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2026 Annual Meeting Program Outline

!ATTENTION!: This year’s meeting will run Saturday to Sunday. This is a change from the past several years when the meeting ended on Monday. Thank you for adjusting your calendars.

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Saturday, October 24, 2026
7:00 am - 12:25 pm
REGISTRATION
8:00 am - 9:00 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - EXHIBIT HALL
9:00 am - 9:10 am
WELCOME
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH, Program Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
9:10 am - 10:40 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION I: UNDER THE HOOD
Moderators: Christina L. Greene, MD & Mark D. Rodefeld, MD
9:10 am
PRESIDENT’S AWARD PAPER
A01. Mechanical Support Of Pulmonary Blood Flow As A Strategy To Augment Systemic Cardiac Output In A Shunted Single Ventricle Circulation: Porcine Animal Model Study

Syed M. Peer, MD, Parker Banyard, James Berry, Matt Lahti, Teri Ulferts, Satoshi Miyairi, MD, John Carney, PhD, Pranava Sinha, MD, Gurumurthy Hiremath, MD
University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
9:25 am
A02. Warm Ischemia Limits For Donor Cell Viability In Partial Heart Transplant Grafts*
Herra Javed, MBBS, Louis Steen, BS, Simon Chung, MS, Alm Kassier, MD, Rodolfo Henrich-Lobo, MD, Craig Porter, PhD, Gabriella ten-Have, PhD, Se-Ran Jun, PhD, Taufiek K. Rajab, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
9:40 am
A03. Extracellular Vesicle Transcriptomic Signatures Of Protein-losing Enteropathy Vulnerability Following Single-ventricle Palliation*
Rohit Ganduboina, MBBS1, Michele Dell'Aquilla, MD1, Xander Jacquemyn, MD2, Marcus Haw, MD3, Osama El Tayeb, MD3, Sandeep Sainathan, MD3
1Northwell Health Cardiovascular Institute, New Hyde Park, NY, 2University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 3Corewell Health, Helen Devos Children's Hospital/ Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
9:55 am
A04. Biochemical Modulation To Prevent Ex Vivo Fibrosis And Enable Extended Storage Of Living Valvular Allografts
Daniel Chaparro, PhD in Biomedical Engineering1, Elizabeth Cordoves2, Lucie Chicaud2, Baoqi Liu1, David Kalfa, MD., PhD1
1Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2Columbia University, New York, NY
10:10 am
A05. Longitudinal Cardiac Mri-Derived Markers Of Ventricular Performance Following Fontan Palliation Are Predictive Of Outcomes As A Function Of Ventricular Morphology*
Nicolas Drysdale, MD1, Jason Breithaupt, MD1, Benjamin Borg, MD1, Joanna Shad, MD1, Brian Fonseca, MD2, Melanie Everitt2, James Jaggers, MD2, Charles Fraser, III, MD2, Matthew Stone, MD, PhD2
1University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2Childrens Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
10:25 am
INVITED LECTURE

History of Pediatric VAD Development
William J. Weiss, MS, PhD
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
10:45 am - 11:10 am
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
11:10 am - 12:30 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION II: WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE
Moderators: TK Susheel Kumar, MD & Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD
11:10 am
A06. Does The Valved Modification To The Sano Conduit Matter: Early Physiologic Impact Of Valved Versus Non-valved Sano Conduit After Norwood Palliation
Jordan Griffiths, MD, Rohit Loomba, MD, Julia Kaniuk, BS, David Winlaw, MD, Allison B. Davila, MD
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago; Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
11:25 am
A07. One Step Forward Two Steps Back: Surgical Management Of Failing Glenns*
Zachary Spigel, MD MPH, Rachna Prasad, MS, Gavin Cole, Mohan John, MD, Subhadra Shashidharan, MD
Emory University/Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
11:40 am
A08. Post-Operative Recovery Following Norwood Palliation After Internal Flow Restrictor Placement Versus Early Norwood: A Case-Control Study+
Lindsey M. Reynolds1, Seth E.M. Wolf, MD2, Rebekah R. Boyd, MD2, Haoran Jiang, MS1, Natasha Anders, BS1, Neel K. Prabhu, MD2, Cathlyn K. Medina, MD2, Emily L. Larson, MD2, Kevin D. Hill, MD3, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD, MBA2, Douglas M. Overbey, MD, MPH2
1Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 2Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 3Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
11:55 am
A09. Pulmonary Artery Flow Restrictor As A Bridge To Delayed Norwood: An Initial-strategy Comparison With Primary Norwood In Single-ventricle Neonates
Kenichi Okamura, MD, Matteo Trezzi, MD, Lloyd Felmly, MD, Minoo Kavarana, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
12:10 pm
SPECIAL LECTURE: THE HUMAN FACTOR
Moderator: Carlos M. Mery, MD

