Editorial Board Changes

ANNOUNCEMENT

Editorial Board Changes

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s of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ annual meeting in San Diego, California, in January 2011, Drs Robert A. Dion, Hiromi Kurosawa, and Tomas A. Salerno ended 9-year terms of service on the editorial board. We appreciate the time and expertise of these outstanding editorial board members. Their commitment to The Annals has factored greatly into maintaining the quality of our content.

Robert A. Dion

Hiromi Kurosawa

Tomas A. Salerno

Also, as of the January 2011 meeting, we welcome the following new editorial board members: Drs William J. Brawn, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Anthony L. Estrera, Houston TX; Ki-Bong Kim, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, AL.

William J. Brawn

Anthony L. Estrera

Ki-Bong Kim

James K. Kirklin

At least three additional appointments need to be made to compensate for the vacancies left when 13 members rotated off of the editorial board in 2010. We expect that these appointments will be made by the time of the Spring 2011 STS Board of Directors meeting. On behalf of the cardiothoracic community, we welcome our new members and extend our gratitude to the past and present editorial board members. Their unwavering efforts to make The Annals of Thoracic Surgery a useful vehicle for the communication of vital information benefits authors and readers alike and enables practicing surgeons to better serve their patients.

© 2011 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier Inc

Ann Thorac Surg 2011;91:1313 • 0003-4975/$36.00 doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.065