Leadership Advisory Forum

 
The ISHLT Leadership Advisory Forum (LAF) serves to provide a representation-based forum for the varied geographic, generational, gender, and specialty-based constituencies of ISHLT to discuss issues of interest and concern to their constituencies and the Society and share their perspectives with each other and the Board.

See Also: Professional Communities, Interdisciplinary Networks, Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees, and Early Career and Trainee Committee
 
 
The ISHLT Leadership Advisory Forum (LAF) shall consist of the following:
  • The Immediate Past President, who shall serve as Co-Chair
  • The CEO, who shall serve as Co-Chair
  • The Chairs of each of the Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees
  • The Chairs of each of the Oversight Committees
  • The Chair of the Early Career and Trainee Committee
  • Up to 15 At-Large members selected by the Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committees, subject to Board approval, to ensure representation from all of the various demographic constituencies of the Society
     
At-Large members may not serve simultaneously on an Interdisciplinary Network Steering Committee unless no other candidates are available and willing to serve on the LAF

At-Large members may not simultaneously serve on the ISHLT Board of Directors, nor in a Board position for any other professional societies with overlapping membership and interest areas with ISHLT

At-Large terms are for one year, renewable up to 3 consecutive terms, after which a one year break is required
 
  • Provides input, feedback, and advice to the Board, proactively, regarding issues including:
    • Strategic planning
    • Environmental scanning
    • Policy
    • Mega issues
    • Programs and services
  • Identify strategic opportunities to foster international and/or interdisciplinary exchanges of scientific information and collaboration with other organizations and submit to the Board for consideration
  • Discusses ongoing environmental scanning as a key topic during an annual meeting of the LAF and reports the results to the Board.- Identifies opportunities to foster international exchanges of scientific information and collaboration for submission to the Board for consideration
  • Serves as a focus group for the Board.
  • Collaborates with the Interdisciplinary Networks and Professional Communities as needed, to gather information and feedback relevant to issues under consideration/ deliberation
  • Identifies issues/interests/perspectives to bring to the attention of the Board of Directors for consideration
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Christian Benden MD, MBA, FCCP (2024)

Chair

University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Edward Cantu MD, MSCE (2026)

Education Oversight Committee Chair

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Andrew J Fisher FRCP, PhD (2024)

Publications Oversight Committee Chair

Newcastle University
Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Ulrich Jorde MD (2024)

Research Oversight Committee Chair

Montefiore Medical Center
Bronx, NY, USA
Nicolas A Brozzi MD (2024)

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation IDN Steering Committee Chair

Cleveland Clinic
Miami, FL, USA
Brian Keller MD, PhD (2024)

Advanced Lung Failure and Transplantation IDN Steering Committee Chair

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA
Phyllis Billia MD, PhD (2024)

Mechanical Circulatory Support IDN Steering Committee Chair

University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
Marc Simon MD, MS (2024)

Pulmonary Vascular Disease (PAH & CTEPH) IDN Steering Committee Chair

UCSF
San Francisco, CA, USA
Tara Veasey PharmD, BCTXP (2024)

Early Career & Trainees Committee Chair

Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Kathleen Grady PhD, RN, MS, FAAN (2024)

Grants & Awards Committee Chair

Northwestern University
Chicago, IL, USA
Patricia Ging MSc (2024)

Standards & Guidelines Committee Chair

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
Archer Kilbourne Martin MD (2024)

At-Large Member (Anesthesiology and Critical Care Professional Community)

Mayo Clinic
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Ryan Tedford MD (2024)

At-Large Member (Cardiology Professional Community)

Medical University of South Carolina
Mt Pleasant, SC, USA
Scott C Silvestry MD, PhD (2024)

At-Large Member (Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community)

Florida Hospital Transplant Institute
Orlando, FL, USA
Cumara C Sivathasan MBBS, FRCS (2024)

At-Large Member (Cardiothoracic Surgery Professional Community)

National Heart Center, Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Fernanda Silveira MD, MS (2024)

At-Large Member (Infectious Diseases Professional Community)

Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Christiane Kugler PhD (2024)

At-Large Member (Nursing and Allied Health Professional Community)

Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany
Sarah Schettle PA-C (2024)

At-Large Member (Nursing and Allied Health Professional Community)

Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Annalisa Angelini MD (2024)

At-Large Member (Pathology Professional Community)

University of Padua
Padova, Italy
Estela Azeka MD (2024)

At-Large Member (Pediatrics Professional Community)

University of Sao Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
Joshua Diamond MD (2024)

At-Large Member (Pulmonology Professional Community)

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Erik A M Verschuuren MD, PhD (2024)

At-Large Member (Pulmonology Professional Community)

University Medical Center Goningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Adriana Zeevi PhD (2024)

At-Large Member (Research and Immunology Professional Community)

Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr
Pittsburgh, PA, USA