Forty-Second Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Forty-Second Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at McCormick Place in Chicago, January 30–February 1, 2006, with an attendance of almost 4,500, including spouses and exhibitors. A total of 1,219 members and 1,110 guest physicians attended the Scientific Sessions. The program this year greatly increased attendance at the second STS University, which featured four didactic courses, seven wet labs, five live surgical procedures, and a video demonstration. More than 700 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: “Determinants of Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Anatomic Repair of Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries,” “Long-Term Results from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial,” and “Stent-Grafting of the Thoracic Aorta by the Cardiothoracic Surgeon.” A variety of other educational opportunities were also available this year, including the Parallel Surgical Forums, Patient Safety Town Hall Meeting, Cardiothoracic Surgeons in the Military Program, Women in Thoracic Surgery 20th Anniversary Meeting, Surgical Motion Pictures, Meet the Experts Sessions, and the Tuesday Breakfast Sessions. 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 “Navigating the New ‘Flat World’ of Cardiothoracic Surgery,” Dr Sidney Levitsky discussed how competition from abroad and the pressures of improving the bottom line are affecting medicine as they have the business world. Dr David Taggart, the Thomas B. Ferguson Lecturer, reviewed the data that demonstrated the actual outcomes patients have experienced after CABG and after stent placement. His presentation highlighted the importance of patients being fully informed before making a treatment decision since the data demonstrates that in a majority of cases, CABG is the best treatment for multivessel and left main disease. There was also a presentation by doctors who survived Hurricane Katrina, sharing their thoughts on emergency preparation. These presentations, along with many other sessions from the STS 42nd Annual Meeting, are available on the STS website at www.sts.org. The success of the Annual Meeting was due in large part to the exemplary commitment of the Workforce on Annual Meeting (Program Task Force) under the leadership of John V. Conte, MD (Program Task Force Chair), W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Chair), Joseph A. Forbess, MD, John C. Wain, MD (Surgical Forums Co-Chairs), and Michael J. Mack, MD, and Richard H. Feins, MD (STS University Task Force). In addition, the Workforce on Aging, under the leadership of Joseph LoCicero, MD, and the Workforce on Practice Education, under the leadership of Robert E. Emory, MD, created dynamic parallel sessions. 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 technological advances affecting cardiothoracic surgery. The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: Frederick L. Grover, President; John E. Mayer, Jr, First Vice President; W. Randolph Chitwood Jr, Second Vice President; Douglas E. Wood, Secretary; Douglas J. Mathisen, Treasurer; Carolyn E. Reed, Treasurer-Elect; W. Gerald Rainer, Historian. Richard H. Feins was elected Director-at-Large. L. Henry Edmunds, Jr was re-elected as Editor. 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 131 Active, 36 International, and 46 Candidate Members this year. The total membership for the Society is composed of more than 5,000 members. Also this year, Mark Ferguson, MD, and Constantine Mavroudis, MD, co-chaired the Local Arrangements Committee, and Mrs Ferguson and Mrs Mavroudis chaired the Spouse’s Hospitality Committee. The Society thanks Dr and Mrs Ferguson and Dr and Mrs Mavroudis for their exemplary work planning the various social activities associated with the meeting. The Members’ Social Event was held at Art Institute of Chicago on Tuesday evening, January 31, 2006. The 43rd Annual Meeting will be held January 29–31, 