./Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, MD.* - Director: *Vitoon Pitiguagool, MD.*
8.30 - 10.00AM	SESSION 5: TRICKS AND TIPS FOR OFF-PUMP SURGERY
	Co-Chair Persons :	Naresh K. Trehan, MD. Ye Kong, MD.
	Full Sternotomy OPCAB - Speaker: *John D. Puskas, MD.* Sternal Sparing OPCAB - Speaker: *Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD.* Interrupted All Arterial Anastomosis for OPCAB - Speaker: *Kit V. Arom, MD.*
10.00 - 10.30AM	COFFEE BREAK
10.30 - 12.00PM	SESSION 6: NOVEL APPROACHES TO IMPROVE LV FUNCTION
	Co-Chair Persons :	Chua Yeow Leng, MD. Vassilios Gulielmos, MD.
	Ventricular Reshaping : Another New Approach - Speaker: *Antonio M. Catefiore, MD.* Cell Transplantation and Tissue Engineering in Cardiac Surgery - Speaker: *Richard D. Weisel, MD.* Angiomyogenesis: Experimental & Clinical Studies - Speaker: *Eugene Wei Kwan Sim, MD.*
12.00 - 13.00PM	LUNCHEON SYMPOSIUM 3
	Co-Chair Persons :	Chalit Cheanvechai, MD. Zile Singh Meharwal, MD.
	Beating Heart TECAB - *Sudhir Srivastava, MD.*
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