1. Curriculum Vitae
Date: 2/11/2016
NAME: SETT, Suvro Satadal
DEPARTMENT: Surgery
FACULTY: Medicine
PRESENT RANK: Professor of Clinical Surgery New York Medical College 2006-present
PREVIOUS RANK: Associate Professor of Surgery New York Medical College 2004-2006
Clinical Associate Professor University of British Columbia 1998-2004
Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Oct. 1993-2004
POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION
Undergraduate
Dates University Degree Subject Area
1977 - 1978 University of Saskatchewan Arts & Sciences
Saskatoon, SA
1978 - 1983 University of Saskatchewan M.D.
Saskatoon, SA
Special Professional
Internships / Residencies / Fellowships
Jun 1983 - Jun 1984 City Hospital, Saskatoon, SA Rotating Internship
Jul 1984 - Jun 1988 University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SA General Surgery
Jul 1988 - Jun 1991 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC CV & Thoracic Surgery
Jul 1991 - Sep 1993 Duncan L. Gordon Fellow Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children Foundation & Cardiovascular Research
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Specialty Board Qualifications
1988 FRCSC, General Surgery
1991 FRCSC, Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Current Medical Licenses and Registration
1983 License of Medical Council of Canada (LMCC) (#62950)
1984 FLEX (#600712001)
1993 BC College of Physicians & Surgeons (#13937)
2004 New York State Medical License (#002060) (Limited License)
4/15/2009 New York State Medical License (#252782)
Recertification MOCOMP (Maintenance of Competence Program the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada) 2005, 2010
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2. EMPLOYMENT RECORD
a) At University of British Columbia
1993 Clinical Assistant Professor
1998-2004 Clinical Associate Professor
b) At New York Medical College
2004 Associate Professor
2006 Clinical Professor
b) At Hospital
1993 – Mar.31st
. 2004 Pediatric cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, British Columbia Children's
Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Active Staff
1997 - Mar.31st
. 2004 Adult congenital cardiac surgeon, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada, Active Staff
1997 - Mar.31st
. 2004 Adult congenital cardiac surgeon Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada, Associate Staff
2004-Present Chief, Pediatric and congenital cardiac surgery, The Maria Fareri Children’s
Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, USA Attending
Staff
2013 Pediatric Cardiac surgery, Attending Staff, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
LEAVES OF ABSENCE
Nov 1996 Studied with Dr. Vaughn Starnes Pediatric thoracic transplantation
Los Angeles Children's Hospital and cardiac surgery
Los Angeles, CA
TEACHING
a) Areas of special interest and accomplishments
Neonatal myocardial protection
b) Courses taught at UBC
Undergraduate Teaching
Scheduled Activities
Phase IV BCCH Site Director (appointed Jul 1997)
Fourth Year MSI Oral Examinations
May 6 & Nov 4, 1994 (2 x 3.5 hrs) 7 hrs
c) Courses taught at NYMC
2004 3rd
and 4th
yr. Medical Student Lectures on Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York
Medical College
2005 3rd
and 4th
yr. Medical Student Lectures on Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York
Medical College
2006 3rd
and 4th
yr. Medical Student Lectures on Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York
Medical College
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3. 2007 3rd
and 4th
yr. Medical Student Lectures on Congenital Cardiac Surgery, New York
Medical College
2008
Postgraduate Teaching
Scheduled Activities
CV Surgery Residents Pre, intra & postoperative teaching (15 hrs / wk x 24 wks = 260 hrs)
Jan - Jun 1996 Leith Dewar, MD 260 hrs
Jul - Dec 1996 Kassem Ashe, MD 260 hrs
Jul - Dec 1997 Michael Perchinsky, MD 260 hrs
Jan - Jun 1998 Shahzad Karim, MD
Reshma Biniwali
Jan-Dec 2001 Kriengchai (Joe) Prasongsukarn 520 hrs
Jul-Dec 2002 Kriengchai (Joe) Prasongsukarn 260 hrs
Jan-July 2003 Richard Cook 260 hrs
July-Dec 2003 Jamie Bashir, MD 260 hrs
Jan-Mar 2004 Siamak Mohammedi , Fellow 87 hrs
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4. Unscheduled Activities
CV Surgery Residents Postoperative teaching (2 hrs / wk x 24 wks = 48 hrs)
Jan - Jun 1996 Leith Dewar, MD 48 hrs
Jul - Dec 1996 Kassem Ashe, MD 48 hrs
Jul - Dec 1997 Michael Perchinsky, MD 48 hrs
Jan - Jun 1998 Shahzad Karim, MD 48 hrs
1998 Peter Skarsgard, MD 60 hrs
c) Graduate Students / Medical Students / Allied Health Students Supervised
1993 Raju Heran, Undergraduate student (staff radiologist BCCH)
1994 Nobby Heran, Undergraduate student (Neurosurgery residency BCCH)
