PRESENTATIONS Francis Robicsek MD PhD 1. - Heineman ...

PRESENTATIONSFrancis Robicsek MD PhD1. “The Pathogenesis and Significance of Post-Stenotic Dilatation of the Great Blood Vessels." 69th AnnualSession, Southern Surgical Association, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, December 10-12, 1957.2. "The Diagnosis and Treatment of Coronary Arteriovenous Fistula." 5th Annual Meeting, Southern ThoracicSurgical Association, Miami Beach, Florida, November 28-30, 1958.3. "Extracorporeal Circulation for Repair of Congenital Heart Lesions." 105th Annual Session, Medical Society ofNorth Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina, May 3-6, 1959.4. "Vasomotor Activity During Total Body Perfusion." 40th Annual Meeting, American Association for ThoracicSurgery, Miami Beach, Florida, May 11-13, 1960.5. "The Measurement of Blood Flow Through Extracorporeal Circuits." 8th Scientific Meeting, InternationalCardiovascular Society, North American Chapter, Miami Beach, Florida, June 11, 1960.6. "The Measurement of Blood Flow Through Extracorporeal Circuits." 109th Annual Meeting, American MedicalAssociation, Miami Beach, Florida, June 13-17, 1960.7. “Clinical Conference and Case Presentation on Vascular Disease” American Medical Association Meeting,Miami Beach Florida, August 16, 1960.8. "Indications, Surgical Treatment, and Results in Open Heart Surgery." Mecklenburg County Medical Society,Charlotte, North Carolina, September 6, 1960.9. "The Transplantation of Heart Valves." 9th Scientific Meeting, International Cardiovascular Society, NorthAmerican Chapter, New York, New York, June 24, 1961.10. "How to Get Heart Disease From Your Diet." 28th Annual Meeting, North Carolina Dietetic Association,Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 1961.11. "The Surgical Management of Unilateral Pleural Effusion." 8th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic SurgicalAssociation, Memphis, Tennessee, November 16-18, 1961.12. "The Effect of Cardiotomy on Right Ventricular Function." 73rd Annual Session, Southern Surgical Association,Hot Springs, Virginia, December 5-7, 1961.13. "Hypertension Due to Unilateral Renal Ischemia: Appearance After Removal of Opposite Kidney." 28th RegionalMeeting, American College of Physicians, North Carolina Chapter, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 7,1961.14. "Current Methods of Treating Cardiovascular Disease." 108th Annual Session, North Carolina Medical Society,Raleigh, North Carolina, May 5-9, 1962.15. "Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Septal Defects; Causes and Prevention of Operative Complications." 11thAnnual Convention, American College of Cardiology, Denver, Colorado, May 29-June 1, 1962.16. "Prompt Surgical Diagnosis and Correction of Pleural Fluid and Air." North Carolina Thoracic Society Sessions,Charlotte, North Carolina, April 25-26, 1963.17. "Electronic Treatment of Cardiac Arrhythmias." 109th Annual Session, Medical Society of the State of NorthCarolina, Asheville, North Carolina, May 4-8, 1963.18. "Technical Complications with the Vena Cavae During Repair of Atrial Septal Defects." 10th Annual Meting,Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, San Antonio, Texas, November 21-23, 1963.

19. "Arteriosclerotic Disease of the Thoracic Outlet." 110th Annual Session, Medical Society of the State of NorthCarolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, May 2-6, 1964.20. "Long-Term Circulatory Exclusion of the Right Heart." VII Interamerican Congress of Cardiology, Montreal,Canada, June 14-19, 1964.21. "Ruptured Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta - Diagnosis and Treatment." 16th Annual Meeting North CarolinaHeart Association, Durham, North Carolina, May 20-21, 1965.22. "Transplantation of Coronary Arteries." 12th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Freeport,Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas, November 11-13, 1965.23. "Recent Developments in Cardiovascular Surgery." North Carolina Dietetic Association State Meeting, Charlotte,North Carolina, March 24-25, 1966.24. "Blood Toxicity Induced by in vitro Disc Oxygenation: Effect of Temperature and Hemodilution." AmericanSociety for Artificial Organs, Atlantic City, New Jersey, April 8-9, 1966.25. "Is Coronary Perfusion A Necessity in Direct Vision Surgery for Acquired Heart Disease?", 12th Annual Meeting,American College of Angiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21-23, 1966.26. "Aorto-Renal Disease." 112th Annual Session, Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, Asheville, NorthCarolina, April 30-May 4, 1966.27. "Long-Term Complete Circulatory Exclusion of the Right Heart." IX International Congress on Diseases of theChest, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20-25, 1966.28. "Surgical Complications of Myocardial Infarction." 39th Scientific Sessions, American Heart Association, NewYork, New York, October 21-23, 1966.29. "Aorto-Renal Disease: A Surgical Entity." 13th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association,Asheville, North Carolina, November 3-5, 1966.30. "Heart Surgery in Normothermic Body Perfusion, Interruption of the Coronary Blood Flow and Topical CardiacHypothermia." 3rd Annual Meeting, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Kansas City, Missouri, January 23-25, 1967.31. "Occlusive Arteriosclerosis of the Lower Extremities." Postgraduate Film Seminar, Charlotte Memorial Hospital,Charlotte, North Carolina, February 15, 1967.32. "Surgical Treatment of Large Ventricular Septal Defects: Presentation of a New Method." 22nd Congress of theSociete Internationale de Chirurgie, Brussels, Belgium, June 7-9, 1967.33. "Surgical Complications of Myocardial Infarction." Join Meeting, American College of Angiology and InternationalCollege of Angiology and International College of Angiology, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 10-14, 1967.34. "Replacement of Mitral Valve in Topical Cardiac Hypothermia Without Perfusion of the Coronary Arteries." FilmPresentation, International Society, Brussels, Belgium, August 9, 1967.35. "Homotransplantations of `Live' Hearts." 8th Congress of the International Cardiovascular Society, Vienna, Austria,September 3-9, 1967.36. "Vascular Surgery of the Neck." Postgraduate Film Seminar, Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, September 21, 1967.37. "Problems in Managing the Buckled Carotid Artery." 79th Annual Session, Southern Surgical Association, HotSprings, Virginia, December 4-6, 1967.38. "A New Method for the Prevention of Leakage Around Mitral Valve Prosthesis." Film Presentation, Society ofThoracic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 29, 1968.

39. "A New Method of Keeping the Heart `Alive' and Functioning Outside the Body During Transplantation." 4thAnnual Meeting, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 29-31, 1968.40. "Penetrating Injuries of the Heart." North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, WrightsvilleBeach, North Carolina, April 19-20, 1968.41. "Preservation of Full Cardiac Function in the Extracorporeal Stage. A New Method for Transplantation of theHeart." VIII Meeting, Interamerican Congress of Cardiology, Lima, Peru, April 21-27, 1968.42. "Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot Associated with Severe Aortic Regurgitation." 10th Annual International Congress onDiseases of the Chest, Washington, D.C., October 6, 1968.43. "Aneurysms of the Abdominal Aorta: Medical vs. Surgical Treatment." 114th Annual Meeting, American Collegeof Angiology, San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 3-8, 1968.44. "Aortic Regurgitation & Occlusion of the Left Coronary Artery Caused by Dissecting Aneurysm of the AscendingAorta. Successful Surgical Repair." Film Presentation, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Diego, California,January 27, 1969.45. "Open Heart Surgery in a Teaching Community Hospital, Indication, Technique and Results." North CarolinaThoracic Society, Durham, North Carolina, April 24-25, 1969.46. "Technical Problems in the Surgical Management of Anterior Chest Deformities." American Thoracic Society,Miami Beach, Florida, May 24-26, 1969.47. "Aortic Aneurysms-When is Surgery Indicated?", North Carolina Heart Association, 29th Annual ScientificSessions, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 29, 1969.48. "The Extracorporeal `Survival' of Heart Grafts Removed in a Functioning Stage and of Those Obtained FromCadaveric Donors." The International Cardiovascular Society, New York, New York, July 11-12, 1969.49. “Bypass of the right heart. Observations after four years.” IX International Cardiovascular Society, Buenos Aires,Argentina. Sept. 1969; 3: 66-67.50. “Is the Right Heart a Necessary Organ? Complete Bypass of the Right Heart, Observations after Four Years" TheInternational Cardiovascular Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 25-27, 1969.51. "Experiments in Heart Banking and Heart Transplantation" The International Cardiovascular Society, BuenosAires, Argentina, September 25-27, 1969.52. "Open Heart Surgery - Present Stage of Development." 9th Postgraduate Seminar, Presbyterian School of Nursing,Charlotte, North Carolina, October 1-2, 1969.53. "The Development of Acute Aortic Regurgitation and Left Coronary Occlusion Caused by Dissecting Aneurysm ofthe Ascending Aorta. A Successful Surgical Repair." Motion Picture Program, 35th Annual Meeting, AmericanCollege of Chest Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, October 29-November 2, 1969.54. Selected Films: Experiments in Heart Transplantation and in Heart Banking.: F. Robicsek, W. Tam, HKDaugherty, DC Mullen.35th Annual Meeting, American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, October29-November 2, 1969.55. "The Case Against Coronary Perfusion." 16th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association,Washington, D.C., November 13-15, 1969.56. "Operative Risks of Cardiovascular Procedures." South Carolina Heart Association, Florence, South Carolina,December 4, 1969.57. "Pacemakers." 21st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, North Carolina Heart Association, Durham, NorthCarolina, May 26-27, 1970.

58. "Surgical Complications of Myocardial Infarction." 16th Annual Meeting, American College of Angiology, NewYork, New York, June 24-28, 1970.59. "Preservation of the Auto-Perfusing Heart-Lung Preparation by Extra-Corporeal Symbiosis." 3rd InternationalCongress of the Transplantation Society, The Hague, Netherlands, September 7-11, 1970.60. "The Arrhythmias: A Surgical Complication" Moderator, 17th Annual Meeting, American College of Angiology,New Orleans, Louisiana, February 24-28, 1971.61. "An Effective Method to Prevent Suture Line Aneurysm: The Cuffed Vascular Graft" Moderator, 17th AnnualMeeting, American College of Angiology, New Orleans, Louisiana, February 24-28, 1971.62. "Coronary Bypass Surgery." Cardiology Seminar, Charlotte Memorial Hospital and Charlotte Mecklenburg HeartAssociation, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 16, 1971.63. "Penetrating Wounds of the Chest", North Carolina Chapter, American College of Surgeons, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, April 29-May 1, 1971.64. “Heart Surgery” General Session, 22nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Presiding. Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina, May 26-27, 197165. "Surgery for Coronary Arterial Disease." North Carolina Thoracic Society, Hendersonville, North Carolina, April19-20, 1972.66. "Is There a Place for Wall Enforcement in Modern Aortic Surgery?", North American Chapter, 20th ScientificMeeting, The International Cardiovascular Society, Carmel, California, June 23-24, 1972.67. "Recent Developments in Open Heart Surgery." 24th Annual Scientific Assembly, South Carolina Chapter,American Academy of Family Physicians, Columbia South Carolina, November 8-10, 1972.68. "Fibrosis Pulmonar" Round Table Participant and Lecture, XV Congreso Medico Round Table Participant andLecture, XV Congreso Medico Centroamericano, Costa Rica, December 4-8, 1973. Centroamericano, Costa Rica,December 4-8, 1973.69. "Rehabilitacion del Paciente-enfisematoso" Round Table Participant and Lecture, XV Congreso Medico RoundTable Participant and Lecture, XV Congreso Medico Centroamericano, Costa Rica, December 4-8, 1973.Centroamericano, Costa Rica, December 4-8, 1973.70. "Manejo de la Insuficiencia" Round Table Participant and Lecture, XV Congreso Medico Round Table Participantand Lecture, XV Congreso Medico Centroamericano, Costa Rica, December 4-8, 1973. Centroamericano, CostaRica, December 4-8, 1973.71. "Complicaciones Quirurgicas-del Infarcto del Miocardio" Round Table Participant and Lecture, XV CongresoMedico Centroamericano, Costa Rica, December 4-8, 1973.72. "Technical Considerations in the Management of Kinked Carotid Arteries." European Society of CardiovascularSurgery, XXIII Congress, Oslo, Norway, July 3-6, 1974.73. "Coronary Surgery and Computerized Monitoring-Patient Care." Proceedings of the IV European Congress ofAnesthesiology, Madrid, Spain, September 5-11, 1974.74. Billentyupotias Tapasztalatai." Conferentia Internationalis Chirurgica, Budapest, Hungary, October 2-5, 1974.75. "Pulmonary Emboli and Embolization." 16th Annual Clinical Congress of Abdominal Surgeons, Orlando, Florida,February 28-March 5, 1975.76. "The Effects of Continued Smoking on Patency of Dacron Grafts in Leriche Syndrome." North Carolina ThoracicSociety, Charlotte, North Carolina, April 23-24, 1975.77. "Ten Cases `That I Wish I Had Never Seen'." 2nd Annual Meeting, South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society, AmeliaIsland, Florida, August 14-17, 1975.

78. "Computerized Intensive Care of Post-Operative Cardiac Surgical Patients." Computers in Cardiology, Rotterdam,The Netherlands, October 2-4, 1975.79. "Trauma to the Chest - Closed and Penetrating." Management of the Acutely Injured Patient, sponsored by theAmerican College of Surgeons, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, January 22-24, 1976.80. "Application of Computerized Logic to Postoperative Care." Controversies in Cardiology, Tampa General HospitalFoundation, Tampa, Florida, March 18-20, 1976.81. "Automated Patient Care - Is It Cost Effective?", Panel Discussion, 11th Annual Meeting, Association for theAdvancement of Medical Instrumentation, Atlanta, Georgia, March 21-25, 1976.82. "Surgical Management of Coronary Artery Disease." 27th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, North CarolinaHeart Association, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May 26-28, 1976.83. "Estado Actual de la Enfermedad Reumatica" XIII Congreso Latinoamericano Cardiovascular, Tegucigalpa,Honduras, C.A., August 22-26, 1976.84. "Tratamiento Quirurgico del Aneurisma de la Aorto" XIII Congreso Latinoamericano Cardiovascular, Tegucigalpa,Honduras, C.A., August 22-26, 1976.85. "Tratamiento Quirurgico de la Occlusion Arterial Cronica" XIII Congreso Latinoamericano Cardiovascular,Tegucigalpa, Honduras, C.A., August 22-26, 1976.86. "The Application of the Computerized Medical Logic in the Post-Operative Management of Patients UndergoingOpen Heart Surgery." Annual Meeting, The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,Trondheim, Norway, September 8-10, 1976.87. "Application of Medical Logic in Computer-Based Intensive Care Management of Open Heart Patients."Computers in Cardiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, October 7-9, 1976.88. "New Frontiers in the Postoperative Intensive Care Management of Patients Undergoing Open Heart and MajorVascular Surgery." 50th Anniversary Congress, Pan American Medical Association, Hollywood, Florida, October24-29, 1976.89. "New Frontiers in the Postoperative Care of the Open Heart Patient." Charlotte Memorial Hospital Fall Seminar on"Safe Anesthesia." Charlotte, North Carolina, October 29-30, 1976.90. "Surgical Aspects of Pulmonary Embolization." 19th Annual Cardiovascular Seminar, American Heart Association,Suncoast Chapter, Tampa, Florida, January 21-22, 1977.91. "Experience with a `Close Loop' Computerized Intensive Care System After Open Heart Surgery." 51st Congress,International Anesthesia Research Society, Hollywood, Florida, March 6-10, 1977.92. “Ten Consecutive Cases of Coronary Occlusive Disease Not Recommended for Surgery." Moderator, 4th AnnualMeeting, South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 4-7, 1977.93. "El Estado Actual de le Cirugia del Corazon Abierto." XI Congreso Centroamericano y II MexicanoCentroamericano de Cardiologia, Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 8-12, 1977.94. "Cardiac Cases - Problems and Management." Panel Discussion, 29th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions,North Carolina Heart Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 10-12, 1978.95. "The Application of Thermography in the Study of Coronary Blood Flow." 32nd Annual Meeting, The Society forVascular Surgery, Los Angeles, California, June 23, 1978.96. "Thermographic Study of Coronary Blood Flow During Open Heart Surgery." XI International Congress ofAngiology, Prague, July 2-8, 1978.

