Boards & Committees - Annual Meeting
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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 Click on any category to view Co-Chairs and contact information. 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) | MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF LUNG FAILURE 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) 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 (Back to Top) |
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.
- Develop learning objectives for the Annual Meeting that are tied to the identified educational needs of the members.
- Ensure that the Annual Meeting Scientific Program meets the identified educational needs of the members and the established learning objectives.
- Develop the Annual Meeting Scientific Program content, including the selection of abstract presentations and the development and selection of symposia.
- Make revisions to the scientific program to ensure it continues to meet the educational needs of the members.
- Evaluate and make changes, as needed, to the format, structure, and content development process of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program