NOW OPEN: ISHLT Professional Community Representative & Vice Chair Nominations
ISHLT is currently seeking self-nominations for 29 open volunteer positions.
- Eight of ISHLT’s ten Professional Communities and the Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC) are seeking self-nominations for 19 open Representative positions on the Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees and ECTC.
- ISHLT is also seeking self-nominations for new Professional Community Vice Chair positions for all ten Professional Communities.
Selected candidates will be slated for elections to be held 2-16 October, for three-year terms commencing on 1 May, 2027. Nominations will be accepted until Friday, 14 August at 11:59 p.m. ET / Saturday, 15 August at 03:59 UTC.
The open Representative positions are as follows:
Anesthesiology and Critical Care Professional Community
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation (AHFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC)
Cardiology Surgery Professional Community
- Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC)
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
Infectious Diseases Professional Community
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation (AHFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
Nursing and Allied Health Professional Community
- Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation (ALFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
Pathology Professional Community
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation (AHFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation (ALFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
Pediatrics Professional Community
- Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation (ALFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
Pharmacy Professional Community
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation (AHFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC)
Pulmonology Professional Community
- Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC)
Early Career and Trainee Committee (ECTC)
- Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation (ALFTX) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
- Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH) Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee
The open Vice Chair* positions are as follows:
- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Professional Community Vice Chair
- Cardiology Professional Community Vice Chair
- Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Vice Chair
- Infectious Diseases Professional Community Vice Chair
- Nursing and Allied Health Professional Community Vice Chair
- Pathology Professional Community Vice Chair
- Pediatrics Professional Community Vice Chair
- Pharmacy Professional Community Vice Chair
- Pulmonology Professional Community Vice Chair
- Research and Immunology Professional Community Vice Chair
*Vice Chairs will serve one year as vice-chair (2027), one year as Chair/Leadership Advisory Forum Representative (2028), and one year as Past Chair on the Professional Community (2029).