97. "Application of Thermography in Coronary Surgery." II Congreso European de Termografia, Barcelona, Spain,September 11-15, 1978.98. "Who Should Follow the Patient After Coronary Surgery?." Dannie N. Heineman Symposium in Cardiology,Charlotte, North Carolina, September 27, 1978.99. "Experience With the Management of Aneurysms of the Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta" Congressus SocietatisChirurgicae Huncaricae, Budapest, Hungary, October 4-6, 1978.100. "Present State of the Art of Coronary Artery Surgery" Congressus Societatis Chirurgicae Huncaricae, Budapest,Hungary, October 4-6, 1978.101. “ Three Years Experience with Computer-Based intensive Care of Patients Following Open Heart and MajorVascular Surgery" Congressus Societatis Chirurgicae Huncaricae, Budapest, Hungary, October 4-6, 1978.102. "Peripheral Vascular Disease." Avery County Medical Society, Banner Elk, North Carolina, October 2, 1978.103. "Pectus Excavatum." American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, California, October 16-20, 1978.104. "Heart Preservation and Transplant" 44th Annual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians,Washington, D.C., October 29-November 2, 1978.105. "Changes in Myocardial Collateralization in Response to Steroid and Diastolic Augmentation as Demonstrated byThermography" Film Presentation, 44th Annual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians,Washington, D.C., October 29-November 2, 1978.106. "Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow by Thermography." Florence International Meeting on MyocardialInfarction, Florence, Italy, May 8-12, 1979.107."Cardiology Update 1979: Percutaneous Catheter Coronary Angioplasty" 44th Annual Scientific Assembly,American College of Chest Physicians, Washington, D.C., October 29-November 2, 1978.108."Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow by Thermography." 6th Annual Meeting, South AtlanticCardiovascular Society, Kiawah Island Resort, Kiawah, South Carolina. Aug 16-19, 1979.109.“Measurement of Coronary Blood Flow by Thermography. Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society ofThoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Helsinki, September 19, 1979.110. "Surgical Considerations of Peripheral Vascular Disease." 19th Annual Charlotte Postgraduate Seminar,Mecklenburg County Chapter, N.C. Academy of Family Physicians, October 3-4, 1979.111. “Hemodynamic Monitoring." Heineman Medical Research Center Seminar on ‘Intensive Care Monitoring AfterVascular Surgery.’ Charlotte, North Carolina, April 24, 1980.112. "Five Years Experience with Computerized Intensive Care Following Cardiovascular Surgery." 29th InternationalCongress, European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Dusseldorf, West Germany, July 2-5, 1980.113. "Five Years Experience with Computerized Intensive Care Following Cardiovascular Surgery." SoutheasternPediatric Cardiology Society, Asheville, North Carolina, September 18-19, 1980.114. "Empyema and Pleural Space Problems." Moderator, Panel Discussion, American College of Surgeons, Atlanta,Georgia, October 19-24, 1980.115. "Acute Femoral-Popliteal Insufficiency Mimicking Embolism." 27th Annual Meeting, American College ofAngiology, San Diego, California, November 5-9, 1980.116. "Repair of the Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum." 7th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association,White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, November 13-15, 1980.

117. "The Value of Different Diagnostic Measures in Establishing the Diagnosis and Estimating Size of AbdominalAortic Aneurysms." Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, January 30-31,1981.118. "Surgical Treatment of Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum." Koninklijk Belgisch Genootschap voor Heelkunde,Brussels, Belgium, February 1, 1981.119. "Long-Range Observations with External Aortic Grafts." Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Thorax, Herzund Gefasschirurgie, Bad Nauheim, West Germany, February 19-21, 1981.120. "Ten Cases from India Undergoing Catheterization and Surgery." Moderator, 8th Annual Meeting, South AtlanticCardiovascular Society, Asheville, North Carolina, August 6-9, 1981.121. “The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The Scandinavian Society forExtracorporeal Technologists, Participating Doctor, Copenhagen, Denmark. August 26-68, 1981.122. "The Effects of Adenosine on Platelet Preservation in Cardio-Pulmonary Bypass." Southeastern PediatricCardiology Society, Williamsburg, Virginia, September 18-19, 1981.123. "The Mysterious Behavior of Systemic Vascular Resistance During Cardiopulmonary Bypass" Pathophysiologyand Techniques of Cardiopulmonary Bypass II, San Diego, California, February 19-21, 1982.124. "Arterial Obstruction of the Lower Extremities" General Surgeons Association-Guatemala, X Congreso Nacional deCirugia, Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 22-24, 1982.125. "Chest Trauma" General Surgeons Association-Guatemala, X Congreso Nacional de Cirugia, Guatemala City,Guatemala, April 22-24, 1982.126. "Pitfalls and Reservations and Subsequent Surgical Intervention Following Percutaneous TransluminalAngioplasty." 108th Annual Meeting, Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Hollywood,Florida, May 7, 1982.127. "Unorthodox Conservatism in the Management of Aortic Aneurysms." St. Louis Thoracic Surgical Society, St.Louis, Missouri, May 13, 1982.128. "The Aortic Arch and its Branches." General Surgery and House Staff, Charlotte Memorial Hospital, Charlotte,North Carolina, May 13, 1982.129. "Experimental and Clinical Thermographic Observations of Myocardial Blood Flow" 11th Annual Meeting,American Thermographic Society, Washington, D.C., May 13-15, 1982.130. "Clinical and Research Uses of Thermography" 11th Annual Meeting, American Thermographic Society,Washington, D.C., May 13-15, 1982.131. "A New Method for the Repair of Aneurysms of the Ascending Aorta." Scientific Committee of the Congress ofSurgery, Budapest, Hungary, September 2, 1982.132. "Vascular Resistance During Cardiovascular Bypass." American Society of Extracorporeal Technologists, RegionIII, Raleigh, North Carolina, September 18, 1982.133. "Intensive Care Monitoring of the Patient with Multiple Trauma." American Hungarian Medical Society, Sarasota,Florida, October 24-31, 1982.134. "Pseudoembolism of the Femoral Artery." Societe Belge de Medecine et Chirurgie du Pied, Brussels, Belgium,November 27, 1982.135."Capillary Circulation During Cardiopulmonary Bypass." Pathophysiology and Techniques ofCardiopulmonary Bypass III, San Diego, California, February 11-13, 1983.136.Advanced Intensive Care Monitoring in Cardiovascular Surgery." Conference, Medizinische Hochschule,Hannover, West Germany, April 8, 1983.

137."Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta”. University of Leuven, Belgium, April 11-12, 1983.138."Cardiac Resuscitation". University of Leuven, Belgium, April 11-12, 1983.139."Restarting the Heart Which Wouldn't" Visiting Professor, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York, April15-16, 1983.140."Semi-Conservatism Procedures in the Management of Aortic Aneurysms" Visiting Professor, Buffalo GeneralHospital, Buffalo, New York, April 15-16, 1983.141."Aortic Dissection." Dannie N. Heineman Lectures, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 16, 1983.142."A Mellkasi Aneurysmak Korzeru Sebeszete." Magyar Orvosok Tudomanyos Talalkozoja, Budapest, Hungary,August 2-7, 1983.143."Long-Term Followup of PTCA by Repeat Cath." Moderator, 10th Annual Meeting, South AtlanticCardiovascular Society, Hilton Head, South Carolina, August 11-14, 1983.144."Technical Modifications in the Management of Fusiform Aneurysms of the Ascending Aorta." AnnualMeeting, The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Turku, Finland, August24-26, 1983.145."Angulation of the Carotid Arteries." XIIIth World Congress of the International Union of Angiology,Rochester, Minnesota, September 12, 1983.146."The Birth of the Surgical Stapler." Annual Meeting, Hungarian Medical Association of America, Sarasota,Florida, October 23-28, 1983.147."Doctors and Lawyers." 30th Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Marco Island, Florida,November 3-5, 1983.148."Femoral Embolectomy Under Vascular Control Using a Special Double Lumen Balloon Catheter." TheSouthern Association for Vascular Surgery, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, January 18-21, 1984.149."Control of Diffuse Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass With Intrapericardial Instillation of Platelets, FreshFrozen Plasma and Microfibrillar Collagen Hemostat." International Congress on Platelets, PlateletsProstaglandins and Cardiovascular System, Florence, Italy, February 8-11, 1984.150."Surgical Management of Positional Obstruction of the Carotid Arteries." American Heart Association NinthInternational Joint Conference on Stroke and Cerebral Circulation, Phoenix, Arizona, February 16-18,1984.151.“Carotid Artery: Fibromuscular Hyperplasia and Tortuosity” North Carolina Surgical Association. SurgicalSymposium; Mid Pines, North Carolina, April 26-29, 1984.152."Control of Bleeding After Cardiopulmonary Bypass by Intrapericardial Instillation of Fresh Frozen Plasma,Platelets and Microfibrillar Collagen Hemostat." International Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Atlanta,Georgia, June, 1984.153."Comparative Analysis of Woven V. Knitted Aorto-Femoral and Aorto-Iliac Grafts in the Same Patient."Society for Vascular Surgery, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1984.154."Aneurysms of the Ascending Aorta." Controversies in Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Siena, Italy, June 1-2, 1984.155."The Reliability of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of the Diseases of the Abdominal Aorta." MedizinischeEinrichtungen der Universitat Dusseldorf, International Congress on Application of Doppler-Ultrasound inMedicine, Dusseldorf, West Germany, July 6-8, 1984.

156."Recognition of Low Grade Smoldering Sternal Infection Following Open Heart Operations Using theThermographic Camera." IXth European Congress of Cardiology, Dusseldorf, West Germany, July 9,1984.157."Non-resective Treatment of the Dilated Aorta." The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and CardiovascularSurgery, Annual Meeting on Practical Aspects of Prosthetic Valve Implantation, Oslo, Norway, August19-21, 1984.158."Patency Rate of Bifurcated Aortic Grafts. Comparative Analysis of Woven Vs. Knitted Prosthesis in the SamePatient." Annual Meeting, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, Hilton Head, South Carolina,November 1-3, 1984.159."Preservation of Donor Hearts by an Autoperfusing Heart-Lung Preparation." Fifth Scientific Session of theInternational Society for Heart Transplantation, Anaheim, California, March 8-9, 1985.160."Trends in Cardiothoracic Surgery." Carolina Conference, Futures and Frontiers, Charlotte, North Carolina,March 29-31, 1985.161."Termination of Sustained Fibrillation Occurring After Artificially Induced Ischemic Arrest With WarmCardioplegic Solution and Pacing." International Symposium on Myocardial Protection, Boston,Massachusetts, May 9-11, 1985.162."Anatomic vs Extra-Anatomic Bypass in the Management of Proximal Brachiocephalic Disease." Joint AnnualMeeting, Neurovascular Society of North America and Society for Neurovascular Surgery, Chicago,Illinois, May 15-17, 1985.163."Initial Experiments With Cardiac Valve Homografts." International Symposium on Cardiac Bioprosthesis,London, England, May 21-23, 1985.164."The Management of Ventricular Fibrillation Resistant to Counter Shock." Symposium on Cardiac Surgery:Basic Research and its Clinical Application, Giessen, West Germany, May 30-June 2, 1985.165."Repair of Posterior Post-Infarction Septal Defects." The Scandinavian Association for Thoracic andCardiovascular Surgery and The Scandinavian Society for Extracorporeal Technology, Odense, Denmark,August 22, 1985.166."Session 1: The Variety of Acute Clinical Events and Their Pathological Origins, Brain, Surgical Evidence."Atherosclerosis Discussion Group on Mechanisms of Acute Clinical Events Attributable to Atherosclerosis,Jesus College, Cambridge, England, September 5-6 1985.167."The Management of `Stone Heart'." 15th Annual International Symposium on Cardiovascular Surgery-1985,Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, September 12-14, 1985.168.“To what extent can preclinical testing guarantee satisfactory clinical performance. Panel Discussion. 5thWorld Congress, International Society for Artificial Organs, Chicago, Illinois, October 5-8,1985.169.“Actual reasonable and desirable financial aspects of value testing and trials.” 5th World Congress, InternationalSociety for Artificial Organs, Chicago, Illinois, October 5-8,1985.170.“Definition of Disasterous failure rate andthe appropriate measures to establish its occurance. 5th WorldCongress, International Society for Artificial Organs, Chicago, Illinois, October 5-8,1985.171."Surgical Advances in Peripheral Vascular Disease" and "Malpractice Crisis." Lancaster County MedicalSociety, Lancaster, South Carolina, November 26, 1985.172."Successful Clinical Laser Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: A Promising New Therapeutic Modality." TheSociety of Thoracic Surgeons, 22nd Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 27-29, 1986.173."Inherent Dangers of Simultaneous Application of Micro-Fibrillar Collagen Hemostat (MCH) and Blood-SavingDevices." Annual Meeting,Southern Association for Vascular Surgery, Cerromar Beach, Puerto Rico,January 30-February 1, 1985.

