Overview — AORTIC ASSOCIATION

Aortic Summit 2023

Following the success of our first Aortic Summit in 2019 and our second in 2021, we proudly hosted our 3rd edition “Back to the roots”, back to Lugano!

Theme: FOCUS on the aortic arch

The arch is where all specialties come together and where the biggest potential for interdisciplinary collaboration is present, which is also the mission of the Aortic Association.

Understanding the disease forms the basis, being familiar with the treatment options available enlarges the armamentarium, and being able to implement them into clinical practice provides the freedom and the flexibility to offer sustainable personalized solutions to treat patients with acute and chronic thoracic aortic pathology in an aortic team.

During this summit, the participants were taken on a journey through the entire aorta and its branches, sharing expertise with a world-renowned faculty, and had the opportunity to practice during numerous workshops by addressing both open surgery and endovascular therapy.

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Appreciation and Thanks

We extend our heartfelt thanks to all the participants, speakers, and organizers who made the 3rd Aortic Summit a success. Your contributions have been invaluable in our collective effort to improve patient care in aortic medicine.

Looking forward to future gatherings, we remain dedicated to furthering our mission and impacting the field positively.

Course Directors and Faculty

Course Directors

Jürg Schmidli
University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

Jos C. van den Berg
Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Switzerland

Thomas R. Wyss
Winterthur, Switzerland

Martin Czerny
University Hospital Freiburg, Germany

Nikolaos Tsilimparis
Munich,
Germany

Scientific Advisory Committee

Joseph Bavaria, MD

Luca Bertoglio, MD

Roman Gottardi, MD

Julia Dumfarth, MD

Andreas Martens, MD

Mario Lescan, MD

Joseph E. Bavaria Philadelphia, USA
John Elefteriades Yale, USA
Fernando Fleischman Los Angeles, USA
Tsuyoshi Yamabe Kamakura, Japan
Tim Berger, Freiburg, Germany
Luca Bertoglio, Brescia, Italy
Eduardo Bossone, Naples, Italy
Ludovic Canaud, Montpellier, France
Nabil Chakfé, Strasbourg, France
Roberto Chiesa, Milan, Italy
Julia Dumfarth, Innsbruck, Austria
Christian Etz, Leipzig, Germany
Mauro Gargiulo, Bologna, Italy
Roman Gottardi, Freiburg, Germany
Martin Grabenwöger, Vienna, Austria
Sven Hauck, Vienna, Austria
Stéphan Haulon, Paris, France
Axel Haverich, Hannover, Germany
Robin Heijmen, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Michael Jacobs, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Stoyan Kondov, Freiburg, Germany
Maximilian Kreibich, Freiburg, Germany
Mario Lescan, Tübingen, Germany
Andreas Martens, Hannover, Germany
Blandine Maurel, Nantes, France
Germano Melissano, Milan, Italy
Ryan Melo, Lisbon, Portugal
Werner Mess, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Christoph Nienaber, London, United Kingdom
Davide Pacini, Bologna, Italy
Michele Piazza, Padua, Italy
Maximilian Pichlmaier, Munich, Germany
Gabriele Piffaretti, Varese, Italy
Bartosz Rylski, Freiburg, Germany
Thomas Schachner, Klagenfurt, Austria
Christopher Schlett, Freiburg, Germany
Karl Sörelius, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jörg Tessarek, Lingen, Germany
Santi Trimarchi, Milan, Italy
Konstantinos Tsagakis, Essen, Germany
Joost A. Van Herwaarden, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Anders Wanhainen, Uppsala, Sweden
Sabine Wipper, Innsbruck, Austria
Vladimir Makaloski, Bern, Switzerland
Florian Schönhoff, Bern, Switzerland
Hendrik von Tengg, Bern, Switzerland
Salome Weiss, Bern, Switzerland