Areas of responsibility will include the identification and assessment of issues that are of unique concern to surgeons in the field of cardiac or pulmonary mechanical support, transplantation or other surgery for end-stage cardiopulmonary disease, liaison with other STS Workforces in their efforts to address those issues, and recommending strategies for addressing those issues of unique concern to those surgeons that are not within the scope of other STS Workforces' responsibilities.

Michael S. Mulligan, Chair — Seattle, WA
Jordan R. Hoffman, Vice Chair — Denver, CO
Beatrice Aramini — Bologna, Italy
Keki Balsara — McLean, VA
Linda Bogar — Windermere, FL
Nicolas A. Brozzi — Weston, FL
Errol L. Bush — Baltimore, MD
Marisa Cevasco — Philadelphia, PA
Ray Chihara — Houston, TX
Jeffrey Keenan — Durham, NC
Kevin J. Koomalsingh — Portland, OR
Matthias Loebe — Miami, FL
Gabriel Loor — Houston, TX
Ezequiel J. Molina — Atlanta, GA
Prakash P. Punjabi — London, United Kingdom
Joseph Rabin — Baltimore, MD
Aldo Rafael — Dallas, TX
Philip J. Spencer — Rochester, MN
Frederick A. Tibayan — Portland, OR
Mauricio A. Villavicencio — Rochester, MN
Leora Yarboro — Charlottesville, VA