Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages A2-A7 , June 2007

Reviving the vascular surgeon–scientist: An interim assessment of the jointly sponsored Lifeline Foundation/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute William J. von Liebig Mentored Clinical Scientist Development (K08) Program

  • Robert W. Thompson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Surgery (Section of Vascular Surgery), Radiology, and Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Robert W. Thompson, MD, Section of Vascular Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, 5101 Queeny Tower, One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, St. Louis, MO 63110.
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  • Beth Schucker, MS

      Affiliations

    • formerly of Research Training and Special Programs Scientific Research Group, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute-NIH, Bethesda, Md
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  • K. Craig Kent, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and New York Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
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  • Alexander W. Clowes, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
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  • Larry W. Kraiss, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • John A. Mannick, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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  • James S.T. Yao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.

Received 18 January 2007 ,Accepted 16 February 2007.

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 Competition of interest: none.Sponsored by the Research and Education Committee of the American Vascular Association (a Foundation of the Society for Vascular Surgery), the William J. von Liebig Foundation, and the Research Training and Special Programs Scientific Research Group, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

PII: S0741-5214(07)00333-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.02.045

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6, Supplement , Pages A2-A7 , June 2007

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