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
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
PARTNERS
Datascope Corporation
Edwards Lifesciences
Eugene Braunwald, M.D.
David S. Sheridan
The William J. vonLiebig Foundation
GRAND BENEFACTORS
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
The Graham Foundation
Laszlo N. Tauber, M.D.
BENEFACTORS
The Cross-Jones Research & Education Fund
Foundation for the Advancement of Cardiac Therapies, Inc.
Frederick S. Cross, M.D.
Genetech, Inc.
Richard D. Jones, Ph.D.
Medtronic, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs Martin F. McKneally
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
The Starr Foundation
The Tauber Foundation
PATRONS
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Richard E. Clark, M.D.
Roy H. Clauss, M.D.
Ethicon, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert W. Jamplis
Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Rainer
Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc.
Synovis Life Technologies
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace
The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
SPONSORS
Dr. & Mrs. John H. Bell
Lawrence H. Cohn, M.D.
Edgar L. Feinberg, II, M.D.
Dr. Kathryn Quadracci Flores & Dr. Raja M. Flores
Mary C. Mancini, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Jack M. Matloff
New York Presbyterian Hospital at Columbia University
Respironics, Inc.
David B. Skinner, M.D.
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
James L. Zellner, M.D.
HERITAGE SOCIETY
Richard E. Clark, M.D.
Vincent R. Conti, 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
Dr. & Mrs. Harold C. Urschel, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace
James M. Wilson, M.D.
LIFE MEMBERS
Abbott Laboratories Fund
Cary W. Akins, M.D.
William Alford, Jr., M.D.
The American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Richard P. Anderson, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Carl L. Backer
Lenox D. Baker, M.D.
Joseph E. Bavaria, M.D.
Arthur C. Beall, Jr., M.D.
Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D.
Edward L. Bove, M.D.
Gerald D. Buckberg, M.D.
John Burkholder, M.D.
David B. Campbell, M.D.
Cardiac Surgery Associates, PA
CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation
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.
Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D.
James L. Cox, M.D.
Fred A. Crawford, Jr., M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. James A. DeWeese
Robert G. Ellison, M.D.
Elsevier Science, Inc.
Dr. & Mrs. Richard M. Engelman
L. Penfield Faber, M.D.
Thomas B. Ferguson, M.D.
Thomas J. Fogarty, M.D.
Gregory P. Fontana, M.D.
Richard G. Fosburg, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. William H. Frist
Timothy J. Gardner, M.D.
J. William Gaynor, M.D.
Farid Gharagozloo, M.D.
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
L. Michael Graver, M.D.
Frederick L. Grover, M.D.
John W. Hammon, Jr., M.D.
Bradley J. Harlan, M.D.
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. George L. Hicks
Alan D. Hilgenberg, M.D.
Richard A. Jonas, M.D.
The Joyce Foundation
Kirk R. Kanter, M.D.
A. Hassan Khazei, M.D.
Shukri F. Khuri, M.D.
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D.
John J. Lamberti, M.D.
Harold V. Liddle, M.D.
George G. Lindesmith, M.D.
James W. Mackenzie, M.D.
Joren C. Madsen, M.D.
George J. Magovern, M.D.
William T. Maloney
Dr. & Mrs. James B. D. Mark
Douglas J. Mathisen, M.D.
Constantine Mavroudis, M.D.
Joseph S. McLaughlin, M.D.
Roger B. B. Mee, M.D.
Bertrand W. Meyer, M.D.
Lynda L. Mickleborough, M.D.
Joseph I. Miller, Jr M.D.
Robert L Mitchell, M.D.
Steve Mourning, FAHP
John L. Myers, M.D.
Hassan Najafi, M.D.
Stanton P. Nolan, M.D.
Northern Illinois Heart Institute
The Northern Trust Company
William C. Nugent, M.D.
Mark B. Orringer, M.D.
Alex Patterson, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Gosta B. Pettersson
Dr. Mrs. Richard N. Pierson, III
Richard L. Prager, M.D.
Joe B. Putnam, Jr., M.D.
Michael J. Reardon, M.D.
Robert M. Sade, M.D.
Francis L. Shannon, M.D.
Baljit K. Sharma, M.D.
Thomas G. Sharp, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Peter Sidell
Mark Slaughter, M.D.
Thomas L. Spray, M.D.
Quentin R. Stiles, M.D.
Valavanur A. Subramanian, M.D.
Thoralf M. Sundt, M.D.
Stanley K C. Tam, M.D.
Christo I. Tchervenkov, M.D.
Dr. & Mrs. Alfred J. Tector
David F. Torchiana, M.D.
Bernard L. Tucker, M.D.
Gus J. Vlahakes, M.D.
John A. Waldhausen, M.D.
Jennifer D. Walker, M.D.
Henry L. Walters, III, M.D.
