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Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
REPORT FROM THE STS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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he Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 25–27, 2010, with an attendance of more than 4,000, which included surgeons, allied health care professionals, spouses, and exhibitors. Attendees of the Annual Meeting had the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational sessions, including the Parallel Surgical Forums, Ticketed Breakfast Sessions, Surgical Video Matinees, and STS University. The Monday morning General Scientific Session featured three J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Papers, the most highly rated papers of the Annual Meeting, which were selected for their appeal to each subspecialty: Congenital Heart Surgery—“Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest (DHCA) Is Not a Risk Factor for Impaired Neurodevelopmental Outcome in School-Age Children Following Infant Cardiac Surgery”; General Thoracic Surgery—“Predictors of Mortality and Major Morbidity After Resection for Lung Cancer: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database Risk Model”; and Adult Cardiac Surgery—“Utilization and Outcomes of Less Invasive Mitral Valve Operations in North America.” Of particular note were four highly motivational presentations: the Presidential Address, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture, the Lillehei Lecture, and the Ethics Debate. In his Presidential Address, “Though Medicine Can Be Learned, It Cannot Be Taught”—The First 100 Years: Flexnerian Competency 2010,” Dr Gordon F. Murray spoke about the future of patient-centered care within the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Using the Flexner Report, which was published in 1910, as his platform, Dr Murray reinforced the idea that “the engagement of residents in the day-to-day care of patients is the essential context for the experiential learning of medicine and surgery.” The Thomas B. Ferguson lecture was given by Jeffrey B. Rich, MD. Dr Rich’s lecture focused on health care reform and how it is important for cardiothoracic surgeons to anticipate the expected effects on their practices. Dr Rich educated the audience on anticipated changes in the health care payment and delivery system that will ultimately motivate physicians and hospitals to deliver high-quality, efficient health care. The C. Walton Lillehei Lecture was presented by William A. Neal, MD. Dr Neal’s presentation, “The Minnesota Metastasis: Translational Research Before It Had a Name,” examined translational research, research that ultimately has an impact on public health, and discussed examples from his own work during the past 12 years, focusing on preventive cardiology and epidemiology.
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The Ethics Debate, “The Financial Link Between Industry and Physician Consultants Should Be Severed— Pro/Con,” explored whether payments from industry to physicians have a corrupting influence on physicians’ clinical judgment and practices. In addition to these presentations, the Workforce on Patient Safety offered another important patient safety parallel session, and the Workforce on Annual Meeting introduced a new parallel session on critical care. The Workforce on Practice Management presented a four-hour STS Practice Management Summit. Wrapping up the STS 46th Annual Meeting was STS University; there were more than 900 registrations for 12 sessions. This year’s sessions ranged from a hands-on course on thoracoscopic lobectomy to a course on simulation in cardiothoracic surgery. STS University provided an opportunity for registrants to learn the latest techniques of cardiothoracic surgery through hands-on procedural education taught by world-renowned instructors. The STS is pleased to announce STS 46th Annual Meeting Online—a new educational product that affords physicians and nonphysicians the opportunity to earn CME credit at home or in the office. STS 46th Annual Meeting Online comprises the majority of sessions from the live conference, including the surgical symposia, general sessions, parallel surgical forums, surgical motion pictures, and the Ethics Debate. This activity will be available for CME credit until February 1, 2011. For more information or to register for STS 46th Annual Meeting Online, please visit www.sts.org. 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 David R. Jones, MD (Workforce Chair), John S. Ikonomidis, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Bryan F. Meyers, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Kemp H. Kernstine, MD (Surgical Symposium Task Force Co-Chair), Mark D. Plunkett, MD (Surgical Symposium Task Force Co-Chair), Thomas A. D’Amico, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair), and Thomas A. Vassiliades, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair). Before the STS 46th Annual Meeting, STS/AATS TechCon 2010 welcomed more than 1,000 attendees. The Tech-Con Task Force did an excellent job putting together a program that encompassed new technologies and emerging trends. The cardiac and thoracic tracks covered recent advances in less invasive aortic valve replacement, the artificial lung, and robotic mitral valve repair. These tracks included presentations on novel therapies for hybrid coronary revascularization, less invasive valve procedures, new techniques and technology, and the latest cell therapy for the heart. Ann Thorac Surg 2010;90:338 – 48 • 0003-4975/$36.00 doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.029
The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: Douglas J. Mathisen, President; Michael J. Mack, First Vice President; Jeffery B. Rich, Second Vice President; and David A. Fullerton, Secretary. Carolyn E. Reed was reelected as Treasurer, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, was reelected as Editor of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Walter H. Merrill was elected as a Director-atLarge, and Richard J. Shemin was reelected as a Director-at-Large. Complete rosters of the STS Board of Directors, Standing Committees, Council Operating Boards, Workforces, Annual Meeting Task Forces, and The Annals Editorial Board follow this report. The Society extends its appreciation to retiring STS officers, Committee members, and Workforce members for their dedicated service. The STS membership elected 134 Active, 83 International, 65 Candidate, and 35 Associate Members this year. The Society now has more than 5,900 members.
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The membership also voted to create a Pre-Candidate category for medical students and general surgery residents. Along with the new membership category, the STS also created a rolling admission process for PreCandidate, Candidate, and Associate membership categories. This new process allows completed applications for these three membership categories to be acted upon throughout the year. The STS would like to thank the many member volunteers and their supportive families for their commitment to the specialty, as well as for the hard work and long hours they put into developing and implementing this highly successful meeting. The STS 47th Annual Meeting will be held January 31–February 2, 2011. David A. Fullerton, Secretary
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2010 –2011 STS Leadership Structure Board of Directors President Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA
First Vice President Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX
Second Vice President Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA
Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA
Finance Committee Frederick L. Grover, Chair, Aurora, CO W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA David A. Fullerton, Ex-Officio, Aurora, CO Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio, Dallas, TX Carolyn E. Reed, Ex-Officio, Charleston, SC
Membership Committee
Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC
Constantine Mavroudis, Chair, Cleveland, OH Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL Gail E. Darling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kelly C. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY Jeffrey C. Milliken, Orange, CA Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Lexington, KY
Immediate Past President
Nominating Committee
Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC
Sidney Levitsky, Chair (2011), Boston, MA Frederick L. Grover (2012), Aurora, CO John E. Mayer, Jr (2013), Boston, MA W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr (2014), Greenville, NC Gordon F. Murray (2015), Southport, NC Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2016), Boston, MA
