Replay of Management of Pulmonary Infections by Thoracic Surgeons: When and How to Operate

Replay of Management of Pulmonary Infections by Thoracic Surgeons: When and How to Operate

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

8:00AM-9:00AM ET

Moderated by:

• Ikenna Okereke, Henry Ford Health System
• John Mitchell, University of Colorado

Lung Fungal Infections: Surgical or Non-Surgical?

• Gita Mody, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Management of the Lung That Does Not Expand After Chronic Infection

• Raed Alnajjar, Henry Ford Health System

Minimally Invasive and Robotic Approach to Infectious Lung Surgery

• Alessandro Mariani, Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo

Lung Abscesses and Destroyed Lung

• Norberto Santana Rodríguez, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC)

Panel Discussion

• All faculty

Related Articles in the AATS Journals:

• Van Ochten, Diaz-Gutierrez, et al: “Right pneumonectomy for invasive pulmonary mucormycosis” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.09.057 Published 2021 in JTCVS Techniques.
  -Corresponding Commentary: Merritt: “Commentary: Pneumonectomy for resection of pulmonary mucormycosis: Enough is never too much” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2021.10.047 Published 2021 in JTCVS Techniques.

• Byrd, Lui, et al: “Three-dimensional–printed model of surgically resectable angioinvasive pulmonary mucormycosis” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjtc.2022.04.013 Published 2022 in JTCVS Techniques.

• Michaelsen, Cypel, et al: “Safety of continuous 12-hour delivery of antimicrobial doses of inhaled nitric oxide during ex vivo lung perfusion” https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.11.150 Published 2020 in JTCVS.