Leslie J. Kohman

"Beat the Clock": Will There Be Time in the New Millennium To Train Surgeons and Care for Patients? by Leslie J. Kohman, MD

"Beat the Clock": Will There Be Time in the New Millennium To Train Surgeons and Care for Patients? by Leslie J. Kohman, MD

The woman who spearheaded these meetings was Leslie Kohman, M.D., then (and still) on the faculty of the Department of Surgery at SUNY. She kept alive the concept of a woman's group by sending out notices of get-togethers, and keeping lists of attendees. In 1988, Sharon Bogerty edited the first edition of a newsletter, Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery, subsequently carried forth by Leslie.
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How appropriate that in 1991, Leslie Kohman was elected the first president of Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery, the same year that Julie Swain, M.D. became the fourth woman elected to AATS.
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The current Board of Directors consists of A.J. Carpenter, M.D. PhD., Carolyn Dresler, M.D., Lorraine J. Rubis, M.D., Mercedes Dullum, M.D., Carolyn Reed, M.D. and Leslie Kohman, M.D