2007, in San Diego, California. Frederick L. Grover, Denver, CO John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO Bruce E. Keogh, London, UK Michael J. Mack (2007), Dallas, TX Meredith L. Scott (2007), Shell, WY 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 Frederick L. Grover, Chair, Denver, CO W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Mark B. Orringer, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY Douglas J. Mathisen, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA Carolyn E. Reed, Ex-Officio, Charleston, SC Douglas E. Wood, Ex-Officio, Seattle, WA Richard I. Whyte, Chair, Stanford, CA Simon K. Ashiku, Boston, MA Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO Nche Zama, Sayre, PA Mark B. Orringer, Chair (2007), Ann Arbor, MI William A. Baumgartner (2008), Baltimore, MD Robert A. Guyton (2009), Atlanta, GA Peter C. Pairolero (2010), Rochester, MN Sidney Levitsky (2011), Boston, MA Frederick L. Grover, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2012), Denver, CO Robert M. Sade, Chair, Charleston, SC Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN David N. Campbell, Denver, CO Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, MA Steven W. Guyton, Seattle, WA Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Eric N. Mendeloff, Dallas, TX Richard G. Sanderson, Tucson, AZ Ross M. Ungerleider, Portland, OR Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA Walter G. Wolfe, Durham, NC Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Galveston, TX Operating Board John V. Conte (2008), Council Chair Richard J. Shemin, Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Joseph LoCicero, III, Chair, Workforce on Aging John H. Calhoon, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting Daniel L. Miller, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education Pedro J. del Nido, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Mark S. Allen, Chair, Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Workforce on Graduate Medical Education 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 Gordon F. Murray, Appointed Member Daniel J. Boffa, Resident Appointee L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio Frederick L. Grover, Ex-Officio Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio Meredith L. Scott, Ex-Officio Richard J. Shemin, Chair, Boston, MA David H. Adams, New York, NY 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 Joseph LoCicero, III, Chair, Mobile, AL 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 John H. Calhoon, Chair, San Antonio, TX Richard H. Feins, Chapel Hill, NC Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA John D. Puskas, Atlanta, GA John H. Calhoon, Chair, San Antonio, TX Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Carl L. Backer, Chicago, IL Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Denver, CO David H. Harpole, Jr, Durham, NC Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN Frank A. Pigula, Boston, MA Frank W. Sellke, Boston, MA Richard H. Feins, Co-Chair, Chapel Hill, NC Michael J. Mack, Co-Chair, Dallas, TX Joseph E. Bavaria, Philadelphia, PA Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL Joseph S. Coselli, Houston, TX Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX Tom R. Karl, San Francisco, CA Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA Randall K. Wolf, Cincinnati, OH Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Co-Chair, St. Petersburg, FL Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Co-Chair, Los Angeles, CA Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr, Boston, MA James Jaggers, Durham, NC Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, Detroit, MI John Mark Morales, Corpus Christi, TX John D. Puskas, Chair, Atlanta, GA Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Ralph J. Damiano, St. Louis, MO A. Marc Gillinov, Cleveland, OH James D. Luketich, Pittsburgh, PA Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Nashville, TN Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA 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 Pedro J. del Nido, Chair, Boston, MA Erle H. Austin, III, Louisville, KY Scott M. Bradley, Charleston, SC Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, Canada Gordon A. Cohen, Seattle, WA Joseph A. Dearani, Rochester, MN Charles D. Fraser, Jr, Houston, TX Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland Ralph S. Mosca, New York, NY James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI Thomas Yeh, Dallas, TX Mark S. Allen, Chair, Rochester, MN Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL 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 Walter Klepetko, Vienna, Austria Mark J. Krasna, Baltimore, MD John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Cincinnati, OH John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN John R. Doty, Salt Lake City, UT Joseph Friedberg, Philadelphia, PA George L. Hicks, Rochester, NY Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY Craig H. Selzman, Chapel Hill, NC Curtis G. Tribble, Charlottesville, VA Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Patrick M. McCarthy, Chair, Chicago, IL Ralph de la Torre, Boston, MA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL 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 Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA Adam E. Saltman, Worcester, MA Thomas A. Vassiliades, Atlanta, GA Kenton J. Zehr, Pittsburgh, PA Robert W. Emery, Jr, Chair, St. Paul, MN Vinay Badhwar, St. Petersburg, FL Jacob DeLaRosa, Pocatello, ID James R. Edgerton, Plano, TX 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 James A. Magovern, Pittsburgh, PA Robert J. McKenna, Jr, Los Angeles, CA John D. Oswalt, Austin, TX Gene E. Tullis, Greeley, CO David R. Jones, Chair, Charlottesville, VA Richard J. Battafarano, St. Louis, MO Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Editor, Philadelphia, PA John A. Elefteriades, New Haven, CT Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH Peter S. Greene, Baltimore, MD Irvin B. Krukenkamp, Stony Brook, NY Daniel L. Miller, Atlanta, GA Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA 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 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 Richard P. Anderson (2008), Council Chair Charles R. Bridges, Chair, Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Workforce on National Databases Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Office of Research Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Workforce on Patient Safety and Communications George C. Kaiser, Appointed Member John Robert Mehall, Resident Appointee W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Ex-Officio Richard H. Feins, Ex-Officio Jeffrey P. Gold, Ex-Officio Charles R. Bridges, Chair, Philadelphia, PA Lishan Aklog, New York, NY James M. Brown, Baltimore, MD Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL Michael D. Crittenden, West Roxbury, MA Claude Deschamps, Rochester, MN Victor A. Ferraris, Lexington, KY Thomas G. Gleason, Chicago, IL Constance K. Haan, Jacksonville, FL Robert S.D. Higgins, Chicago, IL Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Shukri F. Khuri, West Roxbury, MA John D. Mitchell, Denver, CO Ganga Prabhakar, Morgantown, WV Joseph B. Shrager, Philadelphia, PA Garrett L. Walsh, Houston, TX Tracey L. Weigel, Madison, WI Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Jacksonville, FL Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand 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 Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom Francois G. Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO Mitchell J. Magee, Dallas, TX Bohdan Maruszewski, Warsaw, Poland Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL William C. Nugent, Lebanon, NH Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI David M. Shahian, Sudbury, MA Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Chair, Nashville, TN Stephen D. Cassivi, Rochester, MN Richard M. Engelman, Springfield, MA T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Riyad C. Karmy-Jones, Vancouver, WA Kemp H. Kernstine, Duarte, CA Sidney Levitsky, Ex-Officio, Boston, MA Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA Thoralf M. Sundt, Chair, Rochester, MN Nora L. Burgess, San Francisco, CA Stanley D. Carson, Denver, CO Daniel T. Engelman, Springfield, MA Kamal G. Khalil, Houston, TX 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 Operating Board Keith S. Naunheim (2007), Council Chair Kevin D. Accola, Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy Jack M. Matloff, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships Richard G. Rouse, Chair, Workforce on Internet Applications and Communication Peter K. Smith, Chair, Workforce on Nomenclature and Coding Timothy J. Gardner, Appointed Member Robert A. Guyton, Appointed Member Craig R. Hampton, Resident Appointee Kirk R. Kanter, Ex-Officio John E. Mayer, Jr, Ex-Officio Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio 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 T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Greenville, NC Richard K. Freeman, Indianapolis, IN John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC Alex G. Little, Dayton, OH 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, Boston, MA Scott C. Silvestry, Philadelphia, PA Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH David F. Torchiana, Boston, MA Paul N. Uhlig, Cincinnati, OH Jack M. Matloff, Chair, Los Angeles, CA Constantine E. Anagnostopoulos, New York, NY Kitipan V. Arom, Bangkok, Thailand Ricardo Beyruti, Sao Paulo, Brazil Dani Bitran, Jerusalem, Israel Brian F. Buxton, Heidelberg, Australia Aurelio Chaux, Los Angeles, CA Roberto R. Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom Ferdinand B. Masau, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Uwe Mehlhorn, Cologne, Germany Carlos A. Olivares-Torres, Tijuana, Mexico W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO Xin Min Ruan, Guangzhou, China Shinichi Takamoto, Tokyo, Japan Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Nche Zama, Sayre, PA Richard G. Rouse, Chair, San Antonio, TX David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA David J. Caparrelli, Baltimore, MD Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH Peter S. Greene, Baltimore, MD Mark D. Iannettoni, Iowa City, IA Omar M. Lattouf, Atlanta, GA Shauna R. Roberts, Davenport, IA Mark E. Sand, Orlando, FL Edward B. Savage, St. Louis, MO Paul T. Sergeant, Leuven, Belgium Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Phoenix, AZ Peter K. Smith, Chair, Durham, NC John C. Alexander, Jr, Hackensack, NJ Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA Stephen J. Lahey, Brooklyn, NY Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA Robert B. Lee, Jackson, MS James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Francis C. Nichols, III, Rochester, MN Winfield J. Wells, Los Angeles, CA Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Verdi J. DiSesa, West Chester, PA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Constantine Mavroudis, Chicago, IL Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC Kenneth M. Steinglass, New York, NY Richard J. Novick, London, Ontario, Canada Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR Thomas X. Aufiero, Williamsport, PA John G. Byrne, Nashville, TN David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA S. Bert Litwin, Milwaukee, WI 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 W. Gerald Rainer, Denver, CO Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy David H. Adams, New York, NY William N. Anderson, Lake Forest, CA Enio Buffolo, São Paulo, Brazil Brian F. Buxton, Melbourne, Australia Antonio M. Calafiore, Chieti, Italy Joseph M. Craver, Atlanta, GA Thomas A. D’Amico, Durham, NC Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA Robert