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MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

FRIDAYBreakfast & Lunch Symposia

Thoracic and Cardiac Abstracts

Kit Arom Lectureship:Hermann Reichenspurner, MD

KeyNote Address:Prof Wendelin Stark

Attendee Reception

SIMCITY & Exhibit Hall

Poster Competition:Final Round

SATURDAYISMICS Members’ Annual

Business Meeting

Thoracic Movie Day

Cardiac Abstract Session

Don’t Miss Today’s Speakers

President Volkmar Falk Revisits ISMICS’ Origins

10.00 - Kit V. Arom LectureshipHermann Reichenspurner, MDUniversity Hospital Eppendorf

Hamburg, GermanyThe Evolution of ModernCardiac Surgery and the

Necessity to Change

15.45 - Keynote AddressProf. Wendelin Stark

ETH Zurich Institute forChemical and Bioengineering

Zurich, SwitzerlandNanotechnology and Soft

Machines for the Heart

2015 ANNUAL MEETING 3-6 June InterContinental Hotel, Berlin Germany

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FORMINIMALLY INVASIVECARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY500 Cummings Center, Suite 4550Beverly, MA 01915 USA001-978-927-8330admin@ismics.orgwww.ismics.org

Volkmar Falk, MD, the 17th president of ISMICS,began his address with reflections on the founding ofthe organization and its original objectives. “WhenISMICS was founded in 1997, the idea was toestablish an organization that would serve as aplatform to promote the international scientificexchange of new ideas on minimally invasive surgery.While established organizations and societies such asthe STS, AATS and EACTS were struggling withtheir positon toward some of the new technologiesand minimally invasive access surgery, ISMICS wasdesigned to embrace and foster these developments,”said Dr. Falk.

As ISMICS began to develop as an active groupof innovators, it was poised to fill a void in thespecialty for those surgeons who wanted to continuethe pursuit of cutting-edge technologies. “The

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President Falk addresses annualmeeting attendees on Thursday.

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EDWARDS EDITORIAL: Rapid Deployment with the EDWARDS INTUITY Elite Bioprosthesis: MIS-AVR Reoperations Made Simpler?Tommaso Danesi Hinna, Loris Salvador, San Bortolo Hospital, Vincenza, Italy

Optimal application of new devices typically evolves naturallywith time and experience. Yet despite the advantages of rapid deploy-ment (or sutureless) valves, including ease of implantation, fast learn-ing curves and the associated reduction of procedural times, clear-cutindications remain broadly undefined.

As Minimally-Invasive Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement(MISAVR) requires easily implantable devices, rapid deployment de-vices are especially suitable for UHS and RAT videothoracoscopy; inour view, potentially one of the more interesting applications is forredo-MISAVR patients.

Indeed patients undergoing redo-MISAVR due to a failed con-ventional stented, stentless or full root prosthesis, often require lengthyprocedures, with a high risk of injury during debridment especially insmall calcified annuli or during the removal of degenerated aortic rootstentless bioprostheses. In these challenging cases RDAVR could provethe difference.

We report herein our first two implants of an EDWARDS INTUITYElite valve in complex redo-MISAVR.

The first patient was a 55-year-old male with systemic and pul-monary hypertension, HCV chronic infection and persistent AFib. Thepatient underwent AVR in 2006 for severe AR and a 29 mm TorontoSPV (St. Jude Medical, Minneapolis, MN) bioprosthesis was implanted.In 2015, the patient underwent a minimally invasive upper J-resternotomy due to the recurrence of severe AR due to post-endocardi-tis with perforation of the non-coronary leaflet and a peak pressuregradient (PPG) of 37 mmHg.

Externally the aortic root was heavily calcified with massive me-diastinal adhesions; the valve hada fully calcified root, and severe fi-

brosis with a perforation of the non-coronary cusp.After leaflet excision, a 23 mm EDWARDSINTUITY Elite valve was easily implanted. Aor-tic cross clamp and CPB time were 57 and 117minutes respectively. The patient was weaned fromCPB with a minimal inotropic support. Postopera-tive TEE showed no PVLs and low gradients. Thepatient was extubated after 5 hours of AMV. Inotropic agents weresuspended after 6 hours. ICU stay and hospital stay were 2 and 9 daysrespectively. No transfusions were needed.

