Editors The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery   The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 156, Issue 2, Pages A2-A3 (August 2018) DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5 Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Richard D. Weisel, MD, Cardiovascular Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital Senior Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Toronto The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD, FRCS(C), FACS, FAHA, FACC, Professor and ChiefDivision of Cardiothoracic SurgeryUniversity of North Carolina, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Stuart W Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Y. Joseph Woo, MD, Norman E. Shumway Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine Professor, by Courtesy, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Christopher A. Caldarone, MD, FRCSC, Surgeon-in-Chief Chief of Perioperative Services Department of Surgery The Hospital for Sick Children The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

R.D.B. Jaquiss, MD, Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Pogue Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Research Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Professor of Pediatrics Children's Medical Center/UT Southwestern Medical Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

James S. Tweddell, MD, Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery Executive Co-Director, The Heart Institute Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Professor of Surgery University of Cincinnati The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Thomas A. D'Amico, MD, Gary Hock Endowed Professor of SurgeryDirector of Strategic DevelopmentChief, Section of General Thoracic SurgeryProgram Director, Thoracic SurgeryDuke University Medical Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

David R. Jones, MD, Professor & Chief, Thoracic Surgery Service Fiona & Stanley Druckenmiller Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research Co-Director, Druckenmiller Center for Lung Cancer Research Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Gaetano Rocco, MD, FRCSEd, FEBTS, Director, Thoracic Department Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery Istituto Nazionale Tumori Fondazione Pascale, IRCCS Naples, Italy The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Frank W. Sellke, MD, Karl Karlson and Gloria Karlson Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Director, Cardiovascular Institute Alpert Medical School Brown University The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Cardiac Surgeon/Intensivist St Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Cardiac Surgeon/Intensivist St. Boniface Hospital Professor of Surgery, Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and Physiology & Pathophysiology Head—Cardiac Surgery and Cardiac Surgery Critical Care University of Manitoba The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Eugene H. Blackstone, MD Director, Clinical Investigations, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

James I. Fann, MD, Professor Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Stanford University School of Medicine The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Ara A. Vaporciyan, MD, FACS, Professor and Chairman, Director of Clinical Education & Training Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery M.G. & Lillie A. Johnson Chair for Cancer Treatment & Research The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Stephen C. Yang, MD, Department of Surgery The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, MBA, Executive Director of University Hospital Professor of Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Informatics Department of Thoracic Surgery The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

President David H. Adams, MD Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Health System Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Professor and Chairman Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and The Mount Sinai Hospital The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

President-Elect Vaughn A President-Elect Vaughn A. Starnes, MD Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Surgery H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair and Executive Director CardioVascular Thoracic InstituteKeck School of Medicine, University of Southern California The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Vice-President Marc R. Moon, MD Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiovascular Disease Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Washington University School of Medicine The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Secretary David R. Jones, MD Professor & Chief Thoracic Surgery Service Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Treasurer Shaf Keshavjee, MD Surgeon-in-Chief, UHN James Wallace McCutcheon Chair in Surgery Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery Toronto General Hospital The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor Emile A. Bacha, MD Calvin F Councilor Emile A. Bacha, MD Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery Chief, Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery Combined Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital—Komansky Weill-Cornell Program The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor Duke Cameron, MD Department of Cardiac Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor Thierry-Pierre Carrel, MD Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery University Hospital Bern The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor Christine L. Lau, MD Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery University of Virginia The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor Jennifer S. Lawton, MD Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery Johns Hopkins University The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions

Councilor James D. Luketich, MD Chief, Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Pittsburgh Medical Center The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2018 156, A2-A3DOI: (10.1016/S0022-5223(18)31557-5) Copyright © 2018 Terms and Conditions