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W. Randolph Chitwood Jr., M.D., FACS, FRCS (Eng)
Senior Associate Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs
Director, East Carolina Heart Institute
Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Greenville, North Carolina

252.744.4822

Name: Walter Randolph Chitwood, Jr.

Contact Information:
Home:
146 Longmeadow Road, Greenville, North Carolina 27858
Phone Number: (252) 754-2629

Office:
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University
Department of Surgery
Room 277, PCMH Teaching Annex
600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, North Carolina 27834
E-mail address: chitwoodw@ecu.edu
URL: http://www.ecu.edu/surgery/
Phone Number: (252) 744-4822
Fax Number: (252) 744-3051

Marital Status: Married to Tamara Shayne Whitt in 1968

Children:
Anne Richmond Chitwood Merchant
Walter Randolph Chitwood III

Specialties:
Adult Cardiac Surgery
General Thoracic Surgery

Surgical Interests:
Clinical:
Aortic Root Reconstruction
Complex Coronary Revascularization
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Mitral and Aortic Valve Repair and Reconstruction
Surgical Robotics/Robotic Cardiac Surgery
Valvular Heart Disease
Academic:
Allograft Arterial Conduits
Robotic Engineering
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Myocardial Preservation

Education:
University:
1964-1968
B.S. in Economics and History
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

1971-1974
M.D.
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Honory:
May 2005
Doctor of Sciene, honoris causa
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

Postdoctoral Training:
1974-1975
Surgical Intern
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1975-1976
Junior Assistant Resident
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1978-1982
Senior Assistant Resident
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1982-1983
Chief Resident in General and Thoracic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1983-1984
Teaching Scholar in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Research Fellowship:
1976-1978
Cardiovascular Physiology - Dr. Andrew Wechsler
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Licensures: North Carolina, Kentucky (1988-2002)

Certifications:
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

Diplomate of the American Board of Surgery
(Recertified January 1993-2005)

Diplomate of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery
(Recertified December 2005-2016)

Employment:
1968-1970
Textile Chemist
E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Company, Inc.
Wilmington, Delaware

1970-1971
Biology Instructor
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

1974-1984
Surgical Resident
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1984-1988
Professor of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine and
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville, North Carolina

1986-present
Adjunct Professor of Physiology
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1988-1989
Chief of Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and
Director of Cardiothoracic residency Program
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, Kentucky

Chief of Cardiac Surgery
Veterans Administration Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky

Consultant
Central Baptist Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky

Consultant
St. Joseph Hospital
Lexington, Kentucky

1989-1996
Vice Chairman of the Department of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville, North Carolina

1989-present
Director of the Heart Center
University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina (new
name of Pitt County Memorial Hospital as of January 1999)
Greenville, North Carolina

Professor and Chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University(new
name of Medical School as of December 1999)
University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina

1990 (September-November)
Professor of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

Acting Chairmanof the Department of Surgery
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Pitt County Memorial Hospital
Greenville, North Carolina

1996-present
Professor of Surgery
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

1996-2003
Chairman of the Department of Surgery
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
University Health Systems of Eastern North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina

2001-present
Adjunct Professor of Excercise and Sport Science
East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

2003-present
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor (Cardiovascular Diseases)
Health Sciences Division
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Chief of Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
Brody School of Medicine
Pitt County Memorial Hospital

Research Experience:
1970-1971
Hampden-Sydney College
Department of Biology -- E. A. Crawford
Subject: Embryonic Development
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

1971-1972
University of Virginia
Department of Anatomy -- Dr. Richard Keefe
Subject: Retinal Development and Transplantation
Charlottesville, Virginia

1976-1978
Duke University Medical Center and Durham Veterans Administration
Department of Surgery -- Dr. Andrew Wechsler
Subject: Coronary Artery Physiology and Ventricular Function
Durham, North Carolina

1981
Asheville Veterans Administration Hospital
Department of Surgery -- Dr. Stewart Scott
Subject: Measurement of Graft Compliance Using Sonomicrometry
Asheville, North Carolina

1984-1988
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Subject: Development of a Cardiac Physiology Laboratory:
Ventricular Function, Blood Flow, and Metabolism
Greenville, North Carolina

1988-1989
University of Kentucky
Subjects: Ventricular Function, Coronary Blood Flow, and Organ Preservation
Lexington, Kentucky

1989-present
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Subjects: Ventricular Function and Metabolism, Coronary
Blood Flow, Myocardial Preservation, Endothelial Function,
and Myocardial Molecular Biology
Greenville, North Carolina

1998-present
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Subjects: Robotics and Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Greenville, North Carolina

Committees:
Local:
1984-1989
Ad Hoc Committee for the Development of the Heart Center (Chairman)
Board of Directors of the Carolina Organ Procurement Agency

1984-1995
Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit Committee

1984-present
Department of Surgery Executive Committee

1986-1989
Human Organ Transplantation Committee

1989-1998
Department of Surgery Personnel Committee

1989-present
Board of Directors for the Medical Faculty Practice Plan
Operating Room Committee

1990-present
Executive Committee of the Heart Center (Chairman)

1995-1997
Leo Jenkins Cancer Center Executive Committee

1997-1998
Steering Committee of the East Carolina Health Organization

1997-present
Chiefs of Services Committee
Clinical Chairs Committee
Finance Committee of the East Carolina Health Organization
Graduate Medical Education Policy Committee
Group Practice Management Advisory Committee
Surgicenter Board of Trustees
Surgicenter Executive Committee
Wellness Center Physician Advisory Committee

1999-present
Executive Commitee of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

2000-2001
Ad Hoc Executive Committee of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
ECU Physicians Practice Plan Board Ad Hoc Committee
Executive Council of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
M-4 Student Review and Promotion Committee
Research Committee

State:
1990-1995
Executive Council of the American College of Cardiology,
North Carolina Chapter (Councilor)

1991-1992
Research Review Committee of the American Heart
Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1992
North Carolina Health Coordinating Council Task Force on Cardiac Surgery

1992-1998
Board of Directors of the American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate

1994
American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate (President-elect)

1995-1996
American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate (President)

1995-2005
North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force

1996-1997 American Heart Association, North Carolina Affiliate (Immediate Past President)

National:
1988-1991
Anesthesiology, Radiology, and Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research Study Committee of the American Heart Association

1988-1994
Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of the American College of Cardiology

1988-1995
American College of Cardiology (Abstract Grader)

1990
National Institutes of Health (Ad Hoc Reviewer for the Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section)
Society of University Surgeons (Nominating Committee)

1990-1995
American Heart Association (Abstract Grader)

1992-1995
American College of Chest Physicians (Abstract Grader)

1993-1996
Steering Committee of the American College of Chest
Physicians, Cardiac Surgery Section (Chairman)

1994
Program Committee for the Annual International Scientific
Assembly of the American College of Chest Physicians

1994-1997
American College of Chest Physicians Board of Regents (Designated Regent)
Database Research and Development Committee of the American College of Cardiology

1994-2000
Economics of Health Care Delivery Committee of the American College of Cardiology

1995-1996
Public Affairs Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians

1995-1997
Committee on Health and Science Policy for the American College of Chest Physicians

1995-2000
Coordinating Committee for Continuing Education in Thoracic Surgery for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

1996-1998
Examination Consultant Committee of the American Board of Thoracic Surgery

