BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The ISHLT Board of Directors is comprised of 15 individuals: the four Officers (Past President, President, President-Elect, and Secretary-Treasurer) and eleven Directors, reflecting the geographic and disciplinary constituencies of the Society. The Editor of the JHLT, the Medical Director of the Registry, the Annual Meeting Scientific Program Chair, and the Co-Chairs of the Development Committee, serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007-2008 ROSTER

Paul A. Corris, MB FRCP
President - ‘09
Freeman Hospital
Department of Respiratory Medicine
Newcastle Univ & CT Centre
NE7 7DN  Newcastle Upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Phone: 44-191-223-1084
Fax: 44-191-223-1321
Email: paul.corris@ncl.ac.uk

Robert C. Robbins, MD
Past President - ‘08
Stanford University School of Medicine
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
300 Pasteur Dr., Falk Bldg 2nd Floor
Stanford, CA  94305
Phone:  650-725-3828
Fax:  650-725-3846
Email: robbins@stanford.edu

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD
President Elect - ‘10
Univ of Maryland School of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Room S3B06
22 South Green Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-328-7716
Fax: 410-328-4382
Email: mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu

Heather J. Ross, MD, FRCPC
Secretary Treasurer - ‘10
Toronto General Hospital
NU 10-129
200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M5G2C4
Phone:  416-340-3482
Fax:  416-340-4134
Email: heather.ross@uhn.on.ca

Nicholas R. Banner, FRCP
Director -‘08
Harefield Hospital
Cardiology & Transplant Medicine
Hill End Road
UB9 6JH  Harefield, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Phone:  44-1895-828-556 or 44-1895-823-737
Fax: 44-1895-828-556
Email: n.banner@rbht.nhs.uk

Mariell Jessup, MD
Director - ‘08
University of Pennsylvania
Heart Failure/Transplant program
6 Penn Tower
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19014
Phone: 215-615-0808
FAX: 215-615-0828
Email: jessupm@uphs.upenn.edu

Bruno M. Meiser, MD
Director - ‘08
University of Munich/Grosshadern
Marchioninistrasse 15
Cardiac Surgery
81366 Munich, Germany
Phone: 49-89-7095-3460
Fax: 49-89-7095-3465
Email: bruno.meiser@med.uni-muenchen.de

Fabienne Dobbels, PhD
Director - ‘09
University of Leuven
Center for Health Services and Nursing Research
& Heart Transplantation Program
Kapucijnenvoer 35/4
B-3000 Leuven  Belgium
Phone: 32 16 33 69 81
Fax: 32 16 33 69 70
Email: fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be

Shaf Keshavjee, MD, FRCSC, FACS
Director - ‘09
University of Toronto
Toronto General Hospital
Thoracic Surgery
200 Elizabeth Street, 9 N-947
Toronto, ON M5G 2C4 Canada
Phone: 416-340-4010
Fax: 416-340-4556
Email: Dr.Shaf.Keshavjee@uhn.on.ca

Joren C. Madsen, MD, D.Phil
Director - ‘09
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St, Cox 654
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-724-1130
Fax: 617-724-1821
Email: madsen@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Randall C. Starling, MD, MPH
Director - '09
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Department of Cardiology, Desk F25
9500 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44195
Phone: 216-444-2268
Fax: 216-444-7155
Email: starlir@ccf.org

Duane Davis, MD
Director - '10
Duke University Medical Center
Box 3864, Erwin Road
Durham, NC  27710
Phone: 919-681-4760
Fax: 919-681-4797
Email: davis053@mc.duke.edu

Roger W. Evans, PhD
Director - '10
2251 Baihly Hills Dr. S.W.
Rochester, MN  55902
Phone: 507-281-0886
Email: evans.roger@charter.net

Takeshi Nakatani, MD, PhD
Director - '10
National Cardiovascular Center
Dept of Organ Transplantation
5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita
Osaka, 565-8565 Japan
Phone: 81-6-6833-5012
Fax: 81-6-6872-8160
Email: tnakatan@hsp.ncvc.go.jp

Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD
Director - '10
Washington University
Division of Allergy/Pulmonary
Box 8116, One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO  63110
Phone: 314-454-2694
Fax: 314-454-4045
Email: sweet@kids.wustl.edu

EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

James K. Kirklin, MD                                     
Editor - Dec ‘09                                               
University of Alabama @ Birmingham                 
1900 University Blvd.
760 THT
Birmingham, AL  35294
Phone:  205-934-3368
Fax: 205-934-5261
Email:  jkirklin@uab.edu

Marshall I. Hertz, MD                                                 
Transplant Registry Medical Director - June ‘11         
University of Minnesota                                     
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
420 Delaware Street, SE
MMC 398
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612-624-0999
Fax: 612-625-2174
E-mail: hertz001@umn.edu

Lori J. West, MD, D.Phil
Scientific Program Chair - ‘08
University of Alberta
1130 Dentistry/Pharmacy Center
11304 89^th Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2N8  Canada
Phone: 780-492-3200
Fax: 780-492-3350
Email: ljwest@ualberta.ca