EDITOR
Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Emeritus Editors
G. Alexander Patterson, MD, Editor 2015-2021
L. Henry Edmunds, Jr, MD, Editor 2000-2015
Thomas B. Ferguson*, MD, Editor 1984-2000
Herbert Sloan*, MD, Editor 1969-1984
John D. Steele*, MD, Editor 1964-1969
*Deceased
Deputy Editors
Adult Cardiac
Jennifer S. Lawton, MD
Baltimore, MD
Nahush A. Mokadam, MD
Columbus, OH
Congenital Heart
Yves d’Udekem, MD, PhD
Washington, DC
Jennifer C. Romano, MD
Ann Arbor, MI
General Thoracic
Elizabeth A. David, MD
Denver, CO
Benjamin D. Kozower, MD, MPH
St. Louis, MO
Daniela Molena, MD
New York, NY
Erino A. Rendina, MD
Rome, Italy
Biostatistics
Graham Colditz, MD, DrPH
St. Louis, MO
CME
Colleen G. Koch, MD
Gainesville, FL
Education
Mara B. Antonoff, MD
Houston, TX
Digital Media and Digital Scholarship
Thomas K. Varghese Jr, MD, MS
Salt Lake City, UT
Public Policy
Keith A. Horvath, MD
Washington, DC
Quality
David M. Shahian, MD
Boston, MA
Associate Editors
Biostatistics
Esther Lu, MS, PhD
St. Louis, MO
Fei Wan, MS, PhD
St. Louis, MO
CME
Jessica S. Donington, MD, MSCR
Chicago, IL
Stephanie M. Fuller, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Nadia Hensley, MD
Baltimore, MD
Ethics
Robert M. Sade, MD
Charleston, SC
Surgical Heritage
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
Boston, MA
Feature Articles
Vincent Chan, MD, MPH
Ottawa, Canada
Amy G. Fiedler, MD
Madison, WI
Shawn S. Groth, MD
Houston, TX
Robert D.B. Jaquiss, MD
Dallas, TX
Virginia R. Litle, MD
Murray, UT
Mitchell J. Magee, MD
Dallas, TX
Meena Nathan, MD, MPH
Boston, MA
Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA
Houston, TX
Scott C. Silvestry, MD
Orlando, FL
Bobby Yanagawa, MD, MPH
Toronto, Canada
Editorial Board Members
Jake H. Abernathy III, MD, MPH
Baltimore, MD
Jehangir J. Appoo, MDCM
Calgary, Canada
Arman Arghami, MD
Rochester, MN
Michael E. Bowdish, MD
Los Angeles, CA
Lisa M. Brown, MD, MAS
Sacramento, CA
Paulo F. Cardoso, MD, PhD
São Paulo, Brazil
Adriano Carotti, MD
Rome, Italy
Ke-Neng Chen, MD, PhD
Beijing, China
Sarah A. Chen, MD
Davis, CA
Danny Chu, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Traves D. Crabtree, MD
Springfield, IL
Todd Crawford, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Marcelo Cypel, MD
Toronto, CA
Chadrick E. Denlinger, MD
Indianapolis, IN
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
St. Louis, MO
Kathryn Engelhardt, MD
St. Louis, MO
Farhood Farjah, MD
Seattle, WA
Felix G. Fernandez, MD
Atlanta, GA
Hiran C. Fernando, MD
Boston, MA
Victor A. Ferraris, MD
Lexington, KY
Kirsten Finucane, MD
Auckland, New Zealand
Seth D. Force, MD
Atlanta, GA
Mario F.L. Gaudino, MD
New York, NY
Kristine J. Guleserian, MD
Dallas, TX
T. Sloane Guy, MD, MBA
New York, NY
Matthew G. Hartwig, MD
Durham, NC
Tain-Yen Hsia, MD
London, United Kingdom
G. Chad Hughes, MD
Durham, NC
Dawn S. Hui, MD
San Antonio, TX
S. Adil Husain, MD
Salt Lake City, UT
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
St. Petersburg, FL
Tara Karamlou, MD
Cleveland, OH
Arman Kilic, MD
Charleston, SC
Anthony W. Kim, MD, FACS
Los Angeles, CA
Peter Kneuertz, MD
Columbus, OH
Michael Lanuti, MD
Boston, MA
Damien J. LaPar, MD
New York, NY
Eric J. Lehr, MD, PhD
Seattle, WA
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Houston, TX
Peter B. Licht, MD, PhD
Odense, Denmark
Lunxu Liu, MD
Chengdu, China
Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD
Vancouver, Canada
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD
Houston, TX
Brian Mitzman, MD
Salt Lake City, UT
Nader Moazami, MD
New York, NY
Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD
Columbus, OH
David L.S. Morales, MD
Cincinnati, OH
Jun Nakajima, MD, PhD
Tokyo, Japan
David M. Overman, MD
Minneapolis, MN
Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
Iowa City, IA
Sara K. Pasquali, MD, MHS
Ann Arbor, MI
Gregory Pattakos, MD, MS
Athens, Greece
Keshava Rajagopal, MD
Houston, TX
T. Brett Reece, MD
Aurora, CO
Mark D. Rodefeld, MD
Indianapolis, IN
Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Nashville, TN
Aya Saito, MD
Chiba, Japan
Isabelle Schmitt-Opitz, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
Andrew J. Seely, MD, PhD
Ottawa, Canada
Christian Shults, MD
Washington, DC
Nicholas G. Smedira, MD
Cleveland, OH
Ibrahim Sultan, MD, FACS
Pittsburgh, PA
Li-Zhong Sun, MD
Beijing, China
Joanna J.M. Takkenberg, MD, PhD
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Giulia Veronesi, MD
Milan, Italy
Aaron J. Weiss, MD
Cleveland, OH
Benny Weksler, MD
Pittsburgh, PA
Daniel Wendt, MD, PhD
Essen, Germany
Sai S. Yendamuri, MD
Buffalo, NY
Staff
Editorial Staff, Chicago, IL
Managing Editor
John C. Kerpan, MA
Editorial Manager
Andrea L. Musolf, MBA, MSMOB
Senior Production Coordinator
Mary K. Jedlicka
Editorial Assistant
Valerie Kunkel
Publisher Staff, New York, NY
Senior Issue Manager
Nicole Scott
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