Council Operating Boards & Workforces

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
Jessica S. Donington — Council Vice Chair
Marc P. Pelletier — Chair, Workforce on Annual Meeting
Sharon Ben-Or — Chair, Workforce on E-Learning and Educational Innovation
S. Christopher Malaisrie — Chair, Workforce on International Education
Rakesh C. Arora — Chair, Workforce on Standalone Meetings
George J. Arnaoutakis — Appointed Member
Subhasis Chatterjee — Appointed Member
Tsuyoshi Kaneko — Appointed Member
Joseph B. Shrager — Appointed Member
Elizabeth H. Stephens — Appointed Member
Alexander Nissen — Resident Appointee
Karen M. Kim — Ex-Officio
Joseph F. Sabik, III — Ex-Officio
Sandra L. Starnes — Ex-Officio

• Workforce on Annual Meeting
• Workforce on E-Learning and Educational Innovation
• Workforce on International Education
• Workforce on Standalone Meetings

Ram Kumar Subramanyan — Council Chair
Michael Bowdish — Chair, Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
Benjamin D. Kozower — Council Vice Chair and Chair, Workforce on Research
James E. O'Brien Jr. — Chair, Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Lisa M. Brown — Chair, Workforce on Database Innovations
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
Juan A. Crestanello — Appointed Member
Joseph A. Dearani — Appointed Member
Felix Fernandez — Appointed Member
Ahmet Kilic — Appointed Member
Ibrahim Sultan — Appointed Member
Nicholas R. Teman — Appointed Member
Stephanie Nguyen — Resident Appointee
David T. Cooke — Ex-Officio
Anthony L. Estrera — Ex-Officio
Vinod H. Thourani — Ex-Officio

• Workforce on Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
• Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery Database
• Workforce on Database Innovations
• Workforce on Evidence-Based Surgery
• Workforce on General Thoracic Surgery Database
• Workforce on Intermacs Database
• Workforce on Research

Joseph C. Cleveland, Jr. — Council Chair
Keith A. Horvath — Council Vice Chair
Francis C. Nichols, III — Chair, Workforce on Coding and Reimbursement
J. Robert Headrick — Chair, Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy
Syed Shahyan Bakhtiyar — Resident Appointee
Aaron W. Eckhauser — Appointed Member
Thomas E. MacGillivray — Appointed Member
Keith S. Naunheim — Appointed Member
Elliot Servais — Appointed Member
Haley Tupper — Resident Appointee
Joseph W. Turek — Appointed Member
Glenn Whitman — Appointed Member
Vinay Badhwar — Ex-Officio
Felix Fernandez — Ex-Officio
Stephanie M. Fuller — Ex-Officio

• Workforce on Coding and Reimbursement
• Workforce on Health Policy, Reform, and Advocacy

Mara B. Antonoff — Council Chair
Olugbenga Okusanya — Council Vice Chair and Chair, Workforce on Career Development
J. Michael DiMaio — Chair, Workforce on Cardiothoracic Practice
Sara Pereira — Chair, Workforce on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Rita C. Milewski — Chair, Workforce on Multidisciplinary Team Care
Jennifer C. Romano — Chair, Workforce on Nina Starr Braunwald Center
Shawn S. Groth — Chair, Workforce on Wellness
Leah M. Backhus — Appointed Member
Daniel T. Engelman — Appointed Member
Kimberly A. Holst — Appointed Member
John T. Kennedy, III — Appointed Member
Irbaz Hameed — Resident Appointee
Jessica S. Donington — Ex-Officio
Gregory P. Fontana — Ex-Officio
Wilson Y. Szeto — Ex-Officio

• Workforce on Cardiothoracic Practice
• Workforce on Career Development
• Workforce on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Workforce on Multidisciplinary Team Care
• Workforce on the Nina Starr Braunwald Center
• Workforce on Wellness