Leadership

Chair (term expires December 31, 2024)
James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Vice Chair (term expires June 30, 2024)
David Wiener, MD, FASE
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Treasurer (term expires June 30, 2024)
Cynthia Taub, MD, FASE
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH

Members at Large

Nausheen Akhter, MD, FASE (term expires December 31, 2025)
Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, IL

Bhawna Arya, MD, FASE (term expires December 31, 2023)
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA

Merri Bremer, EdD, RN, ACS, RDCS, FASE (term expires December 31, 2025)
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Jonathan Lindner, MD, FASE (term expires June 30, 2024)
University of Virginia Medical Center, VA

Bharatbhushan Patel, RDCS, RVS, RDMS, FASE (term expires December 31, 2025)
Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ

Cathy West, MSc, AMS, FASE (term expires December 31, 2023)
Royal Brompton Hospital, London, England

James Kirkpatrick, MD, FASE – Chair
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA

Cody Frye, BA, RDCS, FASE – Co-Chair
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute – Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC

Jose Banchs, MD, FASE – Ex-Officio
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

Timothy Barry, MBBCh, BAO
Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

Allyson Boyle, BS, RDCS, FASE
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC

Brittany Byrd, RDCS (AE, FE, PE), FASE
Raleigh, NC

Ebere Chukwu, MD
Baylor Scott & White Health, Temple, TX

Jens Eichhorn, MD, PhD, FASE
Carolinas Healthcare System, Charlotte, NC

Jan Kasal, MD, FASE
Mercy Hospital, St. Louis, MO

Noreen Kelly, MD, MBA, FASE
Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Charlotte, NC

Megan Krajewski, MD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brookline, MA

Karla Kurrelmeyer, MD, FASE
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

Jennifer Liu, MD, FASE
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY

Ivory Mejia, RDCS
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange, GA

Gillian Nesbitt, MD, FASE
University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Purvi Parwani, MD
Loma Linda University Medical Center, Redlands, CA

Shivani Patel, MBBS, MS, FASE
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Sorin Pislaru, MD, PhD, FASE
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Juan Carlos Plana, MD, FASE
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Suzanne Poston, BS, ACS, RDCS, RVS, RCS, RCCS, CCT, FASE
Alvin Community College, Alvin, TX

Brian Soriano, MD, FASE
Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA

Neeraja Yedlapati, MD, FASE
Methodist Healthcare Memphis, Memphis, TN