2012 Programme
Course Type Course Title EACTS Domain Course Director Dates/
Location
Foundation Courses

Fundamentals in Cardiac Surgery Part II

Acquired Cardiac Disease & Congenital Heart Disease

T Ebels, Groningen;
R Lorusso, Brescia

11-15 June,
Windsor, UK

Advanced Module: Valve surgery, including transcatheter heart valves

Acquired Cardiac Disease

G Fournial, Toulouse

17-21 September,
Windsor, UK

Advanced Module: Heart failure: state of the art and future perspectives

Acquired Cardiac Disease

G Gerosa, Padua;
M Morshuis, Bad Oeynhausen

12-16 November
Windsor, UK

Advanced Module: Congenital Surgery

Congenital Heart Disease

B Brawn, Birmingham;
T Ebels, Groningen

1-5 October
Windsor UK

Thoracic Course II

Thoracic Disease

P Rajesh, Birmingham

3-7 December
Windsor, UK

Specialist Courses

Reconstruction of the chronically dysfunctional left ventricle

Acquired Cardiac Disease

R Lorusso, Brescia

12-13 October
Windsor, UK

Course for industry partners: Basic knowledge in cardiothoracic surgery, statistics, etc

General

J L Pomar, Barcelona

July 2012
(2-day course) exact date tbc
Windsor, UK

New oncologic concepts and targeted therapies for lung cancer

Thoracic Disease

L Spaggiari, Milan

8 October
Windsor, UK

Chest wall diseases

Thoracic Disease

M Yuksel, Istanbul

28-30 November
Windsor, UK

Professional Development Courses

Second postgraduate workshop on leadership for cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons

General

J L Pomar, Barcelona

20-23 November 2012 & 24-26 April 2013,
Windsor, UK

Teach the Teacher

General

J Pepper, London

10-14 September
Windsor, UK

Evidence-based surgery

General

L Hamilton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

27-28 September
Windsor, UK

Co-sponsored Educational Activities

3rd EACTS Meeting on Cardiac and pulmonary regeneration, Berlin, Germany

Acquired Cardiac & Thoracic Disease

G Steinhoff, Rostock;
U Martin, Hannover

14-15 December
Berlin- Brandenburgische Akademie
Berlin, Germany