1996-2001
Executive Committee of the American Heart Association's Council on Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (Member-at-Large)
Joint Committee on New Technology Assessment for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

1997
Ad Hoc Task Force on Practice Expense for the American College of Cardiology
Program Committee of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

1997-2000
Young Investigators Awards Committee of the American College of Cardiology

1998-2002
Board of Trustees at Hampden-Sydney College

1999-2000
Information Technology Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Coordinating Committee for Continuing Education in Thoracic Surgery
Program Committee of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (Chair)

1999-2001
Annals Liaison Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Society of Heart Valve Disease (Secretary General)

1999-2002
Cardiovascular Surgery Committee of the American College of Cardiology (Chair)
Transplant and End-Stage Heart Failure Committee of the American College of Cardiology

1999-2005
Program Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

1999-present
Committee on New Technology Assessment for the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery

2000-present
Council of the Society for Thoracic Surgeons (Councilor-at-Large)
Corporate Committee of the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education

2001-2002
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (President-Elect)
Program Committee of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Society for Heart Valve Disease (President-Elect)

2001-2004
Program Committee of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (Member-at-Large)

2002-2003
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (President)

2003-2004
CTS net Board of Directors

2003-2005
Society for Heart Valve Disease (President)

2003-2004
Education Committee
American Association for Thoracic Surgery

2004-2004
Committee on New Technology Assessment
American Association for Thoracic Surgery

2003-2004
Vice Chair of the International Relations Committee
The American College of Surgeons

2003-2006
Video-Based Education Committee
The American College of Surgeons

2006-2007
Second Vice President
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Honorary Fraternities:
Alpha Omega Alpha
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Pi Delta Epsilon
Sigma Xi

Social Fraternity:
Pi Kappa Alpha

Professional Societies:
American Association for History of Medicine

American Association for Thoracic Surgery

American Surgical Association (Fellow)

American College of Cardiology (Fellow)

American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow)

American College of Surgeons (Fellow)

American Heart Association

American Medical Association

American Osler Society

American Physiological Society

American Thoracic Society

Argentine Society of Cardiology (Honorary)

Association for Academic Surgery

Association for Patient-Oriented Research

Association of Program Directors in Surgery

Cardiothoracic Surgery Biology Club

David C. Sabiston, Jr., M.D. Surgical Society

European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery

International Society for Heart Transplantation

International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery (Past-president)

International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons

North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

North Carolina Medical Society

North Carolina Surgical Association

North Carolina Thoracic Society

Pitt County Medical Society

Royal College of Surgeons of England (Fellow by Election)

Royal Society of Medicine (Fellow)

Societe Internationale de Chirurgie

Society for Heart Valve Disease (Past-president)

Society for Thoracic Surgical Education

Society of Surgical Chairmen

Society of Thoracic Surgeons (Second Vice President)

Society of University Surgeons

Southern Surgical Association (Fellow)

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (Vice President)

Surgical Biology Club III

Walter J. Pories, M.D. Surgical Society

Will C. Sealy, M.D. Surgical Society

The Halsted Society

Research Awards and Grants:
1976-1978 National Institutes of Health - National Research Service Award

1977-1978 Research Grant from the American Heart Association, North Carolina Chapter
Subject: New Method for Measuring Regional Blood Flow

1978 University of Virginia - John Horsley Research Prize
Subject: Effect of Hypothermic Perfusion on Collateral Coronary Circulation

1984 - 1985 Research Grant from the American Heart Association, North Carolina Chapter AHA
Subject: Retrograde Coronary Sinus Cardioplegia in a Collateral Model

1985 - 1986 Medtronic Corporation Grant
Subject: Evaluation of a Bio-absorbable Graft Material in Growing Aortas

1987 - 1988 Research Grant from the American Heart Association, North Carolina Chapter
Subject: Protection of Hypertrophied Hearts by Retrograde Cardioplegia

1988 - 1989 Veteran's Administration Research Grant
Subject: Protection of Hypertrophied Myocardium Using Retrograde Cardioplegia

1999 - present U.S. Surgical Center of Excellence Grant
Subject: Minimally Invasive Surgery

Regional, National, and International Presentations:
1977
Spring Cardiovascular Symposium
Durham, North Carolina

American College of Surgeons
Dallas, Texas

1978
Society for Thoracic Surgeons
Orlando, Florida

Spring Cardiovascular Symposium
Durham, North Carolina

American Physiological Society
St. Louis, Missouri

American College of Surgeons
San Francisco, California

1979
American College of Cardiology
Miami, Florida

Spring Cardiovascular Symposium
Durham, North Carolina

Fifth Workshop on Contractile Behavior of the Heart
Antwerp, Belgium

Max Planck Institute for Physiology
Bad Nauheim, West Germany

American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

1980
Spring Cardiovascular Symposium
Durham, North Carolina

Association of Academic Surgery
Birmingham, Alabama

1981
American College of Cardiology
San Francisco, California

Society of Surgery for the Alimentary Tract
New York, New York

1984
American College of Surgeons
San Francisco, California

1986
International Symposium on Thromboembolism
Gleneagles, Scotland

1987
Society for Thoracic Surgical Education
Phoenix, Arizona

American Heart Association
Anaheim, California

1988
Third International Symposium on Myocardial Protection Via the Coronary Sinus
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Association for Academic Surgery
Salt Lake City, Utah

American Heart Association
Washington, District of Columbia

1990
American College of Cardiology
New Orleans, Louisiana

North Carolina Surgical Association
Pinehurst, North Carolina

Western Thoracic Surgical Association
San Diego, California

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

American Heart Association
Dallas, Texas

1991
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

American Heart Association
Anaheim, California

1992
AmSect Region VII Perfusion Meeting
Denver, Colorado

American College of Cardiology
Dallas, Texas

North Carolina Surgical Association
Sea Island, Georgia

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Wesley Chapel, Florida

American College of Chest Physicians
Chicago, Illinois

American Heart Association
New Orleans, Louisiana

1993
Second Annual Cardiovascular Conference
Beaver Creek, Colorado

St. Jude Medical Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Symposium
Minneapolis, Minnesota

American College of Cardiology, North Carolina Chapter
Asheville, North Carolina

Association for Academic Surgery
Houston, Texas

Thirty-fifth World Congress International Society of Surgery
Retrograde Cardioplegia for Complex Valve Operations
Hong Kong, China

1994
Will C. Sealy Cardiovascular Symposium
Macon, Georgia

American College of Cardiology
Atlanta, Georgia

International Symposium on Myocardial Protection from Surgical Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
Asheville, North Carolina

Second International Symposium on Myocardial Preservation: Looking Toward the 21st Century
Chicago, Illinois

American College of Chest Surgeons
New Orleans, Louisiana

1995
David C. Sabiston, Jr. Surgical Society
Durham, North Carolina

1996
North Carolina Surgical Association
Hot Springs, Virginia

North Carolina Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force
Greenville, North Carolina

Eastern Regional Cardiac Conference
Greenville, North Carolina

Internal Medicine Update Meeting
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina

American College of Chest Physicians
San Francisco, California

American Heart Association
New Orleans, Louisiana

1997
Beaufort County Medical Society
Washington, North Carolina

Sixteenth Live Teleconference on Pathophysiology and Techniques of Cardiopulmonary Bypass
San Diego, California

American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Washington, District of Columbia

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Minneapolis, Minnesota

South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society
Williamsburg, Virginia

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium VII
Missoula, Montana

International Symposium on Myocardial Protection for Surgical Ischemic Reperfusion Injury
Asheville, North Carolina

American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

American Heart Association
Orlando, Florida

American College of Chest Physicians
Cancun, Mexico

1998
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation and Technology Meeting
Rancho Mirage, California

Fourth Symposium of Current Trends in Thoracic Surgery
New Orleans, Louisiana

Society for Thoracic Surgical Education
Grand Cayman, Bahamas

Medical Device Forum on Minimally Invasive Coronary Surgery
Stanford, California

Cardiac Surgery Symposium for Thoracic Surgery Residents
Minneapolis, Minnesota

First Annual Update for Cardiologists
Atlanta, Georgia

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine Conference
Atlanta, Georgia

North Carolina Surgical Association
Southern Pines, North Carolina

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Conference on Current Techniques in Video-Assisted Cardiac Surgery
Boston, Massachusetts

Seaboard Medical Association
Nags Head, North Carolina

Cardiac Care and Results Conference
Henry's Fork, Idaho

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium VIII
Missoula, Montana

66th Annual Symposium of the American Heart Association - Western States Affiliate
Los Angeles, California

Tenth Annual Symposium of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics
Washington, District of Columbia

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Orlando, Florida

The Magic of Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Comprehensive Training Program
Cincinnati, Ohio

1999
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology Meeting
Scottsdale, Arizona

Southeastern Surgical Nurses Association
Tampa, Florida

Cardiothoracic Techniques and Technology Meeting
San Antonio, Texas

Twelfth Annual Peak Performance Heart Valve Surgery Symposium
Alberta, Canada

American Association for Thoracic Surgery Adult Cardiac Surgery Symposium
New Orleans, LA

World Symposium on Heart Valve Disease
London, England

Cardiac Care and Results Conference
Henry's Fork, Idaho

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium IX
Missoula, Montana

Live Teleconference on Pioneering Techniques in Cardiac Surgery: The Standard of Tomorrow
Leipzig, Germany

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
San Juan, Puerto Rico

2000
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation and Technology Meeting
San Diego, California

Hoag Heart Institute Symposium
Newport Beach, California

Technically Challenging Procedures in Adult Cardiac Surgery:
The Ultimate "How To Do It" Course
Mashantucket, Connecticut

European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery - Satellite Symposium
Frankfurt, Germany

Pioneering Technology in Cardiothoracic Surgery Techniques Symposium
Leipzig, Germany

Mitral Valve Repair IX
Washington, District of Columbia

Twelfth Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascualar Therapeutics Symposium
Washington, District of Columbia

Operating Room Technology for the New Millennium Workshop
Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania

The International Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons Tenth World Congress
Vancouver, Canada

Seventh World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery
Singapore, Singapore

Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Outcomes, Innovations, and Future Directions
Key West, Florida

St. Jude Medical Institute's Second Annual Mitral Reconstructive Surgery Symposium
Milan, Italy

Rocky Mountain Valve Symposium X
Missoula, Montana

Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Robotics in Cardiac Surgery: The 1st North American Perspective
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

2001
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation and Technology Meeting
Laguna Beach, California

Saudi Arabian Heart Association
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons
New Orleans, LA

Society for Heart Valve Disease Meeting
London, England

International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Munich, Germany

Southern Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Osaka, Japan

University of South Carolina - School of Medicine
11th Annual Cardiology Symposium
Columbia, South Carolina

15th Annual USUHS/WRAMC Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium
Bethesda, Maryland

Controversies in Adult Cardiac Surgery Meeting
Los Angeles, California

87th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
New Orleans, Louisiana

Edwards Lifesciences Residents 2001 Program
Newport Beach, California

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
San Antonio, Texas

American Heart Association, San Antonio Division
Cardiovascular Society
San Antonio, Texas

2002
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation and Technology Meeting
Dana Point, California

38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Thoracic Surgeons
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The 15th Annual Cardiology Update
Miami, Florida

The Society for Thoracic Surgical Education
New York, New York

The Columbia Course on Minimally Invasive and Robotic Cardiac Surgery
New York, New York

51st Annual American College of Cardiology Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia

Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Meeting
New York, New York

31st Annual Meeting of the German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Leipzig, Germany

82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Washington, District of Columbia

Taiwan Society of Cardiology
Taipei, Taiwan

88th Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons
San Francisco, California

Bay Area Society of Thoracic Surgeons
San Francisco, California

Huntington Rotary Club
Huntington, West Virginia

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Miami Beach, Florida

Raleigh Area Chapter of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Raleigh, North Carolina

First Interactive Symposium on Latest Advances in Cardiac Surgery
Salerno, Italy

Maimonides Medical Center - Conference on New Approaches to Heart Disease: Interventional Surgery
Brooklyn, New York

Pioneering Techniques in Cardiac Surgery Symposium
Leipzig, Germany

State of the Heart - A Comprehensive Cardiovascular Symposium
West Chester, Pennsylvania

Fourth Triennial Brigham Cardiac Valve Symposium
Boston, Massachusetts

Continuing Medical Education Breakfast Symposium
Chicago, Illinois

2003
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology Meeting
Dana Point, California

Second Annual Tech-Con Conference
Society for Thoracic Surgeons
San Diego, California

39th Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting
San Diego, California

Continuing Medical Education Breakfast Symposium
San Diego, California

52nd Annual American College of Cardiology Meeting
Chicago, Illinois

83rd Annual American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Boston, Massachusetts

Innovations in Cardiac Surgery 2003 Symposium
Boston, Massachusetts

Continuing Medical Education Symposium
Boston, Massachusetts

30th Annual Day of Surgery
Medical Center of Central Georgia
Macon, Georgia

Medical Math Conference - East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Sixth Annual International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
San Francisco, California

Update on Cardiovascular Diseases
Naples, Italy

Second Biennial Meeting - Society for Heart Valve Disease
Paris, France

Phi Kappa Phi Southeast Region Mid-Triennial Conference
Charleston, South Carolina

77^th Annual Meeting of the Halsted Society
Boston, Massachusetts

Controversies in Adult Cardiac Surgery
Santa Monica, California

Coalescent Surgical Education Forum
Las Vegas, Nevada

International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
13^th World Congress
San Diego, California

American Heart Association Scientific Session
Orlando, Florida 

2004
New Era Cardiac Care: Innovation & Technology Meeting
Dana Point, California

Second Annual Tech-Con Conference
Society for Thoracic Surgeons
San Antonio, Texas

40th Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting
San Antonio, Texas

Society for Thoracic Surgical Education
Big Sur, California

Atrial Fibrillation: Emerging Techniques for Catheter & Surgical Ablation Conference
New Orleans, Louisiana

53rd Annual Scientific Session American College of Cardiology New Orleans, Louisiana

CREF 2004 - 24th Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, Science and Techniques of Perfusion
San Diego, California

International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
Maui, Hawaii

Advanced Cardiac Techniques in Surgery (ACTS)
New York, New York

American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Toronto, Ontario

Phi Kappa Phi Triennial Convention
Albuquerque, New Mexico

11^th Annual Joint Meeting American College of Cardiology
South Carolina & North Carolina Chapters
Kiawah, South Carolina

90^th Clinical Congress American College of Surgeons
General Session - Application of Robotic Surgery in all Surgical Specialties
New Orleans, Louisiana

50^th Anniversary of Open Heart Surgery by Cross Circulation
The University of Minnesota and the Lillehei Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota

51^st Annual Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
Cancun, Mexico

North Carolina Perfusion Society
Greenville, North Carolina

2005
New Era Cardiac Care Conference
Dana Point, California

41^st Annual Meeting Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Tampa, Florida

Annual Society for Thoracic Surgical Education Meeting
Key Largo, Florida

The Summit at Sea Level
Ponte Vedral, Florida

American Association for Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting
San Francisco, California

First Annual Meeting Heart Valve Society of America
New York, New York

Second Annual Carolina Valve Symposium
Greenville, North Carolina

International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
New York, New York

Society for Heart Valve Disease Third Biennial Meeting
Vancouver, Canada

American Association for Thoracic Surgery Postgraduate Course
Advanced Therapies for Valvular Heart Disease
Chicago, Illinois

American College of Surgeons Scientific Session
San Francisco, California

American Heart Association Scientific Session
Dallas, Texas

2006
Ninth Annual New Era Cardiac Care Conference: Innovation & Technology
Newport Beach, California

Pacific RIM Robotics Program
Anaheim, California

Association of Physicians Assistants in Cardiovascular Surgery
Chicago, Illinois

42^nd Annual Meeting - Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

26^th Annual Cardiothoracic Surgery (CREF) Conference
San Diego, California

86^th Annual Meeting American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2006 North Florida Cardiovascular Symposium
Ponte Vedra, Florida

Second Annual Meeting for the Heart Valve Society of America
Valvular Heart Disease: New Strategies
Las Vegas, Nevada

Annual Scientific Meeting
International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery ‘06
San Francisco, California

NC Chapter – American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

80^th Annual Meeting – The Halsted Society
Charleston, South Carolina

New Jersey Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting
Iselin, New Jersey

AIMS on BioDesign Summit
Atlanta, Georgia

First International Symposium on Robotic Surgery
Chicago, Illinois

92^nd Clinical Congress
American College of Surgeons
Chicago, Illinois

Visiting Professorships:
1984
Earle Glendy Memorial Lecture
"Long Term Survival Following Coronary Artery Surgery"
Roanoke Memorial Hospital, University of Virginia Affiliate
Roanoke, Virginia

Pediatrics Day
"Surgical Correction of Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1985
Pearls Lecture
"Masterword in Medicine"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1986
Pearls Lecture
"Cardiac Injuries"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1987
Pearls Lecture
"The True Physician"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1988
Alpha Omega Alpha Symposium
"Arrhythmia and New Valve Techniques"
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Annual Postgraduate Course
"Cardiac Transplantation"
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Roanoke, Virginia

1989
Surgical Grand Rounds
"Valve Repair Techniques"
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio

1991
Horace A. Smithy Lecture
"The Evolution of Scientific Surgery: The Shadow of John Hunter"
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

1992
Surgical Grand Rounds
"Myocardial Preservation: Clinical Decision Making"
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, Michigan

1993
"Surgical Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease"
Matsuyama Cardiovascular Medical Center
Matsuyama, Japan

1994
"Mitral Valve Repair"
Philadelphia Heart Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Mitral Valve Repair: A Modern Challenge"
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

1995
Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society
"The Good Physician"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

Hampden-Sydney Medical Society
"How to Become a Physician"
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, Virginia

1996
Grand Rounds
"Mitral Valve Repair: The Physiologic Option"
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

1997
Symposium to Honor Will C. Sealy
"Evolution of Scientific Surgery"
Medical Center of Central Georgia
Macon, Georgia

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Cardiothoracic Grand Rounds
"Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Work in Progress"
"Evolution of Scientific Surgery"
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

The Baxter G. Noble Memorial Lecture
"The Rise of Scientific Surgery"
East Carolina University School of Medicine
Greenville, North Carolina

1998
Cardiology Grand Rounds
"Video-assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: A Vision of the Future"
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Evolution of Scientific Surgery: The Shadow of John Hunter"
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts

Lamar Soutter Lecture on Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
"Videoscopic Mitral Valve Surgery"
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Worcester, Massachusetts

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: A Work in Progress"
Penn State Geisinger Health System/Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Hershey, Pennsylvania

Richard Cleveland Lecture
"Minimally Invasive Surgical Technologies"
New England Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Cardiothoracic Grand Rounds
"The New Era of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery"
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

1999
Cardiac Surgery Grand Rounds
"Trekking Toward an Endoscopic Mitral Valve Operation"
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Grand Rounds
"Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Mitral Valve Surgery: Trek to an Endoscopic Operation"
Columbia University
New York, New York

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Cardiac Robotics: Is It a Reality?"
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2000
Clarence E. Gardner Lecture
"The Evolution of Scientific Surgery - John Hunter's Shadow"
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Grand Rounds
"Surgical Robotics"
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Cardiothoracic Surgical Grand Rounds
"Videoscopic and Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery at the Dawn of the New Millennium"
University of Toronoto Medical Center
Toronto, Canada

2001
National Heart Hospital Surgical Lecture
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery"
Brompton Hospital
Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine
London, England

V.I. Bourakovsky Lecture & Bouakovsky Medal #5
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery: The 21st Century"
A.N. Bakulev Cardiovascular Surgery Scientific
Centre of the Russian Academy of Medical Science
Moscow, Russia

Claude S. Beck Lecture
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: In the Shadow of Beck and Cutler"
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cleveland, Ohio

John Streider Memorial Lecture
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery: The Future or Not?"
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery"
King Fasial Specialist Hospital
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Grand Rounds
"Robotic Cardiac Surgeon: The Future or Not?"
San Antonio Cardiovascular Society
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

C. Waton Lillehei Memorial Lecture
"Robotic Surgery"
Advanced Cardiac Physiology and Anatomy Symposium
Lillehei Heart Institute
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Less Invasive Approaches to the Mitral Valve"
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: The Past, Present, and Future"
University of Louisville Health Science Center
Louisville, Kentucky

Visiting Professor Lecture
"Robotics in Cardiac Surgery: Today and the Future"
Dayton Heart Hospital
Dayton, Ohio

2002
Joel Roslyn, M.D. Lecture
"Robotic Surgery: State of the Art"
MCP Hahnemann University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

D. Hayes Agnew Lecture
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Perhaps the Future"
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery"
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal and Cardiac Surgery: Physicians and Nurses Conference
"Robot Assisted Mitral Valve Surgery"
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey

Cardiothoracic Surgery Grand Rounds
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery"
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York

Baffes Memorial Lecture
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery--Now and the Future"
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, Illinois

Symposium for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Residents
Off-pump Training Program
"Robotics in Cardiac Surgery"
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery"
University of Florida at Gainesville
Gainesville, Florida

Surgery Resident Research Day
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Fact or Fantasy"
Wake Forest University School of Medicine"
Winston Salem, North Carolina

2003
Cardiothoracic Grand Rounds
"Robotics and Mitral Valve Repair"
University of Texas - Houston Medical School
Houston, Texas

Surgical Grand Rounds
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery: Part of the Future"
Upstate Medial University College of Medicine
Syracuse, New York

T. Cook Smith Lecturer
"The Evolution fo Scientific Surgery: John Hunter Casts His Shadow"
The Innominate Society of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky

Cardiothoracic Resident's Research Day
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: Gone With the Wind or Here to Stay"
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

Phi Kappa Phi Southeast Region Mid-Triennial Conference
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery from Technology to Patient Care"
Charleston, South Carolina

Coalescent Surgical Educational Forum
New Techniques in Minimally Invasive Valve Repair & Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
"Robotic Mitral Valve Repair: Clinical Results"
"East Carolina University: State of the Art Medicine" 
Las Vegas, Nevada

Controversies in Adult Cardiac Surgery
"Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: Can Anybody Do It?"
Cedars-Sinai Heart Center
Los Angeles, California 

The Ibn Nafish Honored Lecture
"Evolution of Cardiac Surgery -the Robotic Era"
Damascus, Syria

International Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons
13^th World Congress
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: State of the Art"
San Diego, California

North Carolina Health Information Management Association's Coastal Carolina Region
"New Technology in Cardiac Surgery: The Robotic Age"
Greenville, North Carolina

Cardiac Innovations Day Symposium
Canadian Heart Research Centre
"Surgical Innovations: Non-invasive Valve Surgery"
Toronto, Ontario

16^th Annual Meeting
The Northeast Cardiothoracic Surgical Society
"Robotic & Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: Truth or Consequences"
East Madison, New Hampshire

American College of Cardiology
No Boundaries: State-of-the Art Medical/Surgical Approaches to Advanced Heart Failure
"Robotics: Implications for Heart Failure"
Uncasville, Connecticut

American Heart Association
Cardiovascular Seminars Session
"Homografts"
Orlando, Florida

2004
Cardiovascular Surgery Conference
Texas Heart Institute
"The Practicality of Setting up A Robotic Program"
Houston, Texas

Cardiology Noon Conference
Texas Heart Institute
"Robotic Mitral Valve and Atrial Fibrillation Surgery"
Houston, Texas

John W. Templeton III, Lecture
Thomas Jefferson University
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: Perhaps the Future"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Enrique Lopez Innovative & Humanitarian Cardiac Surgery Conference
Memorial Cardiovascular Health Center
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery"
Tampa, Florida

Rankin Lecture
West Virginia Chapter - American College of Surgeons
"Robots in Surgery"
Roanoke, West Virginia

Surgical Grand Rounds
Thomas Jefferson University
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery: Perhaps the Future?"
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Surgical Grand Rounds
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
"Robotic Mitral Repair"
New York, New York

2005
Surgical Grand Rounds
Annual Stikeman Visiting Professorship
McGill University
"Advanced Technology in Valve Surgery: Robotics and Video Assistance"
Montreal, Canada

Surgical Grand Rounds
The George Washington University Medical Center
"Robotic Cardiac Surgery"
Washington, DC

Surgical Grand Rounds
Geisinger Health System - Department of Surgery
"Innovations in Mitral Valve Surgery: Endoscopic and Robotic Operations"
Danville, Pennsylvania

2006
Cardiac Surgery Lectureship
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
"Robotic Mitral Repair: Here to Stay"
Ottawa, Ontario

Bahnson Lectureship
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lester L. Vargas Distinguished Lectureship
Brown Medical School - Rhode Island Hospital
"New Techniques and Technology for Mitral Valve Repair"
Providence, Rhode Island

Surgical Grand Rounds
Johns Hopkins Medical Center
"The Evolution of Mitral Repair Surgery: Souttar to DaVinci"
Baltimore, Maryland

Surgical Grand Rounds
University of Missouri - Columbia
"Endoscopic and Robotic Cardiac Surgery"
Columbia, Missouri

Surgical Grand Rounds
University of Western Ontario
London Health Sciences Centre
"The Biggest Risk is Not Taking a Risk - The Pathways to Surgical Innovation"
London, Ontario

Cardiac Surgery Resident Research Day
University of Western Ontario
London Health Sciences Centre
"Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Surgery"
London, Ontario

Cardiothoracic Surgery Teaching Conference
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon
"Robotic Mitral Valve Surgery"

International Academic Visits:
1976
Hospital for Sick Children
Host: Professor Waterston
London, England

Hammersmith Hospital
Host: Professor Richard Welborne
London, England

The Middlesex Hospital
Host: Professor Hobsley
London, England

The Cambridge University Cardiac Transplant Laboratory
Hosts: Professors Calne and English
Cambridge, England

Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford University
Host: Professor Peter Morris
Oxford, England

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Host: Ms. Elizabeth Allen, Curator of the Hunterian Museum
London, England

Royal Infirmary at the University of Edinburgh
Hosts: Professors Patrick Forrest and Michael Woodruff
Edinburgh, Scotland

Western Infirmary at the University of Glasgow
Hosts: Professors Andrew Kay and Colin McKay
Glasgow, Scotland

1979
Fifth Workshop on Contractile Behavior of the Heart:
Diastole II
Host: Professor Brutsnaert
Antwerp, Belgium

Max Planck Institute for Physiology
Hosts: Professors Wolfgang and Jutta Schaper
Bad Nauheim, West Germany

Rayne Research Institute at St. Thomas' Hospital
Hosts: Professors Braimbridge and Hearse
London, England

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Host: Ms. Elizabeth Allen, Curator of the Hunterian Museum
London, England

Royal College of Physicians of England
Host: Sir Gordon Wolstenholme
London, England

1987
Mitral Valve Repair Workshop at Broussais Hospital
Host: Professor Alain Carpentier
Paris, France

1990
International Symposium on Myocardial Preservation into the Twenty-first Century
Oxford, England

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland

1991
International Live Teleconference on Homograft and Autograft Implantation
Hosts: Sir Magdi Yacoub and Mr. Donald Ross
London, England

1992
Advanced Techniques in Mitral Valve Reconstruction at Broussais Hospital
Host: Professor Alain Carpentier
Paris, France

1993
Tokyo Women's Medical College
Host: Professor Juro Wada
Tokyo, Japan

Matsuyama Medical Center
Host: Dr. Yasushi Kasagi
Tokyo, Japan

1997
Meeting on Recent Advances in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Mitral Valve Replacement at Medizinische
Hochschule/University of Hannover
Hosts: Professor Axel Haverich
Hannover, Germany

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Meeting at the University of Vienna School of Medicine
Hosts: Professor Ernest Wolner and Dr. Werner Mohl
Vienna, Austria

1998
Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Meeting at Ospedale San Rafaele
Host: Professor Ottiavio Alfieri
Milan, Italy

Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery Teleconference at Hospital San Leonardo
Hosts: Professors G. Di Benedetto, Alain Carpentier, and Fred Mohr
Salerno, Italy

Latest Techniques in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Minimally Invasive Video-assisted Mitral Valve Surgery
Video Conference
Host: Dr. Hugo Vanermen
Brussels, Belgium

Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery Meeting at Osaka University
Host: Professor Hikaru Matsuda
Osaka, Japan

Video-assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
Meeting at the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Sakakibara Heart Institute
Host: Professor Hitoshi Kasegawa
Tokyo, Japan

Second International Symposium on Controversies in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Host: Dr. Anthony Yim
Hong Kong, China

International Symposium on the Present State of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Meet the Experts at the University of Dresden
Host: Professor Stephan Schueler
Dresden, Germany

1999
Le Club Mitrale 1000 (Moderator)
Host: Professor Alain Carpentier
Paris, France

World Symposium on Heart Valve Disease
Host: Dr. Endre Bodnar
London, England

XVII InterAmerican Congress of Cardiology
Host: Dr. Jorge Lerman
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Meeting on Technology in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Overview of an Updated Repertoire
Host: Drs. Hugo Vanermen and Michael Mack
Glasgow, Scotland

