Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 94; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.05.042
ISSN1552-6259
Autores Tópico(s)Congenital Heart Disease Studies
ResumoThe Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons was held at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, January 29–February 1, 2012. More than 4,000 attended, including surgeons, allied health care professionals, and exhibitors. Attendees of the STS Annual Meeting had the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational sessions, including 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: General Thoracic Surgery—“Amiodarone Prophylaxis for Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Lung Cancer—A Controlled, Randomized, Double-Blinded Trial;” Adult Cardiac Surgery—“Long-Term Outcome of Isolated Mitral Repair in Older Patients—Results From 14,604 Procedures Performed From 1991 to 2007;” and Congenital Heart Surgery—“Changing Expectations for Neurological Outcomes After the Neonatal Arterial Switch Operation.” Of particular note were four highly motivational presentations: the Presidential Address, Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture, Lillehei Lecture, and Ethics Debate. In his Presidential Address, “If This Were My Last Speech, What Would I Say?,” Michael J. Mack, MD, stressed that the privilege of performing surgery comes with the responsibility to strive for improvement. He urged his colleagues to push boundaries with the mindset that innovation is not optional, but a requirement. The Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture was given by Jeffrey E. Shuren, MD, JD, Director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. Dr Shuren's talk gave an insider's perspective on how government regulation and device innovation work. The C. Walton Lillehei Lecture was presented by STS International Director Friedrich W. Mohr, MD. Dr Mohr's presentation, “Hands Across the Ocean—Revisited,” focused on how changes in the medical device landscape mean that regulators have to come to a delicate balance between encouraging innovation and ensuring safety. In addition to these annual lectures, this year, David R. Holmes, MD, President of the American College of Cardiology, delivered a special presentation exploring cross-specialty collaboration between cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists. Dr Holmes focused on cross-specialty collaboration in hybrid operating rooms in relation to the latest developments with transcatheter aortic valve replacement therapy. The Ethics Debate, “Sleep Deprived Surgeons Should Not be Allowed to Operate Without Patients' Consent,” focused on a surgeon's dilemma: Should the surgeon gain the patient's written consent and offer the patient options or allow the judgment to remain with the surgeon? Two experienced surgeons gave opposing answers to this dilemma. In addition to these presentations, the Workforce on Patient Safety offered another important patient safety parallel session, and the Workforce on Associate Membership introduced a new symposium that highlighted the importance of the interdisciplinary team in cardiac and thoracic surgery. New this year, the Workforce on Annual Meeting accepted late-breaking abstracts to be presented in four new parallel sessions. This year there were several sessions that were developed in collaboration with other organizations, including STS/AATS Tech-Con 2012, the STS/AATS/SVS: What's New in Peripheral Vascular Disease Management; STS/SCA: Intraoperative Echo and Decision Making in Cardiovascular Surgery; a parallel session: ACC at STS; and a breakfast session, Managing Your CV: Tips for Career Planning, developed with input from Women