59th Annual Meeting | Barcelona, Spain | September 10-14, 2024
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SRS Education Council
Munish C. Gupta, MD, Chair
Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee
Jennifer Bauer, Co-Chair
Martin Repko, Co- Chair
Ivan Cheng, Past Chair
Mitsuru Yagi, Past Chair
Ibrahim Obeid
Michael Heffernan
Nitin Agarwal (C)
Juan Esteban Munoz Montoya (C)
Steven W. Hwang
Michael J. Faloon
Kariman Abelin Genevois, Co-Chair Elect
W.G. Stuart Mackenzie, Co-Chair Elect
Arvindera Ghag
Brian Neuman
Jeff Gum, Co-Vice Chair
Ilkka Helenius, Co-Vice Chair
Annual Meeting Education Committee
Brian Hsu, MD, Co-Chair
Javier Pizones, MD, PhD, Co-Chair
Mark Erickson, MD, Past Chair
Charla Fischer, MD, Past Chair
A. Noelle Larson, MD, Chair Elect
Nicolas D. Fletcher, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Eric O. Klineberg, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Joe Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Fernando A.M. Facanha-Filho, MD
Sinan Kahraman, MD
Anthony A. Catanzano Jr., MD
Peter M. Obid, MD
Kenney Ki-Lee Lau
Yunus Kuntawi Aji, MD
Megan Johnson, MD
Byron F. Stephens, MD
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Alpaslan Senkoylu, MD
Ali Baaj, MD
Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
John S. Vorhies, MD
Program Abstract Reviewers
Joseph Davey
Saumyajit Basu
David Bumpass
John Vorhies
Jean-Christophe Leveque
Michael Chang
Fernando Techy
Hossein Mehdian
Khoi Than
Aiyush Bansal
John Killian
Scott Nimmons
Guodong Wang
Samer Samy
Alexandre Fogaça Cristante
Robert H. Cho
William Lavelle
Jason Pui Yin Cheung
Mehmet B. Balioglu
Per D. Trobisch
Hanneke M. van West
Denis Sakai
Jay Turner
Luis Munhoz da Rocha
Alejandro Dabachi Richerand
Betty Norheim
Yong Hai
Bassel Diebo
Luiz Müller Avila
Masood Shafafy
Benjamin Elder
Md Yousuf Ali
Paulo Silva Ramos
Bhavuk Garg
Samuel Cho
Romain Dayer
John Lubicky
Karen Weissman
El Amir Bachar Harfouch
Robert Meves
Ahmed Abdelgawaad
58th Annual Meeting | Seattle, WA, USA | September 6-9, 2023
SRS Education Council
Munish C. Gupta, MD, Chair
Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee
Amy L. McIntosh, MD, Co-Chair
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, Co-Chair
Shay Bess, MD, Past Chair
Ivan Cheng, MD, Co-Chair Elect
Mitsuru Yagi, MD, PhD, Co-Chair Elect
Jennifer M. Bauer, MD, MS, Vice Chair
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Michael C. Albert, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD
Mostafa H. El Dafrawy, MD
Griffin R. Baum, MD, MSc
James T. Bennet, MD
Elizabeth L. Lord, MD
Patrick J. Cahill, MD
Satoru Demura, MD
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Michael J. Heffernan, MD
Annual Meeting Education Committee
Mark A. Erickson, MD, Co-Chair
Charla R. Fischer, MD, Co-Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD Past Chair
Brian Hsu, MD, Co-Chair Elect
Javier Pizones, MD, PhD Co-Chair Elect
Noelle Larson, MD, Vice Chair
Amy L. McIntosh, MD
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD
Daniel J. Miller, MD
Jeffrey P. Mullin, MD, MBA
Megan Johnson, MD
Tulio Moura Rangel, MD
Eren O. Kuris, MD
Brian J. Neuman, MD
Nick Sekouris, PhD
Benjamin Daniel Elder, MD, PhD
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Byron F. Stephens, MD
Alpaslan Senkoylu, MD
Ali A. Baaj, MD
Program Abstract Reviewers
Md Yousuf Ali
Keith R. Bachmann, MD
Junseok Bae, MD
Paloma Bas Hermida, MD
Saumyajit Basu, MD
David B. Bumpass, MD
Michael S. Chang, MD
David B. Cohen, MD, MPH
Joseph P. Davey, MD
Romain Dayer, MD
Eugenio Dema, MD
Christopher J. DeWald, MD
Bassel G. Diebo, MD
Joseph P. Gjolaj, MD, FACS, FAOA
Judson W. Karlen, MD
David Lazarus, MD
Darren R. Lebl, MD, MBA
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, MD
Scott J. Luhmann, MD
Hossein Mehdian, MD, FRCS(Ed)
Ahmad Nassr, MD
Karl E. Rathjen, MD
Fernando Techy, MD
Khoi D. Than, MD
Surya Prakash Rao Voleti, MS, DNB
John S. Vorhies, MD
ZeZhang Zhu, MD, PhD
57th Annual Meeting | Stockholm, Sweden | September 14-17, 2022
Program Committee
Shay Bess, MD, Chair
Michael P. Kelly, MD, Past Chair
Amy L. McIntosh, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Rajiv K. Sethi, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Ivan Cheng, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Mitsuru Yagi, MD, PhD, Co-Vice Chair
