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Forty-Sixth Annual Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 90; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.05.029

1552-6259

David A. Fullerton,

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

The 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. 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 Tech-Con 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. 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-at-Large, 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. 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 Pre-Candidate, 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. Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston, MA Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC Bruce E. Keogh, London, United Kingdom Jean Deslauriers, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 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 L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Douglas J. Mathisen, Chair, Boston, MA David A. Fullerton, Aurora, CO Michael J. Mack, Dallas, TX Gordon F. Murray, Southport, NC Carolyn E. Reed, Charleston, SC Jeffrey B. Rich, Norfolk, VA 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Douglas R. Johnston, Cleveland, OH David D. Yuh, Baltimore, MD 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Nahush A. Mokadam, Seattle, WA Evelio Rodriguez, Greenville, NC Mathew R. Williams, New York, NY Kenton J. Zehr, Temple, TX 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Aurelio Chaux, Chair, Ocala, FL Zohair Y. Al-Halees, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 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 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 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 L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, Philadelphia, PA Verdi J. DiSesa, Wynnewood, PA Mark K. Ferguson, Chicago, IL Colleen G. Koch, Cleveland, OH Constantine Mavroudis, Cleveland, OH Robert M. Sade, Charleston, SC 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 Gary L. Grunkemeier, Portland, OR Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, St. Louis, MO Juan Rosai, Milan, Italy 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 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 Elizabeth Butler Evansville, IN John Carabello Tulsa, OK Dominic Cefali Newburgh, IN Subhasis Chatterjee Evanston, IL Cynthia Chin New York, NY David Cooke Sacramento, CA Joel Corvera Indianapolis, IN Mark Cunningham Los Angeles, CA Robert Dabal Birmingham, AL David D'Alessandro Bronx, NY Daren Danielson Sacramento, CA Sevak Darbinian Mission Viejo, CA James Davies Birmingham, AL Jonathan D'Cunha Minneapolis, MN Nilto De Oliveira Madison, WI Nikola Dobrilovic Providence, RI Melanie Edwards New Orleans, LA Charles Elkins Oklahoma City, OK James Fingleton Providence, RI Rosario Floridia Loma Linda, CA Jacques-Pierre Fontaine Providence, RI Edward Frick Suffolk, VA Stephanie Fuller Philadelphia, PA Francis Fynn-Thompson Boston, MA Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias Miami, FL Mark Genovesi Brooklyn, NY Michael Gibson Florence, SC Vanessa Gibson Sandusky, OH Juan Grau Philadelphia, PA Kevin Greason Rochester, MN John Grehan St. Paul, MN Eric Grogan Nashville, TN Michel Haddad Philadelphia, PA James Hammel Omaha, NE Ziad Hanhan Holmdel, NJ Mohir Hedeshian Worcester, MA Joe Helou Montreal, Quebec, Canada Chuong Hoang Stanford, CA Eric Hoenicke Austin, TX Kevin Hyman Great Neck, NY Douglas Johnston Cleveland, OH Colin Joyo Newport Beach, CA Andreas Kamlot Concord, CA Aditya Kaza Salt Lake City, UT Ara Ketchedjian Boston, MA William Kitchens Augusta, GA Charles Klieman Whittier, CA Jonathan Kraut Prospect, KY Jasleen Kukreja San Francisco, CA Pankaj Kulshrestha Centerville, OH Ganesh Kumpati West Allis, WI Jay Lee Los Angeles, CA Vincent Lee Prescott, AZ Steven Leyland Inman, SC Theodore Lillehei St. Paul, MN Jules Lin Ann Arbor, MI Ramin Malekan White Plains, NY Sunil Malhotra Gainesville, FL Alicia McKelvey Paoli, PA David McMullan Seattle, WA John Mehall Colorado Springs, CO Inder Mehta Ridgeland, MS Robert Merritt Palo Alto, CA Gregory Messner Plano, TX Peter Mikhail Gainesville, FL Steven Miller Lawton, OK Douglas Minnich Birmingham, AL Robert Moraca Sewickley, PA Christopher Morse Boston, MA Abdulelah Murshid Saudi Arabia Dean Nakamura Honolulu, HI Dennis Nichols Tacoma, WA Alexander Nieto Everett, WA Michael Nolen Little Rock, AR Alden Parsons Raleigh, NC Bhavik Patel Ogden, UT Mayank Patel Frontenac, MO Subroto Paul New York, NY Duc Thinh Pham Boston, MA Anastasios Polimenakos Chicago, IL William Polito Des Plaines, IL Robert Poston Boston, MA Victor Pretorius Hobart, Tasmania, Australia David Rabkin Seattle, WA Basel Ramlawi Houston, TX Clifton Reade Chattanooga, TN Roberto Rodriguez Boston, MA Matthew Romano Ann Arbor, MI Fidel Sendra Covington, LA Shaun Setty Metairie, LA Kapil Sharma Sacramento, CA Andrew Sherman Lakeland, FL Jeffrey Shuhaiber Cincinnati, OH Sunil Singhal Philadelphia, PA Manak Sood Ypsilanti, MI Rafael Squitieri Bridgeport, CT Sotiris Stamou St. Louis, MO Matthew Steliga Little Rock, AR Brendon Stiles New York, NY John Storey Indianapolis, IN David Stuesse Boise, ID Jorge Suarez-Cavelier Orlando, FL Jeil J. Thomas Chicago, IL Richard Thompson Lancaster, PA Betty Tong Durham, NC Pei Tsau Tucson, AZ Ganpat Valaulikar Memphis, TN Nirmal Veeramachaneni Chapel Hill, NC Daniel Velez San Juan, PR Conrad Vial Palo Alto, CA Derek Von Haag Glendale, AZ Peter Walts Indianapolis, IN I-wen Wang St. Louis, MO Peter Wearden Pittsburgh, PA Jian Ye Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Peter Zakow Poughkeepsie, NY Henry Zhu Sacramento, CA Douglas Zusman Newport Beach, CA Diaa El-Din A. Seoud Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Anas Abdel Azim Giza, Egypt Mahmoud Abu-Abeeleh Amman, Jordan Ahmet Ruchan Akar Ankara, Turkey Raul Alvarez-Tostado Mexico City, Mexico Tohru Asai Otsu, Shiga, Japan Tayfun Aybek Ankara, Turkey Andriy Babych Lviv, Ukraine Luiz Carlos Bento de Souza Sao Paulo, Brazil Alejandro Bertolotti Buenos Aires, Argentina Konstantin Borisov Moscow, Russian Federation Robert Chen Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China Claudiu Chivu Arges, Romania Ali Asghar Chorum Zadeh Dashti Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran Paola Ciriaco Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy Bernhard Danner Gottingen, Germany Sebastian Defranchi Buenos Aires, Argentina Marek Deja Katowice, Poland Gabriel Dumitrasciuc Timisoara, Romania Abdelwahed Gdeedo Tripoli, Libya Georgios Georghiou Larnaka, Cyprus Sinisa Gradinac Belgrade, Serbia Claudio Grossi Cuneo, Italy Javier Gualis Leon, Spain Leslie Hamilton Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Paul Herijgers Leuven, Belgium Mitsuhiro, Kamiyoshihara Maebashi, Gunma, Japan Venkata Karri Hyderabad, India Michael Klimatsidas Thessaloniki, Greece Jacek Kolcz Krakow, Poland Ralfs Kolitis Riga, Latvia Sanjay Kumar Hyderabad, India Chaim Leker Locker Rochester, MN Salvatore Lentini Messina, Italy Cosimo Lequaglie Rinonero in Vulture PZ, Italy Peter Licht Odense, Denmark Seung-Pyung Lim Daejeon, Republic of Korea Sulkhan Lominadze Tbilisi, Georgia 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 Gopi Mannam Hyderabad, India Masoumali Masoumi Kermanshah, Islamic Republic of Iran Kenji Minakata Kyoto-city, Japan Ruben Movsesian Moscow, Russian Federation Horia Muresian Bucharest, Romania Kamran Musayev Baku, Azerbaijan Andrew Newcomb Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Norihiko Oka Parkville, Victoria, Australia Yoshitomo, Okumura Nishinomiya, Japan David O'Regan Leeds, United Kingdom Chandrasekar 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