Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr., MD, MBA Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University School of Medicine
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`Thomas A. Vassiliades, Jr., MD, MBA
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`1365A Clifton Road, NE
`The Emory Clinic Bld A
`Suite 2100, Rm A2228
`Atlanta, GA 30322
`Phone: 404-778-4064
`Fax: 404-778-4346
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`tvassil@emory.edu
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`April 6, 1958; Brooklyn, NY
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`a. Academic appointments:
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`AATS/STS Workforce on New Technology Assessment, appointed 2004
`Tech-Con AATS/STS Workforce, appointed 2008
`Tech-Con AATS/STS Co-Director for 2010, appointed 2009
`STS Program Committee, appointed 2009
`Carrier Advisory Committee for the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services
`(CMS), appointed 2005
`Circulatory Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for
`Device and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, appointed 2005
`Anesthesiology and Respiratory Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory
`Committee, Center for Device and Radiological Health, Food and Drug
`Administration, appointed 2008
`CEO, CorSynergy Inc., Atlanta, GA 2006
`Treasurer, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
`(ISMICS), elected 2007
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`Previous Academic and Professional Appointments
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` Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University
`School of Medicine, Aug 15, 2003-Sept 1, 2005
` CEO & Founder, Pix Medical Technology Systems, Pensacola, FL, 1999-2003
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`Previous Administrative and Clinical Appointments
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` Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, FL, 1992-1993
` Founder/Director, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiology Consultants, Pensacola, FL, 1993-2003
` Executive Councilor, Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, 1995-2001
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` Founder/Director, Cardiac Surgery, Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, FL, 1998-2003
` Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL, 1998-2003
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`Licensures
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` Michigan license # 4301055640, 1990, inactive
` Florida license # ME 0062635, 1992, active
` Alabama license # 19848, 1996, active
` Pennsylvania temporary license # TL000823L, 1999, inactive
` Massachusetts temporary license # 206412, 2000, inactive
` Georgia license # 28697, 2003, active
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`Specialty Boards
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` Federal Licensure Examination, 1986
` American Board of Surgery #36058, issued Feb 26, 1991
` American Board of Thoracic Surgery #5427, issued June 4, 1993, re-certified, Dec 5, 2001
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`Education
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` AB (Philosophy), Duke University, Durham, NC, 1976-1980
` Postgraduate study, Duke University, 1980-1981
` MD, University of North Caroline School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 1981-1985
` MBA, Emory University, Goizueta Business School, Atlanta, GA, 2006-2008
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`Postgraduate Training
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` Emory University Affiliate Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, Internship-General Surgery, 1985-1986
` Emory University Affiliate Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, Residency-General Surgery, 1986-1989
` Emory University Affiliate Hospitals, Atlanta, GA, Chief Resident-General Surgery, 1989-1990
` University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, Fellowship-Cardiothoracic Surgery, 1990-1992
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`Military or Government Service
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` Circulatory Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Device and
`Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC, 2005-present
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`Committee Memberships
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`a. National and International
`1. Executive Committee and Board of Directors, International Society for Minimally
`Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), 2007-present
`2. AATS/STS Work Force on Evaluation of New Technology, 2003-present
`3. Co-chair, AATS/STS Task Force on Percutaneous Valve Technology, 2004-2005
`4. Tech-Con AATS/STS Workforce, 2008-present
`5. STS Program Committee, Tech-Con Co-Director, 2009-present
`6. Heart Valve Society of America, Therapeutic Interventions Council, 2005-2007
`b. State
`1. Executive Council, FL Society of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeons, 1995-2001
`2. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Representative to the Carrier Advisory Committee
`(Georgia) for the Center of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) 2005-present
`Institutional
`Emory University:
`1. Emory University Hospital Operating Room Committee, 2005-2008
`Emory Heart and Vascular Center:
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`1. Coronary Vascular Disease Committee, 2006-2008
`Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL:
`1. Blood Bank Committee, 1993-1996
`2. Trauma Committee, 1996-1999
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`Intensive Care Committee, 1999-2002
`Baptist Hospital, Pensacola, FL:
`1. Surgical Services Committee, 1995-1998
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`Intensive Care Committee, 1998-2002
`Cardiology Consultants, PA, Pensacola, FL:
`1. Executive Committee, 1998-2003
`Duke University:
`1. Alumni Admissions Advisory Committee, 2004-present
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`Consulting Positions
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` Computer Motion Incorporated, Goleta, CA, 1998-2003
` Quest Medical Incorporated, Atlanta, GA, 1999-2002
` Medtronic Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-2004
` Guidant Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, 2003-2006
` Estech Corporation, Danville, CA, 2004-2005
` Valleylab (Tyco Healthcare), Boulder, CO, 2004-2007
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`Institute of Human and Machine Cognition, Pensacola, FL, 2000-present
` Circulatory Devices Panel and Anesthesiology and Respiratory Devices Panel of the Medical
`Devices Advisory Committee, Center for Device and Radiological Health, Food and Drug
`Administration, Washington, DC, 2005-present
` Maquet Cardiovascular (formerly Guidant/Boston Scientific Corp.), Bridgewater, NJ, 2006-present
` Heart Leaflet Technologies Inc., Medical Advisory Board, Minneapolis, MN, 2008- present.
