Four programs were offered on different days of the STS 2024 Annual Meeting, representing general thoracic, adult cardiac, and congenital topics. Registration for STS 2024 was required.

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated. Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Course Directors

Bo Yang, MD, PhD
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Artivion: course instructor (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Ethicon: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Michael J. Reardon, MD
Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca; Boston Scientific; Cook Medical; Ethicon; Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA; Novartis; BMS: Consultant (Ongoing)

Karen M. Kim, MD

Faculty

Luis J. Castro, MD

Daniel Tang, MD
Disclosure(s): Abiomed Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)

Muhammad Aftab, MD
Disclosure(s): Artiivion Inc.: Speaker (Ongoing); W. L. Gore & Associates: Consultant (Ongoing)

Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Disclosure(s): Abbott: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing); Johnson and Johnson: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Medtronic, Inc.: Consultant (Ongoing)

Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD
Disclosure(s): Artivion: Consultant (Ongoing); Edwards: Consultant (Ongoing)

Puja Kachroo, MD

Derek R. Brinster, MD
Disclosure(s): Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing)

George Arnaoutakis, MD
Disclosure(s): Aortic Terumo: Advisory Board (Ongoing); Artiivion Inc.: Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Joshua Grimm, MD
Disclosure(s): Terumo Aortic: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Barbara C. S. Hamilton, MD, MAS
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing)

Thuy Le, PA-C

Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C

Joshua Baker, MD
Disclosure(s): Corcym: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing)

Joshua Goldberg, MD

Sarah T. Palmer, MD

Alexander A. Brescia, MD, MSc

Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD

Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Disclosure(s): Abbott, Artivion, Atricure, Medtronic, Edwards, Terumo Aortic: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

Stefano Schena, MD, PhD

Marvin D. Atkins, Jr., MD
Disclosure(s): , Medtronic: Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); W. L. Gore & Associates: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD MS
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Consultant (Terminated, May 1, 2023); Terumo Aortic: Advisory Board (Ongoing)

S. Chris Malaisrie, MD
Disclosure(s): Artivion: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Edwards Lifesciences LLC: Advisory Board (Ongoing), Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Medtronic: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing); Terumo: Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Woodrow Farrington, II, MD
Disclosure(s): Kardion: Consultant (Terminated, November 1, 2023)

Thomas Caranasos, MD
Disclosure(s): Atricure: Consultant (Ongoing)

Juan B. Grau, MD

William Shi, MD PhD

Bradley Leshnower, MD
Disclosure(s): Endospan: Consultant (Ongoing); Medtronic Inc.: Speaker (Ongoing)

Kenneth Hassler, DO

Lindsay J. Nitsche, BS

Kirsten Young, PA-C