Council on Education
In order to enhance the Board of Directors’ ability to manage the affairs of the Society, the operational activities of the Society conducted outside the auspices of the standing committees shall be divided among several Councils as the Board of Directors shall determine.
Operating Board
S. Adil Husain — Council Chair
Tsuyoshi Kaneko — Council Vice Chair
J. Hunter Mehaffey — Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting
Sharon Ben-Or — Chair, Workforce on Digital Education
S. Christopher Malaisrie — Chair, Workforce on International Education
Rakesh C. Arora — Chair, Workforce on Standalone Meetings
George J. Arnaoutakis — Appointed Member (Adult Cardiac)
Subhasis Chatterjee — Appointed Member (Critical Care)
Ezequiel J. Molina — Appointed Member (MCS & Transplant)
Joseph B. Shrager — Appointed Member (General Thoracic)
Elizabeth H. Stephens — Appointed Member (Congenital)
Clancy Mullan — Resident Appointee
Vinay Badhwar — Ex-Officio
Juan A. Crestanello — Ex-Officio
Felix Fernandez — Ex-Officio
Council on Quality and Research
Ram Kumar Subramanyan — Council Chair
Benjamin D. Kozower — Council Vice Chair and Chair, Workforce on Research
Michael Bowdish — Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
James E. O'Brien Jr. — Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Lisa M. Brown — Chair, Workforce on Database Innovation
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos — Chair, Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery
Christopher W. Seder — Chair, General Thoracic Surgery Database
Francis D. Pagani — Chair, Workforce on Intermacs Database and Appointed Member (MCS & Transplant)
Juan A. Crestanello — Council Appointed Member
Joseph A. Dearani — Appointed Member (Congenital)
Felix Fernandez — Appointed Member (General Thoracic)
Ahmet Kilic — Appointed Member
Sandra Starnes — Appointed Member
Ibrahim Sultan — Appointed Member (Adult Cardiac)
Nicholas R. Teman — Appointed Member (Critical Care)
Stephanie Nguyen — Resident Appointee
Jessica S. Donington — Ex-Officio
Karen M. Kim — Ex-Officio
Council on Health Policy and Relationships
Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce — Council Chair
Joseph W. Turek — Council Vice Chair
Francis C. Nichols, III — Chair, Workforce on Coding and Reimbursement
J. Robert Headrick — Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy
Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr — Appointed Member
Aaron W. Eckhauser — Appointed Member (Congenital)
Thomas E. MacGillivray — Appointed Member (Adult Cardiac)
Dan Meyer — Appointed Member (MCS & Transplant)
Keith S. Naunheim — Appointed Member
Elliot Servais — Appointed Member (General Thoracic)
Glenn Whitman — Appointed Member (Critical Care)
Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar — Resident Appointee
Haley Tupper — Resident Appointee
David T. Cooke — Ex-Officio
Ibrahim Sultan — Ex-Officio
Vinod H. Thourani — Ex-Officio
Council on Member Engagement
Mara B. Antonoff — Council Chair
Olugbenga Okusanya — Council Vice Chair and Chair, Workforce on Career Development
Rita C. Milewski — Chair, Workforce on Allied Health Integration and Support
Gregory P. Fontana — Chair, Workforce on Cardiothoracic Practice
Sara Pereira — Chair, Workforce on Inclusion and Belonging
Jennifer C. Romano — Chair, Workforce on Nina Starr Braunwald Center and Appointed Member (Congenital)
Shawn S. Groth — Chair, Workforce on Wellness
Leah M. Backhus — Appointed Member General Thoraacic)
J. Michael DiMaio — Appointed Member
Daniel T. Engelman — Appointed Member (Critical Care)
Kimberly A. Holst — Appointed Member (Adult Cardiac)
J. David Vega — Appointed Member — Appointed Member (MCS & Transplant)
Irbaz Hameed — Resident Appointee
John T. Kennedy, III — Resident Appointee
Anthony Estrera — Ex-Officio
Mark D. Rodefeld — Ex-Officio
Wilson Y. Szeto — Ex-Officio