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.
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 |
