STS Business Meeting Update
Jennifer Romano, MD, MS, presided over her last business meeting as STS president and officially passed the gavel to newly confirmed STS President Joseph Sabik III, MD.
Also elected during the Annual Meeting were Vinay Badhwar, MD, as First Vice President, and Vinod Thourani, MD, as Second Vice President.
Other key positions include Lisa Tchouta, MD, elected as Resident Director; Minoru Ono, MD, elected as International Director; Sigrid Sandner, MD, elected as International Director; Jessica Donington, MD, elected as Director-at-Large; and Felix Fernandez, MD, elected as Director-at-Large.
Wilson Szeto, MD, was re-elected as Secretary; John Mitchell, MD, was elevated to Treasurer; and Anthony Estrera, MD, was re-elected as Director-at-Large.
STS members who attended the meeting also approved the proposed bylaws amendment changes that allow vascular surgery residents to join STS as Resident/Fellow Members, but they must enroll in an accredited thoracic surgery program to maintain membership. Year-in-review updates on the Society's financial state, STS-PAC, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, and The Thoracic Surgery Foundation were provided.
