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The ISHLT Board of Directors is comprised of 15 individuals: the four Officers (Past President, President, President-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer) and eleven Directors, reflecting the geographic and disciplinary constituencies of the Society. The Editor of the JHLT, the Medical Director of the Registry, the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Chair, the Chair of the Development Committee, and the Executive Director serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board.


2010-2011 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Name, Position, Year Term Expires

John Dark, MB, FRCS, President, 2012
Lori J. West, MD, DPhil, President-Elect, 2013
James K. Kirklin, MD, Past-President, 2011
Duane Davis, MD, Secretary Treasurer, 2013
Raymond L. Benza, MD, Director, 2013
Susan M. Chernenko, RN, MN, NP, Director, 2012
Maria G. Crespo-Leiro, MD, Director, 2013
James F. George, PhD, Director, 2013
Allan R. Glanville, MD, FRACP, Director, 2012
Jayan Parameshwar, FRCP, Director, 2011
Patricia A. Uber, PharmD, Director, 2013
J. David Vega, MD, Director, 2012
Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD, Director, 2013
Florian M. Wagner, MD, Director, 2012
Andreas O. Zuckermann, MD, Director, 2011


EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD, Editor, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Marshall I. Hertz, MD, Transplant Registry Medical Director, 2011
Richard N. Pierson, III, MD, Scientific Program Chair, 2011
Amanda Rowe, ISHLT Executive Director


CONTACT INFORMATION

PRESIDENT

John Dark, 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

PRESIDENT ELECT

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

PAST PRESIDENT

James K. Kirklin, MD
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1900 University Blvd
760 THT
Birmingham, AL 35294-1926
205-934-3368
205-975-2553 (fax)
jkirklin@uab.edu

SECRETARY TREASURER

Duane Davis, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3864, Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
919-681-4760
919-681-4797 (fax)
davis053@mc.duke.edu

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DIRECTORS

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

Susan M. Chernenko, RN, MN, NP
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON M6S 1S6
CANADA
416-340-4800 x 6574
416-340-3609 (fax)
susan.chernenko@uhn.on.ca

Maria G. Crespo-Leiro, MD
Hospital Universitario A Coruņa
 y Trasplante Cardiaco
Xubias 84
La Coruņa 15006
SPAIN
34-981-178-304
34-981-178-299 (fax)
Marisa.Crespo.Leiro@sergas.es

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

Allan R. Glanville, MD, FRACP
St. Vincent 's Hospital
Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit
Xavier 4, Victoria St, Darlinghurst
Sydney NSW 2010
AUSTRALIA
61-2-8382-3257
61-2-8382-3084 (fax)
aglanville@stvincents.com.au

Jayan Parameshwar, FRCP
Papworth Hospital
Papworth Everard/Transplant Unit
Cambridge CB3 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM
44 1480 830 541 or 44 1480 364 453
44 1480 364 610 (fax)
jayan.parameshwar@papworth.nhs.uk

Patricia A. Uber, PharmD
University of Maryland
22 South Greene St
S3B06
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-328-3140
410-328-4382 (fax)
puber@medicine.umaryland.edu

J. David Vega, MD
Emory Clinic
Room A-2215
1365 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-778-5289
404-778-4346 (fax)
david.vega@emory.edu

Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
49, Herestraat
Leuven 3000
BELGIUM
32-16-34-68-09
32-16-34-68-03 (fax)
geert.verleden@uzleuven.be

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Florian M Wagner, MD
University Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf
Dept. of CV Surgery
Martinistr. 52
Hamburg D-20246
GERMANY
49-40-74105-8949
49-40-74105-7926 (fax)
fl.wagner@uke.de

Andreas O. Zuckermann, MD
University of Vienna
Dept of Surgery; Div of Cardiothoracic
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
Vienna A-1090
AUSTRIA
43-1-40400-5643
43-1-40400-5642 (fax)
andreas.zuckermann@meduniwien.ac.at
EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

JHLT EDITOR


Mandeep R. Mehra, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Room S3B06
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-328-7716
Fax: 410-328-4382
Email: mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu

TRANSPLANT REGISTRY MEDICAL DIRECTOR

Marshall I. Hertz, MD
University of Minnesota
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
420 Delaware Street, SE
MMC 398
Minneapolis, MN 55455
612-624-0999
612-625-2174 (fax)
hertz001@umn.edu

2011 SCIENTIFIC 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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Amanda Rowe
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
14673 Midway Road, Suite 200
Addison, TX  75001
972-490-9495
972-490-9499 (fax)
amanda.rowe@ishlt.org