in Thoracic Surgery. Wrapping up the STS 48th Annual Meeting was STS University. More than 800 people registered for 11 sessions. This year's sessions were held twice and ranged from a hands-on course on mitral valve repair to a course on novel techniques in esophageal and tracheal 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. Once again, physicians and non-physicians will have the opportunity to earn Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit at home or in the office. The STS 48th Annual Meeting Online includes the majority of the sessions from the live conference, including the surgical symposia, general sessions, parallel surgical forums, surgical motion pictures, and ethics debate. This activity will be available for CME credit until February 1, 2013. In addition to the STS 48th Annual Meeting Online, STS is pleased to offer the STS/AATS Tech-Con 2012 Online. All of the educational tracks from STS/AATS Tech-Con 2012 have been captured and are available to view online for CME credit. For more information or to purchase these online products, please visit www.sts.org. The success of the STS 48th Annual Meeting was due in large part to the exemplary commitment of the Workforce on Annual Meeting under the leadership of Todd M. Dewey, MD (Workforce Chair), Traves D. Crabtree, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Douglas R. Johnston, MD (STS University Task Force Co-Chair), Emile A. Bacha, MD (Surgical Symposia Task Force Co-Chair), Andrew C. Chang, MD (Surgical Symposia Task Force Co-Chair), Michael A. Acker, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair), and Robert J. Cerfolio, MD (Tech-Con Task Force Co-Chair). Prior to the STS 48th Annual Meeting, STS/AATS Tech-Con 2012 welcomed more than 1000 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 heart failure, esophageal surgery, and minimally invasive techniques for coronary artery bypass and aortic surgery. These tracks also included invited lectures, as well as many debates on topics such as “Should LVADS be Done for Class IIIB” and “Should TAVR be Approved for High-Risk Operative Patients With Aortic Stenosis.” The following officers were elected at the annual Business Meeting: Jeffery B. Rich, MD, President; Douglas E. Wood, MD, First Vice President; David A. Fullerton, MD, Second Vice President and Secretary; Keith S. Naunheim, MD, Secretary Elect; Robert S. D. Higgins, MD, Treasurer; and Nicholas T. Kouchoukas, MD was re-elected Historian. Cameron D. Wright, MD was elected as a Director-at-Large, and John H. Calhoon, MD was re-elected 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, directors, Committee members, and Workforce members for their dedicated service. STS membership elected 132 Active and 98 International Members this year. During 2011, 83 Candidate, 90 Associate, and 57 Pre-Candidate Members were also admitted as part of the rolling admissions process. The Society now has more than 6,400 members. 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 49th Annual Meeting will be held January 26–30, 2013, in Los Angeles, California. Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Keith S. Naunheim, St. Louis, MO Robert S. D. Higgins, Columbus, OH Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, ON, Canada Jennifer S. Nelson, Ann Arbor, MI Walter H. Merrill (2013), Jackson, MS Richard J. Shemin (2013), Los Angeles, CA Mark S. Allen (2014), Rochester, MN Joseph F. Sabik III (2014), Cleveland, OH John H. Calhoon (2015), San Antonio, TX Cameron D. Wright (2015), Boston, MA L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Jeffrey B. Rich, Chair, Norfolk, VA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Robert