Speakers from Overseas | The 78th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Jane Blazeby

Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025　9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 9 (Event Hall A, 3F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: International Session (Esophagus)
Theme: Evidence for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

Sergiu Cebotari

National Institute for Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Date&Time: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 15:20-16:50
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Cardiac) 12
Theme: Creating the Future of Cardiovascular Surgery through Basic Research

Yin-Kai Chao

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital-Linkou, Taiwan

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 9 (Event Hall A, 3F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: International Session (Esophagus)
Theme: Evidence for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

Joseph Coselli

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 15:30-17:00
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Invited International Speakers
Theme: The cutting edge of cardiovascular surgery

Ismail El-hammasy

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 3 (1003, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 2
Theme: Ross procedure: Outcomes and future directions

Sitaram M. Emani

Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 8:00-9:30
Venue: Room 4 (1008, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Cardiac) 5
Theme: Innovations in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Training

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 16:40-18:10
Venue: Room 4 (1008, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Panel Discussion (Cardiac) 4
Theme: Envisioning the Future of Functional Single Ventricle: Surgical Options for Improved Long-Term Outcomes

Diego Gonzarez Rivas

Coruna University Hospital, Coruna, Spain

Date&Time: Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 9:25-10:55
Venue: Room 6 (Conference Hall, 12F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Panel Discussion (Lung) 6
Theme: The current position of RATS: Well, what's the robot like?

Takashi Harano

University of Southern California, USA

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 8:00-9:30
Venue: Room 8 (Grande Toque, 12F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Workshop (Lung) 4
Theme: Current status and issues of heterochronous and simultaneous multiple organ transplantation including lung transplantation

Shu-Chien Huang

National Taiwan University Hospital, Taiwan

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 4 (1008, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Workshop (Cardiac) 3
Theme: Pitfalls in ACHD Reoperations Derived from Challenging Cases

Gunda Leschber

formerly ELK Berlin Chest Hospital, Berlin, Germany

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 16:40-18:10
Venue: Room 6 (Conference Hall, 12F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Lung) 4
Theme: Surgeon Training in the era of technical innovation

Zhigang Li

Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai, China

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 9 (Event Hall A, 3F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: International Session (Esophagus)
Theme: Evidence for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

Germano Melissano

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University/IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 8:00-9:30
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Cardiac) 4
Theme: Surgical Treatment for Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection: Current Status of Open Surgery, TEVAR, and FET

Gustavo S. Oderich

Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, USA

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 16:40-18:10
Venue: Room 3 (1003, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Cardiac) 9
Theme: Strategies Using Fenestrated/Branched TEVAR for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Chinnusamy Palanivelu

GEM Hospital and Research Center, India

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 9:40-11:10
Venue: Room 9 (Event Hall A, 3F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: International Session (Esophagus)
Theme: Evidence for Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

Kay-Hyun Park

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 14:20-15:20
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Workshop (Cardiac) 6
Theme: Preventing Spinal Cord Injury: Learn the Latest Strategies

Ourania Preventza

USA

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 15:30-17:00
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Invited International Speakers
Theme: The cutting edge of cardiovascular surgery

Valerie Williams Rusch

Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA

Date&Time: Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 16:40-18:10
Venue: Room 6 (Conference Hall, 12F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Symposium (Lung) 4
Theme: Surgeon Training in the era of technical innovation

Florian Schoenhoff

Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 15:30-17:00
Venue: Room 2 (1001+1002, 10F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Invited International Speakers
Theme: The cutting edge of cardiovascular surgery

Norihisa Shigemura

University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, USA

Date&Time: Thursday, Oct. 24, 2025 8:00-9:30
Venue: Room 8 (Grande Toque, 12F, Osaka International Convention Center)
Session: Panel Discussion (Lung) 2
Theme: Lung Transplantation for Respiratory Disease Complicated by Pulmonary Hypertension