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; Judy 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 24, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward Convention Center
Room 114
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Agenda
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:20 am
Welcome/Announcements
Christine Morrison, RN, MSN
TS-RACS President
8:25 am
Board Introductions
Christine Morrison, RN, MSN
TS-RACS President
8:30 am
ACGME Update
Peggy Simpson, PhD
ACGME Executive Director
RRCs for Plastic Surgery, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery
9:30 am
TSDA Boot Camp: Plans for the Future
George L. Hicks, Jr., MD,
President, Thoracic Surgery Directors Association
Chief, Department of Surgery
Professor and Chairman, Division of Cardiac Surgery
University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
10:15-10:45 am
Business Meeting & Break
Nomination/Election of Officers
Committee Reports
Review and Approval of 2009 minutes
11:00 am
JCTSE Update
TSFRE - Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
Edward D. Verrier, MD
Surgical Director of Education, Joint Council on Thoracic Surgery Education, Inc.
K. Alvin & Shirley E. Merendino Endowed Professor of Surgery
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
11:30 am
ABTS Update on 6-Year Integrated Training Program
Valerie Rusch MD, Professor of Surgery
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Chair, American Board Thoracic Surgery
12:00 - 4:00 pm
Work Sessions and Lunch
Development of National Competency Based Goals and Objectives & Quarterly Evaluations - TSDA evaluations
Attendees will divide into two groups working on Goals and Objectives for Thoracic Surgery or on Evaluation Process and Forms.
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch/Work Sessions
2:00 pm
Group review and editing of both documents
Goal: Produce two draft documents for TSDA Education committee review.
4:00 pm
Final Draft Documents
Plans for TSDA Executive Committee Review
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