174.“Successful Intraoperative Nd: YAG Laser Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia. American College ofCardiology 35th Annual Scientific Session, Atlanta, Georgia . March 9-13, 1986.175."Comparative Analysis of Patency of Woven and Knitted Dacron Prosthesis, Long-Range Observations." 25Years of Cardiac Surgery; A Tribute to Dr. George Schmert, Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York,April 24-26, 1986.176."History of Cardiovascular Surgery." Today's Approach to the Cardiac Patient: A Nursing Perspective.Charlotte Memorial Hospital & Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 14-16, 1986.177."Remarks on the Left Ventricle Surgery." Fifth "Azurean" and International Meeting for Thoracic Pathology,Nice, France, May 27-29, 1986.178."Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta." Department of Surgery, Residents Banquet, University of California, June18, 1986.179."The Patency Rate of Woven Vs. Knitted Aorto-Iliac and Aorto-Femoral Grafts Using the Same Patient as aClinical Model. A Three and a Half Year Follow-Up Study." 14th World Congress, International Union oAngiology, Munich, West Germany, July 6-11, 1986.180.Presenter "Lawsuits." South Atlantic Cardiovascular Surgery, Asheville, North Carolina, August 7-10, 1986.181."Two-Stage Operation for Type II-III Dissection of the Ascending Thoracic Aorta." Annual Meeting, TheScandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Lund, Sweden, August 22-23, 1986.182."Surgical Management of Complications of Myocardial Infarction." The Hungarian Surgical Society, Budapest,Hungary, August 27-30, 1986.183."Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aneurysms. Alternative Methods to the Crawford Technique." Aneurysms ofMajor Arteries-Diagnosis and Treatment, University of Dusseldorf, West Germany, September 15-17,1986.184."Surgical Management of Complications of Myocardial Infarctions." First Annual Charlotte Symposium onCardiovascular Diseases."The Brain and the Heart: Clinical Interrelationships." Charlotte, North Carolina,October 29, 1986.185."Application of Thermography in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Sternotomy Wound Infections." 59thScientific Sessions, The American Heart Association, Dallas, Texas, November 17-20, 1986.186.""Heart Transplantation." Gaston County Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc., Gastonia, North Carolina,December 6, 1986.187.Guest Speaker. The Gaston County Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation, Inc, Christmas Awards Dinner.Gastonia, North Carolina, December 16, 1986188."Heart Transplantation" and "Acute Management of Myocardial Infarction." Anson County Medical Society,Wadesboro, North Carolina, January 6, 1987.189."For the Defense." Panel Discussion, Interim Meeting, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Dallas, Texas,January 30-February 1, 1987.190."Understanding Autotransfusion." Corporate Visit, IVAC Corporation, San Diego, California,, February 23,1987.191."Our Methods Used in the Repair of Congenital Anterior Chest Deformities" and "Late Complications ofTrauma to the Chest Wall." 1st International Symposium on Chest Deformities, Tokyo, Japan, March12-14, 1987.192."Surgical Treatment for Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease." Charlotte Medical Assistants, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, March 21, 1987.

193."Cardiac Surgery at a Crossroads." Cardiac Colloquy: A Contemporary Video Symposium of Cardiac SurgeryTechniques, Boston, Massachusetts, May 7-9, 1987.194."Comparative Analysis of Thrombogenicity and Clinical Patency Between Woven and Knitted Aortoiliac andAortofemoral Prosthesis." Graphic Forum, American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, New York, May18-21, 1987.195.“Lasers in Cardiovascular Surgery”. Chair, 2. Symposium on Cardia Surgery, Gieban, Germany. May 29-31,1987.196."Current Trends in Cardiovascular Surgery." Scientific Meeting, Postgraduate Medical School, University ofBudapest, Hungary, June 1, 1987.197.“Inherent dangers of simultaneous application of microfibrillar collagen hemostat and blood saving devices. XIInternational Congress on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Brussells, Belgium. July 4-11, 1987.198."Ten Consecutive Cases of Percutaneous Valvuloplasty." Moderator, South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society,The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, August 6-9, 1987.199."Surgical Treatment of Congenital Deformities of the Anterior Chest Wall." Hungarian Surgical Society,Budapest, Hungary, August 15-20, 1987.200."The Value of Balloon Valvuloplasty in Patients with Aortic or Mitral Stenosis." Lecture at the MedicalSchool of the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, West Germany,, August 24, 1987.201."Thoracentesis/Chest Tube Insertion." Emergency Medicine Residents, Charlotte Memorial Hospital andMedical Center, September 1, 1987.202."Hemodynamic Function of the Pressure Stabilized Autoperfusing Heart-Lung Preparation After 40 Hours FromExtracorporeal Storage." Poster Presentation, International Organ Transplant Forum, Pittsburg,Pennsylvania, September 8-11, 1987.203."Balloon Dilatation of Calcified Aortic Stenosis. Does It Work?." Annual Meeting, The ScandinavianAssociation for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Beergen, Norway, September 9-11, 1987.204."Balloon Valvuloplasty: A Surgeon's View." Demonstration in Percutaneous Transluminal AngioplastyXVIII, International Tenth Conference, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, September13-17, 1987.205."The Efficiency of Balloon Dilatation in Calcified Aortic Stenosis." Poster Presentation, 1st Annual Meeting,European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vienna, Austria, September 14-16, 1987.206."The Ineffectiveness of Balloon Valvuloplasty in Calcified Aortic Stenosis." 23rd Annual Meeting, The Societyof Thoracic Surgeons, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 21-23, 1987.207."Balloon Valvuloplasty for Calcified Aortic Stenosis: A Surgeon's View." 20th Annual Meeting, SoutheasternPediatric Cardiology Society, Charleston, South Carolina, September 24-26, 1987.208."Balloon Valvuloplasty of the Calcified Aortic Valve: Fact or Fiction?" Cardiology and CardiovascularSurgery: Interventions, 1987. Annual Symposium Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Texas HeartInstitute, Houston, Texas, October 7-10, 1987.209."Balloon Dilatation of Stenotic Valvular Lesions with Special Reference to the Surgeon's View." AnnualMeeting, The Florida Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Naples, Florida, October 9-11,1987.210."Balloon Angioplasty of the Calcified Aortic Valve." Surgical Conference, Duke University Medical Center,Durham, North Carolina, February 2, 1988.211."PTCA vs. Coronary Bypass Surgery for Multivessel Disease." American Heart Association's Greater MiamiCardiology Society, Miami, Florida, February 11, 1988.

233."Surgical Treatment of Proximal Vertebral Artery Lesions." Annual Congress Meeting, Royal Belgian SurgicalSociety, Brussels, Belgium, April 21-22, 1989.234."History of Cava-Pulmonary Anastomosis." International Day on Tracheal Surgery, Universita Degli Studi diPadova, Italy, April 22, 1989.235."Quo Tandem Abutere Patientia Nostra? Balloon Valvuloplasty", Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta.Confessions of a Cowardly Surgeon" and "The Maya Book of the Dead." Stikeman Visiting Professor ofCardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, May 4-5, 1989.236."The Birth of the Surgical Stapler (Hungarian and German Contributions)." New York Academy of Sciences,New York, New York, May 15, 1989.237.Chairman, Experience in Cardiac Tumors Session, Symposium on Cardiac Surgery, Tumors of the Heart,Schloss Rauischholzhausen/Giessen, Geissen, West Germany, May 26-28, 1989.238."Three Years of Balloon Valvuloplasty of the Calcified Aortic Valve: Fact or Fiction?" InternationalSymposium on Surgery for Heart Valve Disease. Material and Design: Replacement Heart Valves,London, England, June 12-16, 1989.239."Protection of Operating Room Personnel From AIDS." 38th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Associationfor Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Scandinavian Society for Extracorporeal Technology,Aarhus, Denmark, September 13-16, 1989.240."Problems of AIDS Connected with Surgery. What Can We Do To Protect Our Patients? What Can We DoTo Protect Ourselves?" Carolinas Heart Institute Meting for Nurses, Charlotte, North Carolina, September28, 1989.241."Cardiovascular Disease: History in the Making." The Carolinas Heart Institute Annual CardiovascularConference, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 29-October 1, 1989.242."Semi-Conservative Procedures in the Surgical Management of the Thoracic Aorta." 4th Helenic-BulgarianMedical Congress, Thessaloniki, Greece, October 5-7, 1989.243."Discussion of Paper:"Evaluation of in vivo morphological results of balloon mitral commissurotomy",Benedetti, M., Pisa, Italy. #rd Annual Meeting of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery,Munich, Germany, October 9-11, 1989.244."Merits and Demerit of Balloon Valvuloplasty" and "The Maya Civilization: The Greeks of Meso-America."Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Nursing, American College of Cardiology, ClearwaterBeach, Florida, October 26-29, 1989.245."The Significance of Rapidly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Cardiac Surgery." XVI World Congresson Diseases of the Chest-55th Annual Scientific Assembly, American College of Chest Physicians, Boston,Massachusetts, October 30-November 3, 1989.246."The Left Ventricular Reconstruction by Septal Exclusion with Endoventricular Circular Plasty." "Le coeurdroit est-il un organe necessaire? Historique des tentatives d'exclusions du coeur droit." 2nd ScientificCentre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monaco, Monte Carlo, November 10, 1989.247."Heart Disease - Questions and Answers." Annual Meeting of the Heart Society of Gaston County, Gastonia,North Carolina, November 28, 1989.248."Patency Rate and Platelet Adherence of Woven and Dacron Bifurcated Grafts in the Same Clinical Model. A 7year Follow-up Study." The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico,January 24-27, 1990.249."AIDS in the Cardiac Operating Room." 10th Annual San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium, SanDiego, California, March 15-18, 1990.

250."Atypical Mycobacterium Infections in Cardiac Surgery." International Conference on the Prevention ofInfection, Nice, France, May 2-4, 1990.251."The Possibility of Preventing the Development of AIDS Following Accidental Injury with HIV ContaminatedInstruments." International Conference on the Prevention of Infection, Nice, France, May 2-4, 1990.252."Enhancing the Applicability and Effectiveness of Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation." Cardiostim 90, Nice,France, June 20-23, 1990.253."Thermic Monitoring of the Efficiency of Mammary-Coronary Anastomoses." Internal Thoracic Artery forMyocardial Revascularization International Symposium, Toulouse, France, June 27-29, 1990.254."Hemodynamics of Vascular Disease." Basic Science Lecture, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NorthCarolina, July 11, 1990.255."Case Report: Bullet Embolism." South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society Symposium, Longboat Key, Florida,August 2-5, 1990.256."Perioperative Application of Cardiac Assist Intraaortic Balloon Pumping." Third International Symposium onAnaesthesia for Cardiac Patients, Budapest, Hungary, September 5-8, 1990.257."The Role of the Cardiac Surgeon in the Age of Invasive Cardiology." XXIII Congress on Thoracic, Cardiacand Vascular Surgery, Warsaw, Poland, September 5-7, 1990.258."Indicaciones de Cirugia Carotidea Resultados." "Opinion del Cirujano en Val Valvuloplastia con Balon." XIVCongreso Centroamericano de Cardiologia, X Congreso Nacional, Guatemala City, Guatemala, September13-14, 1990.259."Prevention." Covenant Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 26, 1990.260."Leonardo da Vinci." Eighth International Surgical Day, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences,Bethesda, Maryland, October 5, 1990.261."Leonardo da Vinci and the Sinuses of Valsalva." Cleveland County Medical Society, Shelby, North Carolina,November 27, 1990.262."Aneurysms." Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Charlotte, North Carolina, January 11, 1991.263."Leonardo da Vinci and the Sinuses of Valsalva." Columbia Cardiology Club, Columbia, South Carolina,January 30, 1991264."Leonardo da Vinci and the Sinuses of Valsalva." Grand Rounds Lecture, University of North Carolina MedicalSchool, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, February 13, 1991.265."A Hemodynamically Designed Aortic Composite Prosthesis." American Society for Artificial Internal OrgansAnnual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 25-27, 1991.266.“The Surgical Treatment of Artheriosclerosis” Carolina Medical Center, Spring Symposium, Charlotte, NC,April 23- May 3, 1991267."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings." Second Scientific Meeting of the International Association forCardiac Biological Implants, Washington, D.C., May 5, 1991.268."Our Experience with the 'Very Long' Aortic Bypass Graft." International Union of Angiology and 3rdMediterranean Congress of Angiology, Rhodes, Greece, May 26-31, 1991.269."Aortic Sinuses of Valsalva: Clinical Significance and Historic Background." Special guest lecture byinvitation, Symposium on Cardiac Surgery, Justus-Liebeg University of Giessen, Germany, June 1-2,1991.

270."The Anatomical Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci." Summer Ventures in Science and Mathematics, Universityof North Carolina at Charlotte, July 31, 1991.271."Five Years Followup of Closed Chest Decannulation of Transthoracically Inserted Graftless Aortic BalloonCatheters." Scandinavian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Umea, Sweden, August21-23, 1991.272."Bench Coronary Cineangiography. A Possible Way to Increase the Number of Hearts Available forTransplantation." Current Issues in Thoracic Organ Transplantation, Essen, Germany, September 19-21,1991.273."Cardiac Surgery in the Age of Invasive Cardiology." Carolinas Heart Institute Cardiovascular Conference '91,Charlotte, North Carolina, October 4-5, 1991.274."Who Invented the Surgical Stapler? The Stapling Machine in Hungary and Germany." Invited lecture, 23rdAnnual Meeting of the Hungarian Medical Association of America, Inc, Sarasota, Florida, October 27-November 1, 1991.275."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings. 23rd Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Medical Association ofAmerica, Inc, Sarasota, Florida, October 27-November 1, 1991.276."Diseases of the Aorta." Conference, Department of Internal Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte,North Carolina, November 1, 1991.277."Closed Chest Decannulation of Transthoracically Inserted Cardiac-Assist Balloon Catheters." (poster)Circulatory Support 1991 sponsored by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, California,November 15-17, 1991.278."Elimination of Electrical Artifact Interference during Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation and Cardiac Pacing."(poster) Circulatory Support 1991 sponsored by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco,California, November 15-17, 1991.279."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings." Grand Rounds, Long Island Jewish Hospital, New Hyde Park,New York, December 19, 1991.280."The Anatomy and Physiology of Heart Valves." Basic Science Lecture, Carolinas Medical Center, January 8,1992.281."Heart Transplantation." Health Matters, WTVI-TV, Charlotte, North Carolina, February 16, 1992.282."Fluoroscopy-Directed Catheter Embolectomy Using a Special Embolectomy Catheter." (videotapepresentation) Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans, Louisiana, October11-16, 1992.283."Alternate Bypass Conduits." Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, New Orleans,Louisiana, October 11-16, 1992.284."Coronary Surgery in the Age of Interventional Cardiology." Guest Professor, Medical University, Giessen,Germany, May 14, 1992.285."The Cardiac Surgeon in the Era of Interventional Cardiology." Cardiac Surgery: Dreams and Reality, Milano,Italy, June 28-30, 1992.286."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings." Invited lecture, Cardiac Surgery: Dreams and Reality, Milano,Italy, June 28-30, 1992.287.Stan Juk, MD: "Ten Consecutive Cases of Vascular Access Complications." F Robicsek, Moderator. SouthAtlantic Cardiovascular Society Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia, August 6-9, 1992.288."Cerebrovascular Disease." Charlotte Local Ultrasound Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, September 22,1992.

