The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) announced that Jennifer C. Romano, MD, MS, was elected President of the Society during the 2024 STS Annual Meeting. Dr. Romano will be the first woman to hold the office of President of the STS.
Dr. Romano currently serves as the Herbert Sloan Collegiate Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the University of Michigan Medical School and a congenital heart surgeon at the University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital. She hopes to use her new role to address challenges faced by cardiothoracic surgeons; advocate for both surgeons and patients; introduce initiatives to boost modernization, diversity, and inclusion across the STS as well as in the field of cardiothoracic surgery; and improve the standard quality of specialty and patient care.