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Plenary
Wanda M. Popescu, MD (she/her/hers) – Yale University School of Medicine
Michael C. Grant, MD, MSE – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
S. Adil Husain, MD – University of Utah School of Medicine
Elizabeth A. David, MD, MAS – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS – University of Kentucky
Education/Quality/Wellness
Robert E. Merritt, MD – Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Jason Long, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina Department of Surgery
General Thoracic
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Louisville
Michael Mitchell, MD – Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Congenital
Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan
Felix G. Fernandez, MD, MSc – Emory University
Adult Cardiac
Steven F. Bolling, MD – University of Michigan Hospital
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Gerald M. Lawrie, MD (he/him/his) – Houston Methodist Hospital Specialty Physician Group
Pavan Atluri, MD – University of Pennsylvania
Arnar Geirsson, MD – Yale University
Marc Gillinov, MD – Cleveland Clinic
T. Sloane Guy, IV, MD, MBA – Georgia Heart Institute, Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Matthew Romano, MD – University of Michigan Medical Center
Patrick M. McCarthy, MD – Northwestern Medicine/Northwestern University
Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University
Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA – University of Michigan
Dominic Emerson, MD, FACS – Cedars Sinai
Karen A. Gersch, MD, FACC, FACS – Georgia Heart Institute
Danny Ramzy, MD PhD (he/him/his) – UT Health Houston McGovern School of Medicine
Tessa Watt, MD, MSc (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C – Michigan Medicine
Öztekin Oto, Professor (he/him/his) – Dokuz Eylul University/İzmir
Adult Cardiac
David M. Overman, MD – Children's Minnesota
Damien J. LaPar, MD, MSc – University of Texas - Houston
Congenital
Daniel T. Engelman, MD – Baystate Medical Center
Alison Ward, MD – Emory University/Grady Memorial Hospital
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Joseph S. Coselli, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD – Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto
Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Cardiovascular S
Leonard N. Girardi, MD – New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center
Ourania Preventza, MD, MBA – Baylor College of Medicine,Texas Heart Institute
Adult Cardiac
Paula Ugalde Figueroa, MD – Brigham and Women's Hospital
Arthur Vieira, MD – CHAUR - University of Montreal
Mark Onaitis, MD – University of California San Diego
General Thoracic
Joseph D. Phillips, MD – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
David Tom Cooke, MD (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis Medical Center
David D. Odell, MD, MMSc – Canning Thoracic Institute, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joshua Goldberg, MD – Westchester Medical Center
Kevin D. Accola, MD – AdventHealth Orlando
Adult Cardiac
Ahmet Kilic, MD (he/him/his) – The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Margarita Camacho, MD, MBA, MS – Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Adult Cardiac
Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
Phillip J. Hess, MD – Indiana University IU SOM
Sara Pereira, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
Joshua Baker, MD (he/him/his) – Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Adult Cardiac
Roberto Lorusso, Full Professor PhD – Maastricht University Medical Centre
Christian A. Bermudez, MD – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Moritz C. Wyler von Ballmoos, MD, PhD, MPH – -
Armin Kiankhooy, MD – Adventist Health - St Helena
Education/Quality/Wellness
Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Adult Cardiac
Elisabeth Dexter, MD – Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clauden Louis, MD MS FACC – BayCare Medical System
Education/Quality/Wellness
Nicholas Oh, MD – Cleveland Clinic
Robert J. Dabal, MD (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama
Congenital
Joseph Bavaria, MD, FACS, FRCS (Edin) ad hom – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Cardiovascular S
Davide Pacini, MD, PhD – S. Orsola Hospital, University of Bologna
Adult Cardiac
Melanie Edwards, MD (she/her/hers) – Trinity Health Ann Arbor
Smita Sihag, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
General Thoracic
Marisa Cevasco, MD (she/her/hers) – Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Edward G. Soltesz, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Victor Morell, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH – University of Texas Dell Medical School / Dell Children's Hospital
Congenital
Douglas J. Minnich, MD – Ascension St. Vincent's Birmingham
Luis J. Herrera, MD (he/him/his) – Orlando Health
General Thoracic
S. Christopher Malaisrie, MD – Northwestern University
Wilson Szeto, MD – University of Pennsylvania
Adult Cardiac
Joseph A. Dearani, MD – Mayo Clinic
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Adult Cardiac
