Areas of responsibility will include general oversight of the STS Research and Analytic Center, including those federally funded studies and other research grants made to the Society under its auspices; promotion of scientific areas of research suitable for the Society; education and guidance for new investigators, including ethical standards for research; and development, support and facilitation of clinical trials in thoracic surgery.
Benjamin D. Kozower, Chair — St. Louis, MO
Elaine E. Tseng, Vice Chair — San Francisco, CA
Adnan Al-Ayoubi — Iowa City, IA
Awais Ashfaq — Cincinnati, OH
Pavan Atluri — Philadelphia, PA
Peyman Benharash — Los Angeles, CA
Luca Bertolaccini — Milan, Italy
Michael Bowdish — Los Angeles, CA
Joshua Chan — Atlanta, GA
Nimesh Desai — Philadelphia, PA
Farhood Farjah — Seattle, WA
Mario F.L. Gaudino — New York, NY
Tyler Grenda — Philadelphia, PA
Camille Hancock Friesen — Omaha, NE
Irsa Hasan — Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Ibrahim — Wyndmoor, PA
Jeffrey P. Jacobs — Gainesville, FL
Tsuyoshi Kaneko — St. Louis, MO
Damien LaPar — Houston, TX
X. Shin Luo — Cleveland Heights, OH
Constantine D. Mavroudis — Austin, TX
Robert Meguid — Aurora, CO
J. Hunter Mehaffey — Morgantown, WV
Gita Mody — Chapel Hill, NC
Jennifer S. Nelson — Orlando, FL
Uma Sachdeva — Boston, MA
Paul Schipper — Portland, OR
Thomas A. Schwann — Royal Oak, MI
Frank W. Sellke — Providence, RI
Elizabeth H. Stephens — Rochester, MN
Ibrahim Sultan — Pittsburgh, PA
Kei Suzuki — Falls Church, VA
Paul Tang — Rochester, MI
Christopher Towe — Cleveland, OH
Hanghang Wang — Baltimore, MD
Matthew L. Williams — New Haven, CT
David Wormuth — Jamesville, NY
Stephanie G. Worrell — Tucson, AZ
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos — Houston, TX