289."The Present Stage of Balloon Angioplasty." American Heart Association, Texas Affiliate, San Antonio,Texas, October 8, 1992.290."Alternate Coronary Bypass Conduits." Invited faculty, postgraduate course, American College of SurgeonsClinical Congress, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 11-16, 1992.291."The Repair of Pectus Excavatum" (videotape). American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress, NewOrleans, Louisiana, October 11-16, 1992.292.“Flouroscopy- Directed Catheter Embolectomy using a Special Embolectomy Catheter. American College ofSurgeons Clinical Congress, New Orleans, LA Oct. 11-16, 1992.293."A New Method for Temporary Atrial Pacing" (videotape). American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress,New Orleans, Louisiana, October 11-16, 1992.294.“Coronary Surgery in the Age of Invasive Cardiology. 24th Annual Society Meeting, Update in Medicine,Surgery and Basic Science. Sarasota, Florida, October 25-30, 1992.295."Freedom from Atherosclerosis of Intramyocardial Coronary Arteries and its Relation to Mural Stress." (ManoThubrikar) American Heart Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16-19, 1992.296."Pressure Trap Created by Vein Valve Closure and its Role in Vein Graft Atherosclerosis." (Mano Thubrikar)American Heart Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 16-19, 1992.297."The History of Surgical Stapling." Alumni Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting, SanAntonio, Texas, January 24, 1993.298."The Birth of the Surgical Stapler." German Association for Thoracic, Heart and Vascular Surgery, GuestLecturer, Bonn, February 24-27, 1993.299."Surgery for the Management of Anterior Chest Deformities." German Association for Thoracic, Heart andVascular Surgery, Guest Lecturer, Bonn, February 24-27, 1993.300."Disease and Medicine in the Pre-Columbian Era." Invited speaker, Donald Ross Surgical Society, Chicago,Illinois, April 24, 1993.301."Vascular Trauma." Carolinas Medical Center Spring Symposium, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13-15,1993.302."Diagnosis and Management of Peripheral Vascular Occlusive Diseases." Carolinas Medical Center SpringSymposium, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 13-15, 1993.303."Percutaneous Balloon Valvuloplasty. Let's Quit." 2nd International Symposium on Heart Failure, Geneva,Switzerland, May 16-20, 1993.304."Vein Valve Pressure Trap and Vein Graft Atherosclerosis." 2nd International Symposium on Heart Failure,Geneva, Switzerland, May 16-20, 1993.305."The Freedom from Atherosclerosis of Intramyocardial Coronary Arteries. A Key to Understanding CoronaryHeart Disease." International Congress of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids,Lugano, Switzerland, June 30-July 3, 1993.306."Surgical Treatment of Pectus Excavatum and Carinatum." World Congress on Diseases of the Chest,Amsterdam, June 13-18, 1993.307."Cardiac Surgery in the Age of Invasive Cardiology." Invited Speaker, North Carolina Chapter, AmericanCollege of Cardiology, Asheville, North Carolina, September 17, 1993.308."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings." College of Medicine Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City,September 24, 1993.

309."Birth of the Surgical Stapler." Ehrenhaft Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, September 25, 1993.310."Disease and Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art." Invited Speaker, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham,North Carolina, September 26, 1993.311."The Mechanism and Prevention of Aortic Dissection in Marfan's Disease." (Videotape) International Conferenceon Cardiovascular Aspects of Marfan's Disease, German Heart Institute, Berlin, October 16, 1993.312."The Mechanism and Prevention of Aortic Dissection in Marfan's Disease." (Videotape) Grand Rounds,Bowman-Gray Medical School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, October 27, 1993.313."Surgical Revascularization: Arguments Against Surgical Revascularization in the Acute Phase." Discussion.International meeting of the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monte Carlo, November 5, 1993.314."Carolinas Heart Institute's Experience in Acute Myocardial Revascularization: Cardiological or Surgical."International meeting of the Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco, Monte Carlo, November 5, 1993.315."Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of the Spinal Cord: Protective Effect of the Hydroxyl Radical ScavengerDimethylthiourea." Discussion of paper. Annual Meeting, The Southern Association for Vascular Surgery,Scottsdale, Arizona, January 26-29, 1994.316."Through-and-through Stab Wound of the Aortic Arch." Case Presentation. Society of Thoracic Surgeons,New Orleans, February 1, 1994.317."Elective Surgery Following Interventional Cardiological Procedures: Are we Putting the Cart Ahead of theHorse?" Annual Scientific Meeting, German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Bonn,February 16-19, 1994.318."The Mechanism and Prevention of Dissection in Marfan Disease." Cardiovascular Surgery Symposium,Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, March 4, 1994.319."Surgical myocardial revascularization in acute myocardial infarction. Techniques and results." CursoInternacional Sobre El Infarcto Agudo De Miocardio, Madrid, March 22, 1994.320."Aortic Sinuses of the Valsalva: Clinical Significance and Historic Background." Invited Speaker, ScientificMeeting of the Hungarian Society of Cardiology, Balatonfured, Hungary, May 6, 1994.321."Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawing." Methodist Hospitals Foundation, Memphis, Tennessee, May 17,1994.322."Cardiac Surgery in the Age of Invasive Cardiology." Invited Speaker, Conference on Cardiac Surgery. CardiacSociety of Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 1, 1994.323.Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Drawings." Invited Speaker, Conference on Cardiac Surgery. Cardiac Societyof Argentina, Buenos Aires, June 1, 1994.324."Conservative Surgery of Aneurysms of the Thoracic Aorta." International Congress on Thoracic andThoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Innsbruck, Austria, June 14, 1994.325."Surgery Perspective: A Cardiovascular Debate - Anngioplasty v Bypass." South Atlantic CardiovascularSociety. Amelia Island, Florida, August 4, 1994.326."Intramyocardial Coronary Arteries. A Key to Understanding Coronary Heart Disease?" VIIIth InternationalSymposium on the Biology of Vascular Cells, Heidelberg, Germany, September 3, 1994.327."Surgical Management of the Unstable Sternum." 43rd International Congress of the European Society forCardiovascular Surgery, Berlin, Germany, September 9, 1994.328."Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art." 12th International Surgical Day, Bethesda, Maryland, October 7, 1994.

329."Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art." Mascara de Oro Benefit for Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis,Indiana, October 8, 1994.330."Pressure Traps Due to Competent Valves in Vein Grafts of Patients." International Workshop on ArterialConduits for Myocardial Revascularization, Rome, Italy, November 18, 1994331.“Medico-Legal Liability in Prosthetic Valve Replacement, Simposio Internazionale di Medicina Legale eCardiochirurgia, Florence, Italy, March 15-18, 1995.332.Moderator: “Patient Management, Cardiac Valve Surgery in the Elderly, St. Joseph’s Heart Institute of St.Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida. April 6-8. 1995.333.“The Birth of Bioprosthetic Heart Valves; The First Twenty Years”. St Joseph’s Heart Institute, St Joseph’sHospital, Tampa, Florida. April 6 - 8, 1995.334.“Diagnosis and Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.”Spring Symposium. 1995, Charlotte, NC May 17-19, 1995.Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery.335.“State of the Carotid Artery, Artery Surgery Experience at the Sanger Clinic, Pecsi Angiologial Napoki,Budapest Hungary, June 1, 1995336.Management of the unstable sternum. 44th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for ThoracicSurgery. Örebro Sweden August 23, 1995.337.“Leonardo da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings. “ The Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Div. of SurgicalSciences. Old Town Club, Winston Salem, NC. Sept. 8, 1995.338.“Disease and Medicine in Pre-Columbian Art.” The Arts in Healing Exhibit, Butler Institutte of AmericanArt, Youngstown, Ohio. September 28, 1995.339.“Permanent Mechanical Circulatory Support” Panel Discussion. Berlin, Germany, October 21-22, 1995.340.Influence of valve in the vein graft on blood flow oscillation and stagnation. Presented at the American VenousForum, 8th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, February 1996.341.Pathophysiology of aortic dissection: Is there a way to prevent it? Lehigh Valley Hospital regionalSymposium Series VII, Allentown Pennsylvania, March 23, 1996342.Pressure traps due to competent valves in femoropopliteal vein grafts of patients. Presented at the 1996International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1996.343.Algorithm for cost-effective diagnosis and management of lung cancer. Carolinas Medical Center SpringSymposium 1996, Charlotte NC, May 15-17, 1996344.“History of atrio-ventricular valve allograft transplants” The George Schimert Lectureship, State University ofNew York at Buffalo, The Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo NY June 12, 1996345.Myocardial damage during sichemic reperfusion. Presented at the International Society for Heart Research SVIIEuropean Congress, Bologna Italy, June 18, 1996.346.“Complimentary Medicines for the Heart”. Meaning and Medicine. A Workshop Series for Clergy, Health andHuman Service Professionals. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, Charlotte, North Carolina, June20, 1996347.“Leonard da Vinci in the age of invasive cardiology” Cardiology 1996: The Approach of Practicing Expertspresented by Holy Cross Heart Center Woodlands Hills California, June 22, 1996.348.“Aortic dissection: pathophysiology - Can it be prevented?” The Approach of Practicing Experts presented byHoly Cross Heart Center Woodlands Hills California, June 22, 1996.

349.“Surgical Therapy of Chest Wall Deformities” Invited Lecturer. The VIth World Congress of the InternationalSociety of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons, Hiroshima Japan July 24, 1996.350. “Atherosclerosis, intramyocardial coronary arteries and mural stress” Fourth International Congress onHealthy Aging, Heidelberg Germany; August 28, 1996.351.Effect of the sinus geometry on the dynamics of bioprosthetic heart valves. Presented at the 1996 Annual FallMeeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Pennsylvania State University, University Park,Pennsylvania, October 1996.352. “Can HIV from accidental injury be prevented by local treatment at the site of exposure?” New Insights in HIVInfection and Disease. Hilton Head South Carolina, October 10, 1996.353.Why are intramyocardial coronary arteries free of atherosclerotic plaques? Hungarian Medical Association ofAmerica, Sarasota FL, October 31, 1996.354.“The role of vessel wall mechanics in atherosclerosis”. James H Heineman Memorial Conference, CharlotteNC, October 18, 1996.355.Effect of the sinus geometry on the dynamics of bioprosthetic heart valves. Presented at the 18th AnnualInternational Conference IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,November 1996.356.The Medical Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. Grand Rounds. Scripps Memorial Hospital. San Diego CA,November 19, 1996.357.New Developments in Bioprosthetic Cardiac Valves. 8 th Cardiac and General Thoracic Surgery Update, RioMar Puerto Rico, December 14, 1996.358.Accidental HIV exposure in the healthcare setting may be treated in loco at the injury site. 4th Conference onRetroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Washington DC January 22, 1997.359.Is it possible to create HIV exposure from contaminated instruments at the injury site? Joint MeetingAAAAI/AAI/CIS, San Francisco CA, February 24, 1997360.Effect of the sinus geometry on the dynamics of bioprosthetic heart valves. Presented at the Meeting of theInternational Association for Cardiac Biological Implants, Washington DC May 4 1997.361.Disease and medicine in pre-Columbian art. Presented at the Meeting of the International Association forCardiac Biological Implants, Washington DC May 4 1997..362.Pressure traps due to competent valves in vein grafts of patients. Meeting of the International Association forCardiac Biological Implants. Washington DC, May 4, 1997.363.The role of arterial mechanics in atherosclerosis. First International Interdisciplinary Conference onCardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, Science and Mechanics. Washington DC, June, 1997.364.Endovascular coronary intervention or coronary bypass? 3 rd Baltic Sea Conference, Vilnius Lithuania, June 1,1997.365.Scientific Chairman. 3 rd Baltic Sea Conference, Vilnius Lithuania, June 1, 1997.366.Influence of sinus geometry on hemodynamics of bioprosthetic valves. VII International Symposium - CardiacBioprostheses, Barcelona Spain, June 1997.367.Absence of atherosclerosis in intramyocardial coronary arteries and its relationship to mural stress. 4 thInternational Congress of Essential Fatty Acids and Eicosanoids. Edinburgh Scotland, July 1997.368.Development of ascending aortic prosthesis having the sinuses: its influence on valve dynamics. BiomedicalEngineering Society 1997 Annual Fall Meeting San Diego CA, October 2, 1997.

369.Scientific Chair: Tracheo-Bronchial Surgery/Lung Carcinoma VII World Congress International Society ofCardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Düsseldorf Germany. September 2-5, 1997370. “Influence of sinus geometry on the hemodynamics of bioprosthetic valves” VII World Congress InternationalSociety of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Düsseldorf Germany. September 2-5, 1997371. “Historical update of chest wall deformities and their surgical treatment.” VII World Congress InternationalSociety of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Düsseldorf Germany. September 2-5, 1997372. “Special surgical techniques, perioperative management and long-term results of anterior chest walldeformities.” VII World Congress International Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. DüsseldorfGermany. September 2-5, 1997373.Myocardial Protection VII World Congress International Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. DüsseldorfGermany. September 2-5, 1997374.Bioprosthetic Vlaves...Where have we been? Where are we now? Where are we going?” 4th InternationalCongress on Cardiac Surgery of the Alpe-Adria Community. Opatija, Croatia September 7-10, 1997375. “Surgical repair of congenital chest wall deformities”4th International Congress on Cardiac Surgery of theAlpe-Adria Community. Opatija, Croatia September 7-10, 1997376.“Five thoracic cases resulting in litigation” Tri-State Conference on Lung Disease. Ponte Vedra FloridaSeptember 14, 1997377.The clinical value and cost-effectiveness of intracranial angiography in the management of carotid bifurcationdiseae. Is it necessary? 23 rd World Congress for Cardiovascular Surgery. London, England. September22, 1997.378.“The application of suture-less pericardial patches in emergency cardiac surgery” Use of Pericardium in CardiacSurgery Symposium. London. October 4, 1997379.Chairman Panel Discussion: Cirugia Cardiaca: Coronarias 1997. Guatemala Cirugia Congresos. GuatemalaCity Guatemala October 6, 1997.380.The definition of inoperability throughout the development of modern cardiac surgery” Cardiac Surgery andConcomitant Disease Symposium. Baden Baden Germany. October 24-25, 1997381.“Cardiac surgery and concomitant cerebrovascular disease” Symposium on Cardiac Surgery and ConcomitantDiseases, Baden Baden Germany. October 24-25, 1997382.“Leonardo da Vinci and the Heart” Symposium on Cardiac Surgery and Concomitant Diseases, Baden BadenGermany. October 24-25, 1997383. “Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies on the aortic valve. 10th International Day of The CardiothoracicCenter of Monaco, Monte Carlo, October 31, 1997.384. “The significance of geometry and wall compliance in the aortic valve conservative operations” 10thInternational Day of The Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco, Monte Carlo, October 31, 1997.385.“The management of ascending aortic aneurysms by reinforced aortoplasty. The simplest way to preservenative aortic valves.” 10th International Day of The Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco, Monte Carlo,October 31, 1997.386.Simultaneous versus staged carotid endarterectomy and coronary artery bypass grafting: Is a combined approachwarranted? AAC New Orleans. October 27, 1997387.Application of cyanoacrylate adhesive (Krazy Glue) in critical cardiac injureis. AAC New Orleans October 28,1997.

388.Contrast visualization of the intracranial vessels in carotid bifurcation disease: Is it necessary? Is it costeffective? Southern Medical Association 91st Annual Scientific Meeting, Charlotte NC, November 6-9,1997.389.A retrospective review of coronary artery bypass graftinga nd carotid endarterectomy: Staged versus combinedapproach. Southern Medical Association 91st Annual Scientific Meeting, Charlotte NC, November 6-9,1997.390.Transport of Microspheres (100-400 mm after subcutaneous inoculation. International BusinessCommunications International Industry Conference on HIV Co-Receptors, Washington DC, November 21,1997.391.Pressure trap and blood flow stagnation due to competent valves in vein grafts of patients. American VenousForum, 10 th Annual Meeting, Lake Buena Vista Florida, February 19-22, 1998.392.Vein valve motion in femoral and coronary artery bypass grafts. 2 ndMarch 24-28, 1998.International Congress of Phlebology.393.The role of arterial mechanics in atherosclerosis. American Heart Association. Vascular Biology. SanFrancisco, CA. April 15 – 18, 1998.394.Role of aortic stretch in smooth muscle cell proliferation. American Heart Association. Vascular Biology. SanFrancisco, CA. April 15 – 18, 1998.395.Valves in the vein grafts influence blood flow oscillation and cause stagnation. International Congress onVascular Disease Prevention. Glasgow, Scotland May 4, 1998.396.Guest Faculty. Controversies in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke’s MedicalCenter, Department of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery, Chicago Illinois June 6, 1998.397.Role of aortic stretch in smooth muscle cell proliferation. Third World Congress of Biomechanics. Sapporo,Japan. August 2 – 8, 1998.398.The Role of arterial mechanics in atherosclerosis. Third World Congress of Biomechanics. Sapporo, Japan.August 2 – 8, 1998.399.Vein valve, pressure trap and vein graft atherosclerosis. Third World Congress of Biomechanics. Sapporo,Japan. August 2 – 8, 1998.400.Moderator. Endocardial Laser. South Atlantic Cardiovascular Society, Hilton Head SC, August 7, 1998.401.The sinuses of the Valsalva. Who needs them? Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery. HelsinkiFinland, August 22, 1998.402.Leonardo da Vinci on the heart and circulation. Worldwide Hungarian Medical Meeting. Budapest, August28, 1998.403.Surgical physiology of the aortic root. Are we implanting half valves? 5 th Bulgarian-Hellenic Symposium.Varna, Bulgaria, September 11, 1998.404.Artery as a pressure vessel: Correlation between stress concentration and pathology. Annals of BiomedicalEngineering – Annual Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio. October 13, 1998.405.Influence of free-hand implantation technique on the leaflet-sinus geometry in aortic homografts. BiomedicalEngineering Society – Fall Annual Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio. October 10-13, 1998.406.Stress analysis of the aortic valve with and without the sinuses of Valsalva. Biomedical Engineering Society –Fall Annual Meeting. Cleveland, Ohio. October 10-13, 1998.407.The surgical significance of compliant aortic sinuses. 8 th World Congress, International Society ofCardiothoracic Surgeons, Houston, Texas, November 2, 1998.

408.Carotid disease and coronary surgey. 11 th International Meeting of the Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco, MonteCarlo, November 6, 1998.409.The unstable sternum. 11 thNovember 6, 1998.International Meeting of the Cardiothoracic Center of Monaco, Monte Carlo,410.Intramyocardial Coronary Arteries. A Key to Understanding Coronary Atherosclerosis. Semmelweiss MedicalSchool. Budapest, Hungary. November 9, 1998.411.Accidental injuries by HIV contaminated instruments in health provider or research environments. Canseroconversion be prevented? Southeastern Surgical Congress, Annual Scientific Meeting. Hyatt RegencyHotel. Tampa, FL. February 15-17, 1999.412.The control of apoptosis in long-term ischemia and reperfusion. 2 nd Symposium on Cytokineses and Apotosisin the Cardiovascular System. Halle, Germany. February 24-26, 1999.413.Complications of Open Heart Surgery. Semmelweiss University Medical School. Budapest Hungary, April26, 1999.414.Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons: End of the cold war? The 4 th Baltic Sea Conference, Tallinn Estonia, May31, 1999.415.The influence of sizing on the dynamic function of the free-hand implanted porcine aortic homograft: an in vitrostudy. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs 45 th Anniversary Conference, San Diego CA, June 3,1999.416.Valve motion and pressure trap in saphenous vein bypass grafts. American Society for Artificial Internal Organs45 th Anniversary Conference, San Diego CA, June 4, 1999.417.Valve motion and pressure trap in saphenous bypass grafts. Joint Annual Meeting of the Society for VascularSurgery/ North American Chapter of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. WashingtonDC, June 6, 1999.418.Mechanical stress in the arterial wall and pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Joint Annual Meeting of the Societyfor Vascular Surgery/ North American Chapter of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery.Washington DC, June 6, 1999.419.The sinuses of Valsalva. Who needs them? The significance of compliant sinuses in reducing leaflet-stresses.World Symposium on Heart Valve Disease, London, June 11, 1999.420.Stress analysis of the aortic valve with and without the sinuses of Valsalva”. World Symposium on HeartValve Disease, London, June 11, 1999.421.Control of apoptosis in long-term ischemia and reperfusion. XX Meeting of the International Society for HeartResearch, European Section. Maastricht, Netherlands. June 20-30, 1999.422.Development of ascending aortic prosthesis having the sinuses: Its influence on valve dynamics. XXVICongress of European Society for Artificial Organs, Edinburgh UK, August 3-6, 1999.423.Vineberg Procedure Enhanced by Growth Factor. The 48 th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association forThoracic Surgery (SATS). The 19 th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for ExtracorporealTechnology (SCANSECT). Aalborg, Denmark. August 26-28, 1999.424.Loss of Sinus Compliance, Cause of Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease, and Early Failure of Biological Valves.Seventh Annual Ross Colloquium – The International Heart Institute. Glasgow, Scotland. September 4,1999.425.Unstable sternum. 5 thWorld Artificial-Organ, Immunology, Transplantation Society Symposium. BadOeynhausen, Germany. September 8-11, 1999.

426.Differentiating myocardial ischemic damage from reperfusion injury. Heart Failure Society 3 rd Annual Meeting.San Francisco, CA. September 22-25, 1999.427.Enhancement of the Vineberg Procedure by bFGF application. Transcatheter Cardiovascular TherapeuticsScientific Sessions. Washington, DC. September 22-26, 1999.428.Complications of mid-line sternotomy. International Heart School – European Branch. Pecs, Hungary.October 4 – 6, 1999.429.Anterior chest deformities. International Heart School – European Branch. Pecs, Hungary. October 4-6, 1999.430.Leonardo da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings”. International Heart School – European Branch. Pecs, Hungary.October 4-6, 1999.431.Surgical treatment of pectus excavatum and carinatum. European Respiratory Society. Madrid, Spain. October9-13, 1999.432.A new aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses for valve sparing operations. First Joint Meeting of BMESand EMBS. Atlanta, GA. October 13-16, 1999.433.Artery as a pressure vessel: correlation between stress concentration and pathology. First Joint Meeting ofBMES and EMBS. Atlanta, GA. October 13-16, 1999.434.The influence of clinical risk factors on costs of hospitalization in coronary artery surgery. Clinic for Cardiacand Thoracic Surgery; Risk Stratification in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. Cologne, Germany. October15/16, 1999.435.The influence of patient conditioning and body habitus on early outcomes after coronary bypass surgery. Clinicfor Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery; Risk Stratification in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery. Cologne, Germany.October 15/16, 1999.436.Vineberg Resurrected. Providing Inflow to bFGF Engineered Coronary Capillary Islands. 2 ndViennaInterdisciplinary Symposium for Interventional Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons. Vienna, Austria.October 21 – 23, 1999.437.Concomitant coronary artery disease and cerebrovascular disease management and treatment”. 9 thCardiology Symposium. October, 1999. Columbia, SC.Annual438.A new aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses for valve sparing operations. American Heart Association.Atlanta, Georgia. November, 1999.439.Coronary surgery: Cost benefit. Congress of Surgeons. Budapest, Hungary. November 4-6, 1999.440.Loss of sinus compliance, cause of degenerative aortic valve disease, and early failure of biological valves.Congress of Surgeons. Budapest, Hungary. November 4-6, 1999.441.A window of understanding coronary atherosclerosis: The mystery of the intramyocardial coronary arteries.The World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons IX World Congress. November 14 – 17, 1999. Lisbon,Portugal.442.Artery as a Pressure Vessel: Correlation Between Stress Concentration and Pathology. 1999 InternationalMechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Nov. 14-19, 1999. Nashville, TN443.The sinuses of Valsalva – Who needs them? Herzkreislauferkrankungen – Cardiology conference. November19 & 20, 1999. Lahr/Baden, Germany.444.The impact of Abciximab (reopro) on bleeding after emergency coronary artery bypass grafting. 11 th AnnualUpdate: Cardiac & General Thoracic Surgery. Dec. 1-3, 1999. St. Thomas, Virgin Isl.445.Enhancement of collateral development by intramyocardial growth factor administration. 11 th Annual Update:Cardiac & General Thoracic Surgery. Dec. 1-3, 1999. St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.

446.Pulmonalis Valvulotom system. Robicsek - Pölhössy. Photo/art in Hungarian publication.447.Revascularization of ischemic myocardium by bFGF application and Vineberg procedure. CardiothoracicTechniques & Technologies (CTT 2000). Jan 27-29, 2000. Bal Harbour, FL.448.Emergent coronary artery bypass surgery after platelet inhibition with eptifibitide: Results from the PURSUITtrial. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Jan 31 Feb 2, 2000. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.449.Are we implanting half valves? The effect of loss of sinus wall compliance upon aortic valve longevity.Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2000. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.450.The surgeon’s role in litigation. Medico-Legal symposium. Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Jan 31 – Feb 2,2000. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.451.Réveille – Increasing Malpractice Litigation in Central Europe. Central European Meeting on PaediatricCardiology and Paediatric Cardiac Surgery. Budapest, Hungary. March 24-25, 2000.452.Extending myocardial viability during heart preservation with cyclosporine A. 20 thAnnual Meeting andScientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Osaka, Japan. April 5-8, 2000.453.Enhancement of the Vineberg procedure by bFGF application. International Society for Heart Research,American Section, XXII Annual Scientific Sessions, Integration of Molecular Biology and CardiovascularPhysiology. Louisville, KY. June 14-18, 2000.454.Cyclosporin (CsA) extends heart viability during heart preservation. International Society for Heart Research,American Section, XXII Annual Scientific Sessions, Integration of Molecular Biology and CardiovascularPhysiology. Louisville, KY. June 14-18, 2000.455.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters TN: “Where does the lymph go?” International College of Angiology. 42 ndAnnual World Congress. San Diego, CA. June 25-30, 2000.456.Apoptosis inhibition with cyclosporin (CsA) extends heart preservation. Cardiovascular Engineering. 10 thWorld Congress, World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Vancouver – BC – Canada. August 13-16,2000.457.Leonardo da Vinci’s graft. 49 th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery (SATS).20 th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society for Extracorporeal Technology. Linköping, Sweden.August 24-26, 2000.458.Perioperative intra aortic balloon pumping without complications. 1 st World Conference on Intraaortic BalloonCounterpulsation. Athens, Greece. August 31 – September 2, 2000.459.Cardio-respiratory impairment in patients with cleft sternum. World Congress on Lung Health. Florence,Italy. August 30 – September 3, 2000.460.Zehr KJ, Thubrikar MJ, Gong GG, Robicsek F: Valve preserving aortic root reconstruction using a novelaortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses. European Association for Cardiac-Thoracic Surgery.Frankfurt, Germany. October 7-11, 2000.461.Robicsek F, Thubrikar M, Fokin A: A novel theory of the development of aortic valve disease. Symposium.Baden-Baden/Lahr, Germany. October 20-21, 2000.462.Robicsek F, Robicsek S: Informed Consent in the modern age. 32 ndAnnual Scientific Meeting of TheHungarian Medical Association of America. Sarasota, Florida. October 22-27, 2000.463.Thubrikar M, Zehr KJ, Skipper E, Gong GG, Fowler BL, Robicsek F: A novel aortic root prosthesis withcompliant sinuses for valve sparing operations. American College of Surgeons. Chicago, IL. October 22-27, 2000