Team Dynamics and Communication
Steve Joiner
Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
12:35 pm - 1:15 pm
LUNCH SYMPOSIUM
Supported by PECA Labs
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION III: THE NEXT FRONTIER
Moderators: Robert D. Jaquiss, MD & Carlos M. Mery, MD
1:30 pm
A10. JOHN HAWKINS TOP SCORING ABSTRACT
Novel Size-Adjustable Pediatric Pulmonary Valve: 6-month Outcomes In The First 50 Patients

Oliver M. Barry, MD1, Stephanie Fuller, MD2, Matthew Gillespie, MD2, Mark Galantowicz, MD3, Aimee Armstrong, MD3, Luke Wiggins, MD4, Darren Berman, MD4, Christopher Baird, MD5, Diego Porras, MD5, James Jaggers, MD6, Gareth Morgan, MD6, Jennifer Romano, MD7, Jeffrey Zampi, MD7, Joseph Turek, MD8, Gregory Fleming, MD8, Christina L. Greene, MD9, Brian Morray, MD9, Paul Chai, MD10, Dennis Kim, MD10, David Winlaw, MD11, Alan Nugent, MBBS11, Adil Husain, MD12, Mary Hunt Martin, MD12, Emile Bacha, MD1
1Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 3Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, 4Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 5Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 6Children's Colorado, Denver, CO, 7C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 8Duke Children's Hospital, Durham, NC, 9Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, 10Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, 11Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL, 12Primary Children's Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Discussant: Charles D. Fraser, Jr, MD, FACS, FACC
1:45 pm
A11. Characterizing Congenital Heart Surgery In Low- And Middle- Income Countries: Capacity, Barriers, And Opportunities+
Amisha Paul, BS, BA1, Sahithi Bhavana, MBBS2, Vaishnavi Balaji, BSA, BS3, Lukman A. Faniyi, MD4, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD, FRCSC5, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc6, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP7, Karl F. Welke8
1Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 2Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, 3Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 4Cleveland Clinic Akron General, Akron, OH, 5Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 6Akron Children's and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, OH, 7University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 8Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte, NC
2:00 pm
A12. Rapid Recovery Without Pre-implant Reanimation In Donation After Circulatory (dcd) Heart Transplantation For Adult Congenital Heart Disease (achd) Recipients
Aaron Michael Williams, MD, Swaroop Bommareddi, MD, Kevin McGann, MD, Awab Ahmad, MD, Charles Wang, MD, John Trahanas, MD, Brian Lima, MD, Garrett Coyan, MD, David Bichell, MD, Ashish Shah, MD, Matthew Bacchetta, MD, Yishay Orr, MD, Carlos Mery, MD, Ziv Beckerman, MD
Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN
2:15 pm
A13. Merit: A Machine Learning-enhanced Mortality Risk Calculator For Infant Heart Transplantation*
Rohit Ganduboina, MBBS1, Michele Dell'Aquilla, MD1, Marcus Haw, MD2, Osama El Tayeb, MD2, Sandeep Sainathan, MD2
1Northwell Health Cardiovascular Institute, New Hyde Park, NY, 2Corewell Health, Helen Devos Children's Hospital/ Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, MI
2:30 pm
A14. Pre-clinical Readiness Of A Non-thrombogenic Ventricular Assist Device For Infants
William J. Weiss, PhD, Branka Lukic, MS, Javier Gentile, MD, Jenelle M. Izer, DVM, Matthew Lanza, VMD, John L. Myers, MD
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
2:45 pm
A15. A Single-center Experience With En-bloc Combined Heart+liver Transplantation: Analysis Of Ten Consecutive Patients, Including Three Undergoing Heart+liver+kidney Transplants
Mark S. Bleiweis, MD, Thiago Beduschi, MD, Werviston De Faria, MD, Michael S. Shillingford, MD, Giles J. Peek, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
SCIENTIFIC SESSION IV: IN THE TRENCHES-VIDEOS AND NIGHTMARES
Moderators: Tara Karamlou, MD & Constantine D. Mavroudis, MD, MSc, MTR
3:30 pm
V1. Nikaidoh With Staged Single Ventricle Septation In A Patient With Double-inlet, Double-outlet Right Ventricle*
Adam D. Chalek, MD1, David Blitzer, MD2, Emile Bacha, MD2, Andrew B. Goldstone, MD, PhD2
1Montefiore Medical Center, NY, NY, 2Columbia University Irving Medical Center, NY, NY
3:40 pm
V2. Single Ventricle Assist Device Placement In Pulmonary Atresia And Intact Ventricular Septum
