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Lawrence H. Cohn, MD, Hubbard Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Pedro J. del Nido, MD, William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Children's Hospital Boston

Thomas W. Rice, MD, Daniel & Karen Lee Chair in Thoracic Surgery, Head, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University

Hartzell V. Schaff, MD, Stuart W. Harrington Professor of Surgery, Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Frank W. Sellke, MD, Johnson & Johnson Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Stanton K. Shernan, MD, FAHA, FASE, Associate Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Chief, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Craig R. Smith, MD, Calvin F. Barber Professor of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, Interim Chairman, Department of Surgery, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Director, Clinical Research, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic

Martin McKneally MD, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Senior Thoracic Surgeon, Toronto General Hospital

Bryan Meyers, MD, Professor of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, Chief, Section of Thoracic Surgery, Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Ryan Walther, MA Managing Editor, AATS Scientific Publications, American Assocation for Thoracic Surgery