Videos

The 2021 C. Walton Lillehei Lecture was presented during The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 57th Annual Meeting by Paul G. Yock, MD, MA, founder and director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign in California.

During the lecture, Dr. Yock encourage participants to view innovation as a discipline—one that can be taught, practiced, and recreated. He acknowledged, though, that comprehensive innovation can be difficult in the health care setting because it involves multiple stakeholders. He likened the “user” in this scenario to an “eight-headed monster.”

STS-PAC is the only political action committee that exclusively represents cardiothoracic surgery and is the Society’s primary mechanism for influencing the policymaking process. This video defines the role of a political action committee and provides an overview of STS-PAC, including how it’s governed, who can contribute, how contributions are used, and accomplishments made possible through support from STS-PAC.

Presenter:
Keith S. Naunheim, MD
Chair, STS-PAC Board of Advisors
STS Past President 

The Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced Model is part of continuing efforts by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement voluntary episode payment models. This video discusses the continuum of risk-based payment models, an overview of the BPCI Advanced program, winners and losers in this payment model, and opportunities for savings. 

Presenter:
Keith A. Horvath, MD
Association of American Medical Colleges

Grassroots advocacy is ground-up support to advance a common goal. Participation by STS members in grassroots advocacy efforts is fundamental to helping the specialty, as well as improving access to quality care for cardiothoracic surgery patients. This video discusses the basics of grassroots advocacy, why it is important for members at every career level—from residents to experienced surgeons—to get involved, and how to get started with help from the STS Government Relations team.

Presenter:
Seth Wolf
University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Risk assessment and stratification, as well as operative and non-operative treatment options for lung resection in patients with marginal pulmonary function

Options for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation via thoracotomy, and topics including the benefits of different surgical approaches, cannulation strategies, and special considerations for patients with a short/leftward aorta, left internal mammary artery grafts, or mediastinal adhesions.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is an invaluable tool in lung transplantation. Originally developed to support patients in critical heart or respiratory failure, it often is used as a bridge to organ transplant, during lung transplant surgery, and for severe primary graft dysfunction. This video highlights the essentials of ECMO in lung transplantation with a focus on intraoperative management.

Presenter: 
Mauricio Villavicencio, MD, MBA
Massachusetts General Hospital

Right ventricular (RV) failure occurs when the right ventricle does not maintain enough blood flow through the pulmonary circulation to achieve adequate left ventricular filling. This video reviews the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of RV failure after cardiac surgery.

Presenters: 
Nathalie Roy, MD 
Harvard University, Boston Children’s Hospital

Hitoshi Hirose MD, PhD
Thomas Jefferson University