ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery

The rapid evolution of the new transcatheter technologies represents a unique opportunity to tailor the therapeutic treatment to the specific patient’conditions. The ESC Working Group on Cardiovascular Surgery is devoting all its efforts to enhance the interaction between the cardiac surgery and the cardiology communities in order to promote a systematic “heart team approach” which is the most effective way to deliver a really “patient centered” care.

Aims and Activities

Aims

To improve communication between cardiology and cardiovascular surgery in scientific as well as clinical affairs
To build up a forum for discussion of relevant topics in cardiovascular surgery
To provide educational activities for ongoing cardiological as well as surgical trainees
To collaborate in the preparation of consensus documents in the border zone between surgery and cardiology (e.g. heart failure)

Activities

The ESC working group on Cardiovascular Surgery is dedicated:

To increase the interdisciplinary cooperation between cardiologists and surgeons and promote the “Heart Team” approach.
To represent the view and perspective of the surgical community in the annual ESC Congress as well as in other ESC Meetings.
To promote the preparation of joint position papers with other ESC working groups.
To prepare survey, meta-analysis and review documents on specific controversial topics.
To support ESC in Guidelines Committees.
To promote meetings, activities and events with teaching and educational purposes.

Related organisations

French Society of Thoracic and Cardio-Vascular Surgery
European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery (ESCVS)
The ESCVS is the oldest European Society devoted to cardiac and vascular surgery since 1951, represented by about 1500 Cardiac, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeons. The main objects of the Society are to advance education in the field of cardio-vascular and endovascular surgery, to promote research for the public benefit and to correlate and disseminate the useful results thereof.
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
Founded in 1917 by the earliest pioneers in the field of thoracic surgery, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is now an international organization of over 1,200 of the world’s foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 35 countries.

Nucleus 2018-2020

Chairperson

Prof. Claudio Muneretto

Cardiac Surgery Department UDA cardiochirurgi
Spedali Civili Di Brescia
P.Le Spedali Civili 1
25123 Brescia - Italy

Vice-Chairperson

Assoc. Prof. Martin Czerny, FESC

University Hospital Freiburg
Cardiovascular Surgery
Hugstetterstrasse 55
71906 Freiburg
Germany

Past-Chairperson

Prof. Thierry Folliguet

Chirurgie Cardiaque Vasc & Transplantion
Inst Lorrain du Coeur & des Vaisseaux Louis M
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brabois
Universite de Lorraine - Pole Territorial Lorrain
54511 Vandoeuvre Les Nancy - France

Treasurer

Prof. Jolanda Kluin

Netherlands

Secretary

Prof. Matthias Thielmann

Germany

Web editor

Ass. Prof. Nikolaos Bonaros, FESC

Austria

Ordinary Nucleus members

Prof. Nawwar Al-Attar

United Kingdom

Dr. Prakash Punjabi, FESC

United Kingdom

Dr. Malakh Shrestha

Germany

Dr. Roberto Lorusso

Netherlands

Prof. Alessandro Parolari

Italy

Prof. Rafael Sádaba

Spain

Ass. Prof. Davide Pacini

Italy

Ex-Officio Members

Assoc. Prof. Gianluigi Bisleri

Canada

Dr. Piotr Suwalski

Poland

Affiliated Members

Dr Jose Fernando Rodriguez Palomares, FESC