1995 Boris Buck, Undergraduate student from Germany
1996/97 Samir Malhotra, Undergraduate. Co-supervisor with Professor G.F. Tibbits,
Department of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University (admission to faculty of medicine)
1997/98 Panagiotis T. Galanopoulos – Co-supervisor with Professor G.F. Tibbits, Department of
Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University (successful)
October 2004 Gabriel Musso, MSc. Thesis defence external reviewer (successful)
d) Other
1993 - 2004 BCCH nursing continuing education
2008,14,15 MFCH PICU Cardiac Nursing seminar
2004-present Pediatric residents during PICU rotation, cardiac cath conference, operating room
2014, 15,16 Neonatal Fellow lecture
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
a) Areas of special interest and accomplishment
Neonatal myocardial protection
b) Research or equivalent grants (indicate competitive C or noncompetitive NC)
• The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation - C, Grant No. XG 96-080 "Strategies to Protect Post Ischemic
Neonatal Myocardium". Nov 1996 - Nov 1998, $110,710. Principal Investigator.
• Telethon grant (Internal Funding - C), "Strategies in neonatal myocardial protection". $25,000 Oct 1993-
Oct 1994. Principal Investigator.
• Telethon grant (Internal Funding - C), "Ischemia reperfusion injury in neonatal myocardium:
prevention of intracellular calcium accumulation". $20,000 Jul 1994 - Jul 1995. Principal Investigator.
• Telethon grant (Internal Funding - C), 1999 “A novel neonatal piglet model for the assessment of
myocardial injury”: $29,874 . Principal investigator.
• Congenital Heart Surgeons Society Study Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary artery From the Aorta
Site Investigator 2013
• San Antonio Sternal Wound Infection Prevention Multicenter QI Project 2013
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5. c) Invited Presentations
Oct 10, 1994 "Accelerated Maturation of the Neonatal Pulmonary Vascular Bed", Department of
Surgery Research Rounds
Oct 25, 1996 "Addition of Amino Acids to Reperfusion Solution for the Neonatal Heart", Wally
Chung Research Day, Department of Surgery, UBC
Oct 25, 2002 “Na+/H+ Exchange Inhibition with HOE 642 Improves Recovery of the Injured
Neonatal Rabbit Heart. 8th
Annual WB & MH Chung Research Day, Department of
Surgery, UBC
Sept 21, 2003 “Growing Up with Congenital Heart Disease” conference, BC Children’s Hospital,
Vancouver, BC
Mar 25, 2004 Surgical treatment of single ventricle, Rockland County, New York
May 26, 2004 Biventricular repair of cyanotic congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, The
Maria Fareri Childrens’ Hospital at Westchester Medical Center
June 16, 2004 Biventricular repair of cyanotic congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Good
Samaritan Hospital
July 23, 2004 Biventricular repair of cyanotic congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds,
Staten Island
Sept 9, 2004 Biventricular repair of cyanotic congenital heart disease, CME, Orange County
Nov 22, 2004 Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Anesthesia Grand Rounds, Westchester Medical
Center
Mar , 2005 The Child and Adult with Down’s syndrome and congenital heart disease, Maria Fareri
Children’s Hospital
Apr 19, 2005 Update on congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Northern Westchester
Hospital
Apr 20, 2005 Advances in the treatment of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Vasser
Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie
Apr , 2006 Advances in the treatment of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds,
Danbury Hospital, Danbury, Connecticut
Mar, 2007 Advances in the treatment of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Our
Lady of Mercy Hospital, Bronx, NY
May 2007 Biventricular repair of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Northern
Westchester Hospital
June 2007 Biventricular repair of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand rounds, Good
Samaritan Hospital
Dec 2007 Biventricular repair of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand rounds, Nyack Hospital
2008 Regional Maternal-Child Health Seminar, Vassar Brothers Medical Center
Sept 2008 Biventricular repair of congenital heart disease, Pediatric Grand rounds, St. John’s
Riverside Hospital
Feb 2013 Surgical management of Single Ventricle, Pediatric Grand rounds, Wyckoff Hospital
June 2013 Neonatal Cardiac Surgery and the Impact of Prematurity and Low Birth Weight, Annual
Perinatal Day Conference, Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital
June 2015 Fontan Conversion Adult Congenital Heart Disease 2015 A Westchester Medical Center
and Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital Symposium Friday June 5 Ritz-Carlton, White
Plains, NY
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6. SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY
Other service
Jul 1997 - Faculty of Medicine, BCCH Site Director — Phase IV
1998 Search Committee for the Head of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department
of Surgery, University of British Columbia
2000 – 2004 Residency Education Committee Cardiac Surgery Division, Cardiovascular Surgery,
University of British Columbia, pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgery
representative
SERVICE TO THE HOSPITAL
Memberships on committees British Columbia Children’s Hospital
1997 Mortality Review Subcommittee of the Patient Care Committee, British Columbia Children’s
Hospital
1997 Quality Review Committee - Cardiac Sciences representative, British Columbia Children’s
Hospital
1998 Subcommittee on Transmission of Infection in the Health Care Worker, British Columbia
Children’s Hospital
2001 Co-Chair, Mortality Review Cardiac Surgery, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
2001 Co-Chair, Cardiac Sciences Q & A Committee, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
2001 Quality of Care Committee, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
2002 Co-chair, Cardiac Sciences Morbidity Committee, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
2002 CHQ & A Committee, Surgery representative, British Columbia Children’s Hospital
Memberships on committees Westchester Medical Center
2004 to present Pediatric Surgery OR committee, The Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital at Westchester
Medical Center
2004 Albumin Utilization Committee, Westchester Medical Center
2005-present Transfusion Committee
2011-present Quality Improvement Committee Department of Surgery
SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY
a) Memberships on scholarly societies
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, FACS, Thoracic Surgery 1999
Western Thoracic Surgical Association from 2003
Pacific Adult Congenital Heart Association to 2003
Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Association
New York Society for Thoracic Surgery from 2007
Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Society from 2009 Education committee from 2010
b) Reviewer
1996 & 1997 Grant reviewer, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
1997 Reviewer, Journal of Investigative Surgery
1998/99/00/15 Annals of Thoracic Surgery
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
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7. Awards for Scholarship
1983 Horner prize in Pediatrics College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan,
Saskatoon, SA
1991 - 1993 Duncan L. Gordon Fellow The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON
2001 Jonathan Lawson Endowment Children's and Women's Hospital of British Columbia
Award
Humanitarian Awards
2007 Ralph Moliter Mid-Bergen Rotary Award
2007 Paul Harris Fellow Rotary Club of the Bronx
Other
2010, 2015 Top Doctors Westchester
2011 - 2016 Top Doctors New York Metro Area
2015 Care Champion WMC
Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) Curriculum for Congenital Heart Surgery
http://tsdaeu.org/sett1 http://tsdaeu.org/sett2 http://tsdaeu.org/sett3
2011 ASD Primum
2012 Atrial septal defects
ASD and PAPVC
Scimitar Syndrome
2014 Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary stenosis part 1,2 and 3
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA and NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE
Publications Record
NAME: SETT, Suvro S.
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
Journal
31. Dayan J Sett S Krishnan U Silent rupture of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm: a refutation of the Okham’s
razor principle Cardiology in the Young 2011 Dec;21(6):713-5.
30. Lampert JA Harmaty M Thompson EC Sett S Koch RM Chest wall reconstruction in thoracoabdominal
ectopia cordis Annals of Plastic Surgery 2010 Nov Vol65 No.5 485-489.
29. Froese NR, Sett SS, Mock T, Krahn GE Does Troponin-1 measurement predict low cardiac output
syndrome following cardiac surgery in children? Crit Care Resusc 2009 Jun; 11(2):116-21.
28. Dereddy N., Krishnan U., Sett SS. Resection of ventricular rhabdomyomas in infants presenting with
cardiac failure Cardiol Young 2008 Dec; 18(6): 635-7.
27. Mohammadi S., Benhameid O., Campbell A., Potts J., Joza J., Al-Habib H., Sett S., LeBlanc J. could we
still improve early and interim outcome after prosthetic systemic-pulmonary shunt? A risk factors
analysis Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2008; 34: 545-549.
