Important News and Events:
Updated as of: January 9, 2012

January 30-February 1, 2012 - The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) 48th Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Fla

February 2-3, 2012 - 6th Annual Endobronchial Ultrasound - A Revolution in Bronchoscopy Course, Calgary, AB - Brochure/Registration Form

March 8-11, 2012 - Annual General Thoracic Surgery Club Meeting (GTSC), San Diego, CA

April 28 - May 2, 2012 - American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS), San Francisco, CA

June 27-30, 2012 - Western Thoracic Surgery Association (WTSA), Maui, HI

September 1-4, 2012 - 11th Annual World Conference: World Organization for Specialized Studies on Diseases of the Esophagus (OESO), Como, Italy

September 13-16, 2012 - 15th Annual Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS) Meeting, Calgary, AB

September 30 - October 4, 2012 - American College of Surgeons (ACS) - Chicago,IL

October 15-17, 2012 - 13th Annual World Congress of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE), Venice, Italy

President's Blog
Updated as of: November 4, 2011

The Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons met in London, Ontario this past September. A big thank you goes to the 2 Richards, Drs. R. Malthaner and R. Inculet for all their help with the local planning. Dr. Malthaner planned an excellent postgraduate course on Thoracic Ultrasound that was well attended. The remainder of the afternoon was the CATS Research Meeting steered by Dr. AJ Seely. Under his guidance, this committee has grown and for the first year CATS sponsored the research coordinators to attend and hold their own meeting.

We had 2 very formable sessions on New Technology and Controversies in Thoracic Surgery.  Our guest lecturer for the Pearson Lecturer was Dr. Thomas D’Amico from Duke University.  He gave an excellent lecture entitled “Thorascopic Lobectomy: Management of Locally Advanced Lung Cancer”, as well as the “Process of Educating How to do VATS Lobectomy”.  This year’s winner of the Robert J. Ginsberg Resident Research Award was given to Dr. L. Lee from McGill University, Montreal for his work entitled “Estimating the risk of prolonged air leak after pulmonary resection using  a simple scoring system.”

I wish to thank all the attendees that made the meeting a huge success. In the upcoming year we will be organizing the next CATS meeting which will be held in Calgary, Alberta September 13-15, 2012.  We hope to have a program out soon but in the interim please save the date as we look forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting.

Cheers,
Your President
Donna Maziak