The Thoracic Surgery Foundation Honor Roll of Major Gift Donors 1988-2023
TSF gratefully acknowledges these generous donors who have contributed a total of $10,000 or more since 1988. TSF thrives due to the generosity of these individuals, foundations, and corporations.
Platinum
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Gold
Edwards Lifesciences Foundation
Silver
Eugene Braunwald, MD
William J. von Liebig Foundation
Partners
Baxter
Dupont Datascope Corporation (Maquet Cardiovascular)
The David S. and Janet R. Sheridan Foundation
Grand Benefactors
Lazlo N. Tauber Charitable Foundation
The Starr Foundation
Benefactors
American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACC)
American College of Surgeons (ACS)
AstraZeneca
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD
The Chantal and Tommy Bagwell Foundation, Inc.
Cross-Jones Research & Education Fund
Foundation for Advancement of Cardiac Therapies, Inc.
Genentech, Inc.
Intuitive Surgical
Jewish Communal Fund
Richard A. Jonas, MD
The Estate of Graydon & Virginia Long
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD
Martin F. McKneally, MD
Medtronic, Inc.
Amit N. Patel, MD
Arshad Quadri, MD
The Roberts Foundation
Sibu P. Saha, MD
Richard N. and Norma Sarns
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA)
St. Jude Medical, Inc.
Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Patrons
Vinay Badhwar, MD
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
CHMC Surgical Foundation, Inc.
Cleveland Clinic, Heart, Vascular, and Thoracic Institute
Nancy D. Clark
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD
Rick A. Esposito, MD
Anthony L. Estrera, MD
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Heart & Lung Surgery Foundation
Virginia R. Litle, MD
LUNGevity Foundation
Jack M. Matloff, MD
Memorial Hermann
Massachusetts General Hospital - Department of Surgery
Richard N. Pierson III, MD
W. Gerald Rainer, MD
Carol A. Replogle
The Robert W. Jamplis Charitable Trust
Sulzer Carbomedics, Inc.
Synovis Surgical Innovations
Betsey C. Urschel
Robert B. Wallace, MD
Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Sponsors
Acelity
E. Pendleton Alexander, MD
American Lung Association
Manjit S. Bains, MD
Lenox D. Baker, MD
John H. Bell, MD
John R. Benfield, MD
Shanda H. Blackmon, MD
Lawrence I. Bonchek, MD
Gerald D. Buckberg, MD
John H. Calhoon, MD
Robert J. Cerfolio, MD
Columbia University
L. Penfield Faber, MD
Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Kristopher M. George, MD
John W. Hammon Jr., MD
John Wiley & Sons Limited
Johns Hopkins University
Karen M. Kim, MD
Marvin M. Kirsh, MD
Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, MD
George J. MaGovern Jr., MD
Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
Constantine Mavroudis, MD
Keith S. Naunheim, MD
Northern Illinois Heart Institute
G. Alexander Patterson, MD
Christian Pizarro, MD
Richard L. Prager, MD
Respironics
W. Steves Ring, MD
Thomas G. Sharp, MD
Alfred J. Tector, MD
University of Pennsylvania - Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Douglas E. Wood, MD
James L. Zellner, MD
Life Members
Abbott Laboratories
Kevin D. Accola, MD
Michael A. Acker, MD
David H. Adams, MD
Arvind K. Agnihotri, MD
Shahab A. Akhter, MD
Cary W. Akins, MD
William C. Alford Jr., MD
James S. Allan, MD
Margaret D. Allen, MD
Mark S. Allen, MD
Nasser K. Altorki, MD
Abbas Ardehali, MD
Atrium Medical Corporation
W. Gerald Austen, MD
Erle H. Austin III, MD
Carl L. Backer, MD
Hendrick B. Barner, MD
William A. Baumgartner, MD
Thomas V. Bilfinger, MD
BioStable Science & Engineering, Inc.
David P. Blake, MD
R. Morton Bolman III, MD
Edward L. Bove, MD
Scott M. Bradley, MD
Jill Braunwald Porter
William T. Brinkman, MD
Paul S. Brown Jr., MD
John A. Burkholder, MD
David B. Campbell, MD
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Inc.
Andrea J. Carpenter, MD, PhD
W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., MD
Joseph C. Cleveland Jr., MD
Congenital Heart Surgeons Society (CHSS)
John V. Conte, MD
Denton A. Cooley, MD
Coordinating Committee for Continuing Education
Joseph S. Coselli, MD
Delos M. Cosgrove, MD
James L. Cox, MD
Fred A. Crawford Jr., MD
Thomas A. D’Amico, MD
Pierre de Delva, MD
Joseph A. Dearani, MD
Todd L. Demmy, MD
Harry J. DePan. MD
James A. DeWeese, MD
Jessica S. Donington, MD
Richard N. Edie, MD
Melanie A. Edwards, MD
Elsevier Science, Inc.
