Areas of responsibility will include the identification and assessment of issues that are of unique concern to general thoracic surgeons, liaison with other STS Workforces in their efforts to address those issues, and recommending strategies for addressing those issues of unique concern to general thoracic surgeons that are not within the scope of other STS Workforces' responsibilities.

Joseph B. Shrager, Chair — Stanford, CA
Kiran H. Lagisetty, Vice Chair — Ann Arbor, MI
Beatrice Aramini — Bologna, Italy
Caitlin T. Demarest — Nashville, TN
Crystal Erickson — Colorado Springs, CO
Nathaniel R. Evans — Philadelphia, PA
Hari B. Keshava — Orange, CA
Biniam Kidane — Winnipeg, Canada
Samuel S. Kim — Chicago, IL
Svetlana Kotova — Portland, OR
John F. Lazar — Franklin, TN
Jordan D. Miller — Lexington, KY
Philip A. Rascoe — Houston, TX
Boris Sepesi — Houston, TX
Sandra L. Starnes — Cincinnati, OH
Luis F. Tapias Vargas — Rochester, MN
Alper Toker — Morgantown, WV
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang — Winchester, MA