Volunteer to Serve on an ISHLT Writing Committee
Published 22 January 2026
ISHLT is currently accepting applications from ISHLT members interested in participating on the writing committees of the most recently approved Standards & Guidelines documents.
Sixteen (16) projects from all four Interdisciplinary Networks and three Professional Communities were recently approved as the final step of the 2025 Identification of Need process. Project leads are currently seeking writing committee members for the following documents:
- ISHLT Multidisciplinary Consensus on the Perioperative Identification and Management of Vasoplegia in Cardiothoracic Transplantation
- ISHLT Consensus Statement on Emerging Understanding of Cancer Immunotherapy in Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Revision of the 2005 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Heart Rejection
- Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy: Update on the Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Treatment
- ISHLT Consensus on Donor Heart Preservation: Evidence-Based Standards and Global Best Practices from Procurement to Implantation
- Malignancy in Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients (Pre- and Post-Transplant)
- Optimizing Donor-Recipient Size Matching in Lung Transplantation: Assessment of Donor-Recipient Size Matching and Strategies for Managing Size Mismatch
- Update: Report of the ISHLT Working Group on Primary Lung Graft Dysfunction
- ISHLT Consensus Statements on Donor Lung Transplantation: Advancing Preservation and DCD Utilization for the Future of Lung Transplantation
- Update to 2010 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Definitions of Infections in Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients
- ISHLT Consensus Document for Prevention and Management Strategies for Durable Mechanical Circulatory Support Infection
- Pediatric Device Development: A Consensus Statement on a Consequential Void
- Frailty in Pediatric Thoracic Transplantation
- ISHLT Consensus Statement on Management of the Critically Ill Patient with Pulmonary Vascular Disease
- ISHLT Consensus Statement on Reproductive Health Management in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Applications will be accepted from 22 January through 10 February, 2026. After the application closes, the names of any interested individuals will be provided to the project leaders for consideration.
If you have any questions, please contact Megan Barrett, ISHLT Programs Manager.
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