Annual Meeting of the Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
East Midlands , United Kingdom

Sunday 18 March 2001
11:00-13:00
Postgraduate Session I: Practical Laboratory Surgery
Tutor: Professor John Pepper
14:00-15:30
Auditorium
Postgraduate Session II: Surgery for Congenital Ventriculoseptal Defect
Chairman: Mr James Monro
16:00-17:00
Auditorium
Postgraduate Session III: Neoadjuvant Therapy for Thoracic Malignancy
Professor Nicholas Thatcher

Chairman: Mr Peter Goldstraw
17:00-17:45
Auditorium
Postgraduate Lecture: Reaching the Limits
Wing Commander David Gradwell

Chairman: Mr James Monro
Monday 19 March 2001
08:30-10:00
Auditorium
SESSION I: Lung Failure Symposium
Chairman: Mr Jules Dussek
10:30-12:00
Auditorium
SESSION 2: Oral Presentations
Chairmen: Mr Alfred Wood and Mr Graham Cooper
12:05-12:45
Auditorium
Mearns Milne Memorial Lecture: Dr Roger Boyle, National Heart Director
The National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease - Have we made progress?

Chairman: Mr James Monro
14:00-16:00
Auditorium
SESSION 3: Interactive Poster Presentations
Moderators: Mr David Anderson, Mr Peter Goldstraw and Mr Andrew Murday
16:30-18:30
Auditorium
Annual Business Meeting
Mr James Monro and Mr Bruce Keogh
Tuesday 20 March 2001
08:30-10:00
Auditorium
SESSION 4: Heart Failure Symposium
Chairman: Professor M Yacoub
10:30-12:10
Auditorium
SESSION 5: Oral Presentations
Chairmen: Mr Terence Lewis and Mr James Monro
12:15-12:45
Auditorium
National Heart Research Fund Lecture: Dr Delos M. Cosgrove III
Chairman: Mr James Monro
14:00-16:00
Auditorium
SESSION 6: Interactive Poster Presentations
Moderators: Dr Delos Cosgrove, Mr Leslie Hamilton and Professor Tom Treasure
16:30-18:00
SESSION 7: Oral Presentations
Chairmen: Mr Colin Hilton and Professor Ken Taylor
Wednesday 21 March 2001
09:00-10:15
Auditorium
SESSION 8: The Registers
Chairman: Mr James Monro
10:45-12:15
Auditorium
SESSION 9: Oral Presentations
Mr Bill Walker and Mr Patrick Magee
12:15-13:00
Auditorium
Invited Lecture: Dr Peter Greene, Editor CTSNet
Cardiothoracic Communication - Present and Future

Chairman: Mr James Monro