J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:337-340
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
The Editorial Board of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Andrew S. Wechsler, MDa,*
a Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa, USA
Received for publication June 22, 2004; accepted for publication June 22, 2004.
* Address for reprints: Andrew S. Wechsler, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, 245 N 15th St, Room 6451, NCB, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA
jtcvs{at}drexel.edu
In 2003, we received more than 1200 submissions in our office: a 10% increase over last year (and a 35% increase over 2001). Given the fact that most published articles undergo at least one and frequently two or more revisions, it is clear that we owe a huge debt of gratitude to those individuals, highlighted on the following pages, who serve so ably on our editorial board. Individuals are nominated to the editorial board by a process of consultation between the Editor and the Associate Editors that results in recommendation of names to the entire Council of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery for approval. Individuals who are asked to serve on the editorial board must have displayed competence and timeliness as a peer reviewer, evidence of important contributions to our field, and good common sense. Editorial board members may review as many as 40 manuscripts a year. Most of our board members are busy clinicians who carve time from evenings and weekends to perform this vital function. I can only state, quite simply and sincerely, the Journal and their colleagues are very much in their debt.
This year we wish to note the departure from the editorial board of the following members: Ray Chu-Jeng Chiu, Lawrence Cohn, Marc de Leval, M. Erisan Ergin, Axel Haverich, Larry Kaiser, Anton Lerut, Hartzell Schaff, Willem van Oeveren, and William Williams.
We would like to welcome to the editorial board George Despotis, Marc Gillinov, Alan Hilgenberg, John Ikonomidis, Walter Klepetko, Bryan Meyers, Ralph Mosca, Todd Rosengart, Hans-Hinrich Sievers, and James Tweddell.
Many of you, our readers, are asked from time to time to provide peer review. In previous editorials, I1,2 defined some of the responsibilities and benefits for such endeavors. The high impact factor of the Journal and its prestigious position in the top 3.4% of all published journals are the consequence of our rigorous peer review process. For those readers who have not been called upon to provide peer review but who have contributed to the literature and would like to participate in the process, we encourage you to log on to our Web site (http://jtcvs.editorialmanager.com), register as a reviewer, and self-classify your interests. I offer you my thanks in advance for any help you provide to us in the future.
Our editorial board is international in scope because we are truly a journal with international reach. One third of our submissions are from North America, roughly another third are from Asia, and another third from Europe, with a small number of papers emanating from South America. The Journal welcomes submissions from anyone who performs cardiothoracic surgery or is involved with investigational work of keen interest to cardiothoracic surgeons.
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Editorial Staff
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Andrew S. Wechsler, MD Stanley K. Brockman Professor Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ralph J. Damiano, Jr, MD John M. Shoenberg Professor of Surgery Chief of Cardiac Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri
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D. Craig Miller, MD Thelma and Henry Doelger Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery Stanford University Medical School Stanford, California
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G. Alexander Patterson, MD Joseph C. Bancroft Professor of Surgery Chief, Section of General Thoracic Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri
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Thomas L. Spray, MD Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Eugene H. Blackstone, MD Section Head: Research Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
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Martin F. McKneally, MD Department of Surgery and Joint Centre for Bioethics University of Toronto Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Pamela Fried, MBA Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Cary W. Akins, MD Department of Cardiac Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
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Carl Lewis Backer, MD A.C. Buehler Professor of Surgery Children's Memorial Hospital Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois
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Friedhelm Beyersdorf, MD, FETCS Professor of Surgery Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
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Joseph S. Coselli, MD Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
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George J. Despotis, MD Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine Attending Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist, Transfusion Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital St Louis, Missouri
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Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr, MD William S. Stoney Professor Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee
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J. William Gaynor, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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A. Marc Gillinov, MD Staff Surgeon Surgical Director, The Center for Atrial Fibrillation The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
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Donald D. Glower, Jr, MD Professor of Surgery Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
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Bartley P. Griffith, MD Professor & Chief, Cardiac Surgery University of Maryland Medicine Baltimore, Maryland
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Alden H. Harken, MD Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery University of California,San Francisco, East Bay Oakland, California
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David H. Harpole, Jr, MD Associate Professor of Surgery with Tenure Duke University Medical Center Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
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Alan D. Hilgenberg, MD Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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John S. Ikonomidis, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Medical University of South Carolina Medical Center Charleston, South Carolina
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Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD Chief, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division Chicago, Illinois
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Walter Klepetko, MD Professor of Special Thoracic Surgery Director Vienna Lung Transplant Program University Hospital of Vienna Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Vienna, Austria
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Harold L. Lazar, MD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon Boston Medical Center Director, Cardiothoracic Surgical Research Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts
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Michael A. Maddaus, MD Associate Professor of Surgery The Garamella Lynch Jensen Chair in Thoracic Cardiovascular Surgery Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Roger B. B. Mee, MB, ChB, FRACS Chairman, Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
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Bryan F. Meyers, MD Attending Surgeon, Barnes-Jewish Hospital Associate Professor of Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri
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Marc R. Moon, MD Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, Missouri
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Ralph S. Mosca, MD Associate Professor of Surgery Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Children's Hospital of New York Columbia University Medical Center New York City, New York
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Ivan M. Rebeyka, MD Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Thomas W. Rice, MD Head of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, Ohio
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Robert C. Robbins, MD Director of Heart, Heart-Lung and Lung Transplantation Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, California
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Todd K. Rosengart, MD Owen L. Coon Chair, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Professor of Surgery Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Evanston, Illinois
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Valerie W. Rusch, MD Chief, Thoracic Division Department of Surgery Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, New York
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Frank W. Sellke, MD Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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Hans-Hinrich Sievers, MD Professor of Cardiac Surgery Head of the Department University of Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck/Germany
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Francis G. Spinale, MD, PhD Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Charleston, South Carolina
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David J. Sugarbaker, MD Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery Brigham & Women's Hospital Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgical Oncology Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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Marko I. Turina, MD Professor and Director Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery Chairman, Department of Surgery University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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James S. Tweddell, MD Professor of Surgery Interim Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery Medical College of Wisconsin Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Jakob Vinten-Johansen, PhD Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery Carlyle Fraser Heart Center Crawford Long Hospital Atlanta, Georgia
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Richard D. Weisel, MD, FRCSC Professor and Chairman Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Toronto Toronto General Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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References
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