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Funding Research and Education Today

to Improve the Practice of Tomorrow

Annual Report

2005

Board of Directors

John R Benfield, M.D., President

Eric A Rose, M.D., Vice President

David A Fullerton, M.D., Secretary

Lawrence H Cohn, M.D., Treasurer

Fred A. Crawford, Jr., M.D.

Tirone E. David, M.D.

O. Wayne Isom, M.D.

Irving L. Kron, M.D.

Joseph I. Miller, Jr., M.D.

Gordon F. Murray, M.D.

John L. Ochsner, M.D.

Alec Patterson, M.D.

Valerie W. Rusch, M.D.

Daniel J. Ullyot, M.D.

Ross M. Ungerleider, M.D.

Edward D. Verrier, M.D.

Table of Contents

President’s Message..............................3

TSFRE Overview....................................4

Research

Committee Report ........................6

Research Awards ............................8

Education

Committee Report ......................10

Education Awards ........................12

Financial

Financial Report ..........................14

Why Give to TSFRE ......................16

Donor Roster................................18

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TSFRE supports research and education initiatives toincrease knowledge and enhance treatment of patientswith thoracic diseases; develop the skills of thoracic

surgeons as surgeon-scientists and health policy leaders; andstrengthen society’s understanding and trust in the profession.

Dear Colleagues:

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) is pleased to have funded 22 research projects in the years 2004-2005. Our partnership with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has resulted in the five TSFRE/ NHLBI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Awards that provide up to five years of support to young surgeon scientists whose ongoing work and accomplishments show that they are forthcoming leaders. Under our newpartnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the first TSFRE-NCI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award has already been funded. Thisresearch support is possible because of the generosity of individuals, corporationsand grateful patients. We hope and expect that the research done by TSFRE funded young cardiothoracicsurgeons will insure continuing progress in our specialty on behalf of optimum care for our patients.

From its start, TSFRE provided scholarships for over 400 cardiothoracic surgeons who studied at Harvard’sKennedy School of Government, funded by monies that were given to TSFRE specifically for this purpose.Encouraging and supporting public policy education for cardiothoracic surgeons remains a primarymission for TSFRE. Thus, ten scholarships were awarded in 2005 to a new course at Brandeis Universityentitled “Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management”. The Education Committee has beenasked to evaluate and make recommendations for a future curriculum tailored to the needs ofcardiothoracic surgeons.

In 2003 the Board broadened TSFRE’s mission in cardiothoracic surgery education. Based on a superb reportin April 2004 from the Education Committee TSFRE has distributed requests for applications in three areas: 1) Simulation; 2) Acquisition of transdisciplinary skills; and 3) Patient safety. Applications are expected,and fund raising for these education initiatives is underway. TSFRE and the Joint Council for Educationin Thoracic Surgery will be jointly sponsoring a vision conference about the use of simulation technologyin cardiothoracic surgery education.

TSFRE was fortunately able to fund a significant number of important research and education projects in2004 and 2005 as follows:

• Research Grants — $350,000

• Career Development Award — $50,000

• Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship — $140,000

• Alley-Sheridan Public Policy Fellowships — $47,000

• TSFRE/NIH Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08, K23) — $750,000*

*The TSFRE portion of MCSDA awards is funded by The William J. von Liebig Foundation, The Cross Jones Foundation for Research and Education, The Starr Foundation, The Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiac Therapies, and Datascope Corporation.

I close with optimism and hope for the future because we have vibrant new programs in reseach andeducation and the percentage of cardiothoracic surgeons who have donated to TSFRE has doubled ascompared to 2003. However, industry that makes surgical products and pharmaceuticals can and shouldgive more to TSFRE, and still too few cardiothoracic surgeons have donated. I urge each corporation andeach surgeon who has not yet donated to TSFRE to start giving immediately, and we ask that those whohave given generously give even more. Such generosity is incumbent on us to insure a bright future foryoung surgical scientist and excellent care for patients.

John R. Benfield, M.D.

Letter from the President

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Our patients don’t follow the details of our research. They don’t discuss

unexpected breakthroughs or technical setbacks. They don’t talk about how

changes in health care policies impact research funding and laboratory time.

Nonetheless, the advances we make in thoracic surgery touch each and

every one of them. New forms of surgery and potent new drugs improve

patient health and extend patient lives.

That is an outcome everyone can understand, and it’s the one that

continually has moved TSFRE forward since inception in 1992.

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education is supported

by the four major thoracic surgery organizations: The American Association

for Thoracic Surgery, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, The Southern

Thoracic Surgical Association and The Western Thoracic Surgical

Association. As it was 13 years ago, the TSFRE’s mission is to support

research and education in thoracic surgery.

The TSFRE, however, has not only maintained its position as a leading

supporter of research and education, it has also expanded its reach.

The organization in the past few years has established a comprehensive

development program, improved its public policy training opportunities

for surgeons, and started a partnership with the NIH’s National Heart, Lung

and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to

improve support for research training.

We hope that you continue your support of today’s research so we can serve

our patients with even better techniques and technology tomorrow.

TSFRE: Turning Today’s Research Into Tomorrow’s Patient Care

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education supports research and education

in thoracic surgery with the support of the following:

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

The Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

Nina Starr Braunwald Career Development AwardThe Nina Starr Braunwald Award provides a biennial award of $100,000 for two years to supportthe research career development of a woman cardiac surgeon who holds a full-time facultyappointment and who is within ten years of completion of thoracic surgery residency.

Nina Starr Braunwald was the first woman to be certified by the American Board of ThoracicSurgery. Throughout her professional life, Dr. Braunwald was an active academic surgeon in all aspects — clinical, surgery, teaching andresearch. She was closely associated witheducation, first at the National Heart Institute,then at the University of California at San Diegoand finally at Harvard Medical School.

Eugene Braunwald, M.D. and his family, friendsand colleagues have established the Nina StarrBraunwald Fellowship Award in memory of hiswife. The Nina Starr Braunwald Fund is dedicatedexclusively to career development awards foryoung women in academic cardiac surgery.

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The committee’s 17 members reviewed

36 applications in 2005. They were

from 32 applicants — an increase from

23 in 2003 and 29 in 2004. Congenital heart

disease, acquired heart disease, oncology, and

thoracic transplantation were well-represented

from almost 50 different institutions during

this three-year period.

The proposals varied widely in scientific focus. For example, the topics includedimmunobiology of thoracic aneurysms,molecular oncology and ventricularbiomechanics. There was a healthy mix ofmechanistic, translational, and clinical science.The applicants were outstanding, and theapplications were strong, all addressing issuesimportant to improving the care of patients.

Each application was reviewed by eachmember of the committee who assigned ascore based on the applicants’ qualifications,the merits of the proposal, and evidence of a supportive environment. Also considered,was the likelihood that an award wouldfavorably influence training and/or transitionto successful NIH funding. The independentscores were compiled and the topapplications were reviewed in person by thecommittee in session, using an NIH-styleformat. Each proposal was presented to thecommittee by two experts. The entirecommittee voted, resulting in priority scores.

Over half of the applications were judgedcompetitive for funding. TSFRE fundspermitted six awards at stable funding levels.The TSFRE Board has expressed its greatappreciation for the many hours thecommittee members selflessly and diligentlycommit to this effort.

Traditionally prestigious institutions continueto be well represented among this year’sawardees, but fortunately each year new

institutions have appeared on the roster.Excellent proposals, with relatively minorrevisions, from this year’s “new” applicantsand institutions will likely competesuccessfully in the future.

The committee is acutely aware that academicdepartments can no longer depend ondiverting professional revenues to supportresearch. Lack of this traditional source ofbridge and seed funding enhances the need forfundraising to make it possible for TSFRE toincrease the amount of individual awards,particularly to young faculty. In the politicalarena, cohesive arguments to improve researchfunding must be effectively advanced.

Starting in 2006 the Nina Starr BraunwaldCareer Development Award has beenincreased from $30,000 per year to $100,000per year for two years to a young womanfaculty member. For details please go to ourwebsite www.tsfre.org.

For the fourth consecutive year thoracicsurgical applicants competed successfully forTSFRE/NHLBI Mentored Clinical ScientistDevelopment Awards (K08). Five such awardsare currently being supported by TSFRE andfive new applications are under review atNHLBI. One NCI Mentored Patient OrientedCareer Development Award (K23) was fundedin 2005 and three K 23 applications are underreview at NCI. TSFRE Research Committee

Research Committee Report 2005


members participate in the NIH reviewprocess. The joint TSFRE/NHLBI program is funded by the William J. von LiebigFoundation, Datascope Corp, The StarrFoundation, and the Cross-Jones Fund of the St. Luke’s Foundation. Fund raising for the TSFRE/NCI program is underway.

In summary, despite the grinding pressuresand financial uncertainties we all face in our clinical practices, the breadth and highquality of the TSFRE-supported research effortreflects a strong commitment to fundamentaland clinical thoracic surgical investigation.This vital basis for the future evolution of ourspecialty remains healthy and vibrant, thanksto your participation. Seeds planted in prioryears are sprouting in many gardens. Yourpast and future gifts will help bring theseseedlings to fruition.

Richard N. Pierson III, M.D., Chair

Research CommitteeRichard N. Pierson, III, M.D., Chair

James S. Allan, M.D.Emile A. Bacha, M.D.Yolonda L. Colson, M.D.Robert D. Davis, M.D.Keith A. Horvath, M.D.Richard A. Jonas, M.D.David R. Jones, M.D.Robert J. Korst, M.D.Jeffrey M. Pearl, M.D.Si Mai Pham, M.D.Robert C. Robbins, M.D.Bruce R. Rosengard, M.D.Jack A. Roth, M.D.Thoralf M. Sundt, M.D.Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, M.D.Thomas K. Waddell, M.D.

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WorkJoren C. Madsen, M.D.Massachusetts General Hospital

Funding provided by TSFRE played acritical role in advancing my researchcareer. I became an attending cardiacsurgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in1993. In 1995, I was awarded a TSFRE grant for aproject entitled, Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy inMHE Inbred Miniature Swine. This TSFRE fundingallowed me to establish the first large animalmodel of chronic heart rejection. In doing so, Iwas able to generate enough preliminary data tosuccessfully apply for my first RO1 grant from theNHLBI. Since then, I have dedicated 50% of mytime to research and now run an internationallyrecognized transplantation laboratory called theCardiothoracic Transplantation Laboratory in theTransplantation Biology Research Center at theMassachusetts General Hospital. My laboratory iscurrently funded by six RO1-equivalents from theNIH and is run by seven post-doctoral researchfellows from around the world (one of whom, Dr. Sahara, was just awarded a 2005 TSFRE grant).Furthermore, Dr. James Allan, another TSFRErecipient and now a TSFRE committee member, isCo-Director of the laboratory. Our fellow’s projectsrange from molecular biological studies in mice topre-clinical tolerance induction trials in swine, topig-to-non-human primate xenotransplantationexperiments using cloned pigs.

My goals are to extrapolate tolerance inductionprotocols that have proven successful in thelaboratory to human heart transplant recipientsand to bring xenotransplantation to the clinic. I believe that both these goals are attainable inthe near future.

I perform about 150 adult cardiac surgery casesand heart transplant procedures a year. Myresearch activity does not affect my care ofcardiac surgery patients. However, it does limitthe number of cases I can do a year.

The two major barriers to cardiac surgeonsconducting research and obtaining funding are theprecipitous drop in reimbursement rates leading toan overriding concern for the “bottom line” andthe recent drop in federal funding to the NIH. Thatis why the TSFRE is more important than ever. TheTSFRE grant reviewers understand the problemsfacing young cardiothoracic surgeons trying towrite grants and perform research. There is nodoubt that TSFRE will become the cornerstone forthe future funding of young cardiothoracicsurgeons interested in research. It is critical thatthe TSFRE remains strong and well supported bythe members of our specialty.

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TSFRE Research FellowshipMadison C. Cuffy, M.D.Yale University School of MedicineThe Role of Indoleamine 2, 3 Dioxygenase onModulating Immune Responses in InflammatoryArterial Diseases

Andrew J. Kaufman, M.D.Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterFunctional Analysis of Squamous CellCarcinoma Related Oncogene (SCCRO) in the Sonic Hedgehog Pathway

Tom C. Nguyen, M.D.Stanford UniversityBiomechanics of the Cardiac Support Device inHeart Failure: new Answers to an Old Problem

Hisashi Sahara, M.D.Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolIndirect Recognition of Collagen (TypeV) in the Pathogenesis of Lung Allograft Rejection

TSFRE Research Grant Ara A. Vaporciyan, M.D.University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterEffect of Inflammatory Gene Polymorphism in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation After Pulmonary Resection

TSFRE Research Grants

Peter S. Dahlberg, M.D.University of MinnesotaERBB2 Amplifications in EsophagealAdenocarcinoma

Robert S. Poston, M.D.University of MarylandDetermining the Viability of Hearts from Non-Heartbeating Donors

TSFRE Research Fellowships

Allen Cheng, M.D.Stanford UniversityEffects of Undersized Mitral Annuloplasty onRegional LV Transmural Dynamics in ChronicIschemic Mitral Regurgitation

Danny Ramzy, M.D.University of TorontoCRP and Endothelin-1 in EndothelialDysfunction: The Role of Protein Kinase Activity

Nathalie Roy, M.D.Children’s Hospital, BostonEngineering of Conduction Tissue for Cardiac Implantation

Nina Starr Braunwald ResearchFellowship

Bao-Ngoc Nguyen, M.D.University of MarylandCCR5 in Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

TSFRE/NHLBI Mentored ClinicalScientist Development Aw a rd (K08)

Kenneth R. McCurry, M.D.University of PittsburghCytoprotective Effect of CO in LungIschemia/Reperfusion

Y. Joseph Woo, M.D.University of PennsylvaniaAngiogenesis and Cardiac Growth as HeartFailure Therapy

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TSFRE 2005 RESEARCH AWARDRECIPIENTS (continued)

Nina Starr Braunwald ResearchFellowshipBarbara L. Robinson, M.D.Boston Children’s HospitalThe Stunned Heart and Cardiac Surgery:Apoptosis/Necrosis and the Role of Heat Shock Proteins

TSFRE/NHLBI Mentored ClinicalScientist Development Award (K08)Scott LeMaire, M.D.Baylor College of MedicineMatrix Metalloproteinases in Thoracic Aortic Dissection

TSFRE/NCI Mentored Patient-Oriented Career DevelopmentAward (K23)Malcolm Brock, M.D.John Hopkins UniversityScreening for Lung Cancer in the HIV Patient

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WorkElaine Tseng, M.D.University of California, San Francisco

TSFRE was very helpful with myresearch endeavors by providing fundingsupport for two years in the laboratory atJohn’s Hopkins Hospital.

My project involved investigating themechanism of neurologic injury afterhypothermic circulatory arrest. We discoveredthat neuronal apoptosis in addition tonecrosis was involved in the neurologic injuryof HCA. We also determined that inhibition ofneuronal nitric oxide synthase reduced bothneuronal apoptosis and necrosis after HCA.

Research funding was critical in order toperform the experiments as large animal work,tissue processing, immunohisto-chemicalstaining, TUNEL, EM, are costly endeavors.

Future research plans involve investigatingthe biomechanics and flow dynamics ofpercutaneous aortic stent valves.

The neurologic injury work is crucial to theeventual development of strategies to reducecerebrovascular complications after openheart surgery.

The biomechanics and CFD work onpercutaneous stent valves will be essential todetermine the feasibility and safety of suchendovascular approaches to valvular diseasein the future.

Barriers in research funding are to findsources of funding that understand thetranslational nature of such research and thusunderstand the importance of such work.

TSFRE has advantages since it is for thoracicsurgeons to make advances within our field as opposed to government agencies orindustry that may or may not understand the need for such work. Industry will notnecessarily be interested in work thatpotentially may reflect poorly on theoutcomes of the new innovative products.Government agencies may not value suchtranslational/developmental efforts.

The mission of the Thoracic SurgeryFoundation for Research and Education is grounded in two distinct areas of

concentration: Research and Education. Educationwas central to the formation of the TSFRE and weremain indebted to the visionary leaders who saweducational programming to acquire skills outsideof the traditional practice, research and residencytraining critical to our specialty.

For much of the history of TSFRE, the EducationCommittee has been primarily focused onstewarding the TSFRE-Harvard University ExecutiveCourse in Health Care Management and a year-long sabbatical program at Harv a r d ’s KennedySchool. For 10 years this program served as astandard bearer for surgeon leadership training.When the program was first envisioned, thespecialty was embroiled in public policy andsocioeconomic debates that challenged ourspecialties’ collective abilities. As a result of TSFRE’sdedication to this program and the dedication andcommitment from thoracic surgeons to participate,we can now be proud to have many surgeons onthe leading edge of these discussions. In fact, oneearly attendee, Dr. Thomas Frist, is now the USSenate Majority Leader.

In 2004 Dr. Miles Shore, Harv a r d ’s point person onthe program, retired and the program did notimmediately name a successor. To maintainprogramming for thoracic surgeons, TSFRE joinedwith the ACS, in supporting similar programming atBrandeis University’s Heller School of Public Policy.Brandeis has a national reputation for excellenceand its public policy program is among the topprograms in the US. In 2004 and 2005 TSFREsupported 21 thoracic surgeons for the week longcourse and 2 thoracic surgeons for the year-longsabbatical which by all accounts was a great success.

To date, the TSFRE week long programs at Harv a r dor Brandeis have been attended by 139 thoracicsurgeons. A quick scan of our societal leaders revealsthat many of them are graduates of the programs.We are indebted to David Sheridan for making thisprogram possible. David Sheridan was a pioneeringmedical device inventor who collaborated with D r. Ralph Alley and others in developing manyimportant early catheters and cannulae. M r. Sheridan donated $1 million dollars to theTSFRE to establish the Alley-Sheridan fund which

has been used to fund the Harvard programscholarships. His daughter, Davene Sheridan Brown,has been an equally steadfast supporter of theTSFRE and this fund has continued to propel TSFREtoward innovative new projects and programs.

In 2004 the TSFRE leadership directed theEducation Committee to identify future educationalprogramming to maintain thoracic surgeryleadership. Consistent with our successful programprescription used in developing the Harvard course,we focused on those educational programmingneeds that are not otherwise addressed intraditional training, postgraduate or continuingeducational settings. Over the course of threemonths the Committee took a broad look at thechallenges facing thoracic surgeons and constructeda long list of possible programs. After considerabler e v i e w, we were able to refine our thinking toidentify three priority programming needs.

First, the group agreed that thoracic surgeonsneeded to be at the forefront of medicalsimulation education and training. Astechnologies converge and mature, the field ofmedical simulation will offer thoracic surgeonstremendous benefits and it is important forthoracic surgeons and industry to partner to leadthese efforts. Second, thoracic surgeons should beexploring new concepts in transdisciplinarytraining. Acquisition of crossover skills and facilitywith techniques not traditionally employed in ourspecialty will help our specialty adjust to a futurethat may include hybrid procedures and multi-disciplinary approaches. As leaders in the teamapproach to care, thoracic surgeons should also beready to explore transdisciplinary approaches tocare. Lastly, TSFRE is interested in furthering thethoracic surgeon’s role as a leader in patient safety.As this discipline continues to evolve, it is clearthat patients, surgeons, hospitals and payors allhave much to benefit from specialized educationin patient safety.

In each of these three priority focus areas, yourTSFRE is anxious to pursue these programs but willdo so only if we can find strong funding supportfrom interested surgeons, patients, foundations,government or industrial sources. This is apractical step that TSFRE has followed throughoutits history, but it is also a very real test to see if ourideas have merit.

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WorkAs with our successful role in the research arenaand in the Harvard and Brandeis program, TSFREwill avoid direct involvement in running theseprograms. We know there are leading institutions,surgeons and other organizations that are betterpositioned to help thoracic surgery. Our role willbe to promote and keep these programs focusedon thoracic surgery. We will also represent theseissues to potential donors and organizations andput together the requests for funds. In like fashionto our research awards process, we will manage acompetition among interested applicants that willpropose ideas for grants in each of the areas.

This has been a busy and challenging two years! Iwant to thank all of the members of the EducationCommittee for their extra effort over the last yearas we undertook the extraordinary work ofpreparing the TSFRE’s education programming forthe future. As always, TSFRE welcomes andencourages your donations to these programs. Wecannot keep our specialty at the pinnacle of healthcare leadership without your support.

Paul N. Uhlig, M.D., Chair

Education CommitteePaul N. Uhlig, M.D., Chair

Nora L. Burgess, M.D.Charles C. Canver, M.D.A. J. Carpenter, M.D.David A. Fullerton, M.D.Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.Raj B. Lal, M.D.John E. Mayer, Jr, M.D.John D. Puskas, M.D.Shauna Roberts, M.D.Richard G. Rouse, M.D.Alan J. Spotnitz, M.D.Thoralf M. Sundt, M.D.Curtis G. Tribble, M.D.Harold C. Urschel, Jr M.D.Edward D. Verrier, M.D.Grayson H. Wheatley, III, M.D.

Stancel M. Riley, Jr., M.D.Huntsville CardiothoracicSurgeons

Although it seems cliché,Harvard was life-changing. The courses weretransformative: Samantha Power’s HumanRights, Ron Heifetz’s Leadership, KenWinston’s Ethics, Joe Newhouse’s Economicsof Healthcare, Kathy Swartz’s Health CarePlanning and Regulation, Lucian Leape’sQuality Improvement, not only gaveimportant information, but altered mythought process about the most pressingproblems facing US healthcare. Being incourses taught by the foremost experts inthe country was daunting, but formingrelationships with them gives invaluableresources for future problem-solving. Thistouches on one of the 3 major advantages ofbeing at Harvard-relationships.

Communication is another. Learning tostudy and interact with groups of students,communicating clearly and concisely ideaswith others were important lessons.Certainly, the importance of group successwas different from the individualachievement focus of medical school andresidency. These are lessons essential forteamwork as a central premise of patient-centered quality care.

Lastly, community is the benefit of Harvard.The fellowship of graduates of the ThoracicSurgery Foundation for Research andEducation (TSFRE) Scholarship has proven to be an invaluable resource. Community is so different from functioning as anindependent cardiac surgeon; connectingwith Paul Uhlig, learning his team approachto cardiac surgery, has given me a focus notpreviously imagined for my future goals.

Education Awards & Awardees


Reginald Abraham, M.D.Bakersfield, CA

Lawrence Dacey, M.D.Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Richard J. Fischel, M.D.Chapman Lung Center, Orange, CA

Timothy S. Hall, M.D.West Virginia University

Keith A. Horvath, M.D.Northwestern University

Hilton M. Hudson, M.D.Reid Hospital

Chong S. Park, M.D.Park Thoracic & Vascular Institute

Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.Northwestern University

Sibu P. Saha, M.D.University of Kentucky

Ara A. Vaporciyan, M.D.M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Grayson Wheatley, M.D.University of Texas Southwestern

David W. Wormuth, M.D.CNY Thoracic Surgery

Alley-Sheridan Public Policy Education

TSFRE is providing partial funding of $2,500 to each of the following recipients of PublicPolicy Education Scholarship.

TSFRE 2004 Scholarship Recipients of Harvard’s, “Skills for the NewWorld of Health Care”

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TSFRE 2005 Scholarship Recipients of Brandeis University’s,Leadership Program in HealthPolicy and Management at theHeller School of Social Policy and Management

Arvind K. Agnihotri, M.D.Massachusetts General Hospital

Neri M. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.Greater Baltimore Medical Center

William A. Cooper, M.D.Emory Healthcare, Marietta, GA

Malcolm M. DeCamp, M.D.Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Francis D. Ferdinand, M.D.Lankenau Hospital and Institute for Medical Research

James Jaggers, M.D.Duke University Medical Center

Frank Manetta, M.D.Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Mark L. Marbey, M.D.Cardio Thoracic Surgery Paragon Health, PC

David S. Schrump, M.D.National Cancer Institute

Timothy L. Winton, M.D.University of Alberta - Capital Health

Peter P. McKeown, M.B., B.S.,F.R.A.C.S., F.A.C.S., F.R.C.S.C.,M.B.A., M.P.A., M.P.H.Director of Surgery, AshevilleVAMC Consulting Professor ofSurgery, Duke University

From 1997 until 1999 I had the uniqueopportunity to attend both the KennedySchool of Government and the School ofPublic Health at Harvard University. Thisopportunity would not have been possiblewithout the generous support andencouragement provided by the ThoracicSurgery Foundation for Research andEducation (TSFRE). It would be superficialand superfluous to say that the TSFREallowed me to obtain an MPA (Masters inPublic Administration) and an MPH (Mastersin Public Health) from one of the pre-eminent academic institutions in the world.The reality is that I obtained a perspective onlife, medicine and leadership that has hadboth a defined and an immeasurable impacton, not only me, but also those around me,and especially the patients for whom I amdirectly and indirectly responsible.

The year at Harvard was like a time out partway through the second half, where onecould reassess the game of life and modifythe strategy based on the advice of some ofthe greatest coaches available, before thewhistle blew again. The whistle has blownand the game is on.

I will be forever grateful to all thoseindividuals who had the foresight andgenerosity to support the TSFRE and mysabbatical at Harvard. I thank you allsincerely for making it possible.

Financial Report 2005


RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP EXPENDITURES

■ TSFRE Research Grant & Fellowship ............................21%

■ TSFRE-NHLBI K-08 & K-23 Awards..............................52%

■ TSFRE-NCI K-08 & K-23 Awards..................................17%

■ Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship....................6%

■ Harvard/Brandeis Healthcare Leadership Education ......4%

CUMULATIVE MAJOR FUND RAISING PROGRESS

■ Surgeons ....................................................................26%

■ Alley-Sheridan Fund......................................................6%

■ Braunwald Fund ........................................................12%

■ Corporate ..................................................................20%

■ Foundation ................................................................21%

■ Society........................................................................14%

17%

21%

52%

6%4%

20%12%

6%

26%

14%

21%

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$15,989,771

$15,665,394

$15,193,220

$14,879,183

$13,682,485

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

CUMULATIVE FUND RAISING PROGRESSGifts and Pledges

$1,105,491

$1,098,805

$926,592

$384,516

$175,909

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS AND AWARDSAnnual

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

The combination of basic and clinical

research and new technology have

advanced the capabilities of thoracic

surgeons dramatically over the past two

decades. Today, thoracic surgeons can

very successfully treat cardiothoracic

conditions that were a short time ago

deemed untreatable. The financial

resources that made these advances

possible were most often large private

organizations or federal agencies. Within

our specialty, our clinical work supported

the bulk of research.

Our changing health care environment

coupled with radical transformation

within industry has diminished those traditional

sources of funds. Research and training

opportunities for young, talented surgeon-

scientists have been sharply curtailed.

The specialty and the TSFRE remain committed

to research, recognizing that it is today’s research

that is the practice of tomorrow. Without

thousands of research hours and millions of

dollars, new surgical techniques and today’s

miracle drugs would remain undeveloped.

Hundreds of thousands of lives would be lost.

In that approximately 60 million Americans have

some form of cardiovascular disease and lung

cancer remains a very lethal form of cancer,

research within thoracic surgery still has much

to accomplish. The TSFRE’s partnerships with

the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

and the National Cancer Institute are critically

important initiatives to further our knowledge and

capabilities against these diseases, while strongly

supporting very talented surgeon-scientists within

the specialty.

Further, thoracic surgeons, indeed all surgeons,

face a changing health care system. The TSFRE

recognizes that education plays a vital role in

the future of our specialty. Thus, the TSFRE

has developed a new initiative that will

support thoracic surgeons in acquiring the

transdisciplinary skills necessary for success in

the years and decades ahead, developed new

training programs that will utilize simulation

activities for thoracic surgery, and created an

emphasis on patient safety within the specialty.

The TSFRE will also remain active in assuring that

thoracic surgeons continue to develop the skills

necessary to remain in the forefront as health care

policy leaders.

Giving OpportunitiesBecause TSFRE is a charitable organization with IRS

501 (c)(3) classification, your gift to TSFRE qualifies

as a tax deduction. For some, an outright gift of

cash, securities, or other property is the best means

of contributing. Other giving options are outlined

as follows:

Gifts of CashAn outright gift of cash is the simplest method of

giving. It is not subject to gift or estate taxes. You

may be able to deduct the gift amount from your

taxable gross income.

Gifts of Securities or Real Estate*

A tax-wise gift of stock or real estate can provide

generous support for the Thoracic Surgery

Foundation for Research and Education. Almost

any type of real property — a personal residence, a

farm, a vacation home, a commercial building, or

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TSFRE Funds at

WorkRobert Poston, M.D.University of Maryland

As the disparity in supply anddemand for donor hearts fortransplantation grows, there is a need forexpanding the organ pool beyond thestandard, or “ideal” donor such as the non-heartbeating donor (NHBD). The overridingconcern for the use of hearts from thesedonors is the risk of graft primary non-function due to irreversible ischemic injury.

The ability to quantify ischemic injury inthese hearts prior to transplant wouldrepresent a significant advance towards theirapplication to cardiac transplantation. In ourresearch, we confirmed that continuousperfusion of canine hearts exposed to globalWI (i.e. model of the NHBD) is a reliablemethod for restoring systolic function of amajority of these organs. Moreover, adynamic evaluation of the myocardial,endothelial and metabolic response of WIhearts to this perfusion interval provides anopportunity to predict the ultimate functionalrecovery prior to full, warm bloodreperfusion. In the future, we hope to applythis technology to clinical hearttransplantation in order to evaluate other socalled “extended criteria” donors (e.g. heartswith low ejection fraction, elderly donors,long transport times) and to eventually adoptthe NHBD for heart transplant.

Because of the TSFRE research committee’sfocus on the proposal itself with less emphasison preliminary data, this grant enabled me toinitiate a novel research project that othergrant sources would not have supported. I am very grateful to have been provided withthis opportunity.

Partners$1,000,000 or more cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

Eugene Braunwald, M.D.Datascope CorporationEdwards LifesciencesDavid S. SheridanThe William J. von Liebig

Foundation

Grand Benefactors$500,000 to $999,999 cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

American Association forThoracic Surgery

Lazlo N. Tauber Charitable Foundation, Inc.

The Graham FoundationThe Starr Foundation

Benefactors$100,000 to $499,999 cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

Frederick S. Cross, M.D.The Cross-Jones Research &

Education FundFoundation for Advancement of

Cardiac Therapies, Inc.Genentech, Inc.Richard D. Jones, Ph.D.Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneallyMedtronic, Inc.The Society of Thoracic

SurgeonsSt. Jude Medical, Inc.

Patrons$50,000 to $99,999 cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyCHMC Cardiovascular Surgical

FoundationRichard E Clark, M.D.Roy H. Clauss, M.D.Ethicon, Inc.W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.The Heart & Lung Surgery

FoundationRobert W. Jamplis Charitable

TrustDr. & Mrs. Jack M. MatloffDr. & Mrs. W. Gerald RainerSouthern Thoracic Surgical

AssociationSulzer Carbomedics Inc.Synovis Life TechnologiesDr. & Mrs. Robert B. WallaceThe Western Thoracic Surgical

Association

Sponsors$25,000 to $49,999 cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

Dr. & Mrs. John H. BellJohn R. Benfield, M.D.Drs. Lawrence I. &

Rita BonchekLawrence H. Cohn, M.D.Columbia University,

Department ofCardiothoracic Surgery

Edgar L. Feinberg, II, M.D.Dr. Kathryn Quadracci Flores &

Dr. Raja M. FloresDavid A. Fullerton, M.D.J. William Gaynor, M.D.Richard A. Jonas, M.D.Harold V. Liddle, M.D.George J. Magovern, M.D.Mary C. Mancini, M.D.Constantine Mavroudis, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneallyNorthern Illinois Heart InstituteAlec Patterson, M.D.Respironics, Inc.David B. Skinner, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.James M. Wilson, M.D.James L. Zellner, M.D.

Heritage SocietyMembers have made provisions for an estate gift

John R. Benfield, M.D.Eugene Braunwald, M.D.Richard E. Clark, M.D.Vincent R. Conti, M.D.David A. Fullerton, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. JamplisDr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneallyDr. & Mrs. W. Gerald RainerDavid S. SheridanDr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. WallaceJames M. Wilson, M.D.

Life Members$10,000 to $24,999 cumulatively, either by cash or pledge

Mr. David AdamsAbbott Laboratories FundArvind Agnihotri, M.D.Cary W. Akins, M.D.William Alford, Jr., M.D.The American Board of Thoracic

SurgeryRichard P. Anderson, M.D.Atrium Medical CorporationW. Gerald Austen, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Carl L. BackerLenox D. Baker, M.D.Hendrick B. Barner, M.D.William A. Baumgartner, M.D.

Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.Edward L Bove, M.D.Gerald D. Buckberg, M.D.John Burkholder, M.D.David B. Campbell, M.D.Cardiovascular and Thoracic

Surgeons, Inc .Robert J. Cerfolio, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. W. Randolph

Chitwood, Jr.John V. Conte, M.D.Vincent R. Conti, M.D.Denton A. Cooley, M.D.Coordinating Committee for

Continuing Education inThoracic Surgery

A. Robert Cordell, M.D.Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D.Joseph S. Coselli, M.D.James L. Cox, M.D.Fred A. Crawford, Jr., M.D.Harry J. DePan, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. James A. DeWeeseRichard N. Edie, M.D.Robert G. Ellison, M.D.Elsevier Science Inc.Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. EngelmanL. Penfield Faber, M.D.Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D.Victor A. Ferraris, M.D.Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D.Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.Richard G. Fosburg, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. William H. FristTimothy J. Gardner, M.D.Farid Gharagozloo, M.D.Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.Scott M. Goldman, M.D.L. Michael Graver, M.D.Frederick L. Grover, M.D.John W. Hammon, Jr., M.D.Frank L. Hanley, M.D.Bradley J. Harlan, M.D.Alan Hartman, M.D.Hovald K. Helseth, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. George L. Hicks, Jr.Alan D. Hilgenberg, M.D.O. Wayne Isom, M.D.Leigh I. G. Iverson, M.D.Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D.Stuart W. Jamieson, M.D.G. Gilbert Johnston, M.D.The Joyce FoundationLyle D. Joyce, M.D.George C. Kaiser, M.D.P.V. Kamat, M.D.Kirk R. Kanter, M.D.The Kealy Family FoundationPaul B. Kelly, Jr., M.D.A. Hassan Khazei, M.D.Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.The Larry King Cardiac

FoundationNicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D.Irving L. Kron, M.D.Hillel Laks, M.D.

John J. Lamberti, M.D.James M. Levett, M.D.Sidney Levitsky, M.D.Ralph J. Lewis, M.D.George G. Lindesmith, M.D.Joseph LoCicero, III, M.D.Bruce W. Lytle, M.D.James W. MacKenzie, M.D.Joren C. Madsen, M.D.James R. Malm, M.D.Christopher T. Maloney, M.D.William T. MaloneyDr. & Mrs. James B. D. MarkDouglas J. Mathisen, M.D.P. Michael McFadden, M.D.Joseph S. McLaughlin, M.D.Roger B. B. Mee, M.D.Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., M.D.Bertrand W. Meyer, M.D.Lynda L. Mickleborough, M.D.D. Craig Miller, M.D.Joseph I. Miller, Jr., M.D.Gregory A. Misbach, M.D.Robert L. Mitchell, M.D.Steve Mourning, FAHPGordon F. Murray, M.D.John L. Myers, M.D.Hassan Najafi, M.D.Stanton P. Nolan, M.D.The Northern Trust CompanyWilliam C. Nugent, M.D.John L. Ochsner, M.D.Gordon N. Olinger, M.D.Mark B. Orringer, M.D.Peter C. Pairolero, M.D.Grant V. S. Parr, M.D.Patricia A. Penkoske, M.D.D. Glenn Pennington, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Gosta B. PetterssonDr. & Mrs. Richard N. Pierson, IIIEdward J. Planz, Jr., M.D.Marvin Pomerantz, M.D.Richard L. Prager, M.D.Pratt Surgical Associates, Inc.Walter PurcellJoe B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.Ronald R. Quinton, M.D.Michael J. Reardon, M.D.Stancel M. Riley, Jr., M.D.W. Steves Ring, M.D.Eric A. Rose, M.D.Valerie W. Rusch, M.D.Robert M. Sade, M.D.Francis L. Shannon, M.D.Baljit K. Sharma, M.D.Thomas G. Sharp, M.D.Richard J. Shemin, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Peter M. SidellMark Slaughter, M.D.Herbert E. Sloan, M.D.Frank C. Spencer, M.D.Thomas L. Spray, M.D.Quentin R. Stiles, M.D.Valavanur A. Subramanian, M.D.Thoralf M. Sundt, M.D.

Donor Roster


Francis P. Sutter, M.D.James F. Symes, M.D.Stanley K. C. Tam, M.D.Christo I. Tchervenkov, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. TectorThoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery

at University of VirginiaDavid F. Torchiana, M.D.Gregory D. Trachiotis, M.D.Bernard L. Tucker, M.D.Donald A. TurneyJames S. Tweddell, M.D.U.S.C. Cardiothoracic SurgeonsUniversity of Iowa Hospitals &

ClinicsVascutek, Ltd., a Terumo CompanyGus J. Vlahakes, M.D.John A. Waldhausen, M.D.Jennifer D. Walker, M.D.William WallaceHenry L. Walters, III, M.D.Andrew S. Wechsler, M.D.Benson R. Wilcox, M.D.Women in Thoracic Surgery, Inc.

New Century SocietySumma Cum Laude$5,000 to $9,999

Mark S. Adkins, M.D.E. Pendleton Alexander, M.D.Nasser K. Altorki, M.D.Association for Clinical Cardiac

SurgeonsLeonard L. Bailey, M.D.Charles Hector Benoit, M.D.B. Eugene Berry, M.D.William R. Berry, M.D.Thomas V. Bilfinger, M.D.David P. Blake, M.D.Charles W. Boustany, M.D.Frederick Bowman, Jr., M.D.Mortimer J. Buckley, M.D.George R. Burrus, M.D.Cardiac Surgery Associates, P.A.B. R. Chamberlain FoundationByung-Chul Chang, M.D.Altagracia M. Chavez, M.D.Richard P. Cochran, M.D.Stephen B. Colvin, M.D.Willard M. Daggett, M.D.Thomas M. Daniel, M.D.Tirone E. David, M.D.Thomas E. Deal, M.D.Tom R. DeMeester, M.D.Verdi J. DiSesa, M.D.Francis Downey, III, M.D.Frazier Eales, M.D.Rick A. Esposito, M.D.Mark K. Ferguson, M.D.The Dorothy Cate & Thomas

Frist FoundationThe George M. Ferris, Jr.

FoundationAnthony P. Furnary, M.D.Otto Gago, M.D.Thomas E. Gaines, M.D.

Jorge M. Garcia, M.D.William A. Gay, Jr., M.D.Marshall D. Goldin, M.D.Thomas Gordon, M.D.Vincent L. Gott, M.D.Alden H. Harken, M.D.O. B. Harrington, M.D.Joseph J. Hessel, M.D.Charles B. Huddleston, M.D.Richard J. Hurvitz, M.D.Michel N. Ilbawi, M.D.Israel Jacobowitz, M.D.James W. Jones, M.D.Joo Hyun Kim, M.D.Eugene KleinerLeslie J. Kohman, M.D.Neal D. Kon, M.D.Bobby K. Kong, M.D.Raj B. Lal, M.D.Harold L. Lazar, M.D.Gerald M. Lemole, M.D.Alex G. Little, M.D.Robert S. Litwak, M.D.Thomas E. MacGillivray, M.D.Michael J. Mack, M.D.James A. Magovern, M.D.Dr. and Mrs. Yousuf MahomedJohn D. Mannion, M.D.Marion Merrell Dow, Inc.F. M. “Mac” Mauney, Jr., M.D.Patrick M. McCarthy, M.D.Richard B. McElvein, M.D.Medical Carbon Research

Institute, LLCWalter H. Merrill, M.D.Daniel L. Miller, M.D.Keith S. Naunheim, M.D.Nebraska Heart Institute

SurgeonsHisashi Nikaidoh, M.D.Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.Francis D. Pagani, M.D.Harvey I. Pass, M.D.Douglas D. Payne, M.D.Pamela S. Peigh, M.D.Richard M. Peters, M.D.William S. Pierce, M.D.Carolyn E. Reed, M.D.Bruce A. Reitz, M.D.Robert L. Replogle, M.D.James R. Reynolds, M.D.Jack A. Roth, M.D.Sibu P. Saha, M.D.Frank W. Sellke, M.D.Edward A. Smeloff, M.D.St. Louis Thoracic Surgical

SocietyRoger A. Stark, M.D.Michael E. Steier, M.D.William S. Stoney, M.D.Julie A. Swain, M.D.Alfredo Trento, M.D.Curtis G. Tribble, M.D.Kevin Turley, M.D.Paul N. Uhlig, M.D.Herbert E. Warden, M.D.

Donald C. Watson, M.D.Paul Werner, M.D.Winfield J. Wells, M.D.Douglas E. Wood, M.D.J. Nilas Young, M.D.George L. Zorn, Jr., M.D.

Magna Cum Laude($2,500 to $4,999)

John C. Baldwin, M.D.R. Morton Bolman, III, M.D.James Byrne, M.D.John H. Calhoon, M.D.Cardiac Surgical Group, MGHNicholas C. Cavarocchi, M.D.Chesapeake Cardiothoracic

SurgeryPeter W. Cho, M.D.Eve G. Cieutat, M.D.Ivan Keith Crosby, M.D.Pat O. Daily, M.D.Benedict D. T. Daly, M.D.Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., M.D.R. C. Stewart Finney, M.D.Richard J. Fischel, M.D.Carl R. Fischer, MDR. Leighton Fisk, M.D.Eric D. Foster, M.D.Joseph J. Garamella, M.D.Vincent Gaudiani, M.D.John Negley Goodwin, M.D.Bartley P. Griffith, M.D.Salem M. Habal, M.D.Robert L. Hannan, M.D.Daniel P. Harley, M.D.Charles D. Harr, M.D.Thomas T. Hinkamp, M.D.Peter J. Horneffer, M.D.Richard K. Hughes, M.D.David R. Jones, M.D.Forrest L. Junod, M.D.James P. Kelly, M.D.John A. Kern, M.D.Joseph C. Kiser, M.D.Hurley W. Knott, M.D.Stephen K. Kwan, M.D.The John H. & Amy Bowles

Lawrence FoundationFloyd D. Loop, M.D.Madeline M. Massengale BeallGarth R. McDonald, M.D.Peter P. McKeown, M.D.Kathleen W. McNicholas, M.D.Roger C. Millar, M.D.George E. Miller, Jr., M.D.R. Scott Mitchell, M.D.John M. Moran, M.D.North Central Heart InstituteFrederick B. Parker, Jr., M.D.Jeffrey M. Piehler, M.D.Robert A. Place, M.D.Syed T. Raza, M.D.Robert Sade, M.D.Robert K. Salley, M.D.Edward Savage, M.D.Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D.

Meredith L. Scott, M.D.Alejandro J. Sequeira, M.D.Craig R. Smith, M.D.Mark S. Soberman, M.D.Alan J. Spotnitz, M.D.William D. Spotnitz, M.D.Tomasz A. Timek, M.D.Daniel J. Ullyot, M.D.U.C.S.F. Cardiac SurgeryThomas J. Vander Salm, M.D.Clifford H. VanMeter, Jr., M.D.John C. Wain, Jr., M.D.Fred Weber, M.D.Ronald M. Weintraub, M.D.Irwin M. Weisbrot, M.D.Harry A. Wellons, Jr., M.D.Paul H. Werner, M.D.