464.Thubrikar M, Gong GG, Fowler B, Robicsek F: A new aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses for valvesparing operations. VIII International Symposium Cardiac Bioprostheses. Yucatan, Mexico. November3-5, 2000.465.Material properties of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall from uniaxial tests. International MechanicalEngineering Conference & Exhibition (IMECE), Orlando, FL. November 5, 2000.466.Robicsek F: Stress and the aortic valve. VII Congress. Debrecen, Hungary. November 9-11, 2000.467.Thubrikar M, Robicsek F: In vitro and clinical testing of a novel aortic root prosthesis with and without nativevalve repair. American Heart Association 73 rd Scientific Session. New Orleans, Louisiana. November 12-15, 2000.468.Robicsek F, Karpati G, Robicsek S, Cook JW, Glass LA: Digitized Patient Information in Cardio-ThoracicSurgery. 2 nd International Meeting of the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center. Athens, Greece. December 7-9,2000.469.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN, Dyke CM, Gordon BE: Intramyocardial bFGF administration combinedwith Vineberg procedure. Scientific Conference on Therapeutic Angiogenesis and Myocardial LaserRevascularization. Santa Fe, New Mexico. January 24-27, 2001.470.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters TN, Robicsek SA: Passage of viral size particles through the lymph-bloodbarrier. 8 th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Chicago, IL. February 4-8, 2001.471.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters T: Peripheral lymphatico-venous communications. Are they functional undernormal conditions? Southeastern Surgical Congress. New Orleans, Louisiana. February 4-6, 2001.472.Pool L, Masters TN, Fokin AA, Barancik M, Robicsek F, Schaper J: Calcineurin inhibition with cyclosporina decreases apoptosis during heart preservation. American College of Cardiology 50 th Annual ScientificSession (ACC 2001), Orlando, FL. March 18-21, 2001.473.Robicsek F: Leonardo da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings. 23 rd Annual Gary Wratten Surgical Symposium.Agusta, Georgia. April 11-13, 2001.474.Masters TN, Fokin AA, Schaper J, Pool L, Gong GG, Robicsek F: Extending myocardial preservation withCyclosporin A treatment. ISHLT 21 st Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, Vancouver, Canada. April25-28, 2001.475.Pool LM, Masters TN, Fokin A, Barancik M, Ziegelhoffer T, Robicsek F, Schaper J: Cyclosporin Averbessert Herzfunktion nach 18 stundiger Ischamie durch eine Hemmung von Calcineurin und eineverringerte Apoptoserate. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Geseltschaft fur Kardiologie. Mannheim, Germany.April 19-21, 2001.476.Masters TN, Fokin AA, Pool L, Schaper J, Robicsek F: Comparing the Efficacy of University of Wisconsin(UW) and Celsior (Cls) Solutions for Heart Preservation with and without Cyclosporine A (CsA).Transplant 2001 Joint Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 11-16, 2001.477.Robicsek F: Physiological basis of aortic root surgery. 5 th Baltic Sea Conference on Cardiac Interventions.Gdansk, Poland. June 1-3, 2001.478.Thubrikar MJ, Zehr KJ, Robicsek F, Skipper E, Gong GG, Fowler B: In Vitro and Clinical Evaluation of aNovel Aortic Root Prosthesis with Compliant Sinuses. The Society for Heart Valve Disease. London,England. June 15-18, 2001.479.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Fokin AA, Zehr K, Fowler B: Mechanical Stress as Cause of Aortic ValveDisease. Presentation of a New Aortic Root Prosthesis. The European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery.Budapest, Hungary. June 20-23, 2001.480.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Lajos TZ: Valves in Vein Grafts – Friends or Foes? 43 rd Annual World Congress– ICA 2001 International College of Angiology. Berlin, Germany. June 25-30, 2001.

481.Robicsek F, Fokin AA: Advances in the Therapy of Post-Sternotomy Mediastinitis. 6 thInternationalSymposium on Modern Concepts in Endocarditis and Cardiovascular Infections. Barcelona, Spain. June27-29, 2001.482.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN: Revascularization of the Ischemic Myocardium by Growth FactorApplication Combined with Internal Thoracic Artery Implantation. XVIII Congress The InternationalSociety on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Paris, France. July 6-12, 2001.483.Robicsek F, Zehr K, Thubrikar M, Fokin A, Fowler B: A New Theory of the Cause of Degenerative AorticValve Disease and How it May Influence Prosthetic Design. Experimental Studies and ClinicalApplication. 11 th World Congress, The World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Sao Paulo, Brazil.August 12-15, 2001.484.Robicsek F: Chest Wall Deformities. 11 th World Congress, The World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons.Sao Paulo, Brazil. August 12-15, 2001.485.Robicsek F: Pectus Excavatum. 11 th World Congress, The World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. SaoPaulo, Brazil. August 12-15, 2001.486.Robicsek F, Fokin A, Masters T: Possibility of Local Intervention in Preventing Seroconversion afterAccidental Retrovirus Inoculation. AIDS Vaccine 2001. Philadelphia, PA. September 5-8, 2001.487.Robicsek F, Fokin A: Poststernotomy Mediastinitis. Lund International Meeting on PoststernotomyMediastinitis. Lund, Sweden. September 27-28, 2001.488.Robicsek F: Moderator. Lund International Meeting on Poststernotomy Mediastinitis. Lund, Sweden.September 27-28, 2001.489.Thubrikar MJ, Zehr KJ, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Labrosse M, Fowler BL: Effect of Aortic Root Dilation onDimensions of the Valve Leaflets. 2001 Surgical Forum Congress. New Orleans, LA. October 7-12,2001490.Robicsek F: “Surgery of the aortic valve. Did we make the full circle yet?” Black Sea Conference onCardiology and Cardiac Surgery. Varna, Bulgaria. October 25-28, 2001.491.Thubrikar M, Zehr K, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Labrosse MR, Fowler BL: Effect of Aortic Root Dilation onDimensions of the Valve Leaflets. Heineman Medical Research Laboratory, Carolinas Medical Center.Charlotte, NC. November 6, 2001.492.Robicsek, F: “The best possible clinical results at the lower possible cost. Clinical excellence and costefficiency in the treatment of heart disease.” 14 th Annual International Meeting of the Centre for Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco. Monte Carlo, Monaco. November 9, 2001.493.Thubrikar M, Zehr K, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Labrosse MR, Fowler BL: Effect of Aortic Root Dilation onDimensions of the Valve Leaflets. Surgery for Valvular Heart Disease: Timing, Methods and LateResults. Anaheim, California. November 11-14, 2001.494.Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F, Labrosse M, Chervenkoff V, Fowler BL: Effect of thrombus in AAA on pressureand dilation experienced by the aneurysm wall. IMECE 0221, New York, November 11-16, 2001. 2001ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Nov. 11-16, 2001, New York, NY.495.Robicsek, F: “Management of the unstable sternum.” The Royal Society of Medicine. London, England.November 23, 2001.496.Robicsek F: “What all malpractice lawyers know and what surgeons should find out.” Patricipant in Medico-Legal Symposium. 38 thAnnual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Ft. Lauderdale, FL.January 28-30, 2002.497.Fokin A, Robicsek F, Masters T: “Preventing Seroconversion after Needlestick Injuries with RetrovirusContaminated Instruments.” 9 th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Seattle, WA.February 24-28, 2002.

498.Robicsek F, Thubrikar M: “The Living Aortic Root.” Guest lecturer at the 12 th World Congress of the WorldSociety of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Luzern, Switzerland. March 3-6, 2002.499.Robicsek F. Moderator, Parallel Session 9: Thoracic. 12 th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Luzern, Switzerland. March 3-6, 2002.500.Thubrikar M, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Fowler BL: “A novel aortic root prosthesis with compliant sinuses forvalve sparing operations.” 6 th Annual Workshop, Prosthetic Heart Valves. Hilton Head, SC. March 6-10,2002.501.Lin CA, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Flow shear stress measurements in the natural aortic root and the tubegraft root used in valve sparing.” 6 thAnnual Workshop, Prosthetic Heart Valves. Hilton Head, SC.March 6-10, 2002.502.Thubrikar, MJ, Zehr KJ, Robicsek F, Skipper E, Gong GG, Fowler BL: “Evaluation of the newly designedaortic root prosthesis and the role of leaflet repair in the valve sparing operation.” 51 st Annual ScientificSession of the American College of Cardiology. Atlanta, GA. March 17, 2002.503.Burgess B, Robicsek F: “Enhancing Patient Education: On Demand Video System”. ABMS-ACGME JointConference on Assessment of Physician-Patient Communication. Embassy Suites Hotel. Chicago, IL.April 3, 2002.504.Robicsek, F: “Leonardo da Vinci and Surgery.” XXIX Congreso Nacional de Cirugia. Guatemala City,Guatemala, April 16-19, 2002.505.Robicsek, F: “Complications of Midline Sternotomy.” XXIX Congreso Nacional de Cirugia. GuatemalaCity, Guatemala, April 16-19, 2002.506.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN: “Revascularization of the ischemic myocardium by BFGF applicationand Vineberg operation.” The Asia-Pacific Scientific Forum, The Genetic Revolution: Bench to Bedsideto Community and the 42 nd Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.Honolulu, Hawaii. April 23-26, 2002.507.Robicsek, F: “Leonardo da Vinci’s on the Heart.” Macedonia Congress of Cardiology, Ohrid, Republic ofMacedonia. June 26-29, 2002.508.Robicsek, F: “Artery as a Pressure Vessel: Correlation Between Vascular Mechanics and Atherosclerosis.” 4 thInternational Congress of Pathophysiology, Budapest, Hungary. June 29-July 5, 2002.509.Robicsek, F: “Leonardo’s Anatomical Drawings.” Surgical Grand Rounds, VA Hospital, Asheville, NC.August 9, 2002.510.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN: “Cardio-respiratory Impairment in Patients with Poland’s Syndrome.”European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2002, Stockholm, Sweden. September 14-18, 2002.511.Robicsek, F: “Complications of Midline Sternotomy.” Dept. of Surgery, University of Mississippi MedicalCenter, Jackson, MS. October 17-18, 2002.512.Robicsek, F: “The Living Aortic Root.” University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. October17-18, 2002.513.Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Artery as a Pressure Vessel: Correlation and Pathology.” EMBS 2002 BMES,Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and the BiomedicalEngineering Society, Houston, TX. October 23-26, 2002.514.Labrosse MR, Beller CJ, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Aortic Root Movement: A Potential Risk Factor forAortic Dissection.” EMBS 2002 BMES, Second Joint Meeting of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine andBiology Society and the Biomedical Engineering Society, Houston, TX. October 23-26, 2002.

515.Robicsek, F”: “The Living Aortic Valve.” Hungarian Medical Association of America. Sarasota, Florida.October 27 – November 1, 2002.516.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Labrosse MR, Zehr KJ: “The Living Aortic Root.” Texas Heart Institute,Cardiology Grand Rounds. Houston, TX. November 1, 2002.517.Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “The Role of Aortic Root Motion in the Pathogenesis ofAortic Root Dissection.” AHA Congress, Scientific Sessions 2002 on Treatment of Peripheral Vascularand Thoracic Disease. Chicago, IL. November 19, 2002.518.Robicsek F.: “Farewell to Professors.” Magyar Szivsebeszeti Tarsasag IX. Kongresszusa. Keszthely,Hungary. November 7-9, 2002.519.Robicsek F.: “Farewell to Professors.” Baltic Sea Conference. Gdansk, Poland. January 17-18, 2003.520.Robicsek F.: “The Role of Stress in Aortic Valve Disease.” Baltic Sea Conference. Gdansk, Poland. January17-18, 2003.521.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Labrosse M, Lin C, Fowler B: “The Bicuspid Aortic Valve: How Does itFunction? Why Does it Fail?” Society of Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, California. January 31 –February 2, 2003.522.Robicsek F: “Intraaortic Balloon Pumping with (almost) no Complications”. Annual Meeting of the GermanSociety of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Leipzig, Germany. February 23-26, 2003.523.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Cook JW, Reames MK: “The Stressed Aortic Valve”. 26 th World Congress ofthe International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. Maui, Hawaii. April 6-10, 2003.524.Cook JW, Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ: “Loss of Sinus Compliance and the Microstructure of the AorticValve”, poster presentation. 3 rd International Meeting, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center. Athens, Greece.April 10-13, 2003.525.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters T, Cook JW: “The Management of Accidental Injuries with RetrovirusInfected Instruments.” 13 thEuropean Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.Glasgow, Scotland. May 10-13, 2003.526.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Skipper ER, Cook JW: “The Auto-Perfusing Heart-Lung Preparation as aPreservation Vehicle for the Resuscitated Human Heart”, poster presentation. 99 th International Conferenceof the American Thoracic Society. Seattle, Washington. May 16-21, 2003.527.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Cook JW, Reames MK: “Treatment of the Ischemic Myocardium by bFGFApplication and Vineberg Operation.” Arterial Conduits for Myocardial Revascularization. Rome, Italy.June 19-21, 2003.528.Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F, Fowler BL: “The Bicuspid Aortic Valve of the Young.” Second BiennialMeeting of the Society for Heart Valve Disease. Paris, France. June 28-July 1, 2003.529.Robicsek F, Holleman JH, Roush TS, Reames, MK: “Elimination of IABP-Associated Complications in thePeri-Operative Period.” 45 thAnnual World Congress of the International College of Angiology.Indianapolis, IN. June 29-July 3, 2003.530.Robicsek F: “The Heart Sacrifice of the Maya. Ethnographic and Anatomic Relevance.” Das Herz: Organ desKörpers – Sitz der Seele. Mainz, Germany. July 14, 2003.531.Robicsek F, Roush TS, Cook JW, Skipper ER: “Is There Still a Place for Ascending Aortic Remodeling inModern Cardiovascular Surgery?” Grand Rounds. Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. July 15, 2003.532.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters TN, Cook JW, Skipper ER: “Spread of Infection by Lymph and Blood AfterSubcutaneous, Intralymphatic and Intravenous Entry.” International Society for Sexually TransmittedDisease Research Congress. Ottawa, Canada. July 27-30, 2003.

533.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Masters TN: “Prevention of Seroconversion After Accidental Injuries with RetrovirusContaminated Instruments.” National HIV Prevention Conference. Atlanta, GA. July 27-30, 2003.534.Robicsek F: “Medical Legal Litigation in USA: Will the Virus Spread?” Opening of the New DiagnosticCentre. University Hospital St. Ekaterina. Sofia Bulgaria. September 4, 2003.535.Robicsek F: “The Aortic Valve you Never Knew”. 6 th Baltic Sea Conference and the 9 th Annual Congress ofLithuanian Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Vilnius, Lithuania. September 12-13, 2003.536.Robicsek F: “The Physiology of the Aortic Valve”. Centrul De Cardiologies Iai, Cardiovascular SurgeryDepartment. Iai, Romania. September 14-21, 2003.537.Robicsek F: “The Surgeon of the Aortic Valve”. 9 th Congress of Surgery & Anesthesia of the Republic ofMoldava. Chiinau, Republic of Moldava. September 17-19, 2003.538.Thubrikar MJ, Skipper ER, Cook JW, Roush JH, Robicsek F: “Wall Stress as a Possible Cause for theDevelopment of Transverse Intimal Tears in Aortic Dissections”. Marfan Syndrome and ConnectiveTissue Disorders. Cleveland, OH. September 25-26, 2003.539.Hari Y, Thubrikar MJ, Lin C, Holleman JH, Roush TS, Robicsek F: “Influence of Patch Size in ProducingAneurysmal Dilation: Implication for Material Selection”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conferenceand Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.540.Labrosse MR, Beller CJ, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Aortic Root Motion and Pathogenesis of AorticDissection”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve SparingSurgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.541.Newton J, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Fowler BL, Robicsek F: “Comparing the Mechanics of theAscending Versus Abdominal Aorta”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium onAortic Valve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.542.Lin C, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Computational Fluid Dynamics of the Aortic Valve During the SystolicPeriod”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery.Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.543.Burde P, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “A Mechanical Model for the Initiation and Growth ofAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on AorticValve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.544.Thubrikar MJ, Labrosse MR, Fowler B, Robicsek F: “Mechanics of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Wall andThrombus”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve SparingSurgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.545.Masters TN, Fokin AA, Gong GG, Robicsek F, Reames M, Cook J: “Extending Donor Heart ViabilityDuring Preservation for Transplantation using Celsior Solution and Cyclosporine A”. SouthernBiomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium on Aortic Valve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC.September 26-28, 2003.546.Lin C, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F: “Comparing the Flow Dynamics in the Natural Aortic Root and the TubeGraft Root Used in Valve Sparing”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium onAortic Valve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.547.Thubrikar MJ, Zehr KJ, Robicsek F, Gong GG, Labrosse M, Fowler BL: “Aortic Root Dilation Often Altersthe Dimensions of the Valve Leaflets”. Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference and Symposium onAortic Valve Sparing Surgery. Charlotte, NC. September 26-28, 2003.548.Robicsek F: “The Aortic Valve You Never Knew”. 10 th Annual Joint Meeting of the NC and SC Chapters ofthe American College of Cardiology. Ballantyne Resort, Charlotte, NC. October 3-5, 2003.