A. Dion, Leiden, the Netherlands T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Baton Rouge, LA David A. Fullerton, Denver, CO Jeffrey P. Gold, Toledo, OH Peter Goldstraw, London, United Kingdom Guo-Wei He, Hong Kong Markus K. Heinemann, Mainz, Germany 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 Lacour-Gayet, Denver, CO Joseph LoCicero III, Mobile, AL Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Joren C. Madsen, Boston, MA Hikaru Matsuda, Osaka, Japan Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Thoralf M. Sundt III, Rochester, MN Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Tokyo, Japan Jarle Vaage, Oslo, Norway Ernst Wolner, Vienna, Austria Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA Anthony P. C. Yim, Hong Kong Ghulam Abbas Pittsburgh, PA Miguel G. Aguinaga Searcy, AR Rashid M. Ahmad Nashville, TN Shahriyour Andaz Lynbrook, NY Rafael S. Andrade Minneapolis, MN Robert E. Applebaum Flossmoor, IL William Scott Arnold Roanoke, VA John H. Artrip Superior, CO Reginald W. Barnes Little Rock, AR Thomas L. Bauer Newark, DE Edward M. Bender Cape Girardeau, MO Alvise F. Bernabei Detroit, MI Erik Beyer Temple, TX David P. Bichell Chicago, IL Linda Bogar Philadelphia, PA Brent Jason Bowles St. George, UT Darien W. Bradford Arlington, TX William Morris Brown Atlanta, GA William Burfeind Durham, NC Phillip C. Camp Lexington, KY John A. Carr Chicago, IL Edgar G. Chedrawy Evanston, IL Ray H. Chen Pasadena, TX Neil A. Christie Pittsburgh, PA Jeffrey P. Christy Springfield, IL Christopher K. Cicci Concord, NC Stephen E. Clayson Salt Lake City, UT William C. Conner San Antonio, TX E. Darrin Cox Laurel, MD Traves P. Crabtree St. Louis, MO Michael E. Damrich Mobile, AL B. Reddy Dandolu Philadelphia, PA David A. Dean Pittsburgh, PA Jacob DeLaRosa Pocatello, ID John F. DeRosimo Charleston, SC John D. DeWalt Lancaster, OH Anthony W. DiScipio Lebanon, NH Afshin Ehsan Boston, MA John Entwistle Philadelphia, PA David J. Esposito Milford, CT Gregory W. Fink Syracuse, NY Kirk J. Fleischer Norfolk, VA Mark T. Grattan Honolulu, HI Gregory L. Groglio Slidell, LA Paula Guinnip Marion, IL Thomas S. Guy San Francisco, CA Nahidh W. Hasaniya Loma Linda, CA Mark W. Huang Chula Vista, CA Vigneshwar Kasirajan Richmond, VA Minoo N. Kavarana London, KY Eric J. Keyser Grand Forks, ND Sohit K. Khanna Owensboro, KY Shamsuddin Khwaja Fresno, CA William A. Killinger Raleigh, NC Peter Y. Kim Ocala, FL Edward H. Kincaid Winston Salem, NC Michael G. Koelsch Muncie, IN Srinivas Kolla Pittsburgh, PA Santosh N. Krishnan Waukesha, WI David M. Kulick Austin, TX Christopher C. Kwon Phoenix, AZ Dimitris K. Kyriazis Mobile, AL Jason J. Lamb Pittsburgh, PA Michael Lanuti Boston, MA Steven Levin Grand Junction, CO Vincent E. Lotano Camden, NJ William R. Lynch Iowa City, IA Carlos L. Macias Fort Worth, TX Michael M. Madani San Diego, CA David Malave Fort Sam Houston, TX James D. Maloney Louisville, KY Carl Maltese Mobile, AL Divakar Mandapati Woonsocket, RI Michael J. Mann San Francisco, CA Daniel Martinez San Antonio, TX Saqib Masroor Hackensak, NJ Kevin L. Mayor Fairway, KS Michael F. McGrath Norfolk, VA Jeffrey D. McNeil San Antonio, TX John E. McVey Madison, WI Daniel R. Meldrum Indianapolis, IN Bassem Mora Chicago, IL Victor O. Morell Pittsburgh, PA David H. Mull Mobile, AL Mubashir A. Mumtaz Camp Hill, PA Alex Sang H. Na Towson, MD Quynh V. Nguyen Las Vegas, NV Jose J. Norberto Lancaster, OH William Davidson Ogden San Antonio, TX Ronald B. O’Gorman Mobile, AL Jonathan M. Philpott Fort Wayne, IN Vitaly V. Piluiko Williamsport, PA Juan F. Plate New Brunswick, NJ Kevin M.A. Radecki Hagerstown, MD Chand Ramaiah Lexington, KY Hassan K. Reda Laredo, TX Atiq Rehman Columbus, MS Kevin A. Richardson Albuquerque, NM Francisco B. Rodriguez Laredo, TX Vishal Sachdev Tupelo, MS Chittor B. Sai-Sudhakar Columbus, OH Jorge D. Salazar San Antonio, TX Rawn Salenger Lancaster, OH Paul H. Schipper Portland, OR Frank G. Scholl Nashville, TN Larry L. Shears York, PA Cedric