` Paracor Inc., PEERLESS-HF Pivotal Trial Steering Committee, Sunnyvale, CA, 2009-present.
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`Editorships and Editorial Boards
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` Editorial Board, International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS),
`2001-2007.
` Editorial Board, The Heart Surgery Forum, 2001-present
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`Manuscript Reviewer
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` Circulation
` Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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`Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
` The Heart Surgery Forum
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`Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
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`International Journal of Cardiology
` Future Medicine Publication Series
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`Honors and Awards
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` Bausch and Lomb Science Award, 1976
` Cum laude, A.B., Duke University, 1980
` Medical Research Award, University of North Carolina, 1984
` Founder: Cardiac Surgery program, Cardiology Consultants, Pensacola, FL, 1993
` Performed first homograft implantation in NW Florida, 1995
` Established first minimally invasive cardiac program in NW Florida, 1997
` Performed first robotic-assisted cardiac procedure in Florida, 1998
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` Founder: Baptist Hospital cardiac surgery program, Pensacola, FL, 1998
` Performed world’s first totally endoscopic CAB with Zeus, Moscow, Russia, 1999
` American Heart Association, Pensacola Heart Ball, Honorary Chairman, 2000
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`“Computer World” Excellence Award, 2001
` Performed first robotic internal mammary artery harvest in United States with Zeus, 2001
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`“Computer World” Excellence Award, 2002
` One of three best abstracts, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies (CTT) Annual Meeting,
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` Wallace H. Coulter Translational/Clinical Research Grant Recipient, 2004
` Wallace H. Coulter Translational/Clinical Research Grant Recipient, 2005
` Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) President’s Award for best scientific paper, 2005
` Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Phase I Grant Recipient, 2005
` University Research Committee Grant Award, 2006
` Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Phase II Grant Recipient, 2006
` Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Goizueta Business School, 2008
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`Society Memberships
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` American Medical Association (AMA), 1985-1992
` Georgia Medical Society, 1985-1990
` Medical Association of Atlanta, 1985-1990
` Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1988-present
` Fellow, Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), 1990-present
` Work Force on Evaluation of New Technology, 2003-present
` Co-chair, Task Force on Percutaneous Valve Technology, 2004-2005
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`John Alexander Society, University of Michigan, 1992-present
` Florida Medical Society, 1992-2003
` Pensacola Surgical Society, 1993-2002
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` Escambia County Medical Society, 1993-2003
` Fellow, American College of Cardiology (FACC), 1995-present
` Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (FACCP), 1995-present
` Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Executive Councilor, 1995-2001
` Southern Thoracic Surgical Society (STSA), 1996-present
` Asian Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2002-2004
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`International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), 2002-present
` European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery (EACTS), 2002-present
` Heart Valve Society of America (HVSA), 2005-present
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`Organization of National or International Conferences
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` Conference Director, Key Issues in the Development of Percutaneous Heart Valve Technology
`(STS/AATS/SCAI/FDA/CMS), Washington, DC, April 22, 2004
` Program Committee, Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society for Minimally Invasive
`Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), June, 2005
` Program Committee and Chair of Poster Sessions, Annual Scientific Meeting, International Society
`for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS), June, 2006
` Co-Director of Tech-Con Conference of STS, Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 2010
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`Ongoing Research
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` THE PARTNER TRIAL: Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves Trial: Edwards SAPIEN™
`Transcatheter Heart Valve. Co-investigator (Edwards Lifesciences)
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` Development of a Set of Devices and Techniques for the Minimally Invasive Treatment of Aortic
`Stenosis. Co-principle investigators: Thomas A. Vassiliades, MD (Inventor), Ajit Yoganathan, PhD
`(Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, Translational Research Grant, Georgia Institute of Technology;
`Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Grant)
` EVEREST Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair. Local Principle Investigators: Peter Block, MD and
`Thomas A. Vassiliades, MD (Evalve Corp.)
` Multisensory/Multimodal Interfaces for Robotic Surgery: Anil Raj, MD, Thomas A. Vassiliades,
`MD, Robert Wilson, (Institute of Human and Machine Cognition)
` Evaluation of a Novel Device Platform to Prevent and Treat Congestive Heart Failure. PEERLESS-
`HF Pivotal Trial. Local Principle Investigators: Andrew Smith, MD and Thomas A. Vassiliades,
`MD (Paracor Medical Inc.)
` Development of a Novel Off-pump Device for the treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation.
`Consultant. (Maquet Cardiovascular).
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`U.S. Patents
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` Tissue Spreader with Force Measurement, Force Indication or Force Limitation. U.S. Patent
`6,730,021 (5/4/2004)
` A New Apicoaortic Connector System and Method for Using. U.S. Patent Pending
` Surgical Instruments and Methods for use in reduced-access surgical sites. U.S. Patent Pending
` A New Apicoaortic Connector System and Method for Using. Continuation-in-part U.S. Patent
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` Vascular Conduit and System for Implanting. U.S. Patent Pending
` Vascular Access to Extra-vascular Space. U.S. Patent Pending
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`Grant Support
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` Wallace H. Coulter Translational Research Seed Grants ($200,000) 2004-2005 and 2005-2006
` Guidant Corporation Research Grant ($30,000) 2005
` Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Grant Phase I ($42,000) 2005 - 2006
` University Research Committee ($23,100) 2006
` Georgia Research Alliance Venture Lab Grant Phase II ($200,000) 2006-2007
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`Formal Teaching
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` Co-Director of Advanced Techniques in Coronary Revascularization STS University Course.
`Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 30, 2008.
` Director, Emory Cardiac Thoracoscopy Course. 2004-2005.
` Faculty, Clinical Seminar Series, Georgia Institute of Technology. 2005-present
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`Training Programs
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` Co-Director of Advanced Techniques in Coronary Revascularization STS University Course.
`Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 28, 2009.
` Co-Director of Advanced Techniques in Coronary Revascularization STS University Course.
`Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 30, 2008.
` Emory Cardiac Thoracoscopy Course. Director and Faculty. Atlanta, GA, Sept 14-15, 2005, Feb 17-
`18, 2005, Dec 9-10, 2004
` Cardiac Surgery Fellows Course, Faculty, Atlanta, GA, Dec 4-5, 2004
` Multi-vessel Closed Chest CAB. Faculty, Cardiac Surgery Fellows Course. Minneapolis, MN, May
`16, 2003
` Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB Course. Director/Faculty. Pensacola, Fl, Feb 3, 2000, Feb 3-4, 2002,
`Sept 13-14, 2002, May 8-9, 2002, March 22-23, 2002,May 2-3, 2003, March 17-18, 2003, June 17-
`18, 2003
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` Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB Course, Director/Faculty, Goleta, CA, July 22, 2000, March 22-23,
`2001, July 20-21, 2001, Sept 28-29, 2001, Nov 16-17, 2001 Jan 11-12, 2002
` Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB Course, Director/Faculty, Chicago, IL, Nov 26-27, 2001
` Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB Course, Faculty, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug 24-25,
`2001
` Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Self-Assessment Course, Faculty, New Orleans, LA,
`Jan 23, 2001
` Thoracoscopic IMA Harvesting, Mentoring Live Case, Cleveland Clinic, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Oct
`19, 2000
` Off – Pump CABG, Minimally – Invasive Cardiac Surgery Course, Live case, Massachusetts
`General Hospital and Instructor, Cambridge, MA, May 25-26, 2000
` Off – Pump CABG, Minimally – Invasive Cardiac Surgery Course, Live case, Univ. of
`Massachusetts, and Instructor, Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA, Dec 15, 1999, Feb 17-18,
`2000
` Robotic Assisted Cardiac Surgery, Live case, East Caroline University, and Instructor, Computer
`Motion Course, Greenville, NC March 24-25, 2000
` Robotic-Assisted Video Endoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting,
` Faculty, Minimally Invasive Services Training Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, June 5, 1999
` Off – Pump CABG, Minimally – Invasive Cardiac Surgery Course, Faculty, Genzyme Corporation,
`Cambridge, MA, Aug. 13, 1998, Oct. 23, 1998, Dec 11, 1998, March 19, 1999, June 25, 1999, Aug.