549.Robicsek F, Schaper J, Fokin AA, Masters TN, Reames MK: “Apoptosis, the Differentiation BetweenMyocardial Ischemic Damage and Reperfusion Injury”. 11 th Conference on Apoptosis, European Cell DeathOrganization. Ghent, Belgium. October 25-28, 2003.550.Robicsek F, Vicol C: Moderator for Coronary Surgery: Arterial Grafting, OPCAB, TECAB, AnastomoticConnectors II. 13 th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA.November 1-5, 2003.551.Robicsek F, Wada J: Moderator for Treatment of Thoracic Infection. 13 thWorld Congress of the WorldSociety of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA. November 1-5, 2003.552.Robicsek F: Key Note Lecture “Farewell to Professors”. 13 th World Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA. November 1-5, 2003.553.Fokin A, Robicsek F, Cook J, Surowiec W: “Anterior transposition of esophagus in the repair of hiatalhernia”. 13 thWorld Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA.November 1-5, 2003.554.Fokin A, Masters T, Robicsek F: “Collateral vessel enhancement in the ischemic myocardium by coronaryarteriovenous fistula”. 13 thWorld Congress of the World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. SanDiego, CA. November 1-5, 2003.555.Masters TN, Fokin AA, Gong GG, Robicsek F, Reames MK, Cook JW: “University of Wisconsin versuscelsior for donor heart preservation”. 13 thWorld Congress of the World Society of Cardio-ThoracicSurgeons. San Diego, CA. November 1-5, 2003.556.Thubrikar M, Zehr K, Robicsek F, Skipper E, Gong G, Fowler B: “Evaluation of aortic root prosthesis withsinuses and role of leaflet repair in valve sparing operations”. 13 th World Congress of the World Society ofCardio-Thoracic Surgeons. San Diego, CA. November 1-5, 2003.557.Robicsek F: “The Early Years (Mitral Valve)”. 15 thCenter. Monte Carlo, Monaco. November 7, 2003.International Meeting of the Centre Cardio-Thoracic558.Robicsek F, Dor V: Moderator for the Ischemic Mitral session. 15 thCardio-Thoracic Center. Monte Carlo, Monaco. November 7, 2003.International Meeting of the Centre559.Robicsek F: Are Thoracic Surgeons Ethically Obligated to Serve as Expert Witnesses for the Plaintiff?Southern Thoracic Surgical Association. Bonita Springs, FL. November 12-16, 2003.560.Robicsek F: Moderator for Issue III. American Society of Hematology. San Diego, CA. December 6-9, 2003.561.Roush TS, Robicsek F, Cook JW, Reames MK, Lyons M: The Anterior Aorta. Southeastern SurgicalCongress. Atlanta, GA. February 1-3, 2004.562.Cook JW, Robicsek F, Roush TS, Reames MK, Skipper ER:Southeastern Surgical Congress. Atlanta, GA. February 1-3, 2004.Reduction Ascending Aortoplasty.563.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Cook JW, Reames MK, Fowler BL: Creases and Folds: Why Does the BicuspidAortic Valve Fail So Early? American College of Cardiology. New Orleans, LA. March 7-10, 2004.564.Robicsek F: Moderator – Clinical Symposia I – Cardiac. 26 th World Congress of the International Society forCardiovascular Surgery. Maui, Hawaii. March 21-25, 2004.565.Robicsek F: Ascending Aortoplasty: Dead or Alive? 26 thWorld Congress of the International Society forCardiovascular Surgery. Maui, Hawaii. March 21-25, 2004.566.Robicsek F, Skipper ER, Thubrikar MJ, Cook JW, Reames MK, Robicsek S: The Stressed Aortic Valve.26 th World Congress of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. Maui, Hawaii. March 21-25,2004.

567.Robicsek F: The Aortic Valve You Never Knew. 2 nd Cardiosurgical Lugano Meeting. Lugano, Switzerland.April 3, 2004.568.Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Holleman JH, Roush TS: Enigma of Post-Stenotic Dilatation of the Aorta.American Thoracic Society. Orlando, FL. May 21-26, 2004.569.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN, Reames MK: Management of Patients with Poland’s Syndrome.American Thoracic Society. Orlando, FL. May 21-26, 2004.570.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Roush TS, Holleman JH, Esposito D: Lymph-Flow in the Lower Extremities: Is theConventional View Valid? XI Congreso de Flebologia y Linfologia. Cancun, Mexico. May 23-26, 2004.571.Robicsek F: Course Director and Coordinator. European School of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Bergamo, Italy.June 14-19, 2004.572.Roush TS, Robicsek F, Thubrikar MJ, Anderson JE, Holleman, JH: The Enigma of Post-Stenotic Dilatationof the Great Vessels. International College of Angiology. Lexington, KY, July 11-14, 2004.573.Robicsek F: Farewell to Professors, a Vanishing Breed. Satellite Symposium of the EACTS/ESTS. Leipzig,Germany. September 11, 2004.574.Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Szabo G, Robicsek F, Hagl S: Increased Aortic Wall Stress in AorticInsufficiency: Clinical Data and Computer Model. 3 rdJoint Meeting of EACTS/ESTS. Leipzig,Germany. September 12-15, 2004.575.Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Thubrikar MJ, Robicsek F, Siegfried H: The Influence of aortic root motion on themechanical stress in the ascending aorta. 2004 BMT (Biomedizinische Technik) Conference. Ilmenau,Germany. September 22-24, 2004.576.Robicsek F: Conservative Therapy of the Aortic Arch. Symposium Herzzentrum Lahr/Baden, Kardiologie andHerzchirurgie im Wandel der Zeit. Lahr, Germany. October 1-2, 2004.577.Robicsek F: The Da Vinci Code, The Enigma of Aortic Valve Disease. XXXIV World Congress of theInternational College of Surgeons. Quita, Ecuador. October 6-10, 2004.578.Robicsek F: The Da Vinci Code. New Cardiovascular Horizons. New Orleans, LA. October 14-16, 2004.579.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, A Fokin Jr., Masters TN: Sternal Nourishment in Different Conditions ofVascularization. 51 stAnnual Meeting Southern Thoracic Surgical Association. Cancun, Mexico.November 4-6, 2004.580.Robicsek F: Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Embolism: From Trendelenburg to Jamieson. 16 thInternational Meeting of the Centre Cardio-Thoracic Center. Monte Carlo, Monaco. November 12, 2004.581.Robicsek F: Moderator. 16 thInternational Meeting of the Centre Cardio-Thoracic Center. Monte Carlo,Monaco. November 12, 2004.582.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN, Robicsek S, Fokin, Jr. A, Surowiec W: Respiratory Disorders inPatients with Poland’s Syndrome. Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. Hong Kong, China. December10-13, 2004.583.Robicsek F: Da Vinci Decoded. Leonardo Da Vinci’s Anatomical Drawings. Art & Medicine. The HektoenInstitute for Medical Research. Chicago, IL. April 1, 2005.584.Robicsek F: Farewell to Professors. 9 thAnnual Terrence Donnelly Cardiac Residents’ Research Day.University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital. Toronto, Ontario. May 7, 2005.585.Fokin A, Robicsek F: Acquired Deformities of the Thorax. ATS 2005 International Conference. San Diego,CA. May 20-25, 2005.

586.Robicsek F: Acquired Restrictive Thoracic Deformity. 39 th North American Federation Congress, InternationalCollege of Surgeons. Acapulco, Mexico. June 16-18, 2005.587.Robicsek F: Cardiac Surgery – Quo Vadis? 15 thSurgeons. Vilnius, Lithuania. June 19-23, 2005.World Congress, World Society of Cardio-Thoracic588.Robicsek F: Session Chair – Thoracic Aortic Surgery. 15 thThoracic Surgeons. Vilnius, Lithuania. June 19-23, 2005.World Congress, World Society of Cardio-589.Robicsek F: Farewell to Professors. 47 thUncasville, CT. July 23-26, 2005.Annual World Congress, International College of Angiology.590.Robicsek F, Fokin A, Watts LT: Prevention and treatment of complications of repair of anterior chestdeformities. European Respiratory Society. Copenhagen, Denmark. September 17-21, 2005.591.Robicsek F: The Future of Cardiac Surgery. 3 rd Cardiosurgical Meeting. Lugano, Switzerland. September17, 2005.592.Robicsek F: Faculty Member. 3 rd Cardiosurgical Meeting. Lugano, Switzerland. September 17, 2005.593.Gregory C, Masters T, Fokin A, Robicsek F: Using a Cardiac Canine Model for Gene Expression Profiling ofAngiogenesis. 3 rd European Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine. Hamburg, Germany. September28-30, 2005.594.Robicsek F: Poststernotomy Mediastinitis. European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons. Barcelona,Spain. September 24-28, 2005.595.Robicsek F, Schaper J, Freude B, Masters T, Fokin A: The Role of Apoptosis in Reperfusion Injury.European Cell Death Organization. Budapest, Hungary. October 1-4, 2005.596.Masters TN, Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Pool L, Schaper J: Extending Myocardial Viability During HeartPreservation with Cyclosporine A. European Cell Death Organization. Budapest, Hungary. October 1-4,2005.597.Gregory C, Masters T, Fokin A, Robicsek F: Gene Expression Profiling of Cardiac Angiogenesis Using aCanine Model. 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics. Salt Lake City, Utah.October 25-29, 2005.598.Robicsek F: Leonardo da Vinci – Medical Renaissance Man. New Cardiovascular Horizons. Miami, FL.October 27-29, 2005.599.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Masters TN, Kane P, Watts LT: Cardio-Pulmonary Impairment in Poland’sSyndrome. New Cardiovascular Horizons. Miami, FL. October 27-29, 2005.600.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Kane P, Swan C: NIL Nocere; Acquired Restrictive Thoracic Dystrophy. AmericanCollege of Chest Physicians. Recipient of Best Poster. Montréal, Québec, Canada. October 29 –November 3, 2005.601.Robicsek F: Moderator: The Holy Graal (mechanical heart) and the “Gold Standard” (heart transplantation).17 th Journée Internationale du Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco. Monte-Carlo. November 11, 2005.602.Robicsek F: As Surgeons, Are We Ethically Obligated to Serve as Expert Witnesses? 42 nd Annual Meeting ofthe Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Chicago, IL. January 30 – February 1, 2006.603.Robicsek F: Surgical Physiology of the Aortic Root. 2006 CryoLife Cardiac Surgery Fellows Program.Atlanta, Georgia. April 6-7, 2006604.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The da Vinci Code of the Aortic Valve. XII InternationalConference on Advances in Cardiovascular Medicine. Zabrze, Poland. June 9-10, 2006.

605.Fokin AA, Masters TN, Gregory C, Robicsek F: Arteriovenous shunt induces arteriogenesis in the ischemicmyocardium. 28 th Annual International Society for Heart Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. June 13-16, 2006.606.Masters TN, Fokin AA. Adverse Effects of the Atkins Diet on Myocardial Metabolic and FunctionalResponses. To be presented at the 28 thAnnual ISHR American Section Meeting. Toronto, Ontario,Canada, Jun 14–16, 2006. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2006 Jun;40(6)A103:877.607.Gregory CA, Masters TN, Fokin AA, Robicsek F: Gene expression profiling of cardiac muscle in response toischemia in Atkins diet conditions. 28 thAnnual International Society for Heart Research, Toronto,Ontario, Canada. June 13-16, 2006.608.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris. The Da Vinci Code of the Aortic Root. Grand Rounds,Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Rikshospitalet – Radiumhospitalet Medical Center.Oslo, Norway. July 7, 2006.609.Robicsek F: How to Prevent Medical Litigation in Vascular Surgery. 48 th Annual World Congress of theInternational College of Angiology. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 22-25, 2006.610.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The Da Vinci Code of the Aortic Valve. 48 th Annual WorldCongress of the International College of Angiology. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 22-25, 2006.611.Lobdell KW, Turner SL, Mueller M, Madjarov J, Watts LT, Stiegel RM, Robicsek F: Bispectral IndexMonitoring for Early Extubation After Adult Cardiovascular Surgery. 48 th Annual World Congress of theInternational College of Angiology. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 22-25, 2006.612.Lobdell KW, Turner SL, Madjarov J, Watts LT, Cook JW, Burgess JP, Robicsek F: Computerized GlucoseManagement in Cardiovascular Surgery. 48 thAnnual World Congress of the International College ofAngiology. Charlotte, North Carolina. July 22-25, 2006.613.Robicsek F, Fokin AA: A Riddle Solved. The Cause of Old-Age, Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease. 4 thCongress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society. Geneva, Switzerland. August 23-26, 2006.614.Masters TN, Fokin AA. Negative Effects of the Atkins Diet on Ischemic Myocardial Metabolism and Function.Accepted for presentation at the 3 rdAnnual Symposium of the American Heart Association Council onBasic Cardiovascular Sciences – Translation of Basic Insights into Clinical Practice. Keystone ConferenceCenter, Keystone, CO, July 31–August 3, 2006.615.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Watts LT: Restrictive Thoracic Dystrophy After Pectus Excavatum Repair in YoungPatients. European Respiratory Society Annual Congress. Munich, Germany. September 2-6, 2006.616.Robicsek F, Masters TN, Schaper J, Bernd F, Fokin AA, Robicsek S: Is Apoptosis a Cause or Effect inMyocardial Reperfusion Injury and Donor Heart Preservation? 14 th Euroconference on Apoptosis. Chia,Sardinia, Italy. September 29 – October 4, 2006.617.Robicsek F: Surgical Physiology of Aortic Valve. Royal Society of Medicine. London, UK. October 4,2006.618.Robicsek F: You Have to Understand it to Correct it. The Physiology of Aortic Valve Disease. Controversiesand Advances in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease. Beverly Hills, CA. October 5 & 6, 2006.619.Gregory CA, Masters TN, Fokin AA, Robicsek F: Differential Gene Expression of Cardiac Muscle to Ischemiain Atkins Diet Dogs Using Microarray Data. American Society of Human Genetics. New Orleans,Louisiana. October 9-13, 2006.620.Robicsek F: Deciphering the Cause of Aortic Valve Disease. Cryolife Allograft Fall Symposium. Atlanta,Georgia. October 19-21, 2006.621.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The Da Vinci Code of the Aortic Root. 37 th Annual Meeting ofthe Hungarian Medical Association of America. Sarasota, Florida. October 29 – November 3, 2006.

