| 8:00-8:15 | Jeff Jacobs MD |
| Tracheal Homograft Reconstruction of the Aorta | |
| St. Petersburg, FL | |
| 8:15-8:30 | Neal Kon MD |
| Mitral Homograft | |
| Winston-Salem, NC | |
| 8:30-8:45 | Joseph Coselli |
| Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair | |
| Houston, TX | |
| 8:45-9:00 | Joe Miller MD |
| Esophageal Replacement with Colon | |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| 9:00-9:15 | Constantine Mavroudis, MD |
| Mustard-Switch Conversion with Maze Procedure | |
| Chicago, IL | |
| 9:15-9:30 | Joshua Sonett MD |
| The Dartevelle Approach to Tumors | |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| 9:30-9:45 | Ralph Damiano MD |
| Robotic Coronary Surgery | |
| Hershey, PA | |
| 9:45-10:00 | Redmond Burke MD |
| Thorascopic Cardiac Procedures in Children | |
| Miami, FL |
| 7:308:00 | Controversies in VATS |
| 7:30-7:45 | 1. Thoracoscopy is the Preferred Approach for the Management of Malignant and Benign Lung Disease |
| Keith S. Naunheim, MD | |
| 7:45 8:00 | 2. Thoracoscopy has a Limited Role in Lung Surgery Especially in Malignant Disease |
| Joe B. Putnam, Jr., MD | |
| 8:00 8:15 | Discussion |
| 8:15 8:30 | 3. Management of Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult |
| Duke E. Cameron, MD | |
| 8:30 8:35 | Discussion |
| 8:35 8:50 | 4. The Ethics Gap in Surgery |
| Robert Sade, MD | |
| 8:50 8:55 | Discussion |
| 8:55 9:10 | 4'. Minimally Invasive Saphenous Vein Harvest |
| Robert D. Pascotto, MD Brian K. Hummel, MD | |
| 8:10 9:15 | Discussion |
| 9:15 9:30 | 5. Robotics in Surgery Enabling Technology or Expensive Toys? |
| W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD | |
| 9:30 9:35 | Discussion |
| 9:35 10:05 | Break |
| 10:05 10:20 | 6. Carotid and Coronary Artery Disease Combined or Separate Surgery or Endovascular Therapy |
| Curtis G. Tribble, MD | |
| 10:20 10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30 10:45 | 7. Complementary Medicine Cutting Edge or Con Job? |
| Mehmet Oz, MD | |
| 10:45 10:55 | Discussion |
| 10:55 11:10 | 8. Management of Post Pulmonary Resection Space Problems |
| Mark J. Krasna, MD | |
| 11:10 11:15 | Discussion |
| 11:15 11:30 | 9. The Role of Biomarkers as Predictors of Outcome in Early Stage Lung Cancer |
| David H. Harpole, MD | |
| 11:30 11:40 | Discussion |
| 11:40 Noon | 10. Can Thoracic Surgeons Influence Their Fate Through Political Action? |
| Meredith L. Scott, MD | |
| Noon 12:10 | Discussion |
| 1:30-1:45 | 1. Safety and Efficacy of "Off Pump" CABG |
| Kit V. Arom, Thomas Flavin, Robert W.Emery, Vibhu R. Kshettry, Rebecca J. Petersen | |
| Minneapolis, MN | |
| 1:45-2:00 | 2. Reoperative Homograft Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Reconstruction |
| Mark R. Bielefeld, Deborah A. Bishop, Frederick L. Grover, David R. Clarke | |
| Denver, CO | |
| 2:00-2:15 | 3. Evolving Management and Outcome of Esophageal Cancer with Airway Involvement |
| Pendleton Alexander, Gregory Trachiotis, Timothy Lipman, Robert Wadleigh | |
| Washington, D.C. | |
| 2:15-2:30 | 4. Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Adults-Comparison of Late Outcome Between the Ross Operation and Cryopreserved Homografts |
| Christopher J. Knott-Craig, Ronald C. Elkins, KathyLee Santangelo, Carolyn McCue, Mary M. Lane | |
| Oklahoma City, OK | |
| 2:30-2:45 | 5. The Role of Surgical Management of Broncholithiasis |
| Konstantinos Potaris, Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Claude Deschamps, Daniel L. Miller, Peter C. Pairolero | |
| Rochester, MN | |
| 2:45-3:00 | 6. Off-Pump Bypass Grafting is Safe in Patients with Left Main Coronary Disease |
| Todd Dewey, James Edgerton, Megumi Mathison, Denise Tennison, Mitchell Magee, Michael J. Mack | |
| Dallas, TX | |
| BREAK | |
| 3:45-4:00 | 7. A New Predictive Model for Unfavorable Outcomes After Elective Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair |
| Joseph S. Coselli, Scott A. LeMaire, Charles C. Miller, Zachary C. Schmittling, Cunety Koksoy, Jose Pagan | |
| Houston, TX | |
| 4:00-4:15 | 8. Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest in Octogenarians |
| John R. Liddicoat, J. Mark Redmond, Christina M. Vassileva, William A. Baumgartner, Duke E. Cameron | |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| 4:15-4:30 | 9. Paget-Schroetter Syndrome: What is the best Management? |
| Harold C. Urschel, Jr., Maruf A. Razzuk | |
| Dallas, TX | |
| 4:30-4:45 | 10. Anterior Thoracotomy Wound Complications in Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass (MIDCAB) |
| Peter C. Ng, Arlene N. Chua, Melvin S. Swanson, W. Randolph Chitwood, Joseph R. Elbeery | |
| Greenville, SC | |
| 4:45-5:00 | 11. Video-Assisted Thoracic Esophageal Myotomy with Intraoperative Manometry for Achalasia |
| Farid Gharagozloo, Mark Soberman, Gregory D. Trachiotis | |
| Washington, D.C. | |
| 5:00-5:15 | 12. Long-term Angiographic Results of Coronary Endarterectomy |
| Victor A. Ferraris, John D. Harrah, Dennis M. Moritz, Suellen Ferraris, Martin Striz, Daniela Striz | |
| Huntington, WV | |
| 5:15-6:00 | BUSINESS MEETING |
| 8:00-8:15 | 13. Myocardial Revascularization in the Elderly: Improved Results Using Beating Heart Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery |
| Theodore C. Koutlas, Joseph R. Elbeery, J. Mark Williams, John F. Moran, Nicola A. Francalancia, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. | |
| Greenville, SC | |
| 8:15-8:30 | 14. The Feasibility of Thoracoscopy/Laparoscopy in the Staging of Esophageal Cancer: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Phase II Trial (CALGB 9380) |
| Mark J. Krasna, Carolyn E. Reed, David J. Sugarbaker, James D. Luketich, Malcolm DeCamp, Jr., Robert Mayer, Donna Hollis, CALGB Surgeons | |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| 8:30-8:45 | 15. Arterial Switch After Failed Atrial Baffle Procedures for Transposition |
| Constantine Mavroudis, Carl L. Backer | |
| Chicago, IL | |
| 8:45-9:00 | 16. Predictors of Adverse Outcome and Transient Neurological Dysfunction Following Ascending Aorta/Arch Replacement |
| Marek P. Ehrlich, M. Arisan Ergin, John N. McCullough, Jan D. Galla, Khanh H. Nguyen, Steven L. Lansman, Carol A. Bodian, Anil Apaydin, Randall B. Griepp | |
| New York, NY | |
| 9:00-9:15 | 17. Molecular Biologic Substaging in Patients with Stage I Non-Small Lung Cancer: Risk Stratification According to Sex and Histologic Subtype |
| Thomas A. D'Amico, Thomas A. Aloia, Marga Massey, James E. Herndon, Mary-Beth Moore, David H. Harpole | |
| Durham, NC | |
