Speakers
COURSE DIRECTOR
Karim Diab, MD, FACC FASE
INVITED SPEAKERS
Ernerio T. Alboliras, MD FACC FASE
Genus Heart
Medical Director and Fetal & Pediatric Cardiologist
Scottsdale, Az
Nancy Ayres, MD FACC FASE
Director of Echocardiography Laboratory and Perinatal Cardiology
Texas Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Lisa Hornberger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology Program
Women’s & Children’s Health Research Institute
Mazankowski Heart Institute
School of Human Development
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Kevin Friedman, MD
Assisstant Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard School of Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, MA
Edgar Jaeggi, MD FRCP(C)
Head, Fetal Cardiac Program
SickKids – Hospital for Sick Children
Labatt Family Heart Centre
Professor of Pediatrics – University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aimen Shaaban, MD
Director, The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health
Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Mark Sklansky, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Fetal Cardiology Program
James H. Nicholson Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
LOCAL SPEAKERS
Ra-id Abdulla, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director, Section of Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Chairman of Pediatrics for Academic Affairs
Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Rush Center for Congenital Heart Disease
Rush University Medical Center
Sawsan M. Awad, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Associate Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Rush Center for Congenital Heart Disease
Rush University Medical Center
John Bokowski, PhD, RDCS, FASE
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Manager Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory
Rush Center for Congenital Heart Disease
Rush University Medical Center
Karim Diab, MD FACC FASE
Rush University Medical Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Rush Congenital Echocardiography Laboratory
Associate Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs
Rush Center for Congenital Heart Disease
Rush University Children’s Hospital
Xavier Pombar, DO
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Section Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director, Residency Program in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology
Rush University Medical Center