Organizing committee
Jack Rychik, MD, Course Director
Lawrence Barnes, MBA, Philadelphia
Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS, Philadelphia
Robert Campbell, MD, Atlanta
Meryl Cohen, MD, Philadelphia
Mitchell Cohen, MD, Phoenix
Andrew Costarino, MD, Philadelphia
William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD, Orlando
Kathryn Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC, Philadelphia
Craig Fleishman, MD, Orlando
Alan Friedman, MD, New Haven
Stephanie Fuller, MD, Philadelphia
J. William Gaynor, MD, Philadelphia
Marie Gleason, MD, Philadelphia
David Goldberg, MD, Philadelphia
Maryanne Kessel, RN, MBA, Milwaukee
Yuli Kim, MD, Philadelphia
David Nykanen, MD, Orlando
Daniel Penny, MD, PhD, Houston
Alexis Perri, MSN, CRNP, Philadelphia
Jonathan J. Rome, MD, Philadelphia
Tami Rosenthal, MBA, CCP, Philadelphia
Robert Shaddy, MD, Philadelphia
Maully Shah, MBBS, Philadelphia
Girish Shirali, MBBS, Kansas City
Thomas L. Spray, MD, Philadelphia
James Steven, MD, Philadelphia
Suzanne A. Worthington, Orlando
Adult Congenital Heart
Wendy Book, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
David Drajpuch, MSN, CRNP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Yuli Kim, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Adrienne Kovacs, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University
Ariane Marelli, MD, MPH
McGill University Health Center
Administration
Lawrence Barnes, MBA
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Steve Barsh
Chief Innovation Officer
DreamIt Health
Madeline Bell
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Evan Fieldston, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Maryanne Kessel, RN, MBA
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Arthur Klein, MD
Mount Sinai Health System
Mark Schwartz, MBA
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Anesthesia and Intensive Care
Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Joshua Blinder, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Andrew Costarino, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
John Costello, MD, MPH
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Roxanne Kirsch, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
C. Dean Kurth, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Francis McGowan, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Hamish Munro, MD
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Susan Nicolson, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
James Steven, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiology
H. Scott Baldwin, MD
Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital
Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Yoav Dori, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Alan Friedman, MD
Yale New Haven Hospital
Therese Giglia, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Eric Graham, MD
Medical University of South Carolina
Rachel Hopper, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert Levy, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Brian McCrindle, MD
Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
Jane Newburger, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS
C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Daniel Penny, MD, PhD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Susan Schachtner, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Paul Stephens, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Paul Weinberg, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Cardiac Catheterization
Lee Benson, MD
Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
Matthew Gillespie, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Stephen Kaine, MD
Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics
Audrey Marshall, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
David Nykanen, MD
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Jonathan J. Rome, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Matthew Schwartz, MD
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Electrophysiology
Mitchell Cohen, MD
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Larry Rhodes, MD
West Virginia University
Maully Shah, MBBS
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Fetal Cardiology
Lori Howell, RN, MS
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Shaine Morris, MD, MPH
Texas Children’s Hospital
Jack Rychik, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Anita Szwast, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kent Thornburg, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University
Zhiyun Tian, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Genetics
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
Joel Dudley, PhD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Bruce Gelb, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Ian Krantz, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Heart Failure
John L. Jefferies, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Matthew O’Connor, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Stephen Paridon, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Chitra Ravishankar, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Joseph Rossano, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Robert Shaddy, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Imaging
Michael Brook, MD
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Meryl Cohen, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Craig Fleishman, MD
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Mark Fogel, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Tal Geva, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital
David Goldberg, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Shobha Natarajan, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Craig Sable, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Girish Shirali, MBBS
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Lloyd Tani, MD
Primary Children’s Hospital
Nursing
Leigh Ann DiFusco, MSN, CNOR, PCNS-BC
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kathryn Dodds, MSN, CRNP-AC
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Denise Donaghue, MSN
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
David Drajpuch, MSN, CRNP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Karen Iacono, MSN, ARNP-BC
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Clare Kranz, MSN, CPNP-PC
Orlando Health
Sharon Mawa, MSN, PCNS-BC
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Karen McCandless, MSN, CRNP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Barbara Medoff-Cooper, PhD, RN, FAAN
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Heather Meldrum, RN, BSN, CCRN
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kathleen Mussatto, RN, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Alexis Perri, MSN, CRNP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Patricia Sieffert, MSN, ARNP
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Sandy Staveski, PhD, RN, CPNP-AC
Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center
Dawn Tucker, DNP, CPNP-AC
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Other
Paul Cardall
Salt Lake City, Utah
Cheryl Dickens
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dennis Durbin, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Daniel Licht, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard Seidel
Naples, Florida
Perfusion
Bharat Datt, CCP, CPC, FPP
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Kevin Charrette, CCP
Seattle Children’s Hospital
Richard Melchior, CCP, MPS, FPP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Gary Plancher, CCP
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Tami Rosenthal, MBA, CCP
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Surgery
N. Scott Adzick, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Erle H. Austin III, MD
Kosair Children’s Hospital
Joseph Bavaria, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Dearani, MD
Mayo Clinic
William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD
Arnold Palmer Hospital
Charles Fraser, MD
Texas Children’s Hospital
Stephanie Fuller, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
J. William Gaynor, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Victor Morrell, MD
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
James O’Brien, MD
Children’s Mercy Kansas City
Mark Rodefeld, MD
Indiana University
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital
Thomas L. Spray, MD
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Victor Tsang, MD
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital