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Contributors

Tarek S. Absi, MD
Instructor, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt
Heart Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee
Mitral Valve Replacement

Michael A. Acker, MD
William Maul Measey Professor of Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Sanjeev Aggarwal, MD
Professor of Medicine, Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support

Arvind K. Agnihotri, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Surgical Treatment of Complications of Acute Myocardial
Infarction: Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect and
Free Wall Rupture

Rashid M. Ahmad, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Director,
Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Director,
Cardiac Surgery Infomatics, Department of Cardiac
Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Reoperative Valve Surgery

Cary W. Akins, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School,
Visiting Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Myocardial Revascularization with Carotid Artery Disease

Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School, Cardiovascular Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Surgery

Robert H. Anderson, MD
Professor, Institute of Child Health and Great Ormand
Street Hospital for Children,
University College London, London, United Kingdom
Surgical Anatomy of the Heart

Mark P. Anstadt, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Wright State University School of Medicine,
Medical Director, Cardiovascular Surgery,
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Elliott M. Antman, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director,
Samuel A. Levine Cardiac Unit, Division of
Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Surgery

Sary F. Aranki, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School,
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's
Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Mitral Valve Replacement

James M. Bailey, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Director, Critical Care Service,
Department of Anesthesiology,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Cardiac Surgical Pharmacology

Donald S. Baim, MD
Executive Vice-President, Chief Medical Officer,
Boston Scientific Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Interventions;
Percutaneous Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Repair

Jorge M. Balaguer, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Department of
Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Vanderbilt
University Medical Center, Chief of Cardiac Surgery,
Department of Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee
Reoperative Valve Surgery

William A. Baumgartner, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Heart Transplantation

Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trauma to the Great Vessels

Steven F. Bolling, MD
University of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nontransplant Surgical Options for Heart Failure

R. Morton Bolman, III, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts
Ascending Aortic Aneurysms; Stem Cell-Induced Regeneration of Myocardium

Derek R. Brinster, MD
Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

Morgan L. Brown, MD
Department of Surgery, St. Boniface General Hospital,
University of Manitoba, Clinical and Translational
Research PhD Program, Mayo Clinic Graduate School,
Winnipeg, Canada
Indications for Revascularization

John G. Byrne, MD
Chairman of Cardiac Surgery, William S. Stoney Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Reoperative Valve Surgery

Richard P. Cambria, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief,
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Myocardial Revascularization with Carotid Artery Disease

Faisal H. Cheema, MD
Associate Research Scientist, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center, Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, New York Presbyterian
Hospital, New York, New York
Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support

Frederick Y. Chen, MD
Associate Surgeon, Director, Cardiac Surgery Research
Laboratory, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Cardiac Surgical Imaging; Nonischemic Mitral Valve Repair

Albert T. Cheung, MD
Department of Surgery, Hospital of the University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cardiac Anesthesia

W. Randolph Chitwood, MD
Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery

George T. Christakis, MD
Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Canada
Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Stented Pericardial and Porcine Valves

Lawrence H. Cohn, MD
Virginia and James Hubbard Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement; Nonischemic Mitral Valve Repair

John V. Conte, MD
Associate Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Heart Transplantation

Joseph S. Coselli, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor
College of Medicine, Chief, Adult Cardiac Surger, Texas
Heart Institute, Chief, Adult Cardiac Surgery Section,
Associate Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery Services, St.
Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
Descending and Thoracoabominal Aortic Aneurysms

Willard M. Daggett, Jr., MD
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Surgical Treatment of Complications of Acute Myocardial
Infarction: Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect and
Free Wall Rupture

Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Chief of Cardiac Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Surgical Treatment of Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation

Tirone E. David, MD
Head, Director of Cardiovascular Surgery, Melanie Munk
Chair of Cardiovascular Surgery, Professor of Surgery,
University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital,
Toronto, Canada
Aortic Valve-Sparing Operations; Surgical Treatment of
Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Michael J. Davidson, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Percutaneous Aortic Valve Interventions; Percutaneous
Catheter-Based Mitral Valve Repair

William J. DeBois, MBA, CCP
Chief Perfusionist, Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Weill Medical College, New York Presbyterian
Hospital of Cornell University, Huntington, New York
Transfusion Therapy and Blood Conservation

