Miguel Angel Cáceres MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery , School of Medicine, University of Morón , Cardiac Surgeon, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center Buenos Aires, Argentina
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Claudio Cervino PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology ,School of Medicine, University of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
oPhysiology and Physiopathology Aspects in the Cardiovascular System

Ajay Chavan, MD, DMRD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Hannover Medical School Germany
oPercutaneous Interventions for Treating Ischemic Complications of Aortic Dissection

Michael A. Coady MD, MPH
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University, School of Medicine , New Haven, USA.
oPathologic Variants of Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas

Stephen M. Cohn, MD, FACS
The Robert Zeppa Professor of Surgery Chief, Divisions of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Medical Director, Ryder Trauma Center University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
oTraumatic Injury To The Thoracic Aorta

Denton A. Cooley MD
President and Surgeon-in-Chief ,Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.
oAortic Arch Repair
oCongenital Diseases of the Aorta

Ryan R. Davies, MD
Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, USA.
oPathologic Variants of Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas

Miguel del Río MD
Academic Secretary School of Medicine, University of Morón, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Emergency Cardiology, School of Medicine, University of Morón, Buenos Aires, Argentina
oNormal Anatomy of the Aorta: Static and Dynamic
oPhysiology and Physiopathology Aspects in the Cardiovascular System
oDiagnostic Values of Radiological Methods in Diseases of the Aorta
oNatural History of Aortic Dissection and their Modifications with Distinct Treatments
oClinical Aspects of Degenerative Diseases and Aneurysm of the Aorta
oEtiology, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Aspects of Aortic Dissection
oAortic Dissection: A Complex Pathology
oRepair of the Aortic Root, the Ascending Aorta and the Subaortic Outflow Tract
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Armando Diluch MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery , School of Medicine, University of Morón, Cardiac Surgeon, Dupuytren Institue-Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oRepair of the Aortic Root, the Ascending Aorta and the Subaortic Outflow Tract
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Blas Dios MD
Chief Section of Computer Tomography , Prof. Luis Güemes Hospital , School of Medicine, University of Morón , Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oDiagnostic Values of Radiological Methods in Diseases of the Aorta

Philip B. Dobrin MD, PhD, FACS
Harry S. Truman. Memorial Veterans Hospital. Columbia, Missouri, USA.
oMechanisms and Mechanical Properties of Aneurysms

Guillermo Eisele MD
Department of Cardiology , Section of Interventional Cardiology, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty

John A. Elefteriades MD
Professor and Chief , Yale University, School of Medicine, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New Haven, USA.
oTreatment of Descending Aortic dissection
oPathologic Variants of Thoracic Aortic Dissection: Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcers and Intramural Hematomas

Ayman Elfar MD
Fellow in Cardiac Anesthesiology Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
oAttenuation of Neurology Injury During Cardiac Surgery

Anthony L. Estrera, M.D
Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Luis Mariano Ferreira MD
Cardiovascular Surgeon , Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oEndoluminal Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Raúl E. Ferreyra MD
Chief, Division of Cardiology, Mitre Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty.

Nicola Fiotti MD
Department of Surgery and Pathology, University of Nebraska. Medical Center, Omaha, USA.
oRegulation of Matrix Macromolecules in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Charles D. Fraser, Jr. MD
Donovan Chair in Congenital Heart Surgery and Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine; Chief Congenital Heart Surgery Service, and Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief , Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
oCongenital Diseases of the Aorta

Alain P. Furber MD, PhD
Professor of Cardiology , Service of Cardiology CHU, Angers, France.
oMagnetic Resonance Imaging for the Acquired Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta

Amelia Gallo MD
Deputy Chief , Service of Pathology, Italian Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oClinical Aspects of Degenerative Diseases and Aneurysm of the Aorta.
oEtiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Aspects of Aortic Dissection
oAortic Dissection: A Complex Pathology

