2013 AATS Mitral Conclave Thought Leaders

Hugo Vanermen: Educating Patients on Different Approaches to Mitral Surgery and Referral to Centers in Europe
Michael Mack: The Current Status of the Coapt Trial, and the Recent FDA Vote on the Mitral Clip
Ottavio Alfieri: The New ESC/EACTS Guidelines for Valvular Heart Disease
Patrick McCarthy: The Current Status of Tricuspid Valve Surgery and Where Dr. McCarthy Thinks the New Guidelines Will Settle
Michael Borger: What's New at Liepzig, the Current Status of Mitral Surgery in Germany, and New Advances
Jose Pomar: Standardizing Mitral Repair, and the Best Way Forward in Terms of Educating Patients and Surgeons
Taweesak Chotivatanapong: Rheumatic Valve Surgery in Asia, the Burden of the Disease
Rakesh Suri: The Current Status of Robotic Surgery and the Recent FDA Examination of Outcomes
Robert A. Dion: What is New in Heart Failure and Mitral Regurgitation
Joseph Woo: How to Set up a Mitral Program
Pedro del Nido and Thomas Spray: What's Next in Pediatric Valve Surgery
Nguyen van Phan: Rheumatic disease in Asia and how his centers are pioneering therapy
Craig Miller and Steve Bolling: Issues in the Field of Mitral Valve Repair Today
Mani VanNan, Alain Berrebi, and Ivan Salgo: The Current Status of Mitral and Structural Heart Imaging
James Gammie: Future Research Areas for Mitral Valve Repair
David H. Adams: The AATS 2013 Mitral Conclave and the State of Mitral Valve Repair in the U.S.
Ryohei Yozu and Yukikatsu Okada: The Status of Mitral Valve and Tricuspid Repair in Japan
Tirone David: Landmark Paper in Circulation, Recent Outcomes Observed and Advice to Repair-Surgeons.
Don Bobo: The Current State of Mitral Valve Disease in the U.S. and the Need for Additional Education
Robert Klautz: The Current State of Mitral Valve Repair
Vincent Chan: Advice for Trainees that Want to get Started in Mitral Surgery and What it is Like to Lead a Program One Year Out
Francis Wells: The Bishop's Mitre and the Early Evolution of Mitral Disease Knowledge
Joseph Lamelas: The Process of Setting up a Mitral Program
Vinay Badhwar: Future Research Areas in Mitral Valve Repair
Hartzell Schaff: How the Mitral Conclave Fits into the Mission of the AATS
John Liddicoat: The Intersection of Surgery and Technology
Tomislav Mihaljevic: The Current Status of Robotic Outcomes and the FDA's Recent Examination of Outcomes