ISHLT: The International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation

Boards & Committees - Heart/Lung Registry

2011-2012 THORACIC REGISTRY STEERING COMMITTEE
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
	Marshall I. Hertz, MD Medical Director University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 612-624-0999 hertz001@umn.edu	Marshall Hertz, MD, is a Professor of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Hertz received his BS and MD degrees from the University of Michigan. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Minnesota. He has been on the faculty at the University of Minnesota since 1984. Dr. Hertz is currently Director of the University of Minnesota Center for Lung Science and Health, and has served as Medical Director of the Lung Transplant program since its inception in 1986. He is also Medical Director of the ISHLT Thoracic Transplant Registry. Dr. Hertz has authored or co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and other publications - almost all of which have been in the field of lung transplantation. His research interests have focused on understanding, detecting, preventing, and treating chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTORS
	Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH Associate Medical Director-Heart University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 801-585-2340 josef.stehlik@hsc.utah.edu	Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine. Dr. Stehlik received his medical degree from Charles University in Prague and Masters in Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. He completed his training in Internal Medicine and in Cardiovascular Diseases at Allegheny General Hospital, MCP*Hahnemann University and advanced training in Heart Failure and Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Stehlik has been on faculty at the University of Utah since 2004 and serves as Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Program at the University of Utah Hospital and the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has been active in clinical work, education and research in the areas of advanced heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
	Jason D. Christie, MD, MS Associate Medical Director-Heart/Heart-Lung University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 215-573-3209 jchristi@mail.med.upenn.edu	Jason Christie, MD, MS, is the Section Chief of Medical Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Senior Scholar in the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Director of Clinical Research in the Pulmonary Division. His career is focused on translational research studies of the risks, pathogenesis, treatment, and outcomes of acute lung injury (ALI) in the transplant and non-transplant human populations..
	Richard Kirk, MA, FRCP, FRCPCH Senior Associate Medical Director-Pediatric Heart Freeman Hospital Newcastle, UNITED KINGDOM 44-191-213-7499 richard.kirk@nuth.nhs.uk	Dr. Richard Kirk trained at Christ's College, Cambridge University and Guy's Hospital graduating in 1979. His general paediatric training was principally undertaken in Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Alder Hey Children's Hospital (the largest children's hospital in Europe). His specialist training in Paediatric Cardiology was undertaken at Harefield Hospital and Freeman Hospital in the UK, Boston Children's Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco in the USA and the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne in Australia. Following his training, he was appointed consultant to the University Hospital of Wales and established the Paediatric and Fetal Cardiac Service for South Wales which achieved UK recognition as a centre of excellence. In 2001 he moved to Singapore and was Head of the Department of Paediatric Cardiology at the National University Hospital. In 2004 he returned to the UK and currently works in the Department of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Services at the Freeman Hospital.
	Anne I. Dipchand, MD Asst. Associate Medical Director-Pediatric Heart Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, CANADA 44-191-213-7499 anne.dipchand@sickkids.on.ca	Anne Dipchand, MD FRCPC, is Head of the Cardiac Transplant Program and a Staff Cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Toronto.
	Christian Benden, MD Associate Medical Director-Pediatric Lung St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Australia +61-2-8382-3672 christian_benden@yahoo.de	Dr. Christian Benden is a Pediatric Pulmonologist and Transplant Physician, currently employed by St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney, Australia, and a Reader in Pulmonology and Transplant Medicine at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Benden completed his pediatric training in Hannover (Germany) and London (United Kingdom). In addition, he trained in Pediatric Pulmonology and received specialist training in lung transplantation in London and Zurich. Dr. Benden is a well-recognized Pediatric Lung Transplant Physician, and a former Chair of the ISHLT Scientific Council on Pediatric Transplantation. His research interests include clinical aspects of lung transplantation, particularly in children and adolescents, experimental aspects of chronic lung allograft dysfunction, and cystic fibrosis lung disease.
	Fabienne Dobbels, PhD Associate Medical Director-Outcomes University Hospital Leuven Leuven, BELGIUM 32-16-33-69-81 fabienne.dobbels@med.kuleuven.be	Dr. Dobbels is a psychologist with clinical experience in the field of heart transplantation. She is a professor at the Center for Health Services and Nursing Research at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Her key research topics include patient adherence, psychosocial issues and patient reported outcomes related to transplantation and other chronic illnesses.
	Axel Rahmel, MD Associate Medical Director-OEO Relations Eurotransplant International Foundation Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS 31-71-579-5795 a.rahmel@eurotransplant.org	Bio coming soon...
Image coming soon...	Leah Edwards, PhD Associate Medical Director-Biostatistics United Network for Organ Sharing Richmond, Virginia, USA 804-782-4945 edwardlb@unos.org	Bio coming soon...
ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Image coming soon...	Jaime Williamson SAS Analyst ISHLT Registry Richmond, Virginia, USA 804-782-4945 williajh@unos.org	Bio coming soon...
Image coming soon...	Kathryn A. Philibin, RN TII Liaison ISHLT/UNOS Richmond, Virginia, USA 804-782-4854 kathryn.philibin@unos.org	Bio coming soon...
Image coming soon...	Anna Kucheryavaya, MS Asst. Biostatistician United Network for Organ Sharing Richmond, Virginia, USA 804-782-4764 kucheran@unos.org	Bio coming soon...