ASCVTS Officers and Councillors

Executive Committee Members

NamePositionCountry/Region
Sanghoon JheonSociety PresidentSeoul, Republic of Korea
Minoru OnoSecretary General, Scientific Committee Chair, Adult Cardiac Domain ChairTokyo, Japan
Jun NakajimaTreasurer, HP Committee ChairTokyo, Japan
Kay Hyun ParkAssistant SG in Seoul, Aortic Domain ChairSeoul, Republic of Korea
Theodoros KofidisCouncillor, 2025 Congress President, Education Committee ChairSingapore

Councillors

 

NamePositionRegion
Yutaka OkitaCouncillor, Editor in ChiefKobe, Japan
Song WanCouncillor, AATS Coordinator Chair, STS CoordinatorHong Kong SAR
Noboru MotomuraCouncillor, ASCVTS Database ChairChiba, Japan
Cheun Neng LeeCouncillorSingapore
Sertac M. CicekCouncillor, Elected 2026 Congress PresidentIstanbul, Turkey
Taweesak ChotivatanapongCouncillorBangkok, Thailand
Hiroshi DateCouncillor, AATS CoordinatorKyoto, Japan
Shunji SanoCouncillor, AATS CoordinatorTokyo, Japan
Hani NajmCouncillor, STS Coordinator, Paediatric Cardiac Domain ChairCleveland, United States
Asit Baran Adhikary CouncillorDhaka, Bangladesh
Jang Ming LeeCouncillor, General Thoracic Domain ChairTaipei, Taiwan
Rajan SethuratnamCouncillorChennai, India
Nianguo DongCouncillor, Former 2024 Congress PresidentWuhan, China
Chunsheng WangCouncillorShanghai, China
Alan SihoeCouncillor, EACTS Coordinator, STS CoordinatorHong Kong SAR
Akif TurnaCouncillor, Asian-African CommitteeIstanbul, Turkey
Carlos A. MestresCouncillorSwitzerland
Hitoshi YokoyamaCouncillorFukushima, Japan
Byung Choo MoonCouncillor, 21st CenturyOntario, Canada
Young Nam YounCouncillorSeoul, Republic of Korea
Shinichi TakamotoHistorianTokyo, Japan