Boards & Committees - Heart/Lung Registry

HEART/LUNG REGISTRY STEERING COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE MEMBERSQUICK LINKS
MEDICAL DIRECTOR2013 COMMITTEE MEETING

Tuesday, April 23, 3:30-5:00 PM
514B, Palais des congrès de Montréal



PAST REGISTRY MEDICAL DIRECTORS


Marshall Hertz, MD
2001-2012
Jeffrey D. Hosenpud, MD
1993-2001

Michael P. Kaye, MD
1987-1993
Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
801-585-2340
josef.stehlik@hsc.utah.edu

Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Stehlik received his medical degree from Charles University in Prague and Masters in Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his training in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Diseases at Allegheny General Hospital, MCP*Hahnemann University and advanced training in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Stehlik has been on faculty at the University of Utah since 2004 and serves as Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at the University of Utah Hospital and the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has been active in clinical work, education and research in the areas of advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: LUNG / HEART-LUNG
Jason D. Christie, MD, MS
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
215-573-3209
jchristi@mail.med.upenn.edu

Jason Christie, MD, MS, is the Section Chief of Medical Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Director of Clinical Research in the Pulmonary Division. His career is focused on translational research studies of the risks, pathogenesis, treatment, and outcomes of acute lung injury (ALI) in the transplant and non-transplant human populations..
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: ADULT HEART
ADULT HEART
Lars H. Lund, MD, PhD
Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, SWEDEN
011-467-0441
lars.lund@alumni.duke.edu

Bio coming soon...
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: ADULT LUNG
Roger D. Yusen, MD, MPH
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
314-454-8764
ryusen@dom.wustl.edu

Roger Yusen, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is a lung transplant pulmonologist and the medical director of the lung volume reduction surgery program at WUSM and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He focuses his research efforts on technology assessment in pulmonary and transplant medicine.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: PEDIATRIC HEART
Richard Kirk, MA, FRCP, FRCPCH
Freeman Hospital
Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM
44-191-213-7499
richard.kirk@nuth.nhs.uk

Dr. Richard Kirk trained at Christ's College, Cambridge University and Guy's Hospital graduating in 1979. His general paediatric training was principally undertaken in Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Alder Hey Children's Hospital (the largest children's hospital in Europe).  His specialist training in Paediatric Cardiology was undertaken at Harefield Hospital and Freeman Hospital in the UK, Boston Children's Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco in the USA and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in Australia.  Following his training, he was appointed consultant to the University Hospital of Wales and established the Paediatric and Fetal Cardiac Service for South Wales which achieved UK recognition as a centre of excellence. In 2001 he moved to Singapore and was Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the National University Hospital. In 2004 he returned to the UK and currently works in the Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Services at the Freeman Hospital.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: ASSISTANT PEDIATRIC HEART
Anne I. Dipchand, MD
Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
44-191-213-7499
anne.dipchand@sickkids.on.ca

Anne Dipchand, MD FRCPC, is Head of the Cardiac Transplant Program and a Staff Cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Toronto.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR: PEDIATRIC LUNG
Christian Benden, MD
University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
christian_benden@yahoo.de

Dr. Christian Benden is the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at the University Hospital Zurich and a Reader in Pulmonology and Transplant Medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Benden completed his pediatric training in Hannover (Germany) and London (United Kingdom). In addition, he trained in Pediatric Pulmonology and received specialist training in lung transplantation in London and Zurich. Dr. Benden is a well-recognized Pediatric Lung Transplant Physician, and a former Chair of the ISHLT Scientific Council on Pediatric Transplantation. His research interests include clinical aspects of lung transplantation, particularly in children and adolescents, experimental aspects of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, and cystic fibrosis lung disease.
OUTCOMES
Fabienne Dobbels, PhD
University Hospital Leuven
Leuven, BELGIUM
32-16-33-69-81
fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be

Dr. Dobbels is a psychologist with clinical experience in the field of heart transplantation. She is a professor at the Center for Health Services and Nursing Research at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Her key research topics include patient adherence, psychosocial issues and patient reported outcomes related to transplantation and other chronic illnesses.
OEO RELATIONS
Axel Rahmel, MD
Eurotransplant International Foundation
Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS
31-71-579-5795
a.rahmel@eurotransplant.org

Bio coming soon...
BIOSTATISTICS
Leah Edwards, PhD
United Network for Organ Sharing
Richmond, Virginia, USA
804-782-4945
Leah.Edwards@unos.org

Bio coming soon...
SAS ANALYST
Jaime Williamson
ISHLT Registry
Richmond, Virginia, USA
804-782-4945
Jaime.Williamson@unos.org

Bio coming soon...
TII LIAISON
Kathryn A. Philibin, RN
ISHLT / UNOS
Richmond, Virginia, USA
804-782-4854
Kathryn.Philibin@unos.org

Bio coming soon...
ASSISTANT BIOSTATISTICIAN
Anna Kucheryavaya, MS
United Network for Organ Sharing
Richmond, Virginia, USA
804-782-4764
Anna.Kucheryavaya@unos.org

Bio coming soon...
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