SHINE: Symposium on Health Innovation and Neonatal Excellence

January 21-23, 2026
The Florida Hotel & Conference Center
1500 Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32809

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Course Information

Faculty

DIRECTOR


Hany Aly, MD, MSHS, FAAP
Chairman, Division of Neonatology Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Professor of Pediatrics, Ob-Gyn & Reproductive Biology Case Western Reserve University LCM

CO-DIRECTOR


Mohamed A Mohamed, MD, MS, MPH, FAAP
Vice Chair, Division of Neonatology Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM Cleveland Clinic Children’s

CLEVELAND CLINIC 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 of Pediatrics Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Case Western Reserve University LCM

John Dickson, RT
Respiratory Therapist Cleveland Clinic Children’s

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

Hatem Eltaly, MD
Research Fellow – Project Manager Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Christopher Heinrich, PA-C
Hospital Medicine Cleveland Clinic

Tracy McAlpine Peterson
Administrative Program Coordinator Cleveland Clinic Children’s

Firas Saker, MD
Medical Director
Chair, Quality Improvement Cleveland Clinic Children’s Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM

Prem Shekhawat, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Case Western Reserve University LCM Staff Neonatologist
Cleveland Clinic Children’s

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

GUEST FACULTY


Pankaj Agrawal, MD, MMSC, Physician-in-Chief
Holtz Children’s Hospital
Chief of Neonatology, Jackson Health System and University of Miami School of Medicine
Project NewBorn Distinguished Chair in Neonatology Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, FL, USA
[email protected]


Karen M. Benzies, PhD, RN
Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Director, Social Innovation Initiative, Vice President Research Office Adjunct Research Professor, Cumming
School of Medicine
Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute University of Calgary, Canada
[email protected]


Kenji Cunnion, MD, MPH, FAAP
Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Health Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA
ReAlta Life Sciences
[email protected]


Anirudha Das, MD, MPH, CPAHA, FAAP Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM
Medical Director of Neonatal Virtual Health, Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland, OH, USA
[email protected]


Munish Gupta, MD, MMSc
Staff Neonatologist, Director of Quality Improvement for the Department of Neonatology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
[email protected]


Adam Kirton, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences Dr. Robert Haslam Chair in Pediatric Neurology Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary Pediatric Neurologist, Alberta Children’s Hospital, Canada
[email protected]


Liisa Lehtonen, MD
Director of the Division of Neonatology at Turku University Hospital
Professor in Pediatrics University of Turku, Finland
[email protected]


Ryan McAdams, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Neonatologist Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery Division of Global Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
[email protected]



Elisabeth McGowan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Staff Neonatologist
Medical Director, Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island Rhode Island, USA
[email protected]



William Morris, MD, MBA, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Ambience Healthcare San Francisco, CA, USA
[email protected]


Josef Neu, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
[email protected]


Raylene Phillips, MD, MA, FAAP, FABM, IBCLC Associate Professor of Pediatrics/Neonatology Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital Pediatric Department Chair
Medical Director of Neonatal Services
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta CA, USA
[email protected]


Shannon Phillips, MD, MPH, FAAP, SFHM
Former (retired) Chief Quality and Safety Officer and Chief Experience Officer
Intermountain Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
[email protected]


Jean-Christophe Rozé, MD
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, Nantes University,
France
[email protected]


Animesh Tandon, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC, FAHA
Director of Cardiovascular Innovation, Children’s Institute Department of Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Division of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Vice Chair for Innovation, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University LCM, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University School of Engineering
Cleveland, OH, USA
[email protected]


Mollie Warren, MD
Director, NICU Transition to Home Program Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
[email protected]


Michael V. Zaretsky, MD
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine Research Director, Colorado Fetal Care Center Children’s Hospital of Colorado, CO, USA
[email protected]