ISHLT Announces Results of 2025 Election for Board of Directors + Professional Communities
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) has announced the results of its 2025 elections, confirming a new leadership team for the Board of Directors and Professional Community Representatives. Voting was robust, with engagement reflecting diverse representation across specialties and regions. The new three-year terms begin on 1 May 2025, immediately following the 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions in Boston.
Newly elected board members include:
President-Elect: Peter Hopkins, FRACP (Australia)
Secretary: Stephan Ensminger, MD, DPhil (Germany) (2-year term)
Director: Filio (Phyllis) Billia, MD, PhD, (Canada)
Director: Robin Vos, MD, PhD, (Belgium)
Director: Angela Velleca, MHDS, BSN, RN, CCTC (USA)
The composition of the 2025-2026 ISHLT Board:
Members in seven of the 10 ISHLT Professional Communities (PCs) also voted for PC leaders. ISHLT professional community leaders represent their community to the ISHLT Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees, which direct activities in ISHLT’s pillars of Heart Failure and Transplantation, Lung Failure and Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support, and Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH).
ANESTHESIOLOGY & CRITICAL CARE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
ALFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Alessandra Verzelloni Sef, MD, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Uxbridge, Hillingdon, UK
MCS Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Vera von Dossow, Prof., MD, Heart and Diabetes center Bad Oeynhausen, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
AHFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Roxana Moayedifar, MD, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
ALFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Mauricio Villavicencio, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
MCS Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Julia Riebandt, MD, PhD, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
INFECTIOUS DISEASES PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
Early Career & Trainee Committee Representative
Madeleine Heldman, MD, MS, Duke University, Durham, NC USA
MCS Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Jennifer Chow, MD, MS, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA USA
PVD Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Yoichiro Natori, MD, MPH, Miami Transplant Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL USA
NURSING & ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
AHFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Christiana Gjelaj, DNP, Montefiore Medical Center, Scarsdale, NY USA
Early Career & Trainee Committee Representative
Morgan Wahl, RN, BSN, Inova Fairfax, Falls Church, VA USA
PHARMACY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
PVD Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Heidi Brink, PharmD, BCPS, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE USA
PULMONOLOGY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
ALFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Carli Lehr, MD, PhD, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH USA
PVD Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Colin Church, BSC(Hons), PhD, FRCP, Golden Jubilee National University Hospital, UK
RESEARCH & IMMUNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY
AHFTX Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
Early Career & Trainee Committee Representative
Julie Semenchuk, BSc, MD, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
MCS Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Kadir Caliskan, MD, PhD, FESC, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherland
PVD Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee Representative
Roberto Badagliacca, MD, PhD, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees.