Who We Represent

We represent any cardiothoracic surgery trainee from around the world. For more information, please contact the representative most relevant to your setting.

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Here are the societies where we have representative residents:

• TSRA - Thoracic Surgery Residents Association

• SCTS - Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland​

• EACTS - European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery​

• COSECSA - College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa​

• LACES - Latin American Association of Cardiac and Endovascular Surgery​

• RACS - Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• ANZSCTS - Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons​

• SBCCV - Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery​

• SCTSSA - Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons of South Africa​

• ASCVTS - Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery​​

• KTCVS - Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons​

• IACTS - Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons​

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Our committee members are as follows:

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Executive Committee

• Chair - Miia Lehtinen (Finland)

• Deputy Chair - Aakash Joshi (India)

• Past Chair - N.N.

• Secretary - Dinesh Sathanantham (India)

• Treasurer - Abdul Badran (UK)

• Education Director - Justin Robinson (USA)

• Fellowship/Philanthropy Director - Agneta Odera (Kenya)

• Membership/Communication Director - Fabian Dörr (Germany)

• Research Director - Rebekah Boyd (USA)

Regional Representatives

• North America - N.N.

• Latin America - Alvaro Perazzo (Brazil)

• Europe - Maroua Eid (France)

• Africa - Robert Sadia (Kenya)

• Australia/Aotearoa NZ - Fiona Doig (New Zealand)

• Asia - Sharmil Kanna (India)

Co-opted members

• Ahmed Youssef (Egypt)
• Charles Jenkinson (Australia)
• JeongA Son (Korea)
• Noel Swai  (South Africa)
• Nqobile Manzini (South Africa)
• Rajika Jindani (USA)
• Salem T. Argaw (USA)