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Meeting
Notes
Re: Project Bionics Meeting at
the
Date:
Participants: R. Bartlett, J.Chelnick, A.Ciarkowski, R.Kondratas, M.Kurusz, S.McKellar, Y.Nose, P.Portner, J.Kantrowitz (conference call)
1.0
Welcome and Approval of Agenda – R.Bartlett
R.Bartlett welcomed all Work Group members to the meeting.
2.0
ASAIO 50th Anniversary
Activities
2.1
Gold Volume of ASAIO Journal – R.Bartlett
R.Bartlett reported on the progress of the Gold Volume
to-date. George Schreiner has completed
a 30 page chapter on the early years of ASAIO meetings and the ASAIO
Journal. This is now being edited. A draft list of more than 100 ‘best’ papers
published in the ASAIO Journal is online at the Project Bionics website. The ASAIO membership has been invited to
nominate papers, and to-date about 24 ASAIO members have offered comments.
Y.Nose circulated his list of ‘most significant’ ASAIO papers from the first 30
years of the ASAIO Journal. Y.Nose identified 130 papers, by using the criteria that an
article was the first to appear in Transactions on a specific type of
artificial organ or that it constituted an important impact on the
research/clinical field of artificial organs, that should be included on the
list. There is some overlap with the
online list. The Work Group thanked Y.Nose for composing this list and circulating it to the
group. S.McKellar will make this list available
online and ask for ASAIO membership comments.
Y.Nose would like particular attention spent
on the last 20 years for suggested articles to be added to his list.
A discussion then began about the need to be inclusive, but also
selective. While the group does not want
to offend any research group or individual, clearly not all papers published in
the Transactions/ASAIO Journal are significant or important papers to the same
degree. There needs to be further
encouragement for ASAIO members to be able to comment on the list – to nominate
additional papers; to suggest deletion of other papers – particularly in the
fields in which they are actively researching.
S.McKellar will email ASAIO members again
after updating the uploaded list, asking for additions/deletions to the list.
It was also discussed and agreed that a screening and/or editorial
function must be done by the Work Group after the ASAIO membership has made
their contributions.
The timeline to complete the next steps of this Gold Volume are as
follows:
Oct
15 - Online draft list updated
to include Y.Nose’s selections – S.McKellar - Email to ASAIO members via ASAIO headoffice – S.McKellar
Jan
1 - ASAIO members to offer
comments – additions/deletions – by Jan 1
Feb
1 - Work Group to complete
editorial function – selection of papers
Mar 1 -
Draft Gold Volume completed – ready for discussion and review by Work Group in
March Project Bionics meeting
Apr 1 -
Gold Volume to Press
The discussion that followed related to the
contents of the Gold Volume. What would
the ASAIO members like to see in this commemorative volume? A draft table of contents may include:
·
“Early
Years of ASAIO” by George Schreiner (in hand now)
·
The
original ASAIO members (67 members)
·
List of
past 50 ASAIO meetings
·
List of
past 50 ASAIO Presidents
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Photo
Essay
·
Nominated
“Best Papers” in ASAIO Journal over past 50 years
·
Selected
“Best Papers” in ASAIO Journal reprinted
The volume will be in range of 300 to 500 pages. There was discussion about the possibility of
making the full text of all articles identified as ‘significant’
available. R.Kondratas
suggested a CD-Rom, which worked well in his experience with the ultrasound
professional society, which whom he is working.
It was agreed by the Work Group that, if possible, a CD-Rom with full
text of papers nominated as “Best Papers” in ASAIO Journal might be scanned and
placed in a back pocket of the Gold Volume.
It was suggested that the Gold Volume be a part of 2004 ASAIO meeting
registration package. An additional $25
should be added to the 2004 ASAIO meeting registration fee to cover this
cost. Additional copies will be made
available for sale at meeting. ASAIO members
registered for the meeting will receive a ‘gold card’ in their registration
kit. The ‘gold card’ can be redeemed at
the Project Bionics booth for a Gold Volume.
This will ensure visits to the Project Bionics booth.
2.2.
Historical Program for 2004 ASAIO Meeting – P.Portner
P.Portner reported on his recommendations to the
ASAIO Program Committee last year that the ASAIO meeting might consider
returning to its older format of more plenary sessions. This allows researchers to attend sessions
outside their research fields. P.Portner is not on this year’s Program Committee but was
pleased to learn that the Program Committee is considering this format.
The ASAIO Head office had kindly circulated the discussion notes from
the 2004 ASAIO Program Committee. It
appears from these notes that indeed the 2004 ASAIO Program Committee is
leaning this way. The theme of the 2004
meeting will be “Past, Present and Future.”
That being said, the Work Group then discussed how we might contribute
to the “Past” component of the program.
P.Portner suggested historical introductions or talks
on six different areas to cover almost all of artificial organ fields of
interest. These presentations might be
30-45 minutes in length, and provide an overview of historical developments
that have led to present day research interests/progress, and end with comments
on future direction. Guidelines on how
these ‘historical’ talks might be structured would be offered to the six
presenters to provide some coherency and continuity between them. These historical talks should be spread over
the 3 days, and linked to current research papers/sessions.
The Work Group discussed the key topics/areas to be addressed in these
talks, as well as possible ASAIO members to present these talks. The following list was agreed upon:
·
“Early
Years of ASAIO” by George Schreiner
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Renal –
J.Winchester
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Extracorporeal
mechanical circulatory support – M.Kurusz
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Implantable
cardiac devices – P.Portner
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Membrane
oxygenators / lungs – R.Bartlett
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Biomaterials
/ bioengineering – E.Leonards
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Apheresis – Y.Nose
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Overview
of field / history project – S.McKellar
2.2
Reception and Display at the Smithsonian
– S.McKellar
S.McKellar reported that a Local Arrangements Committee
had been formed, consisting of S.Phillips, J.Winchester, J.Watson and S.McKellar. This
committee had a conference call to discuss the reception, the date, and
possible funding strategies to cover its cost.
J.Winchester will be presenting this committee’s
recommendations to the 2004 ASAIO Program Committee. This will be the recommendations of the
Local Arrangements Committee:
(1)
Event Description -- an evening at the
Smithsonian's National Museum of
American History, with special exhibit on artificial organs plus access to 3
floors of museum, to include food, drink, entertainment with invited guests
Vice President Dick Cheney, Senator Bill Frist,
and/or Arnold Schwarzenegger.
(2) Event Date -- recommend Friday evening (June 18)
(3)
Event Funding -- to raise funding to cover the
costs of this event, we
recommend several approaches:
a.
Industry sponsorship -- showcase history of
companies in exchange for $10K
donation -- list of companies to be determined later with ASAIO Program
Committee
b.
Admission charge to ASAIO members -- flat rate
of $50 per person (ASAIO
member and guests)
c.
Foundations -- possibly Whitaker Foundation or
other Foundations who might
match funding raised from other sources
d.
ASAIO - allocate $25K to their organization's
50th anniversary event
e.
Local Arrangements Committee would like to
invite several other
Washington residents to join the committee -- George Schreiner, Bill DeVries,
Paul Kimmel
R.Kondratas and J.Chelnick
re-stated their offer to present objects in a One-Evening-Only exhibit for the
ASAIO membership. This would be a
special opportunity to see the artificial organ collection – objects in storage
and not normally seen by the public – for the ASAIO evening. For the next meeting, a list of objects will
be circulated to the Work Group for discussion of that display.
P.Portner inquired if ICMT would consider loaning some
of its objects from its strong collection for the exhibit. Y.Nose offered to
loan ICMT objects and any other means of assistance their museum can offer for
this event.
2.3
Behind-the-Scenes Tour
The group agreed that Behind-the-Scenes tour
would be redundant in light of the Reception and Display planned. M.Kurusz commented
that he had taken the Behind-the-Scenes tour last year, and had found it
interesting. Unfortunately it was only a
small group (15-18 people) who signed up for the tour.
2.4
Project Bionics Recommendations to the
2004 ASAIO Program Committee
S.McKellar recapped the discussions regarding the 50th
Anniversary Activities in terms of the recommendations the Work Group would
like to make to the 2004 ASAIO Program Committee. S.McKellar will
make these recommendations to the Program Committee on behalf of Project
Bionics See attached one-page Recommendations
to 2004 ASAIO Program Committee for 50th Anniversary Activities.
3.0
Project Activities Update
3.1
Dr Clarence Dennis Papers – S.McKellar
S.McKellar was pleased to report that she and P.Theerman will be traveling to Minneapolis/St.Paul on October 23-24 to box and ship Dr Dennis’s
personal papers to the National Library of Medicine for preservation and access
to researchers.
3.2
New Acquisitions
J.Chelnick reported on the new acquisitions to the
Smithsonian collections as a result of Project Bionics, including the FDA’s Yorick and the AbioCor artificial
heart implanted in Mr. Robert Tools.
Both of these items will be on display in the new year in the new
exhibit “Inventing Ourselves.”
Additional historical material is also being collected from the AbioCor artificial heart trial.
M.Kurusz provided a copy of the most recent issue of
Perfusion which contained the historical papers on the 50th
anniversary of cardiopulmonary bypass.
Project Bionics also received tapes (four in total) of the Jefferson
Medical College’s one-day symposium on John Gibbon and his heart-lung
machine. We thank M.Kurusz
for securing all the release forms so that this tape may be deposited in the
Project Bionics Documentation Collection #841 at the Smithsonian NMAH Archives.
3.3
Pioneer Interview Series – S.McKellar
Last year, our Work Group identified two
pioneers which whom to conduct video interviews. These two pioneers were Dr Willem, with whom
we conducted a 2-day interview, and Dr. Clarence Dennis, with whom an interview
was not possible but the collection of his papers was possible. A discussion followed as to the next two
interviews we should aim to conduct this year.
