ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

Wednesday, 22 April – Saturday, 25 April, 2026
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Toronto, ON Canada

Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee

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Caroline Patterson, BMBS, BMedSci, MD (ALL)

2026 Scientific Program Chair
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH (ALL)

President
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA
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Melissa Cousino, PhD (ALL)

2027 Scientific Program Chair
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (ALL)

2025 Scientific Program Chair
Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA
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Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (HEART)

Team Leader / Cardiology Representative
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA
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Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (HEART)

Team Leader / Pediatrics Representative
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH USA
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Antonio Rubino, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
Hospital 12 Octubre
Madrid, Spain
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Juan Duero Posada, MD, MSc (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada
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Evan Kransdorf, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, CA USA
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Kiran Mirza, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
Rigshospitalet
Copenhangen, Denmark
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Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
UHN
Toronto, ON Canada
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Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Representative
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA
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Laura DiChiacchio, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University of Utah

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Emily Granger, MBBS (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Sugery Representative
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia
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Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
The University of Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
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Elena Sandoval, MD, FEBCTS (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Hospital Clinic
Barelona, Spain
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Nancy Law, DO, MPH (LUNG)

Infectious Diseases Representative
UCSD
San Diego, CA USA
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Nicolas Mueller, MD (HEART)

Infectious Diseases Representative
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
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Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (HEART)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland
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Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (HEART)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics
Madison, WI USA
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Gregory Fishbein, MD (HEART)

Pathology Representative
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA
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Anne Dipchand, MD (HEART)

Pediatrics Representative
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON Canada
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Lilibeth Carlos, BPharm (Hons) (HEART)

Pharmacy Representative
St Vincent's Hospital
Darlinghurst, Australia
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Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (LUNG)

Pharmacy Representative
Inova Fairfax Hospital
Potomac, MD USA
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Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD (HEART)

Research & Immunology Representative
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT USA

Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD (HEART)

Research & Immunology Representative
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA
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Archer Martin, MD (LUNG)

Team Leader / Anesthesiology & Critical Care Representative
Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA
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Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Lund University
Lund, Sweden
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Aleem Siddique, MBBS (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representatie
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE USA
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Silvia Campos, PhD (LUNG)

Infectious Diseases Representative
Heart Institute of Sao Paulo Medical School HCFMUSP
São Paulo, Brazil
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Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (LUNG)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Health
Chermside, Australia
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Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (LUNG)

Pathology Representative
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA
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Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (LUNG)

Pediatrics Representative
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA
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Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (LUNG)

Pharmacy Representative
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN USA
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Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA
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Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX USA
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Jamie Todd, MD, MHS (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA
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Glen Westall, FRACP, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Representative
Alfred Hospital
Prahran, Australia
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Christine Falk, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Representative
Hannover Medical School
Hannover, Germany
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Andrew Gelman, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Representative
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA
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Markus Barten, MD, PhD (MCS)

Team Leader / Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
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Eric de Waal, MD PhD (MCS)

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Representative
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
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Sai Bhagra, MRCP(UK) (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anique Ducharme, MD, MSC (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal
Montreal, QC Canada
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Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
St. Vincent's Hospital
Sydney, NSW Australia
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María Florencia Renedo, MD (MCS)

Cardiology Representative
Hospital University Fundación Favaloro
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jamila Kremer, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany
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David Schibilsky, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University Heart Center, University Medical Center
Freiburg, Germany
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Sarah Schroeder, PhD, ACNP-BC, MSN RN (MCS)

Nursing & Allied Health Representative
Bryan Heart
Lincoln, NE USA
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Scott Auerbach, MD (MCS)

Pediatrics Representative
University of Colorado
Aurora, CO USA
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Katrina Ford, BPharm MSc (MCS)

Pharmacy Representative
Great Ormond Street NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
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Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (MCS)

Research & Immunology Representative
Baylor Scott and White Health
Austin, TX USA
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Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (PVD)

Team Leader / Cardiology Representative
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA
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Marc Simon, MD, MS (PVD)

Cardiology Representative
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA
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Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD (PVD)

Cardiology Representative
HUB Hôpital Erasme
Anderlecht, Belgium
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Marc De Perrot, MD, MSc, FRCSC (PVD)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, Canada
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Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH (PVD)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Representative
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA
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Jennifer Day, PharmD (PVD)

Pharmacy Representative
Baptist Health Medical Center
Little Rock, AR USA
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Laurent Godinas, Dr (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg
Leuven, Belgium
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Ioana Preston, MD (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA USA

Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc (PVD)

Pulmonology Representative
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA