2025 STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery

Date(s)

May 15–16, 2025

Location

Norcross, GA

Area of Practice

General Thoracic

Audience

Hear didactic lectures and case demonstrations from expert faculty, then practice in a realistic, general thoracic robotics simulation environment.

Course Description

The STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery is a two-day event designed to provide thoracic surgeons with the knowledge and expertise needed to better plan and perform both routine and complex robotic thoracic procedures. The workshop will be divided into two tracks based on experience level: a Foundation track and an Advanced track. The Foundations group will work on mastering robotic lobectomy, thymectomy, and segmentectomy, while the Advanced group will focus more on complex segmentectomy, sleeve resections, and esophagectomy. The workshop will also explore robotic bronchoscopy and SP systems (single port), plus education on advanced robotic bronchoscopic and imaging technologies. Both groups will spend the two days in the wet lab and classroom. The course will include didactic lectures, complex case discussions, and 6+ hours of hands-on sessions at a state-of-the-art training facility.

Target Audience

This course is designed for thoracic surgeons with a minimum of 10 robotic cases.

Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, May 15

Time	Activity
7 - 7:45 a.m.	Registration
7:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Welcome and Introductions
7:50 - 8:15 a.m.	Description of Lab Group and Lab Assignments
8:15 - 9 a.m.	Foundations Group Stays at Hotel Advanced Group Transport to Intuitive Labs
8:15 - 8:30 a.m.	Foundations Group - Break/Visit Exhibits
9 - 11:45 a.m.	Advanced Group Lab - Intuitive
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.	Foundations Group Lectures 8:30 – 8:50 a.m.: Principles of Port Placement and Energy Natalie Lui, MD, Stanford University 8:50 – 9:10 a.m.: Lobectomy – Fissure Dissection John F. Lazar, MD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center 9:10 – 9:30 a.m.: Lobectomy – Fissureless (Anterior-Posterior, Superior, Inferior Approaches) Jennifer Wilson, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 9:30 – 9:50 a.m.: Break / Visit Exhibits 9:50 – 10:10 a.m.: Typical Segment Jason M. Long, MD, MPH, University of North Carolina 10:10 – 10:30 a.m.: Robotic Navigational Bronchoscopy / SABR Andrew Brownlee, MD, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 10:30 – 10:50 a.m.: 3D Imaging and Preoperative Planning for Segmentation Elliott L. Servais, MD, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center 10:50 – 11:30 a.m.: Panel Discussion
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Foundations Group Transport to Intuitive Advanced Group Transport to Hotel
1 - 4 p.m.	Foundations Group Lab - Intuitive
12: 45 - 4 p.m.	Advanced Lectures - Hotel 12:45 – 1:05 p.m.: Typical Segment Jason Long, MD, MPH 1:05 – 1:25 p.m.: Atypical Segment – 3D Imaging Nathaniel R. Evans III, MD, Thomas Jefferson University 1:25 – 1:45 p.m.: Bronchial Sleeve Lana Y. Schumacher, MD, Tufts Medical Center Richard Lazzaro, MD, Monmouth Medical Center 1:45 – 2:05 p.m.: Sleeve – Double Sleeve Abbas Abbas, MD, Brown University 2:05 – 2:25 p.m.: Break / Visit Exhibits 2:25 – 2:45 p.m.: Pneumonectomy Sudish Murthy, MD, Cleveland Clinic 2:45 – 3:05 p.m.: Obtaining Vascular Control in Complicated Cases Michael Zervos, MD, NYU Langone Medical Center 3:05 – 3:25 p.m.: Nuances in Localization Techniques Nicholas Baker, MD, WVU Medicine 3:25 – 4:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion
4 p.m.	Foundations group Transport to Hotel
4 - 4:30 p.m.	Break/Visit Exhibits
4:30 - 6 p.m.	Plenary Lectures 4:30 - 5 p.m.: How I Do It: First Rib Bryan Hurt, MD, UCLA 5 - 5:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion All faculty 5:30 - 6 p.m.: Break/Visit Exhibits 6 - 6:45 p.m.: Industry Symposium