Secretary David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO
Treasurer
International Director Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom
Canadian Director Jean Deslauriers, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Directors-at-Large
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Mark S. Allen (2011), Rochester, MN Robert S. D. Higgins (2011), Chicago, IL John H. Calhoon (2012), San Antonio, TX Richard H. Feins (2012), Chapel Hill, NC Walter H. Merrill (2013), Jackson, MS Richard J. Shemin (2013), Los Angeles, CA
Editor L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA
Historian Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO
Executive Committee Douglas J. Mathisen, Chair, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC
Standards and Ethics Committee Robert M. Sade, Chair, Charleston, SC Charles R. Bridges, Philadelphia, PA David N. Campbell, Aurora, CO Kathleen N. Fenton, Silver Spring, MD Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Steven W. Guyton, Portland, WA John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY Jeffrey B. Kramer, Kansas City, KS Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI Ross M. Ungerleider, Cleveland, OH Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA Gordon F. Murray, Ex-Officio, Southport, NC
Council on Education and Member Services Operating Board David R. Jones (2012), Council Chair R. Morton Bolman III, Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting Richard L. Prager, Chair, Workforce on Associate Membership
Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Valerie W. Rusch, Chair, Workforce on Critical Care Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chair, Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery George L. Hicks, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Workforce on New Technology Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Workforce on Practice Management Margarita T. Camacho, Chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease Edward D. Verrier, Appointed Member Douglas E. Wood, Appointed Member Bryan A. Whitson, Resident Appointee Mark S. Allen, Ex-Officio L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio Robert S. D. Higgins, Ex-Officio Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery R. Morton Bolman III, Chair, Boston, MA David H. Adams, New York, NY Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Michael Argenziano, New York, NY Niloo M. Edwards, Madison, WI Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI John D. Puskas, Atlanta, GA Eric E. Roselli, Cleveland, OH
Workforce on Annual Meeting Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Cleveland, OH Duke E. Cameron, Baltimore, MD Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN Michael Lanuti, Boston, MA M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Eric E. Roselli, Cleveland, OH Scott J. Swanson, Boston, MA
Workforce on Annual Meeting Program Task Force Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Cleveland, OH Todd M. Dewey, Dallas, TX James Jaggers, Aurora, CO Christine L. Lau, Charlottesville, VA Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS John D. Mitchell, Aurora, CO Francis D. Pagani, Ann Arbor, MI Howard Song, Portland, OR Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Workforce on Annual Meeting STS University Task Force Duke E. Cameron, Co-Chair, Baltimore, MD Scott J. Swanson, Co-Chair, Boston, MA Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL Traves P. Crabtree, St. Louis, MO Alberto L. de Hoyos, Chicago, IL
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Douglas R. Johnston, Cleveland, OH David D. Yuh, Baltimore, MD
Workforce on Annual Meeting Surgical Symposia Task Force Joseph A. Dearani, Co-Chair, Rochester, MN Michael Lanuti, Co-Chair, Boston, MA Erle H. Austin III, Louisville, KY Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY Andrew C. Chang, Ann Arbor, MI Frank C. Detterbeck, New Haven, CT
Workforce on Annual Meeting Tech-Con Task Force* M. Blair Marshall, Co-Chair, Washington, DC Eric E. Roselli, Co-Chair, Cleveland, OH Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA R. Morton Bolman III, Boston, MA Ross M. Bremner, Phoenix, AZ Marc de Perrot, Toronto, Ontario, Canada James I. Fann, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Associate Membership Richard L. Prager, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI Diane E. Alejo, Baltimore, MD Jay Asplan, Cincinnati, OH Faisal H. Cheema, New York, NY Robert F. Dunton, Portsmouth, VA Shannon R. Foiles, Peoria, IL Kelly C. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV M. LaWaun Hance, Ann Arbor, MI Sylvia M. Laudun, New Orleans, LA Sidney W. Lavender II, Winston-Salem, NC Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Patti A. McCluskey-Andre, Newport Beach, CA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS Debra E. Wilcox, Denver, CO
Workforce on Clinical Education Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Atlanta, GA J. Michael DiMaio, Dallas, TX Christopher M. Feindel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Kevin W. Lobdell, Charlotte, NC Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Brett C. Sheridan, Chapel Hill, NC Ross M. Ungerleider, Cleveland, OH Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD
Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Houston, TX Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jonathan M. Chen, New York, NY Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA Juan V. Comas, Madrid, Spain J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, PA Robert A. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Frank A. Pigula, Boston, MA George E. Sarris, Athens, Greece James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI Thomas Yeh, New Orleans, LA
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Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Evelio Rodriguez, Greenville, NC Mathew R. Williams, New York, NY Kenton J. Zehr, Temple, TX
Workforce on Practice Management Workforce on Critical Care Valerie W. Rusch, Chair, New York, NY John H. Calhoon, San Antonio, TX Aaron M. Cheng, Seattle, WA Marcelo C. DaSilva, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Nevin M. Katz, Washington, DC Kevin W. Lobdell, Charlotte, NC Glenn J. R. Whitman, Baltimore, MD Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA
Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chair, Chicago, IL Matthew G. Blum, Colorado Springs, CO Yolonda L. Colson, Boston, MA Sean C. Grondin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jeffrey A. Hagen, Los Angeles, CA David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mark J. Krasna, Towson, MD Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA John D. Mitchell, Aurora, CO Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy
Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues George L. Hicks, Jr, Chair, Rochester, NY John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN John R. Doty, Murray, UT James I. Fann, Stanford, CA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Cynthia S. Herrington, Los Angeles, CA Aditya K. Kaza, Salt Lake City, UT Sandra L. Starnes, Cincinnati, OH Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Ara A. Vaporciyan, Houston, TX Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD MISCELLANEOUS
Workforce on New Technology* Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Chicago, IL Joseph E. Bavaria, Philadelphia, PA William E. Cohn, Houston, TX Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA Hiran C. Fernando, Boston, MA Raja M. Flores, New York, NY Robert C. Gorman, Glenolden, PA Marc R. Katz, Richmond, VA John A. Kern, Charlottesville, VA Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dan M. Meyer, Dallas, TX R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA *Joint STS/AATS activity
Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Orlando, FL Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL Jacob DeLaRosa, Pocatello, ID Edgar L. Feinberg II, Lafayette, LA Francis D. Ferdinand, Wynnewood, PA Deepak M. Gangahar, Lincoln, NE Kristine J. Guleserian, Dallas, TX John R. Handy, Portland, OR Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA Hassan A. Tetteh, Bethesda, MD Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO
Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease Margarita T. Camacho, Chair, Newark, NJ Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Seth D. Force, Atlanta, GA Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Paolo Macchiarini, Florence, Italy Carmelo Milano, Durham, NC Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA Vaughn A. Starnes, Los Angeles, CA Yoshiya Toyoda, Pittsburgh, PA
Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety Operating Board Fred H. Edwards (2012), Council Chair John D. Mitchell, Chair, Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery David M. Shahian, Chair, Workforce on National Databases M. Blair Marshall, Chair, Workforce on Patient Safety Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation Kemp H. Kernstine, Chair, Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials Frederick L. Grover, Appointed Member Mark B. Orringer, Appointed Member Bret A. Mettler, Resident Appointee Walter H. Merrill, Ex-Officio Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio Richard J. Shemin, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery John D. Mitchell, Chair, Aurora, CO Lishan Aklog, Phoenix, AZ Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA James M. Brown, Baltimore, MD Ayesha S. Bryant, Birmingham, AL Alfred S. Casale, Wilkes-Barre, PA Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL Michael D. Crittenden, St. Louis, MO Jessica S. Donington, New York, NY
Thomas G. Gleason, Pittsburgh, PA John R. Handy, Portland, OR Robert S. D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Abraham M. Liberman, Montreal, Quebec, Canada T. Brett Reece, Aurora, CO Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA
Workforce on National Databases David M. Shahian, Chair, Boston, MA Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand Lawrence I. Bonchek, Lancaster, PA Brian F. Buxton, Richmond, Australia Andrea J. Carpenter, San Antonio, TX Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chicago, IL 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 Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Mitchell J. Magee, Dallas, TX Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH J. Scott Rankin, Nashville, TN Joseph F. Sabik III, Cleveland, OH A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Stony Brook, NY Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA
Workforce on Patient Safety M. Blair Marshall, Chair, Washington, DC Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY William R. Berry, Needham, MA Nora L. Burgess, San Francisco, CA Carolyn M. Dresler, Little Rock, AR James I. Fann, Stanford, CA T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC Juan A. Sanchez, Waterbury, CT Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz, New Brunswick, NJ Paul N. Uhlig, Wichita, KS Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Los Angeles, CA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL Thomas A. Burdon, Stanford, CA Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX Frederick L. Grover, Aurora, CO Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA David M. Shahian, Boston, MA Anthony J. Tortolani, New York, NY
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James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials Kemp H. Kernstine, Chair, Duarte, CA Stephen D. Cassivi, Rochester, MN Robert J. Downey, New York, NY Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Michael Lanuti, Boston, MA Daniel R. Meldrum, Indianapolis, IN Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA Juan A. Sanchez, Waterbury, CT Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA
Council on Health Policy and Relationships Operating Board Sidney Levitsky (2012), Council Chair T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy Aurelio Chaux, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, Workforce on Media Relations and Communications Peter K. Smith, Chair, Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding John V. Conte, Appointed Member Julian Guitron, Resident Appointee John H. Calhoon, Ex-Officio Richard H. Feins, Ex-Officio Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacyr* T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Greenville, NC Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston, TX Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Jennifer L. Ellis, Washington, DC Richard K. Freeman, Indianapolis, IN Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA Alan P. Kypson, Greenville, NC M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Max B. Mitchell, Denver, CO Dao M. Nguyen, Miami, FL Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY David M. Shahian, Boston, MA Scott C. Silvestry, Philadelphia, PA W. Roy Smythe, Temple, TX Alan M. Speir, Falls Church, VA Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH S. Russell Vester, Cincinnati, OH Raghavendra Vijayanagar, Tampa, FL
Workforce on International Relationships Aurelio Chaux, Chair, Ocala, FL Zohair Y. Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand Ricardo Beyruti, Sao Paulo, Brazil Dani Bitran, Jerusalem, Israel Brian F. Buxton, Richmond, Australia Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Uwe Mehlhorn, Mainz, Germany Laureano Molins, Barcelona, Spain Carlos A. Olivares-Torres, Tijuana, Mexico Erino A. Rendina, Rome, Italy Xin Min Ruan, Guangzhou, China Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Naresh K. Trehan, New Delhi, India Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Nche Zama, Sayre, PA
Workforce on Media Relations and Communications Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, St. Louis, MO Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL Emily A. Farkas, St. Louis, MO Robert S. D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA 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 Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Verdi J. DiSesa, Wynnewood, PA Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL G. Gilbert Johnston, Tacoma, WA Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Alex G. Little, Dayton, OH Vassyl A. Lonchyna, Chicago, IL V. Seenu Reddy, San Antonio, TX Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA Michael J. Weyant, Aurora, CO Grayson H. Wheatley III, Phoenix, AZ J. Mark Williams, Greenville, NC Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA MISCELLANEOUS
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Associate Editors CME Editors Verdi J. DiSesa, Wynnewood, PA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Colleen G. Koch, Cleveland, OH Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Ethics Editor Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC Feature Article Editors Thomas X. Aufiero, Williamsport, PA David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA S. Bert Litwin, Boca Raton, FL M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Joseph I. Miller, Jr, Atlanta, GA John A. Odell, Jacksonville, FL Wayne E. Richenbacher, Iowa City, IA Larry W. Stephenson, Detroit, MI Thomas J. Vander Salm, Salem, MA Statistics Editor Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR Surgical Heritage Editor Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Surgical Pathology Editor Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy
Editorial Board Members Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Stefano Benussi, Milan, Italy Alessandro Brunelli, Ancona, Italy Enio Buffolo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Albert T. Cheung, Philadelphia, PA John V. Conte, Baltimore, MD Thomas A. D’Amico, Durham, NC Steven R. DeMeester, Los Angeles, CA Robert A. Dion, Genk, Belgium Fred H. Edwards, Jacksonville, FL Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH Michael Grimm, Vienna, Austria Eugene A. Grossi, New York, NY Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Michael E. Jessen, Dallas, TX David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA A. Pieter Kappetein, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Delhi, India Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, New York, NY Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Tomislav Mihaljevic, Cleveland, OH R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA Yoshifumi Naka, New York, NY Louis P. Perrault, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy Marc Ruel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway Glen S. Van Arsdell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pascal R. Vouhe, Paris, France Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thomas Walther, Bad Nauheim, Germany Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA Qing-yu Wu, Beijing, China
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Mark Cunningham Los Angeles, CA
Eric Grogan Nashville, TN
Jules Lin Ann Arbor, MI
Robert Dabal Birmingham, AL
Michel Haddad Philadelphia, PA
Ramin Malekan White Plains, NY
David D’Alessandro Bronx, NY
James Hammel Omaha, NE
Sunil Malhotra Gainesville, FL
Daren Danielson Sacramento, CA
Ziad Hanhan Holmdel, NJ