Iraj Gandjakhch MD
Professor and Surgeon-in-Chief, Service of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Pitié-Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, France.
oProximal Aorta Repair

Ricardo García Mónaco MD
Department of Interventional Radiology, Italian Hospital, Associate Professor Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires , Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oEndovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Randall B. Griepp MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University, New York, U.S.A.
oNatural History of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Carlos Haiek MD
Department of Cardiology, Section of Interventional Cardiology, Dupuytren Institute- Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty

Deborah Kate Harrington MRCS
Research Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust Queen Elizabeth Hospital Centre. Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
oThe Prediction of Thoracic Aneurysm Expansion

Takato Hata MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Axel Haverich MD
Professor and Director of Clinic for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
oPercutaneous Interventions for Treating Ischemic Complications of Aortic Dissection

Rémi Houël MD
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, France
oClosed Drainage Using Redon Catheters for Post-sternotomy Mediastinitis

Tam T.T. Huynh MD
Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital Houston, Texas.
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
oAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Including Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease

Shigemitsu Iwai MD
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch

Francis Joffre MD, PhD
Professor and Chief, Service of Interventional Radiology, Hopital Rangueil. CHU, Rangueil, Toulouse, France.
oEndovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Shuichiro Kaji MD
Assistant Professor Division of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
oEvolutive Predictors of Type A Aortic Intramural Hematoma by CT

Pablo Kantor MD
Department of Cardiology, Section of Interventional Cardiology, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes - Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty

Kushagra Katariya, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Chief, Cardiothoracic Section, VA Medical Center, The DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
oTraumatic Injury To The Thoracic Aorta

Masaaki Kato MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, I Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
oStent-Graft for Aortic Dissection

Yoshito Kawachi, MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. School of Medicine - Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan
oSurgical Procedures to Shorten Ischemia of Heart, Lower Limbs and Visceral Organs

Teruhisa Kazui MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery and Chairman, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery First Department of Surgery Hamamatsu University School of Medicine Handayama, Hamamatsu, Japan,
oRedissection of the Aortic Root after Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Repair using Biologic Glue

Matthias Kirsch MD
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, France
oClosed Drainage Using Redon Catheters for Post-sternotomy Mediastinitis.

Toru Kojima MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Hitoshi Koyanagi MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical, University, Tokyo, Japan.
oAortic Aneurysms in Marfán Syndrome Repair

Helena Kuivaniemi MD, PhD
Associate Professor Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics and Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine. Detroit, Michigan, USA.
oCandidate Genes for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Kaan Kýrali MD
Associate Professor Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
oA New Modified Bentall Procedure: The Flanged Technique

Erik Laliberté MD, CCP, CPC
Chief Perfusionist, Clinical Perfusion Department, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
oSystemic Steroid Pre-Treatment improves cerebral Protection following circulatory arrest

Doctor Loïc Lang-Lazdunski MD, PhD
Consultant Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, United Kingdom
oSpinal Cord Protection During Replacement of the Thoracic and Thoraco-Abdominal Aorta.

Jason Lee MD
Research Fellow, Division of Vascular Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
oEndovascular Exclusion of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Chronic Dissections

L. Leprince MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Service of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Pitié-Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, France.
oProximal Aorta Repair

Domingo Liotta MD
Dean School of Medicine, University of Morón, Professor of Anatomy and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Morón, Surgeon-in-Chief, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina
oNormal Anatomy of the Aorta: Static and Dynamic
oPhysiology and Physiopathology Aspects in the Cardiovascular System
oDiagnostic Values of Radiological Methods in Diseases of the Aorta
oNatural History of Aortic Dissection and their Modifications with Distinct Treatments
oClinical Aspects of Degenerative Diseases and Aneurysm of the Aorta
oEtiology, Pathogenesis, and Clinical Aspects of Aortic Dissection
oAortic Dissection: A Complex Pathology
oProximal Aorta Repair
oRepair of the Aortic Root, the Ascending Aorta and the Subaortic Outflow Tract
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Daniel Loisance MD
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, France
oClosed Drainage Using Redon Catheters for Post-sternotomy Mediastinitis.

