Governance

2023 TSF Board of Directors

Joseph A. Dearani, MD – President, Term Ends 2024

Virginia R. Litle, MD – Vice President, Term Ends 2025

Juan A. Crestanello, MD – Secretary, Term Ends 2025

Anthony L. Estrera, MD – Treasurer Term Ends 2024

Gorav Ailawadi, MD – Term Ends 2026

Carolyn A. Dubeau, MD (Resident Director) – Term Ends 2025

Edward P. Chen, MD – Term Ends 2024

Melanie A. Edwards, MD – Term Ends 2024

Karen M. Kim, MD – Term Ends 2026

Scott A. Lemaire, MD – Terms Ends 2025

Thomas E. MacGillivray, MD – Term Ends 2024

Meena Nathan, MD – Term Ends 2025

Tom C. Nguyen, MD – Term Ends 2024

Vinod H. Thourani, MD – Term Ends 2024

Elaine E. Tseng, MD – Term Ends 2026

2022 TSF Research Awards Committee*:

Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD — Chair

Farhood Farjah, MD — Vice Chair

Gorav Ailawadi, MD
Arman Arghami, MD
Roland Assi, MD
Leah M. Backhus, MD
Faisal G. Bakaeen, MD
Ankit Bharat, MD
Matthew J. Bott, MD
Stephen R. Broderick, MD
Christopher R. Burke, MD
Edward Cantu, MD
Yvonne M. Carter, MD
Joanna Chikwe, MD
Elizabeth A. David, MD

Jonathan D’Cunha, MD, PhD
Robert D. Davis, MD
Jessica S. Donington, MD
Cherie P. Erkmen, MD
Farhood Farjah, MD

Mark K. Ferguson, MD
Felix G. Fernandez, MD
Michael P. Fischbein, MD
Mario F. L. Gaudino, MD
Ravi K. Ghanta, MD
Andrew B. Goldstone, MD
Danielle Gottlieb Sen, MD
Dawn S. Hui, MD
James Jaggers, MD
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, MD
Biniam Kidane, MD

Arman Kilic, MD
Karen M. Kim, MD
Mark J. Krasna, MD
Johannes R. Kratz, MD
Bradley G. Leshnower, MD
Kevin W. Lobdell, MD
Feiran Lou, MD
Constantine Mavroudis, MD

Gita N. Mody, MD
Meena Nathan, MD
David D. Odell, MD
Varun Puri, MD
Jessica Y. Rove, MD

Sahar Saddoughi, MD
Toshiharu Shinoka, MD, PhD

Sunil Singhal, MD
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD
Ibrahim Sultan, MD
Paul C. Tang, MD
Luis F. Tapias, MD
Patricia A. Thistlethwaite, MD, PhD
Frederick A. Tibayan, MD
Elaine E. Tseng, MD — Chair
Harma K. Turbendian, MD
Grayson H. Wheatley, III, MD
Abby White, MD
Bryan A. Whitson, MD, PhD
Berhane Worku, MD
Bo Yang, MD, PhD
Sai S. Yendamuri, MD
Brittany A. Zwischenberger, MD
Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD

*Grant applicants are prohibited from contacting TSF Research Committee Members. TSF Award questions can be e-mailed to tsf@sts.org.

Past TSF Presidents:

2019-2022
Joseph E. Bavaria, MD

2017-2019
Douglas E. Wood, MD

2014-2017
John H. Calhoon, MD

2011-2014
G. Alexander Patterson, MD

2008-2010
Michael J. Mack, MD

2006-2007
Lawrence H. Cohn, MD

2003-2005
John R. Benfield, MD

2001-2002
David B. Skinner, MD

1998-2000
Robert B. Wallace, MD

1995-1997
Martin F. McKneally, MD

1991-1994
Harold V. Liddle, MD

1989-1990
Robert L. Replogle, MD