Innovation Video Competition

The CTSNet Innovation Video Competition seeks to inspire and celebrate innovative thinking in cardiothoracic surgery. Calling all CT surgery trailblazers who have masterminded innovative solutions to current CT surgical challenges, which may include instruments, techniques, approaches, or management protocols! All cardiothoracic surgery team members and researchers are eligible to enter and win the $1,000 first-place prize. 

Submissions are now closed

Stay tuned—winners will be announced soon!

                                 

For more information on the competition and how to enter, see the sections below:

• Eligibility
• Competition Guidelines
• Benefits and Prizes
• Judging Criteria
• Submission Instructions
• Previous Years' Competitions

Eligibility

The competition is open to all cardiothoracic surgery team members and researchers.

Competition Guidelines

•  Only one submission per entrant will be accepted.
• Submitted videos must: 
  • be no longer than 10 minutes;
  • address an existing gap in current cardiothoracic surgical approaches with solutions that are demonstrated in video format;
  • address both the problem as well as an innovative surgical solution;
  • demonstrate an innovative solution that adheres to all established guidelines for patient safety.
• Videos may or may not demonstrate a clinical case; surgical solutions at preclinical and therapeutic stages of development will also be considered.
• To meet the CTSNet first authorship requirement, the entrant must have created and/or edited the videos while also serving as the video's narrator.
• The submission must adhere to CTSNet's standard submission guidelines.

Benefits and Prizes

1^st place winner:

•  $1,000 monetary prize
• Publication of your video on CTSNet.org
•  Altmetric badging for citation and CV purposes
• Featured in announcement of competition results on CTSNet.org, CTSNet social media channels, and in the Pulse e-newsletter
• Exclusive video interview about your winning video published on CTSNet.org

2^nd and 3^rd place awards:

• Publication of your video on CTSNet.org
• Altmetric badging for citation and CV purposes
• Featured in announcement of competition results on CTSNet.org, CTSNet social media channels, and in the Pulse e-newsletter

All qualifying entries:

• Publication of video on CTSNet.org
• Altmetric badging for citation and CV purposes

Judging Criteria

To evaluate the quality of video submissions, a panel of distinguished cardiothoracic professionals and CTSNet editors will serve as judges. 
Videos will be judged on the following criteria:

• Prevalence and/or severity of the challenge(s) they address
• Originality and inventiveness of the solution
• Practicality and ease of implementation
• Benefit to patient care
• Quality of the video and associated submission

Submission Instructions

Applicants must use the CTSNet content submission form to enter videos into the competition. Under submission type, "Other" must be selected, followed by the words "Innovation Award Video Competition" entered into the description. This ensures the submission is considered for the competition.

Previous Years' Competitions

Take a look at past competition winners:

4th Annual CTSNet Innovation Video Competition (2024)

• First Place: The Mitral Patch Technique for Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC) by Jessica Hungate, Marc Pelletier, Pablo Ruda Vega
• Second Place: Mitral Valve Replacement and Coronary Revascularization via the Left Anterior Minithoracotomy by Dmytro Babliak, Oleksandr Babliak
• Third Place: How to Perform MIDCAB Using BIMA by Mirko Muretti, Tiziano Torre, Alberto Pozzoli, Francesca Toto, Matthias Schremli, Sara Biroova, Enrico Ferrarini, Stefanos Demertzis

3rd Annual CTSNet Innovation Video Competition (2023)

• First Place: Tricuspid Valve Replacement with the Right Atrial Appendage Valve: The First Report by Ahmad Ali Amirghofran
• Second Place: Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Thoracic Duct Ligation with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Imaging by Carolina Cavadas
• Third Place: Percutaneous Closure of Peripheral ECMO Cannulation Sites by Tom Liu

2nd Annual CTSNet Innovation Video Competition (2020)

• First Place: “Subxiphoid Non-intubated Thymectomy With Pericardial Resection” by Giacomo Argento, Giuseppe Aresu
• Second Place: “VATS Left S8 Lung Segmentectomy With Radiological Coil and ICG” by Ilies Bouabdallah
• Third Place:  “Balloon-Expandable Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Through Minimally Invasive Approach in Big MAC” by Germán Alberto Fortunato, Guillermo I. Stöger, Alberto Domenech, Ricardo Andr Posatini, Ricardo Gustavo Marenchino, Vadim Kotowicz

1st Annual CTSNet Innovation Video Competition (2019)

• First Place: “Arterial Switch Operation and Mee Procedure” by Roosevelt Bryant, Alan O'Donnell
• Second Place: “Transapical Off-Pump Mitral Valve Repair With NeoChord DS1000 Device” by Paulo Neves, Luis Vouge
• Third Place: “Central Patch Technique for Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects” by William Douglas

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