title: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Expert Consensus Statement: A Tool Kit to Assist Thoracic Surgeons Seeking Privileging to Use New Technology and Perform Advanced Procedures in General Thoracic Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Electronic address: blackmon.shanda@mayo.edu.
authors.forename: Shanda H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Blackmon
authors.affiliation: Section of General Thoracic Surgery, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California.
authors.forename: David T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, WellStar Health System, Marietta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cerfolio
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Farhood
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farjah
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Institute, Pascale Foundation, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rocco
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Memorial Hospital-University of Colorado Health, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blum
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hazelrigg
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howington
authors.affiliation: Esophageal Center of Excellence, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Low
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
authors.forename: James I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Fann
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ikonomidis
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Calgary, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Sean C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Grondin
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D020811:Biomedical Technology / Q000639:trends*; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. / Q000592:standards; D032921:Consensus; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000639:trends; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards; D013903:Thoracic Surgery / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States