Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

TY - JOUR

T1 - Thirty-eighth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

AU - Miller, Daniel L.

AU - Rowland, Charles M.

AU - Deschamps, Claude

AU - Allen, Mark S.

AU - Trastek, Victor F.

AU - Pairolero, Peter C.

N1 - Funding Information: William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Robert A. Guyton, Atlanta, GA Peter C. Pairolero, Rochester, MN Gordon F. Murray, Morgantown, WV Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr (2003), Greenville, NC Leslie J. Kohman (2003), Syracuse, NY John W. Brown (2004), Indianapolis, IN Meredith L. Scott (2004), Orlando, FL Constantine Mavroudis (2005), Chicago, IL Douglas E. Wood (2005), Seattle, WA Editor L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Historian W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO STANDING COMMITTEES Executive Committee William A. Baumgartner, Chair, Baltimore, MD Robert A. Guyton, Atlanta, GA Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Gordon F. Murray, Morgantown, WV Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI Peter C. Pairolero, Rochester, MN Finance Committee Peter C. Pairolero, Chair (2003), Rochester, MN Nicholas T. Kouchoukos (2003), St. Louis, MO Gordon F. Murray (2003), Morgantown, WV Richard P. Anderson (2004), Seattle, WA Robert A. Guyton (2004), Atlanta, GA Douglas J. Mathisen (2007), Boston, MA Nominating Committee George C. Kaiser, Chair (2003), Webster Groves, MO Richard P. Anderson (2004), Seattle, WA Nicholas T. Kouchoukos (2005), St. Louis, MO Jack M. Matloff (2006), Los Angeles, CA Mark B. Orringer (2007), Ann Arbor, MI Membership Committee Eric N. Mendeloff, Chair (2004), St. Louis, MO Stephen R. Hazelrigg (2003), Springfield, IL Gerhardt H. Mundinger, Jr (2004), Jackson, MS Richard I. Whyte (2004), Stanford, CA Erle H. Austin (2005), Louisville, KY Jose L. Cruzzavala (2005), Morgantown, WV Standards and Ethics Committee Richard G. Sanderson, Chair (2004), Tucson, AZ Nicholas T. Kouchoukos (2003), St. Louis, MO Martin F. McKneally (2003), Toronto, Ontario, Canada George E. Miller, Jr (2003), Pebble Beach, CA Robert M. Sade (2003), Charleston, SC Winfield J. Wells (2003), Los Angeles, CA Richard M. Engelman (2004), Springfield, MA Walter H. Merrill (2004), Nashville, TN Kenneth H. Oberheu (2004), Dayton, OH David A. Fullerton (2005), Chicago, IL Joseph B. Zwischenberger (2005), Galveston, TX ADMINISTRATIVE-COUNCILS/ WORKFORCES/OFFICE OF RESEARCH Council on Education and Member Services Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, Council Chair, St. Louis, MO Lawrence I. Bonchek, Workforce Chair on Aging, Lancaster, PA Mark S. Allen, Workforce Representative on Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN Bruce W. Lytle, Workforce Chair on Clinical Education, Cleveland, OH Fred A. Crawford, Jr, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education (Chair of Joint Council on Thoracic Surgery Education), Charleston, SC Kent W. Jones, Workforce Representative on Postgraduate Education, Salt Lake City, UT James R. Edgerton, Workforce Chair on Practice Education, Dallas, TX Benson R. Wilcox, Workforce Chair on Publications, Chapel Hill, NC William A. Baumgartner, Ex-Officio, Baltimore, MD W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Ex-Officio, Greenville, NC Leslie J. Kohman, Ex-Officio, Syracuse, NY Workforce on Aging Lawrence I. Bonchek, Chair, Lancaster, PA Nicola A. Francalancia, Greenville, NC David A. Fullerton, Chicago, IL Robert B. Karp, Snowmass, CO Joseph LoCicero III, Chicago, IL John Yee, Ann Arbor, MI Workforce on Annual Meeting Program Mark S. Allen, Co-Chair (2003), Rochester, MN Duke