Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery 

At the recently held meeting of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (JATS) in Sendai, the following slate of officers was elected for 2007-2008:

President:                              Koichi Tabayashi         Sendai 
Vice President:                       Shinichiro Miyoshi        Tochigi 
Congress President (2008):     Takayuki Shirakusa      Fukuoka 
Congress President-Elect:        Ryohei Yozu                Tokyo 

Directors:

Hiroshi Inoue              Kanagawa 
Yuichi Ueda                  Nagoya 
Harushi Osugi              Osaka 
Hiroaki Osada              Kawasaki 
Takashi Kondo             Sendai 
Tohru Sakamoto          Tokyo 
Shunji Sano                Okayama 
Yoshiki Sawa               Osaka 
Mitsuomi Shimamoto    Shizuoka 
Ryuji Tominaga            Fukuoka 
Tadaaki Maehara         Saitama