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Katherine Harrington, MD – Baylor Scott & White The Heart Hospital
Donnell K. Bowen, DO – Houston Methodist Sugar Land / Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular
Adult Cardiac
Cherie Erkmen, MD – Temple University Health System, Fox Chase Cancer Center
Clauden Louis, MD MS FACC – BayCare Medical System
Education/Quality/Wellness
Plenary
James L. Cox, MD (he/him/his) – Northwestern University
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan
Plenary
Nathalie Roy, MD (she/her/hers) – Boston Children's Hospital
Jeremiah Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCS, FCCP – West Virginia University
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Joanna Chikwe, MD – Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Michael Mack, MD – Baylor Scott & White Health
Education/Quality/Wellness
Melita Viegas, MD – UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP (he/him/his) – University of Florida
Congenital
Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr., MD – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center
Keith S. Naunheim, MD (he/him/his) – St Louis University School of Medicine
Education/Quality/Wellness
John D. Mitchell, MD – University of Colorado
Allan Pickens, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
General Thoracic
Brian Bethea, MD – MedStar
Howard Song, MD, PhD (he/him/his) – Oregon Health & Science University
Adult Cardiac
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD – The Mount Sinai Hospital
William T. Brinkman, MD (he/him/his) – The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott and White Plano
Michael W. A Chu, MD, MEd, FRCSC (he/him/his) – Western University, London Health Sciences Centre
Christopher R. Burke, MD – University of Washington
Adult Cardiac
Ashok Muniappan, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Douglas Mathisen, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Michael Lanuti, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Genearl Hospital
Pierre de Delva, MD, FACS – University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nathaniel R. Evans, III, MD (he/him/his) – Thomas Jefferson University
Smita Sihag, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Robert E. Merritt, MD – Thoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Henning A. Gaissert, MD (he/him/his) – Massachusetts General Hospital
Natalie S. Lui, MD – Stanford University
Leonidas Tapias, MD – University Hospitals - Case Western Reserve University
K. Robert Shen, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
Maria Lucia L. Madariaga, MD – University of Chicago
Christina L. Costantino, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
General Thoracic
Rakesh C. Arora, MD, PhD, FRCSC (he/him/his) – University Hospitals/CWRU
Glenn Whitman, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Hospital
Andrew D. Shaw, MD – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Jean Deschamps, MDCM – Department of Intensive Care and Resuscitation, Anesthesiology Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Jennifer L. Ellis, MD, MBA (she/her/hers) – New York University Langone Health / Bellevue Hospital Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Rachel E. Harrison, MD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Health, Union Memorial Hospital
Adult Cardiac
Karen M. Kim, MD – University of Michigan
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD – Stanford University
Adult Cardiac
Vanessa M. Miller, MD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Nicholas Andersen, MD – Duke University Medical Center
Congenital
Michael E. Halkos, MD – Emory University
Marc Gillinov, MD – Cleveland Clinic
Adult Cardiac
Vicki Morton-Bailey, DNP, AGNP-BC – Providence Anesthesiology Associates
Daniel T. Engelman, MD – Baystate Medical Center
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Errol L. Bush, MD (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins
Stephanie H. Chang, MD – NYU Langone Health
General Thoracic
Stephen C. Yang, MD FACS MAMSE – The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
Kirsten A. Freeman, MD – University of Florida
Education/Quality/Wellness
Farhood Farjah, MD – University of Washington
Svetlana Kotova, MD – PeaceHealth hospital and OHSU
General Thoracic
Rosemary F. Kelly, MD (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
Edward P. Chen, MD – Duke University Medical Center
Adult Cardiac
Nicholas Teman, MD – University of Virginia School of Medicine
James Abernathy, MD, MPH, FASE, FAHA – Johns Hopkins Medicine
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Lisa Brown – University of California, Davis
Education/Quality/Wellness
Yasir Abu-Omar, MD PhD FRCS – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Ezequiel J. Molina, MD – Piedmont Health
Adult Cardiac
David Mauchley, MD – Seattle Children's Hospital
Castigliano M. Bhamidipati, DO, PhD, MSc, FACS – Oregon Health and Science University
Congenital
Patrick Myers, MD (he/him/his) – CHUV
Vinod Thourani, MD – Piedmont Heart Institute
Adult Cardiac
Marvin D. Atkins, Jr., MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Associates
Brent Keeling, MD – Emory University
Adult Cardiac