E. Cameron, Co-Chair (2003), Baltimore, MD Michael R. Mill, Co-Chair (2003), Chapel Hill, NC Charles B. Huddleston, (2004), St. Louis, MO Craig R. Smith, (2004), New York, NY Sudhir R. Sundaresan, (2004), Chicago, IL Ralph S. Mosca, (2005), New York, NY Tech-Con Bruce W. Lytle, Co-Chair (2003), Cleveland, OH Michael J. Mack, Co-Chair (2003), Dallas, TX W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Robert W. Emery, Jr, Minneapolis, MN Randall K. Wolf, Columbus, OH Workforce on Clinical Education Bruce W. Lytle, Chair, Cleveland, OH David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA Charles C. Canver, Albany, NY Robert L. Kormos, Pittsburgh, PA Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA Workforce on Graduate Medical Education (Joint Council on Thoracic Surgery Education) Fred A. Crawford, Jr, Chair, Charleston, SC Gordon F. Murray—STS, Morgantown, WV Mark B. Orringer—STS, Ann Arbor, MI G. Alexander Patterson—AATS, St. Louis, MO Eric A. Rose—AATS, New York, NY William A. Baumgartner—ABTS, Baltimore, MD Peter C. Pairolero—ABTS, Rochester, MN Constantine Mavroudis—ACS, Chicago, IL Robert L. Replogle—ACS, Chicago, IL John W. Brown—RRC, Indianapolis, IN Douglas J. Mathisen—RRC, Boston, MA Gordon N. Olinger—TSDA, Milwaukee, WI Edward D. Verrier—TSDA, Seattle, WA Workforce on Postgraduate Education Kent W. Jones, Co-Chair (2003), Salt Lake City, UT Valerie W. Rusch, Co-Chair (2003), New York, NY Geoffrey M. Graeber (2004), Morgantown, WV Robert G. Johnson (2004), St. Louis, MO Larry R. Kaiser, (2005), Philadelphia, PA Curtis Tribble, (2005), Charlottesville, VA Workforce on Practice Education James R. Edgerton, Chair, Dallas, TX Cary W. Akins, Boston, MA Joseph J. Amato, Chicago, IL James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Jemi Olak, Park Ridge, IL Randall K. Wolf, Columbus, OH Workforce on Publications Benson R. Wilcox, Chair, Chapel Hill, NC L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Editor, Philadelphia, PA John R. Benfield, Los Angeles, CA Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Thoralf M. Sundt, Rochester, MN Jeffrey P. Gold, Ex-Officio, Bronx, NY Peter S. Greene, Ex-Officio, Baltimore, MD Gordon F. Murray, Ex-Officio, Morgantown, WV Council on Health Policy and Relationships John E. Mayer, Jr, Council Chair, Boston, MA Kevin A. Accola, Workforce Chair on Health Policy, Practice and Reform, Orlando, FL Richard G. Rouse, Workforce Chair on Information Technology, San Antonio, TX Raymond Chu-Jeng Chiu, Workforce Chair on International Relationships, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Keith S. Naunheim, Workforce Chair on Nomenclature and Coding, St. Louis, MO John W. Brown, Ex-Officio, Indianapolis, IN Robert A. Guyton, Ex-Officio, Atlanta, GA Meredith L. Scott, Ex-Officio, Orlando, FL Workforce on Health Policy, Practice, and Reform Kevin A. Accola, Chair, Orlando, FL E. Pendleton Alexander, Washington, DC Michael D. Crittenden, West Roxbury, MA Edward J. Dunn, Cambridge, MA Alex G. Little, Las Vegas, NV Hugh E. Scully, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr, New Orleans, LA Workforce on Information Technology Richard G. Rouse, Chair, San Antonio, TX Richard P. Anderson, Seattle, WA John R. Doty, Baltimore, MD Robert A. Guyton, Atlanta, GA James A. Magovern, Pittsburgh, PA Henry M. Spotnitz, New York, NY L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio, Philadelphia, PA Jeffrey P. Gold, Ex-Officio, Bronx, NY Peter S. Greene, Ex-Officio, Baltimore, MD Harold C. Urschel, Jr, Ex-Officio (Med. Tech. Leadership Forum Representative), Dallas, TX Workforce on International Relationships Ray Chu-Jeng Chiu, Chair, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Aydin Aytac, Istanbul, Turkey David L. C. Cheung, Hong Kong, China Bum Ku Cho, Seoul, Korea Alberto S. Gyhra, Concepción, Chile Ferdinand B. Masau, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania David J. Wheatley, Glasgow, United Kingdom W. Gerald Rainer, Ex-Officio, Denver, CO Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, St. Louis, MO Claude Deschamps, Rochester, MN James R. Edgerton, Dallas, TX Keith A. Horvath, Chicago, IL Kamal G. Khalil, Houston, TX Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Houston, TX Council on Quality Assurance and Patient Advocacy T. Bruce Ferguson, Council Chair, Marrero, LA Fred H. Edwards, Workforce Chair on Clinical Pathways, Jacksonville, FL Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Workforce Chair on Clinical Trials, Houston, TX Frederick L. Grover, Workforce Chair on National Databases, Denver, CO Thoralf M. Sundt, Workforce Chair on Patient Advocacy, Communications and Patient Safety, Rochester, MN Constantine Mavroudis, Ex-Officio, Chicago, IL Peter C. Pairolero, Ex-Officio, Rochester, MN Douglas E. Wood, Ex-Officio, Seattle, WA Workforce on Clinical Pathways Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Jacksonville, FL Charles R. Bridges, Philadelphia, PA William C. Nugent, Lebanon, NH David M. Shahian, Burlington, MA Richard J. Shemin, Boston, MA Workforce on Clinical Trials Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Houston, TX Alfred S. Casale, Moosic, PA T. Bruce Ferguson, Marrero, LA David A. Fullerton, Chicago, IL Henning A. Gaissert, Boston, MA W. Steves Ring, Dallas, TX Workforce on National Databases Frederick L. Grover, Chair, Denver, CO Kit V. Arom, Minneapolis, MN Jean Deslauriers, Ste-Foy, Quebec, Canada Mercedes K. C. Dullum, Washington, DC David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI Workforce on Patient Advocacy, Communications, and Patient Safety Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Rochester, MN Robert H. Breyer, Chicago, IL Joseph S. Carey, Torrance, CA James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Victor F. Trastek, Scottsdale, AZ OFFICE OF RESEARCH Richard P. Anderson, Chair, Seattle, WA Fred H. Edwards, Jacksonville, FL Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Lexington, KY William R. Smythe, Houston, TX Mark B. Orringer, Ex-Officio, Ann Arbor, MI HISTORIAN EMERITUS Robert G. Ellison, Augusta, GA Society Representatives The American Board of Thoracic Surgery (ABTS) Peter C. Pairolero (2003), Rochester, MN Carolyn E. Reed (2003), Charleston, SC Victor F. Trastek (2004), Scottsdale, AZ Richard H. Feins (2005), Rochester, NY American College of Cardiology (ACC) Lawrence H. Cohn, Boston, MA Robert H. Jones, Durham, NC Robert A. Guyton, Atlanta, GA Special Liaison to ACC Coding and Nomenclature Committee Keith S. Naumheim, St. Louis, MO American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Robert G. Johnson, St. Louis, MO Joseph LoCicero III, Chicago, IL American College of Surgeons (ACS) Board of Governors (ACS) Harold C. Urschel, Jr (2002), Dallas, TX Advisory Council for Cardiothoracic Surgery (ACS) Mark B. Orringer (2003), Ann Arbor, MI Robert L. Replogle (2003), Chicago, IL Commission on Cancer (ACS) William H. Warren (2003), Chicago, IL American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Joseph Locicero III (2003), Chicago, IL Mark B. Orringer (2003), Ann Arbor, MI American Heart Association (AHA) Donald B. Doty, Salt Lake City, UT Irving L. Kron, Charlottesville, VA Council on Cardiopulmonary Diseases (AHA) Harold C. Urschel, Jr, Dallas, TX Richard E. Wood, Alternate, Dallas, TX American Thoracic Society (ATS) Joseph LoCicero III, Chicago, IL