BOARD AND COMMITTEES

President

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Estela Suzana Kleiman Horowitz (RS)

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National Executive Committee

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Ana Paula Damiano (SP)

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Cristiane Martins (MG)

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Juliana Neves (PE)

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Leonardo Miana (SP)

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Pedro Salerno (PE)

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Renata Mattos (RJ)

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Scientific Committee – Coordination

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Maria Angélica Binotto (SP)

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Fabio Navarro (PR)

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Raul Ivo Rossi Filho (RS)

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Abstracts Committee

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Isabel Cristina Brito Guimarães (BA)

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Rodrigo Nieckel (SP)

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Valdester Cavalcanti (CE)

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PCICS – Coordination

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David Cooper,
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Lindsey Justice,
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Scientific Committee

Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

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Luisa Kalil (RS)

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Rogério Andalaft (SP)

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Stephanie Lemouche (SP)

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Tiago Leiria (RS)

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Circulatory Support

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Luiz Fernando Caneo (SP)

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Fernando Antonialli (SP)

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Larissa Monteiro Gondim (SP)

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Clinical Cardiology

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Cristiane Martins (MG)

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Márcio M. Brito (TO)

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Mirna de Souza (GO)

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Patricia Barrios (RS)

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Congenital Heart Disease in Adults

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Catarina Cavalcanti (PE)

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Gabriela Castilhos (RS)

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Ieda Jatene (SP)

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Nestor Daudt (RS)

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Fetal Cardiology

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Paulo Zielinsky (RS)

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Marcia Barberatto (PR)

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Sandra Mattos (PE)

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Simone Pedra (SP)

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Preventive Cardiology

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Isabella Back (SC)

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Andrea Petracco (RS)

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Cardiac Surgery

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Marcelo Jatene (SP)

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Beatriz Furlanetto (SP)

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Jose Cicero Guilhen (SP)

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Paulo Roberto Prates (RS)

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Renato Kalil (RS)

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Hemodynamics

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Carlos Pedra (SP)

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Carlo Pilla (RS)

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João Luis Manica (RS)

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Santiago Raul Arrieta (SP)

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Pulmonary Hypertension:

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Gisela Meyer (RS)

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Flavia Navarro (SP)

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Imaging: Echocardiography:

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Claudia Pinheiro de Castro Grau (SP)

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Adriana Mello Rodrigues dos Santos (MG)

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Andressa Mussi Soares (ES)

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Livia Pauletto (RS)

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Imaging: CT and MRI:

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Valeria Moreira (SP)

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Adriana Innocenzi (RJ)

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Carolina Reiser (RS)

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Cintia Acosta Mello (SP)

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Heart Failure & Transplantation:

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Estela Azeka (SP)

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Cristina Afiune (DF)

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Klebia Castelo Branco (CE)

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Intensive Care:

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Maria Fernanda S. Jardim (SP)

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Jorge Affiune (DF)

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Klebia Castelo Branco (CE)

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Paula Gaiola (SP)

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Solange Coppola (SP)

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Morphology:

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Vera Aiello (SP)

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International Committee:

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Vitor Guerra, Toronto, CA

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Grace Van Leeuwen, Qatar

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Laura Mercer-Rosa, Pennsylvania, EUA

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Luciana Fonseca, Pittsburgh, EUA

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Multidisciplinary Symposium

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Bruna Cury Borim (SP)

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Pediatric Cardiology Academic League:

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Estela Suzana Kleiman Horowitz

Pediatric Cardiologist from IC/FUC (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology).

Specialist in Pediatric Cardiology and Echocardiography.

Master in Cardiology.

Fellow in Pediatric Cardiology at Brompton Hospital, London.

Ana Paula Damiano

President of the congenital heart diseases and pediatric cardiology department of the SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology), 2024-2025 term.

Coordinator of the pediatric cardiology service at UNICAMP (University of Campinas).

Cristiane Martins

Pediatric and fetal echocardiographer and coordinator of the congenital heart disease and pediatric cardiology department at Biocor Rede D’Or.

Juliana Neves

Especialista em Cardiologia pediátrica e intervenções em cardiopatias congênitas.

Coordenadora médica da cardiologia pediátrica do Real Hospital Portugues de Pernambuco.

Médica intervencionista do RHP/PROCAPE/IMIP.

Leonardo Miana

President of the pediatric cardiovascular surgery department of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.

PhD in Sciences from the USP (University of São Paulo) School of Medicine.

Full member of the SBCCV (Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery).

Member of the government council of the World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery.

Cardiovascular Surgeon at Incor.

Pedro Salerno

Full member of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Director of SBCCV departments.

PhD in cardiovascular surgery from USP.

Cardiovascular surgeon PROCPE – UPE (University of Pernambuco Cardiac Emergency Room – University of Pernambuco).

Professor at the School of Medicine, UNICAP (Catholic University of Pernambuco) – PERNAMBUCO.

Renata Mattos

Pediatric cardiologist and hemodynamicist.

Head of the pediatric cardiology division at Brazil’s National Institute of Cardiology.

Director of congenital interventions at SBHCI (Brazilian Society of Interventional Cardiology).

Maria Angélica Binotto

PhD in Cardiology from USP.

Assistant physician at the Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease Clinical Unit at InCor, São Paulo.

Fabio Navarro

Specialist in Cardiovascular Surgery.

Graduated in Medicine from UFPR (Federal University of Paraná).

Medical residency in cardiovascular surgery at Nossa Senhora das Graças Hospital.

Master’s degree in clinical surgery from PUC-PR (Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná).

Scientific director of the pediatric cardiac surgery department of the SBCCV.

Surgeon at Hospital Pequeno Príncipe in Curitiba and Hospital Jeser Amarante Farias in Joinville.

Raul I. Rossi Filho

Master in Cardiology.

Interventional cardiologist in congenital heart disease.
Fellow of the ESC (European Society of Cardiology), SCAI (Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions) and PICS (Progressive Intercultural Community Services) Society.

Full member of the SPICS Early Career Committee.

Isabel Cristina Brito Guimarães

Master’s and PhD in medicine and health (Cardiology) from the School of Medicine of Bahia –UFBA (Federal University of Bahia).

Adjunct Professor IV of pediatric cardiology in the department of pediatrics at the School of Medicine – UFBA.

Supervisor of the medical residency program in pediatric cardiology at the HUPES (Professor Edgard Santos University Hospital) – UFBA Complex.

Coordinator of the congenital heart diseases, cardiology and pediatric echocardiography service at the Ana Nery-UFBA Hospital.

Rodrigo Nieckel

Interventional cardiologists focused on congenital and structural heart disease.

PhD in health sciences.

Fellow of the PICS Society.

Valdester Cavalcanti

Specialist in cardiovascular surgery and full member of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Founding member of the Word Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery.

Master’s Degree in policy evaluation from UFC (Federal University of Ceará).

MBA in healthcare executive from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.

PhD in biotechnology from the State University of Ceará.

David Cooper

David Cooper, MD, MPH, MBA, é certificado em Pediatria, Cardiologia Pediátrica e Cuidados Críticos Pediátricos. Atualmente é o Diretor Médico do Instituto do Coração e da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca do Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical CenterNos últimos 20 anos, sua carreira se concentrou no atendimento a neonatos, bebês, crianças e adultos gravemente enfermos com doenças cardíacas congênitas complexas, com um interesse especial em como o atendimento na unidade de terapia intensiva pode afetar a morbidadeSeu trabalho de pesquisa concentrou-se em anticoagulação, suporte extracorpóreo, lesão renal aguda/crônica, trabalho em equipe, desempenho e resultados dos pacientes. O Dr. Cooper é coeditor do livro Critical Heart Disease in Infants and Children, 3ª ediçãoO Dr. Cooper é o ex-presidente imediato da Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.  Foi membro fundador (Comitê Executivo) do Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4) e presidente fundador do Comitê de Banco de Dados (incluindo o desenvolvimento do banco de dados da CICU)O Dr. Cooper foi o Presidente de Relações Institucionais, Societárias e Industriais do 8º Congresso Mundial de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardíaca Pediátrica de 2023 e copresidente da trilha da UTI do 9º Congresso Mundial de Cardiologia e Cirurgia Cardíaca Pediátrica em Hong Kong em 2025.

Lindsey Justice

Lindsey Justice, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC é enfermeira da UTI CIC no Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC).  Foi pioneira na função de PNP de cuidados agudos na CICU do CCHMC e agora é Gerente Clínica  Provedor de Prática Avançada (APP) para a CICU e a Unidade de Cardiologia de Cuidados AgudosEla continua ativa no gerenciamento clínico à beira do leito de neonatos, crianças e adultos com doenças cardíacas congênitas e adquiridas, e seu trabalho acadêmico se concentra no desenvolvimento e na sustentabilidade das equipes de APP da UTIC, no crescimento profissional e no avanço clínico dos APPs e na melhoria dos processos de trabalho em equipe e de comunicação na UTICEla faz parte da diretoria da Sociedade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca Pediátrica (PCICS) desde 2017 e é a atual presidente da PCICSEla co-presidiu o desenvolvimento e a implementação de um currículo de provedor de prática avançada de UTIP, que inclui um livro publicado e vários cursos presenciais de revisão de currículo por ano.

Luisa Kalil

Pediatric cardiologist at InCor-SP.

Specialist in cardiac arrhythmias through the Dante Pazzanese Institute – SP.

Coordinator of the medical residency in pediatric cardiology at Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio – Porto Alegre.

Rogério Andalaft

Stephanie Ondracek Lemouche

Assistant at the Congenital Heart Disease Division at INCOR FMUSP.
Assistant at the pediatric arrhythmia outpatient clinic and adults with congenital heart disease at INCOR FMUSP.

Tiago Leiria

Electrophysiology Cardiology Institute.

Fellow at the electrophysiology Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal.

PhD in cardiology form the University Foundation of Cardiology.
Professor of postgraduate studies at UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul ) and FUC-RS (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology).

Cardiologist at Hospital de Clínicas Porto Alegre.

Luiz Fernando Caneo

MD, Ph.D., Associate professor in the department of cardiovascular surgery and director of the ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) Center at InCor-HC-FMUSP (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

He specializes in cardiac surgery for children and adults with congenital heart disease (chd), heart transplants and mechanical heart support.

Fernando Antonialli

Specialist member of the SBCCV and Master in Surgery from UNICAMP.

Director of the pediatric cardiac surgery and ECMO Service at PUC Hospital and Clínica Cardio Cirurgica Campinas.

President-elect of the Latin American ELSO (Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) chapter.

Larissa Monteiro Gondim

Member of ELSO (The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization) as Education Chair Latin America.

Pediatric intensivist, with an MBA in management and health from FGV (Getúlio Vargas Foundation), coordinator of the Pediatric ICU at Hospital Infantil Candido Fontoura and Hospital e Maternidade Brasil RedeDor.

Márcio Miranda Brito

Degree in medicine from UNITPAC Araguaína.

Specialist in pediatrics from the SBP (Brazilian Society of Pediatrics).

Specialist in pediatric cardiology by the SBC/SBP (Brazilian Society of Cardiology/Brazilian Society of Pediatrics).

Specialist in Echocardiography by SBC/DIC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology/Cardiovascular Imaging Department).

Specialist in pediatric intensive care medicine by AMIB/SBP (Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine/Brazilian Society of Pediatrics).

Specialist in ECMO by ELSO.

Master of Science.

PhD in Sciences from FMUSP (School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo).

Professor of medicine at UNITPAC and UFNT (Federal University of Northern Tocantins). Scientific Director of DCC/CP (Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology). Scientific Director DCC/CP.

Mirna de Sousa

Pediatric cardiologists and fetal and infant echocardiographer.

Member of the board of the Goiana Society of Pediatrics (SGP).

Coordinator of the SGP’s Pediatric Cardiology Department.

Patricia Barrios

Pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Moinhos de Vento Hospital.

Pediatrics residency at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Miami University (USA).

Fellowship in neonatology and pediatric cardiology at Washington University (USA).

PhD in cardiology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul.

Certificate in fetal medicine from Kings College (London, England).

Catarina Cavalcanti

Pediatric Cardiologist and Echocardiographer at Real Hospital Português’s C Cell.

Professor at the Instituto Caduceus and volunteer doctor at the NGO Círculo do Coração.

Volunteer doctor in the Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease in Adults group at PROCAPE– UPE (University of Pernambuco Cardiac Emergency Room –.University of Pernambuco).

Gabriela Castilhos

Cardiologist on the clinical staff of the Porto Alegre Cardiology Institute and Mãe de Deus Hospital.

Fellow in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Brompton Hospital.

Master in cardiology from IC-FUC (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology) and specialist in Cardiology through SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology).

Ieda Jatene

PhD from the School of Medicine of the University of São Paulo.

Medical leader of the congenital heart diseases and pediatric cardiology sector at Hospital do Coração (HCor-SP).

President of the congenital heart diseases and pediatric cardiology department of the SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology) from 2008-2011.

Director of the Cardiology Society of the State of São Paulo for the 2001-2003-2006-2007, 2016-2017, 2018-2019 terms and President for the 2022-2023 term.

Nestor Santos Daudt

Pediatric cardiologist at IC–FUC (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology).

Paulo Zielinsky

PhD in Cardiology.

Sick Kids Toronto Fellowship.

Founder and Coordinator ICRS Cardio Fetal Program.

Full Professor UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul).

Advising Postgraduate Program Professor ICRS (Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul).

Leader of the Cardio Fetal Research Group – CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development).

Marcia Barberatto

Pediatric cardiologist and pediatric and fetal echocardiographer at Cardioeco – Curitiba.

Member of the scientific committee of pediatric echocardiography for DIC/SBC (Department of Cardiovascular Imaging/Brazilian Society of Cardiology), 2024/25 term.

Sandra Mattos

Dir. of the maternal and fetal cardiology unit at Real Hospital Português, NGO Círculo do Coração and Centro de Estudos Caduceus;

Post-Doctorate in biotechnology from LIKA/UFPE (Keizo Asami Institute – Federal University of Pernambuco);

Member of the Pernambuco Academy of Medicine;

Advisory member of Children’s Heart Link and American Heart;

International expert on the Global Arch Medical Advisory Board;

Specialized in pediatric and fetal cardiology at the Royal Brompton and Great Ormond Street Hospitals in London;

Experience in medicine, with an emphasis on pediatric and fetal cardiology and Echocardiography, working mainly in the area of the origins of the development of disease and health.

Simone Pedra

Head of the pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease medical section at the Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology.

Coordinator of the Hcor Fetal Unit. PhD in Sciences from USP (University of São Paulo). PhD in Sciences from USP (University of São Paulo).

Isabella Back

PhD in cardiology from InCor/FMUSP (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Retired Associate Professor 3 at UFSC (Federal University of Santa Catarina).

Member of the DCC/CP (Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology) scientific committee.

Founding member of Geprev/DCC/CP (Preventive Action Management/Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology)and SIAC (Inter-American Society of Cardiology) chapter on Cardiovascular Prevention in Children.

Fellow of the Inter-American Society of Cardiology.

Andrea Mabilde Petracco

Cardiologist, pediatric cardiologists and echocardiographer through the Brazilian Society of Cardiology.

Master in clinical medicine, PUC-RS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul).

PhD in pediatrics from PUC-RS.

Marcelo Jatene

Associate professor in cardiac surgery at FMUSP (University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Director of the pediatric cardiac surgery service at Incor SP.

Manager of pediatric cardiac surgery HCor at ABS (Associação Beneficente Síria.) SP.

Beatriz Helena Sanches Furlanetto

Cardiac surgeon through the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.
Director of the Furlanetto Institute, focused on congenital heart disease surgery at Santa Casa de São Paulo, Hospital Sabará and Hospital BP.

Director of ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) at Sabará Hospital and Co-Director of ECMO at BP Hospital.

Jose Cicero Guilhen

Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo.

PhD in Science from the Federal University of São Paulo.

Surgeon in charge of the congenital heart disease department at the Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology.

Paulo Roberto Prates

Cardiovascular surgeon, head of the cardiac surgery service at Santo Antônio Children’s Hospital.

Cardiovascular surgeon at the cardiac surgery service of the Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul.

Fellow in cardiovascular surgery – Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA.

Specialist member in cardiovascular surgery – Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Doctorate in health sciences – Cardiology Institute/University Foundation of Cardiology – in conjunction with Duke University.

Renato Kalil

Full professor at the Federal University of Health Sciences in Porto Alegre.

Coordinator of the congenital heart disease center at Moinhos de Vento Hospital.

Cardiovascular surgeon at the Moinhos de Vento, Divina and Mãe de Deus Hospitals and at the RGS Cardiology Institute.

Full member of the Rio Grande do Sul Academy of Medicine and Brazilian Academy of Cardiovascular Surgery.

Carlos Pedra

Carlos AC Pedra, MD, PhD, Fellow of the Pediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiovascular Society (PICS), Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Interventions (SCAI)
Head of the Medical Section for Congenital Heart Disease Interventions at the Dante Pazzanese Institute of Cardiology and Hospital do Coração (HCor). São Paulo, Capital

Carlo Pilla

Pediatric cardiologist and congenital heart disease interventional cardiologists.

Coordinator of the pediatric cardiology service at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre.

João Luis Manica

Interventional cardiologist in congenital heart diseases, responsible for the hemodynamics sector in congenital heart diseases at Moinhos de Vento Hospital in Porto Alegre and Jeser Amarante Faria Children’s Hospital in Joinville.

Pediatric cardiologist, echocardiographer and doctor of medicine at the Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul and Policlínico San Donato Milanese/Italy.

Santiago Raul Arrieta

Santiago Raul Arrieta graduated in Medicine from the Facultad de Ciencias Medicas – Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (1996).

Revalidated by the University of São Paulo School of Medicine.

He is currently an assistant physician and researcher at the Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (InCor).

PhD in Sciences from the University of São Paulo.

Hemodynamics physician in congenital heart disease at the Sirio Libanês Hospital in São Paulo.

Hemodynamics physician in congenital heart disease at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.

Gisela Meyer

Cardiologist

Head of the pulmonary hypertension service at the Santa Casa Hospital Complex in Porto Alegre.

Member of the SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology) Pulmonary Circulation Study Group (GECIP).

Flavia Navarro

Head of pediatric cardiology and the pulmonary hypertension reference Center at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo and a cardiologist at Sabará Hospital.

Claudia Pinheiro de Castro Grau

PhD in Sciences from the University of São Paulo.

Medical coordinator of fetal and infant echocardiography at Grupo Fleury.

Medical coordinator of fetal and infant echocardiography at São Luiz Star Maternity Hospital and São Luiz Itaim Rede D’Or Hospital.

Assistant physician in the children’s echocardiography and adult congenital heart disease unit at InCor-FMUSP (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Adriana Mello Rodrigues dos Santos

Pediatric and fetal echocardiographer at the CEU clinic and Sofia Feldman Hospital (BH).

Master’s degree in pediatrics from UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais).

Andressa Mussi Soares

Congenital, pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Incor – HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Physician in charge of the Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology service at Hospital Evangélico de Cachoeiro de Itapemirim – Espírito Santo.

PhD in Cardiology from USP (University of São Paulo).

President of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology’s Department of Congenital Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiology – 2018-2019 term.

Livia Pauletto

Specialist in Pediatric Cardiology – SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology).

Specialist in Echocardiography – DIC / SBC (Department of Cardiovascular Imaging/Brazilian Society of Cardiology).

Specialist in Pediatric Intensive Care – SBP / AMIB (Brazilian Society of Pediatrics/Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine).

Coordinator of the pediatric echocardiography service and specialization in pediatric echocardiography at Santa Casa de Porto Alegre – Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio.

Valeria Moreira

Pediatric cardiologist, University of São Paulo School of Medicine (FMUSP).

Specialization in cardiovascular magnetic resonance and tomography at the Heart Institute of the Hospital das Clínicas of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine (InCor-HC-FMUSP).

Assistant physician in the cardiovascular tomography and resonance sector at the Heart Institute (InCor) – São Paulo and HCor – São Paulo.

Adriana Innocenzi

Pediatric cardiologist/ Cardiac radiology  INC/ Rede Dor.

PhD student at IDor Research and Education Institute

Carolina Reiser

Radiology and diagnostic imaging from IcFUC/RS (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology – Rio Grande do Sul).

Specialization in cardiac CT and MRI at InCor/HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

PhD in radiology and diagnostic imaging from InRad/HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Radiology Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Radiologist at Hospital da Criança Conceição/GHC and Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio/Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Porto Alegre.

Cintia Acosta Mello

Coordinator and assistant for the cardiac imaging department at BP Medicina Diagnóstica – Hospital BP/BP Mirante.

Assistant physician in the imaging department at Hospital Infantil Sabará-ALTA- Diagnostic Excellence.

Specialist in cardiac imaging at Med Imagem, Hospital Beneficência Portuguesa de São Paulo.

Residency in pediatric cardiology and pediatric and fetal echocardiography at the Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul/ IC-FUC (Institute of Cardiology – University Foundation of Cardiology).

Estela Azeka

Professor at the University of São Paulo School of Medicine.

Clinical coordinator of the heart failure, heart transplant and artificial ventricle program for children and adults with congenital heart disease at InCor HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Coordinator of ABTO’s (Brazilian Organ Transplant Association) heart department.

President of GeicPed/Deic/SBC (Study Group on HF in Children and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease/Heart Failure Department/Brazilian Society of Cardiology).

Cristina Afiune

Pediatric cardiologist trained at INCOR FMUSP (Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Pediatric cardiologist at the Cardiology and Transplant Institute of the Federal District.

Clinical coordinator of pediatric heart transplantation -ICTDF (Cardiology and Transplant Institute of the Federal District).

Klebia Castelo Branco

PhD in Science in the cardiology program at USP-SP (University of São Paulo/São Paulo).

Pediatric cardiologist at InCor – HCFMUSP- SP (HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine – São Paulo).

Coordinator of the pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease service at Hospital de Messejana – Fortaleza – Ceará.

Maria Fernanda S. Jardim

Specialist in pediatric cardiology and echocardiography the SBC (Brazilian Society of Cardiology).

Assistant physician at the pediatric intensive care units of InCor-HC/FMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

PhD in Sciences from FMUSP (University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Jorge Yussef Afiune

Director of the Pediatric Cardiology Division of the Cardiology and Transplant Institute of the Federal District.

PhD in Medicine from the University of São Paulo.

Paula Gaiola

Pediatric cardiologist.

Interventional Cardiologist.

Palliative Care Specialist.

MBA in Health Management.

Coordinator of the pediatric cardiology intensive care center at InCor/HC/FMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Solange Coppola Gimenez

Supervising physician in the pediatric cardiology ICU at HCOR – Associação Beneficente Síria.

Cardiologist at Star – Rede D’Or maternity hospital.
PhD in Sciences from USP (University of São Paulo).

Vera Demarchi Aiello

Full professor in the pathology department at FMUSP (University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Associate professor in the Cardiopneumology Department at FMUSP.

Director of the pathology laboratory at InCor HCFMUSP (Hospital das Clínicas Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo School of Medicine).

Vitor Guerra

Doctor from the School of Medicine of UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais).

PhD from University of São Paulo School of Medicine.

Pediatric and fetal cardiologist; Responsible for the syndromic and non-syndromic aortopathies outpatient clinic at SickKids Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

University of Toronto.

Grace Van Leeuwen

She is an assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medicine and works as a senior attending physician in the pediatric cardiac ICU at Sidra Medicine in Qatar.

She is also Co-Chair of the Congenital Heart Academy.

Laura Mercer-Rosa

InCor Cardiology Residency.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman.

School of Medicine.

Associate Director, Echocardiography.

Director, Cardiac Center Biobank.

Luciana Fonseca

Cardiovascular surgeon at UPMC (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Specialist in cardiovascular surgery through the SBCCV (Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery).

PhD in Medicine from UNIFESP (Federal University of São Paulo).

Member of the AATS – American Association for Thoracic Surgery.

Member of the CHSS – Congenital Heart Surgeons Society.

Bruna Cury Borim

Master’s degree in health sciences through FAMERP (Faculty of Medicine of São José do Rio Preto).

Specialist in intensive care unit nursing and cardiology/hemodynamics.

Coordinator of the postgraduate nursing course in cardiology and pediatric cardiovascular surgery at FAMERP.

Co-chair of the International Committee of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society (PCICS).

Nursing Coordinator of CardioPedBrasil – Children’s Heart Center of the Children’s and Maternity Hospital of São José do Rio Preto, SP.

João Henrique Aramayo Rossi

5th year PhD student at the PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) School of Medicine.

Scientific initiation student at the Cardiology Institute of RS.

Maria Antônia Saldanha

Medical student at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).

Scientific initiation fellow at the Institute of Cardiology (IC-FUC).

Scientific director of the PUCRS Cardiology League.

Member of the NGO Médecins du Monde.

Intern at the Rio Grande do Sul Transplant Center (CET-RS).

Thaís Fernanda Dalferth

7th semester student at PUCRS (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul) School of Medicine.

President of the cardiology league and scientific director of the cardiovascular surgery league at PUCRS.

She is a director of the SIMERS (Rio Grande do Sul Medical Union) Academic Center.

She is a trainee at the State Transplant Center – RS. She is a member of the research team at the Sleep Laboratory – Inscer. Integrates the research nucleus of the Sleep Laboratory – Inscer.