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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;84:343-354
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons


Report From The STS Board of Directors

Forty-Third Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Douglas E. Wood, MD, Secretary


    Introduction
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The Forty-Third Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California on January 29–31, 2007, with an attendance of almost 5000, including spouses and exhibitors. A total of 1303 members and 1287 guest physicians attended the Scientific Sessions.

The program again featured STS University, which offered one didactic course, nine hands-on sessions, three live surgical procedures, and two videotaped surgeries. More than 600 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: "Surgical Lessons from the First 100 Fontan Conversions with Arrhythmia Surgery," "Are Surgical Outcomes for Lung Cancer Resections Improved at Academic Institutions," and "Off-Pump Techniques Benefit Both Men and Women and Narrow the Gender Disparity in Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: An Intention-to-Treat Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Cardiac Database."

A variety of other educational opportunities were also available this year, including the Parallel Surgical Forums, a special presentation from James Dove, MD, President-Elect of the American College of Cardiology, Surgical Motion Pictures, Breakfast Sessions, and the Patient Safety Symposium held on Wednesday afternoon.

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, "The Bright Future of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Era of Changing Health Care Delivery–An Update," Dr Frederick Grover emphasized that the future of the specialty will center on developing new technologies and the active recruitment of residents to cardiothoracic surgery. Former Senator William H. Frist, MD, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecturer, focused on what he sees as the most challenging domestic issue facing the United States today, which is health care. During his lecture, Dr Frist emphasized that cardiothoracic surgeons need to expand their activities beyond patient care to include advocacy. The Ethics Debate, "Professionalism Meets Commerce: Tighter Regulation of Conflicts of Interest in Surgeon-Industry Relations is Needed," highlighted the differences in opinion regarding the need for more regulation of relationships between industry and medical professionals. These presentations, along with many other sessions from The STS Forty-Third Annual Meeting, are available on The STS Web site at www.sts.org. In addition, the Presidential Address will appear in a future issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

The success of the Annual Meeting was due in large part to the exemplary commitment of the Workforce on Annual Meeting under the leadership of John H. Calhoon, MD (Workforce Chair), Richard H. Feins, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD (Surgical Forums Task Force Co-Chair), Michael J. Mack, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Robert J. McKenna, Jr, MD (Surgical Forums Task Force Co-Chair), and John D. Puskas, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Chair). In addition, the Workforce on Practice Education, under the leadership of Robert E. Emory, MD, created a dynamic parallel session, "Cardiothoracic Surgery Practice: State of the Art," which was presented to a standing-room only audience.

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 technologic advances affecting cardiothoracic surgery. This year’s program was developed with the talents of the Tech-Con Task Force chaired by John D. Puskas, MD.

The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: John E. Mayer, Jr, President; W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, First Vice President; Gordon F. Murray, Second Vice President; Douglas E. Wood, Secretary; Carolyn E. Reed, Treasurer; Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Historian; and Pedro Del Nido and Michael J. Mack were elected Directors-at-Large. 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 165 Active, 186 International, 139 Candidate, and 13 Associate Members this year. The total membership for the Society is composed of more than 5400 members.

Also this year, Stuart Jamieson, MD, chaired the Local Arrangements Committee, and Betsey Bradley Urschel chaired the Spouse’s Post Graduate Program.

The Society thanks the many volunteers from our membership and their families for assisting in the development and implementation of this very successful meeting.

The 44th Annual Meeting will be held January 28–30, 2008, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.


    The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2007–2008
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President
John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA

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

Second Vice President
Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC

Secretary
Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Treasurer
Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC

Immediate Past President
Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO

Editor
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA

Historian
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO

International Director
Bruce E. Keogh, London, UK

Directors-at-Large
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

Pedro J. del Nido (2010), Boston, MA

Michael J. Mack (2010), Dallas, TX

Executive Committee
John E. Mayer, Jr, Chair, Boston, MA

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC

Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO

Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC

Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Finance Committee
Douglas J. Mathisen, Chair, Boston, MA

William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD

Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Ex-Officio, Greenville, NC

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

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO

Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Canada

Nche Zama, Sayre, PA

Nominating Committee
William A. Baumgartner, Chair (2008), Baltimore, MD

Robert A. Guyton (2009), Atlanta, GA

Peter C. Pairolero (2010), Rochester, MN

Sidney Levitsky (2011), Boston, MA

Frederick L. Grover (2012), Denver, CO

John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2013), Boston, MA

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

Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL

Steven W. Guyton, Seattle, WA

Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA

Eric N. Mendeloff, Dallas, TX

Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI

Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, OR

Donald C. Watson, Jr, Biltmore Forest, NC

Walter G. Wolfe, Durham, NC

Frederick L. Grover, Ex-Officio, Denver, CO

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

Carl L. Backer, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting

Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education

Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery

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

Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues

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

Douglas J. Mathisen, Appointed Member

Daniel J. Boffa, Resident Appointee

L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio

Kirk R. Kanter, Ex-Officio

John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio

Jeffrey B. Rich Ex-Officio

Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery
Richard J. Shemin, Chair, Los Angeles, CA

David H. Adams, New York, NY

R. Morton Bolman, III, Boston, MA

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, Brooklyn, NY

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
Carl L. Backer, Chair, Chicago, IL

Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Boston, MA

Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX

James Jaggers, Durham, NC

Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA

Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Nashville, TN

Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA

Workforce on Annual Meeting
Program Task Force
Carl L. Backer, Chair, Chicago, IL

Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA

Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Denver, CO

Joseph A. Forbess, Dallas, TX

David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC

David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA

Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA

Frank A. Pigula, Boston, MA

Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA

STS University Task Force
Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Co-Chair, Houston, TX

Daniel L. Miller, Co-Chair, Atlanta, GA

Joseph E. Bavaria, Philadelphia, PA

Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL

Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA

Joseph S. Coselli, Houston, TX

Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Tomislav Mihaljevic, Cleveland, OH

Surgical Symposia Task Force
Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Co-Chair, Boston, MA

James Jaggers, Co-Chair, Durham, NC

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Detroit, MI

John Mark Morales, Corpus Christi, TX

Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Galveston, TX

Tech-Con Task Force*
Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Co-Chair, Nashville, TN

Robert C. Robbins, Co-Chair, Stanford, CA

Ralph J. Damiano, St. Louis, MO

A. Marc Gillinov, Cleveland, OH

Michael Lanuti, Boston, MA

James D. Luketich, Pittsburgh, PA

R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

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
Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Houston, TX

Erle H. Austin, III, Louisville, KY

John W. Brown, Indianapolis, IN

Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada

Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA

Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN

Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

Ralph S. Mosca, New York, NY

Ivan M. Rebeyka, Edmonton, Canada

James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI

Thomas Yeh, Dallas, TX

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

Yolonda L. Colson, Boston, MA

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

Mark J. Krasna, Towson, MD

John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO

Tom Treasure, London, UK

Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues
Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Cincinnati, OH

