Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee

Caroline Patterson, BMBS, MD (ALL)

2026 Scientific Program Chair

Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH (ALL)

ISHLT President

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA

Melissa Cousino, PhD (ALL)

Incoming Program Chair

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA

Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (ALL)

2027 Scientific Program Chair

Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA

Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (HEART)

Team Lead / Pediatrics Professoinal Community Representative

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH USA

Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (HEART)

Team Lead / Cardiology Professional Community Representative

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

Antonio Rubino, MD (HEART)

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Professional Community Representative

Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (HEART - PRE)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

Hospital 12 Octubre
Madrid, Spain

Juan Duero Posada, MD, MSc (HEART)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Kiran Mirza, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark

Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

UHN
Toronto, ON Canada

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (HEART)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA

Laura DiChiacchio, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
West Hollywood, CA USA

Emily Granger, MBBS (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Chatswood, NSW Australia

Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

The University of Tokyo Hospital
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan

Elena Sandoval, MD FEBCTS (HEART)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain

Nancy Law, DO, MPH (HEART)

Infectious Diseases Professional Community Representative

UCSD
San Diego, CA USA

Nicolas Mueller, MD (HEART)

Infectious Diseases Professional Community Representative

University Hospital Zurich
Zürich, Switzerland

Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (HEART)

Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Representative

University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (HEART)

Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Representative

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI USA

Gregory Fishbein, MD (HEART)

Pathology Professional Community Representative

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

Anne Dipchand, MD (HEART)

Pediatrics Professional Community Representative

The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON Canada

Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (HEART)

Pharmacy Professional Community Representative

Inova Fairfax Hospital
Potomac, MD USA

Lilibeth Carlos, BPharm (Hons) (HEART)

Pharmacy Professional Community Representative

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Darlinghurst, NSW Australia

Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD (HEART)

Research & Immunology Professional Community Representative

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA

Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD (HEART)

Research & Immunology Professional Community Representative

Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT USA

Archer Martin, MD (LUNG)

Team Lead / Anesthesiology & Critical Care Professional Community Representative

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA

Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine / Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Aleem Siddique, MBBS (LUNG)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE USA

Silvia Campos, PhD (LUNG)

Infectious Diseases Professional Community Representative

Heart Institute of Sao Paulo Medical School HCFMUSP
São Paulo, Brazil

Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (LUNG)

Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Representative

The Prince Charles Hospital / Queensland Health
Brisbane, QLD Australia

Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (LUNG)

Pathology Professional Community Representative

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA

Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (LUNG)

Pediatrics Professional Community Representative

British Columbia Children's Hosp / Univ of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada

Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (LUNG)

Pharmacy Professional Community Representative

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA

Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (LUNG)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Coppell, TX USA

Jamie Todd, MD, MHS (LUNG)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA

Glen Westall, FRACP, PhD (LUNG)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

Alfred Hospital
Prahran, VIC Australia

Christine Falk, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Professional Community Representative

Hannover Medical School, MHH
Hannover, Germany

Andrew Gelman, PhD (LUNG)

Research & Immunology Professional Community Representative

Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA

Markus Barten, MD, PhD (MCS)

Team Lead / Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

Eric de Waal, MD PhD (MCS)

Anesthesiology & Critical Care Professional Community Representative

University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands

Sai Bhagra, MBBS, MRCP(UK) (MCS)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anique Ducharme, MD, MSC (MCS)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal
Montreal, QC Canada

Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (MCS)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

St. Vincent's Hospital
Paddington, NSW Australia

María Florencia Renedo, MD (MCS)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

IQVIA
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jamila Kremer, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany

David Schibilsky, MD (MCS)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

University Heart Center, University Medical Center
Luzern, Switzerland

Sarah Schroeder, PhD, ACNP-BC, MSN RN (MCS)

Nursing & Allied Health Professional Community Representative

Bryan Heart
Lincoln, NE USA

Scott Auerbach, MD (MCS)

Pediatric Professional Community Representative

University of Colorado
Aurora, CO USA

Katrina Ford, BPharm MSc (MCS)

Pharmacy Professional Community Representative

Great Ormond Street NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom

Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (MCS)

Research & Immunology Professional Community Representative

Baylor Scott and White Health
Austin, TX USA

Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (PVD)

Team Lead / Cardiology Professional Community Representative

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA

Marc Simon, MD, MS (PVD)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA

Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD (PVD)

Cardiology Professional Community Representative

HUB Hôpital Erasme
Anderlecht, Belgium

Marc De Perrot, MD, MSc, FRCSC (PVD)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON Canada

Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH (PVD)

Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community Representative

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA

Jennifer Day, PharmD (PVD)

Pharmacy Professional Community Representative

Baptist Health Medical Center
Little Rock, AR USA

Laurent Godinas, MD, PhD (PVD)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Ioana Preston, MD (PVD)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA USA

Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc (PVD)

Pulmonology Professional Community Representative

Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA

Susie Newton

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Chicago, IL USA

Beth Reed

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Chicago, IL USA

Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH (2026)

President

University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT USA

Caroline Patterson, BMBS, MD (2026)

Program Chair

Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Melissa Cousino, PhD (2026)

Incoming Chair

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA

Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (2026)

Past Chair

Stanford University
Stanford, CA USA

Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (2026)

Member

Inova Fairfax Hospital
Potomac, MD USA

Aleem Siddique, MBBS (2026)

Member

University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE USA

Andrew Gelman, PhD (2026)

Member

Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA

Anique Ducharme, MD, MSC (2026)

Member

Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal
Montreal, QC Canada

Anne Dipchand, MD (2026)

Member

The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, ON Canada

Antonio Rubino, MD (2026)

Member

Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Archer Martin, MD (2026)

Member

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL USA

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (2026)

Member

University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN USA

Christine Falk, PhD (2026)

Member

Hannover Medical School, MHH
Hannover, Germany

Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT USA

David Schibilsky, M.D. (2026)

Member

Lucerne Cantonal Hospital
Luzern, Switzerland

Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (2026)

Member

The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland Health
Lutwyche, QLD Australia

Elena Sandoval, MD FEBCTS (2026)

Member

Hospital Clinic
Barcelona, Spain

Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (2026)

Member

Duke University Medical Center
Durham, NC USA

Emily Granger, MBBS (2026)

Member

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Chatswood, NSW Australia

Eric de Waal, MD PhD (2026)

Member

University Medical Center Utrecht
Zeist, Netherlands

Evan Kransdorf, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Cedars-Sinai
Beverly Hills, CA USA

Glen Westall, FRACP, PhD (2026)

Member

Alfred Hospital
Prahran, VIC Australia

Gregory Fishbein, MD (2026)

Member

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA USA

Ioana Preston, MD (2026)

Member

Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA USA

Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (2026)

Member

Saint Francis Health System
Austin, TX USA

Jamie Todd, MD, MHS (2026)

Member

Duke University Medical Center
Hillsborough, NC USA

Jamila Kremer, MD (2026)

Member

University Hospital
Heidelberg, Germany

Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH (2026)

Member

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA

Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD (2026)

Member

HUB Hôpital Erasme
Anderlecht, Belgium

Jennifer Day, PharmD (2026)

Member

Baptist Health Medical Center
Little Rock, AR USA

Juan Duero Posada, MD, MSc (2026)

Member

University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Katrina Ford, BPharm MSc (2026)

Member

Great Ormond Street NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom

Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (2026)

Member

St. Vincent's Hospital
Paddington, NSW Australia

Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (2026)

Member

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

Kiran Mirza, MD (2026)

Member

Rigshospitalet
Frederiksberg, Denmark

Laura DiChiacchio, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
West Hollywood, CA USA

Laurent Godinas, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

UZ Leuven
Leuven, Belgium

Lilibeth Carlos, BPharm (Hons) (2026)

Member

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Darlinghurst, NSW Australia

Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (2026)

Member

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN USA

Marc De Perrot, MD, MSc, FRCSC (2026)

Member

Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON Canada

Marc Simon, MD, MS (2026)

Member

University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA USA

Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (2026)

Member

University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Madison, WI USA

Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Hospital 12 Octubre
Madrid, Spain

María Florencia Renedo, MD (2026)

Member

IQVIA
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Markus Barten (2026)

Member

University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany

Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

The University of Tokyo Hospital
Bunkyo-Ku, Japan

Nancy Law, DO, MPH (2026)

Member

UCSD
San Diego, CA USA

Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (2026)

Member

British Columbia Children's Hosp, Univ of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada

Nicolas Mueller, MD (2026)

Member

University Hospital Zurich
Zürich, Switzerland

Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (2026)

Member

University of Basel
Basel, Switzerland

Sai Bhagra, MBBS, MRCP(UK) (2026)

Member

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc (2026)

Member

Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX USA

Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Lund University
Lund, Sweden

Sarah Schroeder, PhD, ACNP-BC, MSN RN (2026)

Member

Bryan Heart
Lincoln, NE USA

Scott Auerbach, MD (2026)

Member

University of Colorado
Aurora, CO USA

Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD USA

Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (2026)

Member

Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH USA

Silvia Campos, PhD (2026)

Member

Heart Institute of Sao Paulo Medical School HCFMUSP
São Paulo, Brazil

Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (2026)

Member

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI USA

Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (2026)

Member

UT Southwestern Medical Center
Coppell, TX USA

Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD (2026)

Member

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA USA

Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (2026)

Member

UHN
Toronto, ON Canada

Olivia Penninger

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Chicago, IL USA

Sue Bessner

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Chicago, IL USA

Susie Newton

ISHLT Staff Liaison

ISHLT
Chicago, IL USA

ISHLT 46th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions

Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee

Caroline Patterson, BMBS, MD (ALL)

Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH (ALL)

Melissa Cousino, PhD (ALL)

Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (ALL)

Shahnawaz Amdani, MD (HEART)

Kelly Schlendorf, MD, MHS (HEART)

Antonio Rubino, MD (HEART)

Maria Dolores Cosio, MD, PhD (HEART - PRE)

Juan Duero Posada, MD, MSc (HEART)

Kiran Mirza, MD (HEART)

Yasbanoo Moayedi, MD (HEART)

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (HEART)

Laura DiChiacchio, MD, PhD (HEART)

Emily Granger, MBBS (HEART)

Minoru Ono, MD, PhD (HEART)

Elena Sandoval, MD FEBCTS (HEART)

Nancy Law, DO, MPH (HEART)

Nicolas Mueller, MD (HEART)

Sabina De Geest, RN, PhD (HEART)

Margaret Murray, RN, DNP (HEART)

Gregory Fishbein, MD (HEART)

Anne Dipchand, MD (HEART)

Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (HEART)

Lilibeth Carlos, BPharm (Hons) (HEART)

Van-Khue Ton, MD, PhD (HEART)

Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD (HEART)

Archer Martin, MD (LUNG)

Sandra Lindstedt, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Aleem Siddique, MBBS (LUNG)

Silvia Campos, PhD (LUNG)

Donna Hickling, AdvAPD (LUNG)

Elizabeth Pavlisko, MD (LUNG)

Nicholas Avdimiretz, MD, FRCPC (LUNG)

Madeline Morrison, PharmD, BCTXP (LUNG)

Rayid Abdulqawi, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Sean Agbor-Enoh, MD, PhD (LUNG)

Vaidehi Kaza, MD, MPH (LUNG)

Jamie Todd, MD, MHS (LUNG)

Glen Westall, FRACP, PhD (LUNG)

Christine Falk, PhD (LUNG)

Andrew Gelman, PhD (LUNG)

Markus Barten, MD, PhD (MCS)

Eric de Waal, MD PhD (MCS)

Sai Bhagra, MBBS, MRCP(UK) (MCS)

Anique Ducharme, MD, MSC (MCS)

Kavitha Muthiah, MBChB, PhD (MCS)

María Florencia Renedo, MD (MCS)

Jamila Kremer, MD (MCS)

David Schibilsky, MD (MCS)

Sarah Schroeder, PhD, ACNP-BC, MSN RN (MCS)

Scott Auerbach, MD (MCS)

Katrina Ford, BPharm MSc (MCS)

Jaime Hernandez Montfort, MD, MPH, MSc (MCS)

Thomas Cascino, MD, MSc (PVD)

Marc Simon, MD, MS (PVD)

Jean-Luc Vachiery, MD (PVD)

Marc De Perrot, MD, MSc, FRCSC (PVD)

Jasleen Kukreja, MD, MPH (PVD)

Jennifer Day, PharmD (PVD)

Laurent Godinas, MD, PhD (PVD)

Ioana Preston, MD (PVD)

Sandeep Sahay, MD, MSc (PVD)

Susie Newton

Beth Reed

Josef Stehlik, MD, MPH (2026)

Caroline Patterson, BMBS, MD (2026)

Melissa Cousino, PhD (2026)

Kiran Khush, MD, MAS (2026)

Adam Cochrane, PharmD, MPH (2026)

Aleem Siddique, MBBS (2026)

Andrew Gelman, PhD (2026)

Anique Ducharme, MD, MSC (2026)

Anne Dipchand, MD (2026)

Antonio Rubino, MD (2026)

Archer Martin, MD (2026)

Bhavadharini Ramu, MD (2026)

Christine Falk, PhD (2026)

Daniel Jane-Wit, MD, PhD (2026)

ISHLT 46^th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions