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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002;124:649-654
© 2002 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Presidential Address

Presidential address: Our heritage and our future

From the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Read at the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Washington, DC, May 5-9, 2002.

Received for publication May 21, 2002. Accepted for publication May 31, 2002. Address for reprints: Timothy J. Gardner, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (E-mail: gardnert@uphs.upenn.edu).

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	Introduction

 

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I am standing here as president of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery thanks to a lot of good fortune and, even more important, thanks to some very good people. As I remarked when I was leaving Johns Hopkins for Philadelphia, what I had become professionally at that time was about one third the result of my own efforts and two thirds a result of the Hopkins environment and my colleagues there. Whatever we have accomplished at the University of Pennsylvania has been the result of teamwork, and the team has included my superb colleagues in cardiothoracic surgery and anesthesia, a great teaching environment, and some staunch supporters. Casey Stengel said, "Managing a baseball team is getting paid for home runs someone else hits." That has certainly been my story at Penn. I am very grateful to the numerous people over the years who have nurtured and supported my efforts and especially to my current colleagues in Philadelphia. Very special thanks also go to my wife, Nina; to our 4 children, Julie, Joby, Emily, and Nick; and to my close friends for the love, support, and happiness that I have received from each of them.

Two years ago, in his excellent presidential address to this Association entitled "The Innovation Imperative," Toby Cosgrove began by stating: "For thoracic surgeons, this is the best of times and the worst of times." That was May 2000, when the United States was at the prosperous apex of a peaceful and benign international society, where goodwill and mutual respect reigned. We were in the midst of an unprecedented . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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