Industry Events

Women in Thoracic Surgery: Breaking Down Barriers

Saturday, January 21, 2023

12:10 PM – 1:10 PM PT

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Room 24C

Description: Join Women in Thoracic Surgery for a 1-hour forum and discussion about challenges that women in thoracic surgery encounter, including obstacles to obtaining leadership positions, career development needs, representation in social media, and opportunities for collaboration and support. Sponsored by AstraZeneca.

Daniela Molena, MD

Associate Professor, Director of Esophageal Surgery
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, United States

Disclosure(s): , Medtronic: Speaker (Ongoing); Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science, Abbott, Medtronic, AtriCure, Johnson and Johnson, ClearFlow: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)
Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor, Program Director of Education
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing)
Leah M. Backhus, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor
Stanford University
Stanford, California, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..
Shanda H. Blackmon, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Professor of Surgery
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..
Lauren Kane

Johns Hopkins All Children's
St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..
Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA

Professor of Surgery ,Cardiac Surgeon
Baylor College of Medicine,Texas Heart Institute
Houston, Texas, United States

Disclosure(s): Aortic Terumo: Consultant (Ongoing); W. L. Gore & Associates: Consultant (Ongoing)
Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., MD, MS, MBA, FACS, MAMSE

Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of Utah; Chief Value Officer - Huntsman Cancer Institute; Associate Chief Medical Quality Officer - HCI
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests..

Disclosure(s):

Daniela Molena, MD: , Medtronic: Speaker (Ongoing); Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing); Boston Scientific: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing); Edwards Life Science, Abbott, Medtronic, AtriCure, Johnson and Johnson, ClearFlow: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Mara B. Antonoff, MD: Astra Zeneca: Consultant (Ongoing), Speaker (Ongoing)

Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA: Aortic Terumo: Consultant (Ongoing); W. L. Gore & Associates: Consultant (Ongoing)