THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Research Scholarship was established by the Association in 1985. Funded by the Association and individual contributions, the Research Scholarship provides opportunity for research, training and experience for North American surgeons committed to pursuing an academic career in cardiothoracic surgery. Administered by the Graham Education and Research Foundation, the program is undertaken within the first three years after completion of an approved cardiothoracic residency and is about two years in duration.

EDWARD D. CHURCHILL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP "Pharmacology of the Pulmonary Lymphatics"

1986-1988 Mark K. Ferguson

University of Chicago, Department of Surgery

ALFRED BLALOCK RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Efficacy and Toxiciry of a New Blood Substitute: Polymerized, Ultra-Pure, Stroma-Free Bovine Hemoglobin"

1988-1990 Gus J. Vlahakes

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

JOHN H. GIBBON, JR., RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Load-Independent Assessment of Cardiac Performance by Noninvasive Means"

1990-1992 Donald D. Glover

Duke University Medical Center

ALTON OCHSNER RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Experimental Cardiac Graft Arteriosclerosis: Pathogenesis and Prevention of Lesion Development"

1992-1994 David H. Adams

Brigham and Women's Hospital

ROBERT E. GROSS RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Role of Intra-Cellular Messenger cAMP and cGMP in Organ Preservation"

1996-1998 Mehmet C. Oz, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center

"Development of a Model of Chronic Pulmonary Rejection in Miniature Swine"

1994-1996 Toralf Mauritz Sundt, III

Washington University School of Medicine

JOHN ALEXANDER RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Strategies to Prevent Hyperacute Rejection of the Pig Lung by Human Blood"

1996-1998 Richard Norris Pierson, III

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

ANDREW G. MORROW RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"The Detection of Telomerase Activity in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"

1997-1999 Stephen C. Yang

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

DWIGHT HARKEN RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

"Chimeric Hearts Test the Role of Antigen Presenting Cells in Rejection and Tolerance"

1998-2000 Bruce Rosengard

The University of Pennsylvania

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP

The AATS Traveling Fellowship was established in 1997 by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Administered through the Graham Education and Research Foundation, it provides grants to young North American Cardiothoracic Surgeons who are within two years of the completion of their formal cardiothoracic surgery training. The award allows the recipient to study abroad for one year to intensify training in different disciplines and to travel to several sites to broaden the overall training and increase contacts with thoracic surgeons internationally. Awards are made to surgeons of unique promise who have been regarded as having potential for later international thoracic surgical leadership.

1st 1998-99 Lishan Aklog

West Roxbury, MASSACHUSETTS

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Scientific Achievement Award was established by the Association in 1994. The award serves to honor individuals who have achieved scientific contributions in the field of thoracic surgery worthy of the highest recognition the Association can bestow. Honorees receive a Medallion for Scientific Achievement from the Association presented by the president at the Annual Meeting and the honoree's name and biography is printed in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

SCIENTIFIC ACHIVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS

1995 - John W. Kirklin, Birmingham, Alabama

1998 -Norman E. Shumway, Stanford, California