Boards & Committees - Annual Meeting


2010-2011
ISHLT Annual Meeting
Scientific Program Committee


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COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Scientific Program Chair:
Richard N. Pierson, III, MD

Co-Chairs (in alphabetical order):
Annalisa Angelini, MD (PTH)
Selim M. Arcasoy, MD (LHL, CLF, PTCL)
Christian Benden, MD (PED)
Raymond L. Benza, MD (PAH)
John Dark, MB, FRCS (LBC)
Marion Delcroix, MD, PhD (PAH)
Juan F. Delgado Jimenez, MD (CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT)
Daniel F. Dilling, MD (LHL, CLF, PTCL)
James F. George, PhD (BSI, IMB, IMA, IMC, CTE, XTX)
Bronwyn J. Levvey, RN, Grad Dip Clin Ep (NSS, SS, QOL, HE, ETH)
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD (CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT)
Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD (MCS)
Michael G. Petty, PhD(c), RN, CCNS, CNS (NSS, SS, QOL, HE, ETH)
Evgenij V. Potapov, MD, PhD (MCS)
Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD (MCS)
Marlene Rose, PhD (BSI, IMB, IMA, IMC, CTE, XTX)
Bruce R. Rosengard, MD, FRCS (DMD)
Heather J. Ross, MD, MHSc, FRCP(c) (CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT)
Fernanda Silveira, MD (ID)
Lynne W. Stevenson, MD (CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT)
Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD (PED)
Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD (CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT)
Vincent G. Valentine, MD (ID)
Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD (DMD)
Lori J. West, MD, DPhil (BSI, IMA, IMB, IMC, CTE, XTX
Glen P. Westall, FRACP, PhD (LHL, CLF, PTCL)
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM CATEGORIES

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BSI, IMB, IMA, IMC, CTE, XTX - Basic Science, Immunobiology, Immunosuppression - Animal, Immunosuppression - Clinical, Cell Transplantation/Tissue Engineering, Xenotransplantation
CHF, CHT, PTCH, NAT - Medical Management of Heart Failure and Candidate Selection, Post Transplant Complications - Heart, Clinical Heart Transplantation, New Alternative Therapies
DMD - Donor Management, Organ Preservation, Organ Allocation
ID - Infectious Diseases
LBC - Late Breaking Clinical Trials
LHL, CLF, PTCL - Medical Management of Lung Failure and Candidate Selection, Clinical Lung/Heart-Lung Transplantation, Post Transplant Complications - Lung
MCS - Mechanical Circulatory Support
NSS, SS, QOL, HE, ETH - Nursing Sciences, Social Sciences, Quality of Life, Health Economics, Ethics
PED - Pediatrics
PTH - Pathology
PAH - Pulmonary Hypertension


CONTACT INFORMATION

PROGRAM CHAIR

Richard N. Pierson, III, MD
Univ of Maryland-Baltimore
22 South Greene St
N4W94
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-328-5842
410-328-2750 (fax)
rpierson@smail.umaryland.edu

BASIC SCIENCE (BSI), IMMUNOBIOLOGY (IMB),
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION - ANIMAL (IMA),
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION - CLINICAL (IMC),
CELL TRANSPLANTATION/TISSUE ENGINEERING (CTE)
XENOTRANSPLANTATION (XTX)

James F. George, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
701 19th St. South
Room 739, ZRB
Birmingham, AL 35294-0007
205-934-4261
205-975-0085 (fax)
jgeorge@uab.edu

Marlene Rose, PhD
Harefield Hospital
Heart Science Centre
Transplant Immunology
Harefield, Middlesex UB9 6JH
UNITED KINGDOM
44-1895-828-575
44-1895-828-900 (fax)
marlene.rose@imperial.ac.uk

Lori J. West, MD, D.Phil
University of Alberta
Alberta Diabetes Institute
6-002 Health Research Innov. Facility E.
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1
CANADA
780-492-3200
780-492-8239 (fax)
ljwest@ualberta.ca

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MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE AND
CANDIDATE SELECTION (CHF),
POST TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS - HEART (PTCH),
CLINICAL HEART TRANSPLANTATION (CHT),
NEW ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES (NAT)

Juan F. Delgado Jimenez, MD
Hospital Doce de Octubre
Avenida de Cordoba sn
Dept of Cardiology
Madrid 28041
SPAIN
34-91-390-8669
fdelgadoj@meditex.es

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD
Univ of Maryland School of Medicine
Div of Cardiology, Room S3B06
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-328-7716
410-328-4382 (fax)
mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu

Heather J. Ross, MD, MHSc, FRCP(c)
Toronto General Hospital
585 University Ave, NCSB 11C-1203
Toronto, ON M5G 2N2
CANADA
416-340-3482
416-340-4134 (fax)
heather.ross@uhn.on.ca

Lynne W. Stevenson, MD
Brigham & Women's Hospital
75 Francis Street
Cardiovascular Division
Boston, MA 02115
617-732-7406
617-264-5265 (fax)
lstevenson@partners.org

Jeffrey J. Teuteberg, MD
University of Pittsburgh/Presbyerian
Scaife Hall, Suite S550
200 Lothrop St
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-647-7168
412-647-0595 (fax)
teutebergjj@upmc.edu

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DONOR MANAGEMENT, ORGAN PRESERVATION,
ORGAN ALLOCATION (DMD)

Bruce R. Rosengard, MD, FRCS
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cardiac Surgical Unit
55 Fruit St Cox 658
Boston, MA 02114-2696
617-643-0768
617-724-8834 (fax)
brosengard@partners.org

Dirk Van Raemdonck, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
Dept of Thoracic Surgery
Herestraat 49
Leuven 3000
BELGIUM
32-16-34-68-23
32-16-34-68-24 (fax)
dirk.vanraemdonck@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (ID)

Fernanda P. Silveira, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
3601 Fifth Ave
Suite 3A
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-648-6512
412-648-6399 (fax)
silveirafd@upmc.edu

Vincent G. Valentine, MD
UTMB
5.112 John Sealy Annex
Route 0561, 301 University Blvd
Galveston, TX 77555-0561
409-772-3115
409-747-1901 (fax)
vgvalent@utmb.edu

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LATE BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS (LBC)

John Dark, MB, FRCS
Freeman Hospital
Cardiothoracic Center
Freeman Road, Room 115
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7DN
UNITED KINGDOM
44-191-223-1450
44-191-223-1152 (fax)
j.h.dark@ncl.ac.uk

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AND CANDIDATE SELECTION (CLF)
CLINICAL LUNG/HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION (LHL)
POST TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS - LUNG (PTCL)

Selim M. Arcasoy, MD
Columbia University
PH-14 East Room 104
622 West 168th Street
New York, NY 10032
212-305-6589
212-342-5382 (fax)
sa2059@columbia.edu

Daniel F. Dilling, MD
Loyola Univ Medical Center
2160 S. First Ave
Building 54, Room 131A
Maywood, IL 60153
708-216-5402
708-216-6839 (fax)
ddillin@lumc.edu

Glen P. Westall, FRACP, PhD
Alfred Hospital
Dept of Respiratory Medicine
Commercial Road, Prahran
Melbourne VIC 3181
AUSTRALIA
61-3-9276-3600
61-3-9276-3601 (fax)
g.westall@alfred.org.au

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MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT (MCS)

Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD
University of Michigan Health System
5144 Cardiovascular Center
1500 E Medical Center Dr; SPC # 5864
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5864
734-647-2894
734-764-2255 (fax)
fpagani@umich.edu

Evgenij V. Potapov, MD, PhD
German Heart Institute
Augustenburger Platz 1
Dept of CT & Vascular Surgery
Berlin 73353
GERMANY
49-30-4593-2065
potapov@dhzb.de

Hermann Reichenspurner,  MD, PhD
University Heart Centre Hamburg Eppendorf
Dept of CV Surgery
Martinistr. 52
Hamburg D-20246
GERMANY
49-40-74105-2440
49-40-74105-4931 (fax)
hcr@uke.de

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NURSING SCIENCES (NSS), SOCIAL SCIENCES (SS),
QUALITY OF LIFE (QOL), HEALTH ECONOMICS (HE),
ETHICS (ETH)

Bronwyn J. Levvey, RN, Grad Dip Clin Ep
Alfred Hospital
Lung Transplant Service, AIRMed
5th Floor, Commercial Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
AUSTRALIA
61-3-9076-3829
61-3-9076-8225 (fax)
b.levvey@alfred.org.au

Michael G. Petty, PhD(c), RN, CCNS, CNS
Univ. of Minn. Med. Ctr., Fairview
PCU 6C
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-273-5607
612-273-4479 (fax)
mpetty1@fairview.org

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PEDIATRICS (PED)

Christian Benden, MD
University Hospital Zurich
Div of Pulmonary Medicine
Raemistr 100
Zurich CH 8091
SWITZERLAND
41-442-552-186
41-442-558-997 (fax)
christian_benden@yahoo.de

Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Div of Allergy/Pulmonary Medicine
Box 8116-NWT, One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
314-454-2694
314-454-2515 (fax)
sweet@kids.wustl.edu

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PATHOLOGY (PTH)

Annalisa Angelini, MD
University of Padua
Anatomia Patologica
Via Gabelli, 61
Padova 35121
ITALY
390-49-827-2260
390-49-827-2205 (fax)
annalisa.angelini@unipd.it

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PULMONARY HYPERTENSION (PAH)

Raymond L. Benza, MD
Allegheny General Hospital
320 East North Avenue
16th Floor-South Tower
Pittsburgh, PA 15212
412-359-3584
412-359-6544 (fax)
rbenza@wpahs.org

Marion Delcroix, MD
University Hospital Leuven
Dept of Pneumology
Herestraat 49
Leuven 3000
BELGIUM
32-16-34-68-33
32-16-34-38-47 (fax)
marion.delcroix@uzleuven.be

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COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
  • The Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee shall consist of a Vice-Chair appointed by the President-Elect and a Chair who shall rotate into the position after serving as Vice-Chair. Chair and Vice-Chair terms are one year each.
  • The members of the Education Committee shall serve as member of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee.
  • The Chair shall appoint sufficient additional committee members to reflect the disciplines of the abstract categories and to ensure, to the extent possible, representation from among the various geographic and specialty constituencies of the Society. Such terms are for one year.
  • The Immediate Past Chair, the Editor of the Journal, the President, and the Chair of the Development Committee shall also serve as members of the Program Committee.
  • If not already an elected Board member, the Chair of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and shall also serve as a member of the Education Committee.
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. Develop learning objectives for the Annual Meeting that are tied to the identified educational needs of the members.
  2. Ensure that the Annual Meeting Scientific Program meets the identified educational needs of the members and the established learning objectives.
  3. Develop the Annual Meeting Scientific Program content, including the selection of abstract presentations and the development and selection of symposia.
  4. Make revisions to the scientific program to ensure it continues to meet the educational needs of the members.
  5. Evaluate and make changes, as needed, to the format, structure, and content development process of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program
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