Day 2 - Friday, May 16

Time	Activity
7 - 7:45 a.m.	Registration / Breakfast / Industry Symposium
7:45 - 8:15 a.m.	Breaks / Visit Exhibits
8:15 - 9 a.m.	Groups separate: Foundations group stays at hotel. Advanced group takes bus to Intuitive Lab.
8:45 - 8:30 a.m.	Foundations Group - Break/Visit Exhibits
8:45 - 11:45 a.m.	Advanced Group Lab - Intuitive
8:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.	Foundations Group Lectures - at Hotel 8:30 – 8:50 a.m.: Anterior/Posterior Mediastinum (Non-Thymomas) Alicia Bonanno, MD, Emory University 8:50 – 9:10 a.m.: Thymectomy Jacob Klapper, MD, Duke University Medical Center 9:10 – 9:30 a.m.: Diaphragm Plication and Hernias Samuel S. Kim, MD, Northwestern University 9:30 – 9:50 a.m.: How to Teach Robotics as a New User Svetlana Kotova, MD, OHSU / PeaceHealth 9:50 – 10:10 a.m.: Break / Visit Exhibits 10:10 – 10:30 a.m.: Intra-Operative Complications Jason Long, MD 10:30 – 10:50 a.m.: Being Prepared: Disaster Drills/Simulation Feiran Lou, MD, UMass Memorial Health Care 10:50 – 11:10 a a.m.: Building a Program/Talking with C-Suite Brian Mitzman, MD, University of Utah 11:10 – 11:30 a.m.: Panel Discussion
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.	Foundations Group Transport to Intuitive Advanced Group Transport to Hotel
1 - 4 p.m.	Foundations Lab - Intuitive
12:45 - 4 p.m.	Advanced Group Lectures - at Hotel 12:45 – 1:05 p.m.: First Rib Bryan Burt, MD 1:05 – 1:25 p.m.: Tracheobronchoplasty Richard Lazzaro, MD 1:25 – 1:45 p.m.: Single Port Experience Robert Merritt, MD, The Ohio State University 1:45 – 2:05 p.m.: Esophagectomy Anastomosis Lana Y. Schumacher, MD 2:05 – 2:25 p.m.: Break / Visit Exhibits 2:25 – 2:45 p.m.: Tips and tricks of esophageal conduit preparation Manu Sancheti, MD, Emory University 2:45 – 3:05 p.m.: Expanding your program Brian Mitzman, MD 3:05 – 3:25 p.m.: Managing Disasters: Ask the Experts – Submissions Panel 3:25 – 4:00 p.m.: Panel discussion
4 p.m.	End of Workshop

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Master optimizing robotic surgical approaches in both simple and complex thoracic cases.
Gain proficiency in performing both simple and complex segmentectomies.
Understand the importance of the operating room team performing emergency drills and know how to address emergencies in the operating room during robotic thoracic surgery.
Identify currently available enhanced 3D imaging.
Recognize future developments in the field of thoracic robotic surgery.

Resident Scholarships

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) proudly supports resident scholarships to attend the 2025 STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery in Norcross, Georgia, on May 15-16, 2025. The scholarship covers course registration fees, two nights lodging at the host hotel, and a stipend to defray the cost of travel and meals. Senior-level or chief CT surgery residents enrolled in an ACGME-approved program in the U.S. or an accredited program in Canada are eligible to apply. The application deadline was Feb. 25, 2025, and scholarship winners have been notified.

Housing

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Atlanta Northeast (5993 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, Peachtree Corners, GA 30092). The special group rate is $159, plus state and local taxes. This rate is available until Thursday, April 24, 2025, on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve online.

Pricing

Category	Early Bird (by March 10, 2025)	Standard (after March 11, 2025)
STS Surgeon, Associate Physician Members	$1,200	$1,300
STS Associate, Medical Student, Resident/Fellow Members	$550	$650
Non-Member Physicians	$1,500	$1,600
Non-Member Allied Health, Residents, and Medical Students	$650	$750
Industry Employees	$1,500	$1,500

*An STS Member ID (6 digits) is required to receive the discounted member rate. For help retrieving your STS Member ID, contact Member Services.

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Accreditation

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons designates this live activity for a maximum of 13.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physician Assistants (PAs) may claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for completing this activity.