Michael C. Albert, MD
Patrick J. Cahill, MD
Satoru Demura, MD, PhD
Mostafa H. El Dafrawy, MD
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Megan Johnson, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Education Committee
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair
Amer F. Samdani, MD, Past Chair
Mark A. Erickson, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Charla R. Fischer, MD, Co-Chair-Elect
Brian Hsu, MD, Co-Vice Chair
Javier Pizones, MD, PhD, Co-Vice Chair
Ricardo B. Fontes, MD, PhD
Paul Gerdhem, MD, PhD
Arvindera Ghag, MD, FRCSC
Munish Chandra Gupta, MD
Hamid Hassanzadeh, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Kenneth D. Illingworth, MD
Sharif Ahmed Jonayed, MS, FCPS (BD)
David Lazarus, MD
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Rafael G. Oliveira, MD
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Yong Qiu, MD
Brett Rocos, MD, FRCS
Byron F. Stephens, MD
56th Annual Meeting | St. Louis, Missouri, USA | September 22-25, 2021
Program Committee
Michael P. Kelly, MD, Chair
Shay Bess, MD, Chair Elect
Lindsay M. Andras, MD, Past Chair
Michael C. Albert, MD
Sébastien Charosky, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
David E. Lebel, MD, PhD
Amy L. McIntosh, MD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Sebastien Pesenti, MD
Amer F. Samdani, MD
Vidyadhar V. Upasani, MD
Education Committee
Amer F. Samdani, MD, Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair Elect
Baron S. Lonner, MD, Past Chair
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Carlos Eduardo Barsotti, MD
Mark A. Erickson, MD
Arvindera Ghag, MD, FRCSC
Munish C. Gupta, MD
Christina K. Hardesty, MD
Ali Humadi, MB, ChB, MS, FRACS
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Marissa M. Muccio, PT
Luiz Müller Avila, MD
Ibrahim Obeid, MD
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Nicolas Plais, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
55th Annual Meeting | Online | September 9-13, 2020
SRS Education Council Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD
Program Committee
Lindsay Andras, MD, Chair
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC, Past Chair
Michael P. Kelly, MD, Chair Elect
Shay Bess, MD
Aaron J. Buckland, MD, FRACS
Sebastien Charosky, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Lindsay Crawford, MD
Eugenio Dema, MD
Hamid Hassanzadeh, MD
Ehsan Jazini, MD
Sinan Kahraman, MD
Khaled M. Kebaish, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
Ferran Pellisé, MD, PhD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Amer F. Samdani, MD
John T. Smith, MD
Qianyu Zhuang, MD
Education Committee
Baron Lonner, MD, Chair
Burt Yaszay, MD, Past Chair
Amer F. Samdani, MD, Chair Elect
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Lindsay Andras, MD
Ali A. Baaj, MD
Keith Bachmann, MD
Andrei N. Baklanov
Saumyajit Basu, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Alexandre Cristante, MD, PhD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Stephen G. George Jr., MD
Mari Louise Groves, MD
Munish C. Gupta, MD
Stephen Hwang, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Michael D. Paloski, DO
Stefan Parent, MD, PhD
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
Yong Qiu, MD
54th Annual Meeting | Montréal, Canada | September 18-21, 2019
Program Committee
Firoz Miyanji, Chair
Lindsay Andras, Chair Elect
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., Past Chair
Stephen J. Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Keith Bachmann, MD
Carlos Barsotti, MD
Eugenio Dema, MD
Joseph Gjolaj MD
Jeffrey Gum, MD
Stuart Hershman, MD
Deniz Konya, MD
Joshua Murphy, MD
Dominique Rothenfluh, MD, PhD
Nicholas Spina, MD
Ferran Pellise, MD, PhD
John T. Smith, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Amer Samdani, MD
Sebastien Charosky, MD
Education Committee
Burt Yaszay, MD, Chair
Baron Lonner, MD, Chair Elect
Suken A. Shah, MD, Past Chair
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC
Charles H. Crawford III, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Keith Bachmann, MD
Edmund Choi, MD
Alexandre Cristante, MD, PhD
Sabrina Donzelli, MD
Calvin Kuo, MD
David Lebel, MD, PhD
Gabriel Liu, FRCS(Orth), MSC
Kristopher Lundine, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FRACS
Addisu Mesfin, MD
Joshua Murphy, MD
Tushar Rathod, MS, FCPS
Rolf Riise, MD
YingSong Wang, MD
Samuel K. Cho, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Charles E. Johnston, MD
Stephen Hwang, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
53rd Annual Meeting & Course | Bologna, Italy | October 10-13, 2018
2018 Program Committee
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD, Chair
Muharrem Yazici, MD, Past Chair
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC, Chair Elect
Raphael D. Adobor, MD, PhD
Jason P.Y. Cheung, MBBS (HK)
David H. Clements, III, MD
Satoru Demura, MD
Jeffrey L. Gum, MD
Daniel G. Kang, MD
Michael P. Kelly, MD
Tyler Koski, MD
Stephen J. Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Ferran Pellise, MD, PhD
John T. Smith, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
2018 Education Committee
Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair
Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, Past Chair
Burt Yaszay, MD, Chair Elect
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Keith R. Bachmann, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Robert H. Cho, MD
David H. Clements, III, MD
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Alan H. Daniels, MD
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Richard H. Gross, MD|
Charles Johnston, MD
Olavo Letaif, MD, MSc
Gabriel KP Liu, FRCS(Orth), MSC
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD
Scott C. Nelson, MD
S. Rajasekeran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Rodrigo G. Remondino, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Denis Sakai, MD
Jason W. Savage, MD
Masood Shafafy, FRCS(Orth)
William F. Young, MD
52nd Annual Meeting & Course | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | September 6-9, 2017
Program Committee
Muharrem Yazici, MD. Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Past Chair
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD, Chair Elect
Daniel P. Borschneck, MD, BSc, MSc, FRCSC
Kai Cao, MD, PhD
David H. Clements, III, MD
David W. Gray, MD
Stuart H. Hershman, MD
Michael P. Kelly, MD
Han Jo Kim, MD
Tyler Koski, MD
Stephen J. Lewis, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Isador H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC
Hillard T. Spencer, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
Education Committee
Praveen V. Mummaneni, MD, Chair
Theodore T. Choma, MD, Past Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair Elect
Kariman Abelin-Genevois, MD, PhD
Santiago Tomas Bosio, MD
Marco Brayda-Bruno, MD
Robert H. Cho, MD
David H. Clements, III, MD
Charles H. Crawford III, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Michael D. Daubs, MD
Richard H. Gross, MD
Isaac O. Karikari, MD
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Olavo B Letaif, MD, MSc
Ripul R. Panchal, DO FACOS
Paul Park, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, PhD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Scott S. Russo, Jr., MD
Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
Jason W. Savage, MD
Yan Wang, MD
Burt Yaszay, MD
Muharrem Yazici, MD
51st Annual Meeting & Course | Prague, Czech Republic | September 21 – 24, 2016
Education Committee
Theodore T. Choma, MD, Chair
Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Past Chair
Praveen Mummaneni, MD, Chair Elect
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
Eric J. Belin, MD
Santiago T. Bosio, MD
Kai Cao, MD, PhD
Jonathan J. Carmouche, MD
Scott C. Nelson, MD
Naveed Yasin, FRCS (Tr & Ortho)
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Richard H. Gross, MD
Yan Wang, MD
Charles H. Crawford III, MD
Paul T. Rubery, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD
Program Committee
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD Chair
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr, MD Past Chair
Muharrem Yazici, MD Chair Elect
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
James F. Mooney, III, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
John M. Caridi, MD
Michael P. Kelly, MD
Han Jo Kim, MD
Joshua M. Pahys, MD
Themistocles S. Protopsaltis, MD
Fernando Techy, MD
David W. Gray, MD
Tyler Koski, MD
Yong Qiu, MD
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD
50th Annual Meeting & Course | Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA |September 30 – October 3, 2015
Education Committee
Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Chair
Lori A. Karol, MD, Past Chair
Theodore T. Choma, MD, Chair Elect
Allan C. Beebe, MD
Michael S. Chang, MD
Haemish A. Crawford, FRACS
Woojin Cho, MD, PhD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
John C. France, MD
Richard H. Gross, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Steven W. Hwang, MD
Robert K. Lark, MD, MS
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD
Sergio A. Mendoza-Lattes, MD
Praveeen V. Mummaneni, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Scott S, Russo, Jr., MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
Kit M. Song, MD, MHA
Fernando Techy, MD
Yan Wang, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Program Committee
Ronald A. Lehman, Jr., MD, Chair
James O. Sanders, MD, Past Chair
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD, Chair Elect
Lindsay M. Andras, MD
David F. Antezana, MD
Theodore J. Choma, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Paul A. Glazer, MD
David W. Gray, MD
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Michelle Clair Marks, PT, MA
Firoz Miyanji, MD, FRCSC
James F. Mooney, MD
Muharrem Yazici, MD
49th Annual Meeting & Course |Anchorage, Alaska, USA |September 10-13, 2014
Education Committee
Lori A. Karol, MD, Chair
John R. Dimar, II, MD, Past Chair
Sigurd H. Berven, MD, Chair Elect
Jahangir K. Asghar, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD, PhD
Nicholas D. Fletcher, MD
John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MD, MS, FACS
Eric O. Klineberg, MD
Nathan H. Lebwohl, MD
Jean-Christophe A. Leveque, MD
Jwalant S. Mehta, FRCS(Orth)
Praveeen V. Mummaneni, MD
Chris J. Neal, MD
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD
Miguel H. Puigdevall, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD,FRCS,MCh,PhD
Scott S. Russo, MD
Maria Cristina Sacramento Dominguez, MD, PhD
James O. Sanders, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Kit M. Song, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Program Committee
James O Sanders, MD, Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD, Past Chair
Ronald A. Lehman Jr., MD, Chair Elect
Theodore J. Choma, MD
Charles H. Crawford, III, MD
Benny T. Dahl, MD, PhD, DMSci
Paul A. Glazer, MD
Han Jo Kim, MD
Stanley S. Lee, MD
James F. Mooney, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Justin S. Smith, MD, PhD
John G. Thometz, MD
48th Annual Meeting & Course | Lyon, France | September 18-21, 2013
Education Committee
John R. Dimar, II, MD, Chair
Mark B. Dekutoski, MD, Past Chair
Lori A. Karol, MD, Chair Elect
Terry D. Amaral, MD
Christopher P. Ames, MD
Sigurd H. Berven, MD
Michael S. Chang, MD
Robert H. Cho, MD
John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Andrew H. Jea, MD
Elias C. Papadopoulos, MD
S. Rajasekaran, MD, FRCS, MCh, PhD
Scott S. Russo, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD
Kit M. Song, MD, MHA
Paul D. Sponseller, MD
Mark Weidenbaum, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD
Lukas P. Zebala, MD
Program Committee
Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Past Chair
James O Sanders, MD, Chair Elect
Jahingir K. Asghar, MD
Theodore J. Choma, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Stanley S. Lee, MD
Ronald A. Lehman Jr., MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Frank J. Schwab, MD
John G. Thometz, MD
47th Annual Meeting & Course | Chicago, Illinois, USA | September 5-8, 2012
Education Committee
Mark Dekutoski, MD, Co-Chair
John R. Dimar, II, MD, Co-Chair
Joseph H. Perra, MD, Past Chair
John C. France, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Eric T. Jones, MD
Lori A. Karol, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine, II, MD
Kit M. Song, MD
Daniel J. Sucato, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD
Lukas P. Zebala, MD
Program Committee
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Chair
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Past Chair
Suken A. Shah, MD, Chair Elect
R. Haluk Berk, MD
William F. Donaldson, III, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Stanley S. Lee, MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine, II, MD
James O. Sanders, MD
Yutaka Sasao, MD
John G. Thometz, MD
46th Annual Meeting & Course | Louisville, Kentucky, USA | September 14-17, 2011
Education Committee
Joseph H. Perra, MD, Chair
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD
Mark B. Dekutoski, MD
John R. Dimar, II MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Brian Hsu, MD
Kamal N. Ibrahim, MD
Eric T. Jones, MD
Lori A. Karol, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine II, MD
Amer Samdani, MD
Paul D. Sponseller, MD
Adam L. Wollowick, MD
Program Committee
R. Haluk Berk, MD
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Chair
Andrew M. Casden, MD
Marinus de Kleuver, MD
William F. Donaldson, III, MD
Daniel W. Green, MS, MD, FACS
Noriaka Kawakami, MD, Past Chair
Gregory M. Mundis, Jr., MD
Timothy S. Oswald, MD
Glenn R. Rechtine II, MD
Suken A. Shah, MD
Peter Sturm, MD
Daniel J. Sucato, MD, MS, Chair Elect
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, Past Chair
45th Annual Meeting & Combined Course | Kyoto, Japan |September 21-24, 2010
44th Annual Meeting and Course | San Antonio, Texas, USA | September 23-26, 2009
43rd Annual Meeting & Course | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA | September 10-13, 2008
2008 SRS President
George H. Thompson, MD
2008 Local Organizing Hosts
James W. Ogilvie, MD
James W. Roach, MD
2008 Program Committee
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, Chair
David L. Skaggs, MD, Past Chair
Sanford E. Emery, MD
Muharrem Yazici, MD
James T. Guille, MD
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD (IMAST Chair)
Douglas C. Burton, MD
Peter O. Newton, MD, Chair Elect
Andrew G. King, MD
Todd J. Albert, MD
Patrick J. Connolly, MD
Noriaka Kawakami, MD, 2010 Co-Chair
Michael J. Yaszemski, MD, PhD, 2010 Co-Chair
2008 Program Reviewers
Ahmet Alanay, MD
Eric Buchl, MD
Mohammad Diab, MD
Michael Daubs, MD
Federico Girardi, MD
Azmi Hamzaoglu, MD
Timothy Kuklo, MD
Stanley Lee, MD
Isadore H. Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
Amir Mehbod, MD
Charles T. Mehlman, DO, MPH
Yutaka Nohara, MD
Stephen Ondra, MD
B. Stephens Richards, III, MD
Anthony Rinella, MD
Michael Ruf, MD
Vishwas Talwalker, MD
Carlos Tello, MD
Clifford Tribus, MD
2008 Education Committee
R. Jay Cummings, MD, Chair
Laurel C. Blakemore, MD, Past Chair
Reginald Q. Knight, MD
Paul D. Sponseller, MD, (Program)
R. Shay Bess, MD
Kuniyoshi Abumi, MD
Allen W. Carl, MD, Chair Elect
Lawrence L. Haber, MD
Joseph H. Perra, MD
Ahmet Alanay, MD
All Previous Meetings
1st Annual Meeting October 2-4, 1966 – Minneapolis, MN, USA President John H. Moe Secretary-Treasurer William J. Kane Directors William F. Donaldson Louis A. Goldstein John E. Hall Paul R. Harrington David B. Levine Jacquelin Perry
2nd Annual Meeting 1967 – Minneapolis, MN, USA President John H. Moe President-Elect John E. Hall Secretary-Treasurer William J. Kane Directors William F. Donaldson Louis A. Goldstein Paul R. Harrington David B. Levine Jacquelin Perry
3rd Annual Meeting 1968 – Houston, TX, USA President John H. Moe President-Elect John E. Hall Secretary-Treasurer William J. Kane Directors William F. Donaldson Louis A. Goldstein Paul R. Harrington David B. Levine Jacquelin Perry
4th Annual Meeting Sept. 4-6, 1969 – Anaheim, CA, USA President John E. Hall President-Elect G. Dean MacEwen Secretary-Treasurer William J. Kane Past President John H. Moe Directors Allen S. Edmonson Richard M. Kilfoyle Jacquelin Perry James W. Tupper
5th Annual Meeting Sept. 10-12, 1970 – Toronto, ON, CANADA President John E. Hall President-Elect G. Dean MacEwen Secretary-Treasurer William J. Kane Sec.-Treas.-Elect David B. Levine Past President John H. Moe Directors Robert P. Keiser Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Robert C. Zuege
6th Annual Meeting Sept. 8-10, 1971 – Hartford, CT, USA President G. Dean MacEwen President-Elect Paul R. Harrington Secretary-Treasurer David B. Levine Past President John E. Hall Directors Charles H. Herndon John C. Kennedy John H. Moe Frank C. Wilson, Jr.
7th Annual Meeting 1972 – Wilmington, DE, USA President G. Dean MacEwen President-Elect Paul R. Harrington Secretary-Treasurer David B. Levine Treasurer-Elect James H. Hardy Past President John E. Hall Directors Kenton D. Leatherman Lawrence Noall Albert C. Schmidt
8th Annual Meeting 1973 – Gothenburg, SWEDEN President Paul R. Harrington President-Elect Robert B. Winter Secretary David B. Levine Treasurer James H. Hardy Past President G. Dean MacEwen Directors Gordon W.D. Armstrong Kenton D. Leatherman Lawrence Noall
9th Annual Meeting Sept. 11-13, 1974 – San Francisco, CA, USA President Robert B. Winter President-Elect Kenton D. Leatherman Secretary David B. Levine Secretary-Elect Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Treasurer James H. Hardy Past President Paul R. Harrington Directors Gordon W.D. Armstrong R. Kirklin Ashley Wilton H. Bunch
10th Annual Meeting Sept 10-12, 1975 – Louisville, KY, USA President Kenton D. Leatherman President-Elect Edward H. Simmons Secretary Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Treasurer James H. Hardy Past President Robert B. Winter Directors R. Kirklin Ashley Wilton H. Bunch Ronald L. DeWald 33 Past Meetings
11th Annual Meeting Sept. 4-6, 1976 – Ottawa, ON, CANADA President Edward H. Simmons President-Elect Louis A. Goldstein Secretary Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Treasurer James H. Hardy Treasurer-Elect Wilton H. Bunch Past President Kenton D. Leatherman Directors Ronald L. DeWald Robert B. Winter
12th Annual Meeting Oct. 24-27, 1977 – HONG KONG President R. Kirklin Ashley President (9/76-10/76) Louis A. Goldstein Secretary Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Treasurer Wilton H. Bunch Past President Edward H. Simmons Directors Jesse H. Dickson Kenton D. Leatherman Marr P. Mullen
13th Annual Meeting Sept. 13-15, 1978 – Boston, MA, USA President R. Kirklin Ashley President-Elect David B. Levine Secretary Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Secretary-Elect Allen S. Edmonson Treasurer Wilton H. Bunch Past President Edward H. Simmons Directors Marr P. Mullen Clyde L. Nash, Jr.
14th Annual Meeting Sept. 11-14, 1979 – Seattle, WA, USA President David B. Levine President-Elect William J. Kane Secretary Allen S. Edmonson Treasurer Wilton H. Bunch Past President R. Kirklin Ashley Directors James E. Holmblad Donald A. Jones S. Henry LaRocca Clyde L. Nash, Jr.
15th Annual Meeting Sept. 17-19, 1980 – Chicago, IL, USA President William J. Kane President-Elect Gordon W.D. Armstrong Secretary Allen S. Edmonson Treasurer Wilton H. Bunch Treasurer-Elect John C. Brown Past President David B. Levine Directors James E. Holmblad Donald A. Jones
16th Annual Meeting Sept. 16-18, 1981 – Montreal, QC, CANADA President Gordon W.D. Armstrong President-Elect Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Secretary Allen S. Edmonson Treasurer John C. Brown Past President William J. Kane Directors James E. Holmblad Gordon L. Engler David S. Bradford
17th Annual Meeting Sept. 22-25, 1982 – Denver, CO, USA President Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. President-Elect Clyde L. Nash, Jr. Secretary Allen S. Edmonson Secretary-Elect Robert N. Hensinger Treasurer John C. Brown Past President Gordon W.D. Armstrong Directors Gordon L. Engler David S. Bradford Morris A. Duhaime Harold K. Dunn
18th Annual Meeting Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 1983 – New Orleans, LA, USA President Clyde L. Nash, Jr. President-Elect David S. Bradford Secretary Robert N. Hensinger Treasurer John C. Brown Past President Theodore R. Waugh, Jr. Directors Morris A. Duhaime Harold K. Dunn Edgar G. Dawson John P. Kostuik
19th Annual Meeting Sept. 19-22, 1984 – Orlando, FL, USA President David S. Bradford President-Elect Allen S. Edmonson Secretary Robert N. Hensinger Treasurer John C. Brown Treasurer-Elect Gordon L. Engler Past President Clyde L. Nash, Jr. Directors Edgar G. Dawson John P. Kostuik Thomas I. Lowry Past Meetings and Officers 34 Past Meetings
20th Annual Meeting Sept. 17-20, 1985 – San Diego, CA, USA President Allen S. Edmonson President-Elect Wilton H. Bunch Secretary Robert N. Hensinger Treasurer Gordon L. Engler Past President David S. Bradford Directors Thomas I. Lowry Marc A. Asher L. Ray Lawson Albert B. Schultz
21st Annual Meeting Sept. 21-25, 1986 – Hamilton, BERMUDA President Wilton H. Bunch President-Elect John P. Kostuik Secretary Robert N. Hensinger Secretary-Elect William P. Bunnell Treasurer Gordon L. Engler Past President Allen S. Edmonson Directors Marc A. Asher L. Ray Lawson Robert Gillespie John E. Lonstein
22nd Annual Meeting Sept. 15-19, 1987 – Vancouver, BC, CANADA President John P. Kostuik President-Elect Ronald L. DeWald Secretary William P. Bunnell Treasurer Gordon L. Engler Past President Wilton H. Bunch Directors Robert Gillespie Rae R. Jacobs John E. Lonstein Stuart L. Weinstein
23rd Annual Meeting Sept. 21-25, 1988 – Baltimore, MD, USA President Ronald L. DeWald President-Elect Robert N. Hensinger Secretary William P. Bunnell Treasurer Gordon L. Engler Treasurer-Elect Edgar G. Dawson Past President John P. Kostuik Directors Ralph W. Coonrad Denis S. Drummond Rae R. Jacobs Stuart L. Weinstein
24th Annual Meeting Sept. 17-22, 1989 – Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS President Robert N. Hensinger President-Elect Jesse H. Dickson First Vice President John E. Lonstein Secretary William P. Bunnell Treasurer Edgar G. Dawson Past President Ronald L. DeWald Directors Daniel R. Benson Ralph W. Coonrad Denis S. Drummond Thomas S. Renshaw
25th Annual Meeting Sept. 23-27, 1990 – Honolulu, HI, USA President Jesse H. Dickson President-Elect John E. Lonstein First Vice President Daniel R. Benson Secretary William P. Bunnell Secretary-Elect Vernon T. Tolo Treasurer Edgar G. Dawson Past President Robert N. Hensinger Directors Robert W. Gaines, Jr. Thomas S. Renshaw Susan M. Swank Stephen J. Tredwell
26th Annual Meeting Sept. 24-27, 1991 – Minneapolis, MN, USA President John E. Lonstein President-Elect Daniel R. Benson First Vice President John C. Brown Secretary Vernon T. Tolo Treasurer Edgar G. Dawson Past President Jesse H. Dickson Directors Alvin H. Crawford Robert W. Gaines, Jr. Stanley D. Gertzbein Stephen J. Tredwell
27th Annual Meeting Sept. 23-26, 1992 – Kansas City, MO, USA President Daniel R. Benson President-Elect John C. Brown First Vice President Gordon L. Engler Secretary Vernon T. Tolo Treasurer Edgar G. Dawson Treasurer-Elect Courtney W. Brown Past President John E. Lonstein Directors Alvin H. Crawford Stanley D. Gertzbein Donald P.K. Chan Susan W. Swank Past Meetings and Officers 35 Past Meetings
28th Annual Meeting Sept. 18-23, 1993 – Dublin, IRELAND President John C. Brown President-Elect Gordon L. Engler First Vice President Edgar G. Dawson Past President Daniel R. Benson Secretary Vernon T. Tolo Treasurer Courtney W. Brown Directors Donald P.K. Chan Susan W. Swank Behrooz A. Akbarnia John A. Herring
29th Annual Meeting Sept. 21-24, 1994 – Portland, OR, USA President Gordon L. Engler President-Elect Edgar G. Dawson First Vice President Vernon T. Tolo Past President John C. Brown Secretary Harry L. Shufflebarger Treasurer Courtney W. Brown Directors Behrooz A. Akbarnia John A. Herring William A. Carr Dennis R. Wenger
30th Annual Meeting Sept. 13-16, 1995 – Asheville, NC, USA President Edgar G. Dawson President-Elect Vernon T. Tolo First Vice President Marc A. Asher Past President Gordon L. Engler Secretary Harry L. Shufflebarger Treasurer Courtney W. Brown Directors William A. Carr Dennis R. Wenger Thomas F. Kling, Jr. Jack K. Mayfield
31st Annual Meeting Sept. 25-28, 1996 – Ottawa, ON, CANADA President Vernon T. Tolo President-Elect Marc A. Asher First Vice President Donald P.K. Chan Past President Edgar G. Dawson Secretary Harry L. Shufflebarger Treasurer Courtney W. Brown Treasurer-Elect William A. Carr Directors Thomas F. Kling, Jr. Jack K. Mayfield Keith H. Bridwell Thomas R. Haher
32nd Annual Meeting Sept. 25-27, 1997 – St. Louis, MO, USA President Marc A. Asher President-Elect Donald P.K. Chan First Vice President Courtney W. Brown Past President Vernon T. Tolo Secretary Harry L. Shufflebarger Secretary-Elect Denis S. Drummond Treasurer William A. Carr Directors Keith H. Bridwell Thomas R. Haher R. Mervyn Letts Michael G. Neuwirth
33rd Annual Meeting Sept. 16-20, 1998 – New York, NY, USA President Donald P.K. Chan President-Elect Courtney W. Brown First Vice President Harry L. Shufflebarger Past President Marc A. Asher Secretary Denis S. Drummond Treasurer William A. Carr Directors R. Mervyn Letts Michael G. Neuwirth John B. Emans James W. Ogilvie
34th Annual Meeting Sept. 23-25, 1999 – San Diego, CA, USA President Courtney W. Brown President-Elect Harry L. Shufflebarger First Vice President Alvin H. Crawford Past President Donald P.K. Chan Secretary Denis S. Drummond Treasurer William A. Carr Directors John B. Emans James W. Ogilvie John V. Banta Thomas G. Lowe
35th Annual Meeting Oct. 18-21, 2000 – Cairns, AUSTRALIA President Harry L. Shufflebarger President-Elect Alvin H. Crawford First Vice President Denis S. Drummond Past President Courtney W. Brown Secretary John B. Emans Treasurer William A. Carr Treasurer-Elect Behrooz A. Akbarnia Directors John V. Banta Thomas G. Lowe John P. Lubicky George H. Thompson Past Meetings and Officers 36 Past Meetings
36th Annual Meeting Sept. 19-22, 2001 – Cleveland, OH, USA President Alvin H. Crawford President-Elect Denis S. Drummond First Vice President Keith H. Bridwell Past President Harry L. Shufflebarger Secretary John B. Emans Treasurer Behrooz A. Akbarnia Directors John P. Lubicky George H. Thompson Stewart I. Bailey Thomas S. Whitecloud, III
37th Annual Meeting Sept. 18-21, 2002 – Seattle, WA, USA President Denis S. Drummond President-Elect Keith H. Bridwell First Vice President James W. Ogilvie Past President Alvin H. Crawford Secretary John B. Emans Treasurer Behrooz A. Akbarnia Directors Stewart I. Bailey Thomas S. Whitecloud, III Randal R. Betz Howard A. King
38th Annual Meeting Sept. 10-13, 2003 – Quebec City, CANADA President Keith H. Bridwell President-Elect James W. Ogilvie First Vice President Randal R. Betz Past President Denis S. Drummond Secretary John B. Emans Secretary-Elect Thomas R. Haher Treasurer Behrooz A. Akbarnia Treasurer-Elect Richard E. McCarthy Directors Howard A. King Hubert H.L. Labelle John Dormans David W. Polly, Jr.
39th Annual Meeting & One Day Course Sept. 6-9, 2004 – Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA President James W. Ogilvie President-Elect Randal R. Betz First Vice President Behrooz A. Akbarnia Past President Keith H. Bridwell Secretary Thomas R. Haher Treasurer Richard E. McCarthy Directors John Dormans David W. Polly, Jr. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Michael A. Edgar
40th Annual Meeting & Course Oct. 27-30, 2005 – Miami, FL, USA President Randal R. Betz President-Elect Behrooz A. Akbarnia Vice President George H. Thompson Past President James W. Ogilvie Secretary Thomas R. Haher Treasurer Richard E. McCarthy Directors Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Michael A. Edgar Steven M. Mardjetko Mark Weidenbaum
41st Annual Meeting & Course Sept. 13-16, 2006 – Monterey, CA, USA President Behrooz A. Akbarnia President-Elect George H. Thompson Vice President Thomas G. Lowe Secretary Thomas R. Haher Treasurer Richard E. McCarthy Past President Randal R. Betz Past President James W. Ogilvie Past President Keith H. Bridwell Directors Steven M. Mardjetko Mark Weidenbaum Paul D. Sponseller Nobumasa Suzuki
42nd Annual Meeting & Course Sept. 5-8, 2007 – Edinburgh, SCOTLAND President George H. Thompson President-Elect Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Vice President Richard E. McCarthy Secretary Thomas R. Haher Treasurer Steven M. Mardjetko Secretary-Elect David W. Polly, Jr. Past President Behrooz A. Akbarnia Past President Randal R. Betz Past President James W. Ogilvie Directors Paul D. Sponseller Nobumasa Suzuki Lawrence G. Lenke B. Stephens Richards, III