Dr. Michael Landzberg has been a trailblazer in the care of adults with congenital heart disease for over three decades. At a time when many others were skeptical about ACHD as a specialty, Dr. Landzberg's enthusiasm and inspirational leadership broke down barriers to establish the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Program as a joint venture between Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital and to then nurture it into one of the busiest ACHD programs in the world. Dr. Landzberg’s extraordinary generosity with his time and wisdom is widely known. In his more than 20 years as the director of the BACH Program, he has trained dozens of ACHD cardiologists who are now leading programs all across the United States and on four continents. As the practice of ACHD has matured and patients are living longer lives, Dr. Landzberg saw the need for end-of-life planning and palliative care in a specialty that had until now focused primarily on extending survival, and he took the remarkable step of completing a fellowship in palliative care medicine. He now brings those special skills back to the ACHD community and to his patients, pushing all of us to think outside the box once more.

The Award was presented by Disty Pearson, PA-C and Dr. Fred Wu during ISACHD's annual business meeting held virtually on June 23, 2022.