08:00-08:15

Welcome Speeches

Moderator:

On behalf of Local Organizing Committee

Song Wan (Tongji Hospital, HUST, Wuhan, China)

On behalf of AATS

Joseph Woo, 107^th AATS President

On behalf of Program Committee

David Adams, AATS Foundation President

08:15-10:05 Session #1: MitralFundamentals

Moderators:

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA) Chunsheng Wang (Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China) Nianguo Dong (Union Hospital, HUST, Wuhan, China)

08:15-08:30

“French Correction”: A Legacy

Anelechi Anyanwu (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

08:30-08:45

Fundamental Echo Knowledge for Mitral Surgeons

Alex PW Lee (Prince of Wales Hospital, CUHK, Hong Kong, China)

08:45-09:00

Degenerative MR: Achieving 100% Repair Rate

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

09:00-09:15

Atrial Functional MR: How I Do It

Marc Gillinov (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA)

09:15-09:30

Ventricular Functional MR: How I Do It

Song Wan (Tongji Hospital, HUST, Wuhan, China)

09:30-09:45

Rheumatic Lesions: 4-Step Repair

Xu Meng (Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China)

09:45-10:05

Panel discussions

10:05-11:15 Session #2: Debates

Moderators:

Joseph Woo (Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA) David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA) Xin Chen (Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing, China)

10:05-10:17

Why Do We Talk About Incisions - we should only focus on the quality of repair

Anelechi Anyanwu (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

10:17-10:29

Why Would Anyone Have a Sternotomy - we don't have to do that anymore

Mattia Glauber (IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi - Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Italy)

10:29-10:41

Robotics Are Clearly the Best Approach - why hasn't it become the gold standard?

Marc Gillinov (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA)

10:41-11:00

Panel discussions

11:00-11:15

Mitral Surgery is a Sub-Specialty in 2026

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

11:20-12:55 Session #3: Aortic Surgery

Moderators:

Maral Ouzounian (Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada)

Gebrine El-Khoury (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium) Junming Zhu (Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China)

11:20-11:35

Valve Sparing Ascending Aneurysm Repair: Weill Cornell Experience

Leonard Girardi (New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)

11:35-11:50

David Procedure: Lessons Learned at Toronto General Hospital

Maral Ouzounian (Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada)

11:50-12:05

Valve Sparing Aortic Root Repair: The Cardinal Technique

Joseph Woo (Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA)

12:05-12:20

Branched Stent in Aortic Arch Surgery: a RCT in China

Hao Lai (Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China)

12:20-12:35

Sun’s Operation with 20-year Follow-up

Lizhong Sun (Delta Hospital, Shanghai, China)

12:35-12:55

Panel discussions

13:00-14:00 Lunch Symposium

Moderators:

Chunsheng Wang (Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China) Song Wan (Tongji Hospital, HUST, Wuhan, China)

13:00-13:20

Design and Clinical Usage of the Physio Flex ring

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

13:20-13:40

What has the 10-year COMMENCE Data Taught Us?

Marc Gillinov (Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA)

13:40-14:00

Panel discussions

14:10-16:15 Session #4: Mitral Valve Update

Moderators:

Anelechi Anyanwu (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

Qiang Zhao (Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China) Wei Feng (Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China)

14:10-14:25

What's New in 2026 (MAD, ICE, and AI)?

Alex PW Lee (Prince of Wales Hospital, CUHK, Hong Kong, China)

14:25-14:40

Complex Mitral Valve Re-Repair

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

14:40-14:55

Reoperative Valve Surgery in the Setting of Cardiogenic Shock

Anelechi Anyanwu (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

14:55-15:10

Complex Endocarditis Repair

Gebrine El-Khoury (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium)

15:10-15:25

Arrhythmogenic Mitral Valve Repair

David Adams (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA)

15:25-15:40

What Role Will AI Play in Mitral Valve Surgery?

Joseph Woo (Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA)

15:40-15:55

Endoscopic Mitral Repair in China

Huiming Guo (Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangzhou, China)

15:55-16:15

Panel discussions

16:15-17:45 Session #5: Aortic Valve Update

Moderators:

Leonard Girardi (New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)

Tianxiang Gu (The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China) Liang Tao (HK Asia Medical Group, Wuhan, China)

16:15-16:30

Bio-Bentall Procedures

Leonard Girardi (New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA)

16:30-16:45

Technical and Patient Selection Issues at a Ross Reference Center

Maral Ouzounian (Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada)

16:45-17:00

Re-sequenced Ross Technique

Joseph Woo (Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA)

17:00-17:15

Dealing with Infected Endoaortic Stent Grafts

Gebrine El-Khoury (Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium)

17:15-17:40

Panel discussions

17:40-17:45

Concluding Remarks

Joseph Woo (Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA) Song Wan (Tongji Hospital, HUST, Wuhan, China)