| 9:15-9:30 | 18. Should a Separate Valve and Graft be Used for Repair of Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Ascending Aortic Aneurysm? |
| Thoralf M. Sundt, Bassem N. Mora, Marc R. Moon, Marci S. Bailey, Michael K. Pasque, William A. Gay | |
| St. Louis, MO | |
| 9:30-10:00 | SPECIAL INIVITED LECTURE |
| DR. NORMAN SHUMWAY | |
| BREAK | |
| 10:30-10:45 | 19. Long-lasting Improvement Following Septal Myectomy for Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy |
| Walter Merrill, G.C. Freisinger, T.P. Graham, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., Karla G. Christian, Harvey W. Bender | |
| Nashville, TN | |
| 10:45-11:15 | Trinkle Lecture |
| Fred Crawford MD | |
| Introduction by John Calhoon MD | |
| 11:15-Noon | Presidential Address |
| William Baumgartner MD |
| 8:00-8:10 | 20. Processing Scavenged Blood During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Reduces Cerebral Lipid Microembolization | ||||
| Edward H. Kincaid, Timothy J. Jones, David A. Stump, William R. Brown, Dixon M. Moody, Dwight D. Deal, John W. Hammon | |||||
| Winston-Salem, NC | |||||
| 8:10-8:20 | 21. Myocardial and Peripheral Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and Receptor (KDR) Levels in Relation to Time and Location After Acute Ischemia | ||||
| Reza Miraliakbari, Nicole A. Francalancia, Robert M. Lust, Dirk J. Vice, Peter C. Ng, Mel S. Swanson, You S. Sun, W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. | |||||
| Greenville, NC | |||||
| 8:20-8:30 | 22. Differential Effects of Calcium Channel Antagonists in the Amelioration of Radial Artery Vasospasm | ||||
| James L. Zellner, Brian R. Bond, Bruce H. Dorman, Marlina M. Multani, John M. Kratz, Arthur J. Crumbley III, Fred A. Crawford, Francis G. Spinale | |||||
| Charleston, SC | |||||
| 8:30-8:40 | 23. The Endothelin Receptor Pathway in Human LV Myocytes and Relation to Contractility | ||||
| Aron T. Goldberg, Brian R. Bond, Rupak Mukherjee, R. Brent New, James L. Zellner, Fred A. Crawford, Jr., Francis G. Spinale | |||||
| Charleston, SC | |||||
| 8:40-8:50 | 24. Retrograde Venous Perfusion of a Sodium Channel Antagonist Provides Spinal Cord Protection During Periods of Prolonged Aortic Crossclamping
| James J. Gangemi, John A. Kern, Irving L. Kron, Scott D. Ross, Curtis G. Tribble
| Charlottesville, VA | |
| 8:00-8:10 | 25. Reperfusion Injury Significantly Impacts Clinical Outcome Following Pulmonary Transplantation |
| Robert C. King, Oliver A.R. Binns, Filiberto Rodriguez, R. Chai Kanithanon, Thomas M. Daniel, William D. Spotnitz, Curtis G. Tribble, Irving L. Kron | |
| Charlottesville, VA | |
| 8:10-8:20 | 26. Influence of Panel-Reactive Antibody on Post-Transplant Outcomes in Lung Transplant Recipients |
| Christine L. Lau, Scott Palmer, Katherine E. Posther, Nancy Reinsmoen, David Howell, Howard T. Massey, Victor F. Tapson, Thomas A. D'Amico, R. Duane Davis, Jr. | |
| Durham, NC | |
| 8:20-8:30 | 27. Treatment of Patients with Malignant Mesothelioma with the Gene Modified Cell Line PA1-STK: Preliminary Results of a Phase 1 Trial |
| Lynn Harrison, Patrick Byrne, Jay K. Kolls, Scott Freeman, Aizen Marrogi, Tajagopoal Ramesh, Chris Theodossiou, Richard Gaumer, Warren Summer, Ann Weinacker, Paul O. Schwarzenberger | |
| New Orleans, LA | |
| 8:30-8:40 | 28. Oncogenic ras Results in Increased Cell Kill due to Defective Thermoprotection in Lung Cancer Cells Subjected to Heat Stress |
| Roger A. Vertrees, Paul J. Boor, Joseph B. Zwischenberger | |
| Galveston, TX | |
| 8:40-8:50 | 29. Substrate Metabolism in the Preserved Rat Lung: A 13C NMR Study |
| Paul E. Meyer, Michael E. Jessen, Jayendra B. Patel, Robert Y. Chao, Craig R. Malloy, Dan M. Meyer | |
| Dallas, TX |
| 9:30-9:45 | 30. Long-term Survival and Resource Utilization of 1844 Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Replacement: Effects of Concomitant Coronary Bypass Surgery and Urgent/Emergent Operations |
| Vinod H. Thourani, William S. Weintraub, Joseph M. Craver, Ellis L. Jones, John Parker Gott, W. Morris Brown, John D. Puskas, Robert A. Guyton | |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| 9:45-10:00 | 31. A Comparative Study of Buttressed Versus Non-Buttressed Staple Line in Pulmonary Resections |
| Joseph I. Miller, Rodney J. Landreneau, Carolyn E. Wright, Tibetha S. Santucci, Bonnie H. Sammons | |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| 10:00-10:15 | 32. Saphenous Vein Homograft: A Superior Conduit for the Systemic Arterial Shunt in First Stage Norwood Palliation |
| Vincent K.H. Tam, Kathy Murphy, James Parks, Anthony Raviele, Robert Vincent, Angel Cuadrado | |
| Atlanta, GA | |
| 10:15-10:30 | 33. Early and Long-term Results of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in Dialysis Patients |
| Dion L. Frangas, John M. Kratz, Arthur J. Crumbley, James L. Zellner, Martha R. Stroud, Fred A. Crawford | |
| Charleston, SC | |
| 10:30-10:45 | 34. Comparison of Clinical Results for Unilateral and Bilateral Thoracoscopic Lung Volume Reduction |
| Greg A. Lowdermilk, Robert J. Keenan, Rodney J. Landreneau, Stephen R. Hazelrigg, Joseph E. Bavaria, Larry R. Kaiser, Keith S. Naunheim | |
| St. Louis, MO | |
| 10:45-11:00 | 35. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for Post Cardiotomy Failure in Children: Significance of Shunt Management in the Single Ventricle |
| James Jaggers, Joseph Forbess, Jon Meliones, Paul M. Kirshborn, Coleen Miller, Ross M. Ungerleider | |
| Durham, NC | |
| 11:00-11:15 | 36. Safety and Efficacy of a Heparin Removal Device as an Alternative to Protamine: A Prospective Randomized Pre-Clinical Trial |
| Joseph B. Zwischenberger, Weike Tao, Donal J. Deyo, Roger A. Vertrees, Scott K. Alpard, Robert L. Brunston, Gerald Shulman | |
| Galveston, TX | |
| 11:15-11:30 | 37. The Cosgrove-Edwards Annuloplasty System Preserves Mitral Annular Flexibility and Function at 5 Years |
| A. Marc Gillinov, Delos M. Cosgrove, Takahiro Shiota, James D. Thomas, Eugene H. Blackstone | |
| Cleveland, OH | |
| 11:30-11:45 | 38. In-Hospital Depression after CABG Surgery Predicting 12-Month Outcome |
| Ingrid Connerney, Joseph McLaughlin | |
| Baltimore, MD | |
| 11:45-12:00 | 39. Esophageal Reconstruction for Complex Benign Disease: Early Morbidity, Mortality and Functional Results |
| Mary M. Young, Claude Deschamps, Victor F. Trastek, Mark S. Allen, Daniel L. Miller, Peter C. Pairolero | |
| Rochester, MN | |
| 12:00-12:15 | 40. Aortic Valve Replacement with Freestyle or Toronto Valves: An Early Comparison of two Stentless Bioprostheses |
| Robert D. Riley, John W. Hammon, Neal D. Kon | |
| Winston-Salem, NC |
