OUTREACH The faculty of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery has actively supported and participated in the continuing medical education programs of institutions in the New York Metropolitan region. Recent lectures by members of the Section of General Thoracic Surgery include: TOPIC SITE Video-assisted and minimally-invasive thoracic surgery Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT Thoracic trauma-diagnosis and management Horton Medical Center, Middletown, NY Pediatric thoracic surgery Horton Medical Center, Middletown, NY Pulmonary rehabilitation and lung volume reduction surgery Helen Hayes Hospital, West, Haverstraw, NY Surgical options for end-stage lung disease St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY Lung transplantation NYU Medical Center, New York, NY Surgical treatment of emphysema St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT Wayne General Hospital, Wayne, NJ Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, CT St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Smithtown, NY Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY Jacobi Hospital, New York, NY Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, East Patchogue, NJ St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ International Symposium on Lung Reduction Surgery, Teviso, Italy Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY Palisades General Hospital, North Bergen, NJ St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Jamaica, NY Hiatal hernia and reflux esophagitis Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Flushing, NY Barrett's esophagus and adenocarcinoma of esophagus St. Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ Multimodality surgical therapy for advanced esophageal cancer St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ OUTREACH SERVICES The Office of External Affairs offers referring physicians exceptional service in routine or complex thoracic care, including: 24-hour physician referral Telephone consultation with referring physician Information/registration for Continuing Medical Education events Information/registration for Surgery Grand Rounds Information for Speakers Bureau Physicians may avail themselves of these resources by calling the Office of External Affairs at 1-800-543-2782.