2000
The European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery's Forty-ninth International Congress
Host: Professor Stephan Schueler
Dresden, Germany

Congress International "Chirurgie 2000"
Host: Professor Alain Carpentier
Paris, France

Pioneering Techniques in Cardiothoracic Surgery Techniques Symposium
Host: Professor Fred Mohr
Leipzig, Germany

St Jude Medical Institute - Second Annual Mitral Reconstructive Surgery Symposium
Host: Professor Ottiavio Alfieri
Milan, Italy

Cardiac & General Thoracic Surgery Update
Host: Dr. Anthony J. Del Rossi
Cancun, Mexico

2001
King Faisal Specialist Hospital
Host: Dr. Zohair Al-Halles
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Bakulev Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases
Host: Professor Leo Bokeria
Moscow, Russia

Southern Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery
Kinki University Medical School
Host: Hidetaka Oku
Osaka, Japan

2002
Thirty-first Annual Meeting of the German Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Host: Professor Fred Mohr
Leipzig, Germany

Tawain Society of Cardiology
Host: Dr. Chiang
Taipei, Tawain

First Interactive Symposium on Latest Advances in Cardiac Surgery
Hosts: Drs. Antonia Panza and Paolo Masiello
Salerno, Italy

Pioneering Techniques in Cardiac Surgery Symposium
Host: Professor Fred Mohr
Leipzig, Germany

2003
The Fifth Mitral Valve Reconstruction Meeting
Host: Professor Francis Wells
Cambridge, England

Update on Cardiovascular Diseases: The Latest News for the Clinician
Host: Professor G. D. Angelini
Naples, Italy

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Hosts: Sir Peter Morris; Sir Magdi Yacoub
London, England

51^st Annual Meeting of Japanese College of Cardiology
Host: Satoshi Ogawa, MD
Tokyo, Japan

Sixth Biennial Congress of the Syrian Cardiovascular Association
Host: Sami Kabbani, MD
Damascus, Syria

2004
50^th Golden Jubilee Annual Conference of Indian Association of Cardiovascular - Thoracic Surgeons
Host: Naresh Trehan, MD
New Delhi, India

Hunterian Oration of the Hunterian Society
Host: Dr. F.B. Gibberd
London, England

The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Winter Workshop
Host: Kitipan V. Arom, MD, PhD
Bangkok, Thailand

2005
The 13^th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for CV Surgery
Host: Prinya Sakiyalak, MD
Chiang Mai, Thailand

Swedish Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Meeting
Host: Dr. Pia Myken
Gothenburg, Sweden

Australian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons Conference
Hosts: Dr. Peter Tesar; Mr. Wayne Taylor
Queensland, Australia

37^th Autumn Annual Meeting
Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Host: Dr. Jae Won Lee
Seoul, Korea

Pioneering Techniques in Cardiac Surgery (The Fourth in Series)
Host: Dr. Friedrich W. Mohr
Leipzig, Germany

2006
International Heart Forum Beijing 2006
Host: Dr. Shengshou Hu

Other Noteworthy Awards:  (partial list)
1988
The Honorable Order of the Kentucky Colonels

1994
M.D. News
"The Heart Center"

1994 - 1995
The Best Doctors in America
Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

1995
Town and Country Magazine 
The Best Medical Specialists in North America
Diseases of the Heart

Craven County Board of Trustees and Community
Honored for the Development of the Open Heart Program at Craven Regional Medical Center

1997
Hampden-Sydney College
Fellow of Hampden-Sydney College in the Natural Sciences

Southern Living Magazine
"Operating with a Big Heart"

2000
News and Observer (Raleigh, NC)
"Robot streamlines heart surgery"

2003
Phi Kappa Phi Regional Scholar Award

2004
O. Max Gardner Award

Mended Hearts Harken Award

Phi Kappa Phi National Scholar

2006
The Best Doctors in America 2005-2006

Doctoral Thesis:
1973
"An Autoradiographic Study of Retinal Degeneration and Regeneration in Supernumerary and Heteroplastic Optic Transplants"
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Avocations:
History of Surgery and Physiology

Photography, Amateur Radio Operator (40 years), Trout Fishing

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

ORIGINAL REPORTS:

Original Research:

1.  Vasquez E, Chitwood Jr WR.  Postcardiotomy delirium:  an overview.  Int J Psychiatry Med.  1975;6:373-383.

2.  Chitwood Jr WR, Barnes RL, Postlethwait RW.  The retrosternal foramen of Morgagni:  massive small bowel herniation.  N C Med J.  1976;37:658-662.

3.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Wechsler AS.  Pressure-flow characteristics of the coronary collateral circulation during cardiopulmonary bypass: effects of hypothermic  perfusion.  Surg Forum. 1977;28:268-270.

4.  Chitwood Jr WR, Kleinman LH, Wechsler AS.  Compressive forces of fibrillation in normal hearts during maximal coronary dilation by adenosine.  Surg Forum.  1977;28:257-259.

5.  Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Jr Chitwood WR, Wechsler AS.  Segmental mid-wall myocardial  dimensions in man recorded by sonomicrometry.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1978;76:235-243.

6.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Sink JD, Wechsler AS.  Effects of intermittent potassium cardioplegia (4C) on reperfusion of myocardial regions supplied by collateral coronary arteries.  Surg Forum.  1978;29:269-271.

7.  Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Chitwood Jr WR.  Real-time assessment of regional mid-wall myocardial motion in man.  Surg Forum.  1978;29:256-258.

8.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Wechsler AS.  Maintenance of permanently implanted cardiac pressure catheters in experimental animals. Ann Thorac Surg.  1978;26:485-487.

9. Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Wechsler AS.  The effects of intermittent  ischemic arrest on the perfusion of myocardium supplied by collateral coronary arteries.  Ann  Thorac Surg.  1978;26:535-547.

10.  Kleinman LH, Hill RC, Chitwood Jr WR, Hamman JW Jr, Jones KW, Wechsler AS. Regional myocardial dimensions following coronary artery bypass grafting in patients. Relationship of functional deterioration to graft occlusion.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1979;77:13-23.

11.  Chitwood Jr WR, Sink JD, Hill RC, Wechsler AS, Sabiston DC Jr.  The effects of hypothermia on myocardial oxygen consumption and transmural coronary blood flow in the potassium-arrested heart  Ann Surg.  1979;190:106-116.

12.  Sink JD, Hill RC, Chitwood Jr WR, Abriss R, Wechsler AS.  Effects of phenylephrine on transmural distribution of myocardial blood flow in regions supplied by normal and collateral arteries during cardiopulmonary bypass.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1979;78:236-243.

13.  Olsen CO, Jones RN, Attarian DE, Hill RC, Sink JD, Chitwood Jr WR, Wechsler AS.  Relationship of LV compliance to coronary artery perfusion pressure in potassium-arrested canine heart during cardiopulmonary bypass. Surg Forum.  1979;30:246-247.

14.  Sink JD, Pellom GL, Currie WD, Chitwood Jr WR, Wechsler AS.  Protection of mitochondrial function during ischemia by potassium cardioplegia:  correlation with ischemic contracture.  Circ J Am Heart Assoc.  1979;60(pt 2):158-163.

