Partners
Gifts of $1,000,000 or more cumulatively
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
Datascope Corporation
Edwards Lifesciences
David S. Sheridan
TheWilliam J. von Liebig Foundation

Grand Benefactors
Gifts of $500,000 to $999,999
Lazlo N. Tauber Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Graham Foundation
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
The Starr Foundation

Benefactors
Gifts of $100,000 to $499,999
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D.
Frederick Cross, M.D.
The Cross-Jones Research & Education Fund
Foundation for Advancement of
Cardiac Therapies, Inc.
Genetech, Inc.
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D.
Dr. &Mrs. JackM.Matloff
Dr. &Mrs.Martin F.McKneally
Medtronic, Inc.
St. JudeMedical, Inc.

Patrons
Gifts of $50,000 to $99,999
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation
Richard E. Clark, M.D.
Roy H. Clauss, M.D.
Ethicon, Inc.
W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
The Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation
Robert W. Jamplis Charitable Trust
LUNGevity Foundation
Dr. &Mrs.W. Gerald Rainer
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc.
Synovis Life Technologies
Dr. & Mrs. Robert Wallace
TheWestern Thoracic Surgical Association

Sponsors
Gifts of $25,000 to $49,999
Dr. Lenox D. Baker
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell
John R. Benfield, M.D.
Drs. Lawrence I. & Rita Boncheck
Columbia University, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Edgar L. Feinberg, II, M.D.
Dr. Kathryn Quadracci Flores &
Dr. Raja M. Flores
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.
Massachusetts General Hospital
General Thoracic Surgery
ConstantineMavroudis,M.D.
Northern Illinois Heart Institute
Respironics, Inc.
Alfred Tector, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.
JamesM.Wilson, M.D.
James L. Zellner, M.D.

Heritage Society
Members 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. Martin F.McKneally
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer
David S. Sheridan
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B.Wallace
JamesM.Wilson, M.D.

Life Members
Cumulative Gifts of $10,000 to $24,999
Abbott Laboratories Fund
David Adams, M.D.
Arvind Agnihotri, M.D.
Cary Akins, M.D.
William Alford, Jr., M.D.
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
AtriumMedical Corporation
W. Gerald Austen, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Carl L. Backer
Lenox D. Baker, M.D.
Hendrick Barner, M.D.
William Baumgartner, M.D.
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
David P. Blake, M.D.
Edward L. Bove, M.D.
Gerald Buckberg, M.D.
John Burkholder, M.D.
David Campbell, M.D.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Inc.
Robert 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 in Thoracic Surgery
A. Robert Cordell, M.D.
Joseph Coselli, M.D.
Delos Cosgrove, M.D.
James Cox, M.D.
Fred Crawford Jr., M.D.
Harry DePan, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. James DeWeese
Richard N. Edie, M.D.
Robert G. Ellison, M.D.
Elsevier Science, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Richard Engelman
L. Penfield Faber, M.D.
Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D.
Victor Ferraris, M.D.
Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D.
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
Richard Fosburg, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs.William H. Frist
Timothy Gardner, M.D.
J.William Gaynor, M.D.
Farid Gharagozloo, M.D.
GlaxoWellcome, Inc.
Scott Goldman, M.D.
L.Michael Graver, M.D.
Frederick Grover, M.D.
John Hammon, M.D.
Frank L. Hanley, M.D.
Bradley Harlan, M.D.
Alan Hartman, M.D.
Hovald Helseth, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. George L. Hicks Jr.
Alan Hilgenberg, M.D.
Charles B. Huddleston, M.D.
O.Wayne Isom, M.D.
Leigh I. Iverson, M.D.
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D.
Stuart Jamieson, M.D.
G. Gilbert Johnston, M.D.
The Joyce Foundation
Lyle Joyce, M.D.
George Kaiser, M.D.
P. V. Kamat, M.D.
Kirk Kanter, M.D.
The Kealy Family Foundation
Paul Kelly Jr., M.D.
A. Hassan Khazei, M.D.
Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.
The Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Marvin Kirsh, M.D.
Nicholas Kouchoukos, M.D.
Irving Kron, M.D.
Hillel Laks, M.D.
John Lamberti, M.D.
James Levett, M.D.
Sidney Levitsky, M.D.
Ralph Lewis, M.D.
George G. Lindesmith, M.D.
Joseph LoCicero III, M.D.
Bruce Lytle, M.D.
Thomas E.MacGillivray, M.D.
Michael J.Mack, M.D.
JamesMackenzie, M.D.
JorenMadsen, M.D.
JamesMalm, M.D.
Christopher T.Maloney, M.D.
WilliamT.Maloney
Dr. & Mrs. James B. D.Mark
DouglasMathisen, M.D.
P.MichaelMcFadden, M.D.
Joseph S.McLaughlin, M.D.
Roger B.Mee, M.D.
RobertM.Mentzer, Jr., M.D.
LyndaMickleborough, M.D.
D. CraigMiller, M.D.
JosephMiller Jr., M.D.
Gregory A.Misbach, M.D.
Robert L.Mitchell, M.D.
SteveMourning, FAHP
GordonMurray, M.D.
John L.Myers, M.D.
Hassan Najafi, M.D.
Stanton P. Nolan, M.D.
The Northern Trust Company
William Nugent, M.D.
John Ochsner, M.D.
Gordon N. Olinger, M.D.
Mark Orringer, M.D.
Peter Pairolero, M.D.
Grant V. S. Parr, M.D.
Alec Patterson, M.D.
Patricia A. Penkoske, M.D.
D. Glann Pennington, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Gosta B. Pettersson
Dr. & Mrs. Richard N. Pierson, III
Edward J. Planz, Jr., M.D.
Marvin Pomerantz, M.D.
Richard L. Prager, M.D.
Pratt Surgical Associates, Inc.
Walter Purcell
Joseph B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.
Ronald Quinton, M.D.
Michael J. Reardon, M.D.
Carolyn E. Reed, M.D.
StancelM. Riley, Jr., M.D.
W. Steves Ring, M.D.
Eric A. Rose, M.D.
Jack Roth, M.D.
Valerie Rusch, M.D.
RobertM. Sade, M.D.
FrankW. Sellke, M.D.
Francis L. Shannon, M.D.
Baljit K. Sharma, M.D.
Thomas Sharp, M.D.
Richard J. Shemin, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. PeterM. Sidell
Mark Slaughter, M.D.
Herbert E. Sloan, M.D.
Craig R. Smith, M.D.
Frank Spencer, M.D.
Thomas Spray, M.D.
Quentin R. Stiles, M.D.
Valavanur Subramanian, M.D.
ThoralfM. Sundt, M.D.
Francis P. Sutter, M.D.
James Symes, M.D.
Stanley K. C. Tam, M.D.
Christo I. Tchervenkov, M.D.
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery at
University of Virginia
David Torchiana, M.D.
Gregory D. Trachiotis, M.D.
Alfred Trento, M.D.
Bernard L. Tucker, M.D.
Donald A. Turney
James Tweddell, M.D.
U.S.C. Cardiothoracic Surgeons
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
Vascutek, Ltd., a Terumo Company
Gus Vlahakes, M.D.
John Waldhausen, M.D.
Jennifer D.Walker, M.D.
William Wallace
Henry L.Walters, III., M.D.
Andrew S.Wechsler, M.D.
Benson R.Wilcox, M.D.
Douglas E.Wood, M.D.
Women in Thoracic Surgery
George L. Zorn, Jr., M.D.

New Century Society
Summa Cum Laude
Gifts of $5,000 to $9,999
Leonard L. Bailey, M.D.
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
B. Eugene Berry, M.D.
Jeanelle R. Beskin
Thomas V. Bilfinger, M.D.
R.Morton Bolman, III, M.D.
Frederick Bowman, Jr.,  M.D.
John H. Calhoon, M.D.
Byung-Chul Chang, M.D.
Richard P. Cochran, M.D.
John V. Conte, M.D.
WillardM. Daggett, M.D.
Benedict D. T. Daly, M.D.
Tirone E. David, M.D.
Verdi J. DiSesa, M.D.
Mark K. Ferguson, M.D.
Anthony P. Furnary, M.D.
Otto Gago, M.D.
Thomas E. Gaines, M.D.
Joseph J. Garamella, M.D.
William A. Gay, Jr., M.D.
Marshall D. Goldin, M.D.
Michel N. Ilbawi, M.D.
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D.
Larry R. Kaiser, M.D.
Leslie J. Kohman, M.D.
John H. & Amy Bowles
Lawrence Foundation
Harold L. Lazar, M.D.
Alex G. Little, M.D.
Robert S. Litwak, M.D.
YousufMahomed, M.D.
PatrickM.McCarthy, M.D.
Richard B.McElvein, M.D.
Roger B.Mee, M.D.
Keith S. Naunheim, M.D.
Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
Robert L. Replogle, M.D.
RobertM. Sade, M.D.
William S. Stoney, M.D.
Thomas J. Vander Salm, M.D.
Jennifer D.Walker, M.D.
Henry L.Walters, III, M.D.
Winfield J.Wells, M.D.
James L. Zellner, M.D.

New Century Society Magna Cum Laude
Gifts of $2,500 to $4,999
Mark S. Allen, M.D.
Seth Bekoe, M.D.
JohnW. Brown, M.D.
Andrea J. Carpenter, M.D.
Robbin G. Cohen, M.D.
Davis C. Drinkwater Jr, M.D.
Rick A. Esposito, M.D.
Aubrey C. Galloway, Jr., M.D.
Robert A. Gustafson, M.D.
David R. Jones, M.D.
Forrest L. Junod, M.D.
John A. Kern, M.D.
Mary C.Mancini, M.D.
Peter P.McKeown, M.D.
R. ScottMitchell, M.D.
Eduardo Otero Coto, M.D.
Frederick B. Parker, Jr., M.D.
Robert T. Reichman, M.D.
StancelM. Riley Jr., M.D.
Adib H. Sabbagh, M.D.
Robert K. Salley, M.D.
Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D.
Hartzell V. Schaff, M.D.
William D. Spotnitz, M.D.
Ann Toran, M.D.
John C.Wain Jr., M.D.
Kenneth G.Warner, M.D.
JamesMillerWilson, M.D.
J. Nilas Young, M.D.

New Century Society Cum Laude
Gifts of $1,000 to $2,499
James S. Allan M.D.
Margaret D. Allen, M.D.
Joseph J. Amato, M.D.
Emile A. Bacha, M.D.
Keith D. Bowersox, M.D.
Nora L. Burgess, M.D.
Larry J. Cardoza, M.D.
Aldo R. Castaneda, M.D.
Chalit Cheanvechai, M.D.
George E. Cimochowski, M.D.
Jack G. Copeland, M.D.
Ralph J. Damiano, M.D.
Thomas A. D’Amico, M.D.
Pedro J. del Nido, M.D.
Todd L. Demmy, M.D.
Robert A. Dion, M.D.
Jessica Donington, M.D.
Fred H. Edwards, M.D.
Anthony L. Estrera, M.D.
Richard H. Feins, M.D.
FrancisM. Fontan, M.D.
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
Gray & Company, Inc.
John R. Handy, M.D.
Daniel P. Harley, M.D.
Robert S. Higgins, M.D.
Keith A. Horvath, M.D.
Marshall L. Jacobs, M.D.
Scott B. Johnson, M.D.
Tom R. Karl, M.D.
Shreekanth V. Karwande, M.D.
NevinM. Katz, M.D.
Thomas L. Kilgore, M.D.
Robert J. Korst, M.D.
Sohn Kwang-Hyung, M.D.
Stephen J. Lahey, M.D.
Vassyl A. Lonchyna, M.D.
James D. Luketich, M.D.
George J.Magovern, Jr., M.D.
Gyaandeo S.Maharajh, M.D.
Ambrish P.Mathur, M.D.
John E.Mayer Jr, M.D.
Christopher G. A.McGregor, M.D.
F. NeilMckenzie, M.D.
Gregory A.Misbach, M.D.
David S.Mulder, M.D.
Yoshifumi Naka M.D.
Thomas A. Orszulak, M.D.
David Overman
Richard K. Parker, M.D.
Benjamin B. Peeler, M.D.
Steven J. Phillips, M.D.
Frank A. Pigula, M.D.
John D. Puskas, M.D.
ThomasW. Rice, M.D.
Benson B. Roe, M.D.
Bruce R. Rosengard, M.D.
Todd K. Rosengart, M.D.
John A. Rousou, M.D.
Steven R. Scott, M.D.
Significance Foundation
Vaughn A. Starnes, M.D.
Albert Starr, M.D.
David J. Sugarbaker, M.D.
Lars G. Svensson, M.D.
Paul A. Thomas, Jr., M.D.
Dirk E.M. Van Raemdonck, M.D.
Warren D.Widmann, M.D.