John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN

John H. Calhoon, San Antonio, TX

John R. Doty, Salt Lake City, UT

Joseph Friedberg, Philadelphia, PA

George L. Hicks, Rochester, NY

Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL

Aditya K. Kaza, Denver, CO

Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY

Craig H. Selzman, Chapel Hill, NC

Curt G. Tribble, Gainesville, FL

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

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

Ralph de la Torre, Boston, MA

Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA

Hiran C. Fernando, Boston, MA

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

R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA

Adam E. Saltman, Brooklyn, NY

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

Lenox D. Baker, Jr, Norfolk, VA

Jacob DeLaRosa, Pocatello, ID

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

Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA

John C. Myers, Rockford, IL

Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO

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

Richard J. Battafarano, Baltimore, MD

Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL

John A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT

Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Stony Brook, NY

Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA

W. Steves Ring, Dallas, TX

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

Charles B. Huddleston, St. Louis, MO

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

Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Workforce on Patient Safety

Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation

Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials

George C. Kaiser, Appointed Member

Mark B. Orringer, Appointed Member

John Robert Mehall, Resident Appointee

Pedro J. del Nido, Ex-Officio

Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio

Gordon F. Murray, Ex-Officio

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

Lishan Aklog, Phoenix, AZ

James M. Brown, Baltimore, MD

Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL

Michael D. Crittenden, West Roxbury, MA

Jessica S. Donington, Stanford, CA

Victor A. Ferraris, Lexington, KY

Andrew C. Fiore, St. Louis, MO

J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, PA

Thomas G. Gleason, Pittsburgh, PA

Constance K. Haan, Jacksonville, FL

Jeffrey S. Heinle, Houston, TX

Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA

Shukri F. Khuri, West Roxbury, MA

John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO

T. Brett Reece, Denver, CO

Joseph B. Shrager, Philadelphia, PA

David P. Taggart, Oxford, UK

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

Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN

Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand

Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL

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

Loren F. Hiratzka, Cincinnati, OH

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA

Bruce E. Keogh, London, UK

Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO

Mitchell J. Magee, Dallas, TX

Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland

Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL

William C. Nugent, Lebanon, NH

J. Scott Rankin, Nashville, TN

Joseph F. Sabik, III, Cleveland, OH

David M. Shahian, Sudbury, MA

Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan

Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

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

Emile M. Bacha, Boston, MA

William R. Berry, Needham, MA

Nora L. Burgess, San Francisco, CA

Stanley D. Carson, Denver, CO

Carolyn M. Dresler, Little Rock, AK

Daniel T. Engelman, Springfield, MA

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

Paul N. Uhlig, Cincinnati, OH

Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation
Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Los Angeles, CA

Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA

Thomas A. Burdon, Stanford, CA

Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC

Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX

Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO

Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA

James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI

Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA

Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials
Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Nashville, TN

Stephen D. Cassivi, Rochester, MN

Robert J. Downey, New York, NY

Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, MA

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC

David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO

Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD

Kemp H. Kernstine, Duarte, CA

Daniel R. Meldrum, Indianapolis, IN

David S. Schrump, Bethesda, MD

W. Roy Smythe, Temple, TX

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA

Council on Health Policy and Relationships
Operating Board
Keith S. Naunheim (2009), Council Chair

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

Jack M. Matloff, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships

Jeffrey P. Gold, Chair, Workforce on Internet Applications and Communication & Ex-Officio Member

Robert A. Guyton, Chair, Workforce on Media Relations and Communications

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

Timothy J. Gardner, Appointed Member

Sidney Levitsky, Appointed Member

Craig R. Hampton, Resident Appointee

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Ex-Officio

Richard H. Feins, 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

Edgar L. Feinberg, II, Lafayette, LA

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC

Richard K. Freeman, Indianapolis, IN

John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC

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, Los Angeles, CA

Scott C. Silvestry, Philadelphia, PA

Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz, New Brunswick, NJ

Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH

David F. Torchiana, Boston, MA

Paul N. Uhlig, Cincinnati, OH

Samuel R. Vester, Cincinnati, OH

Raghavendra R. Vijayanagar, Brandon, FL

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

Aurelio Chaux, Chair-Elect, Los Angeles, CA

Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, New York, NY

Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand

Ricardo Beyruti, São Paulo, Brazil

Dani Bitran, Jerusalem, Israel

Brian F. Buxton, Heidelberg, Australia

Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH

Roberto R. Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bruce E. Keogh, London, UK

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

Uwe Mehlhorn, Hamburg, Germany

Carlos A. Olivares-Torres, Tijuana, Mexico

Xin Min Ruan, Guangzhou, China

Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL

Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Nche Zama, Sayre, PA

Workforce on Internet Applications and Communication
Jeffrey P. Gold, Chair, Toledo, OH

David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA

David J. Caparrelli, Baltimore, MD

Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA

Mark D. Iannettoni, Iowa City, IA

Omar M. Lattouf, Atlanta, GA

Shauna R. Roberts, Kansas City, MO

Mark E. Sand, Orlando, FL

Edward B. Savage, St. Louis, MO

Paul T. Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium

Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Phoenix, AZ

Workforce on Media Relations and Communications
Robert A. Guyton, Chair, Atlanta, GA

Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Nashville, TN

Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC

Thoralf M. Sundt, Rochester, MN

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

John C. Alexander, Jr, Evanston, IL

Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL

Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA

Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY

Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA

Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS

Alex G. Little, Dayton, OH

Vassyl A. Lonchyna, Hinsdale, IL

Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN

Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA

Michael J. Weyant, Denver, CO

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

Feature Article Editors
Thomas X. Aufiero, Williamsport, PA

John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN

David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA

S. Bert Litwin, Boca Raton, FL

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

Statistics Editor
Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR

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, Heidelberg, Australia

Antonio M. Calafiore, Chieti, Italy

John V. Conte, Baltimore, MD

Thomas A. D’Amico, Durham, NC

Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA

Robert A. Dion, Genk, Belgium

T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC

Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH

Guo-Wei He, Hong Kong

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 G. Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO

Joseph LoCicero III, Brooklyn, NY

Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX

Joren C. Madsen, Boston, MA

Hikaru Matsuda, Hyogo, Japan

R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA

Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany

Louis P. Perrault, Montreal, Canada

Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA

Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy

Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL

Craig R. Smith, New York, NY

Thoralf M. Sundt III, Rochester, MN

Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Tokyo, Japan

Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway

Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ernst Wolner, Vienna, Austria

Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA

Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA

Ging-Yu Wu, Beijing, China


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Active
Abbas Abbas

Columbus, OH

David Affleck

Salt Lake City, UT

Mamdouh Al Ahmadi

Philadelphia, PA

Abdulrahman Alaulaqi

Cleveland, OH

George Allman

Daly City, CA

Rudolph Altergott

Downers Grove, IL

Geoffrey Answini

Cincinnati, OH

Adam Arnofsky

Manhasset, NY

Christopher Baird

Charlotte, NC

Faisal Bakaeen

Houston, TX

Craig Baker

Los Angeles, CA

Douglas Baldwin

Marquette, MI

George Batsides

New Brunswick, NJ

Peter Bolan

Macon, GA

Marco Bologna

Gainesville, FL

Umar Boston

Memphis, TN

John Bozinovski

Houston, TX

Laurence Brinckerhoff

Boston, MA

David Cable

Alexandria, LA

William Caine

Bremerton, WA

Glenn Carlos

Merrillville, IN

Paul Chai

Tampa, FL

Pervaiz Chaudhry

Fresno, CA

Frederick Chen

Boston, MA

Henry Childers

Greensburg, PA

Roberto Colangelo

Roslyn, NY

Michael Cortelli

Brandon, FL

Juan Crestanello

Columbus, OH

Subarto Deb

Mount Airy, MD

Michael DeFrain

Grand Rapids, MI

Christopher Derivaux

Cherry Hill, NJ

Francis DiPierro

Bangor, ME

William Douglas

Lexington, KY

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Boston, MA

Andrea Colli

Barcelona, Spain

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Vienna, Austria

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Rochester, MN

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Minneapolis, MN

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Edegem, Belgium

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San Antonio, TX

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Lausanne, Switzerland

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Rochester, MN

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Salta, Argentina

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Bursa, Turkey

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Dallas, TX

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Columbus, OH

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Nicosia, Cyprus

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Istanbul, Turkey

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San Diego, CA

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Houston, TX

Ahmet Gundogdu

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New York, NY

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Poitiers, France

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Massa, Italy

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Tanveer Khan

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Jacek Kolcz

Krakow, Poland

Jonathan Kraut

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Takashi Kunihara

Sapporo, Japan

Adrian Lata

Winston Salem, NC

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Jules Lin

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Daniel Lodge

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Sunil Malhotra

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Rammohan Marla

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Parwis Massoudy

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Andres Medina

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Rizwan Memon

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Mohi Mitiek

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Anand Sachithanandan

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Takahisa Sakurai

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Sameh Sayed

Assuit, Egypt

James Scharff

St. Louis, MO

Sunil Singhal

Philadelphia, PA

Ronald Smith, Jr

Houston, TX

Edward Soltesz

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Jay Steinberg

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Matthew Steliga

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Matthias Thielmann

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Karen Thompson

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Karin Trujillo

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Emrah Uguz

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Keung Ung

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Gautam Velamoor

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David West

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David White

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Steve Xydas

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Yusuke Yahagi

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Wing Yeen

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Sai Yendamuri

Houston, TX

Ayman Yousef

Amman, Jordan

Okan Yurdakok

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Volkan Yurtman

Antalya, Turkey

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Anwar Abd-Elfattah

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John Baker

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David Chambers

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Christian Etz

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Giovanni Filardo

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Karyn Kunzelman

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James McCully

Boston, MA

Sharon-Lise Normand

Boston, MA

Sampath Parthasarathy

Columbus, OH

William Richards

Boston, MA

Akif Undar

Hershey, PA

Jakob Vinten-Johansen

Atlanta, GA

John Wright

Denver, CO

Deceased members
Bechara F. Akl

Stanley K. Brockman

John Callaghan

Morley Cohen

Robert A. Crosthwait

Gerald A. Cyrowski

W. James Eldred

Frank Gergely

William Glenn

Hermes Grillo

Ernest A. Hershey

Robert F. Holliday

Wilfred M. Huse

William D. Kelly

Michael F. Lynch

William K. Major, Jr

Ronald L. Meng

Bert W. Meyer

Tsuguo Naruke

Richard M. Peters

John C. Powell

Dean Razi

Seth A Resnicoff

Girard Seitter, III

James R. Skinner

Norman Shumway

James H. Walker

Herbert W. Wallace

Benedict R. Walske


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