May 15 and 16, 2026

Friday, May 15th

Bronson Gilmore Center for Health Education, 7 Healthcare Plaza, Kalamazoo, MI
Auditorium

• 10:00am-4:00pm – MSTCVS-QC  Data Manager Meeting
  – 10:00am-2:30pm – Adult Cardiac Focus
  – 2:45pm-3:15pm – Power BI Presentation (both Adult Cardiac and General Thoracic)
  – 3:15pm-4:00pm – General Thoracic Focus

Radisson Plaza Hotel, 100 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI

• 5:00pm-7:00pm – MSTCVS-QC 20th Year Celebration (All Members are Invited)
• 7:00pm-10:00pm – Adult Cardiac and General Thoracic Quality Committee Meeting (Surgeons Only)

Agenda for Quality Collaborative Meeting

Saturday, May 16th – The Radisson Plaza Hotel, 100 W Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI

• 8:00am-10:00am – MSTCVS-QC General Thoracic Surgery Data Review
  (General Thoracic Surgeons and Data Managers are Invited)
• 8:30am-9:30am – Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) Meeting
• 10:15am-12:30pm – PERForm Registry Meeting
• 10:00am-4:00pm – MSTCVS-QC Quarterly Meeting

Articles

• Management of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Joint Consensus Statement by the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

• Conduit Choice and Volume-Outcome Relationships in Multiarterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting of Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States