Accola	Kevin	Medicare: Can We Avoid the Cliff?
Allen	Mark S	Morbidity and Mortality of Major Pulmonary Resections in Patients With Early Stage Lung Cancer: Initial Results of the Randomized, Prospective ACOSOG Z0030 Trial
Amir	Gabriel	Deep Brain Hyperthermia Routinely Occurs During Re-warming From Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest
Anagnostopoulos	Constantine E.	Does Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Grafting Increase Long-Term Survival in Diabetic Patients?
Ando	Makoto	Steroid Supplementation: A Legitimate Pharmacotherapy After Neonatal Open Heart Surgery
Argenziano	Michael	Results of the Prospective Multicenter Trial of Robotically Assisted Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Bach	David S	Ten Year Outcome After Aortic Valve Replacement With the Freestyle Stentless Bioprosthesis
Bagian	James P	Patient Safety: A Systems Approach
Birdas	Thomas J	Sublobar Resection With Intraoperative Brachytherapy Versus Lobectomy in Patients With Stage IB Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Bonde	Pramod	Duodenal Reflux Leads to Down Regulation of DNA Mismatch Repair Pathway in an Animal Model of Esophageal Cancer
Boston	Umar S	Tricuspid Valve Repair for Ebstein’s Anomaly in Young Children: A 30-Year Experience
Buxton	Brian F.	Do Angiographic Results Based on Symptoms Reflect the True Graft Patency?
Cerfolio	Robert James	Improving the Inaccuracies of Clinical Staging of Patients With NSCLC: A Prospective Trial
Cheung	Albert T.	Strategies to Manage Paraplegia Risk After Endovascular Stent Repair of Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
Chang	Byung-Chul	The Comparison of Long-term Clinical Results Between Bioprosthetic and Mechanical Valves in Tricuspid Valve Replacement
d'Amato	Thomas	In Vitro Extreme Chemotherapy Resistance Patterns for Resected Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Dave	Hitendu Hasmukhlal	Early Insertion of a Valved Conduit for Chronic Pulmonary Insufficiency Based on Right Ventricular Volumetry Helps Restoration of Normal Right Ventricular Dimensions
Deb	Subrato	Laparoscopic Esophageal Myotomy for Achalasia: Factors Affecting Functional Results
DeLaRosa	Jacob	The Impact of Resident Duty Hour Standards: A Survey of Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents and Program Directors
Dewey	Todd M	One Year Follow-Up After Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis: Outcomes and Consequences
Eghtesady	Pirooz	Maternal-Fetal Interactions in Fetal Cardiac Surgery
El-Sherif	Amgad	Outcomes of Sublobar Resection Versus Lobectomy for Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A 13 Year Analysis
Emery	Robert W	Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch: Impact on Patient Survival
Estreta	Anthony L	Evolution of Risk for Neurologic Deficit Following Thoracoabdominal Aortic Repair
Fiore	Andrew C	Fontan Operation: Comparison of Lateral Tunnel With Extracardiac Conduit
Foley	Mark	Health Policy Forum: Guest Speaker
Gammie	James S	Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis in North America
Gillinov	A. Marc	Ischemic Versus Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation: Does Etiology Affect Survival?
Gillinov	A. Marc	Surgery for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Is Pulmonary Vein Isolation Sufficient?
Gold	Jeffrey P.	National Disaster Life Support: The Role of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Gold	Jeffrey P.	Evaluation of Web-Based Learning Tools: Lessons Learned From The Thoracic Surgery Directors Association (TSDA) Curriculum Project Three Year Experience
Greenfield	Lazar	Workforce on Aging: Guest Speaker
Greenfield	Lazar	Workforce on Aging: Question and Answer
Guleserian	Kristine J.	Natural History of Pulmonary Atresia With Intact Ventricular Septum and Right Ventricle Dependent Coronary Circulation Managed By the Single Ventricle Approach
Gurbuz	Ahmet T.	Midterm Outcome in 158 Consecutive Gore Tag Thoracic Endoprosthesis - Single Center Experience
Hannan	Robert L	Patterns of Serial Serum Lactate Determinations After Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease and Timing of Postoperative Mechnical Cardiopulmonary Support
Hartwig	Matthew G	Improved Results Treating Primary Lung Allograft Failure Using Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Hatter	Jeffrey E.	Esophagectomy at Low Volume Centers With Low Morbidity and Mortality
Hetzer	R.	Improvement in Survival After Mechanical Circulatory Support With Pneumatic Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Devices in Small Infants and Children
Jacobs	Jeffrey Phillip	Current Status of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Kang	Chang H	The Results of Repeated Surgical Resection in Locoregional and Distant Intrathoracic Recurrence of Lung Cancer
Karamlou	Tara	Increased Pulmonary Blood Flow Induces Ventricular Growth Within the Late-Term Fetal Heart
Kent	Michael S	Cost-Effectiveness of Surveillance Computed Tomography Following Resection of Stage IA Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Decision Analysis Model
Kerendi	Faraz	Pretreatment With Cobalt Chloride Enhances Myocyte Survival Following Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest Via Phosphorylation of AKT and Alteration of the BCL-2/BAX Ratio
Koh	Masahiro	Biventricular Repair for Right Atrial Isomerism Heart
Koh	Masahiro	Intermediate Results of Double Switch Operation for Atrioventricular Discordance: Potential Advantages Outweigh Rather Extensive Surgery?
