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Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP, FERS

Christian Benden, MD, MBA, FCCP, FERS

2024-2025

Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA USA
Jason Christie, MD, MS

Jason Christie, MD, MS

2023-2024

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA USA
Andreas Zuckermann, MD

Andreas Zuckermann, MD

2022-2023

Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
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Lara Danziger-Isakov, MD, MPH

2021-2022

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH USA
Joseph Rogers, MD

Joseph Rogers, MD

2020-2021

Texas Heart Institute
Houston, TX USA
Stuart Sweet, MD, PhD

Stuart Sweet, MD, PhD

2019-2020

National Institutes of Health
St. Louis, MO USA
Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD

Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD

2018-2019

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA USA
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Andrew Fisher, FRCP, PhD

2017-2018

Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Maryl Johnson, MD

2016-2017

University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI USA
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Duane Davis, MD, MBA

2015-2016

Adventhealth
Orlando, FL USA
Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD

Hermann Reichenspurner, MD, PhD

2014-2015

University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany
Allan Glanville, MBBS, MD, FRACP

Allan Glanville, MBBS, MD, FRACP

2013-2014



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David Taylor, MD

2012-2013



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Lori West, MD, DPhil

2011-2012

University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
John Dark, MB, FRCS

John Dark, MB, FRCS

2010-2011

Newcastle University
Hexham, United Kingdom
James Kirklin, MD

James Kirklin, MD

2009-2010

Kirklin Solutions
Birmingham, AL USA
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Mandeep Mehra, MBBS, MSc, FRCP

2008-2009

Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA USA
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Paul Corris, MB, FRCP

2007-2008

Freeman Hospital
Thame, United Kingdom
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Robert Robbins, MD

2006-2007

Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX USA
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Mark Barr, MD

2005-2006

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA USA
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Alec Patterson, MD

2004-2005

Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO USA
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Jon Kobashigawa, MD

2003-2004

Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Beverly Hills, CA USA
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Stephan Schueler, MD, PhD, FRCS

2002-2003

Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, Freeman Hospital
Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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James Young, MD

2001-2003

Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland, OH USA
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Anne Keogh, MBBS, MD

2000-2001

St. Vincent's Hospital
Darlinghurst, NSW Australia
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Robert Kormos, MD, FRCS(C), FACS

1999-2000

University of Pittsburgh
Austin, TX USA
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Alan Menkis, DDS, MD, FRCS(C)

1998-1999

McMaster University
Winnipeg, Canada
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Leslie Miller, MD

1997-1998

Baycare Health
Safety Harbor, FL USA
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William Baumgartner, MD

1996-1997

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Sanibel, FL USA
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Sharon Hunt, MD

1995-1996

Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA USA
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John Wallwork, FRCS, FMedSci

1994-1995

Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Eric Rose, MD

1993-1994

Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY USA
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John O'Connell, MD

1992-1993


Sunset, SC USA
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Christian Cabrol, MD

1991-1992



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Margaret Billingham,

1990-1991



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Bruno Reichart, MD

1988-1990


Starnberg, Germany
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Stuart Jamieson, MB, FRCS

1986-1988

UC San Diego Health System
La Jolla, CA USA
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Sir Terence English, KBE, FRCS

1984-1986



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Jack Copeland, MD

1982-1984


Fort Wayne, IN USA
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Michael Hess, MD

1981-1982



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