MSTCVS Mission Statement:

The mission of the Society, from the beginning, has been to promote the highest standards of practice among Michigan’s thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons, to ensure that patients receive the highest quality care, and to bring their members together annually to foster a cohesive group and single voice in order to face the changing socioeconomic issues of the times.

The MSTCVS annual meeting brings its mission to fruition by scheduling the finest of surgeon speakers, emphasizing a Quality Assurance initiative, presenting innovative products and services, and cultivating future thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons by sponsoring an annual Resident Surgeon Competition.

About the MSTCVS

The Michigan Society of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons (MSTCVS) was founded in 1965, originally as the Michigan Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The mission of the Society, from the beginning, has been to promote the highest standards of practice among Michigan’s thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons, to ensure that patients receive the highest quality care, and to bring their members together annually to foster a cohesive group and single voice in order to face the changing socioeconomic issues of the times. The MSTCVS annual meeting brings its mission to fruition by scheduling the finest of surgeon speakers, emphasizing a Quality Assurance initiative, presenting innovative products and services, and cultivating future thoracic and cardiovascular surgeons by sponsoring an annual Resident Surgeon Competition.

Shelly Lall, MD

MSTCVS President

Charles Schwartz, MD

MSTCVS President Elect

Andrew M. Popoff MD, FACS

Secretary/Treasurer

Andrew Chang, MD

Immediate Past President

Raed AlNajjar, MD

Director

David G. Cable, MD

Director

Justin Fanning, MD

Director

Frederic Joyce, MD

Director

Kiran Lagisetty, MD

Director

Kaushik Mandal, MD

Director

James Martin, MD

Director

Nathan Mollberg, DO

Director

Edward Murphy, MD

Director

C. Douglas Lees, MD

Historian

Andrew Pruitt, MD

MSTCVS-QC Project Director

Francis Pagani, MD

MSTCVS-QC Associate Director

Rishindra Reddy, MD

MSTCVS-QC General Thoracic Surgery Associate Director

Melanie Weidmayer

MSTCVS Executive Director

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