Member 2015-18

Member 2021-2024

Dr. Thomas modine is appointed as professor of cardiovascular surgery at Bordeaux university Hospital and professor at Jiao Tong university in shanghai, China. He is the director of Valve disease structural therapies and innovation in Bordeaux. He has an MD, PhD and MBA degrees. He is a renowned surgeon in TAVR, TMVR, minimally invasive surgery and valve sparing techniques. He his also leading basic science research programs and is developing a percutaneous mitral program with IP. He dedicated his training to the development and progress of percutaneous techniques and heart team approach. His research interests are in aortic valve complex, bioengineering, beating heart surgery, hybrid approaches, TAVR, TTVR and TMVR.

Member 2015-18

Member 2022-2025

Member 2015-18

Member 2014-17

Dr Miia Lehtinen is a last year resident in the cardiothoracic surgery training program of University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital. Miia completed her PhD training in 2015 in University of Helsinki: in her PhD thesis she studied the effects of bone marrow cell treatment on myocardial infarction in a randomized clinical trial. For this work, Miia received the award of the best medical thesis of the year in 2015 by the Finnish Medical Association. Between 2014 and 2018, Miia undertook a postdoctoral research period in the Karolinska Institute in Sweden studying embryonic stem cell treatment for myocardial infarction with professor Kenneth Chien. Currently, Miia's research focuses on nuclear medicine and computed tomography imaging, and the ways we can use these imaging modalities to understand the pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease, optimize surgical treatment of patients with ischemic mitral regurgitation and assess effects of pulmonary endarterectomy in chronic pulmonary hypertension.

Member 2023-2026

Member 2021-2024

Dr. Juan B. Grau is the Director of Cardiac Surgery at the Valley Hospital in alliance with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and Professor of Surgery at The University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Dr. Grau completed his residency in general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery at New York University School of Medicine. He has served as a cardiothoracic surgeon and faculty member at NYU, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University system, and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. His clinical interests include advanced coronary revascularization using arterial grafting and off-pump approaches with non-touch technique of the ascending aorta, advanced aortic and mitral valve repair techniques, surgery for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and adult congenital surgery. Dr. Grau has developed several translational research programs and institutional biobanks that have been funded by the National Institute of Health by blending clinical knowledge and expertise with the tools of basic science to find new approaches to clinically relevant programs. He is currently the co-chairman of AATS Foundation Research Committee and Chairman of EACTS Translational Research and Surgical Sciences Task Force.

Chair 2021-2024