622.Robicsek F: Robotic Cardiac Surgery. A Failure? 18 th Journée Internationale du Centre Cardio-Thoracique deMonaco. Monte-Carlo. November 10, 2006.623.Robicsek F: Percutaneous, valvular surgeries: state of art. Why some work and others do not? 18 th JournéeInternationale du Centre Cardio-Thoracique de Monaco. Monte-Carlo. November 10, 2006.624.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The De Vinci Code of the Aortic Root. 4 th International Meetingof the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center. Athens, Greece. November 30 – December 2, 2006.625.Robicsek F: Is there a place for aortoplasty in modern aortic surgery. International Congress on Aortic Surgery“How to do it” II. Milan, Italy. December 15-16, 2006.626.Robicsek F, Skipper ER, Madjarow J: A new theory to explain the cause of degenerative aortic valve disease.Clinical implication. Southeastern Surgical Congress. 2007 Scientific Meeting, Westin Savannah Harbor,Savannah, Georgia, Feb 10-13, 2007.627.Robicsek F: Who killed the Tail of Paris? The Da Vinci Code of the Aortic Root. General Surgery ResearchConference, Carolinas Medical Center. Charlotte, North Carolina. February 23, 2007.628.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Stamou S: The bicuspid aortic valve. How does it function? Why does it fail?Belgian Surgical Week 2007. Ostend, Belgium, May 2-5, 2007.629.Fokin AA, Masters TN, Gregory C, Robicsek F: Neovascularization in Bland-White-Garland Syndrome. 56 thInternational Congress of the European Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. Venice, Lido, Italy, May 17-20,2007.630.Robicsek F: Percutaneous interventions on the mitral and aortic valves: what have we learned from the past?Euro PCR 07. Barcelona, Spain. May 22-25, 2007.631.Robicsek, F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The Da Vinci Code of the Aortic Root. 5 th Annual CurrentTrends in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine. Houston, TX. June 1-2, 2007.632.Robicsek, F: Farewell to Professors. 5 th Annual Current Trends in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor College ofMedicine. Houston, TX. June 1-2, 2007.633.Robicsek F, Fokin A: Anterior chest wall deformities: One method fits all! European Society of thoracicSurgeons. 15 th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery. Leuven, Belgium. June 3-6, 2007.634.Robicsek F: Percutaneous interventions on the mitral and aortic valves: what we have learned from the past.2 nd Polish-Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery Congress. Lublin, Poland. June 28-30, 2007.635.Robicsek F: Moderator - Aortic aneurysms. 2 nd Polish-Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery Congress. Lublin, Poland.June 28-30, 2007.636.Robicsek F: Robotic cardiac surgery. Quo vadis? 2 nd Polish-Ukrainian Cardiac Surgery Congress. Lublin,Poland. June 28-30, 2007.637.Lobdell K, Stamou S, Turner S, Barbersek L, Baird C, Madjarov J, Reames M, Skipper E, Stiegel R, WattsL, Robicsek F: Quality Improvement in Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Early Extubation and SedationMonitoring. Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Heart and Vascular Center. Charleston, SC. July 23, 2007.638.Beller CJ, Labrosse MR, Kolber M, Thubrikar M, Robicsek F, Hagl S, Gebhard MM, Karck M: Aortic RootMotion Remodeling After Aortic Valve Replacement – Implications for Aortic Dissection. 21 st EuropeanAssociation of Cardiothoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting. Geneva, Switzerland. September 15-19, 2007.

639.Robicsek F: Invited Discussant. Sachithanandan A, Nanjaiah P, Nightingale P, Wilson IC, Bonser R, GrahamT, Stephen R, Pagano D: Deep Sternal Wound Infection Requiring Revision Surgery: Impact on Mid-Term Survival Following Cardiac Surgery. 21 st European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons AnnualMeeting, Geneva, Switzerland. September 15-19, 2007.640.Stamou SC, Turner SL, Stiegel RM, Reames MK, Skipper E, Robicsek F, Lobdell K: Continuous QualityImprovement Improves Early Clinical Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery. Best Practices in Cardiac Surgery,Wake Forest University. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. September 16, 2007.641.Robicsek F: Recent Advances in Cardiac Surgery. Grand Rounds. Centrul De Cardiologies Iasi, Romania.September 21, 2007.642.Robicsek F: Conservative Management of Heart Valve Disease. Grand Rounds. Semmelweis MedicalUniversity, Budapest, Hungary. September 26, 2007.643.Robicsek F: Runaway Train of Technology in the Treatment of Heart Disease. Honorary Invited Speaker,Annual Meeting of the Mediterranean Association of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Opatija, Croatia.September 27-30, 2007.644.Robicsek F: The Tail is Wagging the Dog. Runaway Cardiac Technology. Cardiocentro Ticino, The FailingHeart: a Paradigm of Multidisciplinary Approach. Lugano, Switzerland. October 13, 2007.645.Robicsek F: Deciphering the Cause of Aortic Valve Disease. CryoLife, Inc. 2007 Cardiac Surgery FellowsAllograft Symposium. Kennesaw, Georgia. October 19, 2007.646.Robicsek F: The Twilight of Professors. Hungarian Medical Association of America. Sarasota, Florida.October 28 – November 2, 2007.647.Robicsek F: Chairperson, Surgical Techniques of AF. 19 thThoracique de Monaco. Monte-Carlo. November 9, 2007.Journée Internationale du Centre Cardio-648.Robicsek F: Panel Discussant. Annual Meeting of the Southern Surgical Association. Hot Springs, Virginia.December 1-5, 2007.649.Stamou S, Turner S, Stiegel R, Reames M, Skipper E, Watts L, Robicsek F, Lobdell K: Early Extubationafter Cardiac Surgery: Leading Change and Improving Quality. Virginia Cardiac Surgery QualityInitiative. Charlottesville, VA. December 6, 2007.650.Robicsek F: Surgical Technology. Are We Riding a Runaway Train? Annual Meeting of the Polish CardiacSurgeons, Medical University of Gdask. Gdask, Poland. January 17-19, 2008.651.Robicsek F: Why do Aortic Valves Fail? A 600 Year Old Secret Revealed. Annual Meeting of the PolishCardiac Surgeons, Medical University of Gdask. Gdask, Poland. January 17–19, 2008.652.Stamou S, Turner S, Stiegel R, Reames M, Skipper E, Nussbaum M, Robicsek F, Lobdell K: Early TrachealExtubation Decreases Pulmonary Complications and Resource Utilization after Cardiac Surgery. 37 thAnnual Meeting, Society of Critical Care Medicine. Honolulu, HI. February 4, 2008.653.Stamou S, Turner S, Stiegel R, Reames M, Skipper E, Nussbaum M, Robicsek F, Lobdell K: Continuousquality Improvement Decreases Mortality in Cardiac Surgery. American College of Cardiology. Chicago,IL. March 30, 2008.654.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Padera RF, Lobdell KW, Stamou S: The Chicken or the Egg? Ascending AorticDilatation in Patients with congenitally Bicuspid Aortic Valves. The Houston Aortic Symposium.Houston, Texas. April 4-6, 2008.655.Fokin AA, Robicsek F, Watts LT, Tickle TL, Bennett KE, Bahrani-Mostafavi Z, Masters TN: GeneticAnalysis of connective Tissue in Patients with Congenital Thoracic Abnormalities. European Society forCardiovascular Surgery. Barcelona, Spain. April 24-27, 2008.

656.Robicsek F: Unstable Sternum and Sterno-Mediastinitis. 18 th World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons.Kos, Greece. April 30 – May 3, 2008.657.Robicsek F: The Aphorisms of Hippocrates. 18 th World Society of Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Kos, Greece.April 30 – May 3, 2008.658.Lobdell K, Robicsek F, Stamou S, Camp S, Reames M, Watts L, Baird C, Stiegel M, Madjarov J, Skipper E:Quality Management in Cardiac Surgery Improves Outcomes. 18 thWorld Society of Cardio-ThoracicSurgeons. Kos, Greece. April 30 – May 3, 2008.659.Robicsek F: Chair, Special Lecture Section, International Hippocratic Foundation of Kos. 18 th World Societyof Cardio-Thoracic Surgeons. Kos, Greece. April 30 – May 3, 2008.660.Thubrikar M, Ghosh M, Fowler B, Robicsek FR: Cause of patient-prosthesis mismatch in aortic valve surgery.Biennial Heart Valve Biology and Tissue Engineering Meeting, The Royal Society. London, UK. May4-7, 2008.661.Robicsek F: The Anatomical Drawing of Leonardo da Vinci. XII Annual Meeting of the Bakoulev ScientificCenter for Cardiovascular Surgery. Moscow, Russia. May 19, 2008.662.Robicsek F: Is Less Than Radical Surgery Acceptable in Aortic Surgery? Lithuanian Society ofCardiothoracic Surgeons. Druskininkai, Lithuania. May 22, 2008.663.Robicsek F: Is Less Than Radical Surgery Acceptable in Aortic Surgery? The Question is Answered.Grand Rounds. Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary. May 26. 2008.664.Robicsek F: Short-cuts in aortic arch surgery. Memoirs of a Cowardly Surgeon. XII Annual Meetingof the Danubian Forum. Osijek, Croatia. May 30-31, 2008.665.Robicsek F: Farewell to Professors. International College of Surgeons. Reno, Nevada. June 5-7,2008.666.Stamou S, Camp S, Reames M, Skipper E, Stiegel R, Madjarov J, Watts L, Robicsek F, Lobdell K:Aprotinin in Cardiac Surgery: Is the Risk Worth the Benefit? Western Thoracic SurgicalAssociation. Kona, Hawaii. June 25-28, 2008.667.Robicsek F, Padera RF, Fokin AA, Thubrikar MJ, Madjarov J: Why do Aortic Valves Fail? A NewTheory to Explain Degenerative Aortic Valve Disease. International Academy of Cardiology.Toronto, ON, Canada. July 26-29, 2008.668.Robicsek F: Bronchoscopy/Mediastinoscopy. TSDA Book Camp Training, University of NorthCarolina. Chapel Hill, NC. July 31 – August 3, 2008.669.Robicsek F: Runaway Train of Technology in the Treatment of Heart Disease. Grand Rounds - YaleUniversity School of Medicine. New Haven, CT. August 6, 2008.670.Fokin A, Robicsek F, Watts L, Tickle T, Bennett K, Bahrani-Mostafavi Z, Masters T: Gene ExpressionProfiling of Rib Cartilage in Pectus Excavatum. European Respiratory Society. Berlin, Germany.October 4-8, 2008.671.Robicsek F, Fokin A, Watts L: Surgical Treatment of Anterior Chest Deformities. Controversy UponControversy. European Respiratory Society. Berlin, Germany. October 4-8, 2008.672.Robicsek F: The History of Tricuspid Valve Surgery. 20 th Journée Internationale du Centre Cardio-Thoraciquede Monaco. Monte-Carlo. November 7, 2008.673.Robicsek F: Szivbillentyk Sebészete Mit tanultunk a Multtól? Hungarian Cardiac Surgical Association.Budapest, Hungary. November 10, 2008.

674.Robicsek F, Fokin AA, Watts LT: Complications of Pectus Excavatum Repair. International College ofSurgeons. Vienna, Austria. December 3-6, 2008.675.Robicsek F: Leonardo da Vinci and the Aortic Valve. 3 rd Congress of the University of San Raffaele. Milan,Italy. December 11-13, 2008.676.Robicsek F: Who Killed the Tailor of Paris? The da Vinci Code of the Aortic Valve. The Harveian Society ofLondon. London, United Kingdom. January 14, 2009.677.Robicsek F: Debate: Robotic Surgery: A Key Part of Our Future. 45 th Annual Meeting of the Society ofThoracic Surgeons, Tech-Con. San Francisco, CA. January 26-28, 2009.678.Robicsek F: Who killed the tailor of Paris. South American Cardiac Surgery Meeting. San Jose, Costa Rica.March 27, 2009.679.Robicsek F: Cause of degenerative aortic valve disease and ascending aortic dilatation. University Clinic ofFrankfurt, Grand Rounds. Frankfurt, Germany. May 25, 2009.680.Travis BR, Fowler BL, Rose GA, Robicsek F: An evaluation for aortic valve incompetence based on increasedventricular workload. American Society of Echocardiography. Washington, DC. June 6 – 10, 2009.681.Robicsek F: Is Cardiac Surgical Technology Moving Too Fast and in the Wrong Direction. Hot Topics inContemporary Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Saint-Petersburg Association of Surgeons. Saint-Petersburg,Russia. June 18-20, 2009.682.Robicsek F: The cause and management of ascending aortic dilatation in patients with bicuspid aortic valves.Hot Topics in Contemporary Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Saint-Petersburg Association of Surgeons. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. June 18-20, 2009.683.Robicsek F: The management of the unstable sternum and sterno-mediastinities. Hot Topics in ContemporaryCardio-Thoracic Surgery, Saint-Petersburg Association of Surgeons. Saint-Petersburg, Russia. June 18-20, 2009.684.Robicsek F: Anterior chest deformities. The Nuss Procedure International Workshop on Minimally InvasiveRepair of Pectus Deformities, Marmara University Hospital. Istanbul, Turkey. June 26-27, 2009.685.Robicsek F: Good for everything very long graft (Hungarian title: Mindenre jó hosszü muer). Mayo ClinicInternational Vascular Symposium. Budapest, Hungary. June 27-30, 2009.686.Travis B, Fowler B, Rose G, Robicsek F: A noninvasive method for evaluation of left ventricular overload incombined aortic valve pathology. Society for Heart Valve Disease – Fifth Biennial Meeting. Berlin,Germany. June 30, 2009.687.Robicsek F, Fokin A: The cause of old age degenerative aortic valve disease. 19 th IAGG World Congress ofGerontology and Geriatrics. Paris, France. July 5 – 9, 2009.