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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, the Chair of the Development Committee, and the Executive Director serve as ex-officio, non-voting members of the Board.

2009-2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

James K. Kirklin, MD
President - 2011
University of Alabama at Birmingham
1900 University Blvd., 760 THT
Birmingham, AL  35294
Phone: 205-934-3368
Fax: 205-934-5261
Email: jkirklin@uab.edu

Mandeep R. Mehra, MD
Past-President - 2010
JHLT Editor
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Division of Cardiology, Room S3B06
22 South Greene Street
Baltimore, MD  21201
Phone: 410-328-7716
Fax: 410-328-4382
Email: mmehra@medicine.umaryland.edu

John Dark, FRCS
President-Elect - 2012
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

Heather J. Ross, MD, FRCPC
Secretary Treasurer - 2010
Toronto General Hospital
NCSB 11C-1203
585 University Ave
Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2N2
CANADA
Phone: 416-340-3482
Fax: 416-340-4134
Email: heather.ross@uhn.on.ca

Susan M. Chernenko, RN, MN, NP
Director - 2012
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON M6S 1S6
CANADA
Phone: 416-340-4800 x 6574
Fax: 416-340-3609
Email: susan.chernenko@uhn.on.ca

Duane Davis, MD
Director - 2010
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 - 2010
2251 Baihly Hills Dr. S.W.
Rochester, MN  55902
Phone: 507-206-3700
Email: evans.roger@charter.net

Allan R. Glanville, MD, FRACP
Director - 2012
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

Takeshi Nakatani, MD, PhD
Director - 2010
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

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Jayan Parameshwar, FRCP
Director - 2011
Papworth Hospital
Papworth Everard/Transplant Unit
Cambridge CB3 8RE
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone: 44 1480 830 541 or 44 1480 364 453
Fax: 44 1480 364 610
Email: jayan.parameshwar@papworth.nhs.uk

Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD
Director - 2010
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Div of Allergy/Pulmonary Medicine
Box 8116-NWT, One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-454-2694
Fax: 314-454-2515
Email: sweet@kids.wustl.edu

J. David Vega, MD
Director - 2012
Emory Clinic
Room A-2215
1365 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: 404-778-5289
Fax: 404-778-4346
Email: david.vega@emory.edu

Florian M Wagner, MD
Director - 2012
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

Lori J. West, MD, D.Phil
Director - 2011
University of Alberta
Alberta Diabetes Institute
6-002 Health Research Innov. Facility E.
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1
CANADA
Phone: 780-492-3200
Fax: 780-492-8239
Email: ljwest@ualberta.ca

Andreas O. Zuckermann, MD
Director - 2011
University of Vienna
Dept of Surgery; Div of Cardiothoracic
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
Vienna A-1090
AUSTRIA
Phone: 43-1-40400-5643
Fax: 43-1-40400-5642
Email: andreas.zuckermann@meduniwien.ac.at

EX OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS

Marshall I. Hertz, MD
Transplant Registry Medical Director - June 2011
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

Hermann Reichenspurner,  MD, PhD
Scientific Program Chair 2010
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

Amanda Rowe
Executive Director
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation
14673 Midway Road, Suite 200
Addison, TX  75001
Phone: 972-490-9495
Fax: 972-490-9499
Email: amanda.rowe@ishlt.org

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