American Association for Thoracic Surgery
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is an international organization of more than 1,500 of the world's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Founded in 1917, its members have a proven record of distinction within the specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world. Mission and Values The mission of the AATS has evolved since its founding almost 100 years ago to its present goal to Promote Scholarship, Innovation, and Leadership in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. Its leadership and its members aspire to emulate the motto: "A Century of Modeling Excellence" while holding to the AATS core values of Leadership, Scholarship, Mentoring, Excellence in Patient Care, Integrity and Professionalism.www.aats.org
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Sep 24, 2026
Joel DunningHOST
We love you from Southern Illinois.
Joel DunningHOST
Such a pleasure to meet you at the AATS and interact so enthusiastically with you and your amazing team.
Joel DunningHOST
He's doing this to improve training worldwide.
Joel DunningHOST
He really thinks this is going to be the future of training, and I do too.
Jane YanagawaHOST
about our field and One of the other venues, I think, to learn a lot about our field and to meet people is to get these scholarships to our conferences.
Jane YanagawaHOST
So the STS, AATS, Women in Thoracic Surgery, WTS, they have so many incredible scholarships that are available to both medical students and residents that they can apply to, to not only attend the conferences to see what kind of things that we do and what we talk about and what the future is, you know, research in our fields, but also have an opportunity to meet people and get mentorship.
Jane YanagawaHOST
I remember that I got a women's thoracic surgery scholarship, you know, as a resident.
Jane YanagawaHOST
And I was matched with Dr. Donington as my mentor for that scholarship.
Jane YanagawaHOST
about our field and One of the other venues, I think, to learn a lot about our field and to meet people is to get these scholarships to our conferences.
Jane YanagawaHOST
So the STS, AATS, Women in Thoracic Surgery, WTS, they have so many incredible scholarships that are available to both medical students and residents that they can apply to, to not only attend the conferences to see what kind of things that we do and what we talk about and what the future is, you know, research in our fields, but also have an opportunity to meet people and get mentorship.
Jane YanagawaHOST
I remember that I got a women's thoracic surgery scholarship, you know, as a resident.
Jane YanagawaHOST
And I was matched with Dr. Donington as my mentor for that scholarship.