News from the American College of Surgeons: Past Jacobson Innovation Award Recipients

1994:	Professor Francois Dubois, Paris, France Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
1995:	Thomas Starzl, MD, FACS, Pittsburgh, PA Liver transplantation
1996:	Joel D. Cooper, MD, FACS, St. Louis, MO Lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery
1998:	Juan Carlos Parodi, MD, Buenos Aires, Argentina Treatment of arterial aneurysms, occlusive disease, and vascular injuries by using endovascular stented grafts
1999:	John F. Burke, MD, FACS, Boston, MA Development and implementation of a number of innovative techniques in burn care, including the co-development of an artificial skin (IntegraTM)
2000:	Paul L. Tessier, MD, FACS (Hon), Boulogne, France Development of a new surgical specialty (craniofacial surgery)
2001:	Thomas J. Fogarty, MD, FACS, Portola Valley, CA Design and development of industry standard minimally invasive surgical instrumentation, especially for cardiovascular surgery
2002:	Michael R. Harrison, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA Creator of the specialty of fetal surgery and developing techniques of fetoscopy for minimally invasive fetal technology.
2003:	Robert H. Bartlett, MD, FACS, Ann Arbor, MI Pioneer in the development and establishment of the first extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) program
2004:	Harry J. Buncke, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA Pioneer in the field of microsurgery and replantation

Revised July 14, 2005