Faculty
Activity Directors
Hani Najm, MD, MSc
Chair, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE, MBA
Ronald and Helen Ross Distinguished Chair of Pediatric Cardiology
Chair, Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland, OH
Planning Committee
Munir Ahmad, MD
Catherine Allan, MD
Shahnawaz Amdani, MD
Peter Aziz, MD
Francine Erenberg, MD
William Hanna, MD
Katherine Hoercher, RN, FACC, FAHA
Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
John Lane, MD
Ramzi Souki, MD
Patcharapong Suntharos, MD
Animesh Tandon, MD
Justin Tretter, MD
Malek Yaman, MD
Guest Faculty
Emile Bacha, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University
Irving Medical Center
New York, NY
Christian Brizard, MD
The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
Yiu-fai (Ringo) Cheung, MD
Hong Kong Children's Hospital
Hong Kong
Gul Dadlani, MD
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
José da Silva, MD
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Pittsburgh, PA
Pedro del Nido, MD
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD
The Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, NY
Thomas Forbes, MD
Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Miami, FL
Osami Honjo, MD, PhD
The Hospital for Sick Kids
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
S. Adil Husain, MD
University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City, UT
Shelby Kutty, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Chandrakant R. Patel, MD
Akron Children's Hospital
Akron, OH
James Quintessenza, MD
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Anthony Rossi, MD
Nicklaus Children's Hospital
Miami, FL
Diane Spicer, BS, PA
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Cleveland Clinic Faculty
Catherine Allan, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Shahnawaz Amdani, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Julie Beers, RDCS
Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Nelson Burbano-Vera, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Thomas Callahan, MD
Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Iqbal El Assaad, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Francine Erenberg, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS
Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Debkalpa Goswami, PhD
Tomsich Family Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Rukmini Komarlu, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Akash Patel, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Patcharapong (Petch) Suntharos, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Nicholas Szugye, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Justin Tretter, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s