THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION

FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

__________ORGANIZATION__________

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education was established in December of 1989 to identify, encourage and provide for the education and research needs in thoracic surgery. The Foundation is entirely supported through private donations

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association fully endorse and encourage the work of the Foundation. The sixteen-member Board of Directors is comprised of representatives nominated by these groups.

Board of Directors

Martin F. McKneally, M.D. Delos M. Cosgrove, III, M.D.

President Secretary

Robert B. Wallace, M.D. Quentin R. Stiles, M.D.

Vice President Treasurer

Richard P. Anderson, M.D. Harold V. Liddle, M.D.

Richard E. Clark, M.D. George J. Magovern, M.D.

A. Robert Cordell, M.D. Jack M. Matloff, M.D.

James L. Cox, M.D. W. Gerald Rainer, M.D.

Robert W. Jamplis, M.D. Robert L. Replogle, M.D.

Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D. Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D.

Staff

Walter G. Purcell Deborah A. Cohen

Administrative Director Director of Development

________GRANTS AND AWARDS________

Evaluation of grant and award applications to The Foundation is based on meticulous peer review procedures. Both the merit of the proposal and the leadership promise of the applicant are rated by recognized authorities committed to impartiality.

Research Committee

L. Henry Edmunds, M.D., Chairman

Hartley P. Griffith, M.D. G. Alexander Patterson, M.D.

Robert A. Guyton, M.D. William S. Pierce, M.D.

Larry R. Kaiser, M.D. Jack A Roth, M.D.

James K. Kirklin, M.D. Valerie W. Rusch, M.D.

Irving L. Kron, M.D. Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D.

Steven J. Mentzer, M.D. Julie A. Swain, M.D.

Lynda L. Mickleborough, M.D.

Funding programs of The Foundation are:

I. Individual Research Investigator Grants

II. Research Fellowship Awards

III. Career Development Awards

IV. Alley-Sheridan Scholarships

Thoracic Surgery Foundation

1996 Awardees

Robert S. Poston, Jr., M.D., Stanford University Medical Center

Generation of Allograft Specific Tolerance with Combination Ex Vivo Antisense ICAM-1 and Systemic Anti-LFA MAB.

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship Award

Si M. Pham, M.D., University of Pittsburgh

Nitric Oxide In Allograft Vasculopathy.

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Investigator Grant

Mary C. Mancini, M.D., Louisiana State University Medical Center

The Role of Platelet Derived Growth Factor in Allograft Vascular Disease.

The Nina S. Braunwald Career Development Award

Andrew Sherman, M.D., Northwestern University Medical School

Gene Expression of Sarcoplasmic Reticular Regulatory Proteins in Myocardial Hibernation.

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship Award