8.30 – 9.15 Registration & Coffee
9.15 – 9.30 Welcome & Introduction, Prof Indu Deglurkar, President Welsh Cardiothoracic Society.
9.30 – 9.50 Address by Chief Guest
Dr Andrew Goodall CBE
Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government.
Plenary Session 9.50 – 11.10
Chair: P Kumar, S Karthikeyan, M Kornaszewska, M Rahman
9.55 – 10.40 The Future Direction of Cardiothoracic Services in Wales,
Mrs Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive, Cardiff & Vale UHB
Dr Raj Krishnan, Acting Executive Medical Director, Swansea Bay UHB
Prof Iolo Doull, Medical Director, Specialised Services Committee.
10.40 – 11.00 Presidential Address: Delving into “the heart of the matter”.
Prof Indu Deglurkar
11.00 – 11.15 Q & A
Coffee Break, Posters & Exhibition 11.15-11.30
Session II
Chair: A Youhana, J Hall, A Pirtnieks, V Valtzoglou,
11.30 – 11.50 Workforce Challenges and Opportunities in Wales.
Prof Pushpinder Singh Mangat
Health Services & National Clinical Director, Welsh Government.
11.50 – 12.15 Robotic Lung Surgery
Mr Sasha Stamenkovic, Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Barts Health NHS Trust
12.15 – 12.40 Shaping a Safer Future for those Impacted by Aortic Dissection in Wales
Mr Graham Cooper, Past President, SCTS
Ms Catherine Fowler, Trustee, The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust
12.40 – 1.00 Update from the Welsh Cardiovascular Society: Dr Gethin Ellis, President WCVS
Update from The Cardiac Network:
Dr Jonathan Goodfellow, National Clinical Lead, Wales Cardiac Network.
Lunch, Poster & Exhibition 1.00-2.00PM
Session III
Chair: A Zaidi, M Koutentakis, V Joshi, A Adlan
2.00 – 2.25 The Honoured Iain Breckenridge Lecture
“Anatomy Matters”
Mr Francis Wells, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge.
2.25 – 2.45 Restoring Sinus Arrhythmia in Heart Failure: South Wales “First in Man” Trial
Prof Zaheer Yousef, Consultant Cardiologist, C&V UHB
2.45 – 3.10 Recommendations for Standards of Monitoring and Safety during Cardiopulmonary
Bypass: 2023 Review
Mr Ian Bennett, Senior Perfusionist, Swansea Bay UHB
Coffee Break, Posters & Exhibition 3.10 – 3.30PM
Session IV
Chair: S Ashraf, T Combellack, M Gilbert, I Patchell
3.30 – 3.45 ERAS in Cardiac Surgery: The SBUHB Initiative & Plans for the Future
Dr Sameena Ahmed, Consultant Anaesthetist, SBUHB.
3.45 – 4.00 ERAS in Thoracic Surgery: Quality Improvement in Cardiff & Vale
Dr Richard Thomas, Consultant Anaesthetist, C&V UHB
4.00 – 4.15 Poster Presentation Awards
By Judges.
4.15 – 4.30 Closing Remarks: Prof Ira Goldsmith, Honorary Secretary, Welsh Cardiothoracic Society.
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