5:00 p.m. Intermacs/Pedimacs – Blackbird Studio A/B

AQO Program

Course Description

The 2024 Advances in Quality & Outcomes (AQO): A Data Managers Meeting features sessions for all four

components of the STS National Database. This year’s meeting will be in Nashville, Tennessee from Wednesday,

September 11 – Friday, September 13, 2024. Data managers and surgeon leaders will come together to share valuable

research and best practices with the goal of improving data collection and patient outcomes.

This meeting includes live sessions in Nashville, TN at scheduled times and recorded programs that you can watch at

your convenience. Speakers will offer the latest information about the Database, including version upgrades and new

features, as well as provide timely tips on improving data collection and abstraction. Plus, you can review e-posters,

take part in a special networking event, and meet with industry representatives in the exhibit hall.

Wednesday, September 11, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Intermacs/Pedimacs – Blackbird Studio A/B

This program will focus on the Intermacs Database and its Pedimacs component, reflecting changes in the scope of

mechanical circulatory support device implants and patient management. Sessions are designed to help participants

improve data collection and advance their registry coding skills, using a case-based learning format.

Moderators: Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, and Patricia Potter, BSN, RN

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Symphony Ballroom I

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome

Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, and Patricia Potter, BSN, RN

8:05 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Intermacs/Pedimacs High-Level Overview

Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Temporary Mechanical Support for the Treatment of Right Heart Failure

Aniket S. Rali, MD, FCCP, FACC

9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Right Heart Failure Dysfunction: Case Scenarios

Sylvia M. Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN

9:20 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Major Infections: Case Scenarios

Sheena Lamon, BSN, RN

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Neurological Dysfunction: Case Scenarios

Neelam Tejpal, MS

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Patient Journey

Rebecca S. Harap, BSN, RN-BC, Sylvia M. Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN, and Carmelita

Runyan, MSN, RN-BC, CCRN

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Symphony Ballroom I

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Presentation – 2024 Sherri Ann Wissman Memorial Excellence Award

Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, and Patricia Potter, BSN, RN

1:05 p.m. – 1:35 p.m. Risk Model Overview

James K. Kirklin, MD

1:35 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Risk Model Variable Deep Dive

Brandon A. Singletary, PhD, MPH

2:00 pm. – 2:30 p.m. Risk Model: Case Scenarios

Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, and Patricia Potter, BSN, RN

2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Dashboard and Kaplan-Meier Tool

Brandon A. Singletary, PhD, MPH

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Live Data Download - Tips & Tricks

Devin Koehl, MSDS

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Abstraction Strategies

Rebecca S. Harap, BSN, RN-BC

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Quality Improvement & How to Use Your Data

Marie Wilson, MSHQS, MSN, RN

5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns

On-Demand Content

Pedimacs

Kerry Schindler, MSN, RN, CCRN-K

Data Quality Report Verification Process

Sheila Bailey, BSN, RN

Querying Your Data for QA Initiatives

John K. Pennington, MSHI

Death, Explant, and Transfers – Oh My!

Sylvia M. Laudun, DNP, MBA, RN

Wednesday, September 11, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) – Symphony Ballroom II & III

This program will focus on the GTSD, helping participants to improve data collection and advance registry coding

skills. Sessions will use a case-based learning format.

Moderators: Leigh Ann Jones, BS, and Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Symphony Ballroom I

8:00 a.m. – 8:10 a.m. Welcome

Christopher W. Seder, MD

8:10 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. How to Interpret Your Harvest Report, Analysis Overview, and Star Ratings

Mary Elise Hollenbeck, BSN, RN

8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Lung Cancer

TBD Speaker

9:20 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Lung Cancer: Case Scenarios

Katie Lothrop

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Neoadjuvant Therapy Module

Stephen R. Broderick, MD, MPHS

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. GTSD Revised Risk Models and Short & Long Term Risk Calculators

Christopher W. Seder, MD

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Division of Responsibility: Data Manager vs. Surgeon Leader

Erin McCabe, BSN, RN, and Christopher W. Seder, MD

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Symphony Ballroom I

1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Core Group: Behind the Scenes with Tough Cases

Mary Elise Hollenbeck, BSN, RN, Kellie Knabe, BSN, RN, CCRN, Katie Lothrop, Erin

McCabe, BSN, RN Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN, and Sue Schneeberger

1:30 p.m. – 1:55 p.m. Esophageal Cancer

Matthew Inra, MD

1:55 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Esophageal Cancer: Case Scenarios

TBD Data Manager

2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Post-Op Events

Elliot L. Servais, MD

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Post-Op Events: Case Scenarios

Kellie Knabe, BSN, RN, CCRN

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. GTSD Audit

William Burfeind Jr., MD

4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. PFT

Ruth Raleigh, BSN, RN

4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. How to Use My Data for Quality Improvement

Kiran Lagisetty, MD, and Mary Elise Hollenbeck, BSN, RN

5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns

On-Demand Content

Hernia

Elliot L. Servais, MD

Tracheal Resection

Gillian C. Alex, MD

Mediastinal Mass

Jeffrey Velotta, MD, FACS

Achieving Commission on Cancer Operative Standard 5.8 for Primary Lung Cancer Resections

Brian J. Green, BSN, RN

Thursday, September 12, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) – Symphony Ballroom II & III

This program will focus on the ACSD, offering updates on the scope of cardiothoracic surgery practice and helping

participants improve data collection and advance registry abstraction and coding skills.

Moderators: Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG, Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, and Melinda Offer, MSN, RN

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Symphony Ballroom I

8:00 a.m. – 8:05 a.m. Welcome

Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG

8:05 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Adult Cardiac High-Level Overview

Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS

8:40 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Beta Blocker Project

Miklos D. Kertai, MD, MMHC, PhD

9:10 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Anonymous Anomalous

Glenn J. R. Whitman, MD

9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Anonymous Anomalous: Case Scenarios

Melinda Offer, MSN, RN

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m. Get to the Root: Anatomy of Root Operations

Karen Kim, MD, MS

11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Get to the Root: Root Case Scenarios

Kali Carroll, RN, and Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Symphony Ballroom I

1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. Presentation – 2024 Dorothy Latham Poster Award

Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG

1:05 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Anatomy & Dissection of the Op Note

Kali Carroll, RN, Heather Homampour, MSN, RN, and Dawn Hui, MD

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Post-Op Events

Amy Lantzy, MS, RN, Meetali Mahendrakar, MBBS, MS, CCP, and Judy Smith, RN

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

3:30 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Abstract Presentation

TBD Abstract Presentation

3:55 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. Abstract Presentation

TBD Abstract Presentation

4:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Don’t Let Your Follow-Up Fall Off the Tracks

Nancy Honeycutt, BSN, RN, Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG, and Melinda

Offer, MSN, RN

5:00 p.m. Session Adjourns

5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Networking Reception

On-Demand Content

CMS Reimbursement Update

Keith A. Horvath, MD

Cardiac-ERAS

Kevin W. Lobdell, MD

Annual Enlargement

Amy Geltz, MS, RN

O:E Ratios

Judy Smith, RN

IQVIA Reports of All Sorts

Carole Krohn, MPH, BSN, RN, LSSBG

Aorta – Anatomy & Physiology

Karen Kim, MD, MS

Honing in on Hemodynamic Measurements

Melinda Offer, MSN, RN

Gridding the Graft Grid

Gaetano Paone, MD, and Patricia Theurer, MSN, RN

Friday, September 13 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD) – Symphony Ballroom II & III

This program will focus on the CHSD, helping participants improve data collection and advance registry abstraction

and coding skills. The sessions will use a case-based learning format.

Moderators: Leigh Ann Jones, BS, Leslie L. Wacker, BS, and Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast in Symphony Ballroom I

8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. Welcome and CHSD High-Level Overview

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD

8:25 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. Education Corner

Leslie L. Wacker, BS, and Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN

9:05 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. Single Ventricle Hybrid Repair

John E. Mayer Jr., MD

9:35 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Single Ventricle Hybrid Repair: Case Scenarios

Megan M. Srokose, BSN, RN

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PostOperative Events: You’ve Got This!

Cassandra Davidson, MHA, BSN, RN

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Impact of Case Mix and Risk Model in CHSD

Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Operation Type

Angela Ebel, MSN, RN, and Diane Hersey, BSN, RN

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch in Symphony Ballroom I

1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Coding Fields Specific to Adults Undergoing Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease

Jennifer S. Nelson, MD, and Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. Data Manager Strategies: What I Wish I Knew Before my First Harvest

Ashley Dunser, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Coding a Complex Congenital Case

Leslie L. Wacker, BS, and Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN

3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Break in Foyer of the Symphony Ballroom

3:30 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. AV Canal, Coding of All Valves

Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS

3:55 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. AV Canal: Case Scenarios

Ruth E. Lemus, BSN, RN, CCRP

4:20 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Driving Patient Outcomes Using Real-Time STS Data

Erin Hunter-McPhan, BSN, RN, Timothee L’Heureux, MHA, Amanda McGlinchey,

Brianne Reedy, and Susana Reid, BSN, RN, CPN

5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Core Group Panel Discussion

Jody L. Holmen, RN, MBA, Janet Kreutzer, MSN, RN, Ruth E. Lemus, BSN, RN, CCRP,

Connie Nixon, RN, Rebecca Sam, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K, Megan M. Srokose, BSN,

RN, Leslie L. Wacker, BS, Carmen H. Watrin, MSN, RN, Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN,

5:30 p.m. Session Adjourns

On-Demand Content

CHSD Anesthesia

Morgan L. Brown, MD

CHSD Audit

James E. O’Brien, MD, FACS

CHSD Research

Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD

Back to Basics

Chasity Wellnitz, MPH, BSN, RN, and Leslie L. Wacker, BS

Adult Congenital: Case Scenarios

Jody L. Holmen, RN, MBA

Coding of All Valves

Rebecca Sam, MSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K

AQO Virtual Meeting Platform On-Demand Content

General Session

President’s Remarks

Jennifer Romano, MD, MS

Workforce on National Databases: High-Level Overview

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP and Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS, FACS

Patient Reported Outcomes

Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS, FACS

MIT Project

Robert H. Habib, PhD, and David Shahian, MD

Patient Safety and Quality Improvement

Madonna Lee, MD

Questions?

• Elisa Robles-Gnet, Meetings and Conventions Manager, [email protected]

• Emily Conrad, STS National Database Education Manager, econrad@sts.org

Program may be subject to change