COURSE DIRECTORS
James D. Luketich, MD, FACS
Henry T. Bahnson Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

lnderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS
Chair in Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Vice Chairman, Clinical Affairs
Director, Thoracic Robotic Surgery
Co-Director, Esophageal and Lung Surgery Institute

Ryan M. Levy, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, UPMC Passavant
Vice Chair for Community Outreach and Thoracic Expansion

Omar Awais, DO
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Director of Integrated Residency Program
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, UPMC Mercy

Rajeev Dhupar, MD, MBA, FACS
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, VAMC of Pittsburgh

Pablo G. Sanchez, MD, PhD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Division of Lung Transplant and Lung Failure
Vice Chair Benign Lung Diseases
Director of Lung Transplantation and ECMO
UPMC Presbyterian

INVITED FACULTY
Edward Cheong, BSc (Hon’s), MD, FRCS (Eng)
Norfolk and Norwich University NHS Foundation Trust
Hospitals, United Kingdom

Lorenzo Ferri, MD
Professor of Surgery & Oncology McGill University
David S. Mulder Chair of Surgery
Head, Division of Thoracic and Upper
Gastrointestinal Surgery
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

COURSE FACULTY
Evan Alicuben, MD
PGY 7 Fellow
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UPMC Presbyterian

Neil A. Christie, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chief, Thoracic Surgery, UPMC Shadyside

Mark Hennon, MD, FACS
Assistant Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UPMC Passavant

Monica Malhotra, MD
Medical Oncologist and Hematologist
Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

FACULTY DISCLOSURES
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity including members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, and/or content reviewers have disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients.

The following relevant financial relationships were disclosed:

James D. Luketich, MD, FACS
Consultant: Medtronics: CE Speakers’ Bureau: Covidien
Speaker; Stockholder: Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Cigna Corp,
Proctor and Gamble; Grant/Research Support: University of
Texas SWMC (start-up funds)

Inderpal S. Sarkaria, MD, MBA, FACS
Grant/Research Support: On Target Laboratories;
Other: Intuitive Surgical Inc., Cambridge Medical Robotics,
Auris Medical

Arjun Pennathur, MD
Grant/Research Support: UPMC Enterprises

No other planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.