Past Presidents

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Jason Christie, MD, MS (2023-2024)


University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA USA
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Andreas Zuckermann, MD (2022-2023)


Medical University of Vienna
Wien, Austria
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Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH (2021-2022)


Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA
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Joseph Rogers, MD (2020-2021)


Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX USA
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Stuart Sweet, MD, PhD (2019-2020)


Washington University in St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO USA
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Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD (2018-2019)


Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA USA
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Andrew Fisher, FRCP, PhD (2017-2018)


Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Maryl Johnson, MD (2016-2017)


University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI USA
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Duane Davis, MD, MBA (2015-2016)


Florida Hospital
Orlando, FL USA
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Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD (2014-2015)


University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
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Allan Glanville, MBBS, MD, FRACP (2013-2014)


St. Vincent's Hospital
Bilgola Beach, Australia
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David Taylor, MD (2012-2013)




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Lori West, MD, DPhil (2011-2012)


University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
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John Dark, MB, FRCS (2010-2011)


Newcastle University
Hexham, United Kingdom
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James Kirklin, MD (2009-2010)


Kirklin Solutions
Birmingham, AL USA
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Mandeep Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP (2008-2009)


Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
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Paul Corris, MB, FRCP (2007-2008)


Freeman Hospital
Thame, United Kingdom
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Robert Robbins, MD (2006-2007)


Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX USA
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Mark Barr, MD (2005-2006)


University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA USA
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Alec Patterson, MD (2004-2005)


Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA
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Jon Kobashigawa, MD (2003-2004)


Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Beverly Hills, CA USA
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Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD, FRCS (2002-2003)


Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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James Young, MD (2001-2002)


Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH USA
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Anne Keogh, MBBS, MD (2000-2001)


St. Vincent's Hospital
Darlinghurst, Australia
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Robert Kormos, MD, FRCS(C), FACS (1999-2000)


Abbott
Austin, TX USA
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Alan Menkis, DDS, MD, FRCS(C) (1998-1999)


McMaster University
Winnipeg, Canada
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Leslie Miller, MD (1997-1998)


Baycare Health
Dunedin, FL USA
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William Baumgartner, MD (1996-1997)


Johns Hopkins Medicine
Sanibel, FL USA
Headshot of Sharon Hunt

Sharon Hunt, MD (1995-1996)


Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA USA
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John Wallwork, FRCS, FMedSci (1994-1995)


Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Eric Rose, MD (1993-1994)


Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY USA
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John O'Connell, MD (1992-1993)



Sunset, SC USA
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Christian Cabrol, MD (1991-1992)




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Margaret Billingham, MD (1990-1991)




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Bruno Reichart, MD (1988-1990)



Starnberg, Germany
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Stuart Jamieson, MB, FRCS (1986-1988)


UC San Diego Health System
La Jolla, CA USA
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Sir Terence English, KBE, FRCS (1984-1986)



Oxford, United Kingdom
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Jack Copeland, MD (1982-1984)



Fort Wayne, IN USA
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Michael Hess, MD (1981-1982)




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