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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007;134:1391-1392
© 2007 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Editorial

Andrew S. Wechsler, MD, Editor, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, January 2000–December 2007

Irving L. Kron, MD, Chair, Publications Committee, American Association for Thoracic Surgerya, D. Craig Miller, MD, President, American Association for Thoracic Surgeryb,*

a Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, Va
b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif.

* Address for reprints: D. Craig Miller, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Falk CV Research Center, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305. (Email: dcm@stanford.edu).

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On January 1, 2008, Andy Wechsler will have completed eight years as editor of The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. The leadership of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) feels compelled to commend and thank publicly Dr. Wechsler for the superlative stewardship and job he has accomplished.

Academically, the Journal earned the highest impact factor in its history in 2005 (3.727) and 2006 (3.56). Andy replaced commentaries located at the end of articles with solicited editorials with author bylines and encouraged the editorialists to discuss study results in the larger context of evidence-based issues and patient care. He appointed an Ethics Editor and an Ethics Panel to deal with conflict of interest and developed an industry-standard conflict of interest management system. It is most difficult to censure colleagues and fellow surgeons, but Andy established a rigorous high standard for academic integrity that we are proud of. He added the Evolving Technology section to spotlight new and novel technologically based treatments and procedures and "Statistics for the Rest of Us" to help cardiothoracic surgeons comprehend, use, and interpret modern . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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