26. Gengaskul A, Potts J E, Sandhu A, Patterson MWH, Sett SS, Taylor G, Sanatani S Documenting
Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia following pediatric open heart surgery. J Med Assoc Thai 2005; 88(Suppl
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8. 3): S214-22
25. Taub PJ, Schulman MR, Sett S, Koch RM Revisiting vascularized muscle flaps for complicated sternal
wounds in children. Ann Plast Surg. 2005 Nov;55(5):535-7.
24. Roberts AD, Sett SS, LeBlanc J, Sanatani S, An alternate technique to pacing in complex congenital heart
disease: assessment of the left thoracotomy approach. Can J Cardiol. 2006 May 1; 22(6):481-4.
23. Gengsakul A, SettSS, Hosking MCK Congenital right atrial diverticulum, secundum atrial septal defect,
complex pulmonary valve obstruction in an infant with chromosome 8 (p23.1) deletion. Cardiol Young
2005 Jun;15(3):306-8.
22. Sett SS, Mawson JB, Sandor GS: Repair in infancy of right aortic arch with aberrant left brachiocephalic
artery and variant of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young 2004 ; 14: 441-443.
21. Wong KK, Sett SS, Sandor, G: Isolated hemangioma of the tricuspid valve. Cardiol Young. 2004
Aug;14(4):441-3.
20. Wong KK, Sett SS, Human DG: Successful repair of tetralogy of Fallot with aortic valve stenosis. Letter
to the Editor. Ann Thorac Surg Nov 2004; 78:1886.
19. Fedoruk L, Sett SS, Murphy JG, LeBlanc JG, Patterson MWH: Compression of mediastinal structures
treated by extra-anatomic bypass grafting. J Card Surg 2004 Jul-Aug;19(4):343-5.
18. Bradley, TJ, Human, DG, Culham JAG, Duncan WJ, Patterson MWH, LeBlanc JG, Sett, SS: Clipped tube
fenestration after extracardiac Fontan allows for simple transcatheter coil occlusion. Ann Thorac Surg
2003;76(6):1923-8.
17. Sett SS, Galanopoulos, PG, Kashihara, H, Talling DN, LeBlanc JG, Tibbits GF: Na+/H+ exchange
inhibition with HOE 642 improves recovery of the injured neonatal rabbit heart. Can J Cardiol
19(13):1515-9, 2003.
16. Sett SS, Sandor GS, Mawson JB; Interrupted right aortic arch and origin of the left pulmonary artery
from the aorta in DiGeorge syndrome. Cardiol Young 2001; 11:672-675.
15. LeBlanc JG, Russell, JL, Sett, SS, Potts JE, Human DG, Culham JAG: The evolution of ductus arteriosus
treatment. Int Surg 2000; 85:1-5.
14. Levin E, Wu J, Devine DV, Alexander J, Reichert C, Sett, S S, Seear M: Hemostatic parameters and
platelet activation marker expression in cyanotic and acyanotic pediatric patients undergoing cardiac
surgery in the presence of tranexamic acid. Thromb Haemostas 2000; 83:54-9.
13. Sanatani S, Sett SS, Human DG, Culhan JAG, LeBlanc, JG: Extracardiac Fontan operation with tube
fenestration allowing transcatheter coil occlusion. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66:933-4.
12. Russell JL, LeBlanc JG, Sett SS, Potts, JE: Risks of repeat sternotomy in pediatric cardiac operations. Ann
Thorac Surg 1998; 66:1575-8.
11. Sett SS, Tearle H, LeBlanc JG: Effect of glutamate-aspartate reperfusion on postischemic neonatal
myocardium. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1997; 113(3):462-6.
10. Mullen JC, Schipper SA, Sett SS, Trusler GA: Right atrial lipoma. Ann Thorac Surg 1995; 59:1239-41.
9. Molossi S, Clausell N, Sett SS, Rabinovitch M: ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression in accelerated cardiac
allograft arteriopathy and myocardial rejection are influenced differently by cyclosporine A and tumour
necrosis factor-alpha blockade. J Path 1995; 176(2):175-82.
8. Zonis Z, Seear, M, Reichert, C, Sett, SS, Allen C: The effect of pre-operative tranexamic acid on blood
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9. loss following cardiac surgery in children. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996; 111(5):982-7.
7. Clausell N, Molossi S, Sett SS, Rabinovitch M: In vivo blockade of tumour necrosis factor-alpha in
cholesterol-fed rabbits after cardiac transplant inhibits acute coronary artery neointimal formation.
