COURSE DIRECTOR

Julie A. Swain MD



FACULTY

David H. Adams MD
Professor of Anesthesiology
Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mount Sinai Medical Center

W. Randolph Chitwood, Jr. MD
Senior Associate Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs
Director, East Carolina Heart Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine

George J. Despotis MD 
Associate Professor of Pathology, Immunology, and Anesthesiology
Associate Medical Director, Transfusion Medicine Departments of Anesthesiology and Pathology
Washington University School of Medicine

Pirooz Eghtesady MD PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Robert C. Groom MS CCP
Interim AVP Cardiac Services
Director of Cardiovascular Perfusion
Department of Cardiac Surgery
Maine Medical Center

John W. Hammon MD
Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emeritus
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Edward C. Lopez PA-C MHA 
President & CEO
LaPalma Medicine and Surgical Associates

Ahmses S. Maat BS CCP
TaMeri, Inc.

Guy M. McKhann MD 
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Richard F. Newland CCP BSc
Chief Perfusionist
Flinders Medical Centre
Adelaide South Australia

Peter J. Pronovost MD PhD (invited)
Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, and Surgery
Professor of Health Policy and Management
John Hopkins School of Public Health

Bruce S. Sachais MD PhD
Director of Transfusion Services, HUP
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Division of Transfusion Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Robert M. Sade MD
Professor of Surgery
Director, Institute of Human Values in Health Care
Medical University of South Carolina

Alfred H. Stammers MSA CCP PBMT
Director of Perfusion Services, Geisinger Health Systems
Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Geisinger Medical Center

Cody Trowbridge MPS CCP PBMT
Director of Perfusion Research
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Geisinger Health Systems

Jonathan H. Waters MD
Chief of Anesthesia Services, Magee-Women's Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Medical Director of the University of Pittsburgh Health System's Perioperative Blood Management Program

Andrew S. Wechsler MD
Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Drexel University College of Medicine

Richard D. Weisel MD
Director, Toronto General Research Institute
Senior Scientist, Division of Experimental Therapeutics 
Toronto General Research Institute

David A. Wood BA
President
Wood Insurance Group