The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 94: Surgery Programs and Mission Models in Africa

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mujtaba Mubashir, CTSNet JANS editor and surgical resident at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, about being a JANS editor. They discuss what JANS is, their favorite part about JANS, and their favorite articles. They also explore highlights from the 61st Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, including how to manage chest tubes after surgery and their favorite part of the meeting. Joel also shares details about his recent trip to Accra, Ghana, for the first Pan-African Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (PASCaTS) and Global Heart Forum summit. He discusses different organizations, including Emergency NGO Sudan and Every Heartbeat Matters, examines various mission models, and discusses patients and surgeons he met at the summit.  

Joel also reviews recent JANS articles on moving toward standardization in robotic lung transplants, how single lung transplantation is safe when the other lung is declined, perioperative outcomes and survival of modified subxiphoid video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery thymectomy for T2-3 thymic malignancies, and robotic thoracic surgery using the single-port robotic system. 

In addition, Joel explores how to replace a severely calcified mitral valve, preoperative management of patients at high risk for recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during esophagectomy, and a presentation from the 10th Annual International Coronary Congress, “Maintaining CABG as a Gold Standard in 2024.” Before closing, he highlights upcoming events in CT surgery.  

JANS Items Mentioned 

1.) Towards Standardization in Robotic Lung Transplant: A Novel Approach in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery 

2.) Single Lung Transplantation Is Safe When the Other Lung Is Declined 

3.) Perioperative Outcomes and Survival of Modified Subxiphoid Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Thymectomy for T2-3 Thymic Malignancies: A Retrospective Comparison Study  

4.) Robotic Thoracic Surgery Using the Single-Port Robotic System: Initial Experience With More Than 100 Cases 

CTSNET Content Mentioned 

1.) How to Replace a Severely Calcified Mitral Valve 

2.) ICC 2024 | Maintaining CABG as a Gold Standard In 2024 

3.) Preoperative Management of Patients at High Risk for Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury During Esophagectomy 

Other Items Mentioned 

1.) Utter Shock as Unreel Robotics Stuns the World of Surgery With the World’s First Fully Autonomous Soft Tissue Surgical Robot  

2.) Career Center  

3.) CTSNet Events Calendar 

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