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James C. Thoroughman, MD, attended Emory College and the Emory University School of Medicine, graduating in 1927. Following his internship and surgical residency at Grady Memorial Hospital, he moved to China and served as chief surgeon of hospitals in Changchow and Soochow. During WWII he served in the U.S. Army, returning to China in 1946. From 1953 until his retirement in 1969, he was chief of surgical services at the Atlanta V.A. Medical Center. He also helped found and served as president of both the Association of Veterans Administration Surgeons and the Georgia Surgical Society.

In addition to being an outstanding teacher and clinical investigator, Dr. Thoroughman was a prominent advocate for the Atlanta VA–Emory University alliance as an exemplary system for surgical education. Dr. Thoroughman's surgical trainees formed the J.C. Thoroughman Surgical Society in 1956, later initiating the J.C. Thoroughman Visiting Professorship after his death in 1972. Throughout the years, the lectureship — which coincides with the society's annual meeting — has presented key figures in the field of vascular surgery.

J.C. Thoroughman Professorship Speakers, 1992 – To Date
Speaker	Affiliation	Topic	Date
Gregorio A. Sicard, MD	Eugene M. Bricker Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery; Division Head, General Surgery; Section Head, Vascular Surgery; Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis	The Training of Vascular Surgeons in an Endovascular Era	2/7/08
Gregory L. Moneta, MD	Professor of Surgery and Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University	Evaluation and Management of Upper Extremity Ischemia	5/3/07
James M. Seeger, MD	Professor of Surgery, Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Associate Chairman, University of Florida	Changing Times in Vascular Surgery Training: Primary Certification And Beyond	3/16/06
Thomas S. Riles, MD	George David Stewart Professor of Surgery and Chair, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine	The Changing Paradigm for Surgical Education	3/24/05
Jack L. Cronenwett, MD	Professor of Surgery, Dartmouth Medical School; Chief, Section of Vascular Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center	Improving the Care of Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	4/8/04
William H. Pearce, MD	Violet R. and Charles A. Baldwin Professor of Vascular Surgery Chief, Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL	Update on the Pathogenesis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	3/13/03
William M. Abbott, MD	Professor of Surgery, Chief of Vascular Surgery Emeritus, Massachusetts General Hospital	Arterial Prostheses: The Challenge Unmet	2/14/02
Larry H. Hollier, MD	Julius H. Jacobson II, Professor of Vascular Surgery, Chairman, Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY	The Role of Endovascular Surgery in Complex Aortic Disease	11/4/00
Mr. Peter L. Harris,	Directorate of Vascular and Transplant Services, The Royal Liverpool University Hospitals, Broadgreen and Liverpool, UK	Anastomotic Engineering	11/13/99
James S.T. Yao, MD, PhD	Northwestern University	Atheroembolism: A Clinical Challenge	11/14/98
Jerry Goldstone, MD	Case Western University	Controversies and Complexities in the Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms	11/8/97
Lazar J. Greenfield, MD	University of Michigan	Update on Thromboembolism	11/2/96
G. Patrick Clagett, MD	University of Texas	Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: An Update	11/4/95
Calvin B. Ernst, MD	Henry Ford Hospital	Contemporary Management of Infrarenal and Pararenal AAA	10/27/94
Norman R. Hertzer, MD	Cleveland Clinic Foundation	Quality Control in Vascular Surgery: Results Mean Everything	9/23/93
Robert B. Rutherford, MD	University of Colorado	Options in the Management of Aortoiliac Disease	10/1/92

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