THE THORACIC SURGERY
FOUNDATION AWARDS
1999 RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS
* Individual Research Investigator Grants
* Research Fellowship Awards
* Career Development Awards
* Alley-Sheridan Scholarships
Baxter Research Fellowship Award provides salary
support to surgeons and surgical trainees who wish to acquire investigational
skills.
Richard W. Kim, M.D., Yale
University School of Medicine
Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship Award
provides salary support to surgeons and surgical trainees who wish to acquire
investigational skills.
Sitaram M. Emani, M.D.,
Duke University Medical Center
Baiya Krishnadasan, M.D.,
University of Washington
Sang H. Lee, M.D., University
of California, San Diego Medical Center
Christopher L. Skelly, M.D.,
The University of Chicago
Edward Yiming Woo, M.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Grant provides
operational support of original research projects by cardiothoracic surgeons
who have completed their formal training and who are certified or eligible by
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery or its equivalent.
James S. Allan, M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nina S. Braunwald Research Fellowship provides salary
support to women who wish to acquire investigational skills.
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D.,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Melina R. Kibbe, M.D.,
University of Pittsburgh
1999 EDUCATION AWARD RECIPIENTS
* Alley-Sheridan Executive Course
Scholarships
* Alley-Sheridan Scholar-in-Residence
Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
The Alley-Sheridan Fund was established within The Thoracic
Surgery Foundation by Mr. David Sheridan on behalf of his life-long friend and
collaborator, Dr. Ralph Alley, to provide educational opportunities, especially
in health care policy matters for cardiothoracic surgeons. This fund has been
used to make a generous grant from The Foundation to the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University to develop an intensive executive course in
management and health care policy, Understanding the New World of Health
Care: A Health Policy Program for Physicians, Trustees and Health Care Leaders.
The Foundation named the following individuals to receive Alley-Sheridan
Scholarships to attend this course.
March, 1999 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
Margaret D. Allen, M.D,
Seattle, WA
Alan G. Casson, M.D.,
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Michael D. Crittenden,
M.D., West Roxbury, MA
R. C. Stuart Finney, M.D, Towson,
MD
Alex G. Little, M.D., Las
Vegas, NV
Joseph S. McLaughlin, M.D.,
Baltimore, MD
Hiep Nguyen, M.D., Newark,
DE
Craig R. Saunders, M.D.,
Newark, NJ
Edward B. Savage, M.D.,
Chicago, IL
Lars G. Svensson, M.D.,
Boston, MA
Scott J. Swanson, M.D.,
Boston, MA
Michael K. Wood, M.D.,
Burlingame, CA
Edward R. Zech, M.D.,
Bethesda, MD
Alley-Sheridan Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard
The Foundation offers Alley-Sheridan tuition scholarships
for cardiothoracic surgeons to pursue a year of study in health care policy at
Harvard University. The following individual has been awarded a scholarship to
attend in 2000.
Victor F. Trastek, M.D.,
Rochester, MN
PREVIOUS RESEARCH AWARD RECIPIENTS
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Fellowship
Edward M. Boyle, Jr., M.D.,
The University of Washington
Seth Force, M.D., The
University of Pennsylvania
Julie R. Glasson, M.D.,
Stanford University School of Medicine
Joseph H. Gorman, III, M.D.,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Daniel Kreisel, M.D.,
University of Pennsylvania
Paul C. Lee, M.D.,
University of Pittsburgh
Robert S. Poston, Jr., M.D.,
Stanford University Medical Center
Andrew J. Sherman, M.D., Northwestern
University Medical School
Michael A. Smith, M.D.,
Washington University
Vinod H. Thourani, M.D.,
Emory University School of Medicine
Tornasz A. Timek, M.D.,
Stanford University
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Research Grant
Richard P. Embrey, M.D., The
Medical College of Virginia
Joren C. Madsen, M.D.,
Massachusetts General Hospital
John D. Mannion, M.D.,
Thomas Jefferson University
Si M. Pham, M.D.,
University of Pittsburgh
Todd K. Rosengart, M.D., The
New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center
David S. Schrump, M.D., National
Cancer Institute
Nina S. Braunwald Career Development Award provides
salary support to women in academic cardiothoracic surgery at early stages of
their faculty careers.
Margaret D. Allen, M.D.,
University of Washington School of Medicine Mary C. Mancini, M.D.,
Louisiana State University Medical Center Patricia A. Thistlethwatie, M.D.,
University of California - San Diego
Nina S. Braunwald Research Fellowship
Elizabeth N. Morgan, M.D.,
University of Washington
Elaine E. Tseng, M.D.,
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jennifer Dale Walker, M.D.,
Medical University of South Carolina
Alley-Sheridan Scholar-in-Residence at Harvard
Edward J. Dunn, M.D., Milwaukee,
WI
Edgar L. Feinberg, III, M.D.,
Lafayette, LA
Peter P. McKeown, M.D.,
Tampa, FL
Joseph J. McNamara, M.D.,
Honolulu, HI
Paul N. Uhlig, M.D.,
Wichita, KS
Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
May, 1996 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
E. Pendleton Alexander, M.D.,
Washington, DC
Richard P. Embrey, M.D., Richmond,
VA
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D.,
Philadelphia, PA
Keith S. Naunheim, M.D.,
St. Louis, MO
Anthony Louis Picone, M.D.,
Syracuse, NY
Keith Eric Sommers, M.D.,
Pittsburgh, PA
Clifford H. Van Meter, M.D.,
New Orleans, LA
April, 1997 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
Aurelio Chaux, M.D., Los
Angeles, CA
Stanley W. Dziuban, Jr.,
M.D., Albany, NY
Steven R. Hazelrigg, M.D.,
Springfield, IL
Bruce M. Toporoff, M.D.,
New Orleans, LA
November, 1997 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
Daniel P. Harley, M.D.,
Baltimore, MD
Robert S.D. Higgins, M.D.,
Detroit, MI
Mitchell J. Magee, M.D.,
Springfield, IL
Peter C. Pairolero, M.D.,
Rochester, MN
Joe B. Putnam, M.D.,
Houston, TX
Thomas R.J. Todd, M.D.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Daniel W. van Heeckeren, M.D.,
Cleveland, OH
Henry L. Walters, III, M.D.,
Detroit, MI
March, 1998 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
Thomas R. Calhoun, M.D., Houston,
TX
Charles C. Canver, M.D., Madison,
WI
Vincent R. Conti, M.D., Galveston,
TX
Thomas E. Gaines, M.D., Knoxville,
TN
D. Tyler Greenfield, M.D., Kingsport,
TN
Frederick L. Grover, M.D., Denver,
CO
Vassyl A. Lonchyna, M.D., Maywood,
IL
Victor F. Trastek, M.D., Rochester,
MN
Douglas E. Wood, M.D., Seattle,
WA
November, 1998 Alley-Sheridan Executive Course Scholars
Kevin D. Accola, M.D., Orlando,
FL
William A. Baumgartner, M.D., Baltimore,
MD
Mark Ian Block, M.D., San
Francisco, CA J. W.
Randolph Bolton, M.D., Temple,
TX
Davene Brown, Granville, NY
John H. Calhoon, M.D., San
Antonio, TX
Robert A. Lancey, M.D., Worcester,
MA
Garth R. McDonald, M.D., Towson,
MD
William C. Nugent, M.D., Lebanon,
NH
James R. Reynold, M.D., Sioux
Falls, SD
David M. Shahian, M.D., Burlington,
MA
Mark S. Soberman, M.D., Washington,
MD
Wilson W. Strong, Jr., M.D., Cedar
Rapids, LA
