List of AATS contacts and mentors

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The below list includes names and contacts of AATS members (*denotes a non-member)  across the United States and Canada. These mentors have been selected or self-nominated in order to deliver a more personal contact for prospective candidates for Thoracic Surgery residency. They can offer mentorship, recommendations, research opportunities as well as clinical rotations in Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Additionally, Women in Thoracic Surgery offers a web based mentoring program for women interested in the field of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery. More Information...

 

California
P. Michael McFadden University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA mmcfadden@surgery.usc.edu	Richard J Shemin UCLA Los Angeles, CA rshemin@mednet.ucla.edu
Joseph B. Shrager Stanford University Stanford, CA shrager@stanford.edu
Colorado
David A Fullerton University of Colorado Denver, CO david.fullerton@uchsc.edu
District of Columbia
Gregory D Trachiotis The George Washington University Medical Center Washington, DC gregory.trachiotis@med.va.gov
Florida
Tomas A Salerno University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL tsalerno@med.miami.edu
Georgia
Kevin Landolfo Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA klandolfo@mcg.edu
Illinois
Alexander Geha University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago, IL ageha@uic.edu	Robert S Higgins Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center Chicago, IL robert_higgins@rush.edu
Kentucky
Laman A Gray, Jr. University of Louisville Louisville, KY lgray@ucsamd.com	Victor Ferraris University of Kentucky Lexington, KY ferraris@uky.edu
Massachusetts
Pedro J del Nido Children's Hospital, Cardiac Surgery Boston, MA pedro.delnido@cardio.chboston.org	Lynn H Harrison UMASS-Memorial Medical Center Worchester, MA harril02@ummhc.org	Frank W Sellke Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA fsellke@bidmc.harvard.edu
Kenneth G Warner New England Medical Center Boston, MA kwarner@tufts-nemc.org
Maryland
Mark J Krasna University of Maryland Baltimore, MD mkrasna@smail.umaryland.edu
Michigan
Mark B Orringer University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI morrin@umich.edu
Minnesota
Thoralf M Sundt Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN sundt.thoralf@mayo.edu
Missouri
Ralph J Damiano Washington Univ School of Medicine St Louis, MO damianor@wustl.edu	Keith S Naunheim St. Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO naunheim@slu.edu
North Carolina
Neal D Kon Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC nkon@wfubmc.edu	*Michael R Mill University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC mrm@med.unc.edu
Nebraska
*Ali Khoynezhad University Of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE akhoynezhad@unmc.edu
New York
Thomas V. Bilfinger SUNY Health Science Center Stony Brook, NY TBilfinger@notes.cc.sunysb.edu	*L. Michael Graver Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island New Hyde Park, NY graver@lij.edu	Leslie Kohman SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, NY kohmanl@upstate.edu
Craig R Smith New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus) New York, NY crs2@columbia.edu	Scott Swanson Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, NY Scott.Swanson@mountsinai.org
Ohio
Walter H Merrill University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH walter.merrill@uc.edu	Joseph F Sabik The Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH sabikj@ccf.org
Oregon
Ross Ungerleider Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, OR ungerlei@ohsu.edu
Pennsylvania
Robert L Kormos University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh, PA kormosrl@upmc.edu	George J Magovern Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA gmagover@wpahs.org
South Carolina
Fred A Crawford Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC crawfrdf@musc.edu
Tennessee
Bill Putnam Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN bill.putnam@vanderbilt.edu	Darryl S Weiman University of Tennessee - Memphis Memphis, TN dweiman@utmem.edu
Texas
Vincent R Conti University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX vconti@utmb.edu
Virginia
Irving L Kron UVA Health System Charlottesville, VA ikron@virginia.edu
Washington
Edward D Verrier University of Washington Seattle, WA edver@u.washington.edu
Wisconsin
*Niloo M Edwards University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI edwards@surgery.wisc.edu
Canada
Gregory Hirsch New Halifax Infirmary Halifax, NS ghirsch@dal.ca