The Thoracic Surgery Foundation recognizes contributors in the following categories:
The New Century Society of The Thoracic Surgery Foundation
**Heritage Society - Members have made provisions for an estate gift to The Foundation
**Partners - $1,000,000 or more cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**Grand Benefactors - $500,000 to $999,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**Benefactors - $100,000 to $499,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**Patrons - $50,000 to $99,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**Sponsors - $25,000 to $49,999 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
**Life Members - $10,000 to $25,000 cumulatively either by cash or pledge
Annual Member, Summa Cum Laude - $5,000 or more in a given year
Annual Member, Magna Cum Laude - $2,500 to $4,999 in a given year
Annual Member, Cum Laude - $1,000 to $2,499 in a given year
Annual Member, Contributors - Up to $999 in a given year
** Denotes Life Circle
Partners
Edwards Lifesciences ¨
Eugene Braunwald, M.D. ¨
Datascope Corp.
David S. Sheridan ¨
The William J. von Liebig Foundation
Grand Benefactors
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery ¨
The Graham Foundation ¨
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ¨
(In tribute to Robert B. Wallace, M.D.)
Benefactors
Frederick S. Cross, M.D. ¨
Genentech, Inc. ¨
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D. ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ¨
Medtronic, Inc.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons ¨
St. Jude Medical, Inc. ¨
The Tauber Foundation
Patrons
Bio-Vascular, Inc. ¨
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company ¨
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ¨
Ethicon, Inc. ¨
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ¨
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ¨
Sulzer Carbomedics Inc. ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * + ¨
The Western Thoracic Surgical Association ¨
Sponsors
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell * ¨
Cardiac Surgical Group, MGH ¨
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. * ¨
The Cross-Jones Research & Educational Fund of Saint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio * ¨
Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D. & Raja M. Flores, M.D.
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Mary C. Mancini, M.D.
(In memory of Peter Louis Mancini)
Jack & Martha Matloff * + ¨
Respironics, Inc. ¨
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ¨
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Heritage Society
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ¨
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ¨
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ¨
David S. Sheridan ¨
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ¨
(In tribute to Robert B. Wallace, M.D.)
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * + ¨
Life Members
William C. Alford, Jr., M.D. * ¨
W. Gerald Austen, M.D.
Dr. Carl L. Backer & Mrs. Julia Ford Backer
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
Arthur C. Beall, Jr., M.D. ¨
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell * ¨
John R. Benfield, M.D. * ¨
Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D. * ¨
Edward L. Bove, M.D.
Eugene Braunwald, M.D. ¨
Gerald D. Buckberg, M.D. * ¨
David B. Campbell, M.D. ¨
Cardiac Surgical Group, MGH ¨
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeons of Ann Arbor, P.C. ¨
Robert James Cerfolio, M.D.¨
(In tribute to Dr. Robert David Cerfolio)
W. R. Chitwood, Jr., M.D. * ¨
CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation
Richard E. Clark, M.D. * ++ ¨
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D. * ¨
John V. Conte, Jr., M.D.
Denton A. Cooley, M.D. * ¨
A. Robert Cordell, M.D. + ¨
Delos M. Cosgrove, III, M.D. * + ¨
James L. Cox, M.D. * + ¨
Frederick S. Cross, M.D. ¨
Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia University
Dr. and Mrs. James A. DeWeese ¨
Robert G. Ellison, M.D. *
Richard & Jane Engelman * ¨
L. Penfield Faber, M.D. * + ¨
Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D. *
Victor A. Ferraris, M.D., Ph.D.
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, M.D. & Raja M. Flores, M.D.
Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D. * ¨
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
Richard G. Fosburg, M.D. + ¨
Senator & Mrs. Bill H. Frist ¨
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D. * ¨
J. William Gaynor, M.D.
Farid Gharagozloo, M.D.
Scott M. Goldman, M.D.
The Graham Foundation ¨
L. Michael Graver, M.D. ¨
Frederick L. Grover, M.D. * ¨
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation ¨
Dr. & Mrs. George L. Hicks, Jr. ¨
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, M.D.
Stuart W. Jamieson, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis * ++ ¨
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D. ¨
George C. Kaiser, M.D. + ¨
A. Hassan Khazei, M.D. ¨
Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D. * ++ ¨
John Lamberti, M.D. * ¨
Harold V. Liddle, M.D. * ++ ¨
George G. Lindesmith, M.D. * ¨
George J. Magovern, Sr., M.D. * + ¨
James Royal Malm, M.D.
William T. Maloney * ¨
Mary C. Mancini, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. James B.D. Mark * ¨
Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D. ¨
Jack & Martha Matloff * + ¨
Constantine Mavroudis, M.D. ¨
P. Michael McFadden, M.D. * ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally * ++ ¨
Roger B.B. Mee, MB, ChB, FRACS
Bert W. Meyer, M.D. * ¨
Joseph I. Miller, Jr., M.D.
Steven L. Mourning, FAHP
Gordon F. Murray, M.D. * ¨
John L. Myers, M.D.
Stanton P. Nolan, M.D. ¨
William Nugent, M.D.
Mark B. Orringer, M.D. * ¨
G. Alexander Patterson, M.D. * ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Richard N. Pierson, III
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer * ++ ¨
Michael J. Reardon, M.D.
W. Steves Ring, M.D.
Valerie W. Rusch, M.D.
Richard J. Shemin, M.D. * ¨
David S. Sheridan ¨
Dr. Peter & Mary Kay Sidell ¨
David B. Skinner, M.D. + ¨
Frank C. Spencer, M.D.
Thomas L. Spray, M.D.
Quentin R. Stiles, M.D. * ++ ¨
Francis P. Sutter, D.O., FACS
James F. Symes, M.D. ¨
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D. ¨
The Tauber Foundation
Christo I. Tchervenkov, M.D. * ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Tector ¨
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery at University of Virginia ¨
Gregory D. Trachiotis, M.D.
Bernard L. Tucker, M.D. * ¨
Donald A. Turney ¨
UCSF Cardiac Surgery
University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics ¨
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr. * + ¨
USC Cardiothoracic Surgeons ¨
Jennifer D. Walker, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace * + ¨
Henry L. Walters, III, M.D.
Benson R. Wilcox, M.D. * ++ ¨
* Charter Member
¨ Founding Member
+ Board Member
++ Director Emeritus
