Call for Volunteers

Year-round opportunities to volunteer your time with ISHLT

ISHLT offers several opportunities throughout the year for members to contribute their knowledge and expertise while engaging with colleagues around the globe. As a volunteer, you will work alongside other members and leaders across the field of advanced heart and lung disease to advance ISHLT’s mission and vision and enhance your leadership skills. ISHLT members who volunteer in leadership roles report a deeper connection to the ISHLT community and more satisfaction with their ISHLT membership. Approximately 20% of ISHLT’s membership has given their time to help further important strategic initiatives.

ISHLT is seeking suggestions for proactive advocacy issues that align with our mission and strategic priorities, address meaningful needs for patients, members, or the field, and offer a realistic opportunity for ISHLT to make measurable progress through sustained, multi-year collaboration with relevant stakeholders and partners.

Please share your suggestion by 2 Noveber, 2026.

Suggest an Advocacy Priority Additional Details

Because ISHLT has limited capacity, not every suggestion can be pursued. The Advocacy Committee will evaluate submissions through an established Decision Framework and recommend Priority Issues for Board consideration. Approved issues will then move into a strategy development phase, with implementation anticipated to begin in late 2027.

For more information, call +1-312-224-1261 or email advocacy@ishlt.org.

Annual Volunteer Timeline

Opportunities

Ad hoc / Ongoing Opportunities

The following are short term volunteer opportunities (3 months or less) or ways to form initial connections.

Annual Meeting Symposium Proposals Research Grants Annual Meeting Abstracts

Symposium Proposals Abstracts Manuscripts to JHLT or JHLT Open Research Grants

Peer Reviewers Authors/Subject Matter Experts

Discover opportunities to speak or develop content within the Interdisciplinary Networks (IDN) or Professional Communities (PC).

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Questions

If you have questions about volunteering, the volunteer application process, or committees seeking volunteers, email information@ishlt.org or call +1-312-224-0022.