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Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (ALL)

2025 Scientific Program Chair
Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA
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Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP (ALL)

President
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA USA
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Caroline Patterson, BMBS, BMedSci, MD (ALL)

2025 Scientific Program Chair
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Goran Dellgren, MD, PhD (ALL)

2024 Scientific Program Chair
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Göteborg, Sweden, Sweden
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Chesney Castleberry, MD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Team Leader / Pediatrics Representative
Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin
Austin, TX USA
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Brandi Bottiger, MD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Representative
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC USA
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Sharon Chih, MBBS (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Canada
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Cesar Guerrero-Miranda, MD, FACC (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
Baylor Medical University Medical Center, Baylor Scott and White
Southlake, TX USA
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Clive Lewis, MA, MB, BChir, PhD, FFICM, FRCP (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA
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Cristiano Amarelli, MD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Monaldi Hospital
Napoli, Italy
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Emily Granger, MBBS (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiothoracic Sugery Representative
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia
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Jonathan Hand, MD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Infectious Diseases Representative
Ochsner Medical Center
New Orleans, LA USA
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Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Madison, WI USA
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Erik Henricksen, PharmD (HEART (PRE-TRANSPLANT))

Pharmacy Representative
Stanford Healthcare
San Francisco, CA USA
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Palak Shah, MD, MS (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Team Leader / Cardiology Representative
Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Falls Church, VA USA
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Jennifer Cook, MD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH USA
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Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Professional Community
Hospital 12 Octubre
Madrid, Spain
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Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiology Representative
UHN
Toronto, ON Canada
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Markus Barten, MD, PhD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
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Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
The University of Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
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Nicolas Mueller, MD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Infectious Diseases Representative
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
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Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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Gregory Fishbein, MD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Pathology Representative
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
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Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Pediatrics Representative
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH USA
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Jill Krisl, PharmD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Pharmacy Representative
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA
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Nina Pilat, MSc, PhD (HEART (POST-TRANSPLANT))

Research & Immunology Representative
Medical University of Vienna (MUW)
Wien, Austria
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Jesper Magnusson, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Team Leader / Pulmonology Representative
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden
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Archer Martin, MD (LUNG)

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Representative
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA
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Asvin Ganapathi, MD (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH USA
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Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Lund University
Lund, Sweden
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Nancy Law, DO, MPH (LUNG)

Infectious Diseases Representative
UCSD
San Diego, CA USA
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Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (LUNG)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Health
Chermside, Australia
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Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (LUNG)

Pathology Representative
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA
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Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (LUNG)

Pediatrics Representative
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA
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Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (LUNG)

Pharmacy Representative
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Potomac, MD USA
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Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (LUNG)

Pharmacy Representative
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN USA
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Daniel Chambers, MBBS, MRCP, FRACP, MD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
The Prince Charles Hospital
Ashgrove, Australia
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Don Hayes, MD, MS, MEd (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA
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Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX USA
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Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Representative
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA
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John Greenland, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Representative
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA
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Jose Gonzalez-Costello, MD, MSc, PhD (MCS)

Team Leader / Cardiology Representative
Bellvitge Hospital
Barcelona, Spain
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Barbara Wilkey, BSN, MPAS, MD (MCS)

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Representative
University of Colorado

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Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia
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María Florencia Renedo, MD (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
Hospital University Fundación Favaloro
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA
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Hannah Copeland, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Lutheran Medical Group
Fort Wayne, IN USA
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Jamila Kremer, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany
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Ezequiel Molina, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Piedmont Heart Institute
Atlanta, GA USA
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Sarah Schettle, PA-C, MS, MBA (MCS)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN USA
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Oliver Miera, (MCS)

Pediatrics Representative
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
Berlin, Germany
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Edward Horn, PharmD (MCS)

Pharmacy Representative
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA USA
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Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (MCS)

Research & Immunology Representative
Baylor Scott and White Health
Austin, TX USA
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Rebecca Klingbeil, DNP, CRNA, ARNP (PVD)

Team Leader / Nursing & Allied Health Representative
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA
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Raymond Benza, MD (PVD)

Cardiology Representative
Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
Scarsdale, NY USA
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Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (PVD)

Cardiology Representative
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Stefan Soderberg, MD, PhD (PVD)

Cardiology Representative
Umeå University, Dept of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Umeå, Sweden
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Christoph Knosalla, MD (PVD)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité
Berlin, Germany
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Maurice Beghetti, MD (PVD)

Pediatrics Representative
HUG, Children's University Hospital
Genève, Switzerland
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Laurent Godinas, Dr (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium
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Nicholas Kolaitis, MD (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
University of California, San Francisco
San Rafael, CA USA
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Deborah Levine, MD (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA

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