S. D. Higgins, Columbus, OH Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Keith S. Naunheim, St. Louis, MO Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA John E. Mayer, Jr, Chair, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Ex-Officio, Aurora, CO Robert S. D. Higgins, Ex-Officio, Columbus, OH Douglas E. Wood, Ex-Officio, Seattle, WA W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr, Greenville, NC Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Constantine Mavroudis, Chair, Orlando, FL Leah M. Backhus, Seattle, WA Gail E. Darling, Toronto, ON, Canada Kamal R. Khabbaz, Boston, MA Jeffrey C. Milliken, Orange, CA Michael G. Moront, Toledo, OH Wilson Y. Szeto, Philadelphia, PA Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Lexington, KY John E. Mayer, Jr, Chair (2013), Boston, MA W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr (2014), Greenville, NC Gordon F. Murray (2015), Southport, NC Douglas J. Mathisen (2016), Boston, MA Michael J. Mack (2017), Dallas, TX Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio, Non-Voting (2018), Norfolk, VA Richard I. Whyte, Chair, Boston, MA Michael J. Mack, Ex-Officio, Dallas, TX Charles R. Bridges, Charlotte, NC Thomas A. D'Amico, Durham, NC Kathleen N. Fenton, Silver Spring, MD Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC James Jaggers, Aurora, CO Leslie J. Kohman, Syracuse, NY Jeffrey B. Kramer, Kansas City, KS Sidney Levitsky, Boston, MA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS Bryan F. Meyers, St. Louis, MO Mark B. Orringer, Ann Arbor, MI David R. Jones (2014), Council Chair John S. Ikonomidis, Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac and Vascular Surgery John V. Conte, Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Workforce on Associate Membership & Ex-Officio Thomas E. MacGillivray, Chair, Workforce on Clinical Education James S. Tweddell, Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery David A. Fullerton, Chair, Workforce on Critical Care Sean C. Grondin, Chair, Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery Joseph E. Bavaria, Chair, Workforce on New Technology Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Workforce on Practice Management Joseph A. Dearani, Chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Francis D. Pagani, Chair, Workforce on Surgical Treatment of End-Stage Cardiopulmonary Disease Ara A. Vaporciyan, Chair, Workforce on Thoracic Surgery Resident Issues James I. Fann, Appointed Member Jenifer L. Marks, Resident Appointee L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Ex-Officio Jeffrey B. Rich, Ex-Officio Richard J. Shemin, Ex-Officio John S. Ikonomidis, Chair, Charleston, SC Niv Ad, Falls Church, VA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Michael Argenziano, New York, NY Aubrey C. Galloway, Jr, New York, NY Robert C. Hagberg, Boston, MA Robert L. Kormos, Pittsburgh, PA Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Tomislav Mihaljevic, Cleveland, OH Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA Eric E. Roselli, Cleveland, OH Ramesh Singh, Louisville, KY Elaine E. Tseng, San Francisco, CA John V. Conte, Chair, Baltimore, MD Erle H. Austin III, Louisville, KY Frank C. Detterbeck, New Haven, CT Gregory P. Fontana, New York, NY Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA John V. Conte, Chair, Baltimore, MD Vinay Badhwar, Pittsburgh, PA Todd M. Dewey, Dallas, TX Michael P. Fischbein, Stanford, CA James Jaggers, Aurora, CO Christine L. Lau, Charlottesville, VA Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA John D. Mitchell, Aurora, CO K. Robert Shen, Rochester, MN Alan M. Speir, Falls Church, VA Wilson Y. Szeto, Philadelphia, PA Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA Vinod