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Webinar on
Advances in
Thoracoabdominal Aortic
Interventions
Date : 18 January 2023 (Wed)
Time : 18:00 - 20:30 (Hong Kong Time. GMT +8 hours)

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Welcome to the Webinar on Advances in Thoracoabdominal Aortic Interventions! Thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies are the most challenging aortic conditions which traverse both the thoracic and the abdominal compartments. We are honored and privileged to gather the leading surgeons in the field to present the latest related advancements to the audiences.

The webinar will feature lectures by renowned faculties focusing on the recent advances in thoracoabdominal interventions including Prof MinXin WEI of the University of Hong Kong-ShenZhen Hospital to present External Fenestration and Branch Stent Techniques for Aortic Arch Lesion, Dr Skyi PANG of Queen Mary Hospital to speak on Strategies for Challenging Juxta-Renal Aortic Aneurysm, Dr Kwong-Shun CHAN of Queen Elizabeth Hospital to share vascular surgeon’s perspective on the Management of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies, as well as how total arch frozen elephant trunk procedures can facilitate second-stage treatment for thoracoabdominal aortic surgery by speakers from Prince of Wales Hospital.

We believe the audiences will learn a lot from the experts and enjoy participation in the interactive online discussions.

Prof Randolph HL Wong
Programme Director
Professor and Chief
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HK

Programme Director


Prof Randolph HL WONG
Professor and Chief
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
HK

Faculty

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Prof Randolph HL WONG

Dr Randolph Hung-leung WONG received medical training from Medical School of The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 1995. He received Tang Siu Cho Memorial Prize in 1998 and obtained his MBChB (CUHK) in 2000. He undertook higher surgical training in cardiothoracic surgery in Prince of Wales Hospital, Grantham Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and obtained FRCSEd (CTh) from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2008. He further obtained Fellow of The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in 2009.

Dr Wong’s career interests include complex open aortic surgery including total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk procedure and open thoracoabdominal aortic surgery, hybrid thoracic aortic intervention, hybrid and minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures. He is the convener of Hybrid Operating Theatre management committee of Prince of Wales Hospital and actively participates in the development of hybrid cardiovascular interventions.

Academically, Dr Wong’s research interests are the techniques in improving outcomes of complex aortic procedures, screening for thoracic aortic aneurysm, genetic basis of aortic pathology as well as hybrid endovascular intervention for cardiovascular diseases. He contributed over 140 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Circulation, JACC, CHEST, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 7 book chapters and more than 110 invited talks. He is now review editor of Frontier in Cardiovascular Medicine (IF 6.06). He has been regular reviewer of CHEST, HEART, Journal of Cardiac Surgery, Journal of Thoracic Disease, European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery.

Currently, Dr Wong is the Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also the Cluster Service Team Head of the New Territories East Cluster and Ex-Chairman of the Specialty Group of Cardiothoracic Surgery of Hospital Authority. He is the Secretary of Cardiothoracic Surgery Board of Hong Kong and a Fellow of American College of Chest Physician, European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Society and member of American Heart Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Randolph-Wong
CTSNet: https://www.ctsnet.org/home/rhlwong
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Prof MinXin WEI

Dr. Minxin WEI has been engaged in medical, teaching and research work for nearly 30 years. He is proficient in the diagnosis and treatment of adult cardiovascular surgery diseases and has completed more than 6000 cases of cardiac surgery, mastering minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass, whole-artery coronary bypass grafting, hybrid coronary vessel reconstruction, right intercostal small incision mitral valve replacement, small-incision Bentall surgery for upper sternotomy, treatment of complex B type aortic dissection with external fenestration and branching stents, interventional aortic valve replacement and many other domestic advanced technologies. Mature minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass has been carried out for more than 10 years, and the proportion of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting is 99%. In 2012, the team of Dr. WEI took the lead in carrying out aortic arch hybrid surgery in China, and the annual amount of great vascular surgery and interventional treatment ranked first in Shenzhen. Since July 2020, minimally invasive surgeries have accounted for more than 70%.

