37th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
New Orleans , LA , United States
Saturday 27 January 2001 08:00-12:00
Practice Management for Thoracic Surgeons
Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)16:00-18:30
Issues in Heart and Lung Transplantation
American Society of Transplant Surgery (ASTS) and The Society of Thoracic SurgeonsSunday 28 January 2001 07:45-11:00
34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Morning Session
Andrew C. Fiore and G. Alexander Patterson11:00-12:00
CCCETS Basic Science Lecture “Tissue Engineering: A 21st Century Solution for Surgery Reconstruction”
Dr. Joseph Vicante12:00-13:30
34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Luncheon Address
Senator David Durenburger13:30-17:20
34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Afternoon Session
Andrew C. Fiore and G. Alexander Patterson09:00-15:00
Annual Spouses Postgraduate Program
Betsey B. Urschel13:30-17:00
Perfusion Technology Symposium - Medical Errors
Monday 29 January 2001 08:00-08:15
Opening Ceremonies, General Scientific Session
Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray08:15-11:15
Scientific Session - Monday Morning Plenary Session
Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray11:15-12:00
Presidential Address - Jack M. Matloff
12:00-13:30
Lunch Recess - Visit Exhibits
13:30-14:30
Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture
Senator William H. Frist14:30-15:45
Surgical Forum I - General Thoracic Research
Harvey I. Pass and Joseph B. Zwischenberger14:30-15:45
Surgical Forum II - Surgical Research
John E. Mayer and Ralph S. Mosca14:30-15:45
Surgical Forum III - Cardiac Research
Duke E. Cameron and Frank W. Sellke16:30-18:00
Business Meeting (members only)
18:00-20:00
2nd International Symposium
Tomas A. Salerno18:00-20:00
Symposium: Medico-Legal
Joseph J. Amato18:00-20:00
New Technology Session
Stephen R. Hazelrigg and James R. Edgerton20:00-22:00
Surgical Motion Pictures
Claude Deschamps, David A. Fullerton and Kirk R. KanterTuesday 30 January 2001 06:45-08:00
Symposium: Patient Advocacy/ Public Affairs
Victor F. Trastek07:00-08:00
Breakfast Sessions - Clinical Workshops
Claude Deschamps, David A. Fullerton and Kirk R. Kanter08:15-10:45
Scientific Session - Tuesday Morning Plenary Session
Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray08:15-10:45
Moderated Poster Session A: Cardiac Research
John Alex Elefteriades and Michael D. Crittenden08:15-10:45
Moderated Poster Session B: General Thoracic
David J. Sugarbaker and Eric Vallieres10:45-11:05
Government Affairs Update
Timothy J. Gardner11:05-11:15
Announcements
Jack M. Matloff11:15-12:00
The Ralph Alley Lecture
William R. Brody12:00-13:30
Lunch Recess - Visit Exhibits
13:30-14:45
Parallel Scientific Session I: Adult Cardiac
Robbin G. Cohen and John D. Puskas15:30-17:00
Parallel Scientific Session I: Valves/Rhythms
Irving L. Kron and David H. Adams13:30-14:45
Parallel Scientific Session II: Congenital I
Kirk R. Kanter and Christo I. Tchervenkov15:30-17:00
Parallel Scientific Session II: Congenital II
Michael R. Mill and Tom R. Karl13:30-14:45
Parallel Scientific Session III: General Thoracic I
Jemi Olak and Douglas E. Wood15:30-17:00
Parallel Scientific Session III: General Thoracic II
Leslie J. Kohman and Mark S. Allen18:00-19:30
Medical Errors/ Harvard Program Alumni
Robert L. Replogle19:30-22:00
Reception for Members and Guests
"Welcome to Our Home"Wednesday 31 January 2001 07:00-08:00
Breakfast Sessions - Meet the Experts
07:00-08:00
Breakfast Sessions - How I Do It
08:15-12:30
Scientific Session - Wednesday Morning Plenary Session
Mark B. Orringer and Gordon F. Murray08:15-10:45
Moderated Poster Session C - Clinical Potporri
Marko Turina and Hartzell V. Schaff