OR-Live.com webcast January 17th From The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Milwaukee
Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that leading cardiac surgeons
from The Wisconsin Heart Hospital and Centennial Medical Center in Nashville
will webcast a live off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedure as
well as a recently taped port-access robotic CABG procedure using innovative
anastomotic devices from Cardica, Inc. The approximately 75-minute live webcast
will be available on www.OR-Live.com on Thursday, January 17, at 3:00 p.m.
Eastern Time to medical professionals. A replay will be available for 180 days
following the live presentation to interested parties.
I'm Dr. Husam Balkhy, Director, Center for Minimally Invasive Cardiac and
Robotic Surgery, The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. I have received my Cardiothoracic and Vascular surgery training at Tufts New England Medical Center and the Lahey Clinic in Boston, MA. I am board certified in General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery, and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Surgeons, and the American College of Chest Physicians. I am a member of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, and the 21st Century Cardiothoracic Surgical Society.
I am well known for my strong advocacy of less invasive cardiac surgery. I was one of the first surgeons in the country to apply minimally invasive techniques for Atrial Fibrillation Surgery using a Thoracoscopic approach. I have embraced Port Access minimally invasive valve surgery for all isolated valve procedures. As a leader in off pump coronary bypass surgery, I have participated in several multicenter randomized studies. Most recently, I have participated as a principle investigator in the EPIC PAS-Port proximal anastomotic device clinical trial. In addition, I have the largest experience in the US with clinically approved distal anastomotic devices, and have recently incorporated robotics into my clinical practice, the Cardiothoracic Surgery Group, S.C. I have trained numerous surgeons and presented at multiple professional meetings on these minimally invasive techniques in cardiac surgery.