It was agreed that the next interview should
be with Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz in his research lab in
Detroit. P.Portner
and M.Kurusz agreed to serve as co-interviewers. A working group of P.Portner,
M.Kurusz, R.Kondratas, P.Theerman, J.Chelnick and S.McKellar will begin planning logistics and assembling
research materials and possible interview questions for this interview.
It was also agreed that, while in Michigan
with a film crew, we should also interview R.Bartlett
in his research lab in Ann Arbor. R.Bartlett suggested contacting R.Hershel
to conduct the interview. A working
group of R.Bartlett, R.Hershel,
R.Kondratas, P.Theerman, J.Chelnick and S.McKellar will
discuss logistics and interview approach.
At the suggestion of R.Kondratas,
the next video interview will be with Y.Nose at
Baylor College of Medicine and ICMT in Houston.
The Work Group agreed, and Y.Nose kindly
consented. It was suggested that D.Olsen would be a good interviewer for this
interview. Y.Nose
suggested that Project Bionics also interview M.DeBakey
and/or D.Cooley while in Houston. While there has been
several interviews by various medical groups with M.DeBakey,
it was agreed that we should consider this after conducting more research. S.McKellar will
contact D.Olsen about the possibility of interviewing
Y.Nose, and a working group will be struck thereafter
to plan this interview upon the completion of the Michigan interviews.
4.0
Other Business
4.1
The Willem Kolff
Foundation in Kampen, The Netherlands – Y.Nose
Herman Broers, the
director of the Willem Kolff Foundation, recently
contacted S.McKellar concerning the assistance of
Project Bionics towards the Willlem Kolff Foundation’s objective of retaining the history of
artificial organs.
Y.Nose reported on the recent Kolff
Festival, sponsored by the Willem Kolff Foundation,
that brought dialysis patients to Kampen, The
Netherlands in celebration of dialysis. Y.Nose outlined the objectives of the Foundation, including
the establishment of the Kolff Festival as an annual
event, the awarding of prizes to dialysis practitioners and patients, and the
goal of building a museum in Kampen.
The Work Group agreed that Project Bionics
should assist the Foundation in any way that it can, which would most likely be
in kind, rather than financial support.
You can visit the Willem Kolff Foundation
online at: http://www.willemkolffstichting.nl
4.2
Gordon Research Conference on Assisted
Circulation – A.Ciarkowski
A.Ciarkowski reported on the Gordon Research Conference
on Assisted Circulation, at which he promoted Project Bionics in a poster and
oral presentation. He stated that there
was much interest, and he hoped that support beyond just ASAIO members may be
forthcoming.
5.0
Next Meeting – March 2004
The next meeting is planned for March 2004 at the Smithsonian’s National
Museum of American History. At the meeting, the Work Group will be able to
visit the new “Re-Inventing Ourselves” exhibit, a 3-case exhibit that will
display Yorick and the Abiocor
total artificial heart implanted in Robert Tools.
6.0 Adjournment
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PROJECT BIONICS |
Recommendations
to 2004 ASAIO Program Committee for 50th Anniversary Activities
As per
Project Bionics Work Group meeting,
1.0
Historical Papers for 2004 ASAIO Program
Historical overviews/introductions to each
session – plenary and/or concurrent sessions – to tie into theme of conference
of Past, Present and Future – spread over 3 days
Invite respected ASAIO members to present
historical overview of their particular field – history related to today’s
achievements, ending with future direction – 30 to 45 minute talks – to be
considered:
·
“Early
Years of ASAIO” by George Schreiner
·
Renal –
J.Winchester
·
Extracorporeal
mechanical circulatory support – M.Kurusz
·
Implantable
cardiac devices – P.Portner
·
Membrane
oxygenators / lungs – R.Bartlett
·
Biomaterials
/ bioengineering – E.Leonards
·
Apheresis – Y.Nose
·
Overview
of field / history project – S.McKellar
2.0
Reception and Display at
the Smithsonian’s National
Complete cooperation/ facilitation of Work
Group members in planning reception at The Smithsonian
Special One-Evening Display on Artificial Organs organized and mounted
by Smithsonian curators for ASAIO reception
3.0
Gold Volume – “Celebrating 50
Years” of the ASAIO Society and Journal
Gold Volume to celebrate past 50 years of ASAIO society and of ASAIO
Journal – to include most significant and most representative papers published
in the ASAIO Journal in the past 50 years
Table of Contents (Draft)
·
“Early
Years of ASAIO” by George Schreiner (in hand now)
·
The
original ASAIO members (67 members)
·
List of
past 50 ASAIO meetings
·
List of
past 50 ASAIO Presidents
·
Photo
Essay
·
Nominated
“Best Papers” in ASAIO Journal over past 50 years
·
Selected
“Best Papers” in ASAIO Journal reprinted
Back Pocket – CD-Rom with full text of papers nominated as “Best Papers”
in ASAIO Journal
Gold Volume as part of Registration Kit – add $25 to Meeting
Registration to cover costs – additional copies will be made available for sale
at meeting