The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   Volume 124, Issue 1, Pages 8-10 (July 2002) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7 Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Andrew S. Wechsler, MD Stanley K Andrew S. Wechsler, MD Stanley K. Brockman Professor Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, MD John M Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, MD John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery Chief of Cardiac Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

D. Craig Miller, MD Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery Stanford University Medical School Stanford, California The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

G. Alexander Patterson, MD Joseph C G. Alexander Patterson, MD Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Thomas L. Spray, MD Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Eugene H. Blackstone, MD Section Head: Research Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Martin F. McKneally, MD Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Pamela Fried, MBA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Cary W. Akins, MD Department of Cardiac Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Carl Lewis Backer, MD A.C. Buehler Professor of Surgery Children's Memorial Hospital Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD, FETCS Professor of Surgery Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

R. Morton Bolman III, MD C. Walton and Richard C R. Morton Bolman III, MD C. Walton and Richard C. Lillehei Professor and Chief Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery University of Minnesota and the Lillehei Heart Institute Minneapolis, Minnesota The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Ray Chu-Jeng Chiu, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery McGill University Faculty of Medicine Montreal, Quebec, Canada The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Lawrence H. Cohn, MD Hubbard Professor of Cardiac Surgery Harvard Medical School Chief of Cardiac Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Joseph S. Coselli, MD Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Marc R. de Leval Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of London London, United Kingdom The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, MD William S Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, MD William S. Stoney Professor Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

M. Arisan Ergin, MD Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Englewood, New Jersey The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

J. William Gaynor, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Donald D. Glower, Jr, MD Professor of Surgery Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Alden H. Harken, MD Department of Surgery University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, Colorado The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

David H. Harpole, Jr, MD Associate Professor of Surgery with Tenure Duke University Medical Center Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, North Carolina The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Professor Axel Haverich, MD Medizinische Hochschule Klinik für Thorax, Herz, und Gefasschirurgie Hannover, Germany The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Chicago, Illinois The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Larry R. Kaiser, MD John Rhea Barton Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Harold L. Lazar, MD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Boston Medical Center Director, Cardiothoracic Surgical Research Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Professor Antoon E. M. R. Lerut, MD, PhD University Hospital Leuven Department of Thoracic Surgery Catholic University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Michael A. Maddaus, MD Associate Professor of Surgery The Garamella Lynch Jensen Chair in Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Roger B. B. Mee, MB, ChB, FRACS Chairman, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, MD Frank C Robert M. Mentzer, Jr, MD Frank C. Spencer Professor and Chairman University of Kentucky Department of Surgery Lexington, Kentucky The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Marc R. Moon, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Ivan M. Rebeyka, MD Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Thomas W. Rice, MD Head of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Robert C. Robbins, MD Director of Heart, Heart-Lung, and Lung Transplantation Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Valerie W. Rusch, MD Chief, Thoracic Division Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Hartzell V. Schaff, MD Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery The Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Frank Sellke, MD Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Francis Spinale, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Charleston, South Carolina The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

David J. Sugarbaker, MD Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's Hospital Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgical Oncology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Marko Turina, MD Professor and Director Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery Chairman, Department of Surgery University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Willem van Oeveren, PhD Scientific Director, HaemoProbe Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering University of Groningen The Netherlands The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

Jakob Vinten-Johansen, PhD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Carlyle Fraser Heart Center Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta, Georgia The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions

William G. Williams, MD Professor of Surgery University of Toronto Division Head: Cardiovascular Surgery of the Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2002 124, 8-10DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(02)70062-7) Copyright © 2002 Terms and Conditions