September 16-17, 2000
Hyatt Regency O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY
President of the TSDA
Gordon N. Olinger, M.D.
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Organizing Chair and Moderator
Irving L. Kron, M.D.
Professor and Surgeon in Charge
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
Guest Speakers
Fred A. Crawford, Jr., M.D.
Chairman of ABTS
Professor & Chairman, Surgery
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Paul Friedmann, M.D.
Chairman, ACGME
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dean for Baystate Medical Center
Professor of Surgery
Tufts University School of Medicine
Springfield, Massachusetts
David L. Larson, M.D.
Professor & Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Group Leaders
William A. Baumgartner, M.D.
Professor of Surgery, Cardiac Surgeon-in-Charge
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland
John H. Calhoon, M.D.
Thoracic Surgery, Chief
University of Texas Medical School
San Antonio, Texas
David B. Campbell, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
The Milton Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania
David A. Fullerton, M.D.
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Northwestern University Medical School
Chicago, Illinois
Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.
Chief, Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center
Bronx, New York
Larry R. Kaiser, M.D.
Director, Thoracic Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Keith S. Naunheim, M.D.
Director of Cardiothoracic Residency Program
St. Louis University Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri
Carolyn E. Reed, M.D.
Associate Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina
Richard J. Shemin, M.D.
Professor and Chairman
The Boston Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Curtis G. Tribble, M.D.
Associate Program Director
University of Virginia Medical Center
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edward D. Verrier, M.D.
Professor & Vice Chairman
Dept. of Surgery
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington
Douglas E. Wood, M.D.
Head, Section of Thoracic Surgery
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, M.D.
Professor, Surgery, Medicine & Radiology
Director of General Thoracic Surgery Program
The University of Texas Galveston, Texas
Saturday, September 16, 2000
12:00 noon
Introduction
Gordon N. Olinger, M.D. and Irving L. Kron, M.D.
Board Perspective
Fred A. Crawford, M.D.
Plastic Surgery Core Curriculum and Testing Program
David L. Larson, M.D.
1:50 p.m.
Straw Vote for Initiative for change in graduate Thoracic Surgery Education
2-5 p.m.
First Breakout Group
5-6 p.m.
Group Leaders Meet (Free time for participants)
6-7:30 p.m.
Working Dinner
7:30 p.m.
ACGME Perspective
Paul Friedmann, M.D.
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Second Breakout Group
9:30-11 p.m.
Group Leaders Meet
Sunday, September 17, 2000
6:30 a.m.
Breakfast
7-9 a.m.
Final Breakout Group
9-10 a.m.
Group Leaders Meet
10:30-12:00 noon
Initial Vote - Discussion - Final Vote

