Officers/Committees
- TS-RACS Executive Committee
President: Christine Morrison, University of Virginia (2009-2011)
President-Elect: Marcie O'Reilly, Loma Linda University (2009-2011)
Immediate Past-President: Suzanne Giannotti, Yale University
Secretary/Treasurer: Mitzi Clendening, University of Southern California (2009-2011)
Councilors-at-Large: Nemika Meely-Ross, Rush University; Linda Corke, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center/Methodist Hospital (2009-2012)
Liaison to TSDA Executive and Curriculum Committees: Christine Morrison, University of Virginia
- Ad-Hoc Committees
Web Content Committee: Carla MacLean, Mayo Clinic
ERAS: Leslie Sotomayoor, Mt. Sinai Medical Center; Christine Morrison, University of Virginia
TS-RACS Annual Meeting
Sunday, January 25, 2009
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Moscone West Convention Center
Room 3020
San Francisco, CA
AGENDA
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:05-8:10 a.m.
Welcome/Announcements/Introductions
Suzanne Giannotti, TS-RACS President
8:10-8:30 a.m.
ACGME Update
Peggy Simpson
ACGME Executive Director
RRCs for Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
8:30-9:00 a.m.
ABTS Update on Six-Year Integrated Training Program
TSDA/TS-RACS Collaboration and Goals for the Future
John H. Calhoon, MD
President-Elect, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
Professor and Head, Division of Thoracic Surgery
President’s Council Chair for Excellence in Surgery
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
9:00-9:45 a.m.
The Logistics of Creating a Six-Year Integrated Training Program
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Assistant Program Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
9:45-10:30 a.m.
Simulation in Cardiac Surgery Training
James I. Fann, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
and VA Palo Alto Health Care System
10:30-10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45-11:45 a.m.
Statement on Education Director Role
TSFRE -- Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
Edward D. Verrier, MD
K. Alvin & Shirley E. Merendino Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
TSDA Boot Camp
Secretary/Treasurer Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
12:15-1:15 p.m.
Lunch provided (social)
1:15-1:45 p.m.
Update from Residency Review Committee-Thoracic Surgery
Irving Kron, MD
Vice President American Association Thoracic Surgeons
Professor and Chair Department of Surgery
Program Director Thoracic Surgery
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
1:45-2:00 p.m.
TSDA Update
Beth Winer, Affiliate Manager
Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
2:00-2:30 p.m.
Business Meeting
Nomination/Election of Officers
Committee Reports
Review and Approval of 2008 minutes
2:30-4:30 p.m.
Roundtable/Interactive Discussions (sharing ideas and experience)
- Recent site visits (frequent/common citations, etc.)
- Program, Faculty and Resident Evaluations/Forms
- Congenital programs and integrated programs
- Progress/updates of new formats 4+2; 5+2; 3+3, etc.
- Competency Based Goals and Objectives
- Standardizing Training and Education – (Talks, reviews, competencies)
- Discussion on Coordinator responsibilities:
-CTSNet (including maintenance of institution home page and residency links; encourage residents to keep photos current on home page; coordinator home page with photo; announce booth number for CTSNet for photos; job postings)
-TSDA (including ITE, posting of interview info, keeping resident contact info current)
-ACGME (including web ADS); recruitment
- CTS net operative log form/issues
- Job posting opportunities (CTSNet and AATS sites)
- TS-RACS website
- New Coordinator mentoring
- ERAS
Minutes/Bylaws/General Interest
- 2009 TS-RACS Meeting Minutes
- 2008 TS-RACS Meeting Minutes
- 2007 TS-RACS Meeting Minutes
- Bylaws (Revised January 29, 2006)
- Rolling Calendar (important meeting dates, deadlines, useful references)
- Glossary of Terms
- North American Program Directory (May 2009)
Important Links
- ABTS
www.abts.org - ACGME
ww.acgme.org/acWebsite/home/home.asp - ACGME - Program Requirements
www.acgme.org/acWebsite/RRC_460/460_prIndex.asp - CTSNet
www.ctsnet.org - CTSNet Toolkit
www.ctsnet.org/programs_toolkit - ECFMG
www.ecfmg.org - ERAS
www.aamc.org/audienceeras.htm - NRMP
www.nrmp.org - TAGME
www.tagme.org
