CATS-CSF 2019 Meeting is in Montreal
- 2019 – September 5-7, The Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC
- 2020 – September 24-26, The Hyatt Regency & Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
The Canadian Association of Thoracic Surgeons (CATS) holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the Canadian Surgery Forum (CSF) in September.
- Registration to the Annual CATS meeting is through the CSF website.
- Past CATS-CSF Meetings (including recent programs)
CATS Sessions at CSF 2018*
Last updated Thursday, September 6, 2018 (PDF version: CSF 2018 Draft Agenda Updated 20180906)
- Note: Delta refers to Main floor, Harbourview Ballroom (also labelled as Salons E, F & G on site)
- Full CATS Research Abstracts are available at here. Scroll to pages 143 to 153 for the CATS Abstracts.
- Use the “search box” to filter by person, title, day, topic, (e.g., ERAS or lung) etc.
Day | Time | Location | Session Chair | Event | Speaker |
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September 12, 2018 | 1900-2100 | SJCC- Churchill 1, Level 3 | CATS Executive Meeting (closed) | ||
September 13, 2018 | 0730-1200 | SJCC - Level 3, Victoria 3 | Laura Donahoe | Postgrad Course: Top 9 Topics in Thoracic Surgery 0800-0820 (S. Turner) Multifocal Adenocarcinoma 0820-0840 (A. McGuire) Surgical Management of the Intra-thoracic Stomach 0840-0900 (M. dePerrot) Mesothelioma 0900-0920 (S. Gilbert) Management of Early Esophageal Cancer 0920-0940 (C. Russell) Smoking Cessation 0940-1000 Break 1000-1020 (C. Compeau) Management of Chest Wall Deformities 1020-1040 (D Maziak) Disorders of the Trachea 1040-1100 (M. Plourde) Management of Pneumothorax 1100-1120 (B. Kidane) Thoracic Trauma | |
September 13, 2018 | 1200-1330 | St. Mary’s Bay, Main floor, Delta | Sadeesh Srinathan | Royal College National Specialty Committee | |
September 13, 2018 | 1330-1600 | Delta Main Floor Salon E&F | Wael Hanna | CATS Research Meeting | |
September 13, 2018 | 1600-1700 | Delta Main Floor Salon E&F | Najib Saffediene | Best Practice Committee | |
September 13, 2018 | 1900-2100 | Bier Markt - 135 Harbour Drive | CATS Welcome Cocktail | ||
September 14, 2018 | 0730-0745 | Delta | Light Breakfast, Coffee | ||
September 14, 2018 | 0745-0800 | Delta | James Villeneuve & Sean Grondin | Welcoming remarks | |
September 14, 2018 | 0800-0915 | Delta | Jonathan Spicer & Simon Turner | CATS ERAS Session *NEW* | |
September 14, 2018 | 0800-0805 | Delta | Welcome and Introduction | Jonathan Spicer | |
September 14, 2018 | 0805-0820 | Delta | Enhanced recovery after surgery – What are the key elements and how to build the ideal program? | Liane Feldman | |
September 14, 2018 | 0820-0835 | Delta | ERAS in Europe | Joel Dunning | |
September 14, 2018 | 0835-0850 | Delta | Special Protocol Components within ERAS | Donald Low | |
September 14, 2018 | 0850-0905 | Delta | Enhanced Recovery after Thoracic Surgery – How far can we take it? | Jonathan Spicer | |
September 14, 2018 | 0905-0915 | Delta | ERAS Discussion | ||
September 14, 2018 | 0915-1000 | Delta | Sean Grondin & Andrew Seely | CATS Business Meeting (AGM) | |
September 14, 2018 | 0915-1015 | JAG | Ching Yeung | Concurrent Resident / Professor Brunch | |
September 14, 2018 | 1000-1015 | Delta | Coffee / Networking Break | ||
September 14, 2018 | 1015-1100 | Delta | Introduction by Andrew Seely | CATS Presidential Address: TBA | Sean Grondin |
September 14, 2018 | 1100-1145 | Delta | Introduction by Sean Grondin | CATS President’s Invited Lecture: Standardized Clinical Pathways and ERAS Protocols: Are they Enough to Keep Surgeons Relevant in the Management of Esophageal Cancer? | Donald Low |
September 14, 2018 | 1200-1330 | SJCC – Exhibit Hall | Concurrent Lunch | ||
September 14, 2018 | 1200-1330 | SJCC – Bannerman 3, Level 2 | Wael Hanna & Biniam Kidane | CATS ePoster Session | |
September 14, 2018 | 1205-1210 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-01 Laparoscopic Heller myotomy with or without Dor fundoplication for the treatment of achalasia. Do surgical outcomes differ? | H. Roy (University of Saskatchewan) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1210-1215 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-02 Esophageal Replacement Following Gastric Devascularization Is Safe But May Not Decrease Anastomotic Complications of a Cervical Anastomosis | N. Hanna (Queen's University) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1215-1220 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-03 Surgical morbidity of full-thickness chest wall resection for breast cancer: a coarsened exact matching study | M. Elmi (University of Toronto) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1220-1225 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-04 Enhanced Recovery After Lung Cancer Surgery in Canada: A Survey of Current Practices | V. Cheung (University of Calgary) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1225-1230 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-05 Enhanced Recovery After Esophagectomy in Canada: A Survey of Current Practices | V. Cheung (University of Calgary) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1230-1235 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-06 Comparison of Outcomes with Operative and Non-Operative Treatment of Thoracic Empyema: A Population Based Study | R. Nayak (Queen's University) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 12:35-12:40 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-07 Impact of positive parenchymal margins following non small cell lung cancer resection | A. Kinio (University of Ottawa) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1240-1245 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-08 Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Pulmonary Resection: First Series in Western Canada | J. Ojah (University of British Columbia) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1245-1250 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-09 A Huge posterior mediastinal retrosternal goiter surgically removed through cervicosternal approach | A. Najjar et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1250-1255 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-10 Safety and efficacy of dose reduction of Tissue Plasminogen Activator in the treatment of empyema: A retrospective cohort study | D. Parente (University of Toronto) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1255-1300 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-11 Lung surface tracking during VATS can help characterize lung tissue stiffness variations | N. Chopra (Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics, London, Ontario) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1300-1305 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-14 Contemporary trends in level of evidence in General Thoracic Surgery clinical research | M. Mehta (McMaster University) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1305-1310 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-15 Tools for Individualized Survival Prediction in Esophageal and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer | V. Gupta (University of Toronto) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1310-1315 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-16 Survival for esophageal cancer during regionalization in Ontario | V. Gupta (University of Toronto) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1315-1320 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-19 Prognostic value of neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in lung metastasectomy of colorectal cancer | J. Spicer (McGill University Health Center) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1320-1325 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-21 Pilot study of implementation of an enhanced recovery pathway following minimally invasive esophagectomy in a Canadian thoracic academic centre | S. Gowing (University of Ottawa) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1325-1330 | SJCC – Bannerman 3 | CATS-25 Patient trajectory in the evaluation and treatment of high grade dysplasia and T1 esophageal cancer with endoscopic mucosal resection versus esophagectomy | J. Taylor (McMaster University) et al. | |
September 14, 2018 | 1330-1500 | SJCC – Level 2, Bowring 2&4 | Adam Meneghetti & Drew Bethune | CATS-CAGS Foregut Session | |
September 14, 2018 | 1330-1345 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | When to use mesh in hiatal hernia repairs | Donald Low | |
September 14, 2018 | 1345-1400 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | Reflux & manometry testing; the right test for the right patient | Stacey Williams | |
September 14, 2018 | 1400-1415 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | Managing symptomatic hiatal hernias in morbidly obese patients | Daniel Herron | |
September 14, 2018 | 1415-1430 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | Barrett’s esophagus management, to ablate or not to ablate | Jon Cools-Lartigue | |
September 14, 2018 | 1430-1445 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | Is endoscopic intramural surgery changing how we treat benign esophageal diseases? | Jeffery Marks | |
September 14, 2018 | 1445-1500 | SJCC – Bowring 2&4 | Discussion | ||
September 14, 2018 | 1500-1530 | Delta | Coffee / Networking Break | ||
September 14, 2018 | 1530-1630 | Delta | J. Dickie & Doug Wood | CATS Lung Session | |
September 14, 2018 | 1530-1545 | Delta | Lung cancer screening | Donna Maziak | |
September 14, 2018 | 1545-1600 | Delta | Treatment of “screen positive” nodules (15min | Joel Dunning | |
September 14, 2018 | 1600-1615 | Delta | Optimal post-treatment follow-up of screen-detected early lung cancers | Keith Naunheim | |
September 14, 2018 | 1615-1630 | Delta | Discussion | ||
September 14, 2018 | 1830-0000 | The Rooms | CATS 20th Anniversary Gala Reception (1830) Dinner (1930) | ||
September 15, 2018 | 0715-0815 | SJCC – Exhibit Hall | Breakfast & Exhibits | ||
September 15, 2018 | 0900-0930 | SJCC – Level 2, Bowring 2&4 | Introduction by Sean Grondin | Royal College Gallie Lecture: Surgeon Scientist in an Era of Declining Revenues, RVS’s and Work Hours | Doug Mathisen |
September 15, 2018 | 0940-1030 | Delta | Richard Malthaner & Cathy Mann | CATS Esophagus Session | |
September 15, 2018 | 0940-1000 | Delta | Esophageal Definitions | Donald Low | |
September 15, 2018 | 1000-1020 | Delta | Small bowel interposition | Shanda Blackmon | |
September 15, 2018 | 1020-1030 | Delta | Esophagus Discussion | ||
September 15, 2018 | 1030-1115 | Delta | Introduction by Gail Darling | CATS FG Pearson Lecture: The new era of thoracic surgery | Joel Dunning |
September 15, 2018 | 1115-1215 | Delta | Crispin Russell & Renee Kennedy (Introduction by Wael Hanna) | CATS Paper Session (1) | |
September 15, 2018 | 1115-1130 | Delta | CATS-12 Symptom control and quality of life over time following Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy and Dor Fundoplication for Achalasia | M. Doubova (University of Ottawa) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1130-1145 | Delta | CATS-13 The addition of mobile app technology to a post-discharge home care program following major lung resection reduces the rate of Emergency Room visits | J. Taylor (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1145-1200 | Delta | CATS-24 The VTE PRO: An initial analysis of a pilot feasibility, double blind, Randomised Control Trial comparing extended, post-discharge VTE prophylaxis with placebo in patients undergoing major oncological lung resections | Y. Shargall (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1200-1215 | Delta | CATS-17 Intense Surveillance with Low Dose Computed Tomography After Resection of Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Are we doing too many scans? | P. Thomas (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1215-1300 | SJCC – Level 2, Bowring 2&4 | Lunch | ||
September 15, 2018 | 1300-1400 | Delta | Laura Donahoe & James Masters | CATS Paper Session (2) | |
September 15, 2018 | 1300-1315 | Delta | CATS-18 Anatomical resections improve survival following lung metastasectomy of colorectal cancer harboring KRAS mutations. | J. Spicer (Mcgill University Health Center) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1315-1330 | Delta | CATS-20 Where to start-Comparing induction chemoradiotherapy and upfront surgery in the treatment of clinical T2N0 esophageal cancer | J. Agzarian (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1330-1345 | Delta | CATS-22 The cost burden of esophageal anastomotic leaks-a steep price to pay | J. Agzarian (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1345-1400 | Delta | CATS-26 The Canada Lymph Node Sonographic Score: National Validation of a Sonographic Score to Determine the Probability of Malignancy in Mediastinal Lymph Nodes at the Time of Endoscopic Ultrasound Assessment | D. Hylton (McMaster University) et al | |
September 15, 2018 | 1400-1445 | Delta | Coffee / Networking Break | ||
September 15, 2018 | 1445-1500 | Delta | Sean Grondin | Presentation of Research Awards, Travelling Fellowships, and CATS Executive Announcements | |
September 15, 2018 | 1500-1700 | Delta | Gail Darling & John Mitchell | CATS-STS Difficult Case Debates *New* • Post pneumonectomy empyema - what are the next steps after repeated Claggett windows? • Ehlers-Danlos – How to manage recurrent hemoptysis? • Management of residual esophagus after esophageal bypass surgery • Left-sided glandular papillary tumour - a 'benign' problem in an inconvenient place • 'You probably shouldn't have that cookie' - managing the defunctioned esophagus | Panelists: Michael Humer (CATS) Eric Vallieres, (CATS) Shona Smith (CATS) John Dickie (CATS) Shanda Blackmon (STS) Doug Wood (STS) Doug Mathisen (STS) Keith Naunheim (STS) Difficult Case Presenters: Sean Grondin James Masters Daniel French Anna McGuire James Villeneuve / Steven Gowing (time permitting) |
September 15, 2018 | 1715-1815 | Delta | Conference Debrief |