Stand-alone General Session

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

PROGRAM

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



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