Scientific Programme

Day 1 AATS – Post Graduate Course | Wednesday, 14 May 2025
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0800 onwardsRegistration
0900 – 1000Session 1: Coronary Artery Disease
Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
0900 – 1000Session 2: Thoracic – Understanding Lung Cancer: Updates in Staging and Treatment Modalities
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
0900 – 1000Session 3: Congenital – Aortic Valve Repair
Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1000 – 1030Coffee/Tea Break & Posters Presentations
1030 – 1130Session 4: Mitral & Tricuspid Valve
Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1030 – 1130Session 5: Thoracic – UVATS and RATS: From Sub-Lobar Resection to Sleeve Lobectomy
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1030 – 1130Session 6: Congenital – Coronaries and Complex Anomalies
Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1130 – 1230Lunch & Posters Presentations
1230 – 1430Session 7: Aortic Valve, Aorta
Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1230 – 1330Session 8: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 1: How to manage them
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1230 – 1330Session 9: Congenital – Valves
Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1330 – 1430Session 10: Thoracic – Advanced Lung CA 2: Advances in Prognosis and Therapy
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1330 – 1430Session 11: Congenital – Outcomes
Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1430 – 1500Coffee/Tea Break & Posters Presentations
1500 – 1600Session 12: Arrhythmia Surgery
Location: Level 3, Room 331 – 332
1500 – 1600Session 13: Thoracic – Leadership and Innovations in Thoracic Surgeries
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1500 – 1600Session 14: Congenital – Tetralogy of Fallot, PA-VSD-MAPCAs
Location: Level 3, Room Summit 2
1500 – 1700ASCVTS Council Meeting
Location: Level 3, Room 333
1600 – 1700Posters Presentations
1600 – 1700Session 15: Thoracic – Beyond Lung Cancer: Other Thoracic Malignancies
Location: Level 3, Room 334 – 335
1800 – 2000ASCVTS 2025 Welcome Reception
Location: Level 4, Exhibition Hall – 405
Day 2 | Thursday, 15 May 2025
0800 onwardsRegistration
0915 – 1000ASCVTS 2025 Opening Ceremony & Keynote Lecture
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1000 – 1030Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1030 – 1230Symposium 1: Surgical Revascularisation
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1030 – 1230Symposium 2: Thoracic 1 – Bridging the multidisciplinary team divide to optimise patient care in lung cancer
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1030 – 1230Symposium 3: Aortic/Vascular 1 – Aortic Root
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1030 – 1230Symposium 4: Congenital 1
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1030 – 1230Oral Presentation 1: Adult Cardiac
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1230 – 1330ASCVTS 2025 Satellite Lunch Symposium by Edwards Lifesciences
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1230 – 1330Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1330 – 1530Symposium 5: Era of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Coronary Surgery
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1330 – 1530Symposium 6: Thoracic 2 – Improving patient outcome in Thoracic Surgery: Moving beyond ERATS
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1330 – 1530Symposium 7: Aortic/Vascular 2 – Arch
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1330 – 1530Symposium 8: Critical Care & Life Support 1
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1330 – 1500Oral Presentation 2: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1530 – 1615Meet-the-Expert by Terumo
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1530 – 1615Meet-the-Expert by Medtronic
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1530 – 1615Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1615 – 1815Symposium 9: Symposium 9: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy for Surgeons 1
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1615 – 1815Symposium 10: Thoracic 3 – Advanced lung cancer: Making the impossible possible
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1615 – 1815Symposium 11: ERAS
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1615 – 1815Symposium 12: Critical Care & Life Support 2
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1615 – 1815Oral Presentation 3: Adult Cardiac
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1915 – 2100ASCVTS 2025 Presidential Dinner
Location: Capella Singapore
By invite only
Day 3 | Friday, 16 May 2025
0730 onwardsRegistration
0800 – 0900Symposium 13: Nursing 1 – Advancing Cardiothoracic Vascular Nursing Through Evidence
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
0800 – 1000STS-EACTS Workshop @ ASCVTS Session 1 : Mastering CABG
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0800 – 1000Symposium 15: Cardiology meets Cardiac Surgery
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
0800 – 1000Symposium 16: Congenital 2
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
0800 – 1000Oral Presentation 4: Aortic
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
0900 – 1000Symposium 14: Surgeon’s role in Aortic Valve
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1000 – 1030Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1030 – 1150Oral Presentation 5: Basic Research and Innovation 1
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1030 – 1230STS-EACTS Workshop @ ASCVTS Session 2: Mastering AV – Focus on AS
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1030 – 1230Symposium 17: Thoracic 4 – Tracheal and Oesophageal Diseases
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1030 – 1230Symposium 18: Congenital 3
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1030 – 1230Oral Presentation 6: Perfusion
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1140 – 1230Oral Presentation 7: Adult Cardiac
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1230 – 1300ASCVTS 2025 Presidential Lecture
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
Prof Theodoros Kofidis, Singapore
1300 – 1400Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1400 – 1600STS-EACTS Workshop @ ASCVTS Session 3 : Mastering AV – Aortic Regurgitation
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1400 – 1600Oral Presentation 8: Basic Research 2
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1400 – 1600Symposium 19: Thoracic 5 – Expanding the Realm of Thoracic Surgery
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1400 – 1600Perfusion Simulation – Workshop 1
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1600 – 1645Meet-the-Expert session by Johnson & Johnson
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1600 – 1645Siemens Healthineers Industry Symposium (Meet the Expert): New frontiers in image-guided thoracic surgery
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1600 – 1645Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Presentations
1645 – 1745Oral Presentations for AATS Foundation/ASCVTS Academic Excellence Award
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1645 – 1745Symposium 21: Nursing 2 – Navigating Complexity in Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1645 – 1745Symposium 22: Controversies in Cardiac Surgery
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1645 – 1745Symposium 23: The latest in AF Surgical Treatment
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1645 – 1845Perfusion Simulation – Workshop 2
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
1745 – 1845Oral Presentations for ASCVTS 2025 Furuse Award
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1930 – 2230