Jane Yanagawa, MD (she/her/hers) – UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
Loretta Erhunmwunsee, MD (she/her/hers) – City of Hope Medical Center
General Thoracic
Ross Bremner, MD, PhD – Norton Thiracic Institute, Dignityhealth
Mara B. Antonoff, MD (she/her/hers) – UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Education/Quality/Wellness
Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Baptist Health
Vinay Badhwar, MD – West Virginia University
Patrick Perier, MD (he/him/his) – Heart Surgery Campus Bad Neustadt. Bad Neustadt/Saale Germany
Mario Castillo-Sang, MD – Saint Elizabeth Healthcare
Karen A. Gersch, MD, FACC, FACS – Georgia Heart Institute
Adult Cardiac
Stefano Schena, MD, PhD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery - Medical College of Wisconsin
Gregory P. Fontana, MD (he/him/his) – HCA
Adult Cardiac
Hitoshi Hirose, MD – Department of Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Anna L. Ciullo, MD – Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Utah
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH – University of Texas Dell Medical School / Dell Children's Hospital
Minoo Kavarana, MD, FACS – Medical University of South Carolina
Congenital
Plenary
Stephanie G. Worrell, MD – University of Arizona
Kiran Lagisetty, MD – University of Michigan
General Thoracic
Jeremiah Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, FACS, FRCS, FCCP – West Virginia University
Jeffrey Javidfar, MD – Emory School of Medicine
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Marc Gerdisch, MD – Franciscan Health Indianapolis
Eric J. Okum, MD – TriHealth. Cincinnati, Ohio
Adult Cardiac
Gita N. Mody, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina Department of Surgery
Uma M. Sachdeva, MD, PhD – Massachusetts General Hospital
Education/Quality/Wellness
Andrew B. Goldstone, MD, PhD – Columbia University, Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York
Laura Seese, MD, MS (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Congenital
Elaine Tseng, MD (she/her/hers) – University of California San Francisco and San Francisco VA Medical Centers
Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD – The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Adult Cardiac
Bo Yang, MD, PhD – University of Michigan Health System
Stephanie Fuller, MD – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Muhammad Aftab, MD (he/him/his) – University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO
Isaac George, MD – Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Michael J. Reardon, MD – Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
Hiroo Takayama, MD, PhD – Columbia University
Eric E. Roselli, MD – Cleveland Clinic
Puja Kachroo, MD (she/her/hers) – Washington University School of Medicine
John R. Frederick, MD – Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute
Derek R. Brinster, MD – Northwell Health Lenox Hill Hospital
Richard G. Ohye, MD (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
Reilly D. Hobbs, MD, MBS – University of Utah/Primary Children's Hospital/
Michael Kwon, MD (he/him/his) – Boston Children's Hospital
Jeremy Herrmann, MD – Indiana University School of Medicine
Barbara C. S. Hamilton, MD, MAS – University of Michigan
Thuy Le, PA-C – University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Luis J. Castro, MD (he/him/his) – CommonSpirit
Daniel Tang, MD – Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
Jeffrey Schneider, PA-C – Michigan Medicine
Ellen Cannon, PA-C – The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Joshua Grimm, MD – The University of Pennsylvania
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, n/a (he/him/his) – University of Louisville
Luca A. Vricella, MD (he/him/his) – Advocate Children's Hospital/University of Chicago Medicine
Sameh M. Said, MBBCh, MD (he/him/his) – Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center
Thomas G. Caranasos, MD (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina
William Shi, MD PhD – Northwell Health System, New York, USA
Sarah T. Palmer, MD – Minneapolis Heart Institute
George Arnaoutakis, MD – University of Florida
Adult Cardiac
Joseph F. Sabik, III, MD – University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University
Adult Cardiac
Gorav Ailawadi, MD, MBA – University of Michigan
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD – Washington University in St. Louis
Adult Cardiac
DuyKhanh P. Ceppa, MD (she/her/hers) – Indiana University School of Medicine
Jay Pal, MD, PhD – University of Washington
Education/Quality/Wellness
Hiran C. Fernando, MBBS, FRCS – Allegheny General Hospital
Jane Yanagawa, MD (she/her/hers) – UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine
General Thoracic
Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP (he/him/his) – University of Florida
Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc – Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Congenital
Frank A. Baciewicz, Jr., MD – Wayne State University Harper Hospital
HelenMari Merritt, DO (she/her/hers) – Nebraska Methodist Hospital
Critical Care and Perioperative Management
Brent Keeling, MD – Emory University
Amy E. Hackmann, MD (she/her/hers) – Brigham and Women's Hospital
Adult Cardiac
