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Company
Covidien / ESTECH Ethicon Endo-Surgery Ethicon Inc. / Medtronic NuMED Inc. / Medtronic Inc. / Sorin Group St. Jude Medical superDimenson Inc. / Clinical Trials Symposium Jarvik Heart Inc. / Bryan Corporation / AGA Medical Corp. / Cardica Inc. / Cardiac Assist Inc. / STS Exhibitors Donate Supplies / W.L. Gore & Associates Inc. / Thoracic Surgery Education Inc. / Terumo / Edwards Lifesciences Europe / Alveous Inc. / ATS Medical BÂRRX Medical Inc. / Somanetics / World Heart Inc. / KARL STORZ Maquet Inc. / CVs / Varian Surgical Sciences Ventracor Inc. / Broncus Technologies Inc. / Edwards Lifesciences Corporation / Intuitive Surgical Jarvik Heart Inc. / JCTSE Surgical / Systems Terumo Heart Terumo/Vascutek Thoratec Corp. / Abiomed Inc. / Annual Meeting Conference Bags Program Book AtriCure Inc. / EV3 HeartWare Inc. / St. Jude Medical / Boston Scientific Corporation / Angio Dynamics Inc. / STS University Abiomed Accuray Inc. / Endoscopic Management / Olympus / Engineering Based Medicine Edwards Lifesciences Emphasys Medical Inc. / Education / Cox / Edwards Lifesciences LLC / Being STS / Small Cell Lung Cancer S.A. / AtriCure Inc. / Unocal / /
Continent
Europe / /
Country
United Kingdom / Switzerland / Germany / United States / /
Currency
USD / pence / /
Event
Business Partnership / Employment Change / /
Facility
Medical City Dallas Hospital / PM Hospital / Emory University / Convention Center / University of Michigan / STS University / University of Notre Dame / Exhibit Hall / New York University / West Virginia University / University of Michigan Medical School / Georgetown University / Exhibits Scientific Posters Exhibit Hall Second Floor Lobby / H.V. Schaff Mayo Clinic / Duke University / San Francisco Opera / Exhibit Hall Second Floor Lobby / University of North Carolina / T. Shinoka Yale University / Papworth Hospital / University School / D.A. Wigle Mayo Clinic / Club Fugazi / American Associpacked hall / University of Wisconsin Hospital / Moscone West Convention Center / University of Chicago Pritzker School / Chapel Hill / Palace Hotels / Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall / Duke University Medical Center / PM Scientific Posters Open Second Floor Lobby / / /
IndustryTerm
bestencouraged systems / food / life insurance / device access site / Online Discussions / preoperative and postoperative imaging / web-based resource / Transportation signage / metal portion / helpful tool / periodic imaging / news media / transportation / treatment of heart valve disease / information technology / clamp-and-sew technology / healthcare / /
incision / general surgery / surgery / bypass / dialysis / open surgery / heart bypass / thoracic surgery / Mitral Valve Repair / Amputation / chest surgery / open heart surgery / Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery / cardiovascular surgery / vascular surgery / cardiothoracic surgery / Stereotactic Radiosurgery / mitral valve surgery / embolization / ECMO / /
NaturalFeature
Gulf Coast / Chapel Hill / /
OperatingSystem
Prex / /
Organization
STS Local Arrangements Committee / New York University / Papworth Hospital / Thoracic Surgery Residents Association / Washington University School of Medicine / Mount Sinai School of Medicine / Georgetown University / Society of Thoracic Surgeons / United States Navy / University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine / Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Society’s Government Relations Department / Legislative Action Center / Bush administration / Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Yale University / West Virginia University School of Medicine / Emory University School of Medicine / York University / Department of Surgery / the University of Michigan / SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE / American Association for Thoracic Surgery / Medicare / Duke University / University of Wisconsin Hospital / Emory University / Southern Thoracic Surgical Association / United States Army / Obama administration / U.S. Army Reserve Health Care Team / San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau / University of Michigan Medical School / West Virginia University / Society’s mission / Army Medical Corps / the University of Chicago / University of North Carolina / Chapel Hill / Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research / University of Notre Dame / Duke University Medical Center / Stanford / Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine / /
Person
R. Scott Mitchell / Cardiothoracic Surgery / Clinton / D. Etz / Nancy Steinhauer / C. Steven D. Pearson Boston / Overall / Jeffrey P. Jacobs / David Sabiston / W. Randolph Chitwood / Thomas Walther / Jens C. Eickhoff / Walter Merrill / George Chad Hughes / IV / Kumar Subramanian / James L. Cox / Arch Procewomen / Joseph E. Bavaria / Gordon F. Embracing / Carmelo A. Milano / Cameron D. Wright / Mike Trotter / Gordon F. Murray / F. Murray / J. Michael McGinnis Washington / Arch Joseph / Joseph LoCicero / Charles D. Fraser / Andrea Schnell / Traci Bretl / David M. Shahian / Irving Kron / Todd M. Dewey / Robert Frost / William Baumgartner / Mark Orringer / Surgery Resident Fort Sam Houston / Ralph S. Mosca / Eric E. Roselli / Thomas Walther Leipzig / Joseph B. Zwischenberger / Earl Bakken / Edward Verrier / Daschle / Katrina / Wilson Y. Szeto / Rita / Thomas B. Ferguson / John V. Conte / Conditional / Bruce E. Keogh / Grayson H. Wheatley / III / James D. Luketich / Tracey L. Weigel / Linda Benavides / Edward D. Verrier Seattle / Carolina Heart / Galloway / Aubrey / Robert A. Guyton / Raymond L. Singer / / /
Position
Captain / Vice President / thoracic surgeon / physician / president / Secretary / General / PM General Scientific Room / Chief / official show photographer / major driver / respected leader / Surgeon / Herb Warden / Investigator / Program Director / Herbert Warden / leader / Professor of Surgery and Chief / nurse / Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery / President / Professor Emeritus of Surgery / General Scientific Session / visiting professor / Associate Professor / Chairman / Director / Chair / President of The Society / /
Product
tral / /
ProgrammingLanguage
E / D / FL / T / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Arizona / Texas / West Virginia / Alabama / New York / Michigan / North Carolina / /
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