The second patient was a 57-year-old male affected by systemichypertension. In 2009 the patient underwent AVR for severe AR dueto aortic root enlargement; at that time a 25 mm homograft was im-planted. In 2015, the patient presented with a severe calcific degenera-tion of the homograft and underwent a minimally invasive upper J-resternotomy with a 21 mm EDWARDS INTUITY Elite. Aortic crossclamp and CPB time were 62 and 113 minutes respectively. No inortopicagents were needed. AMV time, ICU stay and hospital stay were 3hours, 1 and 6 days respectively.

These two cases demonstrate how the prosthetic choice at the timeof the first and second operation is crucial. The classical surgical ap-proach would have required a redo-Bentall-de Bono procedure with ahigher grade of surgical complexity and risk.

Rapid deployment bioprostheses demonstrated to be safe and suit-able for redo-MISAVR patients, allowing performing fast and effi-cient reoperation in a safe minimally invasive fashion. In our experi-ence redo-MISAVR has finally become “minimal” for patients and“simpler” for surgeons.

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Abbott Vascular Deutschland, Gmbh P203Schonzenfeld Str. 2, 35578 Wetzlar, GermanyAbbott Vascular is the world’s leader in drug-eluting stents. Abbott Vascularhas an industry-leading pipeline and a comprehensive portfolio of market-lead-ing products for cardiac an vascular care, including products for coronary ar-tery disease, vessel closure, endovascular disease and structural heart dis-ease.

Aesculap AG P210 & P223Am Aesculap Platz, Tuttlingen, 78532, Germany

www.aesculap.deB. Braun Sharing Expertise. Through exchanging knowledge with its custom-ers, B. Braun helps to improve treatments and working procedures in hospi-tals and medical practices and to increase the safety of patients, doctors andnursing staff. Aesculap - a B. Braun company offer an extensive cardiovascu-lar instrument portfolio. Our range of Minimal Invasive Valve Surgery Instru-mentation and the new Einstein Vision 3D HD Camera system are the resultsof high innovative developments. With useful products and process-orientedadvice Aesculap is pursuing a goal: to improve therapies and make processesmore efficient.

AtriCure, Inc. P2146217 Central Park Drive, West Chester, OH 45069

www.atricure.comAtriCure is intent on reducing the global Afib epidemic and healing the lives ofthose affected through clinical science, education and innovation. We are aleading Afib solutions partner with the only FDA-approved surgical treatmentfor Afib and most widely implanted occlusion device for left atrial appendagemanagement.

Cardio Medical GmbH P206Industriestrabe 3A, Cangenhagen, 30855, Germany

www.cardiomedical.deYour innovative partner of medical technology. This year the companyCardioMedical GmbH celebrates its 21st anniversary. The company marketsadvanced medical quality products for cardiac, thoracic and vascular surgery.Under its own label CardioVision it has been 21 years now that the companyoffers its high-tech surgical products for minimally invasive surgery and futuretechnologies made in Germany.

Dendrite Clinical Systems, Ltd P209The Hub, Station Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire,RG9 2BA, United Kingdom www.e-dendrite.comDendrite Clinical Systems is a specialist supplier of cardiac database systemsfor hospitals and national registries, with installations in over 40 countries aroundthe globe. Dendrite has published the series of Adult Cardiac Surgical Data-base Reports and developed, and is currently hosting, the EUROMACS Reg-istry for collecting data on mechanical circulatory support devices.Dendrites flexible software can create a database for any clinical scenario andto track any outcome. Please visit our booth for a software demonstration

Direct Flow Medical, Inc. P228Kerkrader Str., Giessen 35394, Germany

www.directflowmedical.comDirect Flow Medical is a transcatheter heart valve innovator focused on tech-nologies that improve patient outcomes while reducing complications. Its non-metallic, double-ring TAVI device is fully repositionable, retrievable and de-signed to minimize aortic regurgitation. The Direct Flow valve is commerciallyavailable in Europe and undergoing pivotal trial in the USA.

Edwards Lifesciences PF12Route de l’Etraz 70, Nyon, CH- 1260, Switzerland

www.edwards.comEdwards Lifesciences is the global leader in the science of heart valves andhemodynamic monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the companypartners with clinicians to develop innovative technologies in the areas of struc-tural heart disease and critical care monitoring, enabling them to save andenhance lives. Additional company information can be found atwww.edwards.com

Fehling Instruments GmbH & Co. KG P229Hanauer Landstr. 7A, Karlstein, 63791, Germany

www.fehling-instruments.deFEHLING INSTRUMENTS is a traditional family owned and family run com-pany with more than thirty years of experience in the medical business.FEHLING INSTRUMENTS develops, manufactures, and distributes surgicalinstruments, implants and single use products for use mainly in the OR andprovides all corresponding re-pair service.FEHLING INSTRUMENTS is constantly striving for excellence in function andeconomy of products. This objective is achieved by continuous innovation inmaterials, mechanics and design.

Gebrüder Martin GmbH & Co KG P235KLS Martin Platz 1, Tuttlingen, 78532, Germany

www.klsmartin.comThe KLS Martin Group is a manufacturer of high-quality instruments with theobjective of creating surgical innovations. Our first-class products simplify thedaily routine of surgeons all over the world. The latest instrument seriesmarCore® demonstrates how we manage to melt the surgeons hands to theapplied tools for minimally invasive surgery.

Geister Medizintechnik GmbH PF10Foehrenstrasse 2, Tuttlingen, D-78532, GermanyGeister is celebrating 30 years of providing instruments for life and 20 years ofexcellence in MICS! With unparalleled experience, close cooperation withopinion leaders, Geister is proud to offer the highest quality instrumentationavailable. Please see our ValveGateTM and ValveGateTMPRO lines for theleading edge in MICS products.

HeartWare, Inc. P226500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701

www.heartware.comHeartWare is dedicated to delivering safe, high-performing and transforma-tive therapies that enable patients with heart failure to get back to life. Thecompany’s breakthrough innovations begin with the HVAD® system, designedto be implanted in the pericardial space avoiding the more invasive surgicalprocedures required with older LVAD technologies. The HVAD® system iscommercially available around the world.

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Intuitive Surgical, Inc. PF4 & PF51020 Kifer Rd., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

www.intuitivesurgical.comIntuitive Surgical is the global leader in minimally invasive, robotic-assistedsurgery. Its da Vinci® Surgical System – with a 3D-HD vision system andEndoWrist® instrumentation – enables surgeons to offer a minimally invasiveapproach for a range of complex procedures. da Vinci is used in more than2,500 hospitals around the world.

JenaValve Technology GmbH PF2Guerickestr. 25,80805 Munich, Germany

www.jenavalve.comJenaValve™ Technology is a medical device company focused on develop-ing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) systems to treat patientssuffering from aortic valve disease. The company´s vision is to develop sec-ond generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) systems fortransapical and transfemoral implantation to address the needs of the cardiacsurgeon and cardiologist, respectively. Company´s transapical TAVI systemis the world´s first and only TAVI system CE-approved for the treatment ofaortic stenosis and aortic insufficiency thanks to its unique features: feelerguided anatomically correct positioning, clipping mechanism to actively fixthe prosthesis onto the native leaflets and a controlled and intuitive 3-stepdelivery mechanism. The company is based in Munich (Germany), Irvine(USA), Leeds (UK).

LSI Solutions P2007796 Victor-Mendon Road, Victor, NY 14564

WWW.LSISOLUTIONS.COMCOR-KNOT® delivers instant security with automated knot placement andintegrated suture trimming in one easy step. COR-KNOT® may reduce car-diopulmonary bypass and cross-clamp time in your OR. Visit LSI SOLU-TIONS® at booth P200 to learn more.

MAQUET Medical Systems, USA P21645 Barbour Pond Road, Wayne, NJ 07470

www.maquet.comMAQUET Medical Systems is a market leader focused on improving patientcare and quality of life. We offer a comprehensive portfolio of innovative prod-ucts designed to meet the needs of clinical professionals in the areas of: ad-vanced hemodynamic monitoring, cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, tho-racic drainage, cardiac intervention, perfusion, anesthesia and ventilation.

Medtronic, Inc. P230710 Medtronic Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55432

www.medtronic.comMedtronic, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the global leader in medicaltechnology – alleviating pain, restoring health and extending life for millions ofpeople around the world. Medtronic operates in 160 countries with more than85,000 employees around the world. Medtronic’s breadth of solutions in struc-tural heart and aortic disease management includes: tissue, mechanical andtranscatheter valves as well as a comprehensive portfolio of OPCAB, MICSCABG and cannulae products.

Scanlan International, Inc. PF1One Scanlan Plaza, St. Paul, MN 55107

www.scanlaninternational.comHighest quality surgical products designed and manufactured by the Scanlanfamily since 1921. Full line of VATS instruments including the New Gonzalez-Rivas Lung Grasper for Uniportal, Cardiac instruments including the New Mini-AVR Chitwood Clamp, LEGACY titanium needle holders and forceps. Single-useproducts include SCANLAN® Aorta/Vein Punch, VASCU-STATT® bulldog clamps.

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Siemens AG, Healthcare P227Nonnendammallee 101, Berlin, 13629, Germany

www.healthcare.siemens.comSiemens Healthcare is one of the world’s largest suppliers of technology to thehealthcare industry and a leader in medical imaging, laboratory diagnostics andhealthcare IT. All supported by a comprehensive portfolio of clinical consulting,training, and services available across the globe and tailored to customers’ needs.

Smartcanula Ltd. P20721 Ave de Tribunal Federal, Lausanne, CH-1005,Switzerland www.smartcanula.comSmartcanula LLC presents its new meshed 24F Smartcanula® ST which wasspecifically developed for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (MICS) with aug-mented venous drainage. The 24F Smartcanula® ST can be inserted througha 20F access vessel, drains directly at all levels of the vena cava, and pro-vides a dry surgical field.

Sorin Group ITALIA P212Strada Per Crescentino Saluggia, 13040, Italy

www.sorin.comSorin Group’s comprehensive MICS offering includes educational programswith the latest surgical techniques, innovative sutureless heart valves and mi-tral repair solutions, unique MICS cannulae and surgical instruments. Whencombined with Sorin Group Goal-Directed Perfusion systems, the cardiopul-monary by-pass can also be optimized to minimize postoperative complica-tions without compromising the quality of the surgical procedure. To learnmore, please visit us at booth # 212.

St. Jude Medical P204Avenue Da Vincilaan 11, Zaventem, 1935, Belgium

www.sjm.comSt. Jude Medical develops medical technology designed to put more controlinto the hands of those who treat cardiac, neurological and chronic pain pa-tients worldwide. The company is dedicated to advancing the practice of medi-cine by reducing risk wherever possible and contributing to successful patientoutcomes. Learn more at sjmprofessional.com.

2015 ISMICS EXHIBITORSSymetis PF3Chemin de la Venage 11, CH-1024 Ecublens, Switzerland

www.symetis.comSymetis is a leading developer of innovative, transcatheter aortic valve im-plantation (TAVI) systems for transfemoral and transapical access routes.Thecompany’s CE marked products, ACURATE TA™ and ACURATE neo™, arebased on proprietary geometry and delivery technologies. Our bioprosthesesare based on a unique, intelligent, self-seating and self-sealing design thatallows for optimal positioning and predictable deployment of the valve. OurACURATE TAVI systems are intuitive and easy to use allowing for a quicklearning curve.The company’s headquarters are in Ecublens (Lausanne),Switzerland. Manufacturing sites are in Ecublens, Switzerland and BeloHorizonte, Brazil.

Wexler Surgical P23611333 Chimney Rock Road Suite #110, Houston, TX 77035

www.wexlersurgical.comWexler Surgical designs and manufactures a variety of titanium and stainlesssteel specialty surgical instruments and products for Cardiac, Vascular, Tho-racic, and Micro Surgery. Come see our VATS/MICS instruments and ask aboutour Optimus Series. Visit us online at www.wexlersurgical.com for more infor-mation about our products and the services.

INDUSTRY SYMPOSIAThe following companies are supporting industrysymposia on Friday, which are not part of the offi-cial ISMICS scientific program:

Siemens (Breakfast)06.30-07.50 / Tiergarden Room

HeartWare (Luncheon)12.00-13.30 / Charlottenburg II Room

Medtronic (Luncheon)12.00-13.30 / Charlottenburg I Room

ISMICS AnnualBusiness MeetingMEMBERS ONLY

All ISMICS members are requested to attendthe Members’ Business Meeting, on Saturday,08.30-09.00 in the Scientific Session Hall inPotsdam I.

Subramanian Innovation Award

Paul F. Grundeman, MD, PhD, Secretary (far left) and VolkmarFalk, MD, President, (far right) acknowledge Valavanur “Mani”Subramanian, MD (center) for his generous donation to theISMICS’ Research and Education Fund in support of theSubramanian Innovation Award.

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Moderated Poster Competition FinalistsCongratulations to the following finalists who will be advancing

to the final round, which will be delivered from the podium in themain scientific session today from 16.30 - 17.30. Presenters are againallowed a maximum of three minutes, followed by two minutes foraudience questions and discussion. Judges will review and the winnerwill be announced on Friday evening during the Attendee Reception.

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Gregory Fontana introduced Dr.Falk.

cardiac surgical community was run by an established group ofgiants that had forgotten about their own pioneering efforts a fewdecades before and was, by and large, not ready for new adventuresand the cost of change.”

Industry embraced those founding pioneers and acknowlegedtheir spirit of innovation. “As one former CEO of one of themedical device companies phrased it, cardiac surgeons “were thebutton salesmen in the age of zippers.”

Dr. Falk also discussed the advances in today’s environment,and noted that there has been tremendous growth in percutaneousvalve therapies. In addition, meetings are rapidly evolving based oninterventional therapies. He has observed that industry is also

paying moreattention tointerventionaltherapy, as demon-strated by the declinein research anddevelopmentexpenditure within

companies, and also by venturecapitalists.”

“The acceptance of minimallyinvasive concepts into the main-stream of cardiac surgery was aclear validation of the early workperformed by ISMICS membersand is underscored by the fact thattwo of ISMICS’ former Presidents,Michael Mack and RandolphChitwood, later in their careers, alsoserved as Presidents of STS.”

In looking at today’s overallhealthcare landscape, Dr. Falkopined that “Creating value meansproviding new ways of health caredelivery that have value for life.”

Dr. Falk concluded his address by challenging the audience to“Ask not what ISMICS can do for you. Ask what you can do forISMICS.”

Topic 1: Minimal Invasive GeneralRobotic Cardiac Surgery: 7-year Single-center Follow-upResultsChangqing Gao, Ming Yang, Huajun Zhang, Cangsong Xiao, Yang Wu, GangWang, Yao Wang, Jiali Wang.Topic 2: Imaging, Perfusion, and ClottingPrediction Of Perpendicular Projection For TranscatheterAortic Valve Implantation Using A New Automatic 3DComputed Tomography Analyzing-ToolArnaud Van Linden, Johannes Blumenstein, Helge Möllmann, Won-Keun Kim,Tibor Ziegelhöffer, Christian Hamm, Thomas Walther, Jörg Kempfert.Topic 3: Assist Devices, Heart Failure and PediatricMinimally-invasive surgery for congenital atrial septaldefects vs. catheter based device-occlusion in adultsYvonne Schneeberger, Jens Brickwedel, Tobias Deuse, Hendrik Treede,Hermann Reichenspurner, Christian Detter.Topic 4: Arrhythmia SurgeryHealth-Related Quality of Life after Minimally InvasiveCardiac SurgeryNiv Ad, Sari D. Holmes, Deborah J. Shuman, Graciela Pritchard, Lisa M. Martin.Topic 5: Coronary Grafting and ConduitsTotal Arterial MIDCAB Facilitated by the Trinity ClipConnectorDavid Stecher, Gerard Pasterkamp, Marc P. Buijsrogge.

Topic 6: Revascularization StrategyHeparin Infusion During Off-Pump Coronary Artery BypassGrafting Safely Maintains Steady Level Of AnticoagulationKamales Kumar Saha, Ajay Kumar, Mandar M. Deval, Kakalee K. Saha, RinuV. Jacob, Ratnaprabha Adsul, Lukash Jagdale.Topic 7: CancerTherapeutic efficacy of Single-Incision ThoracoscopicSurgery (SITS) for stage I lung cancerKyoji Hirai, Shingo Takeuchi, Yosihito Iijima, Jitsuo Usuda.Topic 8: Thoracic GeneralAwake Thoracic Surgery: Our ExperienceShaiwal Khandelwal, Narendra Agarwal, Kamran Ali, Ali Zamir Khan.Topic 9: Aortic ValveDoes ministernotomy improve postoperative outcome inaortic valve operation? A real-world multicenter studyKhalil Fattouch, MD, Pietro Dioguardi, MD, Mauro DelGiglio, MD, AlbertoAlbertini, MD, Renato Gregorini, MD, Roberto Coppolo, MD, GiuseppeNasso, MD, Giuseppe Speziale, MD.Topic 10: MitralPatient Reported Outcomes Measures following Mitral ValveRepair:Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted compared toSternotomyJennifer Whiteley, Matthew Shaw, Klaire Exarchou, Sion Jones, Ken Palmer,Omar Al-Rawi, Paul Modi.Topic 11: Valve - Transcatheter TherapiesTreatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) in TAVI patients:why, when, what to treat?Tine E. Philipsen, MD, Johan M. Bosmans, MD, PhD, Guy D. Lenders, MD,Valérie M. Collas, MSc, Rodrigo A. Salgado, MD, Bernard P. Paelinck, MD,PhD, Inez E. Rodrigus, MD, PhD.

