Unless otherwise noted, speakers have nothing to disclose.

Moderators

Joseph Phillips, MD

David Cooke, MD
Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Food and travel costs (Ongoing)

David Odell, MD, MMSc
Disclosure: Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)

Presentations

1. Professional Society Ratings Programs: From ACS to STS
   Lisa Brown
    
2. Commercial Ratings Systems: Sorting through the Stars
   David Cooke, MD
   Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Food and travel costs (Ongoing)
    
3. Building Better Ratings: How to work with ratings groups
   Kathryn Engelhardt, MD MS
    
4. What Counts: How is performance measurement used by patients and payers
   David D. Odell, MD, MMSc
   Disclosure: Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing)
    
5. Using the STS Database as a tool to improve quality
   Farhood Farjah, MD
    
6. Panel Discussion