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Navigating the Industry Guidelines and Surgical Challenges of Type A Aortic Dissections – A Round Table Discussion

Join us Thursday, November 17, 2022 for a round table discussion with Industry experts as they review the accepted guidelines for Type A Aortic dissections and the surgical challenges they face. The discussion will include topics such as the Debakey Type I, challenges and techniques when addressing the arch and root, and when not to operate. The group will weigh in on the use of adjunctive hemostatic agents within these procedures and address the long-term management of the patient.

Moderated by:

Joseph Bavaria, MD

Vice Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Surgical Director, Heart and Vascular Center Service line, PENN Medicine
Director, Clinical Research Program, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania

Surgical Director of the Heart and Vascular Center, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
The Brooke Roberts – William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Featured Speakers:

Nimesh Desai, MD PhD

Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Research Program, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 
Co-Director, Aortic & Vascular Disease Center for Excellence, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA 
Director, Clinical Research, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center and Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 

Christopher Mehta, MD

Associate Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Assistant Professor of Surgery – Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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