H. Thourani, Chair, Atlanta, GA Robert J. Cerfolio, Birmingham, AL James R. Edgerton, Dallas, TX Harold G. Roberts, Jr, Fort Lauderdale, FL Nicholas G. Smedira, Cleveland, OH Todd S. Weiser, New York, NY David D. Yuh, New Haven, CT Erle H. Austin III, Co-Chair, Louisville, KY Frank C. Detterbeck, Co-Chair, New Haven, CT Mark S. Bleiweis, Gainesville, FL Moishe A. Liberman, Montreal, QC, Canada Ralph S. Mosca, New York, NY Richard I. Whyte, Boston, MA Gregory P. Fontana, Chair, New York, NY Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA Michael Argenziano, New York, NY Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston, TX Marc de Perrot, Toronto, ON, Canada Robert W. Emery, Jr, St. Paul, MN Robert C. Hagberg, Boston, MA Ali Khoynezhad, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representative specified with an asterisk Los Angeles, CA Jonathan M. Philpott, Norfolk, VA Walter H. Merrill, Chair, Jackson, MS Diane E. Alejo, Baltimore, MD 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 Elizabeth Hupp, Morgantown, WV Svetlana Kotova, Boston, MA Sylvia M. Laudun, New Orleans, LA Sidney W. Lavender II, Winston-Salem, NC Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Richard L. Prager, Ann Arbor, MI Harmik J. Soukiasian, Los Angeles, CA Brandon H. Tieu, Portland, OR Debra E. Wilcox, Denver, CO Thomas E. MacGillivray, Chair, Boston, MA Faisal G. Bakaeen, Houston, TX Edward M. Bender, Cape Girardeau, MO David T. Cooke, Sacramento, CA Claude Deschamps, Rochester, MN Kevin L. Greason, Rochester, MN Robert L. Kormos, Pittsburgh, PA John R. Mehall, Colorado Springs, CO Carlos M. Mery, Charlottesville, VA Ara A. Vaporciyan, Houston, TX James S. Tweddell, Chair, Milwaukee, WI Jonathan M. Chen, New York, NY Juan V. Comas, Madrid, Spain J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, PA Robert A. Gustafson, Morgantown, WV James Jaggers, Aurora, CO Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA Aditya K. Kaza, Salt Lake City, UT David M. McMullan, Seattle, WA Eric N. Mendeloff, Dallas, TX Bret A. Mettler, Nashville, TN George E. Sarris, Athens, Greece Glen S. Van Arsdell, Toronto, ON, Canada Jason A. Williams, Durham, NC David A. Fullerton, Chair, Aurora, CO John H. Calhoon, San Antonio, TX Aaron M. Cheng, Seattle, WA Nevin M. Katz, Baltimore, MD Kevin W. Lobdell, Charlotte, NC Dan J. Raz, Los Angeles, CA Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY Glenn J.R. Whitman, Baltimore, MD Douglas E. Wood, Seattle, WA Sean C. Grondin, Chair, Calgary, AB, Canada Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston, TX Matthew G. Blum, Colorado Springs, CO Yolonda L. Colson, Boston, MA Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Springfield, IL Michael S. Mulligan, Seattle, WA Christopher J. Mutrie, Boston, MA Joseph R. Newton, Jr, Norfolk, VA Allan Pickens, Atlanta, GA Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, ON, Canada Richard I. Whyte, Boston, MA Joseph E. Bavaria, Chair, Philadelphia, PA David H. Adams, New York, NY Frederick Chen, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk Boston, MA William E. Cohn, Houston, TX Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA Hiran C. Fernando, Boston, MA Enrico R. Ferrari, Lausanne, Switzerland Raja M. Flores, New York, NY James S. Gammie, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk Baltimore, MD Shaf H. Keshavjee, Toronto, ON, Canada Zachary N. Kon, Baltimore, MD Robert L. Kormos, Pittsburgh, PA John C. Laschinger, Silver Spring, MD R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA Friedrich W. Mohr, Leipzig, Germany Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Christopher R. Morse, Boston, MA Jonathan