Nimesh Desai
Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Penn Aorta Center
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Nimesh D. Desai is a Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania and Director of the Penn Aorta Center. He completed his cardiac surgery residency and a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. His clinical practice centers on complex aortic root repair, valve-sparing surgery, and the Ross procedure, along with the full range of aortic aneurysm and dissection care. He is a national leader in quality improvement for TAVR and aortic surgery, co-chairing the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' Aortic Surgery Task Force and its TAVR risk-modeling registry committee, and directs Penn's Thoracic Aortic Surgery Research Program, where he leads multiple clinical trials shaping the next generation of aortic and valve therapies.
Talks
11:15 to 11:25
From open to hybrid to total endovascular: Navigating the transition in the treatment of the dissected aortic arch
Nimesh Desai, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Nimesh Desai11:35 to 12:15
Strategy & Future Scoping Roundtable
Lead discussant: Tim Resch, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Expert panel: Anders Wanhainen, Stéphan Haulon, Nimesh Desai, Eric Roselli, Tara Mastracci, Kak Khee Yeung
- Remote monitoring in aortic dissection
- Is remodelling for chronic dissection important and, if so, how can we achieve it?
- Functional and haemodynamic assessment of the dissected aorta, with potential AI integration
- Endovascular technologies in connective tissue disease
12:15 to 12:35
Integrated Aortic Team Debate
Convenors: Tara Mastracci & Barend Mees
Panel: Nimesh Desai, Eric Roselli, Stéphan Haulon & Gustavo Oderich
One Aorta. Four Experts. One decision?
Each expert present, defends and critiques their preferred open or endovascular strategy for the same complex aortic dissection
Tara Mastracci, Barend Mees, Nimesh Desai, Eric Roselli, Stéphan Haulon, Gustavo OderichOther Speakers
Stephen Cheng
Serena HC Yang Professor of Vascular Surgery
Department of Vascular Surgery
University of Hong Kong
Gustavo Oderich
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Center for Aortic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Texas, USA
Federica Catapano
Assistant Professor of Radiology and Diagnostic Radiologist
Humanitas University and Cardiovascular Imaging Unit at IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital
Milan, Italy