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2009-2010 ISHLT ANNUAL MEETING SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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Program Chair:
Herman Reichenspurner, MD, PhD

Co-Chairs (in alphabetical order):

Allen S. Anderson, MD (CHF/NAT)
Sharon A. Beer, RN, MSc (NS/SS/QOL/HE/ETH)
Tuvia Ben Gal, MD (CHF/NAT)
Gerald J. Berry, MD (PTH)
Roberta C. Bogaev, MD, FACC (MCS)
John V. Conte, MD (PTCH)
John Dark, MB, FRCS (LBC)
Duane Davis, MD (DMD)
Daniel F. Dilling, MD (PPH)
Giuseppe G. Faggian, MD (CHT)
Paul W. M. Fedak, MD, PhD, FRCSC (BSI/CTE/XTX)
Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD (LHL/CLF)
Kimberly L. Gandy, MD, PhD (PED)
Allan R. Glanville, MD, FRACP (PTCL)
Jan Gummert, MD, PhD (MCS)
Margaret M. Hannan, MD (ID)
Daphne T. Hsu, MD (PED)
James K. Kirklin, MD (LBC)
Mandeep R. Mehra, MD (PPH)
Bruno M. Meiser, MD (IMA/IMC)
Omar A. Minai, MD (PPH)
Martha L. Mooney, MD (ID)
Michael G. Petty, PhD(c), RN, CCNS, CNS (NS/SS/QOL/HE/ETH)
Richard N. Pierson, III, MD (PTH)
Heather J. Ross, MD, MHSc, FRCP(c) (MCS)
Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD (BSI/CTE/XTX)
Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH (CHT)
Marc A. Stern, MD (PTCL)
David O. Taylor, MD (IMA/IMC)
Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD (LHL/CLF)
Florian M. Wagner, MD (DMD)
Marian Zembala, MD, PhD (PTCH)
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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM CATEGORIES

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BSI/CTE/XTX - Basic Science & Immunobiology, Cell Transplantation/Tissue Engineering, Xenotransplantation
CHF/NAT - Clinical Heart Failure, Novel Alternative Therapies
CHT - Clinical Heart Transplantation
DMD - Donor Management, Organ Preservation, Organ Distribution
ID - Infectious Diseases
IMA/IMC - Immunosuppression - Animal Studies, Immunosuppression - Clinical Studies
LBC - Late Breaking Clinical Trials
LHL/CLF - Clinical Lung/Heart-Lung Transplantation, Medical Management of Lung Failure and Candidate Selection
MCS - Mechanical Circulatory Support
NS/SS/QOL/HE/ETH - Nursing Sciences, Social Sciences, Quality of Life, Health Economics, Ethics
PED - Pediatrics
PTCH - Post Transplant Complications Heart
PTCL - Post Transplant Complications Lung
PTH - Pathology
PPH - Pulmonary Hypertension


CONTACT INFORMATION

PROGRAM CHAIR

Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD
University 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.de

BASIC SCIENCE & IMMUNOBIOLOGY
CELL TRANSPLANTATION/TISSUE ENGINEERING
XENOTRANSPLANTATION


Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD
Hartungstr. 16
Hamburg 20146
GERMANY
Phone: 650-736-8592
Fax: 650-725-3846
Email: sonjas@stanford.edu

Paul W. M. Fedak, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Foothills Medical Center
1403-29 St. NW, Room C803
Calgary, AB T2N 2T9
CANADA
Phone: 403-944-2515
Email: paul.fedak@gmail.com

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CLINICAL HEART FAILURE (also known as
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF HEART FAILURE AND CANDIDATE SELECTION)
NOVEL ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES


Allen S. Anderson, MD
University 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.edu

Tuvia Ben Gal, MD
Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 49100
ISRAEL
Phone: 972-522-757-616
Email: bengalt@clalit.org.il

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CLINICAL HEART TRANSPLANTATION

Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH
Scientific Program Chair '09

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
9500 Euclid Ave., J3-4
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-444-2268
Fax: 216-445-6192
Email: starlir@ccf.org

Giuseppe G. Faggian, MD
University 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

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DONOR MANAGEMENT, ORGAN PRESERVATION, ORGAN DISTRIBUTION

Florian M Wagner, MD
University 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.de

Duane Davis, MD
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3864
Erwin Road
Durham, NC 27710
Phone: 919-681-4760
Fax: 919-681-4797
Email: davis053@mc.duke.edu

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Martha L. Mooney, MD
Sentara Norfolk Transplant Center / EVMS
600 Gresham Drive
Box 493
Norfolk, VA 23507
Phone: 757-388-2831
Fax: 757-446-5242
Email: mooneyml@evms.edu

Margaret M. Hannan, MD
Mater Hospital
Dept of Medical Microbiology
Eccles Street
Dublin 7
IRELAND
Phone: 35-31-803-4013
Fax: 35-31-803-4781
Email: mhannan@mater.ie

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IMMUNOSUPPRESSION - ANIMAL STUDIES
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION - CLINICAL STUDIES


Bruno M. Meiser, MD
University 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.de

David O. Taylor, MD
Cleveland 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

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LATE BREAKING CLINICAL TRIALS

John Dark, MB, FRCS
Freeman 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.uk

James K. Kirklin, MD
University 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

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CLINICAL LUNG/HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANTATION
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF LUNG FAILURE AND CANDIDATE SELECTION


Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD
Freeman 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.uk

Geert M. Verleden, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg
49, Herestraat
Leuven 3000
BELGIUM
Phone: 32-16-34-68-09
Fax: 32-16-34-68-03
Email: geert.verleden@uzleuven.be

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MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT

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.edu

Jan Gummert, MD, PhD
Herz- und Diabeteszentrum NRW
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Georgstrasse 11
D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen
GERMANY
Email: jgummert@hdz-nrw.de

Heather 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

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NURSING SCIENCES
SOCIAL SCIENCES
QUALITY OF LIFE
HEALTH ECONOMICS
ETHICS


Sharon A. Beer, RN, MSc
Queen 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.uk

Michael G. Petty, PhD(c), RN, CCNS, CNS
Univ. 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

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PEDIATRICS

Daphne T. Hsu, MD
Children'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.org

Kimberly L. Gandy, MD, PhD
Children'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

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POST TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS HEART

John V. Conte, MD
Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Blalock 618
Baltimore, MD 21287
Phone: 410-955-1753
Fax: 410-955-3809
Email: jconte@csurg.jhmi.jhu.edu

Marian Zembala, MD, PhD
Silesian 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

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POST TRANSPLANT COMPLICATIONS LUNG

Marc A. Stern, MD
Hospital Foch
Pneumology Unit
40 Rue Worth
Suresnes 92150
FRANCE
Phone: 33-1-4625-2544
Fax: 33-1-4625-2194
Email: stern.houssaye@wanadoo.fr

Allan R. Glanville, MD, FRACP
St. 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

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PATHOLOGY

Gerald J. Berry, MD
Stanford University
Pathology - Room H2110
300 Pasteur Dr
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone: 650-723-7211
Fax: 650-725-7409
Email: gjberry@stanford.edu

Richard N. Pierson, III, MD
Univ of Maryland-Baltimore
22 South Greene St
N4W94
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-328-5842
Fax: 410-328-2750
Email: rpierson@smail.umaryland.edu

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PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Daniel F. Dilling, MD
Loyola 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.edu

Omar A. Minai, MD
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Dept of Pulmonary/Critical Care
9500 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-445-2610
Fax: 216-445-1878
Email: minaio@ccf.org

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD
Univ 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

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COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
  • 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.
COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
  1. Develop learning objectives for the Annual Meeting that are tied to the identified educational needs of the members.
  2. Ensure that the Annual Meeting Scientific Program meets the identified educational needs of the members and the established learning objectives.
  3. Develop the Annual Meeting Scientific Program content, including the selection of abstract presentations and the development and selection of symposia.
  4. Make revisions to the scientific program to ensure it continues to meet the educational needs of the members.
  5. Evaluate and make changes, as needed, to the format, structure, and content development process of the Annual Meeting Scientific Program
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