Date & Time
Wednesday, October 21, 9:10-10:40 a.m.
Venue
Room 1, Main Hall, 1F, Kyoto International Conference Center
Theme
Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery：Education ＆ Challenges
Chairs
| David Jones | (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) |
| Masayoshi Inoue | (Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) |
Presenters：
「Advanced Thoracic Surgery Training in Canada：The Role of Simulation in Surgical Training」
Kazuhiro Yasufuku（Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Canada）
「The Safety Certification System for Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery established by The Japanese Society of Thoracic Surgeons（JSTS）」
Hisashi Iwata（Gifu University）
*Committee on the Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Safety Certification
System by JSTS：Hisashi Iwata（Gifu Univ）, Toshihiko Sato（Fukuoka Univ）, Akinori Iwasaki（Fukuoka Univ）, Ichiro Yoshino（Former President of JSTS）, and Shinichi Toyooka（President of JSTS）
「‘Shaping a Surgeon’ - Lessons from Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Across Three Surgical Cultures」
Norihisa Shigemura（University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA）
「Robotic-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Stage II–III NSCLC：Current Perspectives and Surgical Challenges」
Ryuji Nakamura（Department of Thoracic and Pediatric Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences and Medical School, Nagoya City University）
「Thoracic Surgical Education Across Borders：A Japanese Surgeon’s Experience in Advanced Fellowship Training in Canada」
Fumi Yokote（Department of Surgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine / Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health
Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada）