THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (2013 AATS Update)

Tom C. Nguyen, MD

President TSRA

Emory Advanced TAVR Fellow

Columbia University

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

PROJECTS COMMITTEE Chair: Gabriel Loor (Cleveland)

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BASIC CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY PRINCIPLES

Multimedia

(e.g. cpb, IMA, bronch, anastomosis)

Written by residents for residents

50 contributing residents; 83 chapters (cardiac, thoracic, congenital)

Free or minimal cost: pdf, eBook, Amazon ($22.50)

Downloaded 7,818:

Revenue: $1829 (2011); $1969 (2012)

Translated Turkey

? collaboration w JCTSE

TSRA PRIMER

TSRA REVIEW BOOK

TSRA CLINICAL SCENARIOS Clinical Scenarios cardiac, thoracic, congenital

50+ contributing residents/faculty; 75 chapters

May be helpful for oral ABTS

Available: pdf, eBook, Amazon, iPhone App (via Ed Bender)

Rules: no prior involvement w oral ABTS

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

TSRA PRIMER

RELEASE: 2013 AATS

Audience: Medical Students,

General Surgery Residents,

1st year CT Fellows

Basic Cardiothoracic

Surgery Principles

(e.g. cpb, IMA, bronch, anastomosis)

50 contributing residents, 7

faculty, 44 chapters

Multimedia: iPad

Available on iTunes for free

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

TSRA PRIMER

RELEASED: 2011 AATS

Audience: CT Surgery residents in

training

Written by residents for residents

50 contributing residents; 83

chapters (cardiac, thoracic,

congenital)

Free or minimal cost: pdf, eBook,

Amazon ($22.50)

Downloaded Feedbooks: 8,406

# Purchased copies from Amazon:

449 ($4,141.96)

Translated into Turkish

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

TSRA CLINICAL SCENARIOS

RELEASE: 2013 AATS

Audience: CT Surgery Residents

about to complete training

High yield, important scenarios

that may surface during practice.

(e.g. designed as a potential conversation

between a resident and faculty)

50 contributing residents, 50

faculty, 72 chapters (over 760

pages)

4 layers of peer-review: written

by resident, reviewed by faculty,

reviewed by section editors, and

reviewed by book editors.

Available on for free as pdf (free),

hard copy Amazon ($50), and as

iPhone app ($10)

TSRA CLINICAL

SCENARIOS

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

EDUCATION COMMITTEE Chair: Ryan Macke (Pittsburgh)

TSRA Luncheon Monday (5/6/13): 12:20pm; Room 200C, Second Level

“From Moodle to Milestone and the Brain in between – The

New Paradigms in Teaching Methods”

-Ara Vaporciyan

-Edward Verrier

-Stephen Yang

Socrates Award Tues (1/29/13) 10:30a; West Hall B

Recipient: Carolyn Reed (hon, MUSC)

McGoon Award

Tues (5/7/13) 10:05a; Main Auditorium AATS

Nominees: -Gorav Ailawadi (Virginia)

-Fred Chen (Brigham & Woman’s)

-Ahmet Kilic (the Ohio State)

-Shari Meyerson (Northwestern)

-Walter McGregor (Allegheny)

-Nahush Mokadam (Univ of Washington)

William Szeto (Univ Penn)

-Nabil Rizk (Memorial Sloan Kettering)

-Eric Roselli (Cleveland Clinic)

-Vinod Thourani (Emory)

William B. Tisol (Medical College of Wisconsin)

-Dennis Wigle (Mayo Clinic)

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Chair: Jennifer Nelson (Michigan)

Involvement/Recruitment of General Surgery Residents and Medical

Students

TSRA Social Mixer (Residents/Spouses) Monday (5/6/2013): 4:30pm; The Local (931 Nicollet Mall) W Olympic Blvd)

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (2013 Update)

Tom C. Nguyen, MD

President TSRA

Emory Advanced TAVR Fellow

Columbia University

THORACIC SURGERY

RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

COMMUNICATION COMMITTEE Chair: David Odell (Pittsburgh)

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