
ISHLT 45th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions
Sunday, 27 April – Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center
Boston, MA USA
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Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (ALL)
2025 Scientific Program ChairStanford University
Stanford, CA USA

Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP (ALL)
PresidentBoston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA USA

Caroline Patterson, BMBS, BMedSci, MD (ALL)
2026 Scientific Program ChairRoyal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Goran Dellgren, MD, PhD (ALL)
2024 Scientific Program ChairSahlgrenska University Hospital
Göteborg, Sweden, Sweden

Chesney Castleberry, MD (HEART)
Team Leader / Pediatrics RepresentativeDell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin
Austin, TX USA

Palak Shah, MD, MS (HEART)
Team Leader / Cardiology RepresentativeInova Heart and Vascular Institute
Falls Church, VA USA

Brandi Bottiger, MD (HEART)
Anesthesiology & Critical Care RepresentativeDuke University Hospital
Durham, NC USA

Sharon Chih, MBBS (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeUniversity of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Canada

Jennifer Cook, MD (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeUniversity of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH USA

Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (HEART)
Cardiology Professional CommunityHospital 12 Octubre
Madrid, Spain

Cesar Guerrero-Miranda, MD, FACC (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeBaylor Medical University Medical Center, Baylor Scott and White
Southlake, TX USA

Clive Lewis, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, FFICM, FRCP (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeRoyal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeUHN
Toronto, ON Canada
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Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (HEART)
Cardiology RepresentativeUniversity of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA

Cristiano Amarelli, MD (HEART)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeMonaldi Hospital
Napoli, Italy

Markus Barten, MD, PhD (HEART)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeUniversity Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

Emily Granger, MBBS (HEART)
Cardiothoracic Sugery RepresentativeSt. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia

Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (HEART)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeThe University of Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, Japan

Jonathan Hand, MD (HEART)
Infectious Diseases RepresentativeOchsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA USA

Nicolas Mueller, MD (HEART)
Infectious Diseases RepresentativeUniversity of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (HEART)
Nursing & Allied Health RepresentativeUniversity of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (HEART)
Nursing & Allied Health RepresentativeUniversity of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Madison, WI USA

Gregory Fishbein, MD (HEART)
Pathology RepresentativeDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (HEART)
Pediatrics RepresentativeCleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH USA

Erik Henricksen, PharmD (HEART)
Pharmacy RepresentativeStanford Healthcare
San Francisco, CA USA

Nina Pilat, MSc, PhD (HEART)
Research & Immunology RepresentativeMedical University of Vienna (MUW)
Wien, Austria

Jesper Magnusson, MD, PhD (LUNG)
Team Leader / Pulmonology RepresentativeSahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden

Archer Martin, MD (LUNG)
Anesthesiology & Critical Care RepresentativeMayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA

Asvin Ganapathi, MD (LUNG)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeOhio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH USA

Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (LUNG)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeWallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Nancy Law, DO, MPH (LUNG)
Infectious Diseases RepresentativeUCSD
San Diego, CA USA

Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (LUNG)
Nursing & Allied Health RepresentativeThe Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Health
Chermside, Australia

Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (LUNG)
Pathology RepresentativeDuke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA

Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (LUNG)
Pediatrics RepresentativeStanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA

Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (LUNG)
Pharmacy RepresentativeInova Fairfax Hospital
Potomac, MD USA

Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (LUNG)
Pharmacy RepresentativeVanderbilt University
Nashville, TN USA

Daniel Chambers, MBBS, MRCP, FRACP, MD (LUNG)
Pulmonology RepresentativeThe Prince Charles Hospital
Ashgrove, Australia

Don Hayes, MD, MS, MEd (LUNG)
Pulmonology RepresentativeCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA

Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (LUNG)
Pulmonology RepresentativeUT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX USA

Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (LUNG)
Research & Immunology RepresentativeNational Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA

John Greenland, MD, PhD (LUNG)
Research & Immunology RepresentativeUniversity of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA

Jose Gonzalez-Costello, MD, MSc, PhD (MCS)
Team Leader / Cardiology RepresentativeBellvitge Hospital
Barcelona, Spain

Barbara Wilkey, BSN, MPAS, MD (MCS)
Anesthesiology & Critical Care RepresentativeUniversity of Colorado

Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (MCS)
Cardiology RepresentativeSt. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia

María Florencia Renedo, MD (MCS)
Cardiology RepresentativeHospital University Fundación Favaloro
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (MCS)
Cardiology RepresentativeVanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

Hannah Copeland, MD (MCS)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeLutheran Medical Group
Fort Wayne, IN USA

Jamila Kremer, MD (MCS)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeUniversity Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany

Ezequiel Molina, MD (MCS)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativePiedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, GA USA

Sarah Schettle, PA-C, MS, MBA (MCS)
Nursing & Allied Health RepresentativeMayo Clinic
Rochester, MN USA

Oliver Miera, (MCS)
Pediatrics RepresentativeDeutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
Berlin, Germany

Edward Horn, PharmD (MCS)
Pharmacy RepresentativeUniversity of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA

Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (MCS)
Research & Immunology RepresentativeBaylor Scott and White Health
Austin, TX USA

Rebecca Klingbeil, DNP, CRNA, ARNP (PVD)
Team Leader / Nursing & Allied Health RepresentativeMayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA

Raymond Benza, MD (PVD)
Cardiology RepresentativeMount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
Scarsdale, NY USA

Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (PVD)
Cardiology RepresentativeUniversity of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA

Stefan Soderberg, MD, PhD (PVD)
Cardiology RepresentativeUmeå University, Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Umeå, Sweden

Christoph Knosalla, MD (PVD)
Cardiothoracic Surgery RepresentativeDeutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
Berlin, Germany

Maurice Beghetti, MD (PVD)
Pediatrics RepresentativeHUG, Children's University Hospital
Genève, Switzerland

Laurent Godinas, Dr (PVD)
Pulmonology RepresentativeUZ Leuven Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium

Nicholas Kolaitis, MD (PVD)
Pulmonology RepresentativeUniversity of California, San Francisco
San Rafael, CA USA

Deborah Levine, MD (PVD)
Pulmonology RepresentativeStanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA