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Saturday 27 January 2001
08:00-12:00		Practice Management for Thoracic Surgeons Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)

Saturday 27 January 2001
16:00-18:30		Issues in Heart and Lung Transplantation American Society of Transplant Surgery (ASTS) and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Sunday 28 January 2001
07:45-11:00		34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Morning Session Andrew C. Fiore and G. Alexander Patterson

Sunday 28 January 2001
11:00-12:00		CCCETS Basic Science Lecture Tissue Engineering: A 21st Century Solution for Surgery Reconstruction Dr. Joseph Vicante

Sunday 28 January 2001
12:00-13:30		34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Luncheon Address Senator David Durenburger

Sunday 28 January 2001
13:30-17:20		34th Annual Postgraduate Program - Afternoon Session Andrew C. Fiore and G. Alexander Patterson

Sunday 28 January 2001
09:00-15:00		Annual Spouses Postgraduate Program Betsey B. Urschel

Sunday 28 January 2001
13:30-17:00		Perfusion Technology Symposium - Medical Errors

Monday 29 January 2001
07:00-08:00		Publishing and Presenting in English: For Surgeons from Non-English Countries (Room 214 - Please pre-register) John R. Benfield, Sacramento, CA.

Monday 29 January 2001
08:00-08:15		Opening Ceremonies, General Scientific Session Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray

Monday 29 January 2001
08:15-11:15		Scientific Session - Monday Morning Plenary Session Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray
	1	Surgical Repair of Extent II Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Evaluation of Morbidity and Mortality Joseph S Coselli, Scott A LeMaire, Cuneyt Koksoy, Zachary C Schmittling, Lori D Conklin Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
	2	Evolution of Mitral Valve Surgery: Toward A Totally Endoscopic Approach Jason Edward Felger, Leslie Wiley Nifong, Walter Randolph Chitwood, Jr. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
	3	The Ross/Konno Procedure in Neonates and Infants: Intermediate-term Survival and Autograft Function Richard G. Ohye, MD, Carlen A Gomez, MD, Bonita J. Ohye, RN, Caren S. Goldberg, MD, Edward L. Bove, MD Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan School of Medicine Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
	4	Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Vascular Disease Eric N Mendeloff, Bryan F Meyers, Thoralf M Sundt, Tracey J Guthrie, Stuart C Sweet, David T Balzer, Elbert P Trulock, Michael K Pasque, Joel D Cooper, Charles B Huddleston, G. Alexander Patterson Washington University School of Medicine
	5	Comparison of FDG-PET and Pathologic Staging of Lung Cancer After Induction Therapy Robert John Downey, Tim Akhurst, Steven M Larson, Robert Ginsberg Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York, 10021

Monday 29 January 2001
11:15-12:00		Presidential Address - Jack M. Matloff

Monday 29 January 2001
12:00-13:30		Lunch Recess - Visit Exhibits

Monday 29 January 2001
13:30-14:30		Thomas B. Ferguson Lecture Senator William H. Frist

Monday 29 January 2001
14:30-15:45		Surgical Forum I - General Thoracic Research Harvey I. Pass and Joseph B. Zwischenberger
	6	Intramuscular Gene Transfer of Active Transforming Growth Factor-ß1 into Recipient Attenuates Acute Lung Rejection Takashi Suda, Franco D'Ovidio, Niccolo' Daddi, Jon H. Ritter, T. Mohanakumar, G. Alexander Patterson Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO United States*
	7	Enhancement of Paclitaxel Cytotoxicity on H358 Nonsmall Cell Lung Cancer Cells by 17-Allylamino Geldanamycin (17AAG): In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis. Dao M. Nguyen, Dominique Lorang, G. Aaron Chen, John H. Stewart IV, David S. Schrump National Cancer Institution, NIH Bethesda, Maryland, USA
	8	Heparin and non-anticoagulant heparin prevent capillary no-reflow in normothermic lung ischemia/reperfusion Takayuki Nakamura, Brigitte Vollmar, Johannes Winning, Michael D Menger, Hans-Joachim Schaefers Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany; Institute for Clinical and Experimental Surgery, University of Saarland, Homburg/Saar, Germany; Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
	9	Non-Viral Gene Delivery To Atelectatic In Comparison To Ventilated Lungs Uz Stammberger, Aima N. Uduehi, Bartosz Kubisa, Ralph A. Schmid Division of General Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Berne, Switzerland
	10	Do Vitamins C & E Attenuate the Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species During Pulmonary Reperfusion and thereby Prevent Injury? Florian M. Wagner, Katrin Ploetze, Andreas T. Weber, Felix Schubert, Steffen Albrecht, Stephan Schueler Cardiovascular Institute Dresden, University of Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Fetscherstr. 76, Germany; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, TU Dresden, D-01307 Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, Germany
	11	The Role of Alpha-gal and Lung-specific Antigens in Hyperacute Pig Lung Rejection Steffen Pfeiffer, George L Zorn III, Lynn M Giovanoni, Sean Kelishadi, Chris Baird, Leslie B Sisemore, R Oriol, P Wolf, Richard N Pierson III, Agnes M Azimzadeh Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

Monday 29 January 2001
14:30-15:45		Surgical Forum II - Surgical Research John E. Mayer and Ralph S. Mosca
	12	Bovine Albumin-Glutaraldehyde Surgical Adhesive (BioGlue®) Impairs Aortic Growth and Causes Anastomotic Stricture Scott A. LeMaire, Zachary C. Schmittling, Joseph S. Coselli, Akif Ündar, Blake A. Deady, Fred J. Clubb, Cüneyt Köksoy, Charles D. Fraser, Jr. Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.; Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
	13	Systemic Steroid Pre-Treatment Improves Cerebral Protection Following Circulatory Arrest Dominique Shum-Tim, Christo I. Tchervenkov, Maleek Jamal, Tony Nimeh, Chwan-Yau Luo, Edgar Chedrawy, Eric Laliberte, Anie Philip, Colin Rose, Josee Lavoie Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Plastic Surgery, The Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Cardiology, The Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Anesthesia, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
	14	Pharmacologically Induced Ischemic Pre-Conditioning With Diazoxide: A Novel Approach to Brain Protection Eric A. Peck, Jay G. Shake, Vincent L. Gott, Eduardo Marban, Juan Troncoso, J. Mark Redmond, William A. Baumgartner Divisions of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Neuropathology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
	15	Right ventricular gene therapy with a beta-adrenergic receptor kinase inhibitor improves survival in rabbits after pulmonary artery banding Sitaram M. Emani, Ashish S. Shah, David C. White, Donald D. Glower, Walter J. Koch Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
	16	Enhanced Myocardial Angiogenesis by Gene Transfer Using Transplanted Cells Terrence M Yau, Karen Fung, Richard D Weisel, Donald AG Mickle, Ren-Ke Li Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
	17	In-vivo Mesenchymal Stem Cell Grafting in a Swine Myocardial Infarct Model: Molecular and Physiologic Consequences Jay G. Shake, Bradley J. Martin, Peter J. Gruber, Guylaine Senechal, Mark F. Pittenger, J. Mark Redmond, William A. Baumgartner Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA; Osiris Therapeutics, Baltimore, MD, USA

Monday 29 January 2001
14:30-15:45		Surgical Forum III - Cardiac Research Duke E. Cameron and Frank W. Sellke
	18	CTLA4-Ig-Based Nonlethal Conditioning Regimen Leads to Simultaneous Bone Marrow and Heart Allograft Transplantations, and Induction of Donor-Specific Tolerance, in Rats. Mohan Thanikachalam, Sen Li, Manhui Pang, Abdel Aitouche, Si Mai Pham Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
	19	Sutureless Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Anastomosis: Experimental Studies of a Novel Stainless Steel Connector Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D., Kenton J. Zehr, M.D., Luis F. Bonilla, M.D., Lucas F. Brennecke, D.V.M., Todd L. Berg, Richard Cornelius, Paul Hindrichs, William Swanson Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; St. Jude Medical Cardiovascular Group Inc., Minneapolis, MN
	20	Comparative Analysis of Endothelium-dependent Vasoactive Properties in Human Internal Mammary Arteries of Hypertensive, Hypercholesterolemic and Diabetic Patients. Giulio Pompilio, Giuseppe Rossoni, Ferruccio Berti, Paolo Tartara, Paolo Biglioli Dept. of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Milano, Centro Cardiologico "I. Monzino" Foundation IRCCS, Milano, Italy.; Dept. of Pharmacology, Chemotherapy, Medical Toxicology, University of Milano, Milano, Italy.
	21	Histologic Markers in the Atrium Predict the Development of Atrial Fibrillation Following Cardiac Surgery Niv Ad, Eitan Snir, Bernardo A Vidne, Eliahu Golomb Rabin Medical Center,Sackler School of Medicine, Petach Tikva, Israel; Sackler Medical School Univerity of Tel Aviv, Tel-Aviv, Israel
	22	Opening and Closing Characteristics of the Aortic Valve after Valve Sparing Procedures Using a New Aortic Root Conduit Ruggero De Paulis, Giovanni Maria De Matteis, Paolo Nardi, Raffaele Scaffa, Maria Michaela Buratta, Luigi Chiariello Dept. of Cardiac Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
	23	The Effects of Mitral Annuloplasty Rings on Leaflet Separation during Acute Left Ventricular Ischemia David T.M. Lai, Tomasz A. Timek, Paul Dagum, Frederick A. Tibayan, G. Randall Green, Julie R. Glasson, Truls Myrmel, George T. Daughters, David Liang, Neil B. Ingels, D. Craig Miller Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA; Research Institute of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California, USA

Monday 29 January 2001
16:30-18:00		Business Meeting (members only)

Monday 29 January 2001
18:00-20:00		2nd International Symposium Tomas A. Salerno

Monday 29 January 2001
18:00-20:00		Symposium: Medico-Legal Joseph J. Amato

Monday 29 January 2001
18:00-20:00		New Technology Session Stephen R. Hazelrigg and James R. Edgerton

Monday 29 January 2001
20:00-22:00		Surgical Motion Pictures Claude Deschamps, David A. Fullerton and Kirk R. Kanter

Tuesday 30 January 2001
06:45-08:00		Symposium: Patient Advocacy/ Public Affairs Victor F. Trastek

Tuesday 30 January 2001
07:00-08:00		Breakfast Sessions - Clinical Workshops Claude Deschamps, David A. Fullerton and Kirk R. Kanter