ASCVTS 2025 Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Flower Field Hall, Gardens by the Bay

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Day 4 | Saturday, 17 May 2025
0730 onwardsRegistration
0800 – 0900Symposium 24: Advances in Mitral Surgery Part 1
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0800 – 0900Symposium 25: Aortic/Vascular 3 – TAAA
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
0800 – 0900Symposium 26: Nursing 3
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
0800 – 1000Symposium 27: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy for Surgeons 2
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
0800 – 1000ASCVTS – EACTS Joint Session: Enhancing cooperation between Asia and Europe in Thoracic Surgery
Location: Level 4, Meeting Room 1
0900 – 1000Symposium 28: Advances in Mitral Surgery Part 2
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
0900 – 1000Symposium 29: Transplant & Mechanical Support 1
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
0900 – 1000Symposium 30: Aortic/Vascular 4 – Aortic Dissection
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
0900 – 1000ASCVTS Council Meeting
Location: Level 3, Room 333
1000 – 1030Coffee/Tea Break, Exhibition & Posters Viewings
1030 – 1230Symposium 31: The Era of Advanced Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1030 – 1230Symposium 32: Transplant & Mechanical Support 2
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1030 – 1230Symposium 33: Thoracic 6 – Evolving robotic landscape in thoracic surgery
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1030 – 1230Symposium 34: New Technology
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1230 – 1330Lunch, Exhibition & Posters Viewing
1330 – 1530Symposium 35: Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX
1330 – 1530Symposium 36: The forgotten Tricuspid Valve
Location: Level 4, Orchard Hall – 405B
1330 – 1530Symposium 37: Innovation
Location: Level 4, Changi Hall – 406D
1330 – 1530Symposium 38: Transcatheter Heart Valve Therapy for Surgeons 3
Location: Level 4, Sentosa Hall – 404A
1530 – 1630ASCVTS 2025 Closing Ceremony
Location: Level 4, Esplanade Hall – 406CX

For Poster Presentations, please refer to Accepted Abstracts.
The programme is subject to change. Accurate at time of publishing.