Nimesh D. Desai, MD
Cardiac Surgery Resident, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
Sunnybrook and Women’s College Health Sciences
Center, Cardiac Surgery Program, University of Toronto,
Toronto, Canada
Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Replacement: Stented Pericardial and Porcine Valves

Todd M. Dewey, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplant and Medical Assist of
Device and Technology, Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Medical City Dallas Hospital, Cardiopulmonary
Research Science and Technology Institute (CRSTI),
Dallas, Texas
Myocardial Revascularization without Cardiopulmonary
Bypass

Verdi J. DiSesa, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiac Surgery, The Chester County
Hospital, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Valvular and Ischemic Heart Disease

Samuel Jerome Durham, MD, FACS, FACC
Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of Ohio,
Toledo, Ohio
Late Complications of Cardiac Surgery

Robert E. Eckart, MD
Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Cardiovascular Division,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts
Interventional Therapy for Atrial and Ventricular Arrhythmias

Fred H. Edwards, MD
Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
Risk Stratification and Comorbidity

Ann M. Emery, RN
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis

Robert W. Emery, Jr., MD
Director of Cardiovascular Research, Head,
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery,
St Joseph's Hospital, Cardiac Surgical Associates,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis

Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, Mayo School of Medicine,
Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal
Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Principles and Practice of Echocardiography in Cardiac
Surgery

Laurence M. Epstein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Interventional Therapy for Atrial and Ventricular
Arrhythmias

Volkmar Falk, MD, PhD
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, Leipzig
University School of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
Minimally Invasive Myocardial Revascularization

James I. Fann, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Cardiac Surgery Section, VA
Palo-Alto Heath Care System, Stanford, California
Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease

R. Saeid Farivar, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School,
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Cardiac Surgical Physiology

Suellen P. Ferraris, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery,
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center,
Lexington, Kentucky
Risk Stratification and Comorbidity

Victor A. Ferraris, MD, PhD
Tyler Gill Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Co-Director, Linda and Jack Gill
Heart Institute, University of Kentucky
Chandler Medical Center, Lexington,
Kentucky
Risk Stratification and Comorbidity

O. H. Frazier, MD
Tenured Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Director,
Cardiovascular Surgical Research, Chief, Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Texas Heart Institue,
Chief, Transplan Service, Active Staff, Cardiovascular
Surgery Service, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital,
Houston, Texas
Total Artificial Heart

Robert P. Gallegos, MD
Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Stem Cell-Induced Regeneration of Myocardium

Rose B. Ganim, MD
Resident, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Postoperative Care of Cardiac Surgery Patients

Isaac George, MD
Surgical Research Fellow, Department of Surgery,
Columbia University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New-York Presbyterian Hospital,
Columbia University Medical Center, New York,
New York
Myocardial Revascularization after Acute Myocardial
Infarction

Bernard J. Gersh, MD, ChB, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School,
Rochester, Minnesota
Indications for Revascularization

A. Marc Gillinov, MD
Staff Surgeon, Surgical Director of the Center for Atrial
Fibrillation, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland,
Ohio
Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis

Thomas G. Gleason, MD
Co-Director, The Center for Heart Valve Disease, Director, The Center for Thoracic Aortic Disease, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Trauma to the Great Vessels

Donald D. Glower, MD
Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering,
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center,
Durham, North Carolina
Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Jeffrey Philip Gold, MD, FACS, FACC
Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs, Dean of the
College of Medicine, Medical University of Ohio in
Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
Late Complications of Cardiac Surgery

Enrique Góngora, MD
Chief Resident of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of
Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Myocardial Revascularization with Cardiopulmonary
Bypass

G. V. Gonzalez-Stawinski, MD
Associate Staff, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Coronary Artery Reoperations

Joseph H. Gorman, III, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Robert C. Gorman, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

James P. Greelish, MD
Assistant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Director of Research and Education for the Department of Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Reoperative Valve Surgery

G. Randall Green, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center, Rochester, New York
Aortic Dissection

Igor D. Gregoric, MD
Associate Director, Cardiovascular Surgical Research,
Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Texas Heart
Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital at The Houston, Texas
Total Artificial Heart