M. Philpott, Norfolk, VA Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Mathew R. Williams, New York, NY David D. Yuh, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk New Haven, CT Vinay Badhwar, Chair, Pittsburgh, PA Matthew G. Blum, Colorado Springs, CO Greg A. Bowman, Pueblo, CO Alfred S. Casale, Wilkes-Barre, PA Robert W. Emery, Jr, St. Paul, MN Frank L. Fazzalari, Rochester, MI Paul S. Levy, Albuquerque, NM Joseph R. Newton, Jr, Norfolk, VA V. Seenu Reddy, Nashville, TN William H. Ryan, Dallas, TX Hassan A. Tetteh, Bethesda, MD Joseph A. Dearani, Chair, Rochester, MN Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, ON, Canada David N. Campbell, Aurora, CO Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL Brian E. Kogon, Atlanta, GA Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA Walter H. Merrill, Jackson, MS Jennifer S. Nelson, Ann Arbor, MI Frank A. Pigula, Boston, MA Francis D. Pagani, Chair, Ann Arbor, MI Michael A. Acker, Philadelphia, PA Margarita T. Camacho, Newark, NJ Todd M. Dewey, Dallas, TX Seth D. Force, Atlanta, GA Edwin C. McGee, Jr, Chicago, IL Michael F. McGrath, Norfolk, VA Bryan F. Meyers, St. Louis, MO Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Nicholas G. Smedira, Cleveland, OH Yoshiya Toyoda, Philadelphia, PA Africa F. Wallace, Pittsburgh, PA Michael J. Weyant, Aurora, CO Ara A. Vaporciyan, Chair, Houston, TX Craig J. Baker, Los Angeles, CA Thomas M. Beaver, Gainesville, FL Edward P. Chen, Atlanta, GA Elizabeth A. David, Houston, TX James I. Fann, Stanford, CA Michael P. Fischbein, Stanford, CA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Cynthia S. Herrington, Los Angeles, CA Mark D. Iannettoni, Iowa City, IA Michael E. Jessen, Dallas, TX Aditya K. Kaza, Salt Lake City, UT Sandra L. Starnes, Cincinnati, OH Leora Tesche, Chapel Hill, NC Curt Tribble, Jackson, MS Frederick L. Grover (2013), 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 Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Workforce on Research Development Mark B. Orringer, Appointed Member Robert C. Robbins, Appointed Member Shinichi Takamoto, Appointed Member Stephanie L. Mick, Resident Appointee John H. Calhoon, Ex-Officio Cameron D. Wright, Ex-Officio John D. Mitchell, Chair, Aurora, CO Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Faisal G. Bakaeen, Houston, TX Ayesha S. Bryant, Birmingham, AL Alfred S. Casale, Wilkes-Barre, PA Dean M. Donahue, Boston, MA Jessica S. Donington, New York, NY John R. Handy, Portland, OR David H. Harpole, Durham, NC Moishe A. Liberman, Montreal, QC, Canada Donald E. Low, Seattle, WA Jenifer L. Marks, Houston, TX Robert E. Merritt, Palo Alto, CA Bret A. Mettler, Nashville, TN Dan M. Meyer, Dallas, TX Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Columbus, OH T. Brett Reece, Aurora, CO Todd K. Rosengart, Stony Brook, NY Michael A. Smith, Phoenix, AZ Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Thomas K. Varghese, Jr, Seattle, WA David M. Shahian, Chair, Boston, MA Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA Gabriel S. Aldea, Seattle, WA Christopher A. Caldarone, Toronto, ON, Canada Andrew C. Chang, Ann Arbor, MI Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Richard S. D'Agostino, Burlington, MA Lucas M. Duvall, San Antonio, TX Christopher M. Feindel, Toronto, ON, Canada Kristine J. Guleserian, Dallas, TX Loren F. Hiratzka, Cincinnati, OH Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Marshall L. Jacobs, Newtown Square, PA A. Pieter Kappetein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Mark R. Katlic, Baltimore, MD Benjamin D. Kozower, Charlottesville, VA John C. Kucharczuk, Philadelphia, PA J. Scott Rankin, Nashville, TN Daniel P. Raymond, Cleveland, OH Joseph F. Sabik III, Cleveland, OH Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA A. Laurie W. Shroyer, Stony Brook, NY Alan M. Speir, Falls Church, VA M. Blair Marshall, Chair, Washington, DC Emile A. Bacha, New York, NY William R. Berry, Boston, MA J. Michael DiMaio, Dallas, TX James I. Fann, Stanford, CA T. Sloane Guy, Philadelphia, PA Michael S. Kent, Boston, MA Theolyn N. Price, Orlando, FL K. Robert Shen, Rochester, MN Felix W. Tsai, Norfolk, VA Paul N. Uhlig, Wichita, KS 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 James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI Richard I. Whyte, Stanford, CA Fred H. Edwards, Chair, Jacksonville, FL Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA Michael P. Fischbein, Stanford, CA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO James S. Gammie, Baltimore, MD Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Gregory D. Rushing, Baltimore, MD David M. Shahian, Boston, MA Sidney Levitsky (2014), Council Chair Peter K. Smith, Chair, Workforce on Coding and Reimbursement T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy A. Pieter Kappetein, Chair, Workforce on International Relationships Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, Workforce on Media Relations and Communications John V. Conte, Appointed Member Alan M. Speir, Appointed Member Chad N. Stasik, Resident Appointee Mark S. Allen, Ex-Officio Joseph F. Sabik III, Ex-Officio Douglas E. Wood, Ex-Officio T. Bruce Ferguson, Jr, Chair, Greenville, NC Arvind K. Agnihotri, Boston, MA Michael K. Banbury, Newark, DE William A. Baumgartner, Baltimore, MD Shanda H. Blackmon, Houston, TX Duke E. Cameron, Baltimore, MD Yvonne M. Carter, Washington, DC Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Jennifer L. Ellis, Washington, DC J. Awori Hayanga, Seattle, WA William L. Holman, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk Birmingham, AL Keith A. Horvath, Bethesda, MD David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA Alan P. Kypson, Greenville, NC Stephen J. Lahey, Farmington, CT Christine L. Lau, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk Charlottesville, VA Richard Lee, Chicago, IL M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Patrick M. McCarthy, Chicago, IL Scott J. Millikan, Billings, MT Dao M. Nguyen, Miami, FL Alan M. Speir, Falls Church, VA Jess L. Thompson, Tucson, AZ S. Russell Vester, Cincinnati, OH Richard I. Whyte, *Joint STS/AATS activity; AATS representatives specified with an asterisk Boston, MA A. Pieter Kappetein, Chair, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Zohair Y. Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Graciano Castillo-Ortega, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico Haiquan Chen, Shanghai, China Adnan Cobanoglu, Cleveland, OH Jose Ribas De Campos, São Paulo, Brazil Ali Dodge-Khatami, Hamburg, Germany Enrico R. Ferrari, Lausanne, Switzerland Daniel Fink, Jerusalem, Israel J. Awori Hayanga, Seattle, WA Chuen Neng Lee, Singapore, Singapore Laureano Molins, Barcelona, Spain Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Columbus, OH Tomas A. Salerno, Miami, FL Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, Milwaukee, WI Keith S. Naunheim, Chair, St. Louis, MO Kevin D. Accola, Orlando, FL Leah M. Backhus, Seattle, WA Robbin G. Cohen, Los Angeles, CA James R. Edgerton, Dallas, TX Emily A. Farkas, St. Louis, MO Frederick L. Grover, Aurora, CO Steven W. Guyton, Portland, OR Robert S. D. Higgins, Columbus, OH Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX John E. Mayer, Jr, Boston, MA Joe B. Putnam, Jr, Nashville, TN Lodze Quitel, New York, NY Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA Todd K. Rosengart, Stony Brook, NY Thoralf M. Sundt, Boston, MA Peter K. Smith, Chair, Durham, NC John C. Alexander, Jr, Evanston, IL Aaron M. Cheng, Seattle, WA Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr, Aurora, CO Jeffrey P. Jacobs, St. Petersburg, FL G. Gilbert Johnston, Tacoma, WA Kirk R. Kanter, Atlanta, GA Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Richmond, VA Stephen J. Lahey, Farmington, CT James M. Levett, Cedar Rapids, IA Alex G. Little, Tucson, AZ Vassyl A. Lonchyna, Chicago, IL Francis C. Nichols, Rochester, MN V. Seenu Reddy, Nashville, TN Sanjay A. Samy, Sayre, PA Lars G. Svensson, Cleveland, OH Michael J. Weyant, Aurora, CO Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Verdi J. DiSesa, Philadelphia, PA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Colleen G. Koch, Cleveland, OH Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC Thomas X. Aufiero, Lafayette, IN David B. Campbell, Hershey, PA S. Bert Litwin, Boca Raton, FL Thomas E. MacGillivray, Boston, MA M. Blair Marshall, Washington, DC Joseph I. Miller, Jr, Atlanta, GA John A. Odell, Jacksonville, FL Wayne E. Richenbacher, Iowa City, IA Norman J. Snow, Chicago, IL Thomas J. Vander Salm, Salem, MA Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy Mark S. Allen, Rochester, MN Nasser K. Altorki, New York, NY Hisao Asamura, Tokyo, Japan Ko Bando, Handa City Aicki, Japan Stefano Benussi, Milan, Italy William J. Brawn, Birmingham, United Kingdom Alessandro Brunelli, Ancona, Italy Albert T. Cheung, Philadelphia, PA John V. Conte, Baltimore, MD Thomas A. D'Amico, Durham, NC Steven R. DeMeester, Los Angeles, CA Jessica S. Donington, New York, NY Fred H. Edwards, Jacksonville, FL Anthony L. Estrera, Houston, TX James S. Gammie, Baltimore, MD Robert C. Gorman, Glenolden, PA Michael Grimm, Vienna, Austria Eugene A. Grossi, New York, NY George L. Hicks, Rochester, NY Jennifer C. Hirsch, Ann Arbor, MI Marshall L. Jacobs, Philadelphia, PA Michael E. Jessen, Dallas, TX David R. Jones, Charlottesville, VA A. Pieter Kappetein, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Ki-Bong Kim, Seoul, Republic of Korea James K. Kirklin, Birmingham, AL Arkalgud Sampath Kumar, Delhi, India Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Tomislav Mihaljevic, Cleveland, OH R. Scott Mitchell, Stanford, CA Yoshifumi Naka, New York, NY Louis P. Perrault, Montreal, QC, Canada Mark B. Ratcliffe, San Francisco, CA Gaetano Rocco, Naples, Italy Marc Ruel, Ottawa, ON, Canada Shunji Sano, Okayama, Japan Joseph B. Shrager, Stanford, CA Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, San Diego, CA Vinod H. Thourani, Atlanta, GA Glen S. Van Arsdell, Toronto, ON, Canada Pascal R. Vouhe, Paris, France Thomas K. Waddell, Toronto, ON, Canada Thomas Walther, Bad Nauheim, Germany Song Wan, Hong Kong, China Cameron D. Wright, Boston, MA Qing-yu Wu, Beijing, China Ibrahim Abdullah Newton, MA Saber Aboelnazar Edmonton, AB, Canada Prasad Adusumilli New York, NY Matthew Agnew Davis, CA Mehmet Akay Chesterfield, MO Alec Akbarov Greenwood, SC Mehdi Akhavan-Heidari Wheeling, WV Adanna C. Akujuo Clinton, NY Abdullah A. Alghamdi Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mir Wasif Ali Cedar Rapids, IA Matthew Arneson Wichita, KS Rakesh C. Arora Winnipeg, MB, Canada Pavan Atluri Philadelphia, PA Anthony Azakie San Francisco, CA Joshua N. Baker Boston, MA Farzaneh Banki Houston, TX Aditya Bansal Pittsburgh, PA Tammy M. Baxter Miami, FL Ricardo A. Bello Bronx, NY Dinesh Bhaskaran Zanesville, OH Michael E. Bowdish Los Angeles, CA Jack Boyd Indianapolis, IN James K. Brevig Everett, WA Roosevelt Bryant Minneapolis, MN Anthony D. Caffarelli Newport Beach, CA Rafe C. Connors St. Louis, MO Robert M. Cortina Wilmington, NC Lawrence Crist Pittsburgh, PA Marcelo C. DaSilva Boston, MA