Areas of responsibility will include identifying and responding, as appropriate, to thoracic surgery matters of interest or importance to the media and the public; recommending strategies for STS relationships and interactions with those groups; identifying and preparing STS members for media interaction; and coordinating proactive efforts to position the specialty and its issues positively with the media and the public.
Thomas K. Varghese, Jr., Chair — Salt Lake City, UT
Richard K. Freeman, Vice Chair — Maywood, IL
Zaid Abdelsattar — Elmhurst, IL
Lauren Barron — Bellaire, TX
Daniel T. Engelman — Springfield, MA
Farhood Farjah — Seattle, WA
Kirsten A. Freeman — Gainesville, FL
T. Sloane Guy — Dawsonville, GA
Jason Han — Philadelphia, PA
Joseph J. Platz — St. Louis, MO
V. Seenu Reddy — Nashville, TN
R. Taylor Ripley — Houston, TX
Edward B. Savage — Stuart, FL
Mathew Thomas — Jacksonville, FL