Alicia McKelvey Paoli, PA
Sevak Darbinian Mission Viejo, CA
Mohir Hedeshian Worcester, MA
David McMullan Seattle, WA
James Davies Birmingham, AL
Joe Helou Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John Mehall Colorado Springs, CO
Jonathan D’Cunha Minneapolis, MN
Chuong Hoang Stanford, CA
Inder Mehta Ridgeland, MS
Nilto De Oliveira Madison, WI
Eric Hoenicke Austin, TX
Robert Merritt Palo Alto, CA
Nikola Dobrilovic Providence, RI
Kevin Hyman Great Neck, NY
Gregory Messner Plano, TX
Melanie Edwards New Orleans, LA
Douglas Johnston Cleveland, OH
Peter Mikhail Gainesville, FL
Charles Elkins Oklahoma City, OK
Colin Joyo Newport Beach, CA
Steven Miller Lawton, OK
James Fingleton Providence, RI
Andreas Kamlot Concord, CA
Douglas Minnich Birmingham, AL
Rosario Floridia Loma Linda, CA
Aditya Kaza Salt Lake City, UT
Robert Moraca Sewickley, PA
Jacques-Pierre Fontaine Providence, RI
Ara Ketchedjian Boston, MA
Christopher Morse Boston, MA
Edward Frick Suffolk, VA
William Kitchens Augusta, GA
Abdulelah Murshid Saudi Arabia
Stephanie Fuller Philadelphia, PA
Charles Klieman Whittier, CA
Dean Nakamura Honolulu, HI
Jonathan Kraut Prospect, KY
Dennis Nichols Tacoma, WA
Elizabeth Butler Evansville, IN
Francis Fynn-Thompson Boston, MA Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias Miami, FL
Jasleen Kukreja San Francisco, CA
Alexander Nieto Everett, WA
John Carabello Tulsa, OK
Mark Genovesi Brooklyn, NY
Pankaj Kulshrestha Centerville, OH
Michael Nolen Little Rock, AR
Dominic Cefali Newburgh, IN
Michael Gibson Florence, SC
Ganesh Kumpati West Allis, WI
Alden Parsons Raleigh, NC
Subhasis Chatterjee Evanston, IL
Vanessa Gibson Sandusky, OH
Jay Lee Los Angeles, CA
Bhavik Patel Ogden, UT
Cynthia Chin New York, NY
Juan Grau Philadelphia, PA
Vincent Lee Prescott, AZ
Mayank Patel Frontenac, MO
David Cooke Sacramento, CA
Kevin Greason Rochester, MN
Steven Leyland Inman, SC
Subroto Paul New York, NY
Joel Corvera Indianapolis, IN
John Grehan St. Paul, MN
Theodore Lillehei St. Paul, MN
Duc Thinh Pham Boston, MA
ACTIVE Zenoun Abouzelam Appleton, WI Sam Afkham-Ebrahimi Potomac, MD Alon Aharon Stamford, CT Mohamad Allam Lafayette, LA Curtis Anderson Greenville, NC Anthony Ascioti Indianapolis, IN Kenneth Ashton Paradise Valley, AZ Leora Balsam New York, NY Nathan Bates Jacksonville, FL Arun Bhutani Poughkeepsie, NY Thomas Birdas Indianapolis, IN Costas Bizekis New York, NY Shanda Blackmon Houston, TX William Boedefeld Baton Rouge, LA Frank Bowen Wyndmoor, PA William Brinkman Dallas, TX
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Anastasios Polimenakos Chicago, IL
Betty Tong Durham, NC
William Polito Des Plaines, IL
Pei Tsau Tucson, AZ
Robert Poston Boston, MA
Ganpat Valaulikar Memphis, TN
Victor Pretorius Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Nirmal Veeramachaneni Chapel Hill, NC
David Rabkin Seattle, WA
Daniel Velez San Juan, PR
Basel Ramlawi Houston, TX
Conrad Vial Palo Alto, CA
Clifton Reade Chattanooga, TN
Derek Von Haag Glendale, AZ
Roberto Rodriguez Boston, MA
Peter Walts Indianapolis, IN
Sebastian Defranchi Buenos Aires, Argentina
Matthew Romano Ann Arbor, MI
I-wen Wang St. Louis, MO
Marek Deja Katowice, Poland
Fidel Sendra Covington, LA
Peter Wearden Pittsburgh, PA
Gabriel Dumitrasciuc Timisoara, Romania
Shaun Setty Metairie, LA
Jian Ye Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Abdelwahed Gdeedo Tripoli, Libya
Kapil Sharma Sacramento, CA Andrew Sherman Lakeland, FL Jeffrey Shuhaiber Cincinnati, OH Sunil Singhal Philadelphia, PA Manak Sood Ypsilanti, MI Rafael Squitieri Bridgeport, CT
Peter Zakow Poughkeepsie, NY Henry Zhu Sacramento, CA Douglas Zusman Newport Beach, CA
Konstantin Borisov Moscow, Russian Federation
Cosimo Lequaglie Rinonero in Vulture PZ, Italy
Robert Chen Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Peter Licht Odense, Denmark
Claudiu Chivu Arges, Romania Ali Asghar Chorum Zadeh Dashti Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran
Sulkhan Lominadze Tbilisi, Georgia
Paola Ciriaco Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy Bernhard Danner Gottingen, Germany
Shahram Lotfi Aachen, Germany Francesco Madonna Pessac, France Manuel Magalhaes Oeiras, Portugal Talal Mahmoud Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Osman Makhachev Moscow, Russian Federation Bernadino Blas Mancini Buenos Aires, Argentina
Georgios Georghiou Larnaka, Cyprus
Gopi Mannam Hyderabad, India
Sinisa Gradinac Belgrade, Serbia
Masoumali Masoumi Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran
Claudio Grossi Cuneo, Italy
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Javier Gualis Leon, Spain
Diaa El-Din A. Seoud Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Leslie Hamilton Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Anas Abdel Azim Giza, Egypt
Seung-Pyung Lim Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Kenji Minakata Kyoto-city, Japan Ruben Movsesian Moscow, Russian Federation Horia Muresian Bucharest, Romania
Mahmoud Abu-Abeeleh Amman, Jordan
Paul Herijgers Leuven, Belgium Mitsuhiro, Kamiyoshihara Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Ahmet Ruchan Akar Ankara, Turkey
Venkata Karri Hyderabad, India
Raul Alvarez-Tostado Mexico City, Mexico
Michael Klimatsidas Thessaloniki, Greece
Tohru Asai Otsu, Shiga, Japan
Jacek Kolcz Krakow, Poland
Tayfun Aybek Ankara, Turkey
Ralfs Kolitis Riga, Latvia Sanjay Kumar Hyderabad, India
Jeil J. Thomas Chicago, IL
Andriy Babych Lviv, Ukraine Luiz Carlos Bento de Souza Sao Paulo, Brazil
David O’Regan Leeds, United Kingdom Chandrasekar Padmanabhan Coimbatore, India
Chaim Leker Locker Rochester, MN
Leonidas Papastavrou Athens, Greece
Richard Thompson Lancaster, PA
Alejandro Bertolotti Buenos Aires, Argentina
Salvatore Lentini Messina, Italy
Antonio Petino Catania, Italy
Sotiris Stamou St. Louis, MO MISCELLANEOUS
Matthew Steliga Little Rock, AR Brendon Stiles New York, NY John Storey Indianapolis, IN David Stuesse Boise, ID Jorge Suarez-Cavelier Orlando, FL
Kamran Musayev Baku, Azerbaijan Andrew Newcomb Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Norihiko Oka Parkville, Victoria, Australia Yoshitomo, Okumura Nishinomiya, Japan
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Orlando Petrucci Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Vipin Zamvar Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Joachim Pfannschmidt Heidelberg, Germany
Marian Zembala Zabrze, Poland
Victor Proto El Manantial, Tucuman, Argentina Hassan Radmehr Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Paul Ramphal Nassau, Bahamas Abdallah Raweh Milano, Italy Friedrich-Christian Riess Hamburg, Germany Jean Rubay Brussels, Belgium Ece Salihoglu Istanbul, Turkey Masaru Sawazaki Aichi, Japan Marco Scarci London, United Kingdom
CANDIDATE Laura Adam St. Louis, MO Fahad Al Tuwaijri Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mahmood Alam Dublin, Ireland Jose Amortegui Baltimore, MD Masaki Anraku Toronto, ON, Canada Dimitrios Avgerinos New York, NY Shyamasundar Balasubramanya Boston, MA Steve Bibevski Ann Arbor, MI
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Steven Milman Baltimore, MD
David Greuner New York, NY
Daniela Molena New York, NY
Ahmed Halal Indianapolis, IN
Erick Montero Los Angeles, CA
Susan Hecker Charleston, SC
Angela Mouhlas Albany, NY
Lucas Henn West Hollywood, CA
James Mykytenko Nashville, TN
Siobain Horan San Diego, CA
Bejoy Philip Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Houda Pittsburgh, PA
Maksim Pryshchepau Paris, France
Frederic Jacques Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lauren Kane Atlanta, GA Georgios Karapanagiotidis Thessaloniki, Greece Alen Karic Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Suresh Keshavamurthy Cleveland, OH
Jonathon Redwine Houston, TX Hyde Russell Chicago, IL Diyar Saeed Chicago, IL Sacha Salzberg Zurich, Switzerland Alexis Shafii Shaker Heights, OH
Pranava Sinha Arlington, VA
Ziyad Binsalamah Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rodolfo Siordia Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Dmitry Bobylev Hannover, Germany
Horia Sirbu Erlangen, Germany
Jack Boyd Indianapolis, IN
Johan Sjogren Lund, Sweden
Adam Braze Chicago, IL
Ralf Sodian Munich, Germany
Jennifer Chan Ann Arbor, MI
Giovanni Speziali Pittsburgh, PA
Rafe Connors Charlottesville, VA
Geoffrey Kohn Wantirna, Victoria, Australia
Gunter Taal Harjumaa, Estonia
Vitaly Demyanchuk Kyiv, Ukraine
Christopher Komanapalli St. Paul, MN
Bo Yang Palo Alto, CA
Luca Testolin Padova, Italy
Lucas Duvall San Antonio, TX
Elbert Kuo St. Louis, MO
Tamer Turan Bursa, Turkey Amin Reza Vahdani Parast Khoramabad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Tarek El Tawil Cairo, Egypt
Minghui Liu Sacramento, CA
Li Zhang Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Asif Farooqui Dublin, Ireland
