PRELIMINARY PROGRAM INTERIM MEETING THE SOCIETY OF THORACIC SURGEONS

January 30-February 1, 1987 Loews Anatole Hotel, Dallas, TX

January 30,1987 (Friday)

2:OO Welcome and Announcements Charles R. Hatcher, Jr., M.D., Atlanta, GA, presiding

Professional Liability: Current Status of Tort Reform, Litigation, and Insurance Malpractice Seminar

1. Extent of Thoracic Surgery Malpractice Problems: Incidence, High-Risk Operations, and Settlement Amounts Thomas D. Bartley, M.D., Gainesville, FL

2. Tort Law Definition: Areas of Reform Francis Robicsek, M.D., Charlotte, NC

3. The Tort and the Bad Doctor: Plaintiff Lawyer

INTERMISSION

4. What To Do When You Are Sued: Defense Lawyer

5 . The Expert Witness

a. Witness for the Plaintiff

b. Witness for the Defense

c. Traps in Testifying: Trial Judge

Panel Discussion: Organized Medicine a n d Malpractice Moderator: Frank C. Spencer, M.D., New York, NY

Benson B. Roe, M.D., San Francisco, CA

Harold C. Urschel, Jr., M.D., Dallas, TX

January 31, 1987 (Saturday)

Charles R. Hatcher, Jr., M.D., Atlanta, GA, presiding

1. Health Care Financing and Surgical Reimbursement: Washington’s Plan

8:OO Morning Session

Glenn R. Marcus, Senior Partner Health Policy Alternatives, Inc., Washington, DC

2. Maintaining a Quality-Driven Health Care System Richard E. Yadeau, M.D., President Hospital Health Plan Corporation, St. Paul, MN

INTERMISSION

3. The Advantages of Physician-Owned HMOs and PPOs Boone Powell, Jr., President, Baylor University Medical Center and Board of Directors, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Dallas, TX

4. Impact of Joint Ventures Between Proprietary Hospital a n d Insurance Companies Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D., President Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, TN

5 . Maintaining Quality of Surgical Practice Under Economic Stress C. Rollins Hanlon, M.D., Director American College of Surgeons, Chicago, IL

LUNCHEON

6 . Industry’s Expectations and Demands on Our Health Care System H. Ross Perot, Dallas, TX

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483 Interim Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

2:OO Afternoon Session-Simultaneous Scientific Sessions

General Thoracic Cardiac

1. Pathophysiology and Therapy of Esophageal 1. Intraoperative Myocardial Protection, 1987 Functional Disorders Robert A. Guyton, M.D., Atlanta, GA Tom R. DeMeester, M.D., Omaha, NE

Availability and Suitability 2. Colon Bypass of the Esophagus:

2. Prolonged Ventricular Support: Application, Results, Expectations, and Cost Effectiveness D. Glenn Pennington, M.D., St. Louis, MO

David 8. Skinner, M.D., Chicago, IL

3. Thymectomy: Indications, Technique, and Postoperative Management Victor F. Trastek, M.D., Rochester, MN

4. Management of Major Thoracic Trauma Kenneth L. Mattox, M.D., Houston, TX

3. Heart Transplantation

4. Mechanical Heart: The Next Step? William S . Pierce, M.D., Hershey, PA

Henry T. Bahnson, M.D., Pittsburgh, PA

INTERMISSION

5 . Management of AIDS Pulmonary Complications Richard J. Thurer, M.D., Miami, FL

6. Noninvasive Staging for Lung Cancer Martin F. McKneally, M.D., Albany, NY

7. Laser Ablation of Pulmonary and Esophageal Cancer Richard B. McElvein, M.D., Birmingham, AL

Complications L. Penfield Faber, M.D., Chicago, IL

8. Management of Pulmonary Resection

9. Lung Transplantation: Present and Future Joel D. Cooper, M.D., Toronto, Ont, Canada

INTERMISSION

5 . Artificial Cardiac Valve Selection: Initial and Re-replacement D. Craig Miller, M.D., Palo Alto, CA

CABG Spencer B. King, M.D., Atlanta, GA

7. Tetralogy of Fallot: Thirty-Years Operative Experience David C. Sabiston, Jr., M.D., Durham, NC

8. Acute Aortic Dissection: Therapy and Surgical Techniques Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, M.D., St. Louis, MO

6. Coronary Angioplasty, 1987: PTCA Versus

February 1,1987 (Sunday) 8:30 Morning Session-Simultaneous How-To-Do-It Sessions

General Thoracic Cardiac

1. Airway Reconstruction: Carinal and Main Bronchial Sleeve Resection Hermes C. Grillo, M.D., Boston, MA

2. Massive Chest Wall Resection and Reconstruction Peter C. Pairolero, M.D., Rochester, MN

3. The Esophagogastric Anastomosis

4. Esophagectomy Without Thoracotomy Mark B. Orringer, M.D., Ann Arbor, MI

Earle W. Wilkins, M.D., Boston, MA

1. Multiple Internal Mammary Artery Grafting: Technical Aspects Floyd D. Loop, M.D., Cleveland, OH

2. Repair of Mitral Valve Insufficiency: Technical Aspects and Intraoperative Problems Alain Carpentier, M.D., Pans, France

3. Transposition of Great Vessels: Arterial Switch William 1. Norwood, Jr., M.D., Philadelphia, PA

4. Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Surgical Correction Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Houston, TX

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General Thoracic (cont.)

INTERMISSION

5 . Management of Hiatal Hernia with Reflux Esophagitis a. Belsey Mark IV

b. Collis-Nissen Ronald Belsey, M.D., Bristol, England

Robert D. Henderson, M.D., Toronto, Ont, Canada

c. Collis-Belsey F. Griffith Pearson, M.D., Toronto, Ont, Canada

Panel Discussion

Cardiac (cont.)

INTERMISSION

5 . Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias: Resection or Ablation Versus Implantable Defibrillator Alden H. Harken, M.D., Denver, CO

6 . Repeat CABG with Patent Grafts Delos M. Cosgrove, M.D., Cleveland, OH

7. Management of Mediastinal Wound Infection John Bostwick, 111, M.D., Atlanta, GA

8. Coronary Endarterectomy: Has Its Time Returned? Noel L. Mills, M.D., New Orleans, LA