He has presided over 4 general projects of national Natural Science Foundation of China, 3 provincial key projects, 1 basic research discipline layout project of Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, and 1 peacock technology innovation project. The total amount of scientific research funds at all levels is more than 7 million. He has published more than 100 papers, including more than 40 SCI papers, cited more than 200 times, obtained 6 patents, and registered 9 scientific and technological achievements. There are 38 master students, 7 doctoral students (2 students).

Community Service

  1. Master supervisor of Shenzhen University
  2. Master and Doctoral supervisor of Jinan University
  3. Member of the Professional Committee of Vascular Surgery, National Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases (Deputy secretary general)
  4. Member of minimally invasive Cardiovascular Surgery Professional Committee, National Expert Committee on Cardiovascular Diseases
  5. Deputy director of cardiac vascular Minimally invasive Surgery Management Committee, Guangdong Provincial Hospital Association
  6. Deputy director of thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of Guangdong Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
  7. Standing Committee member of Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of Guangdong Medical Doctors Association
  8. Member of the Standing Committee of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Biomedical Engineering Society
  9. Vice chairman of cardiovascular Surgery Professional Committee of Shenzhen Medical Association
  10. Vice president of Cardiovascular Surgery Branch of Shenzhen Medical Doctors Association
  11. Editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Thoracicand Cardiovascular Surgery
  12. Chinese Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tianjin Medical Journal
  13. Referee of Asian Cardiovascular and Thorac Annual, Cardiology
Prof MinXin WEI
Director & Senior Consultant
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Chief of Service, Cardiac and Vascular Center
The University of Hong Kong-ShenZhen Hospital
China
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Dr Skyi YC PANG

Dr PANG Yin Chun, Skyi graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2004 and completed his surgical fellowship training in 2011. He has then started working in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital and established the Vascular team in 2015.

Dr. PANG is currently the Consultant of Division of Vascular Surgery for Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, HKSAR. He is also in-charge of the vascular surgery service in Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital as part of the Hong Kong Island Vascular Network. He is currently the Board member of Vascular Surgery Board and council member of The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.

Dr PANG is actively involving in complex endovascular surgery in both aortic aneurysm and peripheral vascular disease. He has published a randomized control trial on the use of drug coated balloon in dysfunctional vascular access at the Annals of Vascular Surgery in 2021. He is enthusiastic in promoting knowledge sharing and management of vascular surgery and is actively participating in different international vascular conference for lectures and live demonstration and organizing endovascular workshops and symposiums in Hong Kong
Dr Skyi YC PANG
Consultant
Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
Queen Mary Hospital
HK
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Dr Kwong-Shun CHAN

Dr Chan obtained his medical degree at the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Hong Kong in 2004. After graduation, he joined the Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital as a surgical resident and underwent comprehensive general surgical training there. He obtained the Fellowship in General Surgery in 2012, then further subspecialized in the field of vascular surgery, and was granted as a specialist in Vascular Surgery in 2022.

He received his overseas clinical training in Kansai Rosai Hospital, Japan; Epworth Richmond Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; and Leipzig University Hospital, Germany in 2016. Dr Chan is currently the Consultant Surgeon and Chief in Vascular Surgery team of the Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and the Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at Department of Surgery of both the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong.

His area of interests in vascular surgery include complex endovascular aortic surgery, chronic total occlusion intervention, deep vein intervention and vascular access for end-stage renal failure patients. Dr Chan is dedicated in improving the vascular services in the hospital, successfully lowered the mortality rate of patients with rupture aortic aneurysm through a revised protocol incorporating the use of aortic occlusion balloon, improved the vascular access patency and salvage rate through better surveillance program and aggressive early intervention. He is also a pioneer in performing bedside percutaneous decannulation of VA-ECMO and physician modified endograft for complex aortic aneurysm in Hong Kong.

Dr Chan and his team was jointly awarded the Outstanding Team Award of the Kowloon Central Cluster of the Hospital Authority in 2018 in recognition of his works.
Dr Kwong-Shun CHAN
Consultant
Chief of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
HK

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Dr Takuya FUJIKAWA

Dr.Takuya Fujikawa received medical training from Medical school of Tohoku university, Japan.