15.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Sink JD, Sabiston DC Jr, Wechsler AS.  Assessment of ventricular diastolic properties and systolic function in man with sonomicrometry.  Surg Forum.  1979;30:266-268.

16.  Sink JD, Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Wechsler AS.  Comparison of nonpulsatile and pulsatile extracorporeal circulation on renal cortical blood flow.  Ann Thorac Surg. 1980;29:57-62.

17.  Sink JD, Currie WD, Pellom GL, Hill RC, Chitwood Jr WR, Wechsler AS.  Correlation of mitochondrial function and ischemic contracture.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1980;79:570-578.

18.  Hill RC, Pellom GL, Chitwood Jr WR, Sink JD, Wechsler AS.  The relationship of transmural myocardial flow to mid-wall function.  J Surg Res.  1980;28:306-313.

19.  Hill RC, Chitwood Jr WR, Sink JD, Cox JL, Wechsler AS.  Perioperative assessment of segmental left ventricular function in man.  Effects of  nitroprusside after bypass operations. Arch Surg.  1980;115:609-614.

20.  Sink JD, Attarian DE, Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Pellom GL, Wechsler AS.  An improved technique for producing ventricular hypertrophy with a subcoronary valvular aortic stenosis model.  Ann Thorac Surg.  1980;30:285-290.

21.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Sink JD, Sabiston DC Jr, Wechsler AS.  Measurement of global ventricular function in patients during cardiac operations using sonomicrometry.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1980;80:724-735.

22. Chitwood Jr WR, Rankin JS, Bollinger RR, Moylan JA.  Brachial artery reconstruction using the heparin-bonded Sundt shunt.  Surgery. 1981;89:355-358.

23. Austin EH, Mitchell GE, Oliphant M, Killenberg P, Oddson T, Thompson WM, Chitwood Jr WR, Jones RS.  Solitary hepatic cyst and benign bile duct polyp: a heretofore unheralded association.  Surgery. 1981;89:359-363.

24. Hill RC, Chitwood Jr WR, Bashore TM, Sink JD, Cox JL, Wechsler AS.  Coronary flow and regional function before and after supraarterial myotomy for myocardial bridging. Ann Thorac Surg.  1981;31:176-181.

25. Attarian DE, Jones RN, Currie WD, Hill RC, Sink JD, Olsen CO, Chitwood Jr WR, Wechsler AS.  Characteristics of chronic left ventricular hypertrophy induced by subcoronary valvular aortic stenosis.  I.  Myocardial blood flow and metabolism.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981;81:382-388.

26. Attarian DE, Jones RN, Currie WD, Hill RC, Sink JD, Olsen CO, Chitwood Jr WR, Wechsler AS.  Characteristics of chronic left ventricular hypertrophy induced by subcoronary valvular aortic stenosis.  II.  Response to ischemia.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1981;81:389-395.

27.  Chitwood Jr WR, Sink JD, Hill RC, Wecshler AS.  The comparative effects of pulsatile and nonpulsatile myocardial perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass.  J Surg Res. 1981;30:553-562.

28.  Chitwood Jr WR, Meyers WC, Heaston DK, Herskovic AM, McLeod ME, Jones RS. Diagnosis and treatment of primary extrahepatic bile duct tumors.  Am J Surg.  1982;143:99-106.

29.  Filston HC, Chitwood Jr WR, Schkolne B, Blackman LR.  The Fogarty balloon catheter as an aid to management of the infant with esophageal atresia and tracheoesophageal fistula complicated by severe RDS or pneumonia.  J Pediatr Surg.  1982;17:149-51.

30.  Filston HC, Edwards CH III, Chitwood Jr WR, Larson RM, Marsicano TH, Hill RC. Estimation of postoperative fluid requirements in infants and children.  Ann Surg. 1982;196:76-81.

31.  Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Tiller WH Jr, Chitwood Jr WR, Rembert JC, Greenfield JC Jr, Wechsler As.  Myocardial blood flow and function during gradual coronary occlusion in awake dog.  Am J Physiol.  1983;224:H60-H67.

 32. Jones RS, Chitwood Jr WR, Heaston DK, Herskovic AM.  The combined use of percutaneous transhepatic drainage and irrigation for carcinoma of the extrahepatic bile ducts.  Contemp Surg.  1983;22:59-63.

33.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Sink JD, Wechsler AS.  Diastolic ventricular properties in patients during coronary revascularization.  Intermittent ischemic arrest versus cardioplegia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1983;85:595-605.

34.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Kleinman LH, Wechsler AS.  Transmural myocardial flow distribution during hypothermia.  Effects of coronary inflow restriction.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1983;86:61-69.

35.  Chitwood Jr WR, Hill RC, Wechsler AS.  Reperfusion of inflow-limited myocardium following hypothermic potassium-induced cardioplegia.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1984;88:49-56.

36.  Chitwood Jr WR, Sabiston DC Jr, Wechsler AS.  Surgical treatment of chronic unresolved pulmonary embolism.  Clin Chest Med.  1984;5:507-536.

37.  Chitwood Jr WR, Lyerly HK, Sabiston DC Jr.  Surgical management of chronic pulmonary embolism.  Ann Surg.  1985;201:11-26.

38.  Woodruff WW III, Hoeck BE, Jr Chitwood WR, Lyerly HK, Sabiston DC Jr, Chen JT. Radiographic findings in pulmonary hypertension from unresolved chronic pulmonary embolism.  Am J Roentgenol.  1985;144:681-686.

39.  Lust RM, Beggerly CE, Morrison RF, Austin EH, Chitwood Jr WR.  Improved protection of chronically inflow-limited myocardium with retrograde coronary sinus cardioplegia.  Circ J Am Heart Assoc.  1988;78(pt 2):III217-III223.

40.  Ramagopal MV, Chitwood Jr, WR Mustafa SJ.  Evidence for an A2 adenosine receptor in human coronary arteries.  Eur J Pharmacol.  1988;151:483-486.

41.  Reeves WC, Chitwood Jr WR.  Transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography and color flow doppler assessment of a left atrial myxoma.  J Am Soc Echocardiogr.  1989;6:547-549.

42.  Chien S, Diana JN, Oeltgen PR, Todd EP, O'Connor WN, Chitwood Jr WR.  Eighteen to 37 hours' preservation of major organs using a new autoperfusion multiorgan preparation. Ann Thorac Surg.  1989;47:860-867.

66.  Otaki M, Lust RM, Sun YS, Norton TO, Rock DT, Call KD, Chitwood Jr WR.  Cardiac pacing induced flow responses in internal thoracic artery and saphenous vein bypass grafts.  ASAIO J.  1995;41:198-201.

67.  Hopson SB, Lust RM, Sun YS, Zeri RS, Morrison RF, Otaki M, Chitwood Jr WR.  Allopurinol improves myocardial reperfusion injury in a xanthine oxidase-free model.  J  Natl Med Assoc.  1995;87:480-484.

68.  Driver AG, Kukoly CA, Spence PA, Chitwood Jr WR, Mustafa SJ.  Pericardial fluid adenosine in ischemic and valvular heart disease.  Chest.  1995;107:346-351.

69.  Chitwood Jr WR, Wixon CL, Norton TO, Lust RM.  Complex valve operations:  antegrade vs. retrograde cardioplegia?  Ann Thorac Surg.  1995;60:815-818.