Cum Laude$1,000 to $2,499

Herbert D. Adams, M.D.James S. Allan, M.D.Margaret D. Allen, M.D.Mark S. Allen, M.D.G. Hossein Almassi, M.D.Joseph J. Amato, M.D.American Medico-Legal

FoundationTamim Antakli, M.D.Seth Bekoe, M.D.Harvey W. Bender, Jr., M.D.Edward V. Bennett, Jr., M.D.Joginder N. Bhayana, M.D.Wilfred G. Bigelow, M.D.Allan E. Bloomberg, M.D.Robert M. Bojar, M.D.J. W. Randolph Bolton, M.D.A. Michael Borkon, M.D.Lewis H. Bosher, Jr., M.D.Keith Bowersox, M.D.Bristol-Myers SquibbStanley K. Brockman, M.D.John W. Brown, M.D.Michael Buch, M.D.Nelson A. Burton, M.D.Cardiothoracic & Vascular

Associates, SCCardiothoracic & Vascular

Surgeons, PACardiovascular & Thoracic

Surgery Associates, PCJoseph S. Carey, M.D.A. J. Carpenter, M.D.Thomas L. Carter, M.D.Aldo R. Castaneda, M.D.Chalit Cheanvechai, M.D.Wen Cheng, M.D.Sajid Q. Chughtai, M.D.George E Cimochowski, M.D.Robbin G. Cohen, M.D.Cliff P. Connery, M.D.Mark W. Connolly, M.D.Cook IncorporatedJoseph W. Cook, M.D.Joel D. Cooper, M.D.Jack G. Copeland, III, M.D.

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Donald G. Crescenzo, M.D.Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., M.D.Joseph A. Dearani, M.D.Robert A. Dion, M.D.Joseph C. Donnelly, Jr., M.D.Donald B. Doty, M.D.Kim F. Duncan, M.D.Edward J. Dunn, M.D.Harold F. & Ann M. Dvorak, M.D.Stan Dziuban, M.D.Gary F. Earle, M.D.T. Arthur Edgerton, M.D.L. Henry Edmunds, Jr., M.D.Fred H. Edwards, M.D.Johann L. Ehrenhaft, M.D.J. Rafael Espada, M.D.Foundation for Research in

Cell Biology & CancerDavid Frantz, M.D.William F. Friedman, M.D.Valentin Fuster, M.D.Sheldon Garber, M.D.Edward B. Gerhardt, M.D.Gerald Glick, M.D.Bernard S. Goldman, M.D.Myles S. Guber, M.D.Robert A. Gustafson, M.D.Robert A. Guyton, M.D.Steven W. Guyton, M.D.Gary S. Haas, M.D.David P. Hamm, M.D.John R. Handy, M.D.John R. Hankins, M.D.Elias S. Hanna, M.D.Lynn H. Harrison, Jr., M.D.Nancy L. Harthun, M.D.Renee S. Hartz, M.D.George J. Haupt, M.D.Stephen R. Hazelrigg, M.D.Bobby J. Heath, M.D.Howard H. Hiatt, M.D.Robert S. D. Higgins, M.D.James S. Hood, M.D.Richard A. Hopkins, M.D.Keith A. Horvath, M.D.Frederick M. Howden, M.D.Dudley Hudspeth, M.D.Marshall L. Jacobs, M.D.Cynthia S. JamplisRobert J. Jensik, M.D.Kent W. Jones, M.D.Robert E. Jones, M.D.John F. Just, M.D.Larry R. Kaiser, M.D.Louis T. Kanda, M.D.Avraam C. Karas, M.D.Tom R. Karl, M.D.Robert B. Karp, M.D.Shreekanth V. Karwande, M.D.Nevin M. Katz, M.D.Kamal R. Khabbaz, M.D.Jamal Hameed Khan, M.D.Thomas L. Kilgore, M.D.Theodore C. Koutlas, M.D.John F. Krahnert, Jr., M.D.

Mark J. Krasna, M.D.Vassyl Lonchyna, M.D.James D. Luketich, M.D.V. Machiraju, M.D.Quentin Macmanus, M.D.James C. MacMillan, M.D.John P. Marbarger, Jr., M.D.Edwin C. McGough, M.D.Christopher McGregor, M.D.Martin H. McMullan, M.D.John E. Mcvey, M.D.Mahmood Mirhoseini, M.D.Darroch W. O. Moores, M.D.Jon F. Moran, M.D.Ricardo J. Moreno-Cabral, M.D.Gilbert H. Mudge, M.D.David S. Mulder, M.D.Donald G. Mulder, M.D.G. Arnold Mulder, M.D.Ronald J. Nelson, M.D.L. Alberto Nunez, M.D.Anne Gillett OlderRonald T. Olivet, M.D.Thomas A. Orszulak, M.D.Richard A. Ott, M.D.Richard K. Parker, M.D.Homayoon Pasdar, M.D.Maunsel B. Pearce, M.D.Si Mai Pham, M.D.Steven J. Phillips, M.D.William Piccione, M.D.Louis G. Prevosti, M.D.Andrew Pruitt, M.D.Raj Cardiovascular AssociationHassan Rastegar, M.D.John E. Rea, III, M.D.Robert T. Reichman, M.D.L. B. Research & Education

FoundationElmore Reyes, M.D.Thomas W. Rice, M.D.Robert J. Rizzo, M.D.Benson B. Roe, M.D.Harry M. Rosenblum, M.D.Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.Richard G. Rouse, M.D.David C. Sabiston, Jr., M.D.Farrokh S. Sadr, M.D.Hazim J. Safi, M.D.Salt Lake Cardiovascular Surgery

AssociationMark Sand, M.D.Richard G. Sanderson, M.D.William F. Sasser, M.D.Rosalyn P. Scott, M.D.Steven S. Scott, M.D.Hugh E. Scully, M.D.Robert D. Seely, M.D.A. Jorge Serra, M.D.Cyrus Serry, M.D.David M. Shahian, M.D.Richard C. Shaw, M.D.Miles F. Shore, M.D.Ralph D. Siewers, M.D.Norman J. Snow, M.D.

Burton E. Sobel, MDManak Sood, M.D.Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D.Albert Starr, M.D.Kenneth M. Steinglass, M.D.Wilson Strong, M.D.David J. Sugarbaker, M.D.Scott J. Swanson, M.D.Michael F. Teodori, M.D.Kyle W. Toal, M.D.Allen J. Togut, M.D.University of Colorado Health

Sciences CenterVascor, Inc.Edward D. Verrier, M.D.Jeffrey B. WallaceBruce D. Walley, M.D.Kenneth G. Warner, M.D.Edward Taliaferro Warren, M.D.Washington UniversitySteven J. Weiss, M.D.Warren D. Widmann, M.D.Allan Wolpowitz, M.D.Kenneth T. Wong, M.D.Philip W. Wright, M.D.Anoar Zacharias, M.D.

CONTRIBUTORSUp to $999

Kevin D. Accola, M.D.R. Douglas Adams, M.D.Lishan Aklog, M.D.Mario Albertucci, M.D.Johannes M. Albes, M.D.John C. Alexander, Jr., M.D.Ottavio R. Alfieri, M.D.Zohair Y. Al-Halees, M.D.Hassan Ali, M.D.Sohaila M. Ali, M.D.Thomas H. Allen, M.D.Joseph S. Alpert, M.D.Atsushi AmanoDavid Ammons, M.D.Nelson Ancalmo, M.D.Timothy M. Anderson, M.D.Gianni D. Angelini, M.D.Agustin Arbulu, M.D.Carl Arentzen, M.D.John M. Armitage, M.D.Kit V. Arom, M.D.Georgio Aru, M.D.James W. Asaph, M.D.Gilbert L. Ashor, M.D.Association for Advancement

of Medical InstrumentsAnthony Azakie, M.D.Gaetano Azzolina, M.D.Oscar R. Baeza, M.D.Alvin A. Bakst, M.D.Jorge Balaguer, M.D.Ko Bando, M.D.Robert W. Barnes, M.D.Mark L. Barr, M.D.Leonard O. Barrett, M.D.Michael J. Barry, M.D.

Jaroslaw Barwinsky, M.D.Eugene M. Baudet, M.D.Ann S. BeallDouglas M. Behrendt, M.D.Alexis G. Bello, M.D.Baruj Benacerraf, M.D.Dr. & Mrs. James S. BenedictFrederick D’Oench Bergen, M.D.David H. Berger, M.D.Eva Berglin, M.D.Stanley Berman, M.D.Louis C. Bernhardt, M.D.R. Varick Bernstein, M.D.Friedhelm Beyersdorf, M.D.George M. Bilbrey, M.D.Peter L. Birnbaum, M.D.Harrison Black, M.D.Phyllis C. Bleck, M.D.William E. Bloomer, M.D.Robert S. Boova, M.D.Clement G. Bottino, M.D.Steven Boyce, M.D.Edward M. Boyle, Jr.Lewis W. Britton, M.D.Richard F. Brodman, M.D.J. Brooks Brown, M.D.Aart Brutel de la Riviera, M.D.F. Curtis Bryan, M.D.Peter Buckman, M.D.Jim Burdine, M.D.Nora L. Burgess, M.D.Brian F. BuxtonRodrigo Cabezas, M.D.Thomas R. Calhoun, M.D.Margarita Camacho, M.D.Charles D. Campbell, M.D.Gilbert S. Campbell, M.D.Walter Cannon, M.D.Carolina Cardiac Surgery

AssociatesMichel Carrier, M.D.Stanley Carson, M.D.Alan G. Casson, M.D.Michael P. Casini, M.D.Michele T. Cerino, M.D.Marcial M. Cerruti, M.D.Gerard L. Champsaur, M.D.Woon Ha Chang, M.D.David C. Charlesworth, M.D.Aurelio Chaux, M.D.Carlos M. Chavez, M.D.Chihsing Chen, M.D.Bum-Koo Cho, M.D.Karamat U. Choudhry, M.D.George T. Christakis, M.D.Eric Chung, M.D.Joseph Cleveland, M.D.David J. Cohen, M.D.Larry Cohler, M.D.C. Harold Cohn, M.D.Francis H. Cole, M.D.John G. Coles, M.D.Edward J. Coleman, M.D.Rolando Colon-Perez, M.D.Yolonda L. Colson, M.D.

Donor Roster


David M. Conkle, M.D.Consultants in Cardiothoracic &

Vascular Surgery, PAL. Scott Cook, M.D.Philip C. Corcoran, M.D.Gregory Crooke, M.D.Kenneth Cruze, M.D.John F. Csicsko, M.D.Joseph N. Cunningham, M.D.Thomas A. D’Amico, M.D.Collin F. Dang, M.D.Nestor F. Dans, M.D.John H. Dark, M.D.Harry K. Daugherty, M.D.R. Duane Davis, M.D.Zev Davis, M.D.Jorge De La Garza, M.D.Abe DeAnda, M.D.Anon F. DeatonDavid W. Deaton, M.D.Malcolm M. DeCamp, Jr., M.D.Efrain A. Defendini, M.D.Pedro J. del Nido, M.D.Giacomo A. DeLaria, M.D.James T. Diehl, M.D.Gabriele DiGiammarco, M.D.Gregory DiRusso, M.D.Raymond A. Dieter, III, M.D.Rebecca Dignan, M.D.Wadih R. Dimitri, M.D.Ali Dodge-Khatami, M.D.John Doty, M.D.James M. Douglas, M.D.Robert D. Dowling, M.D.Daniel H. Drake, M.D.Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.Arthur R. Dresdale, M.D.Gilles D. Dreyfus, M.D.Mercedes K. C. Dullum, M.D.Brian W. Duncan, M.D.Carlos Gomez Duran, M.D.Cornelius Dyke, M.D.Peter Dyrud, M.D.Gerald Early, M.D.Tjark Ebels, M.D.Leon Eisenberg, M.D.Jennifer Ellis, M.D.Robert W. Emery, M.D.Daniel T. Engelman, M.D.M. Arisan Ergin, M.D.Aaron S. Estrera, M.D.Anthony L. Estrera, M.D.Henry P. Ewing, M.D.Stephen M. Fall, M.D.Manucher Fallahnejad, M.D.S. Jim Farha, M.D.Kathleen Fenton, M.D.John W. Ferrante, M.D.Bernard S. Fields, M.D.Edward B. Fitzgerald, M.D.Thomas F. Flavin, M.D.Robert Fleischaker, M.D.David M. Follette, M.D.Jonathan C. Fong, M.D.Charles D. Fraser, M.D.

Robert W. M. Frater, M.D.Richard K. Freeman, M.D.Robert L. Frye, MDMichael Frymus, M.D.Ikuo Fukudo, M.D.Clark B. Fuller, M.D.A. J. Furst, M.D.Henning A. Gaissert, M.D.Aubrey C. Galloway, M.D.James S. Gammie, M.D.Emmeran GamsSusan K. Gandhi, M.D.Deepak M. Gangahar, M.D.John H. Ganji, M.D.Fernando M. Garzia, M.D.Antonio A. Garzon, M.D.Robert M. Gasior, M.D.Mario G. Gasparri, M.D.Donald H. Gaylor, M.D.Shantikumar K. Ghandi, M.D.Suresh Ghosh, M.D.Inderjit Gill, M.D.A. Marc Gillinov, M.D.Leonard Girardi, M.D.Bruce J. GlazierDonald D. Glower, M.D.Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.Marc R. Goldenberg, M.D.John L. Gollan, M.D.Mario N. Gomes, M.D.Allan H. Goodman, M.D.Robert Gordon, M.D.Joseph H. Gorman, III, M.D.John P. Gott, M.D.Mark T. Gratton, M.D.Laman A. Gray, M.D.Elaine GreenbergJack J. Greenberg, M.D.Michael Art Greene, M.D.D. Tyler Greenfield, M.D.Brent Grishkin, M.D.Jerome T. GrismerTomasz Grodzki, M.D.Eugene A. Grossi, M.D.William Grossman, M.D.Dominique H. GrunenwaldMark D. Guadagnoli, M.D.Mateo V. Guanzon, M.D.Steven R. Gundry, M.D.Irene G. GuthMichael Hackler, M.D.Ari Halldorsson, M.D.Walter Halloran, M.D.Jonathan Hammond, M.D.Baron Harper, M.D.James A. Harper, M.D.Steven Harrington, M.D.Charles Hatcher, M.D.Axel Haverich, M.D.David A. Heimansohn, M.D.Jeffrey Heinle, M.D.Paul J. Hendry, M.D.Cynthia Herrington, M.D.Kenneth Herskowitz, M.D.William Heydorn, M.D.

Clement Hiebert, M.D.Masafumi Higashidate, M.D.Kouichi Hisatomi, M.D.Richard Hoffman, M.D.William L. Holman, M.D.Arlen R. Holter, M.D.Kenneth N. Holwitt, M.D.Pablo Hong-Barco, M.D.Alan R. Hopeman, M.D.William J. HorganYasuyuki Hosoda, M.D.Harold R. Howe, Jr., M.D.John A. Howington, M.D.Fredrick B. Y. Hoy, M.D.Ming Lu Huang, M.D.Richard E. Hughes, M.D.Hiroshi Inoue, M.D.Saib Isterabadi, M.D.Leslie Y. Ito, M.D.John G. Jacobson, M.D.Ruben Jaen Centeno, M.D.Allan S. Jaffe, M.D.James Jaggers, M.D.Michael T. Jaklitsch, M.D.Alfred Jaretzki, III, M.D.Olivier J. Jegaden, M.D.Edward W. Jenkins, M.D.Gary K. Jett, M.D.John A. Johnkoski, M.D.Edward R. Johnson, M.D.Robert Johnson, M.D.Scott Johnson, M.D.E. Regis Juca, M.D.Gerard A. Kaiser, M.D.Jagdish R. Kalkunte, M.D.Mark R. Katlic, M.D.Tatsuki Katsumura, M.D.Gregory L. Kay, M.D.Terushisa Kazui, M.D.Robert J. Keenan, M.D.Thomas E. Kersten, M.D.Randolph M. Kessler, M.D.Vasant Khachane, M.D.Asghar Khaghani, M.D.Soichiro Kitamura, M.D.Gyan Khicha, M.D.Charles C. S. Kim, M.D.Kwang Ho Kim, M.D.Young Song Kim, M.D.William R. Kitchens, M.D.Francis J. Klocke, M.D.Wolf-Peter Kloevekorn, M.D.Edward H. Klopp, M.D.John L. Knight, M.D.Peter Knight, M.D.Ronald Knight, M.D.Ken Kodama, M.D.Tadasu Kohno, M.D.Masashi Komeda, M.D.Argiris N. Kontaxis, M.D.George J. Kontos, M.D.Reiner Korfer, M.D.Robert Kramer, M.D.Daniel Kreisel, M.D.Karl H. Krieger, M.D.

Vibhu R. Kshettry, M.D.Vincent A. Kucich, M.D.R. Kummerer, M.D.Hiromi Kurosawa, M.D.Frank J. Kurtz, Ph.D.Stephen J. Lahey, M.D.Robert A. Lancey, Jr., M.D.Steven L. Lansman, M.D.Gordon L. Larsen, M.D.Lawrence L. Laughlin, M.D.John M. Lawrence, M.D.Bryan K. Lee, M.D.C. Douglas Lees, M.D.Robert H. LePere, M.D.Antoon E. M. R. Lerut, M.D.Michael Levy, M.D.Paul Levy, M.D.Qiang Li, M.D.Seung Kyun Lim, M.D.Theodore J. Lillehei, M.D.Constantine P. Linardos, M.D.K.P.M.G., LLPGary K. Lofland, M.D.Edwin T. Long, M.D.William Long, M.D.Mark Lubienski, M.D.F. Mark Lupinetti, M.D.Michael Lynch, M.D.John W. Mack, Jr.S. Allen Mackler, M.D.Michael Macris, M.D.Michael A. Maddaus, M.D.George J. Magovern, Jr., M.D.Peter B. Manning, M.D.Daniel Marelli, M.D.James Marsten, M.D.Manuel J. Martinez, M.D.Mark N. Martz, M.D.Mehdi A. Marvasti, M.D.Ambrish P. Mathur, M.D.Hikaru Matsuda, M.D.Yuichiro Matsuura, M.D.Michael C. Mauney, M.D.John E. Mayer, Jr., M.D.David C. McGiffin, M.D.E. Dean McKenzie, M.D.F. Neil McKenzie, M.D.James G. McPhearson, M.D.Harry Z. Mellins, M.D.Eric N. Mendeloff, M.D.Steven J. Mentzer, M.D.Dominique R. Metras, M.D.Dan M. Meyer, M.D.Robert E. Michler, M.D.Jeffrey C. Milliken, M.D.Rodrigo Miranda, M.D.William Mitch, M.D.Friedrich W. Mohr, M.D.Ahamed S. Moideen, M.D.Elizabeth Morgan, M.D.Kiyofumi Morishita, M.D.Shigeki Morita, M.D.Robert D. Moses, M.D.Timothy W. Mullett, M.D.Rudolph Muto, M.D.

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John C. Myers, M.D.Millicent Y. MyersMohammed A. Naficy, M.D.Masayoshi Nagatsu, M.D.Yoshifumi Naka, M.D.Ricardo A. Navarro, M.D.Margaret NeebDemetre A. Nicoloff, M.D.James L. Nielsen, M.D.George P. Noon, M.D.Richard Norenberg, M.D.William F. Northrup, III, M.D.Richard J. Novick, M.D.Ismael N. Nuno, M.D.Chukumere E. Nwogu, M.D.James E. O’Brien, Jr, M.D.Daniel O’Hair, M.D.Norman A. Odyniec, M.D.Paul Oglesby, M.D.Richard G. Ohye, M.D.Chukuma I. Okadigwe, M.D.R Charles Oldfield, M.D.Bassam O. Omari, M.D.Jose G. O’Neill, M.D.David Onsager, M.D.John D. Oswalt, M.D.Eduardo Otero Coto, M.D.David A. Ott, M.D.John Owens, M.D.Albert D. Pacifico, M.D.Antonio C. Panebianco, M.D.Anthony Panos, M.D.George Pappas, M.D.Bahman Parandian, M.D.Bernard J. Park, M.D.Jong-Ho Park, M.D.Soon J. Park, M.D.Frederick Parker, M.D.Robert D. Pascotto, M.D.Lawrence J. Pass, M.D.F. Griffith Pearson, M.D.Benjamin B. Peeler, M.D.Joseph K. Perloff, M.D.Louis P. Perrault, M.D.Lynn M. Peterson, M.D.Theodore G. Phillips, M.D.Laurens R. Pickard, M.D.Anthony L. Picone, M.D.John Pigott, M.D.Frank A. Pigula, M.D.Edgar A. Pineda, M.D.Mark Plunkett, M.D.Jose L. Pomar, M.D.Robert S. Poston, Jr., M.D.Konstantinos Potaris, M.D.Robert T. Potter, M.D.Suhas V. Pradhan, M.D.Paul E. Prillaman, M.D.William H. Prioleau, M.D.Hobart M. Proctor, M.D.Sarabjit S. Purewal, M.D.John D. Puskas, M.D.Jacquelyn QuinJames J. Rams, M.D.Helen M. Ranney, M.D.

Kodem S. Rao, M.D.Minoo Rao, M.D.Alfredo L. Rasi, M.D.Richard A. Rasmussen, M.D.Robert Rawitscher, M.D.Raymond C. Read, M.D.Ivan M. Rebeyka, M.D.Michael Reed, M.D.Roberto Reyna, M.D.Costante Ricci, M.D.D r. & Mrs. Wayne E. RichenbacherJanis W. RichmondCarl S. Rigby, M.D.Fernando A. Riveron, M.D.Charles Roberts, M.D.John Robertson, M.D.Robert C. Robbins, M.D.Gaetano Rocco, M.D.Xavier F. Roques, M.D.David J. Rose, M.D.David B. Ross, M.D.John Ross, Jr., MDJohn A. Rousou, M.D.John R. Rowles, M.D.William H. Ryan, M.D.Adib Sabbagh, M.D.Parvis J. Sadighi, M.D.Theodore Sadler, Jr M.D.John D. Sadoff, M.D.Edward Y. Sako, M.D.David R. Salter, M.D.Gary L. Saltus, M.D.Juan A. Sanchez, M.D.Shunji Sano, M.D.Stephen Sanofsky, M.D.Noriyoshi Sawabata, M.D.Salem F. Sayegh, M.D.Hans-Jaochim Schafers, M.D.Scott Scheinin, M.D.Glenn P. Schoettle, Jr., M.D.Peter H. Schur, M.D.Daniel S. Schwartz, M.D.Ellen W. Seely, M.D.Paul Seifert, M.D.Jeffrey E. Sell, M.D.Michael G. Seremetis, M.D.Paul T. Sergeant, M.D.Suvro Sett, M.D.Carolyn W. Shaffer, M.D.Esfandiar Shafii, M.D.I. Shaker, M.D.Hezekiah Shani, M.D.Kedambady P. Sheka, M.D.Richard B. Shepard, M.D.Mark M. Sherman, M.D.Yasuhisa Shimazaki, M.D.Yuji Shiraishi, M.D.C. David Shook, M.D.Dominique Shum-Tim, M.D.Norman A. Silverman, M.D.Arun K. Singh, M.D.Glenn E. Sisler, M.D.Michel Slim, M.D.Nicholas G. Smedira, M.D.C. Dorn Smith, III, M.D.

Daniel L. Smith, M.D.J. Marvin Smith, III, M.D.Thomas W. Smith, MDAram K. Smolinsky, M.D.Robert W. Solit, M.D.Alan Speir, M.D.Mitchell W. Spellman, M.D.Richard D. Stahl, M.D.Daniel Steinberg, M.D.Joseph J. Stella, D.O.Wade W. Stinson, M.D.Lorenzo D. Strader, Jr., M.D.Burt S. Strug, M.D.Chia Chuen Su, M.D.Shuichiro Sugimura, M.D.Hisayoshi Suma, M.D.R. Sudhir Sundaresan, M.D.Marc Sussman, M.D.Akio Suzuki, M.D.Lars G. Svensson, M.D.Robert B. Swersky, M.D.Stephen Swisher, M.D.Wilson Y. Szeto, M.D.Kazumi Taguchi, M.D.Hebert L. Tanenbaum, M.D.Oguz Tasdemir, M.D.Sergio Tavares, M.D.John Teskey, M.D.George E. Thibault, M.D.Samuel Thier, M.D.Clarence S. Thomas, Jr., M.D.Sellers J. Thomas, Jr., M.D.Norman W. Thoms, M.D.J. Kent Thorne, M.D.James Thornton-Willerson, M.D.Vinod H. Thourani, M.D.Pierre Tibi, M.D.Reid W. Tribble, M.D.Jerry S. Trier, M.D.Max J. Trummer, M.D.Noriaki Tsubota, M.D.Gene Tullis, M.D.U.H. Cardiac & Thoracic

Surgical FoundationJohnathon W. Uhr, M.D.Ross M. Ungerleider, M.D.Helmut W. Unruh, M.D.Peter G. Vajtai, M.D.Paul E. VanSchil, M.D.M. Andre Vasu, M.D.G. Dennis Vaughan, III, M.D.R. Veeragandham, M.D.Thomas J. VonRueden, M.D.Charles C. Voorhis, III, M.D.Hiromi Wada, M.D.John A. Walsh, M.D.Robert S. Walsh, M.D.Peter Walts, M.D.Herbert B. Ward, M.D.Ellsworth E. Wareham, M.D.Edward Taliaferro Warren, M.D.Yoh Watanabe, M.D.Paul Waters, M.D.Tracey L. Weigel, M.D.Darryl S. Weiman, M.D.

Stephen Westaby, M.D.Glenn J. R. Whitman, M.D.Richard I. Whyte, M.D.J. Mark Williams, M.D.Robert D. Williams, M.D.Thomas E. Williams, Jr., M.D.William G. Williams, M.D.Christina Williamson, M.D.Christopher Willms, M.D.Louie C. Wilson, M.D.Dean F. Winn, Jr., M.D.Barry L. Winton, M.D.Randall K. Wolf, M.D.Edward Y. Woo, M.D.Richard E. Wood, M.D.Stephen R. Woolley, M.D.David W. Wormuth, M.D.Thomas C. Wozniak, M.D.Cameron D. Wright, M.D.Robert A. Wynbrandt, J.D.Stephen C. Yang, M.D.Hisataka Yasui, M.D.Thomas Yeh, M.D.Anthony P. Yim, M.D.Taro Yokoyama, M.D.Mohanned Yousufuddin, M.D.Fuad E. Zanhoul, M.D.Edward R. Zech, M.D.Robert Zeff, M.D.James Zellner, M.D.Stanley Ziomek, M.D.J. James Zocco, M.D.Joseph Zwischenberger, M.D.

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