{"id":2709,"date":"2009-10-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wilcox\/"},"modified":"2018-05-23T13:17:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T17:17:58","slug":"wilcox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wilcox\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoracic surgery directors name award in honor of Dr. Wilcox"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='image-section'>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/surgery\/ct\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/690\/2018\/05\/wilcox-image2.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"image2\"><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Benson R. Wilcox, M.D.<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Thoracic Surgery Directors Association has renamed its Resident Award the Benson Wilcox Award for Best Resident Paper in honor of Benson R. Wilcox, M.D., former president of the TSDA. Dr. Wilcox is a professor of surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is emeritus chief of the UNC Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Best Resident Paper award is presented annually at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons&#8217; annual meeting for the best scientific abstract submitted by a cardiothoracic surgery resident. <\/p>\n<p>TSDA is a group of doctors who are directors of cardiothoracic surgery residency programs across the United States. Dr. Wilcox was instrumental in establishing TSDA and drafting the association\u2019s bylaws. Dr. Wilcox, a heart surgeon, is a longtime leader in cardiothoracic surgery education and was TSDA\u2019s first secretary\/treasurer from 1977-1980. 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