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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:372-380
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons


Report

Forty-Second Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Douglas E. Wood, MD, Secretary


    Introduction
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 The Society of Thoracic...
 New members
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The Forty-Second Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at McCormick Place in Chicago, January 30–February 1, 2006, with an attendance of almost 4,500, including spouses and exhibitors. A total of 1,219 members and 1,110 guest physicians attended the Scientific Sessions.

The program this year greatly increased attendance at the second STS University, which featured four didactic courses, seven wet labs, five live surgical procedures, and a video demonstration. More than 700 participants attended STS University for hands-on training in adult cardiac, general thoracic, and congenital cardiac procedures.

The Monday morning General Scientific Session featured the presentation of three J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Papers: "Determinants of Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Anatomic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries," "Long-Term Results from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial," and "Stent-Grafting of the Thoracic Aorta by the Cardiothoracic Surgeon."

A variety of other educational opportunities were also available this year, including the Parallel Surgical Forums, Patient Safety Town Hall Meeting, Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the Military Program, Women in Thoracic Surgery 20th Anniversary Meeting, Surgical Motion Pictures, Meet the Experts Sessions, and the Tuesday Breakfast Sessions.

Of particular note were three highly motivating presentations: the Presidential Address, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture, and the Medical Ethics Debate. In his Presidential Address "Navigating the New ‘Flat World' of Cardiothoracic Surgery," Dr Sidney Levitsky discussed how competition from abroad and the pressures of improving the bottom line are affecting medicine as they have the business world. Dr David Taggart, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecturer, reviewed the data that demonstrated the actual outcomes patients have experienced after CABG and after stent placement. His presentation highlighted the importance of patients being fully informed before making a treatment decision since the data demonstrates that in a majority of cases, CABG is the best treatment for multivessel and left main disease. There was also a presentation by doctors who survived Hurricane Katrina, sharing their thoughts on emergency preparation. These presentations, along with many other sessions from the STS 42nd Annual Meeting, are available on the STS website at www.sts.org.

The success of the Annual Meeting was due in large part to the exemplary commitment of the Workforce on Annual Meeting (Program Task Force) under the leadership of John V. Conte, MD (Program Task Force Chair), W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Chair), Joseph A. Forbess, MD, John C. Wain, MD (Surgical Forums Co-Chairs), and Michael J. Mack, MD, and Richard H. Feins, MD (STS University Task Force). In addition, the Workforce on Aging, under the leadership of Joseph LoCicero, MD, and the Workforce on Practice Education, under the leadership of Robert E. Emory, MD, created dynamic parallel sessions.

Before the STS Annual Meeting, the 2006 STS/AATS Tech-Con meeting welcomed 976 registrants. Once again, this program highlighted the newest and most crucial technological advances affecting cardiothoracic surgery.

The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: Frederick L. Grover, President; John E. Mayer, Jr, First Vice President; W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, Second Vice President; Douglas E. Wood, Secretary; Douglas J. Mathisen, Treasurer; Carolyn E. Reed, Treasurer-Elect; W. Gerald Rainer, Historian. Richard H. Feins was elected Director-at-Large. L. Henry Edmunds, Jr was re-elected as Editor. A complete listing of officers, committee members, council operating board and workforce members, and society representatives follows this report. The Society extends its appreciation to retiring officers and committee and workforce members for their dedicated service.

Members also elected 131 Active, 36 International, and 46 Candidate Members this year. The total membership for the Society is composed of more than 5,000 members.

Also this year, Mark Ferguson, MD, and Constantine Mavroudis, MD, co-chaired the Local Arrangements Committee, and Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Mavroudis chaired the Spouse's Hospitality Committee. The Society thanks Dr and Mrs Ferguson and Dr and Mrs Mavroudis for their exemplary work planning the various social activities associated with the meeting. The Members' Social Event was held at Art Institute of Chicago on Tuesday evening, January 31, 2006.

The 43rd Annual Meeting will be held January 29–31, 2007, in San Diego, California.


