SHINE: Symposium on Health Innovation and Neonatal Excellence

January 15-17, 2025
Renaissance Orlando Airport Hotel | Orlando, FL

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Course Information

Faculty

Activity Director

Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP
Chairman, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH

Co-Director

Mohamed A. Mohamed, MD, NS, MPH, FAAP
Vice Chair, Division of Neonatology
Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital
Cleveland, OH

Planning Committee

Jalal Abu-Shaweesh, MD, MBA
Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM
Staff Neonatologist, Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Ceyda Acun, MD
Associate Medical Director, Neonatology Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM

Carol Bennett, MSN, MBA, APRN, PCNS-BC, CCRN, CPN
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nursing Education & Professional Practice
Cleveland Clinic

Anirudha Das, MD, MPH, FAAP
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Case Western Reserve University LCM

Tina DiFiore MSN, CNS, NNP-BC, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nurse Practitioner
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Debra Kangisser, PA-C
Director of Education, PA services
Director PA/APRN Inpatient & Perioperative Transition To Practice Program
Cleveland Clinic

Tracy McAlpine
Administrative Program Coordinator
Cleveland Clinic Children’s 

Vanishree Nandakumar, MD, MSHS
Scientific Medical Writer- Project Manager
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Firas Saker, MD
Medical Director
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM

Guilherme M Sant'Anna, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Montreal Children's Hospital
Associate Member - Department of Experimental Medicine
McGill University Health Center
Montreal, Quebec

Natalie Yeaney, MD
Neonatal Director Fetal Care Center
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Guest Faculty

Marta Aguar Carrascosa, MD
Universidad de Valencia
Valencia, VC
Spain

Mohamed Ahmed, MD, PhD
Eminent Prof. & Chief of Neonatology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Florida College of Medicine
Florida, FL, USA

Francesca Cleugh, MD
Deputy Director Innovation and Improvement,
Consultant Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Imperial College
Healthcare NHS Trust
London, England
UK

Mary Coughlin, MS, NNP, NCC-E
Trauma Informed Professional, Caritas Coach
President and Founder @ Caring Essentials Collaborative, LLC
Boston, MA
USA

Karen D Fairchild, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
UVA Health
Charlottesville, VA
USA

Jennifer Fang, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics        
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Rochester, MN
USA

Patricia Gilbert, RN
M-Power RN Program Coordinator
Nursing Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland OH
USA

Miguel Guelfand, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery
Section Head, Pediatric General & Thoracic Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
USA

Munish Gupta, MMD, MMSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
USA

Sundeep Keswani, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP
Professor, Departments of Surgery, Pediatrics & OB/Gyn
Baylor College of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Rice University (Bioengineering)
Houston, TX
USA

Ryan McAdams, MD
Professor, Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursey
Division of Global Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Madison, WI
USA

Hani Najm, MD
Chair of Pediatric and Congenital
Heart Surgery
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland OH
USA

Said Omar, MD, FAAP, ABP
Professor and Division Chief, Division of Neonatology
Michigan State University
Michigan, MI
USA

Nikki Robertson, MB ChB, FRCPCH, PhD
Professor of Perinatal Neuroscience & Honorary Consultant Neonatologist
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, EH
UK

Brynne A Sullivan, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Neonatology
UVA Health
Charlottesville, VA
USA

Zoe Tribble
Senior Nurse, Integrated Children's Services
Royal London Hospital Clinical Lead
Mile End Hospital
Bromley, England,
UK

Zachary A Vesoulis, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
USA