Contributors
Gifts up to $999
Kevin D. Accola, M.D.
David H. Adams, M.D.
Peter X. Adams, M.D.
V. Paul Addonizio, M.D.
Gorav Ailawadi, M.D.
Taha Yas Al Delamie, M.D.
Ottavio R. Alfieri, M.D.
Zohair Y. Al-Halees, M.D.
Hassan Ali
Atsushi Amano
C. E. Anagnostopoulos, M.D.
Sary F. Aranki, M.D.
Michael Argenziano, M.D.
JohnM. Armitage, M.D.
GiorgioM. Aru, M.D.
JamesW. Asaph, M.D.
Constantine L. Athanasuleas, M.D.
B. Zane Atkins, M.D.
Safuh Attar, M.D.
Erle H. Austin, III, M.D.
Gaetano Azzolina, M.D.
Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr., M.D.
Michael K. Banbury, M.D.
Ko Bando, M.D.
Gilberto V. Barbosa, M.D.
Jaroslaw Barwinsky, M.D.
Richard J. Battafarano, M.D.
EugeneM. Baudet, M.D.
Alvise F. Bernabei, M.D.
Eugene H. Blackstone, M.D.
Robert Blais, M.D.
Uberto Bortolotti, M.D.
Mary Boylan
DomingoM. Braile, M.D., Ph.D.
Preben Brandenhoff, M.D.
Berkeley Brandt, III, M.D.
Paul S. Brown, Jr., M.D.
Aart Brutel De La Riviere, M.D.
F. Curtis Bryan, M.D.
Thomas A. Burdon, M.D.
Eric G. Butchart, M.D.
AntonioM. Calafiore, M.D.
Charles D. Campbell, M.D.
Thierry-Pierre Carrel
Michel Carrier, M.D.
Filip P. Casselman, M.D., Ph.D.
Alan G. Casson, FRCSC
Gerard L. Champsaur, M.D.
Alain R. Chapelier, M.D., Prof
Frederick Y. Chen, M.D.
K.Mammen Cherian, M.D.
Genta Chikazawa, M.D.
GaryW. Chmielewski, M.D.
Bum-Koo Cho, M.D.
Neil Christie, M.D.
David J. Cohen, M.D.
Gordon A. Cohen, M.D.
John G. Coles, M.D.
Yolonda L. Colson, M.D.
Scott L. Cook, M.D.
Antonio F. Corno, M.D.
Gregory S. Couper, M.D.
William A. Cox, M.D.
Alfred T. Culliford, III, M.D.
Richard J. Cyrus, M.D.
Jose Pedro Da Silva, M.D.
Willem J. Daenen
Richard C. Daly, M.D.
John H. Dark
Philippe G. Dartevelle, M.D.
Hiroshi Date, M.D.
R. Duane Davis, Jr., M.D.
Paul De Leyn, M.D.
Marc De Perrot, M.D.
Abe DeAnda, M.D.
MalcolmM. DeCamp, M.D.
Abdulilah K. Deiraniya, M.D.
Giacomo A. DeLaria, M.D.
Ralph E. Delius, M.D.
Anthony J. DelRossi, M.D.
Walter P. Dembitsky, M.D.
Nicholas J. Demos, M.D.
Jean DesLauriers, M.D.
Gabriele Di Giammarco, M.D.
James T. Diehl, M.D.
Wadih R. Dimitri, M.D.
DeanM. Donahue, M.D.
Dimitrios Dougenis, M.D.
Mark B. Douthit, M.D.
Gilles D. Dreyfus, M.D.
BrianW. Duncan, M.D.
CorneliusM. Dyke, M.D.
Linda Edgerton
Martin J. Elliott
RobertW. Emery, M.D.
M. Arisan Ergin, M.D.
Aaron S. Estrera, M.D.
Volkmar Falk, M.D.
James I. Fann, M.D.
Roberto R. Favaloro, M.D.
ChristopherM. Feindel, M.D.
Felix G. Fernandez, M.D.
Angel L. Fernandez-Gonzalez, M.D.
RajaM. Flores, M.D.
John E. Foker, M.D.
Theodore L. Folkerth, M.D.
DavidM. Follette, M.D.
Joseph Forbess, M.D.
RobertW.M. Frater, M.D.
Alex J. Furst, M.D.
Henning A. Gaissert, M.D.
Paul G. Gannon, M.D.
Antonio A. Garzon, M.D.
Donald H. Gaylor, M.D.
Gino Gerosa, M.D.
Suresh C. Ghosh, M.D.
A.Marc Gillinov, M.D.
Donald D. Glower, M.D.
Daniel Goldstein, M.D.
Hugo Gomez-Engler, M.D.
Allan H. Goodman, M.D.
Bernard Goot, M.D.
John P. Gott, M.D.
FredericW. Grannis, M.D.
Laman A. Gray, Jr., M.D.
Nancy Gray Puckett
Roy K. Greenberg, M.D.
Igor D. Gregoric, M.D.
Tomasz Grodzki, M.D.
Ahmet Gokhan Gundogdu, M.D.
MaxM.P. Haalebos, M.D.
M. LaWaun Hance, M.D.
David H. Harpole, Jr., M.D.
James E. Harrell, M.D.
John A. Hawkins, M.D.
Richard F. Heitmiller, M.D.
Paul J. Hendry, M.D.
Walter S. Henly, M.D.
J. Donald Hill, M.D.
GregoryM. Hirsch, M.D.
Wayne Hofstetter, M.D.
ThomasM. Holder, M.D.
Alan R. Hopeman, M.D.
Yasuyuki Hosoda, M.D.
Shengshou Hu, M.D.
Carlos Ibarra-Perez, M.D.
Yasuharu Imai, M.D.
Hiroshi Inoue, M.D.
Tadashi Isomura, M.D.
Leslie Y. Ito, M.D.
Tom D. Ivey, M.D.
Marjan Jahangiri, M.D.
ErikW. L. Jansen, M.D.
Robert D. Jaquiss, M.D.
Victor A. Jebara, M.D.
R. Kent Jex, M.D.
Robert G. Johnson, M.D.
Michael R. Johnston, M.D.
James C. Jones, M.D.
George Kafrouni, M.D.
Donald R. Kahn, M.D.
Afksendiyos Kalangos, M.D.
Vinayak Kamath, M.D.
Tatsuki Katsumura, M.D.
Yasunaru Kawashima, M.D.
Teruhisa Kazui, M.D.
Robert J. Keenan, M.D.
John J. Kelemen, M.D.
Kenneth A. Kesler, M.D.
RandolphM. Kessler, M.D.
Fareed A. Khouqeer, M.D.
TeresaM. Kieser, M.D.
Sang Hyung Kim, M.D.
Hyung Sang Kim, M.D.
James K. Kirklin, M.D.
Soichiro Kitamura, M.D.
William C. Kitchens, M.D.
Walter Klepetko, Prof., M.D.
RonaldW. Knight, M.D.
Junjiro Kobayashi, M.D.
Tadasu Kohno, M.D.
Paul Kolker, M.D.
Argiris N. Kontaxis, M.D.
Robert L. Kormos, M.D.
Benjamin Kozower
Guillermo O. Kreutzer, M.D.
Christian Kreutzer, M.D.
Hiromi Kurosawa, M.D.