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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:S353-S354
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

SUPPLEMENT: OUTCOMES 2001

Introduction: outcomes 2001

John M. Murkin, MD*a, David A. Stump, PhDb

a Department of Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University Hospital Campus, London Health Sciences Center, London, Ontario, Canada
b Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

* Address reprint requests to Dr Murkin, Department of Anaesthesiology, London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus, 339 Windermere Rd, London, ON N6A 5A5, Canada

Outcomes 2001 was once again held at the Casa Marina Resort in Key West, Florida, from May 23 through May 27, 2001. There were more than 200 registrants from research and clinical sites throughout North America, as well as from Germany, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, UK, France, Finland, New Zealand, and Australia. The multidisciplinary nature of this meeting is recognized as providing an expert forum in which to discuss issues related to brain protection for patients undergoing a variety of cardiac and other surgical procedures. Registrants included cardiac and vascular surgeons, anesthesiologists, perfusionists, neurologists, neuropsychologists, cardiologists, nurses, and psychometrists, as well as industry representatives. In many cases, several members of the same research team were participating. The shared learning experiences are felt to be an important factor in enhancing each center’s research efforts and collaborations.

In addition to state-of-the-art lectures and research papers from many North American, European, and AustraloAsian medical research centers, another well-attended feature of Outcomes 2001 was the opportunity to join invitational focus group luncheons and breakfast meetings. These industry-sponsored events included scientists and phase I project development specialists representing various pharmaceutical, biotechnological, physiologic monitoring, and information technology industries. Many of those registrants who participated in these informal dialogues felt them to be an important link in recruiting and developing industry-based research contracts and funding.

Given this mix of expert clinicians and scientists, as well as the high levels of attendance from the various researchers, technicians, and industry representatives, the . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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