Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff EDITOR

ASSOCIATE EDITORS ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Richard D. Weisel, MD, Cardiovascular Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto

ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE Y. Joseph Woo, MD Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine Professor, by Courtesy, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY Bryan Meyers, MD Patrick and Joy Williamson Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery Barnes-Jewish Hospital

PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT Nevin Katz, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiac Surgery Johns Hopkins University, Clinical Professor of Surgery, George Washington University Medical Center, President & Executive Director, Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiothoracic Surgical Care (FACTS-Care)

ETHICS Cary W. Akins, MD Clinical Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School

ACQUIRED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FAHA, FACC Horace G. Smithy Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Director, South Carolina Heart Valve Center Medical University of South Carolina

Hartzell V. Schaff, MD Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

Emile Bacha, MD Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery New York-Presbyterian Hospital/ Columbia University Medical Center Director, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery New York-Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY Thomas W. Rice, MD Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner College of Medicine Case Western Reserve University

STATISTICS Eugene H. Blackstone, MD Director, Clinical Investigations Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic

Christopher A. Caldarone, MD Chair, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto Watson Family Chair in Cardiovascular Sciences and Staff Cardiovascular Surgeon, The Labatt Family Heart Center at the The Hospital for Sick Children

EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY/BASIC SCIENCE Frank W. Sellke, MD Karl Karlson and Gloria Karlson Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Director, Cardiovascular Institute Alpert Medical School Brown University

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, FACS Professor of Surgery and Deputy Chair, Director of Clinical Education & Training Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

CHINESE EDITION Shengshou Hu, MD, FACC Director, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases of China President, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

AATS Officers and Councilors

President Pedro J. del Nido, MD Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgery Boston Children's Hospital William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery Harvard Medical School

President-Elect Joseph S. Coselli, MD Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Associate Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Baylor College of Medicine Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Texas Heart Institute Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Service Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center

Treasurer Duke Cameron, MD Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery James T. Dresher Sr. Professor of Surgery Director of The Dana and Albert ``Cubby'' Broccoli Center for Aortic Diseases Johns Hopkins Hospital

Councilor J. William Gaynor, MD Director, Fetal Neuroprotection and Neuroplasticity Program Daniel M. Tabas Endowed Chair, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Associate Professor of Surgery Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Vice President Thoralf M. Sundt III, MD Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center Massachusetts General Hospital Edward D. Churchill Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School

Councilor David H. Adams, MD Marie-Jos ee and Henry R. Kravis Professor & Chairman Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital

Councilor David J. Sugarbaker, MD Professor and Chief Division of General Thoracic Surgery Director, Lung Institute Olga Keith Wiess Chair in Surgery Baylor College of Medicine

Councilor Lars G. Svensson, MD, PhD Director of the Aorta Center Director of the Marfan Syndrome and Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic Director of Quality and Process Improvement Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cleveland Clinic

Secretary Marc R. Moon, MD Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Washington University School of Medicine

Councilor Jos e Pomar, MD, PhD Professor and Deputy Director The Thorax Institute Hospital Clinico de Barcelona

Councilor David R. Jones, MD Chief, Thoracic Service, Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center