Past Presidents
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Jason Christie, MD, MS (2023-2024)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA USA

Andreas Zuckermann, MD (2022-2023)
Medical University of Vienna
Wien, Austria

Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH (2021-2022)
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA

Joseph Rogers, MD (2020-2021)
Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX USA

Stuart Sweet, MD, PhD (2019-2020)
Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO USA

Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD (2018-2019)
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA USA

Andrew Fisher, FRCP, PhD (2017-2018)
Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Maryl Johnson, MD (2016-2017)
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI USA

Duane Davis, MD, MBA (2015-2016)
Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL USA

Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD (2014-2015)
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Allan Glanville, MBBS, MD, FRACP (2013-2014)
St. Vincent's Hospital
Bilgola Beach, Australia

David Taylor, MD (2012-2013)

Lori West, MD, DPhil (2011-2012)
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada

John Dark, MB, FRCS (2010-2011)
Newcastle University
Hexham, United Kingdom

James Kirklin, MD (2009-2010)
Kirklin Solutions
Birmingham, AL USA

Mandeep Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP (2008-2009)
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA

Paul Corris, MB, FRCP (2007-2008)
Freeman Hospital
Thame, United Kingdom

Robert Robbins, MD (2006-2007)
Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX USA

Mark Barr, MD (2005-2006)
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA USA

Alec Patterson, MD (2004-2005)
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA

Jon Kobashigawa, MD (2003-2004)
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Beverly Hills, CA USA

Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2002-2003)
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

James Young, MD (2001-2002)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH USA

Anne Keogh, MBBS, MD (2000-2001)
St. Vincent's Hospital
Darlinghurst, Australia

Robert Kormos, MD, FRCS(C), FACS (1999-2000)
Abbott
Austin, TX USA

Alan Menkis, DDS, MD, FRCS(C) (1998-1999)
McMaster University
Winnipeg, Canada

Leslie Miller, MD (1997-1998)
Baycare Health
Dunedin, FL USA

William Baumgartner, MD (1996-1997)
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Sanibel, FL USA

Sharon Hunt, MD (1995-1996)
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA USA

John Wallwork, FRCS, FMedSci (1994-1995)
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Eric Rose, MD (1993-1994)
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY USA

John O'Connell, MD (1992-1993)
Sunset, SC USA

Christian Cabrol, MD (1991-1992)

Margaret Billingham, MD (1990-1991)

Bruno Reichart, MD (1988-1990)
Starnberg, Germany

Stuart Jamieson, MB, FRCS (1986-1988)
UC San Diego Health System
La Jolla, CA USA

Sir Terence English, KBE, FRCS (1984-1986)
Oxford, United Kingdom

Jack Copeland, MD (1982-1984)
Fort Wayne, IN USA
