This course will review the basics of pediatric lung lesions and thoracic vascular anatomy, the current treatment modalities, and most importantly, tips and tricks for standard thoracotomy techniques and approaches.
Dr. Flake is an attending surgeon and director of the General Surgery Fellowship Program atThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where he holds the Ruth M. and Tristram C. Colket, Jr.Endowed Chair in Pediatric Surgery. He serves as director of CHOP's Center for Fetal Researchand is professor of Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicineat the University of Pennsylvania
Chief of Pediatric Surgery at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, Denver, Colorado. Professor of Surgery at Columbia University, New York, New York He was a founder and past president of the International Pediatric Endosurgical Group (IPEG), SAGES, Telementoring Task Force Member
Director, Clinical Growth and Transformation; Pediatric Surgeon, Division of Pediatric General and Thoracic Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center; Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati
Chairman, Department of Surgery, Akron Children's Hospital. Professor of Clinical Surgery at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). Akron, Ohio.
Professor of Surgery OB/GYN Research Institute at McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, Northeast Ohio Medical University . Akron, Ohio
Dr. Martinez-Ferro is the surgeon-in-chief at The Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Filatov Children’s Hospital; Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Prof. Riccipetitoni is currently the Director of the Department of Pediatric Surgical Specialities of Buzzi Children’s Hospital – ASST FatebeneFratelli-Sacco-Buzzi in Milan. Moreover from 2006 to 2010 she was President of Comiteé for Guidelines in Research, Education and Assistance of the Universitary Hospital of Ferrara. She has performed more than 15,000 surgical operations as first operator in all fields of pediatric surgery: thoracic surgery, gastroenterologic surgery, urology, oncologic surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery. She has developed a great experience in mininvasive surgery and she regularly performs this technique in many fields. She is also currently the Assistant Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery since 2017 as well as Assistant Editor of the European Journal of Pediatric Surgery since 2016, and the Assistant Editor of Pediatric Surgery International since 2015.
Surgery Department Chair - Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health – Bangalore, India
Akron Children's Hospital Bruce F. Rothmann, M.D. Chair in Pediatric Surgery. Dr. Wulkan is a pioneer in pediatric advanced minimally invasive surgery with a strong interest in neonatal and thoracic lesions. After initiating the Minimally Invasive Surgery Center at Children’s in 2003, he oversaw its growth into one of the most high volume pediatric minimally invasive programs in the country. Additionally, he performed Children’s first lap-band procedure to treat adolescent obesity in 2007, was one of the first surgeons in Georgia to perform single-site incision surgery on pediatric patients for routine surgeries in 2009, and performed the first laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for adolescent obesity in the Southeast in 2010.
Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Lesions
Management of the Asymptomatic Lesion
Treatment Options for CPAM, PS, and CLE
Lung and Thoracic Vascular Anatomy
Standard Thoracotomy Approaches
Thorascopic Technique Overview
Right Upper, Middle and Lower Lobe Techniques
Left Upper and Lower Lobe Techniques
1. To understand the optimal management of prenatal lung lesions.
2. To understand the optimal management of postnatal lung lesions.
3. To understand how to perform a thoracoscopic lung resection.
