Speakers from Overseas
As of September 7, 2022
(Alphabetical orders)

Iki Adachi
Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicne, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 5
Current situations and problems in long-term VAD: US vs. Japan

David Barron
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto University of Toronto, Canada
Date : Thursday, October 6
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 2
Atrial switch in various situations in the current era
Date : Thursday, October 6
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 1
Trans-catheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation (TPVI)

Alexander Bernhardt
University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg, Germany
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 6
Mechanical Circulatory Support for perioperative shock

Xinxin Chen
Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, China
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Anson Cheung
The University of British Columbia, Canada
Date : Thursday, October 6
Debate (Cardiac) 4
Aortic vale stenosis: How do you treat?
Date : Friday, October 7
Symposium (Cardiac) 3
Optimal treatment for AS patients with HD

Pedro J. del Nido
Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Debate (Cardiac) 12
Blood vs. Crystalloid cardioplegia in pediatric heart surgery
Date : Saturday, October 8
Workshop (Cardiac) 7
Revisit myocardial protection in current cardiac surgery

Ismail El-Hamamsy
The Mount Sinai Medical Center, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Symposium (Cardiac) 2
Re-evaluation of aortic root replacement according to the long-term results
Date : Thursday, October 6
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 1
My technique of aortic valvuloplasty -tips and pitfalls-
Date : Saturday, October 8
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 6
Repair technique for aortic bicuspid valve. How to avoid furure stenosis.

Elie Fadel
Marie Lannelongue Hospital, France
Date : Friday, October 7
Techno-Academy (Lung) 3
Reopearation and Salvage surgery for lung cancer

Wentao Fang
Shanghai Chest Hospital Jiaotong University Medical School, China
Date : Friday, October 7
Workshop (Lung) 2
Treatment of recurrent thymoma: seeking for optimal timing and option

Shinichi Fukuhara
University of Michigan, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Debate (Cardiac) 4
Aortic vale stenosis: How do you treat?

David Glineur
University of Ottawa Heart Institute , Canada
Date : Thursday, October 6
Debate (Cardiac) 1
BITA or SITA, which is better for this case ?
Date : Thursday, October 6
Debate (Cardiac) 3
Outcome of CABG for LMT lesions
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 5
Graft design to improve long-term patency of multi vessel coronary artery bypass grafting

Eugene A. Grossi
NYU Grossman School of Medicine, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Tricuspid valve surgery using MICS approaches: Direct-vision, Endoscopic, or Robotic?
Date : Thursday, October 6
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 3
What is the best way for MICS-AVR?: Right anterior thoracotomy or Right lateral thoracotomy

T. Sloane Guy
Thomas Jefferson University, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Debate (Cardiac) 5
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair:Robotic Surgery vs Endoscopic Surgery
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 6
Troubleshooting critical events during cardiopulmonaty bypass in MICS

Osami Honjo
The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!

Jürgen Hörer
German Heart Center Munich, Germany
Date : Thursday, October 6
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 2
Atrial switch in various situations in the current era
Date : Friday, October 7
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 5
Various coronary transfer techniques for arterial switch operation

Shu-Chien Huang
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Akinobu Itoh
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 5
Current situations and problems in long-term VAD: US vs. Japan

Rosemary F. Kelly
University of Minnesota, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 2
Learn to lead in cardiac surgery field
Date : Friday, October 7
Debate (Cardiac) 11
Surgical treatment for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation: MVR vs MVP
Date : Saturday, October 8
Workshop (Cardiac) 5
CABG patients having moderate ischemic MR ; How should be managed?

Shaf Keshavjee
University Health Network, Canada
Date : Friday, October 7
Special Lecture 1
Defining your Path in Thoracic Surgery
Date : Saturday, October 8
Panel Discussion (Lung) 1
Why is it so good? Mystery of Japanese lung transplantation

Hiroo Kinami
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!

Daniel Kreisel
Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Lung) 3
Advanced techniques in thoracic surgery: lessons learned from lung transplantation

Chang-Ha Lee
Sejong General Hospital, South Korea
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Jang-Ming Lee
National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan
Date : Friday, October 7
Symposium (Esophagus)
Future perspective of esophageal cancer surgery

Patrick M. McCarthy
Northwestern University/Northwestern Medicine, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Symposium (Cardiac) 1
Standardization of Maze opertion: techniques, late outcome, and patient selection
Date : Friday, October 7
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 4
Repair of Barlow-type mitral regurgitation

Kenji Minakata
Cooper University Hospital, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 5
Current situations and problems in long-term VAD: US vs. Japan

The Vienam National Children’s Hospital was in cooperation with Okayama University Hospital since 2016, and a great value of quality care for children with CHD was achieved. Doctor. Shunji Sano, Doctor Shingo Kasahara, Doctor Yasuhiro Kotani…, and Okayama team always are our best mentors!
We would like to express our sincerely thank to Doctor Kisaburo Sakamoto and his colleagues from the Mt. FUJI Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, who is leading and inspiring us by their dedicated and talented to pediatric cardiac surgery!
I hope the 75th Annual Meeting of JATS will be successfully and provide the best care value for our patients!
Sincerely yours,
Truong Ly Thinh Nguyen
Heart Center, Hanoi National Children’s Hospital, Vietnam
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Masamichi Ono
German Heart Center Munich, Germany
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 7
Lecture of regenerative medicine for young surgeons

Harald Ott
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Symposium (Lung) 1
Current status of airway and lung regeneration

Eric E Roselli
Cleveland Clinic, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Symposium (Cardiac) 4
Long-term results of frozen elephant trunk- Acute type A aortic dissection, Chornic type B aortic dissection, Aortic aneurysm

Piya Samankatiwat
Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Sivakumar Sivalingam
National Heart Institute, Malaysia
Date : Friday, October 7
Video Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Congenital heart surgery: From Asia to The World

Edward Soltesz
Cleveland Clinic, U.S.A
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 6
Mechanical Circulatory Support for perioperative shock

Thoralf M. Sundt
Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Symposium (Cardiac) 2
Re-evaluation of aortic root replacement according to the long-term results
Date : Friday, October 7
Debate (Cardiac) 9
What is your evidence to treat saccular arch aneurysm?

Ken Suzuki
Queen Mary University of London, U.K
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 7
Lecture of regenerative medicine for young surgeons

Hiroo Takayama
Columbia University, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 1
Aortic annular enlargement for children and adult

Koji Takeda
Columbia University, U.S.A
Date : Friday, October 7
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Road to be a Cardiac Surgeon in Abroad: It's your turn!
Date : Saturday, October 8
Symposium (Cardiac) 6
Mechanical Circulatory Support for perioperative shock

I am looking forward to seeing you all in Yokohama!
Junko Tokuno
McGill University, Canada
Date : Thursday, October 6
Panel Discussion (Cross-disciplinary) 1
New imaging devices or techniques for thoracic surgery

Bo Yang
University of Michigan, U.S.A
Date : Thursday, October 6
Techno-Academy (Cardiac) 1
Aortic annular enlargement for children and adult
Date : Friday, October 7
Debate (Cardiac) 8
Is frozen elephant trunk useful in the surgery for type A acute aortic dissection? Pros and Cons.

Kazuhiro Yasufuku
Toronto General Hospital, UHN, University of Toronto, Canada
Date : Friday, October 7
Workshop (Lung) 4
Preoperative and intraoperative special techniques in thoracic surgeries for small lung cancers

Tae-Jin Yun
Asan Medical Center, Republic of Korea
Date : Saturday, October 8
Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 7
Mastering the aortopulmonary shunt procedure