`27, 1999
` Off – Pump CABG, IRCAD, Faculty, Strasbourg, France, Oct 9, 1998
` Minimally – Invasive Cardiac Surgery Course, Faculty, Advanced Laparoscopy
` Training Center, Atlanta, GA, Dec 1, 1997, Jan. 16/17, 1998, March 13/14, 1998, June 19/20, 1998
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`Supervisory Teaching and Case Mentoring
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` EndoACAB Case Mentoring, Beth Israel Deaconess, Boston, MA, Dec 12, 2005
` OPCAB Case Mentoring, Wyoming Medical Center, Casper, WY, March 20-21, 2002, St. Antonius
`Ziekenuis, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 20, 2001, London, Oxford, Nottingham, UK, June 12-14,
`2001, Stuttgart, Lahr, Bad Grouzenigen, and Marborg, Germany, Aug 14-18, 2000
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`Lectureships, Seminar Invitations, Visiting Professorships, Live Case Demonstrations
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`1. EndoACAB Techniques. STS University. STS Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, January 28,
`2009
`2. Anastomotic Connectors: Ready for prime time? STS Tech Con Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
`CA, January 24, 2009
`3. Collaborative Strategies for Coronary Revascularization. Annual Meeting in Snowmass. January,
`2009
`Innovative Surgical Approached to Valvular Heart Disease. Annual Meeting in Snowmass. January,
`2009
`5. Major Adverse Events After Hybrid Coronary Revascularization Verses Off Pump Coronary Artery
`Bypass. American Heart Association Annual Scientific Sessions. New Orleans, LA. November 10,
`2008.
`6. Less Invasive CABG. Grand Rounds. Invited Professor. Columbia University/New York
`Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY, September 3-4, 2008
`7. The Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass: a Technical Overview. STS University
`Course. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January 30, 2008
`Invited Discussant to: USA Feasibility Study of Transcatheter Insertion of Stented Aortic Valve Via
`Left Ventricular Apex. Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL. January
`29, 2008.
`Integrated Coronary Revascularization. 21st Annual Cardiovascular Conference in Hawaii. Kona,
`Hawaii, February 16, 2008
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`10. Percutaneous Heart Valve Technology. 21st Annual Cardiovascular Conference in Hawaii. Kona,
`Hawaii, February 16, 2008
`11. EndoACAB Techniques. STS University. STS Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, January 30,
`2008
`12. Case Demonstration and lecture: Minimally Invasive Approaches to Coronary Artery Disease and
`Valve Disease. Emory Practical Interventional Course. Atlanta, GA. April 25-27, 2007
`13. Thoracoscopic Approach to Epicardial Lead Implantation in Adult Patients with Previous
`Congenital Cardiac Surgery. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery
`(ISMICS). San Francisco, CA. June 9, 2006
`14. Minimally Invasive Approaches to Coronary Artery Disease and Valve Disease. Emory Practical
`Interventional Course. Atlanta, GA. April 28, 2006
`15. EndoACAB: is it ready for most surgeons? Tech Con Program of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
`Chicago, IL, January 29, 2006
`16. Integrated Coronary Revascularization Using Drug-Eluting Stents, New Era Cardiac Care meeting.
