THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR THORACIC SURGERY
1992
-1993
President John L. Ochsner, New Orleans, LA
Vice-President Aldo R. Castaneda, Boston, MA
Secretary Martin F. McKneally, Toronto,
Ontario Canada
Secretary-Elect James L. Cox, St. Louis, MO
Treasurer William A. Gay, Jr., New York, NY
Editor John W. Kirklin, Birmingham, AL
Councillors Delos M. Cosgrove (1994), Cleveland,
OH
Tom
R. Demeester (1993), Los Angeles, CA
Robert
A. Guyton (1995), Atlanta, CA
Bruce
A. Reitz (1996), Stanford, CA
John
A. Waldhausen (1993), Hershey, PA
Membership Committee Delos M. Cosgrove, Chairman,
Cleveland, OH
Eddie
L. Hoover, Buffalo, NY
M.
Terry McEnany, San Francisco, CA
William
Pierce, Hershey, PA
Eric
W. Rose, New York, NY
Meredith
L. Scott, Orlando, FL
G.
Frank O. Tyers, Vancouver, BC Canada
Association Representatives, Fred A. Crawford, Charleston, SC
The American Board of J. Kent Trinkle, San Antonio, TX
Thoracic Surgery John A. Waldhausen, Hershey, PA
Benson
R. Wilcox, Chapel Hill, NC
Board of Governors Floyd D. Loop (1994), Cleveland,
OH
American College of John C. Baldwin (1993), New
Haven, CT
Surgeons
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION
FOR THORACIC SURGERY
1993 Annual Meeting
COMMITTEES
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Hassan Najafi, M.D., Chairman
Walter L. Barker,
M.D.
Robert Breyer, M.D.
L. Penfield Faber,
M.D.
Marshall D. Goldin,
M.D.
Renee S. Hartz, M.D.
Michel Ilbawi, M.D.
C. Frederick Kittle,
M.D.
Constantine
Mavroudis, M.D.
Robert Vanecko, M.D.
Milton Weinberg, M.D.
LADIES HOSPITALITY
COMMITTEE
Marsha Najafi, Co-Chair
Joan Weinberg, Co-Chair
Betty Barker
Barbara Breyer
Marilyn Faber
Joan Goldin
Arlette Ilbawi
Ann Kittle
Martha Mavroudis
Mary Carol Vanecko
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY
1992-1993 COMMITTEES
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Chairman,
John L. Ochsner, M.D........................................... New
Orleans, Louisiana
John
W. Kirklin, M.D................................................................... Birmingham,
Alabama
Martin
F. McKneally, M.D.................................................................. Toronto,
Ontario
Aldo
R. Castaneda, M.D......................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Edward
L. Bove, M.D.................................................................. Ann
Arbor, Michigan
James
L. Cox, M.D............................................................................. St.
Louis, Missouri
L.
Penfield Faber, M.D........................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Irving
L. Kron, M.D................................................................... Charlottesville,
Virginia
Douglas
J. Mathisen, M.D...................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
D.
Glenn Pennington, M.D.............................................................. St.
Louis, Missouri
J.
Kent Trinkle, M.D........................................................................ San
Antonio, Texas
EVARTS
A. GRAHAM MEMORIAL TRAVELING
FELLOWSHIP
COMMITTEE
Chairman, Robert A.
Guyton, M.D...................................................... Atlanta,
Georgia
William A. Gay, Jr.,
M.D................................................................ New
York, New York
Martin F. McKneally,
M.D.................................................................. Toronto,
Ontario
G. Alexander Patterson,
M.D........................................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Jack A. Roth, M.D.................................................................................. Houston,
Texas
Henry
M. Spotnitz, M.D................................................................ New
York, New York
ETHICS
COMMITTEE
Chairman, Thomas B.