    The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2006–2007
 Top
 Introduction
 The Society of Thoracic...
 New members
 Candidate
 Deceased members
 Footnotes
 
Board of Directors
President
Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO

First Vice President
John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA

Second Vice President
W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC

Secretary
Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Treasurer
Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA

Treasurer-Elect
Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC

Immediate Past President
Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA

Editor
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA

Historian
W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO

International Director
Bruce E. Keogh, London, UK

Directors-at-Large
Michael J. Mack (2007), Dallas, TX

Meredith L. Scott (2007), Shell, WY

Kirk R. Kanter (2008), Atlanta, GA

Jeffrey B. Rich (2008), Norfolk, VA

Richard H. Feins (2009), Chapel Hill, NC

Jeffrey P. Gold (2009), Toledo, OH

Executive Committee
Frederick L. Grover, Chair, Denver, CO

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC

Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA

Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA

John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA

Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Finance Committee
Mark B. Orringer, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI

William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD

Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY

Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA

John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA

Carolyn E. Reed, Ex-Officio, Charleston, SC

Douglas E. Wood, Ex-Officio, Seattle, WA

Membership Committee
Richard I. Whyte, Chair, Stanford, CA

Simon K. Ashiku, Boston, MA

Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY

Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO

Nche Zama, Sayre, PA

Nominating Committee
Mark B. Orringer, Chair (2007), Ann Arbor, MI

William A. Baumgartner (2008), Baltimore, MD

Robert A. Guyton (2009), Atlanta, GA

Peter C. Pairolero (2010), Rochester, MN

Sidney Levitsky (2011), Boston, MA

Frederick L. Grover, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2012), Denver, CO

Standards and Ethics Committee
Robert M. Sade, Chair, Charleston, SC

Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN

David N. Campbell, Denver, CO

Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, MA

Steven W. Guyton, Seattle, WA

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO

Eric N. Mendeloff, Dallas, TX

Richard G. Sanderson, Tucson, AZ

Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, OR

Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA

Walter G. Wolfe, Durham, NC

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Galveston, TX

Council on Education and Member Service
Operating Board

John V. Conte (2008), Council Chair

Richard J. Shemin, Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery

Joseph LoCicero, III, Chair, Workforce on Aging

John H. Calhoon, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting

Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education

Pedro J. del Nido, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery

Mark S. Allen, Chair, Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery

Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education

Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Workforce on New Technology

Robert W. Emery, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Practice Education

David R. Jones, Chair, Workforce on Publications

Robert L. Kormos, Chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease

Gordon F. Murray, Appointed Member

Daniel J. Boffa, Resident Appointee

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio

Frederick L. Grover, Ex-Officio

Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio

Meredith L. Scott, Ex-Officio

Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery
Richard J. Shemin, Chair, Boston, MA

David H. Adams, New York, NY

Niloo M. Edwards, Madison, WI

Robert W. Emery, Jr, St. Paul, MN

David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO

Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL

Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI

John D. Puskas, Atlanta, GA

Gus J. Vlahakes, Boston, MA

Workforce on Aging
Joseph LoCicero, III, Chair, Mobile, AL

John R. Benfield, Los Angeles, CA

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Denver, CO

Thomas A. D'Amico, Durham, NC

Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC

Mark R. Katlic, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Monica L. McDonald, Milwaukee, WI

Marvin Pomerantz, Denver, CO

Ronald M. Weintraub, Cambridge, MA

David D. Yuh, Baltimore, MD

Workforce on Annual Meeting
John H. Calhoon, Chair, San Antonio, TX

Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA

John D. Puskas, Atlanta, GA

Workforce on Annual Meeting
Program Task Force
John H. Calhoon, Chair, San Antonio, TX

Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA

Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL

Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Denver, CO

David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC

Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA

Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN

Frank A. Pigula, Boston, MA

Frank W. Sellke, Boston, MA

STS University Task Force
Richard H. Feins, Co-Chair, Chapel Hill, NC

Michael J. Mack, Co-Chair, Dallas, TX

Joseph E. Bavaria, Philadelphia, PA

Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL

Joseph S. Coselli, Houston, TX

Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX

Tom R. Karl, San Francisco, CA

Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA

Randall K. Wolf, Cincinnati, OH

Surgical Forums Task Force
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Chair, St. Petersburg, FL

Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Co-Chair, Los Angeles, CA

Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Boston, MA

James Jaggers, Durham, NC

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Detroit, MI

John Mark Morales, Corpus Christi, TX

Tech-Con Task Force *
John D. Puskas, Chair, Atlanta, GA

Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN

Ralph J. Damiano, St. Louis, MO

A. Marc Gillinov, Cleveland, OH

James D. Luketich, Pittsburgh, PA

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Nashville, TN

Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA

Workforce on Clinical Education
Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Atlanta, GA

J. Michael DiMaio, Dallas, TX

Brett C. Sheridan, Chapel Hill, NC

Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, OR

Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr, New Orleans, LA

Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD

Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery
Pedro J. del Nido, Chair, Boston, MA

Erle H. Austin, III, Louisville, KY

Scott M. Bradley, Charleston, SC

Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada

Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA

Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN

Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

Ralph S. Mosca, New York, NY

James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI

Thomas Yeh, Dallas, TX

Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery
Mark S. Allen, Chair, Rochester, MN

Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL

Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Boston, MA

Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC

Jeffrey A. Hagen, Los Angeles, CA

David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC

Shafique H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Canada

Walter Klepetko, Vienna, Austria

Mark J. Krasna, Baltimore, MD

John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO

Workforce on Graduate Medical Education
Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Cincinnati, OH

John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN

John R. Doty, Salt Lake City, UT

Joseph Friedberg, Philadelphia, PA

George L. Hicks, Rochester, NY

Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL

Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY

Craig H. Selzman, Chapel Hill, NC

Curtis G. Tribble, Charlottesville, VA

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Workforce on New Technology *
Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Chicago, IL

Ralph de la Torre, Boston, MA

Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL

A. Marc Gillinov, Cleveland, OH

Robert C. Gorman, Philadelphia, PA

Marc R. Katz, Richmond, VA

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Dan M. Meyer, Dallas, TX

Robert E. Michler, New York, NY

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA

Adam E. Saltman, Worcester, MA

Thomas A. Vassiliades, Atlanta, GA

Kenton J. Zehr, Pittsburgh, PA

Workforce on Practice Education
Robert W. Emery, Jr, Chair, St. Paul, MN

Vinay Badhwar, St. Petersburg, FL

Jacob DeLaRosa, Pocatello, ID

James R. Edgerton, Plano, TX

Edgar L. Feinberg, II, Lafayette, LA

Deepak M. Gangahar, Lincoln, NE

Kristine J. Guleserian, Dallas, TX

John R. Handy, Portland, OR

Kamal R. Khabbaz, Boston, MA

James A. Magovern, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA

John D. Oswalt, Austin, TX

Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO

Workforce on Publications
David R. Jones, Chair, Charlottesville, VA

Richard J. Battafarano, St. Louis, MO

Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Editor, Philadelphia, PA

John A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Peter S. Greene, Baltimore, MD

Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Stony Brook, NY

Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease
Robert L. Kormos, Chair, Pittsburgh, PA

Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA

Margarita T. Camacho, Newark, NJ

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Denver, CO

Robert D. Dowling, Louisville, KY

Shafique H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Canada

James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, AL

Paolo Macchiarini, Barcelona, Spain

Carmelo Milano, Durham, NC

Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA

G. Alexander Patterson, St. Louis, MO

Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA

Vaughn A. Starnes, Los Angeles, CA

Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety
Operating Board
Richard P. Anderson (2008), Council Chair

Charles R. Bridges, Chair, Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery

Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Workforce on National Databases

Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Office of Research

Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Workforce on Patient Safety and Communications

George C. Kaiser, Appointed Member

John Robert Mehall, Resident Appointee

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Ex-Officio

Richard H. Feins, Ex-Officio

Jeffrey P. Gold, Ex-Officio

Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery
Charles R. Bridges, Chair, Philadelphia, PA

Lishan Aklog, New York, NY

James M. Brown, Baltimore, MD

Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL

Michael D. Crittenden, West Roxbury, MA

Claude Deschamps, Rochester, MN

Victor A. Ferraris, Lexington, KY

Thomas G. Gleason, Chicago, IL

Constance K. Haan, Jacksonville, FL

Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA

Shukri F. Khuri, West Roxbury, MA

John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO

Ganga Prabhakar, Morgantown, WV

Joseph B. Shrager, Philadelphia, PA

Garrett L. Walsh, Houston, TX

Tracey L. Weigel, Madison, WI

Workforce on National Databases
Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Jacksonville, FL

Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN

Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand

Lawrence I. Bonchek, Lancaster, PA

Brian F. Buxton, Heidelberg, Australia

Andrea J. Carpenter, San Antonio, TX

Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Boston, MA

Frank C. Detterbeck, New Haven, CT

Victor A. Ferraris, Lexington, KY

James S. Gammie, Baltimore, MD

Constance K. Haan, Jacksonville, FL

Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA

Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom

Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO

Mitchell J. Magee, Dallas, TX

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

William C. Nugent, Lebanon, NH

Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI

David M. Shahian, Sudbury, MA

Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan

Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

Workforce on Office of Research
Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Nashville, TN

Stephen D. Cassivi, Rochester, MN

Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, MA

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC

David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO

Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD

Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Vancouver, WA

Kemp H. Kernstine, Duarte, CA

Sidney Levitsky, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA

Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY

Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA

Workforce on Patient Safety and Communications
Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Rochester, MN

Nora L. Burgess, San Francisco, CA

Stanley D. Carson, Denver, CO

Daniel T. Engelman, Springfield, MA

Kamal G. Khalil, Houston, TX

James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA

M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC

Max B. Mitchell, Denver, CO

Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN

Joseph F. Sabik, III, Cleveland, OH

Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz, New Brunswick, NJ

Council on Health Policy and Relationships
Operating Board

Keith S. Naunheim (2007), Council Chair

Kevin D. Accola, Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy

Jack M. Matloff, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships

Richard G. Rouse, Chair, Workforce on Internet Applications and Communication

Peter K. Smith, Chair, Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding

Timothy J. Gardner, Appointed Member

Robert A. Guyton, Appointed Member

Craig R. Hampton, Resident Appointee

Kirk R. Kanter, Ex-Officio

John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio

Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio

Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy *
Kevin D. Accola, Chair, Orlando, FL

Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL

Greg A. Bowman, Pueblo, CO

Joel D. Cooper, Philadelphia, PA

William A. Cooper, Marietta, GA

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC

Richard K. Freeman, Indianapolis, IN

John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC

Alex G. Little, Dayton, OH

Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA

John R. Roberts, Nashville, TN

Todd K. Rosengart, Stony Brook, NY

Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY

David M. Shahian, Sudbury, MA

Richard J. Shemin, Boston, MA

Scott C. Silvestry, Philadelphia, PA

Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH

David F. Torchiana, Boston, MA

Paul N. Uhlig, Cincinnati, OH

Workforce on International Relationships
Jack M. Matloff, Chair, Los Angeles, CA

Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, New York, NY

Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand

Ricardo Beyruti, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Dani Bitran, Jerusalem, Israel

Brian F. Buxton, Heidelberg, Australia

Aurelio Chaux, Los Angeles, CA

Roberto R. Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom

Ferdinand B. Masau, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

Uwe Mehlhorn, Cologne, Germany

Carlos A. Olivares-Torres, Tijuana, Mexico

W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO

Xin Min Ruan, Guangzhou, China

Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Nche Zama, Sayre, PA

Workforce on Internet Applications and Communication
Richard G. Rouse, Chair, San Antonio, TX

David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA

David J. Caparrelli, Baltimore, MD

Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Peter S. Greene, Baltimore, MD

Mark D. Iannettoni, Iowa City, IA

Omar M. Lattouf, Atlanta, GA

Shauna R. Roberts, Davenport, IA

Mark E. Sand, Orlando, FL

Edward B. Savage, St. Louis, MO

Paul T. Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium

Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Phoenix, AZ

Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding *
Peter K. Smith, Chair, Durham, NC

John C. Alexander, Jr, Hackensack, NJ

Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA

Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA

Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY

Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA

Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS

James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA

Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN

Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA

Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Editor
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA

Associate Editors
CME Editors
Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA

Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

Ethics Editor
Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC

Key References Editor
Kenneth M. Steinglass, New York, NY

Reviews Editor
Richard J. Novick, London, Ontario, Canada

Statistics Editor
Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR

Feature Article Editors
Thomas X. Aufiero, Williamsport, PA

John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN

David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA

S. Bert Litwin, Milwaukee, WI

Joseph I. Miller, Jr, Atlanta, GA

John A. Odell, Jacksonville, FL

Wayne E. Richenbacher, Iowa City, IA

Joseph B. Shrager, Philadelphia, PA

Larry W. Stephenson, Detroit, MI

Surgical Heritage Editor
W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO

Surgical Pathology Editor
Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy

Editorial Board
David H. Adams, New York, NY

William N. Anderson, Lake Forest, CA

Enio Buffolo, São Paulo, Brazil

Brian F. Buxton, Melbourne, Australia

Antonio M. Calafiore, Chieti, Italy

Joseph M. Craver, Atlanta, GA

Thomas A. D'Amico, Durham, NC

Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA

Robert A. Dion, Leiden, the Netherlands

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Baton Rouge, LA

David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Peter Goldstraw, London, United Kingdom

Guo-Wei He, Hong Kong

Markus K. Heinemann, Mainz, Germany

Richard F. Heitmiller, Baltimore, MD

William L. Holman, Birmingham, AL

Eddie L. Hoover, Buffalo, NY

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA

Michael E. Jessen, Dallas, TX

David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA

Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA

A. Pieter Kappetein, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan

François Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO

Joseph LoCicero III, Mobile, AL

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Joren C. Madsen, Boston, MA

Hikaru Matsuda, Osaka, Japan

Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL

R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA

Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL

Thoralf M. Sundt III, Rochester, MN

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Tokyo, Japan

Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway

Ernst Wolner, Vienna, Austria

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

Anthony P. C. Yim, Hong Kong


    New members
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 The Society of Thoracic...
 New members
 Candidate
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 Footnotes
 