`Newport Beach, CA, January 7, 2006
`17. Building a Successful Practice, New Era Cardiac Care meeting. Newport Beach, CA, January 6,
`2006
`18. Superiority of using bipolar radiofrequency energy for internal mammary artery harvesting. Annual
`meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Society. Orlando, Fl, November 11, 2005
`19. Long-term Results of the Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass. Annual meeting of the
`Southern Thoracic Surgical Society. Orlando, Fl, November 10, 2005
`20. Live Demonstration of Hybrid Coronary Revascularization. Transcatheter Cardiovascular
`Therapeutics Meeting, October 18, 2005
`21. Hybrid Coronary Revascularization. Queen of the Valley Hospital Regional Heart Center
`Symposium, October 15, 2005
`22. Cardiac Surgery in the Adult Patient: A Primer for Biomedical Engineers. Georgia Institute of
`Technology, Atlanta, GA, October 10, 2005
`23. Hybrid Strategies in the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease. Controversies in the Treatment of
`Cardiovascular Disease Annual Meeting, Santa Monica, CA, October 6, 2005
`24. Integrated Coronary Revascularization Using Drug Eluting Stents: Immediate and Midterm
`Outcome. Western Thoracic Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC, June 24, 2005
`25. Endovascular Valve Therapies: Initial Directions and Perspectives. International Society of
`Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). New York, NY, June 4, 2005
`26. Applying Current Mini-pump Technology to Less-Invasive Cardiac Surgery Symposium: An
`Overview of Minimized Cardiopulmonary Bypass Systems: Incorporating Minimized Bypass Into
`the Cardiac Surgery Practice. New York, NY, June 2, 2005
`27. EndoACAB: Live case presentation and lecture, Emory Practical Intervention Course (EPIC),
`Atlanta, GA, April, 2005
`28. The Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass. Emory Nursing Symposium, Setting the Pace.
`Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2005
`29. Integrated Coronary Revascularization. Grand Rounds. New York University, New York, NY,
`March 19, 2005
`30. The Economics of Integrated Coronary Artery Revascularization ICR Symposium. Innsbruck,
`Austria, February 2005
`31. Drug Eluting Stents and LIMA to LAD: The Emory Experience. ICR Symposium. Innsbruck,
`Austria, February 2005
`32. Drug-eluting Stents and LIMA to LAD, the future of coronary revascularization? Emory
` Heart Center Conference, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, Jan 10, 2005
`33. Hybrid Revascularization: the best or worst of both worlds? American Heart Association National
`Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Nov 5, 2004
`34. Translational Research. Panel Discussion. Coulter Grant Foundation. Georgia Institute of
`Technology. Atlanta, GA, Sept 27, 2004
`35. Robotic Coronary Artery Surgery. Heart Center Annual Conference. Medical College of South
`Carolina. Columbia, SC, Oct 2, 2004
`36. Robotic-Assisted EndoACAB Leading to Hybrid Revascularization. South Atlantic Cardiovascular
`Society. Hilton Head, SC, July 30, 2004
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`37. Long-term Results of Minimally Invasive Grafting Using the Internal Mammary Artery.
`International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). London, UK, June
`24, 2004
`38. EndoACAB: Live case presentation and lecture, Emory Practical Intervention Course (EPIC),
`Atlanta, GA, April 29 and 30, 2004
`39. The Economics of Integrated Coronary Revascularization. ICR Symposium. Innsbruck, Austria,
`February 2004
`40. Integrated Coronary Revascularization, Distinguished Visiting Professor. Case Western Reserve
`University, Cleveland, OH, Feb 10, 2004
`41. Endo CAB: Here Now, Not There Later? Tech Con Session of Society of Thoracic
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`Surgeons (STS) National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Jan 25, 2004
`42. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cardiovascular Disease Intervention, Cardiology
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`Conference Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, Dec 15, 2003
`43. Hybrid Coronary Artery Revascularization. LaGrange Medical Center, LaGrange, GA,
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`Nov 20, 2003
`44. Integrated Coronary Revascularization. Cardiology Conference. Crawford W. Long Hospital of
`Emory University, Atlanta, GA, March 25, 2003
`45. Integrated Coronary Revascularization. Cardiology Conference. Emory University Hospital,
`Atlanta, GA, March 24, 2003
`46. Multivessel Off-Pump Grafting with Preservation of the Intact Thorax. One of Three Best Abstracts.
`Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting, Miami, FL, March 20, 2003
`47. Multi-vessel, All-Arterial, Off-Pump Surgical Revascularization Without Disruption of the Thoracic
`Skeleton. Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting, Miami, FL, March 20, 2003
`48. Stretching the Limits of Off-Pump Grafting of the Postero-lateral Wall. Cardiothoracic Techniques
`and Technologies Meeting, Miami, Fl, March 19, 2003
`49. The Economics of Hybrid Revascularization. Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting,
`Miami, FL, March 19, 2003
`50. Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass. Pre-CTT Meeting Faculty, Miami, FL, March 19,
`2003
`51. Integrated Coronary Revascularization. Third Annual Hayama Heart Surgery, Seminar, Hayama,
`Japan, March 2, 2003
`52. Endoscopic Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Third Annual Hayama Heart Surgery
`Seminar, Hayama, Japan, March 2, 2003
`53. Multi-vessel EndoACAB. Live Case Demonstration. Challenging Procedures in Cardiac Surgery,
`Bologna, Italy, Feb 10, 2003
`54. Integrated Coronary Artery Revascularization. Grand Rounds. Univ. of California, Los Angeles,
`CA, Feb 4, 2003
`55. Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB. Live Case Demonstration. Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic
`Surgeons, San Diego, CA, Jan31, 2003
`56. The endoACAB Operation: Clinical Outcome and Techniques, National Congress of the Italian
`Society of Cardiac Surgery. Rome. Italy, Nov 25, 2002
`57. Off-Pump, Closed-Chest Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, National Congress of the Italian Society
`of Cardiac Surgery. Rome. Italy, Nov 23, 2002
`58. Off-Pump Apico-aortic Conduit Insertion for High-Risk Patients with Aortic Stenosis, Annual
`Meeting of European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Sept 24, 2002
`59. Update on the endoACAB Operation, Zeus User’s Meeting at the Annual Meeting of European
`Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Sept 22, 2002
`60. A Unilateral Approach to Bilateral Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Harvesting, Annual Techno-
`College Meeting of European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monte Carlo, Monaco, Sept
`21, 2002
`61. Future Directions in Coronary Surgery, Invited Faculty, Medtronic Endoscopic Coronary
`Workshop, Sunnyvale, CA, Aug 22-23, 2002
`62. Tele-mentoring using the Socrates System, Invited Faculty, Cleveland Clinic FL, Weston, Fl, July
`19, 2002
`63. Integrated Coronary Revascularization, Visiting Lecturer, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los
`Angeles, CA, July 9, 2002
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`64. Coronary Perfusion Methods during Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB): Results of a
`Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial, International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac
`Surgery, New York, NY, June 22, 2002
`65. Effects of Obesity in Endoscopically Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Operations, International
`Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, New York, NY, June 21, 2002
`66. Live Case Demonstrations: EndoACAB with Zeus Robotic System, Kasrl El Aini Hospital, Cairo,
`Egypt, March 13-15, 2002
`67. Integrated Coronary Revascularization, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical
`School, Boston, MA, Feb 27, 2002
`68. Progress in CABG, Leadership Pensacola: Innovations in Healthcare, Pensacola, FL, Feb 14, 2002
`69. Progress in CABG, Scientific Session, Onassis Heart Center, Athens, Greece, Feb 8, 2002
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`Live Case Demonstrations: OPCAB Techniques, Onassis Heart Center, Athens, Greece, Feb 8, 2002
`70. Intra-operative Graft Patency Assessment, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Annual
`Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Jan 26, 2002
`71. Multi-vessel Endoscopic Assisted Atraumatic CAB, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies
`Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Jan 25, 2002
`72. Evaluation of a New Temperature Management System During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass,
`Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Jan 24, 2002
`73. Does Coronary Artery Perfusion During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Improve Myocardial
`Performance? Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Jan
`24, 2002
`74. Live Case Demonstration: Endoscopic Atraumatic CAB, Cardiothoracic Techniques and
`Technologies Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, Jan24, 2002
