At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2024 Annual Conference, physician and engineer Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew presented “Toward CV Health and Longevity: Perspectives on Microstructure, Flow, and Mechanosensing.”
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April 2, 2002
From November 2000 until November 2001, I served as president of the BACTS, The Belgian Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Our sixth General Assembly was held on November 10, 2001 and for my Presidential Address I chose this quotation from Winston Churchill: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning".
March 18, 2002
The following represents my views and experiences as a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon. It is my hope that the reader will gain some insight into a specialty that has undergone major changes in the last decades.
February 20, 2002
A few weeks ago I took a weekend trip to Denver from my home in Billings, Montana. I arrived at the airport 90 minutes early as directed. Three minutes later I was ready to board, as things are a little slow in Billings at 0600 on Saturday morning. Two baby faced National Guard conscripts patrolled the airport trying to look tough.
January 21, 2002
"Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths about change."(1) It describes four characters, two mice named Sniff and Scurry and two 'little people' Hem and Haw, who are the same size as mice but act and appear like people. Sniff and Scurry possess simple rodent brains, but have good instincts.
December 24, 2001
This is a strange, brave new world indeed. As I surf the Net for updates in post-operative mediastinal infection management, my computer server is being infected by cyber worms and viruses. The Nobel Peace prize is announced as a new "world war" commences.
December 12, 2000
The relationship between the attending physician and the treated patient is of a very high order and is best described by the French definition "Le Colloque Singulier." The "Colloque" suggests an equality between the two partners of the relationship and also conversation as the most intense force of interaction. The inequality in medical expertise and resources is no objection for equality in the relationship. The "Singulier" stresses the uniqueness, the intensity and the particularity of this relationship.
December 6, 2000
Years ago I used to write. Usually late at night. Usually focused on the college student's search for meaning, for purpose. Usually struggling with the reconciliation of idealism with reality. I still have a small package of those writings.
November 16, 2000
Changes that are currently sweeping over the world are having a great effect on the professional lives of doctors and especially cardio-thoracic surgeons. Perhaps the most important of these trends are the everyday use of Information Technology (IT). Also important changes are demands for better cost-efficiency in medicine, a declining respect for the medical profession, and globalisation.
November 29, 1999
During the past year, we have been inundated by stories about the massive changes that are taking place in our lives as a result of the application of electronic technology. Even those infatuated by the absorbing nature of this new world must have reservations about the extent of the unimaginable permeation of our lives by its power. Regardless of one's reservations, there is no going back.
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