National Leadership
Current Leadership
Elan Burton, MD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees:
- CVSA Leadership Committee, Member at Large (2021 - 2023)
- Fellows in Training Committee (2021 - 2023)
Joseph Woo, MD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees, CVSA Leadership Committee, Liaison (2004 - Current)
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees, CVSA Leadership Committee, Liaison, and Nominating Committee Chair; CVSA Education and Publication Committee, Member-at-large (2011 - Current)
William Hiesinger, MD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees, CVSA Leadership Committee, Member at Large (2020 - Current)
Yasuhiro Shudo, MD, PhD
CVSA Membership & Communications Committee of the Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Member (2019 - Current)
JW MacArthur, MD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees, CVSA Leadership Committee, CVSA Education and Publication Committee, Member (2022 - 2023)
Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS
Lung Cancer in Women Task Group, Chair (2018 - Current)
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD
Vice-President of WTSA, 2nd Half of 2022-2023 (Current) Term (2023 - Current)
Past Leadership
Leo Eloesser, MD
(1936 - 1937)
19th President
Emile Holman, MD
(1953 - 1954)
33rd President
(Emile Holman was Chair of Surgery at the time)
Michael Fischbein, MD, PhD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia Committees, CVSA Leadership Committee:
- CVSA Vice Chair (2017 - 2019)
- CVSA Chair (2019 - 2021)
Joseph Woo, MD
Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, Chair, Scientific Sessions Program Committee
Norman E. Shumway Jr., MD, PhD
Robert C. Robbins, MD
Leah Backhus, MD, MPH, FACS
Board of Directors, Director-at-Large (2014 - 2019)
Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer (2019 - 2022)