`75. Live Case Demonstration: EndoACAB on the World Wide Web, Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola,
`FL, Dec 4, 2001
`76. Surgical Robots Increase Revenue and Profits, A Web Radio Series Featuring Interviews With
`Health-Care Opinion Leaders, IPOdesktop.com, Nov 27, 2001
`77. Sudden Hemodynamic Collapse during Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB), Southern
`Thoracic Surgical Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov 8, 2001
`78. Cardiac Surgery Update, Health Excellence and Fitness Annual Symposium, Pensacola, FL, Nov 7,
`2001
`79. Intra-operative Graft Assessment during OPCAB, Medtronic OPCAB Course, Orlando, FL, Nov 2,
`2001
`80. Robotic - Assisted CABG Using the Zeus Surgical System, Conference on Surgical Robotics,
`United Healthcare Consortium, Atlanta, GA, Sept 11, 2001
`81. Minimally Invasive Surgery: The End of the Beginning, Pensacola Surgical Society, Pensacola, FL,
`July 9, 2001
`82. Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass: Technique and Outcome, International Society of Minimally
`Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Munich, Germany, June 29, 2001
`83. Technical Aids to Performing Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting,
`
`International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Munich, Germany, June 28, 2001
`84. The Cardiovascular Effects of Carbon Dioxide Insufflation and Single – Lung Ventilation during
`Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting, International Society of Minimally Invasive
`Cardiac Surgery, Munich, Germany, June 28, 2001
`85. Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery: Technique and Outcomes, Endoscopic, Robotic Coronary
`Bypass Surgery: Outcomes and Technique, Live Case Demonstration, Clinic Hospital Universitari,
`Institute de Malalties Cardiovasculars, Barcelona, Spain, June 21, 2001
`86. OPCAB Techniques, OPCAB Training Course of STS/AATS, Faculty, Dallas, TX, June 11, 2001
`87. Atraumatic Coronary Artery Bypass, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery / Outcomes Meeting, Key
`West, FL, May 27, 2001
`88. Live Case Demonstration, Multi-vessel Off Pump CABG, Advanced Cardiac Techniques in
`Surgery, Lennox Hill Hospital, New York, NY, May 4, 2001
`89. Live Case Demonstration, Endoscopic IMA Harvest, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine,
`Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 12, 2001
`90. A Clinical Report of Endoscopy and Robotics in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,
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`University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 11, 2001
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`91. Live Case Demonstration, Endoscopic IMA Harvest, The Cardiac Surgery Institute, Porto Allegre,
`Brazil, April 11, 2001
`92. A Clinical Report of Endoscopy and Robotics in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, The 28th
`National (Brazil) Congress of Cardiac Surgery, Ouro Preto, Brazil, April 7, 2001
`93. Endoscopy and Robotics in Cardiac Surgery, The 9th Annual Meeting of the Asian
`
`Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya, Japan, March 30, 2001
`94. Future Trends in Cardiovascular Surgery, The 9th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society of
`Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya, Japan, March 29, 2001
`95. The Role of Endoscopy and Robotics in Cardiac Surgery, The Association of
`
`periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Annual Congress, Dallas, TX, March 11, 2001.
`96. First Robotic IMA Harvest using Zeus in the United States, Sacred Heart Hospital, Pensacola, FL,
`Feb 13, 2001
`97. Future Coronary Surgery: The Role of Endoscopy and Robotics, Grand Rounds, Philadelphia Heart
`Institute, Philadelphia, PA, Feb 8, 2001.
`98. The Cardiovascular Effects of Carbon Dioxide Insufflation and Single-Lung Ventilation during
`Thoracoscopic Internal Mammary Artery Harvesting, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies
`Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan 25, 2001
`99. Off-Pump Grafting of the Main Circumflex Coronary Artery in the Atrioventricular Groove via
`Sternotomy, Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technologies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Jan 24, 2001
`100. OPCAB Techniques, Faculty, Beating Heart Bypass Mini-Symposium, Cardiothoracic
`
`Techniques and Technologies Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January 23, 2001
`101. Live Case Demonstrations: Thoracoscopic IMA Harvesting in MIDCAB Grafting, Zhongshan
`Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Navy General Hospital, Beijing University People’s
`Hospital, Fu