Press Releases

• SYNTAX Trial Affirms Bypass Surgery Superiority in Treatment of Complex Coronary Disease  9-2-08
  
• Heart and Lung Surgeon Shortage Imminent: Health Care Reform Must Address Access to Care  6-12-08
  
• JCTSE Surgical Director of Education: Call for Applications
  6-11-08  (Please note: Call for applications is now closed. 7/31/08)
  
  
• STS Member Jeffrey Rich, MD, Appointed Director of the Centers for Medicare Management 2-22-08
  
  
• W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr., MD, Named STS President 1-30-08
  
  
• STS 44th Annual Meeting Press Kit 1-25-08
  
  
• Government Study Shows Benefits of Bypass Surgery Over Stents 10-18-07
  
  
• Heart Disease and Lung Cancer Won't Wait, But Patients May Have to Wait for Life-Saving Care  6-18-07
       Click here for more information on the upcoming shortage of heart and lung surgeons.
  
  
• Surgeons Develop Groundbreaking Measure to Help Health Care Purchasers Evaluate Quality 4-25-07
  
  
• Are Heart Disease Patients Fully Informed About Treatment Options? 3-21-07
  
  
• STS 43rd Annual Meeting Press Kit 1-26-07
  
  
• STS Raises Serious Concerns about Unnecessary Deaths Due to Patient Treatment Choices for Coronary Artery Disease, 12-6-06
  
  
• Heart and Lung Surgeons Join Congress to Confront Surgeon Shortage, 6-20-06
  
  
• STS Gender Guidelines for Women, 1-24-05
  
  
• National Quality Forum Standards, 12-10-04