Robroy MacIver Seattle, WA
Alecia Ajarie Roslyn, NY
Mauricio Velasquez Cali, Colombia
David Finley New York, NY
Carlos Mery Charlottesville, VA
Lynn Bardales New Orleans, LA
Francis Wellens Wilrijik, Belgium
Fernando Fleischman La Canada, CA
Bret Mettler Boston, MA
David Beer Ann Arbor, MI
Mustafa Yuksel Istanbul, Turkey
Isaac George New York, NY
Antonio Miceli Bristol, United Kingdom
Karla Brown Chapel Hill, NC
Fawad Khawaja Gibsonia, PA Jae Kim Bellaire, TX Ki Wan Kim Ann Arbor, MI Joshua Kindelan Chicago, IL
William Stansfield Durham, NC Neil Stockmaster Monmouth Junction, NJ Rozales Swanson Matthews, NC Murat Ugurlucan Istanbul, Turkey Bryan Whitson Minneapolis, MN Roh Yanagida West Hollywood, CA
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Nancy Cook Oakland, CA
Robyn Korsmo Temple, TX
Alan Stolz Houston, TX
Dan Culica Dallas, TX
Dale Lawson Durham, NC
Michael Swartz Rochester, NY
Stephen Deppen Nashville, TN
Deborah LeBlanc New Orleans, LA
Tracy Sweet Indianapolis, IN
Jared DeVirgilis Albany, GA
John Lee Honolulu, HI
Emily Taylor Memphis, TN
Susan Duffy Mesa, AZ
Martha Linn Portage, MI
Sharon Taylor Boston, MA
Stephanie Elder Peoria, IL
Hua Liu Boston, MA
Pam George University Place, WA
Mark Lucas Denver, CO
James Gillen Gray, ME
Mark Mason Indianapolis, IN
Jamie Hamilton Reading, PA
Benjamin Paul Rockville, MD
Theresa Hernandez Sacramento, CA
Ryan Ramales Shelby Township, MI
Bonnie Kangas Kansas City, MO
Robert Rhodes Omaha, NE
Shelly Klein Washington, MI
Patricia Ross Salt Lake City, UT
Craig Vocelka Seattle, WA Kinberly Wordekemper Omaha, NE
DECEASED MEMBERS Abdul Al-Shamma Jose H. Amadeo Mian M. Ashraf Alan H. Bailey Robert Beauford Fred B. Berry Scott C. Brainard Ivan W. Brown, Jr
William G. Cahan Richard P. Carter Leo Cuello Paul A. Ebert Johann Ehrenhaft Donald P. Elliott Marek Pawel Gawdzinski Sam Greer, Jr Arthur T. Haebich Richard Hoffman Carl J. Impellitier Victor H. Kaunitz George A. Liebler Lawrence M. Lowell Carlo F. Marcelletti Javier J. Marcos Charles T. Meadows Fernando L. Mendez Kazi Mobin-Uddin Dryden P. Morse Joseph L. Owens, Jr Kyriakos Rammos Frank S. Redo Bruce E. Robbins David C. Sabiston, Jr Albert L. Shirkey Alvin Jay Slovin William Zuber
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Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
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he Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 25–27, 2010, with an attendance of more than 4,000, which included surgeons, allied health care professionals, spouses, and exhibitors. Attendees of the Annual Meeting had the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational sessions, including the Parallel Surgical Forums, Ticketed Breakfast Sessions, Surgical Video Matinees, and STS University. The Monday morning General Scientific Session featured three J. Maxwell Chamberlain Memorial Papers, the most highly rated papers of the Annual Meeting, which were selected for their appeal to each subspecialty: Congenital Heart Surgery—“Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest (DHCA) Is Not a Risk Factor for Impaired Neurodevelopmental Outcome in School-Age Children Following Infant Cardiac Surgery”; General Thoracic Surgery—“Predictors of Mortality and Major Morbidity After Resection for Lung Cancer: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database Risk Model”; and Adult Cardiac Surgery—“Utilization and Outcomes of Less Invasive Mitral Valve Operations in North America.” Of particular note were four highly motivational presentations: the Presidential Address, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture, the Lillehei Lecture, and the Ethics Debate. In his Presidential Address, “Though Medicine Can Be Learned, It Cannot Be Taught”—The First 100 Years: Flexnerian Competency 2010,” Dr Gordon F. Murray spoke about the future of patient-centered care within the field of cardiothoracic surgery. Using the Flexner Report, which was published in 1910, as his platform, Dr Murray reinforced the idea that “the engagement of residents in the day-to-day care of patients is the essential context for the experiential learning of medicine and surgery.” The Thomas B. Ferguson lecture was given by Jeffrey B. Rich, MD. Dr Rich’s lecture focused on health care reform and how it is important for cardiothoracic surgeons to anticipate the expected effects on their practices. Dr Rich educated the audience on anticipated changes in the health care payment and delivery system that will ultimately motivate physicians and hospitals to deliver high-quality, efficient health care. The C. Walton Lillehei Lecture was presented by William A. Neal, MD. Dr Neal’s presentation, “The Minnesota Metastasis: Translational Research Before It Had a Name,” examined translational research, research that ultimately has an impact on public health, and discussed examples from his own work during the past 12 years, focusing on preventive cardiology and epidemiology.
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The Ethics Debate, “The Financial Link Between Industry and Physician Consultants Should Be Severed— Pro/Con,” explored whether payments from industry to physicians have a corrupting influence on physicians’ clinical judgment and practices. In addition to these presentations, the Workforce on Patient Safety offered another important patient safety parallel session, and the Workforce on Annual Meeting introduced a new parallel session on critical care. The Workforce on Practice Management presented a four-hour STS Practice Management Summit. Wrapping up the STS 46th Annual Meeting was STS University; there were more than 900 registrations for 12 sessions. This year’s sessions ranged from a hands-on course on thoracoscopic lobectomy to a course on simulation in cardiothoracic surgery. STS University provided an opportunity for registrants to learn the latest techniques of cardiothoracic surgery through hands-on procedural education taught by world-renowned instructors. The STS is pleased to announce STS 46th Annual Meeting Online—a new educational product that affords physicians and nonphysicians the opportunity to earn CME credit at home or in the office. STS 46th Annual Meeting Online comprises the majority of sessions from the live conference, including the surgical symposia, general sessions, parallel surgical forums, surgical motion pictures, and the Ethics Debate. This activity will be available for CME credit until February 1, 2011. For more information or to register for STS 46th Annual Meeting Online, please visit www.sts.org. 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 David R. Jones, MD (Workforce Chair), John S. Ikonomidis, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Bryan F. Meyers, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Kemp H. Kernstine, MD (Surgical Symposium Task Force Co-Chair), Mark D. Plunkett, MD (Surgical Symposium Task Force Co-Chair), Thomas A. D’Amico, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair), and Thomas A. Vassiliades, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair). Before the STS 46th Annual Meeting, STS/AATS TechCon 2010 welcomed more than 1,000 attendees. The Tech-Con Task Force did an excellent job putting together a program that encompassed new technologies and emerging trends. The cardiac and thoracic tracks covered recent advances in less invasive aortic valve replacement, the artificial lung, and robotic mitral valve repair. These tracks included presentations on novel therapies for hybrid coronary revascularization, less invasive valve procedures, new techniques and technology, and the latest cell therapy for the heart. Ann Thorac Surg 2010;90:338 – 48 • 0003-4975/$36.00 doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.029
The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: Douglas J. Mathisen, President; Michael J. Mack, First Vice President; Jeffery B. Rich, Second Vice President; and David A. Fullerton, Secretary. Carolyn E. Reed was reelected as Treasurer, and L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, was reelected as Editor of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. Walter H. Merrill was elected as a Director-atLarge, and Richard J. Shemin was reelected as a Director-at-Large. Complete rosters of the STS Board of Directors, Standing Committees, Council Operating Boards, Workforces, Annual Meeting Task Forces, and The Annals Editorial Board follow this report. The Society extends its appreciation to retiring STS officers, Committee members, and Workforce members for their dedicated service. The STS membership elected 134 Active, 83 International, 65 Candidate, and 35 Associate Members this year. The Society now has more than 5,900 members.