Donald Malcolm MD, FACC
Medical Director Pediatric Cardiology, DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
oUnusual Forms of Coarctation of the Aorta

Adriano Malusardi MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Morón , Cardiac Surgeon, Dupuytren Institute - Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oRepair of the Aortic Root, the Ascending Aorta and the Subaortic Outflow Tract.
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Tomas D Martin MD
Associate Professor, Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL ,USA
oSingle-stage Replacement of the Ascending, Arch and Descending Thoracic Aorta. The DTA with a Posterior Transpericardial Approach.

Hikaru Matsuda MD
Director, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Goro Matsumiya MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate, School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Mitsuaki Matsumoto MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital,Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Angela Eguren Maxwell MD
Cardiac Surgeon, Palermo Trinity Clinic, Buenos Aires Argentina
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Mekontso-Dessap A MD
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Henri Mondor, France
oClosed Drainage Using Redon Catheters for Post-sternotomy Mediastinitis.

Charles C. Miller, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
oAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Including Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease

Yuji Miyamaoto MD
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Luis Morita MD
Member staff. Section of Echocardiography and Doppler, Division of Cardiology Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oDiseases of the Aorta: Diagnosis by Ultrasound Methods

Shigeki Morita MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery. School of Medicine- Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan.
oRetrograde and Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Repair

William R. Mower MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
oStresses in aortic aneurysms: Why simple characteristics fail to reliably predict risk of rupture.

John M. Murkin MD, FRCPC
Professor of Anesthesiology Director of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
oAttenuation of Neurology Injury During Cardiac Surgery

Rodolfo A. Neirotti MD, FETCS
Medical Director Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
oUnusual Forms of Coarctation of the Aorta

Hiroshi Niinami MD, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Heart Institute of Japan Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
oAortic Aneurysms in Marfán Syndrome Repair

Motonobu Nishimura MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate, School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Carlos Nojek MD
Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Palermo Trinity Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Yutaka Okita MD
Professor and Chairman , Department of Surgery, Division II. Kobe University , School of Medicine , Kobe, Japan.
oSurgical Strategies in Managing Organ Malperfusion Complicated with Acute Aortic Dissection

Satoru Otani MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Alejandro Palacios MD
Department of Cardiology , Section of Interventional Cardiology, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes- Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, President of Argentine College of Interventional Cardiology, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty.

Juan Carlos Parodi MD
President and Surgeon-in-Chief, Buenos Aires Cardiovascular Institute, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oEndoluminal Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Håkan Pärsson MD, PhD
Associate Professor, University Hospital,. Department of Surgical Sciences- Section of Surgery, Uppsala, Sweden.
oIncidence and Prevalence of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection: Based on Autopsy and Population Screening

Alain Pavie MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Service of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Pitié- Salpetrière Hospital, Paris, France.
oProximal Aorta Repair

M. Pham MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Section of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, USA
oTraumatic Injury To the Thoracic Aorta

Alberto Pocovi MD
Department of Cardiology , Section of Interventional Cardiology, Dupuytren Institute-Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oTakayasu Arteritis: Advanced Clinical Cases Treated with Percutaneous Angioplasty

Eyal E. Porat MD
Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Horacio Prezioso MD
Chief Section of Echocardiography and Doppler, Division of Cardiology, Dr. Cosme Argerich Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oDiseases of the Aorta: Diagnosis by Ultrasound Methods

David Warwick Quinn BSc FRCS
Research Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgical Unit, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Centre. Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
oThe Prediction of Thoracic Aneurysm Expansion

Francesco Ramírez PhD
Professor Brookdale Center for Developmental and Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University. New York, USA.
oFibrillin Mutations in Marfan Syndrome and Related Phenotypes

Hervè Pierre Rousseau MD
Professor, Service of Interventional Radiology, Rangueil Hospital CHU, Rangueil. Toulouse, France.
oEndovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Hazim J. Safi MD
Chairman and Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
oAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Including Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease

Masayuki Sakaki MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Noburu Sakakibara MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital,Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Tomas A. Salerno, MD, BSC, MSC, MDCM, FRCS (C), FCCP (Surgery)
Professor of Surgery, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
o Traumatic Injury To The Thoracic Aorta

Yoshiki Sawa MD
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Oscar Antonio Schwint MD
Professor of Histology and Embriology, School of Medicine, University of Morón, Chief Cardiac Pathology, Children´s National Hospital Prof. Dr. J. P. Garraham, Buenos Aires, Argentina
oNormal Histology of the Aorta
oHistopathology of Diseases of the Aorta

Miguel Alfredo Sellanes Dubois MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery , School of Medicine, University of Morón, Cardiac Surgeon, Dupuytren Institute - Quilmes Trinity Clinic Cardiovascular Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
oDescending Thoracic Aorta Repair

Hidenori Shibamura MD, PhD
Research Associate Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
oCandidate Genes for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Dominique Shum-Tim MD, CM, MSc, FRCSC, FACS, FAHA
Assistant Professor of Surgery,The Montreal Children's Hospital McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
oSystemic Steroid Pre-Treatment improves Cerebral Protection Following Circulatory Arrest

Kotaro Suehiro MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Sverker Svensjö MD
Professor of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Department of Surgical Sciences- Section of Surgery. Uppsala, Sweden
oIncidence and Prevalence of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection: Based on Autopsy and Population Screening

Toshiki Takahashi MD
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Hiroshi Takano MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate. School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
oAntegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion for Thoracic Aneurysms Involving the Aortic Arch.

Yoshihisa Tanoue MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
oRetrograde and Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Repair
oSurgical Procedures to Shorten Ischemia of Heart, Lower Limbs and Visceral Organs

Christo I. Tchervenkov MD, CM, FRCSC, FACS
Professor of Surgery ,Director Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital , McGill University Health Center , Montreal, Canada
oSystemic Steroid Pre-Treatment Improves Cerebral Protection Following Circulatory Arrest.

Hassan Tehrani, MD
Fellow, Cardiothoracic Surgery, The DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, USA.
oTraumatic Injury To The Thoracic Aorta

Ryuji Tominaga MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine-Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
oSurgical Procedures to Shorten Ischemia of Heart, Lower Limbs and Visceral Organs

Ricardo H. Torres DO
Vascular Fellow Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
oAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Including Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease

Yoshimasa Tsushima MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital, Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair

Yuichi Ueda MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
oRetrograde Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Surgery During Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: Analysis of Risk Factors for Mortality and Morbidity

Benjamin Minge Westbrook MD
Catholic Medical Center Manchester, NH, U.S.A.
oAxillary Cannulation in Cardiopulmonary Bypass for Thoracic Aorta Repair

Rodney White MD
Professor of Surgery, Harbord-UCLA School of Medicine, Chief Division of Vascular Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, USA.
oEndovascular Exclusion of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Chronic Dissections

Anders Winnerkvist, MD
Assistant Professor Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-Houston, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas.
oThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Cevat Yakut MD
Professor and Director of Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
oA New Modified Bentall Procedure: The Flanged Technique

Hisataka Yasui MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
oRetrograde and Selective Antegrade Cerebral Perfusion in Aortic Arch Repair
oSurgical Procedures to Shorten Ischemia of Heart, Lower Limbs and Visceral Organs

Kiyoshi Yoshida MD
Professor and Chief Division of Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
oEvolutive Predictors of Type A Aortic Intramural Hematoma by CT

Hidenori Yoshitaka MD
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Center, Sakakibara Hospital,
Okayama Japan.
oMinimally Invasive Vascular Surgery - for AAA Repair