Site of Previous International Symposia

1979    Monte Carlo
1981    Rio de Janeiro
1982    Athens
1984    London   
1986    Maui
1988    Bermuda
1990    Acapulco
1992    Puerto Rico
1994    Hilton Head, SC
1996    Sun Valley, ID
1998    Colorado Springs, CO
2000    Coeur d’Alene, ID
2002    Carlsbad, CA
2004    Houston, TX
2007    Houston, TX

International Recognition Award Honor Roll

1981    E. J. Zerbini, MD (deceased)                 Sao Paolo, Brazil
1984    Donald Ross, MD                                 London, UK
1986    Juro J. Wada, MD                                Tokyo, Japan
1988    C. Walton Lillehei (deceased)               St. Paul, MN
1990    Robert D. Leachman, MD (deceased)    Houston, TX
1992    Rene G. Favaloro, MD (deceased)         Buenos Aires, Argentina
1994    Paul A. Ebert, MD                                Pebble Beach, CA
1996    Albert Starr, MD                                   Portland, OR
1998    John L. Ochsner, MD                            New Orleans, LA
2000    Jerome H. Kay, MD                              Los Angeles, CA
2002    Bruce A. Reitz, MD                              Stanford, CA
2004    Stephen Westaby, BSc, MS, PhD         Oxford, UK
2007  Robert A. Guyton, MD               Atlanta, GA