AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
FOR THORACIC SURGERY
1997-1998
President Floyd D. Loop, Cleveland, OH
Vice-President Lawrence H. Cohn, Boston, MA
Secretary James L. Cox, Washington, DC
Secretary-Elect Tirone E. David, Toronto, ON,
Canada
Treasurer Andrew S. Wechsler, Philadelphia,
PA
Editor John A. Waldhausen, Hershey, PA
Councilors David B. Skinner (1998), New
York, NY
Fred
A. Crawford, Jr. (2000), Charleston, SC G.
Alexander
Patterson (1998), St. Louis, MO
D.
Glenn Pennington (1999), Winston-Salem, NC
Edward
D. Verrier (2001), Seattle, WA
Historian J. Gordon Scannell, Weshvood, MA
Membership Committee Irving L. Kron, Chairman, Charlottesville, VA
John
C. Baldwin, Houston, TX
Douglas
J. Mathisen, Boston, MA
Lynda
L. Mickleborough, Toronto, ON, Canada
Joseph I. Miller, Jr., Atlanta, GA
Keith
S. Naunheim, St. Louis, MO
Vaughn
A. Starnes, Los Angeles, CA
Association Representatives Fred A. Crawford, Jr. (2001),
Charleston, SC
The American Board of Douglas J. Mathisen (2002),
Boston, MA
Thoracic Surgery J. Kent Trinkle (1998), San
Antonio, TX
Board of Governors Alex G. Little (1999), Las Vegas,
NV
American College of William A. Baumgartner (2000),
Surgeons Baltimore, MD
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION
FOR THORACIC
SURGERY
1998 Annual
Meeting
COMMITTEES
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
Lawrence H. Cohn, Chairman
John J. Collins
Willard M. Daggett
Richard A. Jonas
Shukri F. Khuri
Sidney Levitsky
Douglas J. Mathisen
Richard J. Shemin
David J. Sugarbaker
SPOUSES'
HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE
Roberta Cohn, Chair
Mary Collins
Rosemary Daggett
Randa Khuri
Julie Mathisen
Susan Shemin
Linda Sugarbaker
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY
1997-1998 COMMITTEES
PROGRAM
COMMITTEE
Floyd D. Loop (1998), Chairman......................................................... Cleveland,
Ohio
Lawrence H. Cohn (1999)........................................................ Boston,
Massachusetts
James L. Cox (1998)............................................................................... Washington,
DC
Tirone E. David (2003).................................................................. Toronto,
ON, Canada
John A. Waldhausen
(2000)..................................................... Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Andre C. H. Duranceau
(1998)........................................... Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Mark K. Ferguson (1999)...................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Frank L. Hanley (1999)........................................................... San
Francisco, California
Karl H. Krieger (1999).................................................................... New
York, New York
Bruce W. Lytle (2000)............................................................................ Cleveland,
Ohio
John E. Mayer, Jr.
(2000)......................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Eric A. Rose (2000)......................................................................... New
York, New York
Thomas L. Spray (1998)...................................................... Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Victor F. Trastek
(1998)............................................................... Rochester,
Minnesota
Edward D. Verrier
(1998)................................................................ Seattle,
Washington
EVARTS A. GRAHAM
MEMORIAL TRAVELING
FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE
Hillel Laks, Chairman
(1998)..................................................... Los
Angeles, California
Floyd D. Loop (1998)............................................................................. Cleveland,
Ohio
James L. Cox (1998)............................................................................. Washington,
D.C.
Andrew S. Wechsler
(1998)............................................... Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
James K. Kirklin (2000)................................................................ Birmingham,
Alabama
John E. Mayer, Jr.