Ryan R. Davies Wilmington, DE Mateo Dayo Venice, FL Vincent DeFilippi Salinas, CA Harry Donias Monroe, LA Robert A. DuBose Portland, OR Gansevoort H. Dunnington Mountain View, CA Cherie P. Erkmen Lebanon, NH Alec T. Eror Kailua, HI Juan Escalon Norwich, CT Nathaniel Evans Philadelphia, PA Justin S. Fanning Grand Rapids, MI Robert S. Farivar Iowa City, IA Paul William Fedak Calgary, AB, Canada David J. Finley New York, NY Jose P. Garcia Baltimore, MD Tammy L. Gleeson Battle Creek, MI Eugene M. Golts San Diego, CA Raja R. Gopaldas Columbia, MO Iosif M. Gulkarov Rego Park, NY Ajay Gupta Ypsilanti, MI Omar Habib Naperville, IL A. Hadi Hakki Largo, FL Robert E. Helm Rye Beach, NH Richard E. Helmer Waco, TX Carl M. Johnson Paducah, KY Carolyn E. Jones Rochester, NY Eias E. Jweied Highland, IN Lauren C. Kane San Antonio, TX John M. Karamichalis San Francisco, CA Alexandros N. Karavas Manchester, NH Sylwia Karpinski Clinton Township, MI Andrew J. Kaufman New York, NY Suresh Keshavamurthy Cleveland, OH Hunter Q. Kirkland Austin, TX Anastasios Konstantakos Billings, MT Nikhilesh Korgaonkar Baltimore, MD Elbert Y. Kuo Phoenix, AZ Paul Lajos New York, NY Adrian L. Lata Winston Salem, NC Daniel C. Lee Brooklyn, NY Jeffrey Lee Baltimore, MD Kenneth T. Lee San Jose, CA Winnie W. Lee Mineola, NY Eric J. Lehr New Castle, WA Ryan Levy Pittsburgh, PA Orlando Lopez de Victoria San Juan, PR Lucian Lozonschi Madison, WI Fabio Luison Sudbury, ON, Canada Jefferson M. Lyons Columbus, OH Mary S. Maish Los Angeles, CA Simon Maltais Nashville, TN Patrick T. Mangonon Ft. Pierce, FL James J. Mc Farland Crown Point, IN Patrick I. McConnell Columbus, OH Douglas Mellinger La Jolla, CA Federico Milla New York, NY Steven Milman Baltimore, MD Mohi Mitiek Minneapolis, MN Ahmad Moustapha Regina, SK, Canada Katie S. Nason Pittsburgh, PA Dilip Nath Washington, DC L. W. Nifong Greenville, NC Verlyn J. Nykamp Sioux Falls, SD Olusola Oduntan Morgantown, WV George Panagiotides Long Beach, CA Venki Paramesh Onalaska, WI Yaron Perry Savannah, GA Eric Presser Great Neck, NY Cemil Purut Hickory, NC Joseph Rabin Silver Spring, MD T. B. Reece Aurora, CO Jose R. Rodriguez Lima, OH David Rosenbaum Dallas, TX Brian K. Rundall Idaho Falls, ID Eric L. Sarin Falls Church, VA Inderpal Sarkaria New York, NY Michael J. Sasevich La Jolla, CA Kenneth Saum Carterville, IL Lana Y. Schumacher Oakmount, PA Jason A. Shofnos Denver, CO Ming-Sing Si Sacramento, CA Alan A. Simeone Durham, NC Jay M. Steinberg Cherry Hill, NJ Randy M. Stevens Philadelphia, PA Chadwick Stouffer Knoxville, TN Donald E. Stowell Oklahoma City, OK John M. Stulak Rochester, MN Jack C. Sun Seattle, WA Hiroo Takayama New York, NY Ahmad M. Tarakji Fresno, CA Jess L. Thompson Tucson, AZ Tomasz A. Timek Grand Rapids, MI Karin Trujillo Omaha, NE Thomas C. Tung San Ramon, CA Joseph W. Turek Iowa City, IA Victor H. van Berkel Louisville, KY Robin Varghese New York, NY Christina M. Vassileva Springfield, IL Paul Vesco Sarasota, FL Courtnye A. Walker Fort Smith, AR Matthew L. Williams Louisville, KY James T. Wu Rochester, NY Benjamin Youdelman Cheltenham, PA Mouhcine Abid-Allah Casblanca, Morocco Mannoj M. Aggny Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Yoshimori Araki Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Omid Assar Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic of Iran Nikolaos Baikoussis Patras, Greece Amjad M. Bani Hani Leipzig, Germany Rimantas Benetis Kaunas, Lithuania Rafael Borrego Mexico City, Mexico Thierry Bove Gent, Belgium Maurizio Braccio Catanzaro, Italy Juan Bustamante Valladolid, Spain Giovanni Carboni Bern, Switzerland Jorge Catrip Mexico City, Mexico Chang Chen Shanghai, C
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