D. Sheffield Tampa, FL Manisha R. Shende East Brunswick, NJ Jeffrey M. Silver Arlington Heights, IL Matthew S. Slater Portland, OR Howard Song Portland, OR Jason S. Sperling Ridgewood, NJ M. Denton Stam Winchester, VA Robert D. Stewart Chicago, IL Robert M. Stiegel Charlotte, NC Mithran S. Sukumar Portland, OR Nabil Y. Tarazi Portland, OR Aaron L. Trachte Lawton, OK Douglas C. Wallace San Diego, CA Karl E. Welke Portland, OR Michael G. Wood Las Vegas, NV David W. Wormuth Fayetteville, NY Mehrdad Zarrinmakan Warren, OH Lambros Zellos Boston, MA Zhandong Zhou Syracuse, NY George L. Zorn Kansas City, MO Rafik A. Abdulal Syria Alexander Artur Albert Lahr, Germany Sujit Banyatpiyaphod Bangkok, Thailand Abdollah Behzadi Toronto, ON, Canada Marius Berman Petah-Tikva, Israel Gabor Bogats Hungary Michael A. Borger Toronto, ON, Canada Mauricio A. Cassinelli Montevideo, Uruguay Hernan Alonso Cruz-Sanchez Mayaguez, PR Francois Dagenais Quebec, PQ, Canada Ufuk Etlik Demirkilic Ankara, Turkey Daniel Fink Jerusalem, Israel Serdar Gunaydin Beysukent-Ankara, Turkey Ali Can Hatemi Nisantasi, Istanbul, Turkey Marc J. Hendrikx Hasselt, Belgium Taiko Horii Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan Yosuke Ishii Tokyo, Japan Tsuyoshi Itoh Saga City, Saga, Japan Masayuki Iwazaki Kanagawa, Japan Jalali Homayoun Queensland, Australia Fadi M. Khoury Amman, Jordan Jari O. Laurikka Tampere, Finland Jae Won Lee Seoul, Korea Yugal K. Mishra New Delhi, India Jacek J. Moll Lodz, Poland Marc Albert Radermecker Liege, Belgium Han Young Ryu Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Sandeep Singh Haryana, India Chaisit Srisomboon Bangkok, Thailand Marius J. Swart Bloemfontein, South Africa David P. Taggart Oxford, UK Koh Takeuchi Bunkyo, Japan A. Lawrence Tan Winnipeg, MB, Canada Yutaka Watanabe Gunma, Japan Khaled M. Abdelhady Chicago, IL Ahmad Reza Abrishamchian Owings Mills, MD Prasad S. Adusumilli Pittsburgh, PA Shalini R. Anne Syracuse, NY Matthew A. Arneson San Diego, CA Adam G. Arnofsky Manhasset, NY Nathan R. Bates Boston, MA Tammy H. Baxter Augusta, GA Jay K. Bhama Houston, TX Marco T. Bologna Birmingham, AL Frank W. Bowen Philadelphia, PA Derek R. Brinster Boston, MA Peter A. Caravella Augusta, GA Frederick Y. Chen Boston, MA Rosario Floridia Loma Linda, CA Rose B. Ganim Boston, MA Jeffrey V. Garrett Cincinnati, OH Jesus A. Gomez-Abraham Philadelphia, PA Gonzalo V. Gonzalez-Stawinski Cleveland, OH Veena Guru Toronto, ON Ziad G. Hanhan Chicago, IL Samer Kanaan Los Angeles, CA John M. Karamichalis Nashville, TN Tomer Z. Karas Houston, TX Sandeep J. Khandhar San Antonio, TX Paul S. Lajos Charlotte, NC Sukit C. Malaisrie Houston, TX Ulysse G. McCann Houston, TX Robert E. Merritt Boston, MA Greg N. Messner Houston, TX Douglas J. Minnich Boston, MA Christopher R. Morse Boston, MA Vijay K. Nuthakki Chicago, IL Sara Jane Pereira Birmingham, AL Anastasios C. Polimenakos Saint Louis, MO William F. Polito Houston, TX Alfredo R. Ramirez Chicago, IL Raman Ravishankar Glen Mills, PA Roberto Rodriguez Boston, MA Joshua D. Rovin Saint Petersburg, FL Wilson Y. Szeto Philadelphia, PA Bethany B. Tan Washington, DC Vinod H. Thourani Marietta, GA Mathew A. Van Deusen Pittsburgh, PA Thomas K. Varghese Ann Arbor, MI Benjamin A. Youdelman Philadelphia, PA Paul E. Achouh Niv Ad Preben Brandenhoff Chawki F. elZein Mathew Ninan Eyal Porat Yoshiya Toyoda Joint STS/AATS activityJoint STS/AATS activityJoint STS/AATS activityJoint STS/AATS activity Forty-Second Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ann Thorac Surg 2006;82:372-80The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryVol. 82Issue 5PreviewIn the report of the 2006 Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), which appeared in the July 2006 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, the names of the following seven new international members of the STS were wrongly listed under the heading “Deceased Members” instead of under the list of “International Members”: Full-Text PDF