This year we are introducing clinical practice sessions, further details available here.
Download the full programme here
Presentation Assessment
Guidelines for 2006 Presentation Assessment are available here.
Prizes
There will be 3 prizes available this year as follows:
Ronald Edwards Medal - best scientific oral presentation
John Parker Medal - best interactive presentation
Society Thoracic Medal - best scientific thoracic presentation
The winners will be announced at the annual dinner Thursday 16th March at the Guinness Storehouse
Guest Speakers
Timothy J Gardner MD
Medical Director, The Center for Heart and Vascular Health, Christiana Care Health System, Delaware, USA, Clinical Professor of Surgery, the University of Pennsylvania, IPA Medical Officer, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD USA. Dr Gardener will be giving the Heart Research UK lecture entitled Cardiac Surgery and the Brain: What we Know and What We Should Do About it.
Dr Gardner will also be leading St Jude Postgraduate Session 1 on Beating Heart CABG Surgery.
Douglas E Wood MD
Professor and Chief, General Thoracic Surgery and Endowed Chair in Lung Cancer Research at the University of Washington. Dr Wood will be giving the Pulse lecture entitled Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Before and After the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.
Dr Wood will also be leading St Jude Postgraduate Session 2 on Surgical Management of T3/T4 Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Symposia
There will be two evening symposia held this year and details will follow