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WTS Annual Meeting & Reception at STS 2025

Join us at the Women in Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting & Reception during the 61st STS Annual Meeting.

Date: Friday, January 24, 2025
Time: 6:30 to 8:00 PM
Location: Ballroom Gold 3, JW Marriott L.A. LIVE, Los Angeles, California

Applications Open For The WTS Brigid Scanlan Traveling Mentorship Award

The WTS Brigid Scanlan Traveling Mentorship Award is made possible by Scanlan International, Inc. and provides support for U.S. medical students and general surgery residents to gain exposure to women cardiothoracic surgeon mentors by visiting a WTS member for an elective period.

Application deadline is Wednesday, December 18, 2024,  11:59 p.m. PST.

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You can now view current and past issues of the WTS newsletter, The Oracle. Featured Posts are available and include interviews with WTS members and current events covered by the WTS.

All-Women Team Makes History with Heart Transplant

Led by WTS Member, Dr. Amy Fiedler

An all-women team has made history at the University of California, San Francisco after performing a heart transplant on a female patient in early December. The five-hour procedure is notable since at UCSF, Fiedler told, they only performed about 50 heart transplants last year, and overall, men make up the majority of adult cardiac surgeons in the country. A 2019 STS Thoracic Surgery Practice and Access Task Force Workforce Report showed that, nationwide, women comprise 6.2% of adult cardiac surgeons. Watch the video to the right to learn more about this remarkable milestone for women in the industry!