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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.
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The AATS Annual Meeting is specifically designed to meet the educational needs of: |
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Cardiothoracic Surgeons |
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Physicians in related specialties including Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Radiology, Gastroenterology, Thoracic Oncology and Vascular Surgery |
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Fellows and Residents in Cardiothoracic and General Surgical training programs |
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Allied Health Professionals involved in the care of cardiothoracic surgical patients including Nurses, Physician Assistants, Surgical Assistants and Perfusionists |
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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 |
JCTSE Educator Symposium Held in Conjunction with the AATS 91st Annual Meeting All interested CT surgeons dedicated to thoracic surgical education are welcome to attend these sessions. Read more.
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