2025 NYSTS Spring Meeting
Riverpark (450 East 29th St) on Wednesday May 14, 2025

Program
6:00-7:00 – Cocktail hour
7:00-7:15 – Business meeting

7:15-8:15 – Keynote Speakers: Dr. Mario Gaudino and Dr. Ismail El-Hamamsy – “A Transcontinental Surgeon’s Journey to the City That Never Sleeps”

Abstract presentations
8:15-8:25 Postoperative Outcomes in Thoracic Aortic Endograft Explantation and Aortic Reconstruction. Alexander Gregg – Cornell

8:25-8:35 Seventeen Year Experience with Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in an Ethnically Diverse Patient Population: LIMA to LAD remains the gold standard – Brandon Ferrell- Montefiore

8:35-8:45 Robotic Left Upper Lobe Sleeve Lobectomy for Endobronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma – Sara Kryeziu – NYU

8:45-8:55 Impact of Extended Travel Distances on Outcomes of Donation After Cardiac Death Heart Transplant Utilizing Machine Perfusion: United Network for Organ Sharing Database (UNOS) Analysis Sooyun Caroline Tavolacci – Westchester/NYMC

8:55-9:00- Closing Remarks

TICKETS SALES ARE NOW CLOSED!

Sincerely,
Christopher Lau, MD
President

Brian Housman, MD
Berhane Worku, MD
Program Committee Chairs