Faculty
Activity Directors
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
Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD
University of Florida Congenital Heart Center
Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Congenital Heart Center
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
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
Planning Committee
Munir Ahmad, MD
Kevin Baird, CCP
Cimaron Blalock, PA-C
Mark Bleiweis, MD
Francine Erenberg, MD
William Hanna, MD
Evelyn Hightower
Katherine Hoercher, RN
Tara Karamlou, MD
John Lane, MD
John Giles Peek, MD
Ramzi Souki, MD
Robert Stewart, MD
Animesh Tandon, MD
Justin Tretter, MD
Malek Yaman, MD
Nicole Yax, RRT
Jodi Zalewski, APRN
Guest Faculty
Zohair Al-Halees, MD
King Faisal Hospital & Research Centre
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
David Barron, MD
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
David Cooper, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, OH
Meryl Cohen, MD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Ram Emani, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD
Dell Medical School
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX
Kristine Gulesarian, MD
Medical City Children’s
Dallas, TX
Lisa Hornberger, MD
Stollery Children's Hospital and
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Diane E. Spicer, BS, PA(ASCP)CM
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg, FL
Robert Stewart, MD
Akron Children’s Hospital
Akron, OH
Shi-Joon Yoo, MD, PhD
Hospital for Sick Kids
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cleveland Clinic Faculty - Cleveland, OH
Eugene Blackstone, MD
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
David Chen, PhD
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Francine Erenberg, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Joanna Ghobrial, MD, MS
Tomsich Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Nicole Rush, CNP
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Miza Salim Hammoud, MD
Department of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Ishan Sharma
HVTI Research and Registries
Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Lars Svensson, MD, PhD
Chairman, Miller Family Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute
Nicholas Szugye, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Animesh (Aashoo) Tandon, MD, MS
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Justin Tretter, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Malek Yaman, MD
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Nicole Yax, BSRC, RRT, RRT-NPS, NASM-CPT
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Therapy
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Jodi Zalewski, APRN
Department of Pediatric Cardiology
Cleveland Clinic Children’s
University of Florida Faculty- Gainesville, FL
Azra Bihorac, MD
UF Health Nephrology
Cimaron R. Blalock, PA-C
UF Health
Mark Bleiweis, MD
Director, UF Health Congenital Heart Center
Jennifer Co-Vu, MD
UF Health Congenital Heart Center
Curt DeGroff, MD
UF Health Congenital Heart Center
Andrew H. Jaudon, RT
UF Health
Colleen G. Koch, MD, MS, MBA
Dean, College of Medicine
Diego Moguillansky, MD
UF Health Congenital Heart Center
Case Presentations - Fellows
Yuen Lo Yau Leung, MD
University of Florida
Emily Ribeiro, MD
University of Florida
Summer A. Rye-Buckingham, MD
University of Florida
Razleen Brar, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Brendan Burke, DO
Cleveland Clinic
Rida Shahid, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Saneeha Shahid, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Abstract Presentations
Agnieszka Grzyb, MD
Department of Cardiology
The Children's Memorial Health Institute
Warsaw, Poland
Illya Yemets MD, PhD
Director and Surgeon-in-Chief
Ukrainian Children's Cardiac Center
Kyiv, Ukraine