Alan ODonnell, Nicholas Andersen, MD, Karl Reyes, MD, David Lehenbauer, MD, Ryan Davies, MD
Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX
3:50 pm
V3. Pulmonary Valve Reconstruction With Main Pulmonary Artery Tissue In Patients With Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome*
Muhammad Mujeeb Zubair, MD, Abby Thorne, MD, Eric Gosche, RNFA, Lauren Littell, MD, Edo K. Bedzra, MD
Children's Mercy Hospital, Overland Park, KS
4:10 pm
V5. Management Of Intramural Anomalous Right Coronary Artery During Valve Sparing Root Replacement+
Rohun Bhagat, MD, Munir Ahmad, Hani Najm, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
4:20 pm
V6. Successful Staged Reconstruction In Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect+
Ricardo J. Chavez, Medical Student, Howarth Sención-Patterson, Constantine D. Mavroudis, Arjun Mahendran, Davi F. Tenorio, Charles D. Fraser
Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX
4:30 pm
N1. Partial Heart Transplantation After Bilateral Branch Pulmonary Artery Stenting: When The Donor Becomes The Pulmonary Artery Tree
Kenichi Okamura, MD, Matteo Trezzi, MD, Lloyd Felmly, MD, Minoo Kavarana, MD
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
4:45 pm
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
MODERATED POSTER / COCKTAIL RECEPTION
Moderators: Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD & Madonna Lee, MD
P01.
Early Outcomes Following Extracardiac Fontan Using Exgraft Vs Gore- tex Conduits
Jorge Alberto Monserrate-Marrero, MD, Kei Kobayashi, Annaliese Calzedilla, Veenah Stoll, Carlos Diaz-Castrillon, Laura Seese, Mario Castro-Medina, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva, Jose P. Da Silva, Richard Tang, Victor O. Morell
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
P02.
The Peca Exgraft: Broad Applicability With Realistic Expectations For Sustained Dilation
Seth E. M. Wolf, MD, MS, Samuel Jump, MD, Annirudh Balachandran, MD, Lindsey M. Reynolds, BS, Rebekah R. Boyd, MD, Neel K. Prabhu, MD, Danielle R. Pitchon, MD, Akosua D. Odei, MD, Gregory A. Fleming, MD, Douglas M. Overbey, MD, MPH, Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD, MBA
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
P03.
Impact Of Type Of Fontan Operation (Extracardiac Versus Lateral Tunnel) On The Occurrence Of Fontan Associated Liver Disease
Aanya Chopra, BS1, Ryan Biskowitz1, Samuel Zhang1, Micheal McCormick1, John L. Myers, MD2, Vincent Aluquin, MD2, Bryan Stefek, MD2, Joseph Brian Clark, MD3, Allen Kunselman1, Karthik Ramakrishnan, MD2
1The Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, 2Penn State Health Golisano Children's Hospital, Hershey, PA, 3Duke Children's Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center, Durham, NC
P04.
4D Cardiac CT-derived Anatomic Digital Twins Influence Surgical Planning In Complex Congenital Heart Disease
Matthew Bramlet, MD1, Mark Plunkett, MD2, Reid Jockisch, MS2, Connor Davey, BA2, Bradley P. Sutton, PhD3
1University of Illinois, Peoria, IL, 2OSF HealthCare, Peoria, IL, 3University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
P05.
Born After Dobbs: Abortion Restrictions And The Rising Burden Of Congenital Heart Disease
Riya Aggarwal, BS1, Kelsey Muir, MD2, Kayley Ross, MPH3, Sahithi Bhavana, MBBS3, Ruchika Kamojjala, BS4, Justin Robinson, MD5, Karl Welke, MD6, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD7, Joseph Forbess, MD8, Tara Karamlou, MD9
1Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, 2Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, Providence, RI, 3Akron Children's Heart Center, Akron, OH, 4Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 5University of Maryland Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baltimore, MD, 6Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, 7Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 8University of Maryland School of Medicine Children's Heart Program, Baltimore, MD, 9Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, OH
P06.
Extrinsic Compression Of Bilateral Upper Pulmonary Veins By Pulmonary Artery Flow Restrictors
Calvin MacDonald, BS1, Yalim Yalcin, MD2, Katherine Braley, MD2, Camilla Rossi, MD2, Jennifer Nelson, MD, MS2
1University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL, 2Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, FL
P07.
Withdrawn
P08.
Disease Burden And Economic Impact Attributable To The Gaza Conflict For Children With Congenital Heart Disease: A Population-based Modelling Study
Rebekah R. Boyd, MD1, Ayman Ali, MD1, Lerin Eason, BS1, Rodrigo Soto, MD2, Joseph W. Turek, MD PhD MBA1, Henry E. Rice, MD1
1Duke University, Durham, NC, 2Gift of Life International, New York, NY
P09.
Native Tissue Aortic Arch Reconstruction Using Ascending Sliding Arch Aortoplasty: Early And Mid-term Outcomes
Thai Duy Nguyen, MD1, Ali Dodge-Khatami, MD, PhD1, Urda Gottschalk, MD2, Mustafa Gülgün, MD1, Majed Kanaan, MD1, Ulrike Herberg, MD, PhD1, André Rüffer, MD, PhD1
1University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany, 2University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
P10.
Extracellular Matrix Atrioventricular Valve Replacement In Pediatric Patients: A Multi-center Case Series
Muhammad Abdullah Shaikh, MD1, Darren Turner, MD1, Mark Ruzmetov, MD, PhD2, Peter Gruber, MD, PhD3, David Morales, MD1, Frank Scholl, MD2
1Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH, 2Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, FL, 3Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
P11.
Minimally Invasive, Maximally Effective: Vertical Right Axillary Thoracotomy For Repair Of Heart Defects In Neonate And Infants Under 5 Kg
Sameh M. Said, MBBCh, MD, MBA1, Yasin Essa1, Joseph Giamelli, MD2, Alexander Mittnacht1, Eric Fethke, MD2, Jeffrey Vergales, MD2
1Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, 2Boston Children Health Physicians, Valhalla, NY
P12.
Complete AVSD And Discrete Subaortic Membrane: Congenital And Repair-Associated Risk Factors For LVOT Obstruction
Andrei-Antonio Caracioni, MD, Ibrahim T. Abdelmoneim, MD, PhD, MSc, Julia Gaal, Sitaram Emani, MD, Pedro J. del Nido, MD, Ingeborg Friehs, MD
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
P13.
Pulmonary Artery Band And Fenestrated Septal Occluder For Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations After Heart-liver Transplantation
Syed Faaz Ashraf, MD1, Laura Seese2, Richard Tang2, Lauren Carlozzi2, Luciana Da Fonseca Da Silva2, Mario Castro-Medina2, Shawn West2, Kirsten Rose-Felker2, Brian Feingold2, Sara Trucco2, Bryan Goldstein2, Victor Morell2
1University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, 2UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
P14.
Pulmonary Artery Reinterventions Following Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Banding
Mrinal Patel1, Rittal Mehta1, Aybala Tongut1, Yves d'Udekem1, Can Yerebakan2, Syed Bukhari1, Manan Desai1
1Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 2Nationwide children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
P15.
Early And Late Outcomes Of The Warden And Modified Warden Procedure For Right Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Paul Borchiellini, MD1, Karine Ouellette, BSc1, Yoan Lamarche, MD, MSc, FRCSC2, Nadir Tafer, MD3, Bertrand Leobon, MD3, François Roubertie, MD3
1Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada, 3Hôpital Du Haut-Lévêque, Bordeaux, France
P16.
From Notes To Registry Fields: Large Language Models Reduce Burden Of Registry Data Abstraction By 70%
Andrew M. Well, MD MPH MSHCT, Daniel Fabbri, PhD, Beth Sneed, Andrew Smith, MD, MSCI, MMHC, Neal Maynord, MD, Garrett Coyan, MD, MS, David Bichell, MD, Ziv Beckerman, MD, Yishay Orr, MD, PhD, Carlos M. Mery, MD MPH
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
P17.
Collaborative Staged Surgical Repair Of Kommerell Diverticulum And Aberrant Left Subclavian Artery In Adolescents And Young Adults
Kyle W. Riggs, MD, Soyoung Cheon, MD, Reagan M. Setser, MD, David J. Minion, MD, Carl L. Backer, MD
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
P18.
Autologous Right Atrial Appendage Reconstruction For Pulmonary Valve Replacement: Early Hemodynamic Outcomes In An Infant Series
Srujan Ganta, MD, Howaida El-Said, MD, PhD, John J Nigro, MD
Rady Childrens Hospital, San Diego, CA
P19.
Outcomes Of Aortic Intervention After Cavopulmonary Palliation
Eishan Ashwat, MD, Elizabeth H. Stephens, MD, PhD, Nathan W. Taggart, MD, Alberto Pochettino, MD, Joseph A. Dearani, MD
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
P20.
Design Optimization Of A Viscous Impeller Pump And Housing For Fontan Circulation Under Device Failure Conditions
Weiguang Yang, PhD1, Aidan Arismendez1, Mark Rodefeld, MD2
1University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 2Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
6:30 pm
ADJOURN

Sunday, October 25, 2026
7:00 am - 4:00 pm
REGISTRATION
7:00 am - 8:00 am
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST - EXHIBIT HALL
7:30 am - 8:30 am
CHSS MEMBER BUSINESS MEETING
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Glen Van Arsdell, MD, Secretary-Treasurer
8:30 am - 8:35 am
WELCOME
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH, Program Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
8:35 am - 9:05 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION VI: CRQ REPORT
9:05 am - 9:10 am
CRQ LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD
9:10 am - 9:25 am
TRIBUTE TO DR. WILLIAM G. WILLIAMS' RESEARCH (VIRTUAL)
9:25 am - 9:35 am
ABTS: CHANGES IN CONTINUING CERTIFICATION
S. Adil Husain, MD
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
9:35 am - 10:10 am
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President
Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
10:10 am - 10:40 am
COFFEE BREAK - VISIT EXHIBITS
10:40 am - 11:55 am
SCIENTIFIC SESSION V: CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS
Moderators: Ziv Beckerman, MD & Jennifer C. Romano, MD
10:40 am
A16. Pulmonary Artery Banding For Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Initial Experience
Yury Sinelnikov, MD, PhD, Mariya Pustovetova, MD, PhD, Arabbek Kayumov, MD
Medion Innovation Clinic, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
10:55 am
A17. Reoperation After Prior Truncal Valve Repair In Children And Young Adults: Re-repair Vs Replacement*
Dominic Recco, MD, Tharushihan Muhunthan, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Sitaram Emani, Pedro del Nido, Christopher Baird
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
11:10 am
SALLY CAI AWARD
A18. Take A Deep Breath: Air Pollution Is Associated With Worse Outcomes After Congenital Heart Surgery*