Circulation 1994; 89(6):2768-79.
6. LeBlanc JG, Sett SS: Antiplatelet therapy in children with left-sided mechanical prostheses. Eur J
Cardio-thorac Surg 1993; 7:211-15.
5. Sett SS, Hudon MPJ, Jamieson WRE, Chow AW: Prosthetic valve endocarditis - experience with porcine
bioprosthesis. J Thor Cardiovasc Surg 1993; 105(3):428-34.
4. Webber SA, Sett SS, LeBlanc JG: Univentricular atrioventricular connection with subaortic stenosis: a
staged surgical approach. Ann Thor Surg 1992; 54:344-7.
3. Murphy JJ, Blair GK, Fraser GC, Ashmore PG, LeBlanc JG, Sett SS, Rogers P, Magee JF, Taylor GP,
Dimmick J: Rhadomyosarcoma arising within congenital pulmonary cysts: report of three cases. J Ped
Surg 1992; 27(10):1364-7.
2. Sett SS, Taylor DC: Aortic pseudoaneurysm secondary to celiac plexus block. Ann Vasc Surg 1991;
5(1):88-91.
1. SettSS, BusseE, BoydT, BurgessJ: Penetrating chest wounds: a 10-year review. Can J. Surgery 1987 Sep;
30(5): 371-3.
Proceedings (Abstracts)
10. Infants vs. children undergoing early extubation after congenital heart surgery International Anesthesia
Research Society 2009
9. “Early troponin levels are predictive of low cardiac output following pediatric heart surgery, World
PICU Congress 2008
8. "NA+/H+ exchange inhibition with HOE 642 during hypothermic cardioplegic arrest improves recovery
of the injured neonatal rabbit heart." Canadian Cardiovascular Society, Halifax, Oct 20-24, 2001.
7. "Transcatheter coil occlusion of tube fenestration after the extracardiac Fontan operation: Simple, safe
and inexpensive". The 3rd
World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Toronto, May
27-31. 2001.
6. "Population-based study of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve". The 3rd
World Congress of
Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Toronto, May 27-31. 2001.
5. "Is there a role for staged repair in surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot?" The 3rd
World Congress of
Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Toronto, May 27-31. 2001.
4. "Evolution and outcomes of the Fontan procedure in a small centre". The 3rd
World Congress of Pediatric
Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Toronto, May 27-31. 2001.
3. "Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha Soluble Receptor and Cyclosporine Reduce Expression of Adhesion
Molecules in Rabbit Cardiac Allografts", American Heart Association, 66th Scientific Session, Georgia
World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov 8-11, 1993.
2. "Neutralization of Tumour Necrosis Factor-alpha in Cholesterol-fed Rabbits after Cardiac
Transplantation Reduces Graft Atherosclerosis", American Heart Association, 66th Scientific Session,
Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia, Nov 8-11, 1993.
1. "Long Term Palliation with the Glenn Shunt", World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac
Surgery, Paris, France, Jun 1993.
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10. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Meetings attended / courses taken
1994 Strategies in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ
1995 Ross Symposium. Quebec City, PQ
1996 Society for Thoracic Surgery,. Palm Springs, CA
1997 International Course on Congenital Heart Disease, Toronto, ON
1998 American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas
1999 Congenital Heart Disease, San Diego, CA
2000 American Association of Thoracic Surgery, San Diego, CA
2001 Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Paediatric Cardiology Association, Halifax, NS
2003 Controversies of HLHS, St. Petersburg, Florida
2003 1st
International Conference on Heart Failure in Children and Young Adults, Houston, Texas
2004 Controversies of Switch, Ross, and RVOT, St. Petersburg, Florida
2004 The fifth international symposium on Pediatric Cardiac Intensive care, Miami, Florida
2005 The Western Thoracic Surgical Association, Victoria, British Columbia
2008 Thoratec Heartmate II VAD course, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
2010 Congenital Heart Surgeons Society, Chicago, Il.
2011 Mitral Valve Conclave, New York, New York.
2012 Society of Thoracic Surgeons online meeting
2013 Society of Thoracic Surgeons online meeting
2013 Annual Perinatal Day Symposium MFCH
2014 Society of Thoracic Surgeons online meeting
2015 Adult Congenital Heart Disease 2015 WMC and MFCH Symposium
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