He undertook higher surgical training in cardiothoracic surgery in Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Tohoku-Kouseinenkin Hospital, Kawasaki Aortic Center.

Dr. Fujikawa’s career interest focuses around open aortic surgery. He has been a staff surgeon of Kawasaki Aortic Center since 2011. Kawasaki Aortic Center is one of the highest volume aortic center in Japan which around 500 cases of open thoracic and thoraco-abdominal surgery were performed per year, including more than 120 cases of acute type A dissection. Dr Fujikawa has performed over 300 cases of open aortic surgery and supervised more than 300 cases of complex aortic surgeries to his junior trainee.

Dr. Fujikawa joined to Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong as an Assistant Professor since February 2017 and is committed to expand the horizon of complex open aortic surgery in Hong Kong. He is actively involved in training of open aortic surgery in Prince of Wales Hospital, development of post-operative protocol for open descending aortic replacement and instrumental to decision making in Aortic Multidisciplinary Team monthly meeting.

Dr Fujikawa is currently member of Cardiothoracic Surgery Board of Japan, European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Society and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. He has presented in various National and International meetings including JSVS, Aortic Lives, TSVS, ASCVTS, EACTS and Aortic Symposium of AATS.
Dr Takuya FUJIKAWA
Associate Consultant
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
HK
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Dr Simon CY CHOW

Dr Chow Chi Ying Simon graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2011, and completed his cardiothoracic surgical training in the Prince of Wales Hospital. He has obtained fellowships from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He is currently working as an associate Consultant in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery in Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong.

Dr Chow has special interests in adult valve surgeries, transcatheter valve & aortic interventions , and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. He has co-authored multiple indexed articles in international journals.

Selected publications

  1. Chow SC, Wong RH, Yu SC, Wan IY , Kwok MK, Underwood MJ. Arch in the Neck – Haughton Type D Aortic Arch Aneurysm, Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Feb; 101(2):774-5
  2. Chow SC , Ng CS. Recent developments in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary nodule management. J Thorac Dis. 2016 jul;8(Suppl 6):S509-16
  3. Chow SC, Cheung GS, Lee AP, Wu EB, Ho JY, Kwok MK , Yu PS, Wan IY, Underwood MJ , Wong RH. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation : the transaortic approach. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2017 Jun;25(5):357-363
  4. Chow SC, Lee AP, Ho AM, Chan HH , Underwood MJ , Wan S. Redo tricuspid valve operation in patients with 1st-generation mitral prosthesis. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2018 Sep;26(7):524-528
  5. Simon C.Y. Chow , Innes Y.P. Wan , Randolph H.L. Wong , Malcolm J. Underwood. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation : The evolving role of surgeons and challenges ahead. Surgical Practice. 2018 Oct; 12 (22), Issue 4
  6. Chow Simon , Wong Randolph, Cheung Gary , Wu,Eugene, Chui, Ka, So, Chak-yu. (2018). TCTAP C-218 Trans-graft Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in a Patient with Aorto-bifemoral Bypass. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71. S288-S289. 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.03.437.
  7. Chow SCY, Wong RHL, Yu PSY, Ho JYK, Chan JWY, Kwok MWT, Wan S, Fujikawa T, Underwood MJ. 10-year outcomes post coronary artery bypass grafting in Asian patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive analysis of survival and cardiac performance. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Mar;12(3):803-812
  8. Chow SCY, Wong RHL, Lakhani I, Wong MV, Tse G, Yu PSY, Ho JYK, Fujikawa T, Underwood MJ. Management of acute type A intramural hematoma: upfront surgery or individualized approach? A retrospective analysis and meta-analysis. J Thorac Dis. 2020 Mar;12(3):680-689
  9. Chow SCY , Wong RHL , Cheung GSH , Lee APW , Chui HKL, So KCY, Wu EB. Short term clinical outcomes and analysis of risk factors for pacemaker implantation : a single center experience of self-expandable TAVI valves. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 Jul 29; 15 (1): 200
  10. Chow SCY, Ho JYK, Fujikawa T, Lim K, Chu CM, Yu SCH, Bashir M, Wong RHL. Valiant NAVION stent graft system application: First Asian case-series analysis. J Card Surg. 2021 Mar;36(3):841-847. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15306. Epub 2021 Feb 1. PMID: 33522638.
Dr Simon CY CHOW
Associate Consultant
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
HK
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Dr Jacky YK HO

