ADULT CARDIAC SURGERY STRATEGIC ADVISORY PANEL
The Adult Cardiac Surgery Strategic Advisory Panel will serve as high-level think tank to assist Council Operating Boards and Workforces in identifying key adult cardiac surgery issues, opportunities, and challenges that can be addressed through the existing STS governance structure and function as a sounding board for STS leadership with respect to adult cardiac surgery concerns.
Michael J. Mack, Chair — Plano, TX
George J. Arnaoutakis — Austin, TX (Council on Education)
Joseph E. Bavaria — Philadelphia, PA
Steven Bolling — Ann Arbor, MI
Joanna Chikwe — Los Angeles, CA
Kimberly A. Holst — Rochester, MN (Council on Member Engagement)
Keith A. Horvath — Charleston, SC
Thomas E. MacGillivray — Washington, DC (Council on Health Policy and Relationships)
Patrick McCarthy — Chicago, IL
Ibrahim Sultan — Pittsburgh, PA (Council on Quality and Research)
Elaine E. Tseng — San Francisco, CA
CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY STRATEGIC ADVISORY PANEL
The Congenital Heart Surgery Strategic Advisory Panel will serve as high-level think tank to assist Council Operating Boards and Workforces in identifying key congenital heart surgery issues, opportunities, and challenges that can be addressed through the existing STS governance structure and function as a sounding board for STS leadership with respect to congenital heart surgery concerns.
Joesph Dearani, Chair — Rochester, MN (Council on Quality and Research)
John H. Calhoon — San Antonio, TX
Aaron W. Eckhauser — Wilmington, DE (Council on Health Policy and Relationships)
Pirooz Eghtesady — St. Louis, MO
Charles D. Fraser — Austin, TX
Jeffrey P. Jacobs — Gainesville, FL
David Kalfa — New York, NY
John E. Mayer, Jr — Wellesley, MA
Jennifer C. Romano — Ann Arbor, MI (Council on Member Engagement)
Elizabeth H. Stephens — Rochester, MN (Council on Education)
CRITICAL CARE STRATEGIC ADVISORY PANEL
The Critical Care Strategic Advisory Panel will serve as high-level think tank to assist Council Operating Boards and Workforces in identifying key critical care issues, opportunities, and challenges that can be addressed through the existing STS governance structure and function as a sounding board for STS leadership with respect to cardiothoracic surgery critical care concerns.
Rakesh C. Arora — Cleveland, OH
Subhasis Chatterjee — Houston, TX (Council on Education)
Daniel T. Engelman — Springfield, MA (Council on Member Engagement)
Jeremiah A. Hayanga — Morgantown, WV
Jerrold Levy — Durham, NC
Nicholas R. Teman — Aurora, CO (Council on Quality and Research)
Glenn Whitman — Baltimore, MD (Council on Health Policy and Relationships)
John A. Kellum, Advisor, Non-voting — Pittsburgh, PA
GENERAL THORACIC SURGERY STRATEGIC ADVISORY PANEL
The General Thoracic Surgery Strategic Advisory Panel will serve as high-level think tank to assist Council Operating Boards and Workforces in identifying key general thoracic surgery issues, opportunities, and challenges that can be addressed through the existing STS governance structure and function as a sounding board for STS leadership with respect to general thoracic surgery concerns.
John D. Mitchell, Chair — Aurora, CO
Mara B. Antonoff — Houston, TX
Leah M. Backhus — Stanford, CA (Council on Member Engagement)
Shanda H. Blackmon — Houston, TX
Felix Fernandez — Decatur, GA (Council on Quality and Research)
Erin Gillaspie — Omaha, NE
Benjamin D. Kozower — St. Louis, MO
Elliot Servais — Wellesley, MA (Council on Health Policy and Relationships)
Joseph B Shrager — Stanford, CA (Council on Education)
Brendon M. Stiles — Bronx, NY
Alper Toker — Istanbul, Turkey
Ara A. Vaporciyan — Houston, TX
Thomas K. Varghese — Salt Lake City, UT
Douglas E. Wood — Seattle, WA
MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT AND TRANSPLANT STRATEGIC ADVISORY PANEL
The Mechanical Circulatory Support and Transplant Strategic Advisory Panel will serve as high-level think tank to assist Council Operating Boards and Workforces in identifying key MCS and transplant issues, opportunities, and challenges that can be addressed through the existing STS governance structure and function as a sounding board for STS leadership with respect to MCS and transplant concerns.
Francis D. Pagani, Chair — Ann Arbor, MI (Council on Quality and Research)
Yasir Abu-Omar — Cleveland, OH
Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr — Aurora, CO
J. Michael DiMaio — Dallas, TX
Amy Fiedler — San Francisco, CA
Daniel Goldstein — New York, NY
Jonathan W. Haft — Ann Arbor, MI
Ahmet Kilic — Baltimore, MD
Robert Kormos — Austin, TX
James Long — Salt Lake City, UT
Ezequiel J. Molina — Atlanta, GA (Council on Education)