(1999)......................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Valerie W. Rusch (2001)................................................................ New
York, New York
ETHICS
COMMITTEE
Frank C. Spencer,
Chairman.......................................................... New
York, New York
Harvey W. Bender, Jr................................................................... Nashville,
Tennessee
Mortimer J. Buckley................................................................. Boston,
Massachusetts
Paul A. Ebert........................................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Robert M. Sade.................................................................... Charleston,
South Carolina
CARDIOTHORACIC
RESIDENTS COMMITTEE
Fred A. Crawford, Jr,
Chairman......................................... Charleston,
South Carolina
John C. Baldwin...................................................................................... Houston,
Texas
Lawrence H. Cohn.................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Timothy J. Gardner.............................................................. Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Victor F. Trastek.......................................................................... Rochester,
Minnesota
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION FOR
THORACIC SURGERY
REPRESENTATIVES
1997-1998
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY
Willam A. Baumgartner, Baltimore,
Maryland (2000)
Douglas J. Mathisen, Boston,
Massachusetts (2000)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Robert L. Replogle, Chicago,
Illinois (1998)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
CPT-4 ADVISORY COMMITTEE
James M. Levett, Park Ridge,
Illinois (1998)
ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS IN CARDIOVASCULAR
SURGERY
Richard J. Shemin, Boston,
Massachusetts (1998)
Stanton P. Nolan, Charlottesville,
Virginia (1998)
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES
COUNCIL OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Bruce W. Lytle, Cleveland, Ohio
(1998)
COMMITTEE FOR COORDINATING CONTINUING
EDUCATION IN THORACIC SURGERY
David B. Campbell, Hershey,
Pennsylvania (2002)
Douglas M. Behrendt, Iowa City,
Iowa (1999)
Robert A. Guyton, Atlanta, Georgia
(1999)
EXTRACORPOREAL PERFUSION AFFAIRS
(AmSECT, ABCPT AND CAHEA)
Stanton P. Nolan, Charlottesville,
Virginia (1998)
Hendrick B. Earner, St. Louis,
Missouri (1998)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Williams A. Baumgartner,
Baltimore, Maryland (1998)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD BANKS
Robert L. Thurer, Boston,
Massachusetts (1998)
JOINT COUNCIL ON THORACIC SURGERY EDUCATION (AATS/STS/TSDA/ABTS/RRC)
Andrew S. Wechsler,
Chairman........................................ Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Lawrence H. Cohn.................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
James L. Cox........................................................................................ Washington,
D.C.
Fred A. Crawford, Jr............................................................ Charleston,
South Carolina
Robert J. Ginsberg.......................................................................... New
York, New York
Gordon N. Olinger...................................................................... Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
Mark B. Orringer........................................................................... Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Peter C. Pairolero......................................................................... Rochester,
Minnesota
Marvin Pomerantz............................................................................... Denver,
Colorado
Edward D. Verrier............................................................................ Seattle,
Washington
Benson R. Wilcox................................................................ Chapel
Hill, North Carolina
NOMENCLATURE
AND CODING
(Joint Committee of
AATS/STS)
Sidney Levitsky,
Chairman..................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
John C. Alexander................................................................................ Evanston,
Illinois
C.E. Anagnostopoulos.................................................................. New
York, New York
Eric L. Ceithaml................................................................................ Ponte
Vedra, Florida
George E. Cimochowski.................................................... Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania
David R. Clarke.................................................................................... Denver,
Colorado
Steven R. Gundry........................................................................ Loma
Linda, California
Renee S. Hartz........................................................................... New
Orleans, Louisiana
Kent W. Jones.................................................................................. Salt
Lake City, Utah
Joseph S. Ladowski....................................................................... Fort
Wayne, Indiana
James M. Levett................................................................................. Park
Ridge, Illinois
George J. Magovern, Jr......................................................... Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
John E. Mayer........................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Keith S. Naunheim............................................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
Marvin Pomerantz............................................................................... Denver,
Colorado
William F. Sasser............................................................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Peter K. Smith............................................................................ Durham,
North Carolina
William H. Warren.................................................................................. Chicago,
Illinois
THORACIC
SURGICAL WORKFORCE
(Joint Committee of
AATS/STS)
Lawrence H. Cohn,
Chairman................................................. Boston,
Massachusetts
Stanley W. Dziuban, Jr...................................................................... Albany,
New York
Joseph N. Cunningham,
Jr............................................................. Brooklyn,
New York
Richard G. Fosburg........................................................................... Del
Mar, California
William C. Nugent................................................................. Lebanon,
New Hampshire
THE JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND
CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY
John A. Waldhausen, Editor................................................... Hershey,
Pennsylvania
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., Associate
Editor........................ Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Richard A. Jonas, Associate
Editor...................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos,
Associate Editor................................. St.