Lamm	Richard	LVAD for a Patient with Leukemia
Lardinois	Didier	"Mediastinal Lymph-Node Dissection Vs. Systematic Sampling for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer With Respect to Morbidity, Survival and Site of Recurrence"
Lawrie	Gerald M.	Feasibility and Intermediate Term Outcome of Repair of Prolapsing Anterior Mitral Leaflets With Artificial Chordal Replacement in 152 Patients
Licht	Peter B	Side Effects After Thoracoscopic Sympathectomy – The Influence of TH4
Liddicoat	John	Impact of Drug-eluting Stents on Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
Little	Alex G	Health Policy Forum: Keynote Speaker
Little	Alex G	Patterns of Surgical Care of Lung Cancer Patients
LoCicero III	Joseph	Welcome and Report from the Workforce on Aging
Lofland	Gary K.	Implementation of Blake Drains in Pediatric and Adult Patients Undergoing Surgical Correction of Congenital Cardiac Disease: A Cost Benefit Analysis
Mathur	Amit K	Cytokine Production Following Lung Transplantation: Correlation With Reperfusion Injury
Mayer	John	Health Policy Forum: Question & Answer
Mayer	John	Health Policy Forum: Welcome and Introduction
McCarthy	Patrick	LVAD for a Patient with Leukemia
McKenna Jr.	Robert Joseph	VATS Lobectomy
Miller	John D	A Randomised Clinical Trial of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery or Best Medical Care for the Treatment of Patients With Advanced Emphysema: Two Years of Data From the Canadian Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Study
Mitropoulos	Fotios	Intraoperative Pulmonary Artery Stenting. An Alternative Technique for The Management of Congenital Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in Adjunct With Surgical Repairs
Miwa	Senri	Anatomic and Multivariate Analysis of Thirty-One Cases of Radial Artery String Sign From the Multi-Center Radial Artery Patency Study
Moon	Marc R	Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch and Long-term Survival Following Aortic Valve Replacement - Impact of Patient Age and Body Size
Morales	David L.S.	Salvaging the Failing Fontan: Lateral Tunnel Versus Extracardiac Conduit
Murray	Gordon F.	Opening Remarks
Myers	Cynthia D	Twenty-Four Hour Cardiopulmonary Stability in a Model of Assisted Newborn Fontan Circulation
Nathan	Meena	Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest Enables Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Unclampable Aorta
Pairolero	Peter C.	Earl Bakken Award
Pairolero	Peter C.	Presidential Address
Patel	Amit N	Minimally Invasive Cellular Therapy for Congestive Heart Failure: A Prospective Randomized Study
Poston	Robert S	Aprotinin Inhibits the Development of Postoperative Aspirin Resistance After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (OPCAB)
Pruitt	J. Crayton	Totally Endoscopic Ablation of Lone Atrial Fibrillation: Initial Clinical Experience
Qadri	Syed SA	Can Surgery of Cancer Accelerate the Progression of Secondary Tumors Within Residual Minimal Disease Locally and Distally?
Ricci	Marco	Single Ventricle Physiology Induces Acute Cerebral Ischemia in a Piglet Model
Rice	David	Extended Surgical Staging for Potentially Resectable Malignant Mesothelioma
Rosengart	Todd	Neurocognitive Functioning in Patients Undergoing CABG or PTCA: Evidence of Impairment Prior to Intervention Compared to Normal Controls
Roussin	Régine	Surgery for Transposition of Great Arteries in Neonates Weighing Less Than 2000 Grams. A Consecutive Series of 25 Patients
Sano	Shunji	Total Right Ventricular Exclusion Procedure: A New Operation for Severely Symptomatic Ebstein’s Anomaly
Schipper	Paul	Locally Recurrent Esophageal Carcinoma: When Is Re-resection Indicated?
Seifert	Dirk	INR Self-management Permits Lower Anticogulation Levels After Mechanical Heart Valve Replacement
Shahriari	Ali	Caval Division Technique (Warden) for Sinus Venosus ASD With High Partial Pulmonary Venous Connection
Siebens	Hilary	Workforce on Aging: Guest Speaker
Siegenthaler	Michael P	Unprecedented Mechanical Reliability of The Jarvik 2000 Flowmaker®
Srivastava	Sudhir	"Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Through Antero-lateral Thoracotomy, Thoracab, Facilitated By Da Vinci Robotic System. Report of First 150 Patients"
Staedtler	Nina	Consequences of Pneumonectomy on Esophageal Function
Stewart	Robert Dennis	Tetralogy of Fallot: Results of a Pulmonary Valve-Sparing Strategy
Stulak	John M	Right-Sided Maze Procedure for Right Atrial Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease
Sugimura	Hiroshi	Survival Following Recurrent Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer After Complete Pulmonary Resection
Svensson	Lars G	Aortic Valve Leaflet Repair Combined With Root Sparing and Preserving Procedures
Tabbutt	Sarah	Contemporary Comparison of Outcomes Following Use of the Right Ventricular to Pulmonary Artery Conduit Vs. the Modified Blalock Taussig Shunt as Part of the Modified Norwood Procedure
Tezel	Cagatay	The Impact of Immunohistochemical Detection of Positive Lymph Nodes on Staging and Prognosis in Early Stage Lung Cancer
Tutic	Michaela	Lung Volume Reduction Surgery as Bridging Procedure to Lung Transplantation – a 7-Year Observational Study
Vricella	Luca A.	Early Experience With Aortic Valve-Sparing Root Replacement in Pediatric Patients
Warren	William H.	Clinical Experience With Pleurx Catheters for Malignant Pleural Effusions
Yankah	Charles A.	Surgical Management of Acute Aortic Valve Endocarditis With a Viable Cryopreserved Aortic Homograft