70.  Wixon CL, Burnett CM, Lust RM, Sun YS, Mann C, Chitwood Jr WR.  Continuous hypothermic retrograde cerebral perfusion improves cerebral following circulatory arrest during aortic arch surgery.  Surg Forum.  1995;46:277-280.

71.  Otaki M, Lust RM, Norton TO, Spence PA, Chitwood Jr WR.  Extracardiac adjustment of mitral chordae replacement.  J Surg Res.  1996;64:102-106.

72.  Lust RM, Bode AP, Yang L, Hodges W, Chitwood Jr WR.  In-line leukocyte filtration during bypass.  Clinical results from a randomized prospective trial.  ASAIO J. 1996;42:M819-M822.

73.  Azari KK, Lust RM, Dennis K, Reed J, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr WR.  Carnitine-supplemented hypothermic cardioplegia enhances recovery of excitation-contraction coupling following global ischemia/reperfusion.  Surg Forum.  1996;47:211-214.

74.  Sun YS, Lust RM, Dohm LG, Wixon CL, Dennis K, Chitwood Jr WR.  Impaired glucose clearance/insulin resistance induced by cardiopulmonary bypass may be caused by glucose transport protein (GLUT-4) loss.  Surg Forum.  1996;47:256-258.

75.  Meadows WM Jr, Lust RM, Parker FM, Mann C, Rock DT, Curtsinger L, Wooden WA, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr WR.  Time course of macro- and microvascular adjustments in abdominal wall and recipient bed perfusion patterns after vascular delay.  Surg Forum. 1996;47:741-43.

76.  Datillo JB, Lust RM, Datillo MP, Parker FM, Meadows WM Jr, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr WR, Makhoul RG.  The temporal expression of transforming growth factor-beta 1 in early aortocoronary vein grafts.  J Surg Res.  1997;69:349-353.

77.  Chitwood Jr WR, Elbeery JR, Chapman WH, Moran JM, Lust RM, Wooden WA, Deaton DH.  Video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery:  the "micro-mitral"operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1997;113:413-414.

78.  Chitwood Jr WR, Elbeery JR, Moran, JF, and the Minimally Invasive Surgery Workgroup. Minimally invasive mitral valve repair using transthoracic aortic occlusion.  Ann Thorac Surg.  1997;63:1477-1479.

79.  Elbeery JR, Chitwood Jr WR.  Minimally invasive cardiac surgery.  Heart surgery for the  21st century.  N C Med J.  1997;58:374-377.

80.  Eskew TD, Ollerenshaw JD, Philpott JM, Dennis K, Dawson P, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr WR, Lust RM.  Successful small diameter arterial grafting using cryopreserved allograft arteries. ASAIO J.  1997;43:M522-M526.

81.  Bradfield JF, Bode AP, Lust RM, Chitwood Jr WR.  Aprotinin directly attenuates theplatelet adhesion defect induced by cardiopulmonary bypass.  Surg Forum.  1997;48:256-259.

82.  Chitwood Jr WR, Wixon CL, Elbeery JR, Moran, JF, Chapman WH, Lust RM..  Video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997;114:773-780.

83.  Elbeery JR, Chitwood Jr WR.  Intraoperative catheterization of the left internal mammary artery via the left radial artery.  Ann Thorac Surg. 1997;64:1840-1842.

84.  Philpott JM, Eskew TD, Sun YS, Dennis KJ, Foreman BH, Fairbrother SN, Brown PM Jr, Koutlas TC, Chitwood Jr WR, Lust RM.  A paradox of cerebral hyperperfusion in the face of cerebral hypotension:  the effect of perfusion pressure on cerebral blood flow and metabolism during normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.  J Surg Res.  1998;77:141-149.

85.  Chitwood Jr WR.  Mitral valve repair:  an odyssey to save the valves!J Heart Valve Dis. 1998;7:255-261.

86.  Elbeery JR, Brown PM, Chitwood Jr WR.  Intraoperative MIDCABG arteriography via the left radial artery:  a comparison with Doppler ultrasound for assessment of graft patency.  Ann Thorac Surg.  1998;66:51-55.

87.  Wixon CL, Philpott JM, Chitwood Jr WR.  Mitral valve repair.  Save the valve!  N C Med J.  1998;59:314-317.

88.  Kim VB, Brown PM Jr, Philpott JM, Sun YS, Lust RM, Chitwood Jr WR.  Protecting the brain during cardiopulmonary bypass:  the continuing merits of hypothermia.  Surg Forum.  1998;49:250-252.

89.  Atkinson CK, Miraliakbari R, Ng PC, Swanson MS, Sun YS, Powell CS, Lust RM, Chitwood Jr WR.  Effect of conventional graft repair on aortic wall motion.  Surg Forum.  1999;50:424-425.

90.  Chitwood Jr WR.  Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery:  introduction.  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1999;11:192-193.

91.  Chitwood Jr WR.  Video-assisted and robotic mitral valve surgery:  toward an endoscopic surgery.  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1999;11:194-205.

92.  Falk V, Autschbach R, Krakor R, Walther T, Diegeler A, Onnasch JF, Chitwood Jr WR, Mohr FW.  Computer-enhanced mitral valve surgery:  toward a total endoscopic procedure.  Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  1999;11:244-249.

93.  Steffee CH, Singh HK, Chitwood Jr WR.  Histologic changes in three explanted native cardiac valves following use of fenfluramines.  Am J Cardiovasc Pathol.  1999;8:245-253.

94.  Brown PM Jr, Kim VB, Boyer BJ, Lust RM, Chitwood Jr WR, Elbeery JR.  Regional left ventricular systolic function in humans during off-pump coronary bypass surgery. Circ J Am Heart Assoc.  1999;100(suppl 19):II-125-II-127.

95.  Chitwood Jr WR, Wixon CL, Elbeery JR, Francalancia NA, Lust RM.  Minimally invasive cardiac operation:  adapting cardioprotective strategies.  Ann Thorac Surg.  1999;68:1974-1977.

96.  Koutlas TC, Elbeery JR, Williams JM, Moran JF, Francalancia NA, Chitwood Jr WR.  Myocardial revascularization in the elderly using beating heart coronary artery bypass surgery.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2000;69:1042-1047.

97.  Ng PC, Chua AN, Swanson MS, Koutlas TC, Chitwood Jr WR, Elbeery JR.  Anterior thoracotomy wound complications in minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2000;69:1338-1340.

98.  Miraliakbari R, Francalancia NA, Lust RA, Gerardo JA, Ng PC, Sun YS, Chitwood Jr WR.  Differences in myocardial and peripheral VEGF and KDR levels after acute ischemia.  Ann Thorac Surg.  2000;69:1750-1754.

99.  Shackelford DP, Daniels S, Hoffman MK, Chitwood Jr WR.  Estrogen therapy in women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: effect on surgical complications.  Obstet Gynecol.  2000;95:732-735.

100.  Chitwood Jr WR.  Video-assisted mitral valve surgery:using the Chitwood clamp.  Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.  2000;5:190-202.

101.  Chitwood Jr WR, Nifong LW, Elbeery JE, Chapman WH, Albrecht R, Kim V, Young JA.  Robotic mitral valve repair: trapezoidal resection and prosthetic annuloplasty with the DaVinci surgical system.  J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2000;120:1171-1172.

102.  Elbeery J, Chitwood Jr WR.  From MIDCAB to OPCAB