American Board of Thoracic Surgery

The certifying board for thoracic and cardiac surgeons, holding the standard for those who operate on the heart, lungs, and chest.

  • www.abts.org
  • Citadel
  • Chicago, IL
  • Professional and scientific society
  • Read from public sources, Jul 2026
115named by peers

Financial profile

American Board of Thoracic Surgery · EIN 36-4111028 · 501(c)(6)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$2,904,080$0$2,744,752$2,220,376$24,983,170Dec 2023
FY2022$2,208,713$0$2,010,966$2,063,289$20,749,468Dec 2022
FY2021$2,529,487$0$2,218,500$2,190,549$24,489,789Dec 2021
FY2020$1,924,461$0$1,596,575$1,730,488$20,389,873Dec 2020
FY2019$2,591,444$0$2,175,174$2,078,109$18,390,587Dec 2019
FY2018$2,626,896$0$2,090,793$2,120,301$14,776,860Dec 2018

Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.

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Peer societies

Five societies American Board of Thoracic Surgery is read alongside.

Who backs ABTS

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs American Board of Thoracic Surgery's peers, but not American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Companies named publicly by at least one of American Board of Thoracic Surgery's five peer societies, and not found in American Board of Thoracic Surgery's reviewed public records.

CompanyAATSPeers
4DMedicalNamed1 of 1
A. Fassano & CompanyNamed1 of 1
AbbottSilver1 of 1
Able Medical DevicesNamed1 of 1
Acera SurgicalNamed1 of 1
Aegis MediTech, IncNamed1 of 1
Applied MedicalNamed1 of 1
Arthrex, Inc.Named1 of 1
ArtivionPlatinum1 of 1
AtriCurePlatinum1 of 1
AZPremier Platinum1 of 1
Beijing Puhui Biomedical Engineering Co., Ltd.Named1 of 1
Berlin Heart Inc.Named1 of 1
BFW, Inc.Named1 of 1
BimedisNamed1 of 1
BMSBronze1 of 1
CeevraNamed1 of 1
Centese, Inc.Named1 of 1
Chase MedicalNamed1 of 1
CircumFix SolutionsNamed1 of 1
ClearFlow, IncNamed1 of 1
Cook MedicalNamed1 of 1
Corcym Inc.Named1 of 1
Delacroix-Chevalier Surgical InstrumentsNamed1 of 1
Designs For Vision, Inc.Named1 of 1
DiaPharma GroupNamed1 of 1
EDDA Technology, Inc.Named1 of 1
EdwardsPremier Platinum1 of 1
Eli Lilly & CompanyNamed1 of 1
ElsevierNamed1 of 1
enablecvBronze1 of 1
Essential PharmaceuticalsNamed1 of 1
EthiconNamed1 of 1
Ethicon ChinaNamed1 of 1
Fehling Surgical Instruments Inc.Named1 of 1
Front1 Health PartnersNamed1 of 1
FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas CorporationNamed1 of 1
Fusion Innovations LLCNamed1 of 1
Galvanize Therapeutics, Inc.Named1 of 1
Genesee BioMedical, Inc.Named1 of 1
GetingeNamed1 of 1
Gore & AssociatesNamed1 of 1
Grena LtdNamed1 of 1
Grifols USA, LLCNamed1 of 1
GUNZE INTERNATIONAL USA, INCNamed1 of 1
Haemonetics Corp.Named1 of 1
HeartWorksNamed1 of 1
Hemostasis BioMedicalNamed1 of 1
HoloRay Inc.Named1 of 1
Innoviva Specialty TherapeuticsNamed1 of 1
IntegraNamed1 of 1
IntuitiveSilver1 of 1
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.Named1 of 1
JenaValveNamed1 of 1
JJGold1 of 1
Johnson & Johnson Heart RecoveryNamed1 of 1
Johnson & Johnson MedTechNamed1 of 1
Kapp Surgical Instrument Co.Named1 of 1
LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.Named1 of 1
LSIBronze1 of 1
Lung BioengineeringSilver1 of 1
LungpacerNamed1 of 1
MagvationBronze1 of 1
MastheadNamed1 of 1
Materialise HQNamed1 of 1
MedelaBronze1 of 1
Mediqus Asset Advisors, IncNamed1 of 1
MedistimNamed1 of 1
MedtronicPremier Platinum1 of 1
Merck and CoGold1 of 1
Nanjing Devin Medical Technology Co., LtdNamed1 of 1
NateraGold1 of 1
Nordson MedicalNamed1 of 1
Nuwellis, Inc.Named1 of 1
Oak Productions, Inc.Named1 of 1
Olympus America, Inc.Named1 of 1
On Target Laboratories, Inc.Named1 of 1
OpInstruments GmbHNamed1 of 1
OptellumNamed1 of 1
Osypka AGNamed1 of 1
Personalis, Inc.Named1 of 1
Peters Surgical USA (Vitalitec International Inc.)Named1 of 1
PRRI CardiothoracicNamed1 of 1
Pulse Biosciences, IncNamed1 of 1
Qure.aiNamed1 of 1
R&D Surgical USA IncNamed1 of 1
Razor GenomicsNamed1 of 1
RenibusNamed1 of 1
Rose Micro Solutions LLCNamed1 of 1
Rultract/Pemco Inc.Named1 of 1
ScanlanNamed1 of 1
Scanlan International, Inc.Named1 of 1
Seemine International Medical CompanyNamed1 of 1
Sontec Instruments, Inc.Named1 of 1
spargotestNamed1 of 1
SpecialtyCareNamed1 of 1
StrykerNamed1 of 1
Sunoptic Technologies LLCNamed1 of 1
Surgical RealityNamed1 of 1
Surgitel/General Scientific CorpNamed1 of 1
SYLKE INC.Named1 of 1
Synapse BiomedicalNamed1 of 1
Terumo AorticNamed1 of 1
Thompson RetractorNamed1 of 1
Thoracent, a Maverix companyNamed1 of 1
ThoraGenix Innovations, IncNamed1 of 1
Tisgenx, Inc.Named1 of 1
TransmedicsSilver1 of 1
Transonic Systems Inc.Named1 of 1
USB Medical, Ltd.Named1 of 1
Vascular Technology Inc.Named1 of 1
Waston MedicalNamed1 of 1
Wexler SurgicalNamed1 of 1
Zimmer BiometNamed1 of 1
ZiosoftNamed1 of 1

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The outside view

The certifying board for thoracic and cardiac surgeons, holding the standard for those who operate on the heart, lungs, and chest.

  • Authority
  • Preserve
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Citadel

Led from the center, built to endure.

The Citadel runs on clarity and decisiveness, its direction held by a strong center the whole organization moves behind. Its gift is speed and coherence, its challenge is leaning too heavily on the few at the middle.

Also reads toward The Guild and The Republic.

Strengths

→Decisions are clear and rarely second-guessed.
→Members trust that the institution will still be standing tomorrow.
→Strong operations keep the core running without drama.

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