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ECS EDGE III3rd Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery Workshop
A focused, high-yield training experience designed for surgeons and teams aiming to build—or elevate—a safe, reproducible Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery program.
Dates: 24–25 January
Location: Kolkata • Manipal Hospitals, Mukundapur
Format: Live Cases • Talks • Live-in-Box • Dry Lab • Wet Lab Skill Stations
Certificate of participation Team-based learning Surgical video demonstration
Course Director
Dr. Sandip Sardar
Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Program at a glance
- • Day 1: Live Surgery + ECS Interactive Core + Live-in-Box ECS + Global Virtual Session
- • Day 2: Interactive Discussion + Dry Lab + Wet Lab
- • Focus: patient safety, reproducibility, and practical skill development
Signature formats
- • Live endoscopic & robotic surgeries
- • Global virtual faculty (setup → precision)
- • Live-in-a-box demos + video editing
- • Hands-on wet lab: endoscopic MVR / AVR modules
Workshop Highlights
A practical curriculum built around safe steps, reproducible setup, and real-world troubleshooting.
Live cases + video breakdown
Endoscopic case strategy, exposure, pacing, and complication avoidance with stepwise deconstruction.
High-fidelity simulation
Dry lab stations for hand-eye coordination, suturing, knotting, and access-site closure.
Wet lab skill stations
Dedicated stations for Totally Endoscopic Valve modules with coached repetitions.
Faculty
Global leaders and national experts—covering live surgery, core sessions, live-in-a-box demonstrations, and hands-on wet lab coaching.
International Faculty
(On-site + Virtual)
Dr. Antonios Pitsis
Head of Cardiac Surgery
Interbalkan Medical Center
Thessaloniki, Greece
Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang
Surgical Director, Mitral Valve & Heart Failure Therapies
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Cincinnati, USA
Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi
Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon
Damansara Specialist Hospital 2
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dr. Jae Suk Yoo
Associate Professor
Asan Medical Center
South Korea
Dr. Abdullah Kaya
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Jessa Hospital
Hasselt, Belgium
Dr. Evandro Lopes
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Campo Grande
Brazil
Dr. Nguyen Cong Huu
Cardiovascular Centre
E Hospital
Vietnam
Dr. Sheng
Robotic Totally Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair
Virtual Faculty
China
National Faculty
(India)
Dr. Kunal Sarkar
Chief Cardiac Surgeon & Director
Manipal Hospital, EM Bypass
Mukundapur, Kolkata
Dr. Lalit Kapoor
Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
NH Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences
Kolkata
Dr. Debasis Das
Sr. Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
Howrah, Kolkata
Dr. Ramprassath M S
Senior Consultant and Chief Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeon
Sri Ramakrishnon Hospital, Coimbatore
Dr. Sudarshan G T
Senior Consultant & Additional Director
Fortis Hospital
Bengaluru
Dr. Pradeep Narayan
Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
RN Tagore Hospital
Kolkata
Dr. Amarnath Shaw
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Infinity Care Hospital
Varanasi
Dr. Sumbul Siddiqui
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon & HOD (CVTS)
DBASI SMHRC
Nagpur, India
Course Leadership
Course Director
Dr. Sandip Sardar
Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Manipal Hospitals, Mukundapur, Kolkata
Course Co-Director
Dr. Monalisa Datta
Senior Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesiologist
Manipal Hospitals, Mukundapur, Kolkata
Guest Course Co-Director
Dr. Evandro Lopes
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon
Campo Grande, Brazil
Scientific Program
Kolkata • 24–25 January — Live endoscopic and robotic surgeries, structured core teaching, global virtual sessions, live-in-a-box demonstrations, and hands-on dry lab and wet lab training.
DAY 1 • January 24
Live Surgery • ECS Interactive Core • ECS Live-in-Box • Global ECS (Virtual)
08:30–09:00
Registration & Welcome
09:00–17:00 • LIVE SURGERY
- • Live Case 1: ECS MVR / ECS ASD — Ramprassath M S
- • Live Case 2: Robotic CABG — Sudarshan G T (Transmission from Bengaluru)
- • Live Case 3: ECS AVR (Bioprosthesis) — Antonios Pitsis (Transmission from Thessaloniki, Greece)
09:00–11:00 • ECS INTERACTIVE CORE SESSION
Why ECS • Case Selection • Preparation
Anaesthesia (SLV, TEE, ERAS)
Setup, Ports, Imaging • CPB in ECS
Sandip Sardar • Monalisa Datta
11:00–14:00 • Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery in the Real World: Case-Based Learning
- • Endoscopic Mitral Valve Replacement
- • Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement
- • Endoscopic Tricuspid Valve Repair
- • Endoscopic BITA harvesting & Endo-CABG
- • Port Access ASD Closure (without utility port)
- • Video Recording & Editing
15:00–18:30 • GLOBAL ECS (VIRTUAL)
- • Setup → precision in 3D totally endoscopic surgery — Jae Suk Yoo (South Korea)
- • Endoscopic Double Valve Replacement — Muhammad Ibrahim Azmi (Malaysia)
- • Endoscopic Mitral Valve Replacement After MitraClip Failure: Technique & Outcomes — Evandro Lopes (Brazil)
- • From Endoscopic BITA to Mini-access CABG: Composite Grafts and Extensions to Maximize Both Mammaries — Evandro Lopes (Brazil)
- • Robotic Totally Endoscopic Mitral Valve Repair — Sheng (China)
- • Building an ECS program — Mario Castillo-Sang (USA)
- • The Price of Elegance: Complications Unique to Totally Endoscopic Cardiac Surgery — Antonios Pitsis (Greece)
- • Technique of Endo-CABG — Abdullah Kaya (Belgium)
- • Totally endoscopic cardiac surgery via trocars without robotic assistance — Nguyen Cong Huu (Vietnam)
DAY 2 • January 25
Dry Lab • Interactive Discussion • Wet Lab
09:00–11:00 • ECS Dry Lab
Hand-eye coordination, Suturing, Knotting, COR-KNOT and Access-site closure
11:00–12:00 • Interactive Discussion
Anaesthesia: One-lung ventilation • regional blocks • ERAS • troubleshooting
Perfusion: specialized circuit • modified cardioplegia • ECS protocols • troubleshooting
11:00–14:00 • ECS Wet Lab
Endoscopic MVR / Endoscopic AVR modules
Closing remarks • feedback • certificates
Secure your seat
Limited hands-on slots to ensure meaningful coaching. Register early to confirm participation.
Limited seatsTeam registrations welcomeCertificate provided
Sponsors
Our sponsors and academic partner support high-fidelity training and global faculty participation.
Sponsorship queries: info@ecsedge.org