San Francisco / Austin / Boston / Washington / DC / Pittsburgh / Cleveland / Charlottesville / Baltimore / Fort Lauderdale / New Orleans / Charleston / San Diego / Burnaby / /
Company
PMSLIC / Texas Medical Liability Trust / Z NV / CarboMedics Inc. / Medical Alliance Insurance Company / Silver Sponsor Somanetics Corporation / Outdoor Banners Shuttle Bus Signage Segways Abiomed Inc. / Silver Sponsor Axcan Pharma Inc. / Thoratec Inc. / KAPP SURGICAL INSTRUMENT INC. / Edwards Lifesciences Corporation / General Atomic Company / Sorin Group Canada Inc. / The Doctors Company / Bronze Sponsor Medical CV Inc. / Gold Sponsor Jarvik Heart Inc. / Medtronic / Edwards Lifesciences LLC / LifeWings Partners LLC / X Life Technologies Inc. / Abiomed / /
Country
Argentina / United States / /
Currency
USD / pence / / /
EntertainmentAwardEvent
Lifetime Achievement Award / /
Event
Person Communication and Meetings / FDA Phase / /
Facility
Associates STS University / Science University / Inc. STS University / Ferguson Lecture Earl Bakken Scientific Achievement Award STS University / Institute of Medicine / Emory University / Convention Center / Fort Lauderdale Grande / STS University / Massachusetts General Hospital / AtriCure STS University / Exhibit Hall / The Phoenix Park Hotel / Harvard Business School’s Institute / PORT ACCESS / Silver Sponsor Axcan Pharma Inc. STS University / Johns Hopkins University / Silver Sponsor Somanetics Corporation Annual Meeting Webcast Covidien STS University / Children’s Hospital / Bronze Sponsor OSI Pharmaceuticals Clinical Research Symposium Boston Scientific STS University / Annual Meeting Hall A Lobby / Hyatt Pier / University School / University of Virginia / Washington University / Esophageal Surgery Institute / Hall A Hall / University of Minnesota / held Saturday evening in the Exhibit Hall / / /
IndustryTerm
aviation safety protocol / airline cockpit / airline safety / airline crew members / left ventricular assist device / intraoperative health information technology network / important potential applications / Transportation signage / insurance credits / communication tools / insurance / part technology / imaging / safety tools / bridge-to-transport device / conflict management / /
MedicalCondition
Ventricular Restoration Aids In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy / cure current cancer / tumor / bronchiolitis / monary metastases / LVAD infections / cuts / drug allergies / severe respiratory and renal failure / Marfan aneurysm / obliterans syndrome / operable lung neoplasm / Disease / oflung cancer / aortic aneurysms / primary graft dysfunction / lung cancer / thrombosis / I non-small cell lung cancers / pump thrombosis / early post-transplant lung allograft injury / pneumonia / tumors / NSCLC / recurrent cancer / stroke / associated inflammation / saccular aneurysm / hypoplastic left heart syndrome / atrial septal defect / aortic disease / median overall survival cancer / late arrhythmia / necrosis / acute respiratory distress syndrome / metastatic cancer / heart failure / enal dysfunction / Ischemic Cardiomyopathy / /
MedicalTreatment
radiotherapy / surgery / lung transplant / radiosurgery / heart transplants / bypass / lung cancer surgery / lung transplants / heart surgery / dialysis / balloon angioplasty / open surgery / thoracic surgery / catheters / radiation / cardiothoracic surgery / lobectomy / Stereotactic Radiosurgery / cardiac catheterization / /
MusicGroup
Picture / /
Organization
Washington University / St. Louis / AtriCure STS University / Program Committee / Esophageal Surgery Institute / University of Virginia / New York Heart Association / STS Standards and Ethics Committee / Society of Thoracic Surgeons / Harvard Business School’s Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness / Patient Safety’s Patient Safety Data Task Force / Department of Health / Sponsor Somanetics Corporation Annual Meeting Webcast Covidien STS University / Shuttle Service / Johns Hopkins University / Scientific Achievement Award STS University / Silver Sponsor W.L. Gore & Associates STS University / Inc. STS University / AATS Ethics Committee / the Johns Hopkins University / STS University / Oregon Health and Science University in Portland / Checkbook / Boston Scientific STS University / University of Minnesota / Minneapolis / Medicare / Your Institution / Global Changing Diabetes Advisory Board / American Academy of Health Care Executives / Georgetown University School of Medicine / Institute of Medicine / Society of Thoracic Surgeons Fourth Annual Legislative Advocacy Workshop / Massachusetts General Hospital / Children’s Hospital Boston / GSK Biologicals STS University / Congress / United States Patent and Trademark Office / federal government / U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Emory University / Atlanta / Silver Sponsor Axcan Pharma Inc. STS University / /
Person
John E. Mayer / Jr. / James Luketich / Arnold Milstein / Jack Bokros / Alesandro Larrazabal / Mateo Dayo / Tara Karamlou / Elizabeth O. Teisberg / Kirk R. Kanter / Arjun Pennathur / Eric Weiss / Dave Torchiana / A. Bharat / Robert Sade / Cameron D. Wright / Mark Krasna / JO QBUJFOUT XIP IBWF BQQSPQSJBUF / Ranjit John / R. B. Prucz / JO UIF SBOHF PG / Ranzi Deeik / Richard Prager / Federico Benetti / Stephen C. Yang / Thoracic Grand / JO PU / Michael D. Dake / John V. Conte / Duke E. Cameron / JO UIF / Michael E. Porter / M. Blair Marshall / JO BMM NBSLFUT QFOEJOH SFHVMBUPSZ / Thoracic Surgery / / /
Position
MEDPAC Commissioner / physician / General / Professor / surgeon / driver / practicing cardiothoracic surgeon / co-author / leader / nurse / pm Poster Author / AM General Scientific Session / individual physician / General Scientific Session / Professor of Cardiothoracic / STS General / chief of the division / principal investigator / tant professor / professor of surgery / Chief of Thoracic / Chair / various operative / Chief / /
Product
Endovascular stent / /
ProgrammingLanguage
J / L / C / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / South Carolina / Colorado / Texas / West Virginia / Minnesota / Virginia / Maryland / British Columbia / /
44 TH A NNUAL M EETING & E XHIBITION MONDAY 6:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration: STS 44th Annual Meeting Hall A Lobby