Members of ISHLT can affiliate with any or all of the Society's eight Scientific Councils. The Councils were created to decentralize the mechanism by which the Society pursues its educational, scientific and social missions. Additionally, the Councils pursue the following:
- Provide advice and feedback to the Program Committee and Board of Directors
- Address the need for scientific consensus conferences, documents, and position statements
- Define research priorities and opportunities for collaborative research with other entities
- Foster the development and maintenance of formal and informal social networks for Society members
- Heart Failure and Transplant Medicine
- Mechanical Circulatory Support
- Infectious Diseases
- Nursing and Social Sciences
- Pathology and Basic Science
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Transplantation
