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AATS Past Presidents

Yolonda L. Colson

103rd President

2022 - 2023

103rd Annual Meeting: Los Angeles, CA

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Shaf Keshavjee

102nd President

2021-2022

102nd Annual Meeting: Boston, MA

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Marc R. Moon

101st President

2020-2021

101st Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA/Virtual Event

Presidential Address

Vaughn A. Starnes

100th President

2019-2020

100th Annual Meeting: New York, NY/Virtual Event

Presidential Address

David H. Adams

99th President

2018-2019

99th Annual Meeting: Toronto, ON, Canada

Presidential Address

Duke E. Cameron

98th President

2017-2018

98th Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

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Thoralf M. Sundt, III

97th President

2016-2017

97th Annual Meeting: Boston, MA

Presidential Address

Joseph S. Coselli

96th President

2015-2016

96th Annual Meeting: Baltimore, MD

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Pedro J. del Nido

95th President

2014-2015

95th Annual Meeting: Seattle, WA

Presidential Address

David J. Sugarbaker

94th President

2013-2014

94th Annual Meeting: Toronto, ON, Canada

Presidential Address

Hartzell V. Schaff

93rd President

2012-2013

93rd Annual Meeting: Minneapolis, MN

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Craig R. Smith

92nd President

2011-2012

92nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Presidential Address

Irving L. Kron

91st President

2010-2011

91st Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA

Presidential Address

G. Alec Patterson

90th President

2009 - 2010

90th Annual Meeting: Toronto, ON, Canada

Presidential Address

Thomas L. Spray

89th President

2008 - 2009

89th Annual Meeting: Boston, MA

Presidential Address

D. Craig Miller

88th President

2007 – 2008

88th Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

Presidential Address

Bruce W. Lytle

87th President

2006-2007

87th Annual Meeting: Washington, DC

Presidential Address

Richard A. Jonas

86th President

2005-2006

86th Annual Meeting: Philadelphia, PA

Presidential Address

Tirone E. David

85th President

2004-2005

85th Annual Meeting: San Francisco, CA

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Joel D. Cooper

84th President

2003-2004

84th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

Presidential Address

Fred A. Crawford, Jr.