Sahithi Bhavana, MBBS1, Rachel Johnstone, MM2, Anya Schroeter, BA3, Kayley Ross, MPH1, Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc4, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD, FRCSC5, Meredith C. G. Broberg, MD1, Monir Hossain, PhD6, Karl F. Welke, MD, MS7
1Akron Children's Heart Center, Akron, OH, 2Northeast Ohio Medical University, School of Medicine, Rootstown, OH, 3Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, 4Akron Children's and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Akron, OH, 5Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom, 6Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 7Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Charlotte, NC

Discussant: William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD
11:25 am
A19. Dramatically Reducing Sternal Wound Complications In Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Beyond The Adult Guidelines
Muhammad Faateh, MBBS1, Zachary Corbin1, Lindsay Galchick1, Felicia S. Huang1, David S. Winlaw2, Kyle Riggs1, Marco Ricci1, Awais Ashfaq1, David L. S. Morales1, David G. Lehenbauer3
1Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, 3University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
11:40 am
PRESIDENT’S AWARD PAPER
A20. National Experience With Ex Vivo Machine Perfusion In Pediatric Heart Transplantation*

Emily L. Larson, MD, Cathlyn K. Medina, MD, Seth E. M. Wolf, MD, Rebekah R. Boyd, MD, Neel Prabhu, MD, Douglas M. Overbey, MD MPH, Joseph W. Turek, MD MBA PhD
Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
11:55 am - 12:25 pm
ECHSA INVITED LECTURE
Introduction: David M. Overman, MD

Pediatric Mechanical Support; what's going on in Europe?
Bart P. Meyns, Prof. Dr.
European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
PRESENTATION OF THE BEST MEDICAL STUDENT ORAL AWARD, BEST TRAINEE ORAL AWARD & BEST POSTER AWARD
WTS-CHSS Scholarship Recipient, Rebekah Boyd
12:30 pm - 12:35 pm
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Robert D. Jaquiss, MD, President

 
VIDEO LOOP: MONITOR 1
VL01.
How I Do It: Neonatal And Infant Total Artificial Heart Implantation
Niall Khan, MB BCh BAO MCh, Sassan Hashemi, Marco Ricci, David Cooper, David Morales
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
VL02.
How I Do It: A Versatile Curved Baffle Technique For Repair Of Complex Double Outlet Right Ventricle
Nicholas D. Andersen, MD, Karl Reyes, MD, Ryan R. Davies, MD
Children's Health Dallas / UTSW, Dallas, TX
VL03.
Vascular Ring Repair Using The Uncrossing Procedure With Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion
Arjith Rathakrishnan, Margaret Greco, Dana Irrer, Joshua Hermsen, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
VL04.
A Stepwise Approach To Intraoperative Assessment Of The Borderline Left Ventricle
Constantine D. Mavroudis, MD, MSc, MTR, Sandhaya Ramlogan, MBBS, Jiyong Moon, MD, Davi F. Tenorio, MD, Charles D. Fraser, Jr, MD, E. Dean McKenzie, MD
Dell Children's Medical Center, Austin, TX

 
VIDEO LOOP: MONITOR 2
VL05.
Cone Repair In A Child With Severe Ebstein's Anomaly And A Near-absent Posterior Leaflet Using Autologous And Living Right Atrial Wall Tissue For Patch Augmentation
Andrea Orellana, BA1, Ishit Chauhan, MBBS1, Jiovanna Fernandez, BS1, Danyal M. Khan, MD2, Jason Inoa, PA-C1, Enrique Garcia, MD1, David M. Kalfa, MD, PhD1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute, Nicklaus Children's Hospital; Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 2Department of Cardiology, Heart Institute, Nicklaus Children's Hospital, Miami, FL
VL06.
Extracardiac Fontan With Direct Inferior Vena Cava To Main Pulmonary Artery Connection
Sachin Talwar1, Bhavya Talwar2
1All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2Baptist Memorial Hospital, Oxford, MS
VL07.
A Technique For Pulmonary Artery Reduction For The Repair Of Tetralogy Of Fallot With Absent PulmonaryValve
William Patrick, MD1, Max Mitchell, MD2, Matthew Stone, MD, PhD1
1Childrens Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, 2HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, Denver, CO
VL08.
Single Stage Repair For Pulmonary And Aortic Obstruction In William's Syndrome - Surgical Tips And Pitfalls
Mrinal Patel, Manan Desai, Syed Bukhari, Aybala Tongut, Yves d'Udekem
Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC