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Join us in Philadelphia, from May 7 – 11, 2011 for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery's 91st Annual Meeting. This robust, high-quality five-day program, chaired by Irving L. Kron, MD of the University of Virginia, is designed with a primary focus on delivering cutting-edge education to improve cardiothoracic surgical practice. Gather with the world's leading scientists and medical professionals in the specialty at this premier continuing medical education event.

Who Should Attend

The AATS Annual Meeting is specifically designed to meet the educational needs of:
    Cardiothoracic Surgeons
    Physicians in related specialties including Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Radiology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic Oncology and Vascular Surgery
    Fellows and Residents in Cardiothoracic and General Surgical training programs
    Allied Health Professionals involved in the care of cardiothoracic surgical patients including Nurses, Physician Assistants, Surgical Assistants and Perfusionists
    Medical students with an interest in cardiothoracic surgery

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following companies for their support of this educational activity through educational grants:

Medtronic
St. Jude Medical, Inc.

We would like to thank the following companies for their exhibit support:

A & E Medical Corporation
Abbott Vascular
ABIOMED, Inc.
Accuray Incorporated
Acute Innovations
Aesculap Inc.
American College of Surgeons
Applied Fiberoptics/Vitalcor
AtriCure, Inc.
Atrium Medical Corporation
Baxter Healthcare
Berlin Heart
BFW, Inc.
Biomet Microfixation
Boss Instruments, Ltd.
Cadence Pharmaceuticals
California Medical Laboratories
Cardiogenesis Corp.
CardioNet
Cardiovascular Research Foundation
CareFusion
Caris Life Sciences
CAS Medical Systems, Inc.
Castlewood Surgical
Ceremed
Chase Medical Inc.
Clear Catheter Systems
Cook Medical
Cormatrix Cardiovascular, Inc.
Covidien
CryoLife, Inc.
CTSNet
Deep Breeze
Delacroix - Chevalier
Designs For Vision, Inc.
Doctors Research Group, Inc.
EACTS
Edwards Lifesciences
Elsevier
Essential Pharmaceuticals
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Fehling Surgical Instruments, Inc.
GE Healthcare
Genesee BioMedical, Inc.
GerMedUSA
Heart Hugger/Gen’l Cardiac Technology
Heart Valve Interactive Corp
HeartWare, Inc
HRA Hospital Research Associates
I-Flow Corporation
ImaCor, Inc.
Implantable Devices
Integra Lifesciences
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
Kapp Surgical Instrument Inc.
Kardium
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
KLS Martin, LP
LifeLike BioTissue, Inc.
LifeNet
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
LSI Solutions
MAQUET Cardiovascular
Masimo Corporation
Med-USA Medical Inc.
Medela, Inc.
Medi-Stim
Medical Concepts Europe
Medtronic Inc.
National Institute of Health, Office of History
Neomend, Inc.
Nonin Medical, Inc.
Olympus America
On-X Life Technologies, Inc.
Orthovita, Inc
Oscor Medical Corp.
Pemco Inc.
PeriOptix, Inc.
Peters Surgical/Med Alliance Solutions, LLC
Philips Healthcare
Pioneer Surgical Technology
Plasma Surgical, Inc.
Precision Therapeutics
Qualiteam s.r.l.
Quest Medical Inc.
RMD Instruments Corp.
Rose Micro Solutions
Rultract/Pemco Inc.
Rumex International
Scanlan International, Inc.
SIC Brevetti SRL
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
Society for Heart Valve Disease
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Sontec Instruments Inc.
Sorin Group
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
STS DC Office
superDimension, Inc.
Surgical Acuity, Inc.
Surgitel/General Scientific Corp
SynCardia Systems, Inc.
Synthes CMF
Teleflex Medical
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems
Thoracic Surgery Foundation for
Research and Education
Thoramet Surgical Products
Thoratec Corporation
Transonic Systems, Inc.
USB Medical, Ltd.
ValveXchange, Inc.
Vision-Sciences, Inc.
Vitalitec
Wexler Surgical Supplies
Wiley Blackwell

We would like to thank the following companies for their marketing support:

Abiomed, Inc.
Baxter Healthcare
Belmont Instrument
Cardiopulmonary Corp.
CareFusion
Clear Catheter Systems
Covidien
Draeger Medical, Inc.
Edwards Lifesciences
Epocal, Inc.
Ethicon-Endo Surgey, Inc.
GE Healthcare
Hutchinson Technology, Inc.
ImaCor
iMDsoft
Instrumentation Laboratory Company
InTouch Health
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Maquet Cardiovascular
Medi-Stim
Medtronic, Inc.
METI® Learning
mVisum
Nonin Medical, Inc.
Olympus Medical Systems
On-X Life Technologies, Inc
Philips Medical Systems
Pronia Medical Systems, LLC
Radiometer America, Inc.
Scanlan
Siemens Medical Solutions USA
Sorin Group
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Stryker Medical
Transonic Systems, Inc.
Vascutek, Ltd.
Vocera

We would like to thank the following companies for their support of:

Cardiac Hybrid OR of the Future©

Philips Healthcare
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
Maquet
Nonin Medical, Inc.
Siemens
Sorin Group
Transonic Systems

General Thoracic Hybrid OR of the Future©

Belmont Instruments
Covidien
Draeger Medical Inc.
Olympus America, Inc.
Scanlan International
Siemens Healthcare
Steris Corporation

ICU of the Future©

Abiomed
Cardiopulmonary Corp.
Carefusion
Clear Catheter Systems
Epocal, Inc.
GE Healthcare
Hutchinson Technology
ImaCor, Inc.
iMDsoft
Instrumentation Laboratory
InTouch Health
METI ® Learning
mVisum
Pronia Medical Systems
Radiometer America, Inc.
Stryker, Medical Inc.
Vocera Communications

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