Louis, Missouri
G. Alexander Patterson,
Associate Editor..................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Eugene Blackstone, Associate
Editor, Biostatistician.................... Cleveland,
Ohio
David B. Campbell, Consultant,
Electronic Media............. Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Cynthia A. Miller, Editorial
Administrator.......................... Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Advisory Editorial Board
Gary W. Akins.......................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
John C. Baldwin...................................................................................... Houston,
Texas
William A. Baumgartner................................................................. Baltimore,
Maryland
R. Morton Bolman, III............................................................. Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Edward L. Bove............................................................................ Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Gerald D. Buckberg................................................................... Los
Angeles, California
Fred A. Crawford, Jr............................................................ Charleston,
South Carolina
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr.................................................................. Hershey,
Pennsylvania
Marc R. de Leval.................................................................................. London,
England
Tom R. DeMeester.................................................................... Los
Angeles, California
Jean DesLauriers................................................................ Saint-Foy,
Quebec, Canada
William J. Dreyer..................................................................................... Houston,
Texas
L. Penfield Faber..................................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Frank L. Hanley....................................................................... San
Francisco, California
Alden H. Harken.................................................................................. Denver,
Colorado
Michel N. Ilbawi..................................................................................... Chicago,
Illinois
Gerald M. Lawrie..................................................................................... Houston,
Texas
Antoon E.M.R. Lerut............................................................................ Leuven,
Belgium
Bruce W. Lytle........................................................................................ Cleveland,
Ohio
Robert M. Mentzer, Jr................................................................... Lexington,
Kentucky
Lynda L. Mickleborough...................................................... Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Joseph I. Miller, Jr.................................................................................. Atlanta,
Georgia
John L. Ochsner........................................................................ New
Orleans, Louisiana
Eric A. Rose.................................................................................... New
York, New York
Jack A. Roth............................................................................................ Houston,
Texas
Valerie W. Rusch............................................................................ New
York, New York
Norman A. Silverman.......................................................................... Detroit,
Michigan
Thomas L. Spray.................................................................. Philadephia,
Pennsylvania
Willem Van Oeveren........................................................ Groningen,
The Netherlands
Edward D. Verrier............................................................................ Seattle,
Washington
Andrew S. Wechsler........................................................... Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Richard D. Weisel.................................................................. Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS
(Joint Committee of
AATS/STS)
Timothy J. Gardner,
Chairman........................................... Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
John E. Albers........................................................................................ Cincinnati,
Ohio
E. Pendleton Alexander........................................................................ Washington,
DC
Safuh Attar...................................................................................... Baltimore,
Maryland
Douglas M. Behrendt............................................................................. Iowa
City, Iowa
Lawrence H. Cohn.................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Alfred S. Casale....................................................................... Morristown,
New Jersey
Delos M. Cosgrove................................................................................ Cleveland,
Ohio
Thomas A. Donohue..................................................................... Lexington,
Kentucky
Richard P. Embrey............................................................................. Richmond,
Virginia
Robert W. Emery..................................................................... Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Thomas B. Ferguson........................................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
Theodore L. Folkerth.................................................................... Oceanside,
California
Frederick L. Grover.............................................................................. Denver,
Colorado
George C. Kaiser................................................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
Stephen J. Lahey...................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Gerald M. Lemole................................................................................ Newark,
Delaware
Floyd D. Loop......................................................................................... Cleveland,
Ohio
Douglas J. Mathisen................................................................ Boston,
Massachusetts
Jack Matloff............................................................................... Los
Angeles, California
John E. Mayer, Jr...................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
Walter H. Merrill........................................................................... Nashville,
Tennessee
George E. Miller.............................................................................. Calgary,
AB, Canada
Keith S. Naunheim............................................................................ St.
Louis, Missouri
Anthony L. Picone.......................................................................... Syracuse,
New York
Robert L. Replogle................................................................................. Chicago,
Illinois
Richard G. Rouse............................................................................. San
Antonio, Texas
Robert M. Sade.................................................................... Charleston,
South Carolina
Meredith L. Scott................................................................................... Orlando,
Florida
Hugh E. Scully............................................................................... Toronto,
ON, Canada
Richard J. Shemin..................................................................... Boston,
Massachusetts
David B. Skinner............................................................................. New
York, New York
Alan Jeffrey Spotnitz........................................................ New
Brunswick, New Jersey
Thoralf M. Sundt............................................................................... St.
Louis, Missouri
Victor F. Trastek.......................................................................... Rochester,
Minnesota
Paul N. Uhlig............................................................................ Newton,
Massachusetts
Harold C. Urschel........................................................................................ Dallas,
Texas
Clifford H. Van Meter............................................................... New
Orleans, Louisiana
Cecil C. Vaughn..................................................................................... Phoenix,
Arizona
Creighton B. Wright.............................................................................. Cincinnati,
Ohio
