ISMICS Winter Workshop 2005 Scientific Program
Shanghai, China
December 2 - 4, 2005
Galaxy Hotel Shanghai
30 November 2005
0900-1700
Reception & Guide
Pudong International Airport
Secretariat preparation & Tour Registration
Apollon Room, 3rd Floor and Room 9001, Galaxy Hotel
1 December 2005
0900-2000
Congress Registration & Tour Registration
Apollon Room, 3rd Floor and Room 9001, Galaxy Hotel
1800-2100
Faculty Dinner
Hengshan Maller Villa (30 S. Shanxi Road, Shanghai)
2 December 2005
0800-1700
Congress Registration
Main Lobby, 2nd Floor, Galaxy Hotel Shanghai
0800-0900
Innovations: The Present and Future of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chairs: Mingdi Xiao, M.D., Hanni Shennib, M.D. Ming Chuan Tong, M.D.
Reinventing the Cardiac Surgeon
Hani Shennib, M.D.
A decade of innovation beginning with MIDCAB
Willam Cohn, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery: "What to Expect in the Next Ten Years"
Thomas Pezzella, M.D.
0900-0945
Minimally Invasive Surgery in Asia
Chairs: Shangzhi Gao, M.D., Feng Wan, M.D., Hani Shennib, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery in the New Asian Century
Kit V. Arom, M.D.
From New York to New Delhi and Back
Naresh Trehan, M.D.
One-stop Hybrid Cardiac Surgery
Shengshou Hu, M.D.
0945-1030
Opening Ceremony and Exhibition Tour
Press Conference
VIP Room, 3rd Floor, Galaxy Hotel Shanghai
1030-1115
New Techniques Validated
Chairs: William Cohn, M.D., Ki Bong Kim, M.D., Zhiyun Xu, M.D.
Endoscopic Harvesting of Veins: ISMICS Consensus Statement
Davy Cheng, M.D.
Endoscopic Radial Artery
Feng Wan, M.D.
Prevention of Vein Graft Failure: The Next Breakthrough in Surgical Revascularization?
Song Wan, M.D.
1115-1200
Molecular Biology and the Cardiac Surgeon
Chairs: Kit V. Arom, M.D., Hongyu Liu, M.D., Song Xue, M.D.
Angiomyogenesis - Best of Two Worlds
Eugene K.W. Sim, M.D.
Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Heart Failure
Permyos Ruengsakulrach, M.D.
Cell Transplantation for Heart Failure
Winston Shim, Ph.D.
1200-1300
Presidential Address and Lunch Symposium
Chair: James D. Fonger, M.D., Shengshou Hu, M.D., Song Wan, M.D.
Presidential Address
Randall K. Wolf, M.D.
New Ideas in Healthcare
Jie Chen, M.D.
Private Medical Care in China
Jonathan Seah, M.D.
1300-1430
Brief Communications
Chairs: Ben Bistrup, M.D., Dinghua Yi, M.D., Carlos Mestres, M.D.
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation using High Intensity Focused Ultrasound: Clinical Experience through a Limited Right Thoracotomy Approach
Robin Jacques, M.D.
Aortic Arch Substitution in less than 2 minutes
Wei Wang, M.D.
Prospective Randomized Study on the Use of the Cardica PAS-Port Aortic Connector System in Off-Pump CABG
Pekka Rainio, M.D.
First Clinical Results of Aortic Valve Replacement with the 3F-Enable Sutureless Aortic Valve Prosthesis
Leyh R, M.D.
Factors Predicting the Success of Microwave Ablation for the Treatment of Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Valve Diseases
Jong Yuan Hsun, M.D.
Prevention of Vein Graft Failure: The Next Breakthrough in Surgical Revascularization?
Song Wan, M.D.
Does OPCAB Reduce Mortality and Morbidity In The Elderly Patient When Compared To Conventional CABG (CCABG)? A Meta-Analysis
Patrick Lee Ergina, M.D.
Early Results of Mitral Valve Repair in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Vijay Kohli, M.D.
1430-1600
Off-Pump Revisited
Chairs: Que Do Kim, M.D., James Edgerton, M.D., Xin Chen, M.D.
The CABG Medical Holly Graft Clinical Experience
Uwe Klima, M.D.
MIDCAB
James D. Fonger, M.D.
Redo OPCAB
Hani Shennib, M.D.
Total Arterial Grafts and Off Pump
John Pym, M.D.
Endo-ACAB and Hybrid Procedures - 5 year experience
Andrzej Bochenek, M.D.
OPCABG: An Economic Solution for Third World Countries
Edgar Lama, M.D.
1600-1630
Tea Break
1630-1730
Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery
Chairs: Jun Wang, M.D., Hui Ping Liu, M.D., Zhiyong Liu, M.D.
Lobectomy for Lung Cancer
Rex Stanbridge, M.D.
Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer
Anthony P.C. Yim, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Randall Wolf, M.D.
