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Apr 10, 2026  |  7:30am - 8:30am

2026 Harland Smith Lecture -University Rounds

Type
Department of Surgery

The U of T Department of Surgery invites you to its upcoming 2026 Harland Smith Lecture: “The paraspinal collateral network and its clinical translation for patients with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Date: Friday, April 10, 2026

Time: 7:30AM - 8:30AM

Place: Daniels Hollywood Theatre - Sick Kids & Online (Register for online participation):
https://ca01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_in8A3rPPT4SE-wvsce3W_Q#/registration

Speaker: Dr. Christian Etz, MD PhD, Professor and Chief of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rostock, Germany

Learning Objectives:

  1. Understand the blood supply of the Spinal Cord
  2. Identify how blood supply of the spinal cord can be altered
  3. Prevent paraplegia through spinal cord blood supply modification in thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair.
Harland Smith Lecture