Dear Colleagues,

Greetings !

I take this opportunity to greet you all and invite you to the Midterm meeting of Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgeons of India (SMICTSI). This meeting is organized in the sprawling and nature rich campus of the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow on 11th and 12th January 2025. This time of year is very pleasant in Lucknow and light warm clothing would suffice. The midterm meeting is planned each year apart from the annual meeting of the society for the purpose of transfer of new ideas approaches and technologies to the surgeons performing these surgeries.

The meeting attract trainees and acclaimed surgeons equally for its rich and practical contents along with opinions of senior colleagues in other form of open discussions. I hope you will find out some space in your schedule to contribute to the meeting and enrich its content.

I welcome you again to Lucknow for this Midterm Meeting

Dr. Yugal Mishra
President SMICTSI