Active
Domestic
Ghulam Abbas

Pittsburgh, PA

Miguel G. Aguinaga

Searcy, AR

Rashid M. Ahmad

Nashville, TN

Shahriyour Andaz

Lynbrook, NY

Rafael S. Andrade

Minneapolis, MN

Robert E. Applebaum

Flossmoor, IL

William Scott Arnold

Roanoke, VA

John H. Artrip

Superior, CO

Reginald W. Barnes

Little Rock, AR

Thomas L. Bauer

Newark, DE

Edward M. Bender

Cape Girardeau, MO

Alvise F. Bernabei

Detroit, MI

Erik Beyer

Temple, TX

David P. Bichell

Chicago, IL

Linda Bogar

Philadelphia, PA

Brent Jason Bowles

St. George, UT

Darien W. Bradford

Arlington, TX

William Morris Brown

Atlanta, GA

William Burfeind

Durham, NC

Phillip C. Camp

Lexington, KY

John A. Carr

Chicago, IL

Edgar G. Chedrawy

Evanston, IL

Ray H. Chen

Pasadena, TX

Neil A. Christie

Pittsburgh, PA

Jeffrey P. Christy

Springfield, IL

Christopher K. Cicci

Concord, NC

Stephen E. Clayson

Salt Lake City, UT

William C. Conner

San Antonio, TX

E. Darrin Cox

Laurel, MD

Traves P. Crabtree

St. Louis, MO

Michael E. Damrich

Mobile, AL

B. Reddy Dandolu

Philadelphia, PA

David A. Dean

Pittsburgh, PA

Jacob DeLaRosa

Pocatello, ID

John F. DeRosimo

Charleston, SC

John D. DeWalt

Lancaster, OH

Anthony W. DiScipio

Lebanon, NH

Afshin Ehsan

Boston, MA

John Entwistle

Philadelphia, PA

David J. Esposito

Milford, CT

Gregory W. Fink

Syracuse, NY

Kirk J. Fleischer

Norfolk, VA

Mark T. Grattan

Honolulu, HI

Gregory L. Groglio

Slidell, LA

Paula Guinnip

Marion, IL

Thomas S. Guy

San Francisco, CA

Nahidh W. Hasaniya

Loma Linda, CA

Mark W. Huang

Chula Vista, CA

Vigneshwar Kasirajan

Richmond, VA

Minoo N. Kavarana

London, KY

Eric J. Keyser

Grand Forks, ND

Sohit K. Khanna

Owensboro, KY

Shamsuddin Khwaja

Fresno, CA

William A. Killinger

Raleigh, NC

Peter Y. Kim

Ocala, FL

Edward H. Kincaid

Winston Salem, NC

Michael G. Koelsch

Muncie, IN

Srinivas Kolla

Pittsburgh, PA

Santosh N. Krishnan

Waukesha, WI

David M. Kulick

Austin, TX

Christopher C. Kwon

Phoenix, AZ

Dimitris K. Kyriazis

Mobile, AL

Jason J. Lamb

Pittsburgh, PA

Michael Lanuti

Boston, MA

Steven Levin

Grand Junction, CO

Vincent E. Lotano

Camden, NJ

William R. Lynch

Iowa City, IA

Carlos L. Macias

Fort Worth, TX

Michael M. Madani

San Diego, CA

David Malave

Fort Sam Houston, TX

James D. Maloney

Louisville, KY

Carl Maltese

Mobile, AL

Divakar Mandapati

Woonsocket, RI

Michael J. Mann

San Francisco, CA

Daniel Martinez

San Antonio, TX

Saqib Masroor

Hackensak, NJ

Kevin L. Mayor

Fairway, KS

Michael F. McGrath

Norfolk, VA

Jeffrey D. McNeil

San Antonio, TX

John E. McVey

Madison, WI

Daniel R. Meldrum

Indianapolis, IN

Bassem Mora

Chicago, IL

Victor O. Morell

Pittsburgh, PA

David H. Mull

Mobile, AL

Mubashir A. Mumtaz

Camp Hill, PA

Alex Sang H. Na

Towson, MD

Quynh V. Nguyen

Las Vegas, NV

Jose J. Norberto

Lancaster, OH

William Davidson Ogden

San Antonio, TX

Ronald B. O'Gorman

Mobile, AL

Jonathan M. Philpott

Fort Wayne, IN

Vitaly V. Piluiko

Williamsport, PA

Juan F. Plate

New Brunswick, NJ

Kevin M.A. Radecki

Hagerstown, MD

Chand Ramaiah

Lexington, KY

Hassan K. Reda

Laredo, TX

Atiq Rehman

Columbus, MS

Kevin A. Richardson

Albuquerque, NM

Francisco B. Rodriguez

Laredo, TX

Vishal Sachdev

Tupelo, MS

Chittor B. Sai-Sudhakar

Columbus, OH

Jorge D. Salazar

San Antonio, TX

Rawn Salenger

Lancaster, OH

Paul H. Schipper

Portland, OR

Frank G. Scholl

Nashville, TN

Larry L. Shears

York, PA

Cedric D. Sheffield

Tampa, FL

Manisha R. Shende

East Brunswick, NJ

Jeffrey M. Silver

Arlington Heights, IL

Matthew S. Slater

Portland, OR

Howard Song

Portland, OR

Jason S. Sperling

Ridgewood, NJ

M. Denton Stam

Winchester, VA

Robert D. Stewart

Chicago, IL

Robert M. Stiegel

Charlotte, NC

Mithran S. Sukumar

Portland, OR

Nabil Y. Tarazi

Portland, OR

Aaron L. Trachte

Lawton, OK

Douglas C. Wallace

San Diego, CA

Karl E. Welke

Portland, OR

Michael G. Wood

Las Vegas, NV

David W. Wormuth

Fayetteville, NY

Mehrdad Zarrinmakan

Warren, OH

Lambros Zellos

Boston, MA

Zhandong Zhou

Syracuse, NY

George L. Zorn

Kansas City, MO

International
Rafik A. Abdulal

Syria

Alexander Artur Albert

Lahr, Germany

Sujit Banyatpiyaphod

Bangkok, Thailand

Abdollah Behzadi

Toronto, ON, Canada

Marius Berman

Petah-Tikva, Israel

Gabor Bogats

Hungary

Michael A. Borger

Toronto, ON, Canada

Mauricio A. Cassinelli

Montevideo, Uruguay

Hernan Alonso Cruz-Sanchez

Mayaguez, PR

Francois Dagenais

Quebec, PQ, Canada

Ufuk Etlik Demirkilic

Ankara, Turkey

Daniel Fink

Jerusalem, Israel

Serdar Gunaydin

Beysukent-Ankara, Turkey

Ali Can Hatemi

Nisantasi, Istanbul, Turkey

Marc J. Hendrikx

Hasselt, Belgium

Taiko Horii

Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Yosuke Ishii

Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Itoh

Saga City, Saga, Japan

Masayuki Iwazaki

Kanagawa, Japan

Jalali Homayoun

Queensland, Australia

Fadi M. Khoury

Amman, Jordan

Jari O. Laurikka

Tampere, Finland

Jae Won Lee

Seoul, Korea

Yugal K. Mishra

New Delhi, India

Jacek J. Moll

Lodz, Poland

Marc Albert Radermecker

Liege, Belgium

Han Young Ryu

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sandeep Singh

Haryana, India

Chaisit Srisomboon

Bangkok, Thailand

Marius J. Swart

Bloemfontein, South Africa

David P. Taggart

Oxford, UK

Koh Takeuchi

Bunkyo, Japan

A. Lawrence Tan

Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Yutaka Watanabe

Gunma, Japan


    Candidate
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 Introduction
 The Society of Thoracic...
 New members
 Candidate
 Deceased members
 Footnotes
 
Khaled M. Abdelhady

Chicago, IL

Ahmad Reza Abrishamchian

Owings Mills, MD

Prasad S. Adusumilli

Pittsburgh, PA

Shalini R. Anne

Syracuse, NY

Matthew A. Arneson

San Diego, CA

Adam G. Arnofsky

Manhasset, NY

Nathan R. Bates

Boston, MA

Tammy H. Baxter

Augusta, GA

Jay K. Bhama

Houston, TX

Marco T. Bologna

Birmingham, AL

Frank W. Bowen

Philadelphia, PA

Derek R. Brinster

Boston, MA

Peter A. Caravella

Augusta, GA

Frederick Y. Chen

Boston, MA

Rosario Floridia

Loma Linda, CA

Rose B. Ganim

Boston, MA

Jeffrey V. Garrett

Cincinnati, OH

Jesus A. Gomez-Abraham

Philadelphia, PA

Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski

Cleveland, OH

Veena Guru

Toronto, ON

Ziad G. Hanhan

Chicago, IL

Samer Kanaan

Los Angeles, CA

John M. Karamichalis

Nashville, TN

Tomer Z. Karas

Houston, TX

Sandeep J. Khandhar

San Antonio, TX

Paul S. Lajos

Charlotte, NC

Sukit C. Malaisrie

Houston, TX

Ulysse G. McCann

Houston, TX

Robert E. Merritt

Boston, MA

Greg N. Messner

Houston, TX

Douglas J. Minnich

Boston, MA

Christopher R. Morse

Boston, MA

Vijay K. Nuthakki

Chicago, IL

Sara Jane Pereira

Birmingham, AL

Anastasios C. Polimenakos

Saint Louis, MO

William F. Polito

Houston, TX

Alfredo R. Ramirez

Chicago, IL

Raman Ravishankar

Glen Mills, PA

Roberto Rodriguez

Boston, MA

Joshua D. Rovin

Saint Petersburg, FL

Wilson Y. Szeto

Philadelphia, PA

Bethany B. Tan

Washington, DC

Vinod H. Thourani

Marietta, GA

Mathew A. Van Deusen

Pittsburgh, PA

Thomas K. Varghese

Ann Arbor, MI

Benjamin A. Youdelman

Philadelphia, PA


    Deceased members
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 Introduction
 The Society of Thoracic...
 New members
 Candidate
 Deceased members
 Footnotes
 
Paul E. Achouh

Niv Ad

Preben Brandenhoff

Chawki F. elZein

Mathew Ninan

Eyal Porat

Yoshiya Toyoda


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 New members
 Candidate
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