Tuesday 30 January 2001
08:15-10:45		Scientific Session - Tuesday Morning Plenary Session Jack M. Matloff and Gordon F. Murray
	24	Impact of Hospital Volume on Early Clinical Outcomes after Esophagectomy for Cancer Elbert Y. Kuo, Yuchia Chang, Cameron D. Wright General Thoracic Surgical Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA 02114 USA
	25	Hospital Volume Is Related To Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Esophageal Resection in Maryland Justin B Dimick, Stephen M Cattaneo, Pamela A Lipsett, Peter J Pronovost, Richard F Heitmiller Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
	26	Assessment of Mortality rates for Congenital Heart Defects and Surgeons' Performance From Five Centres of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery. Jaroslav F Stark, Steven Gallivan, Katie Nicholls, Leslie JR Hamilton, James L Monro, James CS Pollock, Kevin G Waterson Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK; Clinical Operational Research Unit,Department of Mathematics, University College, London, UK; The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK; Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK
	27	In-Hospital Outcomes of Off-Pump vs On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Procedures; A Multicenter Experience Felix Hernandez, William E. Cohn, Yvon R. Baribeau, Joan F. Tryzelaar, David C. Charlesworth, Robert Clough, John Klemperer, Jeremy R. Morton, Benjamin M. Westbrook, Elaine M. Olmstead, Gerald T. O'Connor Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, ME; Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH; Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group, Lebanon, NH
	28	Are Stentless Valves Hemodynamically Superior to Stented Valves? A Prospective-Randomized Trial. Gideon Cohen, George T Christakis, Miguel Tamariz, Campbell D Joyner, Christopher D Morgan, Vivek Rao, Stephen E Fremes, Bernard S Goldman Division of Cardiac Surgery, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Tuesday 30 January 2001
08:15-10:45		Moderated Poster Session A: Cardiac Research John Alex Elefteriades and Michael D. Crittenden
	1	Leukocyte Inhibition Ameliorates Ischemic Reperfusion Injury In The Rabbit Spinal Cord. James J Gangemi, David C Cassada, Aditya K Kaza, Stewart M Long, Kimberly S Shockey, Joel M Linden, Victor E Laubach, Curtis G Tribble, Irving L Kron, John A Kern Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Surgery University of Virginia Health System Charlottesville, VA 22908
	2	Extreme Hemodilution with a Hemoglobin-Based Oxygen Carrying Solution: Acute Autologous Blood "Set-Aside" Using a Novel Double Venous Reservoir Bypass Circuit Siyamek Neragi Miandoab, J. Luis Guerrero, Gus J. Vlahakes Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
	3	Involvement of Apoptosis in Neurological Injury Following Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest: A New Target For Therapeutic Intervention? Christian Hagl, M.D., Nadine Tatton, Ph.D., Jock N McCullough, M.D., Ning Zhang, M.D., Howard Shiang, D.V.M., David Spielvogel, M.D., Randall B Griepp, M.D. Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Dept. of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
	4	Endothelin (ET) Receptor Blockade Potentiates the Endothelial Protective Effects of ACEI in Human Bypass Conduits Subodh Verma, Fina Lovren, Todd J. Anderson, Andrew Maitland University of Toronto,Canada; University of Calgary, Canada
	5	Attenuation of Regional Myocardial Stunning by Antagonism of Stretch-activated Ion Channels Alfred C. Nicolosi, MD, John G. Markley, MD, Gina West, BS, Gordon N. Olinger, MD Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
	6	Functional Comparison of Transmyocardial Revascularization by Mechanical and Laser Means. Keith A. Horvath, Noam Belkind, Irene Wu, Rodney Greene, David D. McPherson, David A. Fullerton Northwestern Univeristy Medical School, Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Chicago, IL, USA.
	7	A New Device For Less Invasive Left Ventricular Volume Reduction. Xavier M. Mueller, Hendrik T. Tevaearai, Om Tucker, Ludwig K. von Segesser Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
	8	Ventricular Containment in Advanced Heart Failure halts decline in Cardiovascular Function associated with Experimental Dilated Cardiomyopathy Jai S Raman, John M Power, Melissa Byrne, Clif Alferness Department of Cardiac Surgery, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia.; Baker Medical Research Institute, Prahran, Melbourne, Australia.; Acorn Cardiovascular Inc, St Paul, Minnesota, USA.
	9	Regional Topical Hypothermia of the Beating Heart: Preservation of Function and Tissue Daniel S. Schwartz, Kanti M. Uppal, Craig J. Baker, Suzanne M. Quardt, Mark L. Barr, Vaughn A. Starnes University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California United States
	10	PREOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION OF STEROIDS: INFLUENCE ON ADHESION MOLECULES AND CYTOKINES AFTER CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS Ulrich P.F. Schurr, Gregor Zund, Simon P. Hoerstrup, Juerg Gruenenfelder, Andrea M. Schnell, Friedrich E. Maly, Andreina Schoeberlein, Paul R. Vogt, Marco I. Turina Department of Cardiovascular Surgery; Department of Clinical Chemistry; Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland

Tuesday 30 January 2001
08:15-10:45		Moderated Poster Session B: General Thoracic David J. Sugarbaker and Eric Vallieres
	1	TRANSSTERNAL THYMECTOMY FOR MYASTHENIA GRAVIS BRIAN C GRUBBS, CHARLES A SVENDSEN, JOHN W DAY, NATHAN S KREYKES, KAY SAVIK, TIMOTHY J KROSHUS, SARA J SHUMWAY DIVISION OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA; DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, USA
	2	Laparoscopic Repair of Large Paraesophageal Hernia Peter S. Dahlberg, Claude Deschamps, Daniel L. Miller, Mark S. Allen, Francis C. Nichols, Peter C. Pairolero Div. of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, U [ CTSNET ] [ STS ] [ Search ] [ Feedback ] Last revised Jan-22-2001 © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.