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The membership also voted to create a Pre-Candidate category for medical students and general surgery residents. Along with the new membership category, the STS also created a rolling admission process for PreCandidate, Candidate, and Associate membership categories. This new process allows completed applications for these three membership categories to be acted upon throughout the year. The STS would like to thank the many member volunteers and their supportive families for their commitment to the specialty, as well as for the hard work and long hours they put into developing and implementing this highly successful meeting. The STS 47th Annual Meeting will be held January 31–February 2, 2011. David A. Fullerton, Secretary
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2010 –2011 STS Leadership Structure Board of Directors President Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA
First Vice President Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX
Second Vice President Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA
Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA
Finance Committee Frederick L. Grover, Chair, Aurora, CO W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA David A. Fullerton, Ex-Officio, Aurora, CO Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio, Dallas, TX Carolyn E. Reed, Ex-Officio, Charleston, SC
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Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC
Constantine Mavroudis, Chair, Cleveland, OH Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL Gail E. Darling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Kelly C. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY Jeffrey C. Milliken, Orange, CA Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Lexington, KY
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Nominating Committee
Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC
Sidney Levitsky, Chair (2011), Boston, MA Frederick L. Grover (2012), Aurora, CO John E. Mayer, Jr (2013), Boston, MA W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr (2014), Greenville, NC Gordon F. Murray (2015), Southport, NC Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2016), Boston, MA
Secretary David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO
Treasurer
International Director Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom
Canadian Director Jean Deslauriers, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Directors-at-Large
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Mark S. Allen (2011), Rochester, MN Robert S. D. Higgins (2011), Chicago, IL John H. Calhoon (2012), San Antonio, TX Richard H. Feins (2012), Chapel Hill, NC Walter H. Merrill (2013), Jackson, MS Richard J. Shemin (2013), Los Angeles, CA
Editor L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA
Historian Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO
Executive Committee Douglas J. Mathisen, Chair, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC
Standards and Ethics Committee Robert M. Sade, Chair, Charleston, SC Charles R. Bridges, Philadelphia, PA David N. Campbell, Aurora, CO Kathleen N. Fenton, Silver Spring, MD Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Steven W. Guyton, Portland, WA John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY Jeffrey B. Kramer, Kansas City, KS Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI Ross M. Ungerleider, Cleveland, OH Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA Gordon F. Murray, Ex-Officio, Southport, NC
Council on Education and Member Services Operating Board David R. Jones (2012), Council Chair R. Morton Bolman III, Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting Richard L. Prager, Chair, Workforce on Associate Membership
Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Valerie W. Rusch, Chair, Workforce on Critical Care Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chair, Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery George L. Hicks, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Workforce on New Technology Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Workforce on Practice Management Margarita T. Camacho, Chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease Edward D. Verrier, Appointed Member Douglas E. Wood, Appointed Member Bryan A. Whitson, Resident Appointee Mark S. Allen, Ex-Officio L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio Robert S. D. Higgins, Ex-Officio Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery R. Morton Bolman III, Chair, Boston, MA David H. Adams, New York, NY Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Michael Argenziano, New York, NY Niloo M. Edwards, Madison, WI Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI John D. Puskas, Atlanta, GA Eric E. Roselli, Cleveland, OH
Workforce on Annual Meeting Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Cleveland, OH Duke E. Cameron, Baltimore, MD Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN Michael Lanuti, Boston, MA M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Eric E. Roselli, Cleveland, OH Scott J. Swanson, Boston, MA
Workforce on Annual Meeting Program Task Force Joseph F. Sabik III, Chair, Cleveland, OH Todd M. Dewey, Dallas, TX James Jaggers, Aurora, CO Christine L. Lau, Charlottesville, VA Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS John D. Mitchell, Aurora, CO Francis D. Pagani, Ann Arbor, MI Howard Song, Portland, OR Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Workforce on Annual Meeting STS University Task Force Duke E. Cameron, Co-Chair, Baltimore, MD Scott J. Swanson, Co-Chair, Boston, MA Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL Traves P. Crabtree, St. Louis, MO Alberto L. de Hoyos, Chicago, IL
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Douglas R. Johnston, Cleveland, OH David D. Yuh, Baltimore, MD
Workforce on Annual Meeting Surgical Symposia Task Force Joseph A. Dearani, Co-Chair, Rochester, MN Michael Lanuti, Co-Chair, Boston, MA Erle H. Austin III, Louisville, KY Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY Andrew C. Chang, Ann Arbor, MI Frank C. Detterbeck, New Haven, CT
Workforce on Annual Meeting Tech-Con Task Force* M. Blair Marshall, Co-Chair, Washington, DC Eric E. Roselli, Co-Chair, Cleveland, OH Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA R. Morton Bolman III, Boston, MA Ross M. Bremner, Phoenix, AZ Marc de Perrot, Toronto, Ontario, Canada James I. Fann, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Associate Membership Richard L. Prager, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI Diane E. Alejo, Baltimore, MD Jay Asplan, Cincinnati, OH Faisal H. Cheema, New York, NY Robert F. Dunton, Portsmouth, VA Shannon R. Foiles, Peoria, IL Kelly C. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV M. LaWaun Hance, Ann Arbor, MI Sylvia M. Laudun, New Orleans, LA Sidney W. Lavender II, Winston-Salem, NC Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Patti A. McCluskey-Andre, Newport Beach, CA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS Debra E. Wilcox, Denver, CO
Workforce on Clinical Education Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Atlanta, GA J. Michael DiMaio, Dallas, TX Christopher M. Feindel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Kevin W. Lobdell, Charlotte, NC Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Brett C. Sheridan, Chapel Hill, NC Ross M. Ungerleider, Cleveland, OH Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD
Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Chair, Houston, TX Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Jonathan M. Chen, New York, NY Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA Juan V. Comas, Madrid, Spain J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, PA Robert A. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Evelio Rodriguez, Greenville, NC Mathew R. Williams, New York, NY Kenton J. Zehr, Temple, TX
Workforce on Practice Management Workforce on Critical Care Valerie W. Rusch, Chair, New York, NY John H. Calhoon, San Antonio, TX Aaron M. Cheng, Seattle, WA Marcelo C. DaSilva, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Nevin M. Katz, Washington, DC Kevin W. Lobdell, Charlotte, NC Glenn J. R. Whitman, Baltimore, MD Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA
Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chair, Chicago, IL Matthew G. Blum, Colorado Springs, CO Yolonda L. Colson, Boston, MA Sean C. Grondin, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Jeffrey A. Hagen, Los Angeles, CA David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Mark J. Krasna, Towson, MD Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA John D. Mitchell, Aurora, CO Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy
Workforce on Graduate Medical Education and Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues George L. Hicks, Jr, Chair, Rochester, NY John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN John R. Doty, Murray, UT James I. Fann, Stanford, CA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Cynthia S. Herrington, Los Angeles, CA Aditya K. Kaza, Salt Lake City, UT Sandra L. Starnes, Cincinnati, OH Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Ara A. Vaporciyan, Houston, TX Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Stephen C. Yang, Baltimore, MD MISCELLANEOUS
Workforce on New Technology* Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Chicago, IL Joseph E. Bavaria, Philadelphia, PA William E. Cohn, Houston, TX Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA Hiran C. Fernando, Boston, MA Raja M. Flores, New York, NY Robert C. Gorman, Glenolden, PA Marc R. Katz, Richmond, VA John A. Kern, Charlottesville, VA Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dan M. Meyer, Dallas, TX R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA *Joint STS/AATS activity
Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Orlando, FL Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL Jacob DeLaRosa, Pocatello, ID Edgar L. Feinberg II, Lafayette, LA Francis D. Ferdinand, Wynnewood, PA Deepak M. Gangahar, Lincoln, NE Kristine J. Guleserian, Dallas, TX John R. Handy, Portland, OR Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA Hassan A. Tetteh, Bethesda, MD Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO
Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease Margarita T. Camacho, Chair, Newark, NJ Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Seth D. Force, Atlanta, GA Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Paolo Macchiarini, Florence, Italy Carmelo Milano, Durham, NC Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA Vaughn A. Starnes, Los Angeles, CA Yoshiya Toyoda, Pittsburgh, PA
Council on Quality, Research, and Patient Safety Operating Board Fred H. Edwards (2012), Council Chair John D. Mitchell, Chair, Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery David M. Shahian, Chair, Workforce on National Databases M. Blair Marshall, Chair, Workforce on Patient Safety Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation Kemp H. Kernstine, Chair, Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials Frederick L. Grover, Appointed Member Mark B. Orringer, Appointed Member Bret A. Mettler, Resident Appointee Walter H. Merrill, Ex-Officio Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio Richard J. Shemin, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery John D. Mitchell, Chair, Aurora, CO Lishan Aklog, Phoenix, AZ Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA James M. Brown, Baltimore, MD Ayesha S. Bryant, Birmingham, AL Alfred S. Casale, Wilkes-Barre, PA Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL Michael D. Crittenden, St. Louis, MO Jessica S. Donington, New York, NY
Thomas G. Gleason, Pittsburgh, PA John R. Handy, Portland, OR Robert S. D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Abraham M. Liberman, Montreal, Quebec, Canada T. Brett Reece, Aurora, CO Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA
Workforce on National Databases David M. Shahian, Chair, Boston, MA Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand Lawrence I. Bonchek, Lancaster, PA Brian F. Buxton, Richmond, Australia Andrea J. Carpenter, San Antonio, TX Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Chicago, IL 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 Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Mitchell J. Magee, Dallas, TX Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH J. Scott Rankin, Nashville, TN Joseph F. Sabik III, Cleveland, OH A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Stony Brook, NY Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA
Workforce on Patient Safety M. Blair Marshall, Chair, Washington, DC Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY William R. Berry, Needham, MA Nora L. Burgess, San Francisco, CA Carolyn M. Dresler, Little Rock, AR James I. Fann, Stanford, CA T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC Juan A. Sanchez, Waterbury, CT Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz, New Brunswick, NJ Paul N. Uhlig, Wichita, KS Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Peer Review and Evaluation Winfield J. Wells, Chair, Los Angeles, CA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL Thomas A. Burdon, Stanford, CA Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX Frederick L. Grover, Aurora, CO Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA David M. Shahian, Boston, MA Anthony J. Tortolani, New York, NY
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James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA
Workforce on Research and Clinical Trials Kemp H. Kernstine, Chair, Duarte, CA Stephen D. Cassivi, Rochester, MN Robert J. Downey, New York, NY Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Michael Lanuti, Boston, MA Daniel R. Meldrum, Indianapolis, IN Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA Juan A. Sanchez, Waterbury, CT Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA
Council on Health Policy and Relationships Operating Board Sidney Levitsky (2012), Council Chair T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy Aurelio Chaux, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, Workforce on Media Relations and Communications Peter K. Smith, Chair, Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding John V. Conte, Appointed Member Julian Guitron, Resident Appointee John H. Calhoon, Ex-Officio Richard H. Feins, Ex-Officio Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio
Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacyr* T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Greenville, NC Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston, TX Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Jennifer L. Ellis, Washington, DC Richard K. Freeman, Indianapolis, IN Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA Alan P. Kypson, Greenville, NC M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Max B. Mitchell, Denver, CO Dao M. Nguyen, Miami, FL Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY David M. Shahian, Boston, MA Scott C. Silvestry, Philadelphia, PA W. Roy Smythe, Temple, TX Alan M. Speir, Falls Church, VA Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH S. Russell Vester, Cincinnati, OH Raghavendra Vijayanagar, Tampa, FL
Workforce on International Relationships Aurelio Chaux, Chair, Ocala, FL Zohair Y. Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand Ricardo Beyruti, Sao Paulo, Brazil Dani Bitran, Jerusalem, Israel Brian F. Buxton, Richmond, Australia Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Uwe Mehlhorn, Mainz, Germany Laureano Molins, Barcelona, Spain Carlos A. Olivares-Torres, Tijuana, Mexico Erino A. Rendina, Rome, Italy Xin Min Ruan, Guangzhou, China Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Naresh K. Trehan, New Delhi, India Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Nche Zama, Sayre, PA
Workforce on Media Relations and Communications Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, St. Louis, MO Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL Emily A. Farkas, St. Louis, MO Robert S. D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA 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 Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Verdi J. DiSesa, Wynnewood, PA Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL G. Gilbert Johnston, Tacoma, WA Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Alex G. Little, Dayton, OH Vassyl A. Lonchyna, Chicago, IL V. Seenu Reddy, San Antonio, TX Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA Michael J. Weyant, Aurora, CO Grayson H. Wheatley III, Phoenix, AZ J. Mark Williams, Greenville, NC Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA MISCELLANEOUS
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Associate Editors CME Editors Verdi J. DiSesa, Wynnewood, PA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Colleen G. Koch, Cleveland, OH Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH *Joint STS/AATS activity
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Ethics Editor Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC Feature Article Editors Thomas X. Aufiero, Williamsport, PA David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA S. Bert Litwin, Boca Raton, FL M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Joseph I. Miller, Jr, Atlanta, GA John A. Odell, Jacksonville, FL Wayne E. Richenbacher, Iowa City, IA Larry W. Stephenson, Detroit, MI Thomas J. Vander Salm, Salem, MA Statistics Editor Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR Surgical Heritage Editor Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Surgical Pathology Editor Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy
Editorial Board Members Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Stefano Benussi, Milan, Italy Alessandro Brunelli, Ancona, Italy Enio Buffolo, Sao Paulo, Brazil Albert T. Cheung, Philadelphia, PA John V. Conte, Baltimore, MD Thomas A. D’Amico, Durham, NC Steven R. DeMeester, Los Angeles, CA Robert A. Dion, Genk, Belgium Fred H. Edwards, Jacksonville, FL Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH Michael Grimm, Vienna, Austria Eugene A. Grossi, New York, NY Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Michael E. Jessen, Dallas, TX David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA A. Pieter Kappetein, Rotterdam, the Netherlands Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Delhi, India Hiromi Kurosawa, Tokyo, Japan Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, New York, NY Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Tomislav Mihaljevic, Cleveland, OH R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA Yoshifumi Naka, New York, NY Louis P. Perrault, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy Marc Ruel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway Glen S. Van Arsdell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Pascal R. Vouhe, Paris, France Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Thomas Walther, Bad Nauheim, Germany Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA Qing-yu Wu, Beijing, China
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Eric Grogan Nashville, TN
Jules Lin Ann Arbor, MI
Robert Dabal Birmingham, AL
Michel Haddad Philadelphia, PA
Ramin Malekan White Plains, NY
David D’Alessandro Bronx, NY
James Hammel Omaha, NE
Sunil Malhotra Gainesville, FL
Daren Danielson Sacramento, CA
Ziad Hanhan Holmdel, NJ
Alicia McKelvey Paoli, PA
Sevak Darbinian Mission Viejo, CA
Mohir Hedeshian Worcester, MA
David McMullan Seattle, WA
James Davies Birmingham, AL
Joe Helou Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John Mehall Colorado Springs, CO
Jonathan D’Cunha Minneapolis, MN
Chuong Hoang Stanford, CA
Inder Mehta Ridgeland, MS
Nilto De Oliveira Madison, WI
Eric Hoenicke Austin, TX
Robert Merritt Palo Alto, CA
Nikola Dobrilovic Providence, RI
Kevin Hyman Great Neck, NY
Gregory Messner Plano, TX
Melanie Edwards New Orleans, LA
Douglas Johnston Cleveland, OH
Peter Mikhail Gainesville, FL
Charles Elkins Oklahoma City, OK
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Edward Frick Suffolk, VA
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Abdulelah Murshid Saudi Arabia
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Charles Klieman Whittier, CA
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Jasleen Kukreja San Francisco, CA
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Michael Nolen Little Rock, AR
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Michael Gibson Florence, SC
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Juan Grau Philadelphia, PA
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Theodore Lillehei St. Paul, MN
Duc Thinh Pham Boston, MA
ACTIVE Zenoun Abouzelam Appleton, WI Sam Afkham-Ebrahimi Potomac, MD Alon Aharon Stamford, CT Mohamad Allam Lafayette, LA Curtis Anderson Greenville, NC Anthony Ascioti Indianapolis, IN Kenneth Ashton Paradise Valley, AZ Leora Balsam New York, NY Nathan Bates Jacksonville, FL Arun Bhutani Poughkeepsie, NY Thomas Birdas Indianapolis, IN Costas Bizekis New York, NY Shanda Blackmon Houston, TX William Boedefeld Baton Rouge, LA Frank Bowen Wyndmoor, PA William Brinkman Dallas, TX
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Anastasios Polimenakos Chicago, IL
Betty Tong Durham, NC
William Polito Des Plaines, IL
Pei Tsau Tucson, AZ
Robert Poston Boston, MA
Ganpat Valaulikar Memphis, TN
Victor Pretorius Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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David Rabkin Seattle, WA
Daniel Velez San Juan, PR
Basel Ramlawi Houston, TX
Conrad Vial Palo Alto, CA
Clifton Reade Chattanooga, TN
Derek Von Haag Glendale, AZ
Roberto Rodriguez Boston, MA
Peter Walts Indianapolis, IN
Sebastian Defranchi Buenos Aires, Argentina
Matthew Romano Ann Arbor, MI
I-wen Wang St. Louis, MO
Marek Deja Katowice, Poland
Fidel Sendra Covington, LA
Peter Wearden Pittsburgh, PA
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Jian Ye Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Kapil Sharma Sacramento, CA Andrew Sherman Lakeland, FL Jeffrey Shuhaiber Cincinnati, OH Sunil Singhal Philadelphia, PA Manak Sood Ypsilanti, MI Rafael Squitieri Bridgeport, CT
Peter Zakow Poughkeepsie, NY Henry Zhu Sacramento, CA Douglas Zusman Newport Beach, CA
Konstantin Borisov Moscow, Russian Federation
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Georgios Georghiou Larnaka, Cyprus
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Paul Herijgers Leuven, Belgium Mitsuhiro, Kamiyoshihara Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
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Tohru Asai Otsu, Shiga, Japan
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Ralfs Kolitis Riga, Latvia Sanjay Kumar Hyderabad, India
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Richard Thompson Lancaster, PA
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Salvatore Lentini Messina, Italy
Antonio Petino Catania, Italy
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Matthew Steliga Little Rock, AR Brendon Stiles New York, NY John Storey Indianapolis, IN David Stuesse Boise, ID Jorge Suarez-Cavelier Orlando, FL
Kamran Musayev Baku, Azerbaijan Andrew Newcomb Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Norihiko Oka Parkville, Victoria, Australia Yoshitomo, Okumura Nishinomiya, Japan
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Orlando Petrucci Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Vipin Zamvar Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Joachim Pfannschmidt Heidelberg, Germany
Marian Zembala Zabrze, Poland
Victor Proto El Manantial, Tucuman, Argentina Hassan Radmehr Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran Paul Ramphal Nassau, Bahamas Abdallah Raweh Milano, Italy Friedrich-Christian Riess Hamburg, Germany Jean Rubay Brussels, Belgium Ece Salihoglu Istanbul, Turkey Masaru Sawazaki Aichi, Japan Marco Scarci London, United Kingdom
CANDIDATE Laura Adam St. Louis, MO Fahad Al Tuwaijri Montreal, Quebec, Canada Mahmood Alam Dublin, Ireland Jose Amortegui Baltimore, MD Masaki Anraku Toronto, ON, Canada Dimitrios Avgerinos New York, NY Shyamasundar Balasubramanya Boston, MA Steve Bibevski Ann Arbor, MI
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Steven Milman Baltimore, MD
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Daniela Molena New York, NY
Ahmed Halal Indianapolis, IN
Erick Montero Los Angeles, CA
Susan Hecker Charleston, SC
Angela Mouhlas Albany, NY
Lucas Henn West Hollywood, CA
James Mykytenko Nashville, TN
Siobain Horan San Diego, CA
Bejoy Philip Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Joseph Houda Pittsburgh, PA
Maksim Pryshchepau Paris, France
Frederic Jacques Montreal, Quebec, Canada Lauren Kane Atlanta, GA Georgios Karapanagiotidis Thessaloniki, Greece Alen Karic Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina Suresh Keshavamurthy Cleveland, OH
Jonathon Redwine Houston, TX Hyde Russell Chicago, IL Diyar Saeed Chicago, IL Sacha Salzberg Zurich, Switzerland Alexis Shafii Shaker Heights, OH
Pranava Sinha Arlington, VA
Ziyad Binsalamah Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Rodolfo Siordia Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Dmitry Bobylev Hannover, Germany
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Jack Boyd Indianapolis, IN
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Bo Yang Palo Alto, CA
Luca Testolin Padova, Italy
Lucas Duvall San Antonio, TX
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Tamer Turan Bursa, Turkey Amin Reza Vahdani Parast Khoramabad, Islamic Republic of Iran
Tarek El Tawil Cairo, Egypt
Minghui Liu Sacramento, CA
Li Zhang Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Robroy MacIver Seattle, WA
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Nancy Cook Oakland, CA
Robyn Korsmo Temple, TX
Alan Stolz Houston, TX
Dan Culica Dallas, TX
Dale Lawson Durham, NC
Michael Swartz Rochester, NY
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Mark Lucas Denver, CO
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Mark Mason Indianapolis, IN
Jamie Hamilton Reading, PA
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Craig Vocelka Seattle, WA Kinberly Wordekemper Omaha, NE
DECEASED MEMBERS Abdul Al-Shamma Jose H. Amadeo Mian M. Ashraf Alan H. Bailey Robert Beauford Fred B. Berry Scott C. Brainard Ivan W. Brown, Jr
William G. Cahan Richard P. Carter Leo Cuello Paul A. Ebert Johann Ehrenhaft Donald P. Elliott Marek Pawel Gawdzinski Sam Greer, Jr Arthur T. Haebich Richard Hoffman Carl J. Impellitier Victor H. Kaunitz George A. Liebler Lawrence M. Lowell Carlo F. Marcelletti Javier J. Marcos Charles T. Meadows Fernando L. Mendez Kazi Mobin-Uddin Dryden P. Morse Joseph L. Owens, Jr Kyriakos Rammos Frank S. Redo Bruce E. Robbins David C. Sabiston, Jr Albert L. Shirkey Alvin Jay Slovin William Zuber
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