The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Editorial Staff
Editor
Lawrence H. Cohn, Boston, MA
Associate Editors
Pedro J. del Nido, Boston, MA
Thomas W. Rice, Cleveland, OH
Hartzell V. Schaff, Rochester, MN
Frank W. Sellke, Boston, MA
Craig R. Smith, New York, NY
Statistics Editor
Eugene H. Blackstone, Cleveland, OH
Ethics Editor
Martin F. McKneally, Toronto, ON, Canada
E-Editor
Bryan F. Meyers, St. Louis, MO
Managing Editor
Ryan E. Walther, Beverly, MA
Senior Production Editor
Ruth Sandweiss, New York, NY
Former Editors
Evarts A. Graham, Editor, 1931 - 1957
Emile Holman, Editor, 1957 - 1962
Brian Blades, Editor, 1962 - 1977
Dwight C. McGoon, Editor, 1977 - 1987
John W. Kirklin, Editor, 1987 - 1994
John A. Waldhausen, Editor, 1994 - 1999
Andrew S. Wechsler, Editor Emeritus, Editor, 2000 - 2007
Editorial Board
Erle H. Austin III, Louisville, KY
Carl Lewis Backer, Chicago, IL
Michael A. Borger, Toronto, Canada
Eric G. Butchart, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Thierry-Pierre Carrel, Berne, Switzerland
George J. Despotis, St. Louis, MO
J. William Gaynor, Philadelphia, PA
A. Marc Gillinov, Cleveland, OH
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Bartley P. Griffith, Baltimore, MD
John W. Hammon, Winston-Salem, NC
Alden H. Harken, Oakland, CA
David H. Harpole, Jr., Durham, NC
Alan D. Hilgenberg, Boston, MA
Charles B. Huddleston, St. Louis, MO
John S. Ikonomidis, Charleston, SC
Walter Klepetko , Vienna, Austria
Harold L. Lazar, Boston, MA
James D. Luketich, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael A. Maddaus, Minneapolis, MN
Philippe Menasché, Paris, France
Bryan F. Meyers, St. Louis, MO
Marc R. Moon, St. Louis, MO
Ralph S. Mosca, New York, NY
Ivan M. Rebeyka, Edmonton, Canada
Robert C. Robbins, Stanford, CA
Todd K. Rosengart, Evanston, IL
Valerie W. Rusch, New York, NY
Frank W. Sellke, Boston, MA
Hans-Hinrich Sievers, Lübeck, Germany
Nicholas G. Smedira, Cleveland, OH
Francis G. Spinale, Charleston, SC
David J. Sugarbaker, Boston, MA
Marko I. Turina, Zurich, Switzerland
James S. Tweddell, Milwaukee, WI
Jakob Vinten-Johansen, Atlanta, GA
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