Marc Gillinov, MD

Department Chair, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Cleveland Clinic

Michael J. Mack, MD

Senior Vice Chair, Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network

Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor Scott & White Health

Chairman
BSW The Heart Hospital – Plano Research Center

Mariell Jessup, MD, FAHA

Chief Science and Medical Officer
American Heart Association (AHA)

Emeritus Professor CE of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

Gorav Ailawadi, MD

Chair, Cardiac Surgery

Director, Frankel Cardiovascular Center

Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh Professor of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan

Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD

Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Research Program

Director, Penn Aorta Center

Associate Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Penn Medicine

Michael E. Bowdish, MD, MS

Vice Chair, Department of Cardiac Surgey

Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS, FACC

Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health

James Gammie, MD

Co-Director and Surgical Director,
Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute

Cardiac Surgeon-in-Chief

James T. Dresher, Sr. Professor in Cardiac Surgery
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Francis Pagani, MD, PhD

Otto Gago MD Endowed Professor, Cardiac Surgery

Surgical Lead, Multidisciplinary Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program

Surgical Lead, The Center for Circulatory Support
University of Michigan Health

Peter K. Smith, MD

Mary and Deryl Hart Distinguished Professor of Surgery

Duke University and Duke University Health System

Michael Borger, MD, PhD

Board Member and Clinical Advisor, Heart Interventions

Director, University Department of Cardiac Surgery, Leipzig Heart Center

Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Leipzig

Vinay Badhwar, MD

Chair, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Executive Chair, WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and Service Lin

Gordon F. Murray Professor
West Virginia University Health System

Carlos Rodriguez, MD

Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network

Director, Clinical Cardiology Research
Director, Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Kathleen Fenton, MD, MS

Deputy Chief of the Advanced Technologies and Surgery

Division of Cardiovascular Science, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Annetine C. Gelijns, PhD, JD

Chair, Department of Population Health Science & Policy

Edmond A. Guggenheim Professor of Health Policy

Co-Director, Institute for Transformative Clinical Trials

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alan J. Moskowitz, MD, FACP

Vice Chair, Department of Population Health Science & Policy

Co-Director, International Center for Health Outcomes and Innovation Research (inCHOIR)

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai