Disclosure Information 

As a sponsor of continuing medical education accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons requires that any individual who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity must disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This is to ensure that that all decisions related to the planning, faculty selection, delivery, and evaluation of accredited education are made without any influence or involvement from the owners and employees of an ineligible company. The ACCME defines ineligible companies as those whose “primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients.” The question of whether a disclosed conflict situation could represent undue influence on the educational activity by an ineligible company or whether the disclosed information is sufficient to consider an abstract, presentation, or other educational enduring material to represent potentially biased information must be mitigated prior to an individual’s involvement in STS educational programming. 
 
Disclosure information is provided for each presenter at the beginning of the session and/or presentation. If applicable, the absence of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies will also be disclosed to learners. Review the complete STS Education Disclosure Policy. 

Commercial Relationships of Program Planning Members 

The Society would like to thank the following program planners for their work on the educational content of STS 2025. 

Unless otherwise noted, these program planners and staff have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. All relevant commercial relationships have been mitigated. 

Board of Directors   

Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, President 

Joseph F. Sabik III, MD, First Vice President 
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Advisory Board, Speaker/Honoraria 

Vinay Badhwar, MD, Second Vice President 

Wilson Y. Szeto, MD 
Disclosure(s): Abbott: Speaker; Abbott, Artivion, Atricure, Medtronic, Edwards, Terumo Aortic: Advisory Board, Consultant, Speaker/Honoraria 

Vinod H. Thourani, MD 
Disclosure(s): Abbott Vascular: Consultant; AtriCure Inc: Research Grant; Boston Scientific: Research Grant; dasi simulations: Ownership Interest; Edwards Life Science: Consultant, Research Grant; Jenavalve: Consultant, Research Grant; Medtronic Cardiovascular: Research Grant 

John D. Mitchell, MD 
Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Advisory Board, Consultant 

Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD 

John T. Kennedy III, MD 

Alessandro Brunelli, MD 

Patrick O. Myers, MD 

Alan D. Sihoe, MBBChir, MA(Cantab), FRCSEd(CTh) 

Marc Ruel, MD, MPH 
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Proctor, MICS CABG, Research Grant 

Leah M. Backhus, MD, MPH 
Disclosure(s): Astra Zeneca: Consultant; Ethicon: Consultant; Genentech: Consultant 

David Tom Cooke, MD 
Disclosure(s): Bristol Myers Squibb: Speaker/Honoraria; Intuitive Surgical: In kind education support; Oxford University Press: Royalties 

Anthony L. Estrera, MD 
Disclosure(s): Artivion Inc.: Advisory Board 

Gregory P. Fontana, MD 
Disclosure(s): Janssen Research and Development: Consultant; Jenavalve: Advisory Board 

Stephanie M. Fuller, MD 
Disclosure(s): Edwards Lifeciences: Consultant; W. L. Gore and Associates: Consultant 

Karen M. Kim, MD 

Sandra L. Starnes, MD 

Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD 

Keith S. Naunheim, MD 

Workforce on Annual Meeting   

Stephanie M. Fuller, Chair 
Disclosure(s): Edwards Lifeciences: Consultant; W. L. Gore and Associates: Consultant 

Marc P. Pelletier, Vice Chair 
Disclosure(s): Edwards Lifeciences: Consultant; Medtronic Inc: Consultant 

Mohamad Alaeddine 

Mara B. Antonoff 
Disclosure(s): BMS, AZ, Merck, Ethicon: Advisory Board, Consultant, Speaker 

Edward Y. Chan 

Jonathan M. Chen 
Disclosure(s): Medtronic: Advisory Board; WL Gore: Advisory Board 

Aaron W. Eckhauser 

Daniel T. Engelman 
Disclosure(s): Alexion: Advisory Board; Arthrex: Advisory Board; AtriCure: Consultant (Terminated); Bayer: Advisory Board; Edwards: DSMB for trial; Genentech: Advisory Board; Medela: Advisory Board; pharmacosmos: Advisory Board (Terminated) 

Cherie P. Erkmen 
Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca; BMS; Merck; Roche/Genentech: Research Grant; Pfizer, USA: Research Grant 

Nathaniel R. Evans 
Disclosure(s): Astra Zeneca: Advisory Board; Bristol Myers Squib: Advisory Board ; Intuitive Surgical: Consultant, Speaker/Honoraria; Merck: Advisory Board, Speaker  

Raja M. Flores 

Tracy R. Geoffrion 

Andrew B. Goldstone 

Christina L. Greene 

Jeremiah A. Hayanga 

Osami Honjo 

Douglas R. Johnston 

Puja Kachroo 

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

Michael Ma 

Bonnie L. Milas 

Rita C. Milewski 
Disclosure(s): Destiny Pharmaca: Advisory Board 

Brian A. Mitzman 
Disclosure(s): Intuitive Surgical: Speaker/Honoraria 

Tom C. Nguyen 
Disclosure(s): Abbott: Speaker; Edwards Life Science: Speaker/Honoraria 

Danny Ramzy 
Disclosure(s): Abbot: Speaker/Honoraria 

Matthew A. Romano 

Eric E. Roselli 
Disclosure(s): Artivion: Consultant; Cook W.L: Consultant; Edwards Lifesciences: Advisory Board; Gore Medical: Consultant; Medtronic: Consultant; Terumo aortic: Consultant 

Ashish Shah 

Fawwaz R. Shaw 

Vikram Sood 

Harmik Soukiasian 
Disclosure(s): DaVinci Intuitive Surgical: Speaker 

Elizabeth H. Stephens 

Brendon M. Stiles 
Disclosure(s): Arcus Biosciences: Consultant; AstraZeneca: Consultant; BMS Foundation: Consultant; Bristol Myers Squib: Consultant; Gala Therapeutics: Consultant; Genentech: Consultant; Medtronic: Consultant; Pfizer: Consultant  

Ram Kumar Subramanyan 

Ibrahim Sultan 
Disclosure(s): Abbott, Artivion, Medtronic, Atricure, Gore, Terumo Aortic: Consultant 

Hiroo Takayama 
Disclosure(s): Artivion: Consultant; Edwards: Consultant 

Nicholas R. Teman 
Disclosure(s): Alexion Pharmaceuticals: Consultant 

Andrea S. Wolf 

Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos 
Disclosure(s): Boston Scientific Corp: Advisory Board, Consultant 

Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang 
Disclosure(s): AstraZeneca: Advisory Board; Genentech: Advisory Board 

Leora Yarboro 
Disclosure(s): Arthrex: Speaker/Honoraria (Terminated, September 22, 2024) 

STS Staff  

Scott Bradbury, Vice President of Education  
Isabel Dunn, Education Coordinator  
Meredith Herzog, Associate Director of Education  
Karen Kostrinsky, Senior Manager, E-Learning  
Anne McBarron, Education Manager  
Melisa Puthenmadom, Senior E-Learning Coordinator  
Michele Rush, Senior Manager for Education  
William F. Seward, Associate Executive Director  
Amanda Wright, E-Learning Manager