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NEW ISMICS MEMBERS

ISMICS members receive their certificates and congratulations from L. Wiley Nifong, Chair of the Member-ship Committee, Volkmar Falk, President, and Paul F. Grundeman, Secretary.

Tamer M. Ayed, FRCSXiang Bo, MD

Sander Bramer, MD, PhDDerek Brinster, MD

Clare L. Burdett, MRCSMario Castillo-Sang, MD

Maria Currie, MDJacqueline DaRochae Silva, MD

Gry Dahle, MDSagar Damle, MD

Steven DeMeester, MDAnand Deodhar, MCh, FRCS

Mark R. Dylewski, MDPedro Echeverria-Beliz, MDFriedrich S. Eckstein, MD

Afshin Ehsan, MDJavier Gallego-Poveda, MD

Gary Guenst, PAChangfa Guo, MDDipin Gupta, MDLucas Henn, MD

Valentin Herrera Alarcón, MDTommaso Hinna Danesi, MD

Liu Jian, MDTakushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD

George MakdisiAmine Mazine, MD

Daniela Molena, MDNikolaos Panagiotopoulos

Filip Rega, MD

Takushi Kohmoto, MD, PhD Lucas Henn, MD Gary Guenst, PA

Scott Reznik, MDZhao Rong, MD

Jens C. Ruckert, MDPramod Sharma,Mch, DNB

Yu Shiqiang, MDJakub Staromlynski, MDDonald D. Thomas, MD

Wang Tongjian, MDKosuke Ujihira, MD

Torsten Utsch, Grad CertNan-Chun E. Wu, MD

Bin Xie, MDZhou Xinmin, MDXu Xuezeng, MDWu Yongbing, MD

Filip Rega, MD Anand Deodhar, MCh, FRCS Zhou Xinmin, MD

Masters’ Day Courses Successfully Kick off ISMICS Annual Meeting

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2014 Innovations Manuscript Awards

Ralph Damiano, MD, Editor, (left) and Volkmar Falk,MD (right) announced the award winners: J. ScottRankin, MD, Vanderbilt University, “A GeometricModel of the Normal Human Aortic Root and Designof a Fully Anatomic Aortic Root Graft” and GregoryD. Trachiotis, MD, George Washington University,“Long-term Outcomes After Off-Pump or ConventionalCoronary Artery Bypass Grafting Within a VeteranPopulation.” Conor Hynes, MD (center) accepted onbehalf of Dr. Trachiotis.

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2014-2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President : Volkmar Falk, MDPast President: Francis D. Ferdinand, MDPresident-Elect: Gregory P. Fontana, MDVice President: Johannes Bonatti, MDSecretary: Paul F. Grundeman, MD, PhDTreasurer: Vinod H. Thourani, MDDirectors

Niv Ad, MDTohru Asai, MD, PhDAnson Cheung, MDHiran C Fernando, MDChangqing Gao, MDMattia Glauber, MDYoung Tae Kim, MD, PhDFrancesco Maisano, MDSimon C. Moten, MDL. Wiley Nifong, MDTakashi Nitta, MDRobinson Poffo, MDRalph A. Schmid, MDPiotr Suwalski, MD, PhD

Editor, INNOVATIONSRalph J. Damiano, Jr., MD

Managing Editor, INNOVATIONSCarol Blasberg

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ISMICS Chitwood Educational Travel Award Winners

Awarded for the first time in 2015, Volkmar Falk, MD (far left) and W.Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, (far right) presented the awards to VivekSrivastava, MD from The James Cook University Hospital inMiddlesbrough, UK and Matthew C. Henn, MD from Washington Uni-versity in St. Louis, Missouri. They will receive a $1,000 travel award,complimentary Annual Meeting registration, and one year of Candidatemembership in ISMICS.

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