Perfusion Affairs Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation (JRC/PE) (Joint Review Committee/Perfusion Education) American Academy of Cardiovascular Perfusion Coordinating Committee for Perfusion Affairs American Society of Extracorporeal Technology American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion Hendrick B. Barner, St. Louis, MO Walter H. Merrill, Nashville, TN W. Gerald Rainer, Alternate, Denver, CO Marc S. Sussman, Alternate, Baltimore, MD Commission on Accreditation for Allied Health Education Programs Walter H. Merrill, Nashville, TN American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates (AMA) Robert M. Vanecko, Chicago, IL Sidney Levitsky, Alternate, Boston, MA Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel (AMA) Keith S. Naunheim, St. Louis, MO Relative Value Update (AMA RUC) Committee Keith S. Naunheim, St. Louis, MO Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Practice Expense Advisory Committee (PEAC) Alex G. Little, Las Vegas, NV Coordinating Committee for Continuing Education in Thoracic Surgery (CCCETS) Richard H. Feins (2003), Rochester, NY Victor A. Ferraris (2006), Huntington, WV Thomas W. Rice (2006), Cleveland, OH Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) Robert L. Replogle, Chicago, IL National Association of Biomedical Research (NABR) Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Lexington, KY National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) William S. Pierce, Hershey, PA Andrew S. Wechsler, Philadelphia, PA Division of Research Grants Robert W. Anderson, Durham, NC L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) John H. Calhoon, San Antonio, TX Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI Edward D. Verrier, Seattle, WA The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) Harold C. Urschel, Jr (2003), Dallas, TX John R. Benfield (2004), Los Angeles, CA L. Penfield Faber (2004), Chicago, IL George C. Kaiser (2005), Webster Groves, MO John L. Ochsner (2005), New Orleans, LA United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Robert E. Michler, Columbus, OH Clifford H. Van Meter, Jr, New Orleans, LA NEW MEMBERS ACTIVE Charles A. Anene Lawrenceville, NJ Mark P. Anstadt Augusta, GA Dimitrios Apostolou Detroit, MI Fouad M. Azoury Baabda, Lebanon Peter L. 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Gray Fort Wayne, IN Stephen Greer Dayton, OH Pietro Guadalupi Leesville, LA Ari O. Halldorsson Lubbock, TX Steven C. Hendrickson Greensboro, NC Fred W. Holland II Erie, PA Robert L. Hooker, Jr Grand Rapids, MI John A. Howington Cincinnati, OH Timothy J. Hunter Youngstown, OH Jeffrey P. Jacobs St. Petersburg, FL David R. Jones Charlottesville, VA John A. Kern Charlottesville, VA James J. Klein Englewood, NJ Joseph A. Lahorra Parma, OH Paul S. Levy Albuquerque, NM Felix Ma Montreal, Quebec, Canada Christopher J. Magovern Morristown, NJ Steven W. Marra Camden, NJ Thomas L. Matthew Louisville, KY Kwabena Mawulawde Augusta, GA Kenneth R. McCurry Pittsburgh, PA Richard J. Mellitt Columbia, MO Bryan F. Meyers St. Louis, MO Cary H. Meyers Rock Island, IL Rita C. Milewski Philadelphia, PA David J. Miller Tulsa, OK John D. Miller Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Max B. Mitchell Denver, CO Eric Munoz Casper, WY Mitchell C. Norotsky Burlington, VT Paul M. Orecchia Sayre, PA Michael T. 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PY - 2002

Y1 - 2002

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VL - 73

SP - 1681

JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery

JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery

IS - 5

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