2009-2010 ISHLT ANNUAL MEETING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEECONTACT INFORMATIONHermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhDUniversity Heart Centre Hamburg Eppendorf
Dept of CV Surgery
Martinistr. 52
Hamburg D-20246
GERMANY
Phone: 49-40-74105-2440
Fax: 49-40-74105-4931
Email:
hcr@uke.deSonja Schrepfer, MD, PhDHartungstr. 16
Hamburg 20146
GERMANY
Phone: 650-736-8592
Fax: 650-725-3846
Email:
sonjas@stanford.eduPaul W. M. Fedak, MD, PhD, FRCSCFoothills Medical Center
1403-29 St. NW, Room C803
Calgary, AB T2N 2T9
CANADA
Phone: 403-944-2515
Email:
paul.fedak@gmail.com(Back to Top)Allen S. Anderson, MDUniversity of Chicago Medical Center
Cardiology, 5841 S. Maryland
MC 2016
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-9396
Fax: 773-834-1764
Email:
aanderso@medicine.bsd.uchicago.eduTuvia Ben Gal, MDRabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 49100
ISRAEL
Phone: 972-522-757-616
Email:
bengalt@clalit.org.il(Back to Top)Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH
Scientific Program Chair '09Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave., J3-4
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-444-2268
Fax: 216-445-6192
Email:
starlir@ccf.orgGiuseppe G. Faggian, MDUniversity of Verona Medical School
Dept. of Cardiac Surgery
P. Le Stefani 1
Verona 37126
ITALY
Phone: 39-045-812-2836
Email:
giuseppe.faggian@univr.it(Back to Top)Florian M Wagner, MDUniversity Heart Center Hamburg Eppendorf
Dept. of CV Surgery
Martinistr. 52
Hamburg D-20246
GERMANY
Phone: 49-40-74105-8949
Fax: 49-40-74105-7926
Email:
fl.wagner@uke.deDuane Davis, MDDuke University Medical Center
Box 3864
Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 919-681-4760
Fax: 919-681-4797
Email:
davis053@mc.duke.edu(Back to Top)Martha L. Mooney, MDSentara Norfolk Transplant Center / EVMS
600 Gresham Drive
Box 493
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: 757-388-2831
Fax: 757-446-5242
Email:
mooneyml@evms.eduMargaret M. Hannan, MDMater Hospital
Dept of Medical Microbiology
Eccles Street
Dublin 7
IRELAND
Phone: 35-31-803-4013
Fax: 35-31-803-4781
Email:
mhannan@mater.ie(Back to Top)Bruno M. Meiser, MDUniversity of Munich/Grosshadern
Cardiac Surgery
Marchioninistrasse 15
Munich 81377
GERMANY
Phone: 49-89-7095-3460
Fax: 49-89-7095-3465
Email:
bruno.meiser@med.uni-muenchen.deDavid O. Taylor, MDCleveland Clinic Foundation
Dir. Heart Failure Spec Care Unit
Desk J3-4, 9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-444-2492
Fax: 216-445-6193
Email:
taylord2@ccf.org(Back to Top)John Dark, MB, FRCSFreeman Hospital
Cardiothoracic Center
Freeman Road, Room 115
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7DN
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 44-191-223-1450
Fax: 44-191-223-1152
Email:
j.h.dark@ncl.ac.ukJames K. Kirklin, MDUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
1900 University Blvd
760 THT
Birmingham, AL 35294-1926
Phone: 205-934-3368
Fax: 205-934-5261
Email:
jkirklin@uab.edu(Back to Top)Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhDFreeman Hospital
Dept of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE7 7DN
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 44-192-233-6161
Fax: 44-191-213-1575
Email:
a.j.fisher@ncl.ac.ukGeert M. Verleden, MD, PhDUniversity Hospital Gasthuisberg
49, Herestraat
Leuven 3000
BELGIUM
Phone: 32-16-34-68-09
Fax: 32-16-34-68-03
Email:
geert.verleden@uzleuven.be(Back to Top)Roberta C. Bogaev, MD, FACC Texas Heart Institute @ St. Luke's Episcopal Hosp.
Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant
6770 Bertner, MC2-114A
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: 832-355-3977
Fax: 832-355-9004
Email:
rbogaev@heart.thi.tmc.eduJan Gummert, MD, PhDHerz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Georgstrasse 11
D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen
GERMANY
Email:
jgummert@hdz-nrw.deHeather J. Ross, MD, MHSc, FRCP(c)Toronto General Hospital
585 University Ave, NCSB 11C-1203
Toronto, ON M5G 2N2
CANADA
Phone: 416-340-3482
Fax: 416-340-4134
Email:
heather.ross@uhn.on.ca(Back to Top)Sharon A. Beer, RN, MScQueen Elizabeth Hospital
Heart Lung Tx Office, Cardiac Surgery
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TH
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 44-121-627-2544
Fax: 44-121-627-5702
Email:
sharon.beer@uhb.nhs.ukMichael G. Petty, PhD(c), RN, CCNS, CNSUniv. of Minn. Med. Ctr., Fairview
PCU 6C
420 Delaware Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-273-5607
Fax: 612-273-4479
Email:
mpetty1@fairview.org(Back to Top)Daphne T. Hsu, MDChildren's Hospital at Montefiore
Rosenthal 3, Peds Cardiology
3415 Bainbridge Ave.
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: 718-741-2415
Fax: 718-920-4351
Email:
dhsu@montefiore.orgKimberly L. Gandy, MD, PhDChildren's Hospital of Wisconsin
9000 West Wisconsin Ave
MS 715
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: 414-266-2070
Fax: 414-266-2075
Email:
kgandy@chw.org(Back to Top)John V. Conte, MDJohns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 618
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-1753
Fax: 410-955-3809
Email:
jconte@csurg.jhmi.jhu.eduMarian Zembala, MD, PhDSilesian Medical School
ul. Szpitalna 4
Dept of Cardiac Surgery & Tx
Zabrze 41-800
POLAND
Phone: 48-32-278-4334
Fax: 48-32-271-5266
Email:
wokedit@slam.katowice.pl(Back to Top)Marc A. Stern, MDHospital Foch
Pneumology Unit
40 Rue Worth
Suresnes 92150
FRANCE
Phone: 33-1-4625-2544
Fax: 33-1-4625-2194
Email:
stern.houssaye@wanadoo.frAllan R. Glanville, MD, FRACPSt. Vincent 's Hospital
Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit
Xavier 4, Victoria St, Darlinghurst
Sydney NSW 2010
AUSTRALIA
Phone: 61-2-8382-3257
Fax: 61-2-8382-3084
Email:
aglanville@stvincents.com.au(Back to Top)Gerald J. Berry, MDStanford University
Pathology - Room H2110
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax: 650-725-7409
Email:
gjberry@stanford.eduRichard N. Pierson, III, MDUniv of Maryland-Baltimore
22 South Greene St
N4W94
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-328-5842
Fax: 410-328-2750
Email:
rpierson@smail.umaryland.edu(Back to Top)Daniel F. Dilling, MDLoyola Univ Medical Center
2160 S. First Ave
Building 54, Room 131A
Maywood, IL 60153
Phone: 708-216-5402
Fax: 708-216-6839
Email:
ddillin@lumc.eduOmar A. Minai, MDCleveland Clinic Foundation
Dept of Pulmonary/Critical Care
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-445-2610
Fax: 216-445-1878
Email:
minaio@ccf.orgMandeep R. Mehra, MDUniv of Maryland School of Medicine
Div of Cardiology, Room S3B06
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-328-7716
Fax: 410-328-4382
Email:
mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu(Back to Top)- The Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee shall consist of a Vice-Chair appointed by the President-Elect and a Chair who shall rotate into the position after serving as Vice-Chair. Chair and Vice-Chair terms are one year each.
- The members of the Education Committee shall serve as member of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee.
- The Chair shall appoint sufficient additional committee members to reflect the disciplines of the abstract categories and to ensure, to the extent possible, representation from among the various geographic and specialty constituencies of the Society. Such terms are for one year.
- The Immediate Past Chair, the Editor of the Journal, the President, and the Chair of the Development Committee shall also serve as members of the Program Committee.
- If not already an elected Board member, the Chair of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Committee shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors and shall also serve as a member of the Education Committee.
- Develop learning objectives for the Annual Meeting that are tied to the identified educational needs of the members.
- Ensure that the Annual Meeting Scientific Program meets the identified educational needs of the members and the established learning objectives.
- Develop the Annual Meeting Scientific Program content, including the selection of abstract presentations and the development and selection of symposia.
- Make revisions to the scientific program to ensure it continues to meet the educational needs of the members.
- Evaluate and make changes, as needed, to the format, structure, and content development process of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program
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