Committees

The goals of the Pediatric to Adult Transition Task Force are to define the specific challenges of patients before and after cardiothoracic transplantation, requiring mechanical circulatory support and being affected by chronic heart or lung failure and pulmonary hypertension associated with transition into adulthood and independent self-care and provide specific guidance and materials for their optimized management and support to minimize the associated detriment to health and well-being.

The International Thoracic Organ Transplant (TTX) Registry was created to provide on-going, current data regarding patient, donor, and transplant characteristics as well as post-transplant outcomes. Our Registry is the only one of its kind. All institutions and countries performing heart, heart-lung, and/or lung transplantation are invited to submit data to the TTX Registry.

ISHLT engages in the regular development of guidelines, consensus documents, standards statements, and policy statements regarding the care of patients with advanced heart and/or lung disease. The Standards and Guidelines Committee reviews and approves applications to develop standards and guidelines documents and to conduct consensus conferences. The committee also identifies organizations for collaborative activities, reviews Standards and Guidelines Protocol and applications, oversees writing committee progress reports, and reviews all final drafts of S&G documents.

ISHLT leverages the value of its interdisciplinarity to deliver on the Society’s mission by organizing into four core therapy/disease-focused practice areas called Interdisciplinary Networks (IDNs). Under the leadership of an Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, each of these Interdisciplinary Networks ensure that the mission and purposes of the Society and all of the activities pursued by the Society are reflective of the perspectives and needs of the entire health care delivery team.

ISHLT leverages the value of its interdisciplinarity to deliver on the Society’s mission by organizing into four core therapy/disease-focused practice areas called Interdisciplinary Networks (IDNs). Under the leadership of an Interdisciplinary Steering Committee, each of these Interdisciplinary Networks ensure that the mission and purposes of the Society and all of the activities pursued by the Society are reflective of the perspectives and needs of the entire health care delivery team.

Past Presidents

The Leadership Advisory Forum provides input, feedback, and advice to the Board, proactively, regarding issues including strategic planning, environmental scanning, policy, mega issues and programs and services.

The Grants ommittee oversees and administers the Society’s research grant program, including the development of new research grants, all grant application processes, review of submitted applications, and grantee follow-up reports.

The Governance Committee includes two components: a Governance Operating Committee and a Governance Nominating Committee.

The Conflict-of-Interest Management Committee is responsible for the development, and management of ISHLT conflict of interest policies. This includes identifying and mitigating potential conflicts members may have while serving in leadership roles related to CME education planning, determining processes used to review and mitigate COI for all educational activities offering CME credit, and defining triggers for committee review of potential conflicts. The COI Management Committee is under the auspices of the Education Oversight Committee.

Executive Committee