MSTCVS QC Meeting Agenda & Materials

Please Note: February’s meeting has been rescheduled.

Thursday, February 26, 2026: Virtual Quality Committee Meeting
Saturday, February 28, 2026: Virtual​ Collaborative Meeting

May 15 and 16, 2026: Kalamazoo

• Data Manager Meeting will be held at Bronson Health
• Quality Committee Meeting and the MSTCVS QC Quarterly Meeting will be held at th Radisson Plaza Hotel, 100 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI

August 13-16, 2026: Detroit​

November 13 and 14, 2026: Location TBD

Meeting Agenda

Meeting Articles

Establishing a Surgeon-Led Adult Cardiac Surgery Quality Improvement Program
Ahmet Can Topcu, MD

Aortic Annular Enlargement vs Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Matched Annulus
Alexander Makkinejad, MD

Surgeon Frequency of Aortic Root Enlargement and Long-Term Survival in Medicare Beneficiaries Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
John B. Eisenga, MD

Ticagrelor and Aspirin or Aspirin Alone after Coronary Surgery for Acute Coronary Syndrome
Anders Jeppsson, MD, PhD

Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Adult Cardiac Surgery
Kenichi A. Tanaka, MD, MSc

Bioprosthetic vs Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients 40 to 75 Years of Age
Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS

Early and mid-term outcomes of aortic annular enlargement: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dustin Tanaka

Trends in Surgery for Endocarditis: 15-Year Experience From a Statewide Quality Collaborative
Ahmet Can Topcu, MD

The Effect of Surgeon Experience on the Short-term Outcomes of Aortic Annular Enlargement
Alexander Makkinejad, MD

A Statewide Quality Initiative to Promote Aortic Annular Enlargement: Leading an Evolving Paradigm Shift
Dimitrios E. Magouliotis, MD, PhD

Park Place Hotel & Conference Center, 300 East State Street, Traverse City, MI

Agenda

Data Manager Agenda

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Meeting Articles

Hospital Volume, In-Hospital Mortality, and Failure to Rescue in Esophageal Surgery
Dr. Ulrike Nimptsch

Predictors of Failure to Rescue After Esophagectomy
Douglas Z. Liou, MD

Quality Indicators for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Queensland, Australia, 2012–2021
Danny R. Youlden

Time to surgery in early-stage non–small cell lung cancer: Defining the optimal diagnosis-to-resection interval to reduce mortality
Haley I. Tupper, MD, MS, MPH

Understanding Failure to Rescue After Esophagectomy in the United States
Zaid M. Abdelsattar, MD, MSc

April 26, 2025 – Meeting Agenda

Meeting Articles

Robotic Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
Makoto Mori, MD, PhD

February 22, 2025 – Meeting Agenda

Articles

Cardiac Surgical Bleeding, Transfusion, and Quality Metrics: Joint Consensus Statement by the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Cardiac Society and Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management
Rawn Salenger, MD

Long-Term Survival Benefit of Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation in Mitral Surgery
Irbaz Hameed, MD

Concomitant Surgical Ablation in Paroxysmal vs Persistent Atrial Fibrillation During Mitral Surgery
Ali Darehzereshki, MD

Atrial Fibrillation Management During Surgical vs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MSc

Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral-valve surgery
A Marc Gillinov, MD 

Predictors and Risk of Pacemaker Implantation After the Cox-Maze IV Procedure
Jason O. Robertson, MD

Left Atrial Appendage Patency at Cardioversion After Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Intervention
Michael W. Cullen, MD

Long-Term Imaging and Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion With AtriClip
Adnan Ahmed MD

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke
Richard P Whitlock, MD, PhD

Surgical Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Improves Long-Term Survival: A Multicenter Analysis
Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS

November 15-16, 2024 – Agenda

August 15-18, 2024 – Agenda

Articles

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
  Vinay Badhwar, MD

• The Cox-Maze procedure – What lesions and why
  Martha M.O. McGilvray, MSt, MD, MPHS

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
  Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database – 2023 Update on Procedure Data and Research
  Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD

• Concomitant Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MS
• Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation is associated with improved survival compared with appendage obliteration alone – An analysis of 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries
  J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MS

• Lymph node dissection in lung cancer surgery: a comparison between robot-assisted vs. video-assisted thoracoscopic approach
  Patrick Deniz Hurley, MD