Ferguson, M.D............................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
W. Gerald Austen, M.D........................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
James R. Malm, M.D...................................................................... New
York, New York
Larry W. Stephenson,
M.D................................................................ Detroit,
Michigan
Keith
Reemtsma, M.D.................................................................... New
York, New York
COMMITTEE
ON GRADUATE EDUCATION
IN
THORACIC SURGERY
George J. Magovern,
M.D.................................................... Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
John C. Baldwin, M.D............................................................ New
Haven, Connecticut
Joseph N. Cunningham,
Jr., M.D.................................................. Brooklyn,
New York
Alden H. Harken, M.D........................................................................ Denver,
Colorado
Bruce
A. Reitz, M.D......................................................................... Stanford,
California
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE (AATS/STS)
Chairman,
Jack M. Matloff, M.D. (1994)................................ Los
Angeles, California
Vice-Chairman,
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D. (1995)....................... Baltimore,
Maryland
Vice-Chairman,
Peter C. Pairolero, M.D. (1994)....................... Rochester,
Minnesota
Tea
E. Acuff, M.D. (1995)........................................................................... Dallas,
Texas
Thomas
D. Hartley, M.D. (1994)........................................................ Pueblo,
Colorado
William
A. Baumgartner, M.D. (1996).................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Mortimer
Buckley, M.D. (1996).............................................. Boston,
Massachusetts
Robert
W. Jamplis, M.D. (1995).................................................... Palo
Alto, California
Sidney
Levitsky, M.D. (1994)................................................. Boston,
Massachusetts
Douglas
J. Mathisen, M.D. (1996)......................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Joseph
S. McLaughlin, M.D. (1995)............................................. Baltimore,
Maryland
George
E. Miller, Jr., M.D. (1994).............................................. Sacramento,
California
Hugh
E. Scully, M.D. (1996)................................................. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Richard
J. Shemin, M.D. (1995)............................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Alan
M. Speir, M.D. (1995)............................................................ Annandale,
Virginia
J.
Marvin Smith, III, M.D. (1994).................................................... San
Antonio, Texas
Robert
M. Vanecko, M.D. (1994)......................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Arthur
C. Beall, Jr., M.D (Ex-Officio).................................................... Houston,
Texas
George
C. Kaiser, M.D. (Ex-Officio)................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
MANPOWER COMMITTEE (Joint Committee of AATS/STS)
Chairman,
Lawrence H. Conn, M.D. (AATS/STS).............. Boston,
Massachusetts
Joseph
N. Cunningham, Jr., M.D. (AATS).................................. Brooklyn,
New York
Richard
G. Fosburg, M.D. (AATS).................................................. La
Jolla, California
Hillel
Laks, M.D. (STS)............................................................. Los
Angeles, California
Floyd
D. Loop, M.D. (STS)................................................................... Cleveland,
Ohio
AD
HOC COMMITTEE ON THORACOSCOPY AND
VIDEO-ASSISTED
THORACIC SURGERY
(Joint
Committee of AATS/STS)
Co-Chairman, Ralph J.
Lewis, M.D................................. New
Brunswick, New Jersey
Co-Chairman, Martin F.
McKneally, M.D.......................... Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Richard P. Anderson,
M.D............................................................ Seattle,
Washington
Richard G. Fosburg,
M.D.................................................................. La
Jolla, California
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D................................................................ New
York, New York
Robert H. Jones, M.D............................................................... Durham,
North Carolina
Mark
B. Orringer, M.D................................................................. Ann
Arbor, Michigan
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NOMENCLATURE
AND CODING (Joint Committee of AATS/STS)
Chairman, Sidney
Levitsky, M.D. (1994)............................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Richard P. Anderson,
M.D. (1996)............................................... Seattle,
Washington
Lawrence I. Bonchek,
M.D. (1994)........................................ Lancaster,
Pennsylvania
Edward Bove, M.D.
(1995).......................................................... Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Richard M. Engelman,
M.D. (1994).................................. Springfield,
Massachusetts
John E. Mayer, M.D.
(1994).................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Peter C. Pairolero,
M.D. (1995)................................................... Rochester,
Minnesota
D. Glenn Pennington,
M.D. (1996).................................................. St.
Louis, Missouri
Marvin Pomerantz, M.D.
(1995)......................................................... Denver,
Colorado
Norman A. Silverman,
M.D. (1996)................................................... Detroit,
Michigan
Milton Weinberg, Jr.,
M.D. (AATS)............................................... Park
Ridge, Illinois
Marshall
D. Goldin, M.D. (ACCP)....................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
AD
HOC COMMITTEE FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL
PRACTICE
GUIDELINES
(Joint Committee of STS/AATS/STSA/WTSA)
Chairman,
George C. Kaiser, M.D................................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Vice
Chairman, Richard G. Fosburg, M.D....................................... La
Jolla, California
Cary
W. Akins, M.D. (STS/AATS)....................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Thomas
D. Bartley, M.D. (STS/AATS)............................................ Pueblo,
Colorado
Lawrence
H. Cohn, M.D. (STS/AATS)................................. Boston,
Massachusetts
Joseph
S. Coselli, M.D. (STS)............................................................... Houston,
Texas
James
A. DeWeese, M.D. (STS)................................................. Rochester,
New York
T.
Bruce Ferguson, Jr., M.D. (STS)................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
Thomas
B. Ferguson, M.D. (STS/STSA)...................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Randall
B. Griepp, M.D. (STS/AATS)......................................... New
York, New York
Robert
H. Jones, M.D. (STS)................................................... Durham,
North Carolina
George
G. Lindesmith, M.D. (STS)......................................... Los
Angeles, California
Keith
S. Naunheim, M.D. (STS)...................................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
D.
Glenn Pennington, M.D. (STS/AATS)..................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Marvin
Pomerantz, M.D. (STS/WTSA)........................................... Denver,
Colorado
W.
Gerald Rainer, M.D. (STS)............................................................ Denver,
Colorado
Robert
M. Vanecko, M.D. (STS).......................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Andrew
S. Wechsler, M.D. (STS)................................................... Richmond,
Virginia
AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
(Joint Committee of AATS/STS)
Chairman,
Harvey W. Bender, Jr., M.D..................................... Nashville,
Tennessee
Robert
A. Guyton, M.D........................................................................ Atlanta,
Georgia
Renee
S. Hartz, M.D............................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Nicholas
T. Kouchoukos, M.D........................................................... .
Louis, Missouri
W.
Gerald Rainer, M.D........................................................................ Denver,
Colorado
Robert
L. Replogle, M.D....................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Harold
C. Urschel, Jr., M.D........................................................................ Dallas,
Texas
THE AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY REPRESENTATIVES
1992-1993
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D., New
York, New York (1994)
John A. Waldhausen, M.D.,
Hershey, Pennsylvania (1994)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Robert L. Replogle, M.D., Harvey,
Illinois (1994)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CPT-4 ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Milton Weinberg, Jr., M.D.,
Parkridge, Illinois (1995)
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES COUNCIL OF
ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Thomas C. King, M.D., New York,
New York (1993)
Vincent L. Gott, M.D., Baltimore,
Maryland (1993)
ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR
SURGERY
Bruce W. Lytle, M.D., Cleveland,
Ohio (1993)
COMMITTEE FOR COORDINATING CONTINUING EDUCATION IN
THORACIC SURGERY
David B. Campbell, M.D., Hershey,
Pennsylvania (1996)
Mark B. Orringer, M.D., Ann
Arbor, Michigan (1994)
Henry M. Spotnitz, M.D., New
York, New York (1993)
EXTRACORPOREAL PERFUSION (AmSECT, ABCPT and CAHEA)
Richard P. Anderson, M.D.,
Seattle, Washington
Representative (1993)
Richard G. Fosburg, M.D., La
Jolla, California
Representative (1993)
Stanton P. Nolan, M.D.,
Charlottesville, Virginia
Representative(1993)
Hendrick B. Earner, M.D., St.
Louis, Missouri
Alternate (1993)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D.,
Baltimore, Maryland (1993)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS
Safuh Attar, M.D., Baltimore,
Maryland (1993)
