2026-2027
Nabil Hussein, MD
Rotherham, United Kingdom
- Host Mentor: Osami Honjo, MD
- Host Institution: SickKids Hospital
Abubakar Ibn Sidik, MD
Moscow, Russia
- Host Mentor: Marc R. Moon, MD & Joseph S. Coselli, MD
- Host Institution: Texas Heart Institute / Baylor College of Medicine
2025-2026
Miia Lehtinen, MD
Helsinki, Finland
- Host Mentor: Douglas R. Johnston, MD & Victor Pretorious, MD
- Host Institution: Northwestern Memorial Hospital & UCLA San Diego
Wang Shuai, MD
Shanghai, China
- Host Mentor: Stephen D. Cassivi, MD
- Host Institution: Mayo Clinic Thoracic Surgery
2024-2025
Hao Li, MD
Beijing, China
- Host Mentor: Scott J. Swanson, MD
- Host Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hiroaki Osada, MD
Kyoto, Japan
- Host Mentor: Marc Moon, MD
- Host Institution: Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine
2023-2024
Giovanni Comacchio, MD
Padova, Italy
- Host Mentor: Daniela Molena, MD
- Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chengming Fan, MD
Changsha, China
- Host Mentor: Bo Yang, MD
- Host Institution: Frankel Cardiovascular Center
2022-2023
Jiang Long, MD, PhD
Guangzhou, China
- Host Mentor: Yolonda Colson, MD
- Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Syed Rehman, MD
London, United Kingdom
- Host Mentor: Marc Gillinov, MD
- Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic
2021-2022
Francesca D’Auria, MD
Novara, Italy
- Host Mentor: Marc R. Moon, MD
- Host Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Victor A. Paz Flores, MD
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- Host Mentor: Victor O. Morell, MD
- Host Institution: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
2020-2021
Omar A. Jarral, MD
London, United Kingdom
- Host Mentor: Joseph E. Bavaria, Jr., MD
- Host Institution: University of Pennsylvania
2019-2020
Laura Besola, MD
Padova, Italy
- Host Mentor: Anson Cheung, MD
- Host Institution: St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver
2018-2019
Khurshid Saitazizov, MD
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Host Mentor: Pedro J. del Nido, MD
- Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital
2017-2018
Taylan Adademir, MD
Istanbul, Turkey
- Host Mentor: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
- Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
2016-2017
Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD
Vienna, Austria
- Host Mentor: Thomas K. Waddell, MD
- Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital
2015 - 2016
Yaxing Shen, MD
Shanghai, China
- Host Mentor: Thomas A. D'Amico, MD
- Host Institution: Duke University
2014 - 2015
Joon Bum Kim, MD
Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Host Mentor: Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
- Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
2013 - 2014
Haifeng Wang, MD
Shanghai, China
- Host Mentor: Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
- Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
2012 - 2013
Stephane Collaud, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
- Host Mentor: Shaf Keshavjee, MD
- Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital
2011 - 2012
Zhi - gang Li, MD
Shanghai, China
- Host Mentor: Thomas W. Rice, MD
- Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic
2010 - 2011
Mohsen Ibrahim, MD
Rome, Italy
- Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
- Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
2009 - 2010
Juan Fibla, MD
Barcelona, Spain
- Host Mentor: Mark S. Allen, MD
- Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
2008 - 2009
Sachin Talwar, MD
New Delhi, India
- Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
- Host Institution: Children's National Medical Center
2007 - 2008
Ioannis Toumpoulis, MD
Athens, Greece
- Host Mentor: Sidney Levitsky, MD
- Host Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston
2006 - 2007
Ari Mennander, MD
Tampere, Finland
- Host Mentor: Christopher G. A. McGregor, MD
- Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
2005 - 2006
Zsolt Tóth, MD, PhD
Pécs, Hungary
- Host Mentor: Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
- Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
2004 - 2005
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, MD
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Host Mentor: Edward L. Bove, MD
- Host Institution: University of Michigan
2003 - 2004
Edvin Prifti, MD
Tirana, Albania
- Host Mentor: Bernard S. Goldman, MD
- Host Institution: Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Center
2002 - 2003
Cliff K.C. Choong, MD
Auckland, New Zealand
- Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
- Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
2001 - 2002
Anna Maria Ciccone, MD
Rome, Italy
- Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
- Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis
2000 - 2001
Albertus M. Scheule, MD
Tuebingen, Germany
- Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
- Host Institution: Children's National Medical Center
1999 - 2000
Anders Franco - Cereceda, MD
Sweden
- Host Mentor: Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, & Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
- Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic
1998 - 1999
Christian Kreutzer, MD
Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
- Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital
1997 - 1998
Jun Wan, MD
P.R. of China
- Host Mentor: Mark K. Ferguson, MD
- Host Institution: University of Chicago
1996 - 1997
Monica Robotin-Johnson, MD
France
- Host Mentor: James L. Cox, MD
- Host Institution: Georgetown University
1995 - 1996
Cornelius McKown Dyke, MD
United States
- Host Mentor: Andrew S. Wechsler, MD
- Host Institution: Drexel University College of Medicine
1993 - 1994
Alain Serraf, MD
Morocco
- Host Mentor: Aldo R. Castaneda, MD
- Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital
1992 - 1993
Timothy E. Oaks, MD
United States
- Host Mentor: John A. Waldhausen, MD
- Host Institution: Hershey Medical Center
1991 - 1992
Ko Bando, MD, PhD
Japan
- Host Mentor: Bartley P. Griffith, MD
- Host Institution: University of Maryland
1989 - 1990
Christopher Knott - Craig, MD
South Africa
- Host Mentor: Gordon K. Danielson, MD
- Host Institution: Mayo Clinic
1980-1989
1988 - 1989
Wang Cheng, MD
P R China
1987 - 1988
Byung - Chul Chang, MD
Korea
1986 - 1987
Ari L.J. Harjula, MD
Finland
1985 - 1986
Florentino J. Vargas, MD
Argentina
1984 - 1985
Aram Smolinsky, MD
Israel
1983 - 1984
Georg S. Kobinia, MD
Austria
1982 - 1983
Yasuhisa Shimazaki, MD
Japan
1981 - 1982
Claudio A. Salles, MD
Brazil
1981 - 1982
Richard Firmin, MD
England
1970-1979
1978 - 1979
Eduardo Otero Coto, MD
Spain
1977 - 1978
Alan William Gale, MD, FRACS
Australia
1976 - 1977
Bum Koo Cho, MD
Korea
1975 - 1976
Mieczyslaw Trenkner, MD
Poland
1974 - 1975
J.J. DeWet Lubbe, MD
South Africa
1973 - 1974
Marc Roger deLeval, MD
England
1972 - 1973
Yasuyuki Fujiwara, MD
Japan
1971 - 1972
Severi Pellervo Mattila, MD
Finland
1970 - 1971
Michel S. Slim, MD
Lebanon
1969 - 1970
Peter Bruecke, MD
Austria
1960-1969
1967 - 1968
Claus Jessen, MD
Denmark
1966 - 1967
G.B. Parulkar, MD
India
1966 - 1967
C. Peter Clarke, F.R.A.C.S.
Australia
1965 - 1966
Ary Blesovsky, MD
England
1965 - 1966
Gerhard Friehs, MD
Austria
1964 - 1965
Elias Carapistolis, MD
Greece
1964 - 1965
Stuart C. Lennox, MD
England
1963 - 1964
Adar J. Hallen, MD
Sweden
1963 - 1964
Masahiro Saigusa, MD
Japan
1962 - 1963
Theodor M. Scheinin, MD
Finland
1961 - 1962
Fritz Helmer, MD
Austria
1960 - 1961
Godrej S. Karai, MD
India
1950-1959
1958 - 1959
N.G. Meyne, MD
Holland
1957 - 1958
Peter L. Brunnen, F.R.C.S.
Scotland
1956 - 1957
Mathias Paneth, F.R.C.S.
England
1955 - 1956
Raymond L. Hurt, F.R.C.S.
England
1954 - 1955
Lance L. Bromley, M.Chir, F.R.C.S.
England
1953 - 1954
W.B. Ferguson, M.B., F.R.C.S.
England
1951 - 1952
L.L. Whytehead, MD, F.R.C.S.
Canada