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Document on the Management of Pleural Drains After Pulmonary Lobectomy
  Michael S. Kent, MD

May 18, 2024 – Agenda

Articles

• Cardiac Surgery after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Trends and Outcomes
  Michael Bowdish, MD
• Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery: Ten Year Follow-up of One Million Patients
  Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
• Concomitant Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  J. Hunter Mehaffey, MD, MS
• Anticoagulation After Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Are We Following the Guidelines?
  Ying Huang, MD, PhD
• Contemporary outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement in patients referred for a transcatheter approach
  Stephane Leung Wai Sang, MD
• Expert Systematic Review on the Choice of Conduits for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
  Mario Gaudino, MD, PhD

February 10, 2024 – Agenda

Articles

• ERAS Cardiac society turnkey order set for patient blood management: Proceedings from the ATS ERAS Conclave 2023
  Rawn Salenger, MD
  
  
• Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
  Mario Gaudino, MD
  
  
• Multi-Arterial versus Single-Arterial Coronary Surgery_Ten Year Follow-up of One Million Patients
  Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
  
  
• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation
  Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD

• Perioperative Care in Cardiac Surgery: A Joint Consensus Statement by the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Cardiac Society, ERAS International Society, and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)
  Michael C. Grant, MD

November 11, 2023 – Meeting Agenda

Articles

• Expert systematic review on the choice of conduits for coronary artery bypass grafting: endorsed by the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)

August 3-6, 2023 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• National trends in the quality of segmentectomy for lung cancer

• Real-world perioperative outcomes of segmentectomy versus lobectomy for early-stage lung cancer: a propensity score-matched analysis

• Management of Stage III Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: ASCO Guideline

• Hospital Volume Predicts Guideline-Concordant Care in Stage III Esophageal Cancer

• Long-Term Quality of Life After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer

• Geographical Disparities in Esophageal Cancer Incidence and Mortality in the United States

April 2023 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• Incidence and Impact of a Single-Unit Red Blood Cell Transfusion: Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database 2010-2019
  Natalia Ivascu Girardi, MD
  
• Perioperative Anemia and Transfusions and Late Mortality in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients
  Thomas A. Schwann, MD, MBA
• Anticoagulation After Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Are We Following the Guidelines?
  Ying Huang, MD, PhD
• Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries Improve10-Year Outcomes of Coronary ArteryBypass Grafting
  Fabio Barili, MD
• Long-Term Survival of Multiple Versus Single Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafting in Elderly Patients
  Justin Ren, MD
• The Boundaries of Professionalism in Surgery
  Richard L. Prager, MD

February 2023 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• Multiple Arterial Graft Use in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Surgeon Perspective vs Practice
  Ana K. Velez, MD

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists/American Society of Extracorporeal Technology Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention of Adult Cardiac Surgery–Associated Acute Kidney Injury
  Jeremiah R. Brown, PhD, MS

• Risk Factors for Readmission After Pulmonary Lobectomy: A Quality Collaborative Study
  Nathan M. Mollberg, DO

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research
  Karen M. Kim, MD, MS 

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database: 2022 Update on Outcomes and Research
  Elliot L. Servais, MD

November 2022 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• Using urinary biomarkers to reduce acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery
  Daniel T. Engelman, MD

• The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Practice Guideline Series: Blood Glucose Management During Adult Cardiac Surgery
  Harold L. Lazar, MD

• Perioperative acetaminophen is associated with reduced acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery
  Andrew M. Young, MD

August 2022 Meeting Agenda

May 2022 Meeting Agenda

February 2022 Meeting Agenda

August 2021 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• The 30-Year Influence of a Regional Consortium on Quality Improvement in Cardiac Surgery
• Pre-operative glycaemic control and long-term survival in diabetic patients after coronary artery bypass grafting
• STS/SCA/AmSECT/SABM Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Patient Blood Management
• Failure to Rescue: A New Society of Thoracic Surgeons Quality Metric for Cardiac Surgery
• Failure to rescue: variation in mortality after cardiac surgery
• CMS exploring expanded coverage of low-dose CT lung cancer screening
• Adjuvant Nivolumab in Resected Esophageal or Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer
• Adequate Lymphadenectomy as a Quality Measure in Esophageal Cancer: Is there an Association with Treatment Approach?

May 2021 Meeting Agenda

Articles

• Very Early Discharge After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Does Not Affect Readmission or Survival

• Safety of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation With Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement