Standards and Guidelines

 
As part of its mission, ISHLT engages in the regular development of Professional Practice Guidelines and Consensus Statements, Health Policy Guidance Statements, Standards Statements, and Public Comments regarding professional practice matters and the care of patients with advanced heart and/or lung disease.
 
The ISHLT Standards and Guidelines (S&G) Committee shall consist of the following:
  • Chair
  • Past Chair
  • Vice-Chair
  • Associate Chair for Mechanical Circulatory Support
  • Associate Chair for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • Associate Chair for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation
  • Associate Char for Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation
  • Three At-Large members appointed to ensure diversity on the Committee
  • JHLT Editor in Chief (advisory)
  • Chair of the Publications Oversight Committee (advisory)
  • ISHLT CEO or other staff member
     
The Vice-Chair shall be appointed by the Board, upon recommendations from the Publications Oversight Committee, for a one (1) year term, rotating into the position of Chair and Past Chair.

The Chair shall rotate into the position from the Vice-Chair position and shall serve a two (2) year term

The Past Chair shall rotate into the position from the Chair position and shall serve as one (1) year term

The Associate Chairs shall be appointed by their respective Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees for a three (3) year term each

The At-Large members shall be appointed by the S&G Committee Chair, and approved by the Executive Committee, to ensure diversity of perspective on the committee; they shall each serve one (1) year term, which may be renewed twice.
 
  • Understand all ISHLT policies, procedures, and applications relevant to the development and publication of S&G Documents
  • Annually evaluate ISHLT’s portfolio of S&G Documents and identify those within the purview of each Interdisciplinary Network that are in need of being updated, rewritten, or retired, and work with the Interdisciplinary Network (IDN) Steering Committees to submit a proposal for their development under the S&G Committee.
  • Regularly assess and bring to the attention of the Standards and Guidelines (S&G) Committee, the Publications Oversight Committee (POC), and your IDN Steering Committee any standards and guidelines documents developed or under development by other organizations that overlap with existing or planned ISHLT S&G Documents.
  • Provide assessments and make recommendations to the POC regarding S&G projects to be pursued each year
  • Provide guidance to members of your IDN Steering Committee regarding S&G policies, procedures, and applications
  • Review and approve Initial and Follow-up Applications for S&G Documents
  • Work with Project Leaders to ensure projects that are running behind are brought back on schedule
  • Work with the POC to investigate projects that are more than three (3) months behind schedule and provide course correction as needed
  • Review and approve final document drafts
  • Engage in the development, review, and approval of health policy documents as outlined in the S&G Document Development Policies and Procesures
  • Engage in the endorsement process for S&G Documents as outlined in the S&G Document Development Policies and Procesures
  • Respond promptly and by the deadline to all assigned tasks
  • Come prepared and participate actively in all conference calls and meetings
  • In collaboration with staff, review the S&G development policies, procedures, and applications every March and identify areas that need to be revised, updated, added

See Also: Publications Oversight Committee
 

Below are the Committee Members who oversee ongoing standards and guidelines projects

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Health Policy Guidance Statements Professional Guidelines and Consensus Documents Standards Documents Document Development Policies Document Development Process Document Proposal Submission Form Documents Under Development True

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Standards & Guidelines Committee Composition and Job Descriptions

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Patricia Ging MSc (2025)

Chair

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Sern Lim MD (2026)

Vice Chair

U Hosp Birmingham NHS Trust
Birmingham, UK
Erika D Lease MD (2024)

Past Chair

University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA
Andrew J Fisher FRCP, PhD (2023)

Publications Oversight Committee Chair (Advisory Member)

Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Michelle Kittleson MD, PhD (2024)

JHLT Interim Editor (Advisory Member)

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Richard Cheng MD, MSc (2026)

Associate Chair for Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation

University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, WA, USA
Selim Arcasoy MD, MPH (2024)

Associate Chair for Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation

Columbia University
Allendale, NJ, USA
Mirnela Byku MD (2026)

Associate Chair for Mechanical Circulatory Support

University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
William Auger MD (2024)

Associate Chair for Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH)

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Andrea Grillini MD (2024)

Early Career & Trainee Committee Representative

Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, IL, USA
Alexander Bernhardt MD (2025)

At-Large Member

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
Nahir Cortes MD, PhD (2024)

At-Large Member

Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
Tonya Elliott MSN, RN, CCTC, CHFN (2024)

At-Large Member

MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, DC, USA
Miranda Paraskeva MBBS, MPH (2023)

At-Large Member

Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Australia
Stephanie Pouch MD, MS (2024)

At-Large Member

Emory University
Atlanta, GA, USA
Megan Barrett

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Addison, TX, USA