Announcing the Inaugural ISHLTF Class

• ISHLTF 2026
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The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) is honored to announce the inaugural class of Fellows of the ISHLT (ISHLTF). The ISHLTF designation is reserved for those whose dedication, integrity, and excellence embody the very best of this global, multidisciplinary society. These 67 ISHLT members demonstrate all of these qualities with distinction.

Tamas Alex, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN USA

Raymond Benza, MD

Eastern Virginia Medical School / Sentara Health

Norfolk, VA USA

Alexander Bernhardt, MD

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

Geetha Bhat, MD

The Christ Hospital

Cincinnati, OH USA

Nancy Blumenthal, DNP, ACNP-BC

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Ardmore, PA USA

Nicolas Brozzi, MD

Cleveland Clinic Florida

Weston, FL USA

Fay Burrows, BPharm

St. Vincent's Hospital

Darlinghurst, NSW Australia

Daniel Calabrease, MD

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, CA USA

Sandra Chaparro, MD

Baptist Health South Florida

Miami, FL USA

Richard Cheng, MD, MSc

University of Washington Medical Center

Seattle, WA USA

Jason Christie, MD, MS

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA USA

Adam Cochrane, PhamD, MPH

Inova Fairfax Hospital

Potomac, MD, USA

Maria Crespo, MD

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelpha, PA USA

Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH USA

Ioannis Dimarakis, MD, PhD, FRCS, CTh

Univeristy of Washington

Seattle, WA USA

Howard Eisen, MD

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA USA

Brian Feingold, MD, MS

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA USA

Louise Fuller, PhD, BApp, SC (Physcio)

Alfred Hospital

Balwyn, VIC Australia

Elian Giordanino, MD

Fundacion Favaloro

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kathleen Grady, PhD, MS, RN

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL USA

John Greenland, MD, PhD

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, CA USA

Cesar Guerrero, MD

Baylor Medical University Medical Center / Baylor Scott & White

Southlake, TX USA

Zubair Hashmi, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA USA

Don Hayes, Jr., MD, MS, MEd, MBA

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center / University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH USA

Ian Hollis, PharmD

University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Chapel Hill, NC USA

Edward Horn, PharmD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA USA

Teruhiko Imamura, MD, PhD

University of Toyama

Toyama-Shi, Japan

Amanda Ingemi, PharmD

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Norfolk, VA USA

Debra Issac, MD

University of Calgary

Calgary, AB Canada

Forum Kamdar, MD, PhD

University of Minnesota Medical Center

Minneapolis, MN USA

Manreet Kanwar, MD

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL USA

Andrew Kao, MD

St. Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City Mid America Heart Institute

Kansas City, MO USA

Brian Keller, MD, PhD

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA USA

Kiran Khush, MD, MAS

Stanford University

Stanford, CA USA

Amy Kiskaddon, PharmD, MBA

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital

St. Petersburg, FL USA

Nicholas Kolaitis, MD, MAS

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, CA USA

Brittany Koons, PhD, RN

Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing

Villanova, PA USA

Lorriana Leard, MD

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, CA USA

Carli Lehr, MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic Foundation / Case Western Reserve Lerner College of Medicine

Cleveland, OH USA

Bronwyn Levvey, RN (ICU Cert), BEd Stu, Grad Dip Clin Epi

The Alfred Hospital

Melbourne, VIC Australia

Erin Lowery, MD, MS

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, WI USA

Tereza Martinu, MD, MHS

Toronto Lung Transplant Program

Toronto, ON Canada

Sebastian Michel, MD

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Munich, Germany

Roxana Moayedifar, MD

Medical University of Vienna

Vienna, Austria

Ezequiel Molina, MD

Piedmont Heart Institute - Samsky Advanced Heart Failure Center

Atlanta, GA USA

Nandini Nair, MD, PhD

Penn State Health / Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Hummelstown, PA USA

Lazaros Nikolaidis, MD

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple

Salado, TX USA

Daryl Nnani, PharmD, BCTXP

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY USA

Linda Ohler, MSN, CCTC

Vienna, VA USA

Juan Ortega-Legaspi, MD, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA USA

David Peng, MD

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI USA

Michael Petty, PhD, RN, APRN, CNS, CCNS

M Health Fairview / University of Minnesota Medical Center

Richfield, MN USA

Stephanie Pouch, MD, MS

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA USA

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN USA

Sarah Schettle, PA-C, RN

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN USA

Ciara Shaver, MD, PhD

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nashville, TN USA

Michael Shullo, PharmD

Natera

Austin, TX USA

Tajinder Singh, MD, MSc

Boston Children's Hospital

Boston, MA USA

Randall Starling, MD, MPH

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland, OH USA

Valentina Stosor, MD

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Chicago, IL USA

David Sutcliffe, MD

Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, MO USA

Sofya Tokman, MD

Norton Thoracic Institute / St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center / Dignity Health

Phoenix, AZ USA

Vincent Valentine, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital

Houston, TX USA

Tara Veasey Rackley, PharmD, BCTXP

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA USA

Phillip Weeks, PharmD

Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical Center

Missouri City, TX USA

Barbara Wilkey, BSN, MPAS, MD

University of Colorado

Denver, CO USA

Amin Yehya, MD, MSc

Sentara Heart Hospital

Norfolk, VA USA