Dear ISMICS Members and Colleagues:

The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) wants to offer our support to you, your co-workers and families at this difficult time as our world struggles with the challenges posed by COVID-19.

To help our cardiothoracic community, we are establishing a series of weekly Webinars which will feature participation by ISMICS members from around the world, who will offer honest perspective regarding the impact of COVID-19 in their countries, strategies employed to confront the challenges, and the lessons which can be shared as the virus continues to proliferate.

We will hold these on successive Tuesdays, at different times to accommodate our global audience. The first one will be held

Tuesday, April 7th, 2020 at 4:00 PM GMT (NOON Eastern US Time)

Subject: COVID-19, Les! sons and Perspective from Italy and New York

Moderator: Husam Balkhy, MD

Participants
Gino Gerosa, MD, Padova, Italy
Mattia Glauber, MD, Milan, Italy
Eric Lehr, MD, Seattle, Washington USA
Nirav Patel, MD, New York, New York USA

If you have a questions related to this weeks topic click the button below and our Moderator & Participants will be happy to answer it during the Webinar.

To access this Webinar please use the following link on Tuesday, April 7th at 4:00PM GMT (Noon Eastern US Time).

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/406456900

ISMICS! Webinars are free of charge to our members and community. All webinars will be recorded and housed for open access free of charge for our members in the ISMICS Members Only portal.

On behalf of ISMICS, we extend our thoughts, support and best wishes to our colleagues around the world.

ISMICS Executive Officers and Board of Directors