The inaugural 3SCTS 2022

A meeting of cardiac and thoracic surgeons, anaesthetists and perfusionists of Australia and New Zealand in conjunction with the ISMICS 2022 workshop.

16 – 19 November 2022, Cairns Convention Centre, Cairns, Queensland

Abbas El-Sayed Abbas, MD Chief of Thoracic Surgery, Lifespan and Chief of Thoracic Oncology, Lifespan Cancer Institute Thanks to the support of RACS one of our international keynote speakers will attend the inaugural Tri-Society Cardiac & Thoracic Symposium (3SCTS). Dr Abbas ElSayed Abbas will present at the upcoming inaugural symposium that will be held from 16 – 19 November 2022 at the Cairns Convention Centre.

Dr Abbas is an internationally recognised expert in thoracic surgery and is renowned for his minimally invasive surgical skills and experience in translational and clinical research oncology. He is the chief of thoracic oncology at the Lifespan Cancer Institute and the chief of thoracic surgery with both The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and Brown Surgical Associates. He was previously the system thoracic surgeon-in-chief and system director of the Foregut Disease programs and Thoracic Oncology programs with Temple University Health System in Philadelphia. He earned a medical degree, with honours, at the Ain-Shams University School of Medicine in Cairo, Egypt. Dr Abbas completed his internship and residency at the University of Pennsylvania along with a postdoctoral research Fellowship in gene therapy for thoracic malignancies. Additionally, he completed a Fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minnesota and later pursued postdoctoral research in mechanical cardiac support at Penn State University. In 2018, Dr Abbas served as the 56th president of the Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society. Since then, he has held several leadership positions at different academic institutions.

Dr. Abbas has extensive expertise in robotic surgery for mediastinal, esophageal and lung disease. He has authored numerous papers and chapters in the fields of thoracic surgery and minimally invasive surgery and is frequently invited to speak at national and international meetings. His research includes ongoing studies in robotic thoracic surgery, esophageal dysmotility, gastroesophageal reflux disease and cryospray therapy. On behalf of the organising committee we invite you to attend the symposium. For further information and to register please visit www.3scts.com

The next D’Extinguished lunch lecture will be held from 12pm on Friday 7 October 2022 at the College of Surgeons in Spring Street in the Hughes Room. Professor Julian Smith, Editor-in-Chief of the ANZ Journal of Surgery, will give a presentation on the transition of the journal into an online format.

As an acknowledgement donation forms for the Foundation of Surgery will be made available on the day. RSVP by 16 September 2022 to foundation@surgeons.org