Richard M. Engelman, MD
Victor A. Ferraris, Md, PhD
Raja M. Flores, MD
Thomas J. Fogarty, MD
Richard G. Fosburg, MD
William H. Frist, MD
Paul E. Fulchino Family
Thomas E. Gaines, MD
Timothy J. Gardner, MD
J. William Gaynor, MD
Fernando Gil
Giving | Grousbeck Fazzalari
Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
Scott M. Goldman, MD
L. Michael Graver, MD
Frederick L. Grover, MD
Frank L. Hanley, MD
Bradley J. Harlan, MD
Alan R. Hartman, MD
George L. Hicks Jr., MD
Robert S.D. Higgins, MD
Charles B. Huddleston, MD
John S. Ikonomidis, MD PhD
Michel N. Ilbawi, MD
O. Wayne Isom, MD
Leigh I. Iverson, MD
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
Stuart W. Jamieson, MD
Gilbert Johnston, MD
David R. Jones, MD
Lyle D. Joyce, MD PhD
Joyce Foundation
George C. Kaiser, MD
Pandurang V. Kamat, MD
Kirk R. Kanter, MD
Kealy Family Foundation
Paul B. Kelly, MD
A. Hassan Khazei, MD
Leslie J. Kohman, MD
Irving L. Kron, MD
Hillel Laks, MD
John J. Lamberti, MD
Michael Lanuti, MD
Larry King Cardiac Foundation
Richard Lee, MD
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
James M. Levett, MD
Sidney Levitsky, MD
Joseph LoCicero, MD
James D. Luketich, MD
Bruce W. Lytle, MD
Michael J. Mack, MD
James W. Mackenzie, MD
Joren C. Madsen, MD
Yousuf Mahomed, MD
James R. Malm, MD
Christopher Maloney Sr., MD
William T. Maloney
James B. D. Mark, MD
M. Blair Marshall, MD
Mayo Clinic
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
P. Michael McFadden, MD
Joseph S. McLaughlin, MD
Robert M. Mentzer, MD
Walter H. Merrill, MD
Lynda L. Mickleborough, MD
D. Craig Miller, MD
Joseph I. Miller Jr., MD
R. Scott Mitchell, MD
Robert L. Mitchell, MD
Steve Mourning
Gordon F. Murray, MD
Hassan Najafi, MD
Stanton P. Nolan, MD
Northern Trust Company
William C. Nugent, MD
John L. Ochsner, MD
Gordon N. Olinger, MD
Mark B. Orringer, MD
David Miller Overman, MD
Mehmet C. Oz, MD
Peter C. Pairolero, MD
Grant Van Siclen Parr, MD
Patricia Ann Penkoske, MD
D. Glenn Pennington, MD
Gosta B. Pettersson, MD
Edward J. Planz Jr., MD
Marvin Pomerantz, MD
Pratt Surgical Associates, Inc.
John D. Puskas, MD
Joe B. Putnam Jr., MD
Kathryn Quadracci Flores, MD
Ronald R. Quinton, MD
Michael J. Reardon, MD
Evelio Rodriguez, MD
Eric A. Rose, MD
Jack A. Roth, MD
Valerie W. Rusch, MD
William H. Ryan III, MD
Joseph F. Sabik III, MD
Robert M. Sade, MD
Frank W. Sellke, MD
Kuppe G. Shankar, MD
Baljit K. Sharma, MD
Richard J. Shemin, MD
Peter M. Sidell, MD
Mark S. Slaughter, MD
Herbert E. Sloan, MD
Craig R. Smith, MD
Frank C. Spencer, MD
Thomas L. Spray, MD
Robert D. Stewart, MD
Quentin R. Stiles, MD
Valavanur A. Subramanian, MD
Hon Chi Suen, MD
David J. Sugarbaker, MD
Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Francis P. Sutter, DO
James F. Symes, MD
Stanley K. C. Tam, MD
Christo I. Tchervenkov, MD
Terumo Aortic
The Windhover Foundation
David F. Torchiana, MD
Alfredo Trento, MD
Bernard L. Tucker, MD
James S. Tweddell, MD
Paul N. Uhlig, MD
University of Iowa
University of Virginia Thoracic & CV Surgery
USC Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Gus J. Vlahakes, MD
Jennifer D. Walker, MD
William Wallace, DO
Henry L. Walters III, MD
Andrew S. Wechsler, MD
Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS)
J. Nilas Young, MD
George L. Zorn III, MD
TSF Heritage Society
John R. Benfield, MD
R. Morton Bolman III, MD
Eugene Braunwald, MD
Nancy D. Clark
Vincent R. Conti, MD
David A. Fullerton, MD
Dr. & Mrs. Martin F. McKneally
The David S. and Janet R. Sheridan Foundation
Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Wallace
James M. Wilson, MD
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