Dr. Jacky Yan Kit, HO completed his medical degree from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012 and completed his training in cardiothoracic surgery from Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. He has obtained fellowship from The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine.

Dr. Ho is currently an Associate Consultant of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery of the Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong, and Clinical Assistant Professor (Honorary) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Research Interests
Dr. Ho clinical and research interests are in adult cardiac surgery with particular interest in open and hybrid aortic surgery. He has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles in the cardiothoracic surgical discipline. Aortic surgical publications involve outcomes and techniques in open total arch replacement and hybrid thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Selected publications

  1. Ho, JYK, Siu, ICH, Ng, KHL, et al. (2022) Retrospective record review on timing of COVID-19 vaccination and cardiac surgery. J Card Surg. 37: 3634- 3638.
  2. Ho JYK, Lim K, Fujikawa T, Wong RHL (2022) Pre-emptive BioGlue priming of the branched Evita Open NEO hybrid prosthesis: tackling excessive oozing. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 61(3):728-729
  3. Ho JYK, Bashir M, Jakob H, Wong RHL (2021) Management of left subclavian artery in total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk, JTCVS Techniques, 7:36-40
  4. Ho JYK, Bashir M, The G, Jakob H, Wong RHL (2020) Launching the Evita Open Neo amid COVID – Challenges and Strategies, J Card Surg, 36(3): 793–795
  5. Ho JYK, Chow SCY, Kwok, MWT, Fujikawa T, Wong RHL (2020) Total Aortic Arch Replacement and frozen elephant trunk, Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 33(3): 656-662
  6. Wong RHL, Ho JYK and Underwood MJ (2018) Complex reoperative thoracic aortic surgery: Tactics and Techniques, New Approaches to Aortic Diseases from Valve to Abdominal Bifurcation, 515-528
  7. Ho JYK, Wong RHL, Chow SCY, et.al. (2016) Preemptive aneurysmal sac embolization for TEVAR with inadequate proximal landing zone, Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 102(6):e489-e491
Dr Jacky YK HO
Associate Consultant
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital
HK

Preliminary Program
Date : 18 January 2023 (Wed)
Time : 18:00 - 20:30 (Hong Kong Time. GMT +8 hours)


18:00 - 18:05 Welcoming Speech and Introduction
Prof Randolph HL WONG
Moderators: Skyi YC PANG, Jacky YK HO, Simon CY CHOW, Randolph HL WONG
18:05 - 18:20 TAR FET to Facilitate Second Stage Treatment of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies
Dr Jacky YK HO
18:20 - 18:45 Management of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies: Perspective from Vascular Surgeon
Dr Kwong-Shun CHAN
18:45 - 19:10 Medtronic Sponsored Lecture
External Fenestration and Branch Stent Techniques for Aortic Arch Lesion
Prof MinXin WEI
19:10 – 19:35 Strategies for Challenging Juxta-Renal Aortic Aneurysm
Dr Skyi YC PANG
19:35 - 20:00 How to Establish Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Program
Dr Takuya FUJIKAWA
20:00 - 20:15 Second Sstage TEVAR after TAR FET for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Pathologies
Dr Simon CY CHOW
20:15 – 20:30 Group Discussion and Closing Remarks
Prof Randolph HL WONG
   

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Date of Webinar
18 January 2022 (Wed)

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18:00 - 20:30 (Hong Kong Time. GMT +8 hours)

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The College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong College of Physicians
(Cardiology)		 1    
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