Randall B. Griepp, MD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center,
New York, New York
Anuerysms of the Aortic Arch

Bartley P. Griffith, MD
Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Immunobiology of Heart and Heart-Lung
Transplantation

Gary L. Grunkemeier, MD
Director, Medical Data Research Center,
Providence Health System, Portland, Oregon
Statistical Treatment of Surgical Outcome Data

Tomas Gudbjartsson, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery, Landspitali University
Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland,
Reykjavik, Iceland
Mitral Valve Replacement

Michel Haddad, MD, FRCSC
Fellow in Cardiac Surgery and Transplantation, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Immunobiology of Heart and Heart-Lung
Transplantation

Nitsan Halevy, MD
Research Assistant, Division of Preventive Medicine,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Preoperative Evaluation for Cardiac Surgery

John W. Hammon, Jr., MD
Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake
Forest University, Wake Forest University Baptist
Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Extracorporeal Circulation

Craig R. Hampton, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates, St. Luke's Hospital,
Duluth, Minnesota
Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement: Autograft/
Homograft

Keith A. Horvath, MD
Chief, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Suburban Hospital, Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System, Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program, National Institutes of Health, NHLBI, Bethesda, Maryland
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization and Extravascular Angiogenetic Techniques to Increase Myocardial Blood Flow

George H. Humphreys, II, MD
Professor of Surgery, Vice-Chair, Research and Information Systems, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University College ofPhysicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
Surgical Implantation of Pacemakers and Automatic
Defibrillators

Neil B. Ingels, Jr., PhD, FAHA
Consulting Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Stanford University School of Medicine, Chairman,
Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and
Biophysics, Research Institute of Palo Alto Medical
Foundation, Palo Alto, California
Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease

O. Wayne Isom, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University,
New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Transfusion Therapy and Blood Conservation

M. Salik Jahania, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky
Myocardial Protection

Stuart W. Jamieson, MB, FRCS
Distinguished Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery,
University of California Medical Center, San Diego, California
Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

Ruyun Jin, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Data Research Center,
Providence Health System, Portland, Oregon
Statistical Treatment of Surgical Outcome Data

Zain I. Khalpey, MD, PhD
Junior Fellow, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts
Postoperative Care of Cardiac Surgery Patients

Amy Knutsen, MD
Research Fellow, Department of Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Surgery, Regions Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota
Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve Prosthesis

Karl H. Krieger, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell
University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York,
New York
Transfusion Therapy and Blood Conservation


Irving L. Kron, MD
Professor and Chairman, Department of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Virginia Health
Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia
Aortic Dissection

Hillel Laks, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Medical Center,
Los Angeles, California
Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Robert D. Lasley, MD
Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
Myocardial Protection

Martin LeBoutillier, III, MD
Attending Staff, Department of Cardiac Surgery, The
Chester County Hospital, West Chester, Pennsylvania
Valvular and Ischemic Heart Disease

Leonard Y. Lee, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Transfusion Therapy and Blood Conservation

Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Associate Professor and Director of Clinical and
Translational Research, Division of Cardiothoracic
Surgery, Michael E. Debakey Department of Surgery,
Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiovascular Surgery
Staff, the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
Descending and Thoracoabominal Aortic Aneurysms

Jerrold H. Levy, MD
Professor and Chairman for Research, Department of
Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine,
Attending Anesthesiologist, Division of Cardiothoracic
Anesthesia, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta,
Georgia
Cardiac Surgical Pharmacology

James E. Lowe, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Duke
University Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Left Ventricular
Aneurysm

Bruce W. Lytle, MD
Professor of Surgery, Thoracic, and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of CaseWestern Reserve University, Chairman, Department ofThoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Coronary Artery Reoperations

Michael J. Mack, MD
COR Specialty Associates of North Texas, PA(CSANT),
Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology
Institute (CRSTI) Dallas, Texas
Myocardial Revascularization without Cardiopulmonary
Bypass

Michael M. Madani, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Medical Center, San Diego, California
Pulmonary Embolism and Pulmonary
Thromboendarterectomy

Joren C. Madsen, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Surgical Treatment of Complications of Acute Myocardial
Infarction: Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Defect and
Free Wall Rupture

Abeel A. Mangi, MD
Clinical Associate, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Mechanical
Circulatory Support and Thoracic Organ Transplant,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Pericardial Disease

Daniel Marelli, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Manu N. Mathur, MD
Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Anuerysms of the Aortic Arch

John E. Mayer, MD
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Senior
Associate in Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital,
CHMC Cardiovascular Surgical Foundation, Inc. ,
Boston, Massachusetts
Tissue Engineering for Cardiac Valve Surgery

Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
Co-Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Chief,
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Northwestern
University’s Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, Inc. ,
Chicago, Illinois
Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Edwin C. McGee, Jr., MD
Surgical Director of Advanced Heart Failure Therapeutics, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Robert M. Mentzer, Jr., MD
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Physiology, Dean and Senior Advisor to the President of Medical Affairs, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
Myocardial Protection

Hector I. Michelena, MD
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, Minnesota
Principles and Practice of Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD
Staff Surgeon, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio
Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease

Michael R. Mill, MD
Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Surgical Anatomy of the Heart

D. Craig Miller, MD
Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Pathophysiology of Mitral Valve Disease

R. Scott Mitchell, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford, California
Endovascular Therapy for the Treatment of Thoracic
Aortic Disease

Nader Moazami, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of Cardiac
Transplantation, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support

Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Ohio State University Medical
School, Columbus, Ohio
Endovascular Therapy for the Treatment of Thoracic
Aortic Disease

Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman of Cardiac Surgery, Medical
Director of the Heart Center, Leipzig University School
of Medicine, Leipzig, Germany
Minimally Invasive Myocardial Revascularization

Jeff L. Myers, MD, PhD
Chief, Divison of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Le
Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis, Tennessee
Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Timothy J. Myers, BS, CCRA
Manager, Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs,
Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Center for Cardiac Support, School for Cardiac Support, Houston, Texas
Total Artificial Heart

Yoshifumi Naka, MD, PhD
Herbert Irving Assistant Professor of Surgery, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Director, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Long-Term Mechanical Circulatory Support

Vuyisile T. Nkomo, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo School of Medicine, Consultant, Cardiovascular Diseases, Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
Principles and Practice of Echocardiography in Cardiac
Surgery

Lois U. Nwakanma, MD
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
Heart Transplantation

Eric J. Okum, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Rush University Medical Center,
Chicago, Illinois
Cardiac Surgical Physiology

Mehmet C. Oz, MD, MBA
Vice-Chairman and Professor, Department of Surgery,
Director, Cardiovascular Institute, Division of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York-
Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical
Center, New York, New York
Myocardial Revascularization after Acute MI; Long-Term
Mechanical Circulatory Support

Robert F. Padera, Jr., MD, PhD
Associate Pathologist, Instructor in Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Pathology of Cardiac Surgery

Subroto Paul, MD
Surgical Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease

Marc P. Pelletier, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California
Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation

Michael R. Petracek, MD
Professor of Clinical Cardiac Surgery, Department of
Cardiac Surgery, Vanderbilt Heart Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
Reoperative Valve Surgery

Gosta Petterson, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Thoracic and
Cardiovascular Surgery, Surgical Director of Lung
Transplantation, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, Ohio
Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Endocarditis

Mark D. Plunkett, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of
Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Robert S. Poston, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland
Immunobiology of Heart and Heart-Lung
Transplantation

René Prêtre, MD
Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiovascular
Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Goya V. Raikar, MD
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Health Partners, St. Paul, Minnesota
Aortic Valve Replacement with a Mechanical Cardiac Valve
Prosthesis

James D. Rawn, MD
Intensive Care Unit Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Postoperative Care of Cardiac Surgery Patients

Michael J. Reardon, MD
Professor of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine,
University of Texas Medical Center at Houston,
Houston, Texas
Cardiac Neoplasms

T. Brett Reece, MD
Chief Resident, Department of Surgery,
University of Virginia, Charlotte, Virginia
Aortic Dissection

Robert J. Rizzo, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Ascending Aortic Aneurysms

Robert C. Robbins, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford,
California
Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation

Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiac Surgery,
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine,
Greenville, North Carolina
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Mitral Valve
Surgery

Frank J. Rybicki, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Section,
Director, Applied Imaging Science Laboratory,
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s
Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Cardiac Surgical Imaging

Edward B. Savage, MD
Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Services,
Surgeon, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Cardiac Surgical Physiology

Joseph S. Savino, MD
Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Section Chief,
Cardiovascular Thoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cardiac Anesthesia

Mohammed R. Sayeed, MD, FRCS, DNB
Departments of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, India
Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease

Hartzell V. Schaff, MD
Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery, Chair,
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
Multiple Valve Disease

Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology, Brigham and
Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts
Pathology of Cardiac Surgery

Richard B. Schuessler, PhD
Associate Research Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
Surgical Treatment of Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation

Ashish S. Shah, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
Heart Transplantation

David M. Shahian, MD
Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chair, Department of Surgery, Caritas St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Brighton, Massachusetts
Risk Stratification and Comorbidity

Ahmad Y. Sheikh, MD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford,
California
Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation

Prem S. Shekar, MD
Instructor in Surgery, Department of Cardiac Surgery,
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical
School, Boston, Massachusetts
Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Surgery

Richard J. Shemin, MD
Chief, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
Tricuspid Valve Disease

Tarang Sheth, MD, FRCPC
Cardiovascular Radiologist, Director of Cardiac CT and
MR, Department of Diagnostic Imaging,
Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, Canada
Cardiac Surgical Imaging

W. Roy Smythe, MD
Professor and Glen and Rita K. Roney Endowed
Chairman of Surgery, Department of Surgery,
Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Texas A&M
University Health Science Center, Temple, Texas
Cardiac Neoplasms

David Spielvogel, MD
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York Medical College, West Chester Medical Center, New York Cardiothoracic Group, Valhalla, New York
Anuerysms of the Aortic Arch

Martinus T. Spoor, MD
Section of Cardiac Surgery, University of Michigan Medical Center, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Nontransplant Surgical Options for Heart Failure

Henry M. Spotnitz, MD
Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Surgical Implantation of Pacemakers and Authomatic
Defibrillators

Sotiris C. Stamou, MD
Clinical Instructor of Surgery, Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University,
Fellow in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Westlane, Ohio
Pathophysiology of Aortic Valve Disease; Surgical Treatment of
Mitral Valve Endocarditis

Paul Stelzer, MD
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement: Porcine and
Pericardial

Larry W. Stephenson, MD
Ford-Webber Professor of Surgery and Chief,
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, Specialist-in-Chief,
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Detroit Medical Center,
Detroit, Michigan
History of Cardiac Surgery

Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
Indications for Revascularization; Myocardial
Revascularization with CPB

Rakesh M. Suri, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of
Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
Multiple Valve Disease

Wilson Y. Szeto, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

Kenichi A. Tanaka, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Cardiac Surgical Pharmacology

David F. Torchiana, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
Pericardial Disease

Marko I. Turina, MD
Head of Cardiac Surgery and Professor of Surgery,
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Deep Hypothermic Circulatory Arrest

Edward D. Verrier, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, William K. Edmark Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
Stentless Aortic Valve Replacement: Autograft/Homograft

Rochus K. Voeller, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Fellow, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine,
St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Surgical Treatment of Atrial and Ventricular Fibrillation

Jon-Cecil M. Walkes, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiovascular and
Thoracic Surgery, Weill Medical College, Cornell
University, Methodist DeBakey Heart Center, Houston, Texas
Cardiac Neoplasms

Benson R. Wilcox, MD
Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Surgical Anatomy of the Heart

James T. Willerson, MD
President-Elect, Medical Director, Director of Cardiology Research, and Co-Director of the Cullen Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, President, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas
Myocardial Revascularization with Percutaneous Devices

James M. Wilson, MD
Director of Cardiology Education and Director of Clinical Cardiology, The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas
Myocardial Revascularization with Percutaneous Devices

Yifu Zhou, MD
Cellular/Molecular Staff Scientist, Cardiothoracic Surgery Research Program, NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization and
Extravascular Angiogenetic Techniques to Increase
Myocardial Blood Flow


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