Thoracic Surgery 2019 Online Review
DESCRIPTION
The Osler Institute utilized state of the art equipment to record our Live November 2018 comprehensive Thoracic Surgery Review Course and bring it to you! These Video/Audio files are stored “in the cloud” so you can stream them anywhere, anytime, as long as you have an internet connection, watch or listen to on your phone, computer – your learning experience is almost like being at the live activity, but without travel costs and time away from your practice. Included with each online review is a downloadable copy of the syllabus that corresponds to the Video/Audio lectures for your use while viewing or as a free-standing study or clinical practice guide.
This comprehensive review is designed to update your clinical knowledge-base as well as to help you pass your Thoracic Surgery exams. Emphasis is on evidence-based medicine and board relevant standards of care, incorporating current best practice concepts, surgical approaches, and clinical follow-up strategies. As a result, this course provides a good review for your ABTS exams as well as providing a thorough review for physicians in practice. Many of our previous participants found the course provided them with: improved diagnostic and planning strategies, a better understanding of the best surgical and non-surgical treatment approaches for the principal areas covered by Thoracic Surgeons and helped them recognize areas of weakness for further study.
FACULTY AND TOPICS
Alberto De Hoyos, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Texas, Southwestern
Transfusions and Coagulation Disorders, Esophagus, Pulmonary Neoplasms, Diaphragmatic Hernias, Chest Wall, Mediastinum Pleura Diseases
Ahmed Mahmoud, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California, Riverside
Treacha, Pulmonary Infections
Bassem Mora, MD, MBA
Staff Surgeon
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Congenital Heart Disease I-III, Thoracic Trauma, Aortic Valve Disease
Amit Pawale, MD, FACS
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Coronary Artery Disease and Surgery, Mechanical Assist Devices, Extracorporeal Perfusion, Cardiac Transplant, Mitral Valve Disease, Cardiac Tumors, Cardiomyopathy, Questions and Answers
OBJECTIVES
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS COURSE EACH PARTICIPANT WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Describe the fundamentals of the basic science underpinnings of thoracic surgical technique.
- Discuss evidence-based diagnostic procedures and therapeutic techniques.
- Describe preoperative, operative and postoperative patient care procedures.
- Summarize the principles of surgical technique for the principle areas covered by Thoracic Surgeons.
- Discuss the appropriate application of non-operative management options.
