Upcoming Webinar: "The Total Artificial Heart—2024 and Beyond!"

CTSNet and ASAIO Journal are excited to host a live event on total artificial heart (TAH) with an expert panel discussing BiVaCor, Carmat/Aeson, and hybrid options. In this collaborative webinar, host Dr. Mark S. Slaughter, Editor-in-Chief for the ASAIO Journal and Professor and Chair of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Louisville, and moderator Dr. Adam Protos, Division Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, are joined by digital moderator Dr. Ashok Kumar Coimbatore Jeyakumar, Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, who will be managing the live Q&A and audience polls.

Nationally recognized panelists Dr. William (Billy) Cohn, of Texas Heart Institute, Dr. Jacob Schroder, of Duke University, and Dr. Duc Pham, of Northwestern University will discuss:

• Current status on BiVaCor and anticipated first-in-human use
• Carmat/Aeson
• Hybrid options for TAH support

Register for Webinar

Thursday, November 16 at 2:00 p.m. CST (UTC-6), 8:00 p.m. GMT (UTC+0)

Use #CTSNetLive and tag @ASAIOJournal when you share this webinar on social media!

Host

Mark S. Slaughter, MD

• Professor and Chair, Dept Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
• Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Assist Device
• University of Louisville

Moderators

Adam N. Protos, MD, FACS

• Division Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery
• University of Mississippi Medical Center

Ashok Kumar Coimbatore Jeyakumar, MD

• Assistant Professor of Adult Cardiac Surgery
• University of Mississippi Medical Center

Athanasios Tsiouris, MD

• Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• University of Mississippi Medical Center

Panelists

William Cohn, MD

• Director 
• The Center for Technology and Innovation
• Texas Heart Institute

Jacob N. Schroder, MD

• Assistant Professor
• Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Duke University

Duc Thinh Pham, MD

• Associate Professor
• Department of Surgery
• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine