Course Directors:
Anita Saraf, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tarek Alsaied, MD, FACC, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Arvind Hoskoppal, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Professor of Pediatrics
Peter and Ada Rossin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Victor O. Morell, MD
Eugene S. Wiener Endowed Professor and Chair of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgeon-In-Chief, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Executive Director, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Co-Director, Heart Institute at
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Invited Faculty:
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
UC San Diego Health
University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA

Edward Hickey, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program
Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital

Alexander Sasha Opotowsky, MD
Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Co-Director, Exercise Laboratory
Co-Director, The Heart Institute Research Core
Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati, Ohio 

Candice Silversides, MD 
Professor of Medicine 
Chair, Pregnancy and Heart Disease and Director, Cardio-Obstetric Clinic 
Miles Nadal Heart Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital 
Peter Munk Cardiac Center 
Vice President, Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network 
University of Toronto 
Toronto, Canada 

Christian Kreutzer, MD 
Head, Pediatric and congenital Heart Surgery 
Hospital Universitario Austral. Assistant Professor, Austral University 
Buenos Aires. Argentina

University of Pittsburgh Faculty:
Gaurav Arora, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director of Electrophysiology
Associate Vice Chair of Pediatrics, Clinical Affairs, Ambulatory Care
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Brian Feingold, MD, MS, FAHA
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical and Translational Science
Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplantation Programs
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Christopher W. Follansbee, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Bryan H. Goldstein, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

David Kaczorowski, MD
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Advanced Heart Failure Center
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lauren Lorenzi Quigley, PhD
Psychologist II
Behavioral Sciences Division UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Shahid Masood Malik, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Laura Olivieri, MD, FAHA, FSCMR
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Shawn West, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Natasha K. Wolfe, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Matthew D. Zinn, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program
Medical Director, Dr. Bill Neches Heart Camp for Kids
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Course Coordinators:
Katie Scollon, MPAS, PA-C
Director, Pediatric Heart and Vascular Services
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Angela E. Kinnunen, MPA
Project Manager HVI
UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute

Drew Berkhoudt, MBA
Project Specialist
Heart Institute at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Faculty Disclosure
All individuals in a position to control the content of this education activity have disclosed all financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

All relevant financial relationships for the individuals listed below have been mitigated.
Arvind Hoskoppal, MD, MBA: Consultant: Medtronic
Alexander Sasha Opotowsky, MD: Other: Independent Data Monitoring Commitee for Janssen Pharma
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI: Grant/Research Support: Medtronic
Jacqueline Kreutzer, MD, FACC, FSCAI: Grant/Research Support: Edwards Lifesciences
David Kaczorowski, MD: Consultant: Abiomed
David Kaczorowski, MD: Consultant: Medtronic
David Kaczorowski, MD: CE Speakers’ Bureau: Abiomed
David Kaczorowski, MD: Other: Intellectual Property, Ecmotec LLC
Tarek Alsaied, MD: Grant/Research Support: Grant Support for the FORCE registry
Bryan Goldstein, MD: Grant/Research Support: Medtronic Bryan Goldstein, MD: Grant/Research Support: Edwards Lifesciences Bryan Goldstein, MD: Consultant: Medtronic Bryan Goldstein, MD: Consultant: W.L. Gore & Associates Bryan Goldstein, MD: Consultant: PECA Labs Bryan Goldstein, MD: Consultant: Mezzion Pharma
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD: Consultant: OCclutech
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD: Consultant: Edwards LifeSciences
Laith Alshawabkeh, MD: Consultant: Sapient Bio
Brian Feingold, MD: Grant/Research Support: Sub-award US DOD (Teammate trial)
Brian Feingold, MD: Consultant: Stealth Therapeutics
Brian Feingold, MD: Consultant: Enzyvant
Brian Feingold, MD: CE Speakers’ Bureau: CareDx

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business.