title: Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society presidential address: delivering medical excellence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Kosair Children's Hospital, Louisville, KY, USA eaustin@louisvilleheartsurgery.com.
authors.forename: Erle H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000193:education / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards
keywords: analysis/modeling; congenital heart surgery; database; professional affairs; risk; statistics