83rd President

2002-2003

83rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

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Timothy J. Gardner

82nd President

2001-2002

82nd Annual Meeting: Washington, DC

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James L. Cox

81st President

2000-2001

81st Annual Meeting: San Diego, CA

Presidential Address

Delos M. Cosgrove

80th President

1999-2000

80th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

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Lawrence H. Cohn

79th President

1998-1999

79th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Presidential Address

Floyd D. Loop

78th President

1997-1998

78th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Presidential Address

David B. Skinner

77th President

1996-1997

77th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

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Mortimer J. Buckley

76th President

1995-1996

76th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

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Robert B. Wallace

75th President

1995-1996

76th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

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Aldo R. Castaneda

74th President

1992-1993

74th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Presidential Address

John L. Ochsner

73rd President

1992-1993

73rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Presidential Address

John A. Waldhausen

72nd President

1991-1992

72nd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Presidential Address

Keith Reemtsma

71st President

1990-1991

71st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Presidential Address

F. Griffith Pearson

70th President

1989-1990

70th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

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W. Gerald Austen

69th President

1988-1989

69th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

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Paul A. Ebert

68th President

1987-1988

68th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, IL

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Norman E. Shumway

67th President

1986-1987

67th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Presidential Address

James R. Malm

66th President

1985-1986

66th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Presidential Address

David C. Sabiston

65th President

1984-1985

65th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Dwight C. McGoon

64th President

1983-1984

64th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

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Frank C. Spencer

63rd President

1982-1983

63rd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Presidential Address

Thomas B. Ferguson

62nd President

1981-1982

62nd Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ

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Donald L. Paulson

61st President

1980-1981

61st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

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Herbert Sloan

60th President

1979-1980

60th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

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John W. Kirklin

59th President

1978-1979

59th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

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J. Gordon Scannell

58th President

1977-1978

58th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Henry T. Bahnson

57th President

1976-1977

57th Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

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David J. Dugan

56th President

1975-1976

56th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

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Wilfred G. Bigelow

55th President

1974-1975

55th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Presidential Address

Lyman A. Brewer, III

54th President

1973-1974

54th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

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Frank Gerbode

53rd President

1972-1973

53rd Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX

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John W. Strieder

52nd President

1971-1972

52nd Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

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Thomas H. Burford

51st President

1970-1971

51st Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

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Hiram T. Langston

50th President

1969-1970

50th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

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Edward M. Kent

49th President

1968-1969

49th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

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Paul C. Samson

48th President

1967-1968

49th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

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Frederick G. Kergin

47th President

1966-1967

47th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

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Herbert C. Maier

46th President

1965-1966

46th Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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John C. Jones

45th President

1964-1965

45th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Robert E. Gross

44th President

1963-1964

44th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Julian Johnson

43rd President

1962-1963

43rd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX

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O. Theron Clagett

42nd President

1961-1962

42nd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO

Presidential Address

Richard H. Sweet

41st President

Deceased 1/11/62

John H. Gibbon, Jr.

40th President

1960-1961

40th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

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William E. Adams

39th President

1959-1960

39th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL

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Michael E. DeBakey

38th President

1958-1959

38th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

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Brian Blades

37th President

1957-1958

37th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

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Cameron Haight

36th President

1956-1957

36th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

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Richard H. Meade

35th President

1955-1956

35th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL

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Edward S. Welles

34th President

1954-1955

34th Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ

Emile Holman

33rd President

1953-1954

33rd Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada

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Robert M. Janes

32nd President

1952-1953

32nd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

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Frank B. Berry

31st President

1951-1952

31st Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX

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Alfred Blalock

30th President

1950-1951

30th Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ

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Edward J. O’Brien

29th President

1949-1950

29th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

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Edward D. Churchill

28th President

1948-1949

28th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

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Alton Ochsner

27th President

1947-1948

27th Annual Meeting, Quebec, QC, Canada

I.A. Bigger

26th President

1946-1947

26th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO

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Claude S. Beck

25th President

1945-1946

25th Annual Meeting, Detroit, MI

Presidential Address

Frank S. Dolley

24th President

1941-1944

24th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Fraser B. Gurd

23rd President

1940-1941

23rd Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada

Adrian V.S. Lambert

22nd President

1939-1940

22nd Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH

Harold Brunn

21st President

1938-1939

1st Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Stuart W. Harrington

20th President

1937-1938

20th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA

Leo Eloesser

19th President

1936-1937

19th Annual Meeting, Saranac Lake, NY

Carl Eggers

18th President

1935-1936

18th Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN

John Alexander

17th President

1934-1935 1

7th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

George J. Heuer

16th President

1933-1934

16th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

George P. Muller

15th President

1932-1933

15th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Frederick T. Lord

14th President

1931-1932

14th Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI

Ethan Flagg Butler

13th President

1930-1931

13th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Wyman Whittemore

12th President

1929-1930

12th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

John L. Yates

11th President

1928-1929

11th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO

Evarts A. Graham

10th President

1927-1928

10th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Franz Torek

9th President

1926-1927

9th Annual Meeting, New York, NY

Edward W. Archibald

8th President

1925-1926

8th Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada

Nathan W. Green

7th President

1924-1925

7th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Carl A. Hedblom

6th President

1923-1924

6th Annual Meeting, Rochester, MN

Howard Lilienthal

5th President

1922-1923

5th Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL

Samuel Robinson

4th President

1921-1922

4th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Rudolph Matas

3rd President

1920-1921

3rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA

Willy Meyer

2nd President

1919-1920

2nd Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Willy Meyer

2nd President

1918-1919

2nd Annual Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ

Samuel J. Meltzer

1st President

1917-1918

1st Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL