Invited Lectures
International Invitations
1. Invited speaker (Virtual), “Early detection and screening for lung cancer: SPN Protocol”. 70th Annual Meeting of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTSCON), Bhubaneswar, India, Feb 8-11, 2024.
2. Invited speaker (Virtual), “Robotic Segmentectomy: How I Do It?”. 70th Annual Meeting of Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (IACTSCON), Bhubaneswar, India, Feb 8-11, 2024.
3. Invited moderator, Session – Esophagus”, 5th Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons Conference, Bengaluru, India, Nov 17-19, 2023.
4. Invited speaker, “Surgical approach to esophagectomy: Open, MIE, or RAMIE?”, 5th Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons Conference, Bengaluru, India, Nov 17-19, 2023.
5. Invited moderator, “Esophageal Session IX”, 31st ESTS Annual Meeting, Milan, Italy, Jun 5, 2023.
6. Invited speaker, “DNA damage response is predictive of the biology of esophageal cancer”. UCLA Professorship Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 26, 2023.
7. Invited speaker, “Approach to Carcinoma Esophagus”. Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons (IACTS), New Delhi. December 17-18, 2022.
8. Invitation to AIIMS Grand Rounds, “Simulation in Surgery”, New Delhi, India, December 16, 2022.
9. Invited speaker, 4th Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Trust (ISTSCON), “Management of esophageal perforation”. Chennai, India, November 25, 2022.
10. Invited moderator, 4th Annual National Conference of Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Trust (ISTSCON), “Pulmonary Non-neoplastic”. Chennai, India, November 25-26, 2022.
11. Invited speaker (Virtual), “Immunotherapy and lung cancer”. World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept 16, 2022.
12. Invited speaker (Virtual), “Robotic surgery of the benign esophagus”. World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, St. Petersburg, Russia, Sept 18, 2022.
13. Invited speaker, “Debate: MIE: I can do this all on my own”, ISMICS Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, Jun 17, 2022.
14. Invited moderator, Thoracic Masters Session 2B – Esophagus, Mediastinum, and Chest Wall, ISMICS Annual Meeting, Warsaw, Poland, Jun 17, 2022.
15. Invited speaker, “Role of simulation in planning complex surgery, training and assessment”, SCTS Annual Meeting, Belfast, May 9, 2022.
16. Invited speaker, “Surgical management of thymic metastatic pleural disease”, SCTS Annual Meeting, Belfast, May 8, 2022.
17. Invited speaker, “Robotic McKeown Esophagectomy – Why and How I do It?” ISMICS Webinar, Dec 12, 2021.
18. Invited speaker, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 67th Annual meeting, “Management of superficial esophageal cancer”. Virtual, February 2021
19. Invited thoracic speaker, GERD and Manometry, Live International Presentation on YouTube Channel “Thoracic Gurus”, June 1, 2020
20. Invited speaker, “The McKeown RAMIE. Why, when and how?” in esophageal session titled “Transition of Esophageal Surgery into a Minimally Invasive Era: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead”, 28th ESTS/GTS Annual Meeting, Virtual/Hague, The Netherlands, Jun 1, 2020.
21. Invited thoracic speaker, Benign esophageal pathology, Live International Presentation on YouTube Channel “Thoracic Gurus”, May 18, 2020.
22. Honorarium judge/moderator, 2nd Annual Indian Society for Thoracic Surgeons Conference, resident competition. New Delhi, India, January 2020
23. Invited speaker, 2nd Annual Indian Society for Thoracic Surgeons Conference, “Minimally invasive and robotic esophagectomy”. New Delhi, India, January 2020
24. Invited speaker, Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 27th Annual Meeting and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 65th Annual meeting, “Management of anastomotic leaks after esophagectomy”. Chennai, India, February 2019
25. Invited speaker, Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 27th Annual Meeting and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 65th Annual meeting, “Endoscopic resection of early stage esophageal cancer”. Chennai, India, February 2019
26. Invited speaker, Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 27th Annual Meeting and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 65th Annual meeting, “Video presentation on mediastinal masses”. Chennai, India, February 2019
27. Invited moderator, General thoracic session, Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 27th Annual Meeting and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 65th Annual meeting, Chennai, India, 22 February 2019
28. Invited moderator, Video session, Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 27th Annual Meeting and Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons 65th Annual meeting, Chennai, India, 24 February 2019
29. Invited speaker, Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 26th Annual Meeting, “Acetylated histone H4K16 is predictive of the biology of esophageal adenocarcinoma”. Moscow, Russia, May 2018
30. Invited speaker and moderator, World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons, “Role of epigenetics and histones in the biology of esophageal adenocarcinoma”. Astana, Kazakhstan, September 2017
31. Invited speaker, BIT’s 10th World Cancer Congress, “Role of epigenetics and histone modulation in esophageal adenocarcinoma”. Barcelona, Spain, May 2017
32. Invited speaker, BIT’s 9th World Cancer Congress, “Esophageal adenocarcinoma: Recent advances in diagnosis and targeted therapy”. Shanghai, China, May 2016
National Invitations
1. Invited speaker, “Minimally invasive surgical techniques.” Lung Cancer Conference 2022, Bethesda, MD, Oct 29, 2022.
2. Moderator, “Session I: Diagnosis.” D.C. Lung Cancer Conference 2022, Bethesda, MD, Oct 29, 2022.
3. Invited speaker, “Salvage esophagectomy”. Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society, Miami, FL, Oct 7, 2022.
4. Moderator, Frailty in Surgery, DDW 63rd Annual Meeting of the SSAT, San Diego, May 22, 2022.
5. Invited discussant, Plenary session, DDW 63rd Annual Meeting of the SSAT, San Diego, CA, May 24, 2022.
6. Invited discussant, Thoracic breakout session, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 68th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, November 4, 2021.
7. Speaker, “Complications of robotic esophageal surgery”. STS Robotic Thoracic Surgery Online Curriculum, Jun 26, 2021.
8. Invited moderator, Thoracic breakout session, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 65th Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, FL, November 2018
9. Invited speaker and Chair of Best Practice on Typical Clinical Oncology Part I Session, BIT’s 11th World Cancer Congress, “Is there a role for adjuvant therapy in node-negative esophageal cancer”. Philadelphia, PA, May 2018
10. Invited speaker, “Conscientious objection: Should professional societies declare conscientious objection unethical?”. AATS Surgical Ethics Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 2018.
Regional invitations
1. Guest speaker, Ask a Doc - Healthy Lung, Washington Senior Wellness Center, Washington DC, Oct 21, 2021.
2. Speaker, “Robotic approach to malignant esophagus”. DMV Thoracic Society, Washington DC, March 2021.
3. Invited speaker, Capital Digestive Group Gastroenterology Meeting, Bethesda, MD, March 2020.
4. Invited moderator, Lung Cancer DC Conference, Washington DC, November 2019
5. Speaker, “Salvage esophagectomy”. DMV Thoracic Society, Tyson’s Corner, VA, March 2018.
6. Grand rounds speaker, “Minimally invasive thoracic surgery: What’s the latest?”. Medstar Montgomery Medical Center, Olney, MD, February 2018
7. Speaker, “Role of surgery in stage III and IV lung NSCLC and small cell lung cancer”. Lung Cancer Symposium, Houston, TX, Oct 2016
8. Invited speaker, Global Lecture Series, “Advances in esophageal surgery”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, October 2016
9. Speaker, Houston Methodist Wellness Services, “Lung cancer awareness and smoking cessation”. Houston, TX, November 2014
10. Grand rounds speaker, “Lung cancer: Screening, staging, and treatment”. Methodist Sugarland Hospital, Sugarland, TX, April 2014
Institutional (local) invitations
1. “Lung cancer: Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment”, SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, May 17, 2023.
2. Invited speaker, “Aortic aneurysm vs. aortic dissection”. Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Apr 27, 2023.
3. “Lung cancer: NSCLC vs. SCLC”, SSMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Mar 3, 2023.
4. Invited speaker, “Segmentectomy – when and why?” Medstar Thoracic Tumor Board, Sept 23, 2021.
5. Invited thoracic lecturer, The Mediastinum, Resident education session at Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, Aug 18, 2020
6. Invited thoracic lecturer, The benign esophagus, Resident education session at Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, May 12, 2020.
7. Invited moderator, Medstar Health-Georgetown University Research Symposium, Poster session, Bethesda, MD, May 30, 2019
8. Invited speaker, “Anatomical sublobar resection” Medstar Thoracic Tumor Board, May 8, 2019.
9. Invited thoracic lecturer, Diseases of the pleural space and surgical management, Resident education session at Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, March 5, 2019
10. Invited speaker, “Education esophageal and foregut cases”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, April 2017
11. Grand rounds speaker, “Controversies in the management of malignant pleural mesothelioma”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, October 2016
12. Invited speaker, GI Conference, “Complex failed foregut cases”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, August 2016
13. Invited speaker, GI Conference, “Minimally invasive surgical procedures”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, April 2016
14. Invited speaker, GI Conference, “Foregut and the esophagus”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, February 2015
15. Invited speaker, GI Conference, “Salvage esophagectomy and management of high-grade dysplasia”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, October 2014
16. Grand rounds speaker, “Lung cancer”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, June 2014
17. Invited speaker, GI Conference, “Surgical treatment of achalasia”. Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, May 2014