Summeracademy 2010 Programme

Cigar lecture – Davidoff lounge 7.30 pm
Birnbaum, Asella, Ethiopia	A cardiac surgeon’s view onto the “third world”

8.00 am
Sunrise comment

	Körfer Essen, Germany		Traditio et innovatio in cardiac surgery
Session I (8.15-9.30 am) Coronary Surgery
1.	Shroyer Stony Brook, NY, USA		Off-pump – no benefit? - ROOBY trial
2.	Taggart Oxford, UK		What do clinical trials mean to me?
3.	Mohr Leipzig, Germany		SYNTAX - Behind the doors
Coffee Break Session II (10.00-12.30 am) Valve Surgery
4.	Carabello Houston, TX, USA		Impact of AHA/ACC guidelines on VHD on clinical practice
5.	Walther Bad Nauheim, Germany		Who should receive a percutaneous valve?
6.	Martens Frankfurt, Germany		Satureless valves - enable
7.	Harringer Braunschweig, Germany		Sutureless valves
8.	Liebold Rostock, Germany		Better outcome with videoscopic mitral surgery?
9.	Cremer Kiel, Germany		How can we redefine the standard?
Lunch Session III (1.30-3.00 pm) Aortic Surgery
10.	Grabenwöger Vienna, Austria		Hybrid concepts for the arch – longterm aspects
11.	Di Bartolomeo Bologna, Italy		The frozen elephant trunk technique with the E-vita prosthesis
12.	Nienaber Rostock, Germany		Stenting of ascending/descending aortic dissection?
Coffee Break Session IV (3.30-4.30 pm) Arrhythmia Surgery
13.	Bänsch Rostock, Germany		Integrative concepts for AF ablation
14.	La Meir Bruxelles, Belgium		Videoscopic stand alone AF ablation
Session V (4.30-6.00 pm) Organ replacement and regeneration
15.	Steinhoff Rostock, Germany		Stem cells – beyond hope?
16.	Reichart Munich, Germany		Xenotransplantation – still a prospect for the future?
17.	Hetzer Berlin, Germany		Artificial heart – beyond bridging?
Dinner and musical sundown - Barbeque 7.30 pm