1800
Welcome Reception for all Attendees
Rainbow Hotel Shanghai (2000 W. Yan'an Road)
3 December 2005
0800-1700
Congress Registration
Main Lobby, 2nd Floor, Galaxy Hotel Shanghai
0800-0900
Atrial Fibrillation
Chairs: Randall Wolf, M.D., Chunsheng Wang, M.D., Azahari Yakoub, M.D.
The Role of Left Atrial Autonomic Ganglia in Atrial Fibrillation: Implications for Surgeons
James R. Edgerton, M.D.
Current State of Percutaneous Interventions
Kheng Siang Ng, M.D.
Indications for the Maze - All Patients with AF
James Wong, M.D.
Should be Surgically Ablated Indications for Stand Alone Maze
Gregory P. Fontana
0900-1015
Results and How I Do It
Chairs: Xu Meng, M.D., James Wong, M.D.
The Use Of Irrigated RF Ablation For The Treatment of AF: 5 Years Results
Belhhan T. Akpinar, M.D.
Thoracoscopic PVI
Li Poa, M.D.
Thoracoscopic bipolar RF
Randall K. Wolf, M.D.
Sternotomy Bipolar RF
Yeow Leng Chua, M.D.
AF Surgery with the Cryoprobe
Go Watanabe, M.D.
1015-1045
Tea Break
1045-1200
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Chairs: Rex Stanbridge, M.D., Wenhu Chen, M.D., Hua Jing, M.D.
Minimally Invasive Approach for the Diagnosis of Anterior Mediastinal Tumors
Wentao Fang, M.D.
Thoracoscopic Thymectomy
Hui Ping Liu, M.D.
VATS Lung Volume Reduction
Hui Ping Liu, M.D.
Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Anthony P.C. Yim, M.D.
1200-1330
AF surgery telecast from Shanghai Chest Hospital
Belhan Akpinar, M.D.
Chairs: Yingze Li, M.D., Chua Yeow Leng, M.D., Go Watanabe, M.D.
1330-1500
Brief communications
Chairs: Vassilios Gulielmos, M.D., Abdul Rhaman, M.D., Hansong Sun, M.D.
The Clinical Results of the Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy According to Thoracoscope Size
Won-Min Jo, M.D.
Aortic Valve Replacement with Biological 3 F Therapeutics Aortic Bioprosthesis™ - Three years follow-up
Jerzy Sadowski, M.D.
Clinical Study of Major Pulmonary Resection by Video-Assisted Mini-Thoractomy for Patients with Lung Carcinoma
Qingquan Luo, M.D.
Research of Valve Replacement on Beating Heart Under Mild Hypothermia Cardiopulmonary Bypass
Wei He, M.D.
Thoratec IVAD: Total Artificial Heart Surgical Configuration
J. Donald Hill, M.D.
The Clinical Use of Minimally Invasive Technique for the Treatment 264 infants and Children with Cardiac Disease Cases
Zhifa Yao, M.D.
Total Thoracoscopic Mitral Valve Replacement
Yunge Cheng, M.D.
1500-1530
Imaging Technology
Chairs: Didier DeCanniere, M.D., Fangjong Huang, M.D., John L. Knight, M.D.
Imaging Technology: An Overview
Lertlak Chaothawee, M.D.
The Impact of New Non-invasive Technology on the Practice of Cardiology
Albert Chan, M.D.
1530-1600
Tea Break
1600-1730
Robotics Update
Chairs: Qiang Zhao, M.D., Zhongmin Liu, M.D., Vassilios Gulielmos, M.D.
Overview: Why has Robotics not Taken Wider Application?
Didier DeCanniere, M.D.
Mitral Valve Surgery
Sujit Banyatpiyaphod, M.D.
Coronary Artery Surgery
Sudhir Srivastava, M.D.
Hybrid Procedures
Anthony DeSouza, M.D.
1900
Gala Dinner and Reception
XinTian Di
4 December 2005
0600-0800
Meeting of Board of Directors, ISMICS
Meeting Room, 3rd Floor, Galaxy Hotel
0800-1000
Technology Updates I
Chairs: James Hart, M.D., Toru Asai, M.D., Changzhi Chen M.D.
Therapeutic Angiogenesis - Still Alive?
Ralph Kelly, M.D.
Update on Devices for Heart Failure
Anno Diegler, M.D.
Innovative Concepts on Mitral Valve Repair
Christian Detter, M.D.
Update on STICH trial
Yeow Leng Chua, M.D.
OPCAB consensus Statement
John D. Puskas, M.D.
1000-1030
Tea Break
1030-1200
Technology Updates II
Chairs: Anno Diegler, M.D., Zhong Quan, M.D., Ezani Mohd Taib, M.D.
Innovations and Protecting the patient
James Hart, M.D.
Results of the MAGIC Trial
Ralph Kelly, M.D.
CABG vs. Drug Eluting Stents
John D. Puskas, M.D.
Percutaneous Devices
William Cohn, M.D.
Advances in Treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation
Yugal Mishra, M.D.
1200
Closing Remarks
Yingze Li, M.D.