Maziar Khorsandi, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, WA, USA, Steven Tsui, Clinical Director of Transplant Services and Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK, John Dark, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Cardiopulmonary Transplantation, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK, Alan Kirk, Honorary Professor of Surgery and Consultant Thoracic Surgeon, Golden Jubilee National Hospital and University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, Matthew Hartwig, Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA, Mani Daneshmand, Director of Heart and Lung Transplantation and MCS Programs, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, GA, USA, Carmelo Milano, Professor of Surgery and Chief Section of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA