International Speakers

AWAIS ASHFAQ

Cincinnati, USA

CHRISTINE RILEY

Washington, USA

David S. Cooper

Cincinnati, USA

David Werho

San Diego, EUA

JILL ZENDER

Dallas, USA

Lillian Su

Phoenix, USA

Lindsey B. Justice

Cincinnati, USA

Mark Friedberg

Toronto, Canada

Nikhil Kumar Chanani

Atlanta, USA

Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz

Munich, Germany

Shabnam Peyvandi

San Francisco, USA

Vibeke E. Hjortdal

Copenhagen, Denmark

28th Brazilian Congress of Congenital Heart Diseases, Pediatric Cardiology, Intervention and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Daniel garros, MD

Edmonton, Canada

josé pedro silva da silva, MD

Pittsburgh, USA

Mark Friedberg, MD

Toronto, Canada

osami honjo, MD

Toronto, Canada

ricardo muñoz, MD

Washington, USA

Vibeke E. Hjortdal, MD

Copenhagen, Denmark

jacqueline kreutzer, MD

Pittsburgh, USA

joseph rossano, MD

Philadelphia, USA

michael rigby, MD

London, England

Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz, MD

Munich, Germany

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD

San Francisco, USA

wayne tworetzky, MD

Boston, USA

1ST Latin American PCICS Symposium

David S. Cooper, MD

Cincinnati, USA

adnan bhutta, MD

Indianapolis, USA

CHRISTINE RILEY, NP

Washington, USA

gisela ponce, NP

Buenos Aires, Argentina

JILL ZENDER, NP

Dallas, USA

Nikhil Kumar Chanani, MD

Atlanta, USA

Lindsey B. Justice, NP

Cincinnati, USA

awais ashfaq, MD

Cincinnati, USA

David Werho, MD

San Diego, USA

guillermo moreno, MD

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lillian Su, MD

Phoenix, USA

rené gómez gutiérrez, MD

Monterrey, Mexico

AWAIS ASHFAQ

Cirurgião cardíaco pediátrico
Professor assistente de cirurgia no Cincinnati Childrens Hospital.
Cincinnati, Ohio, EUA

CHRISTINE RILEY

Pesquisadora e profissional de enfermagem especializada em cuidados críticos cardíacos pediátricos.
Children’s National Hospital, Washington D.C. EUA

David S. Cooper

Medical Director, The Heart Institute
Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Medical Director, Cardiac Anesthesia Recovery Unit
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

David Werho

Pediatric cardiac intensivist
Associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital.
San Diego,California, USA

JILL ZENDER

Nurse practitioner in the pediatric cardiac intensive care unit at Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas USA

Lillian Su

Medical Director and Associate Chief of the CVICU at Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Vice President of the PCICS and one of the executive producers of the PCICS podcast.
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Lindsey B. Justice

Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Manager for CICU and Acute Care Cardiology
The Heart Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA

Mark Friedberg

Paediatric Cardiologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,
Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto
Senior Associate Scientist with the SickKids Research Institute.
Toronto, Canada.

Nikhil Kumar Chanani

Associate Professor of Pediatrics – Division of Cardiology at Emory University School of Medicine, pediatric cardiologist, intensivist, Director of Outcomes and Quality at the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Medical Director of Outcomes and Quality at the Children’s Heart Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta – Egleston Hospital.

Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz

Full Professor and Chair Preventive Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Health, Technical University Munich, Germany.
Pediatric Cardiologist with scientific focus of Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Childhood, Pediatric Sport Medicine,
Head Outpatient Clinic Fetal Cardiology German Heart Center Munich, Germany

Shabnam Peyvandi

Professor of Pediatrics, Epidemiology Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital
Director of the Pediatric Heart Center Cardiovascular Research Program Associate Director of the Fetal Cardiovascular Program.
Pediatric cardiologist
San Francisco, California, USA

Vibeke E. Hjortdal

Professor of Congenital Heart Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery,
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark

Daniel Garros

Professor clínico, Divisão de Cuidado Intensivo, Dept de Pediatria da Fac de Medicina da Universidade de Alberta; Professor do “John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre”, Universidade de Alberta;
Staff intensivista da UTI Pediatrica do Stollery Children’s Hospital, em Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Diretor de comitê Qualidade da Uti Pediatrica.
Edmonton, AB, Canadá

José Pedro da Silva

Diretor Cirúrgico Fundador, Centro Da Silva para Anomalia de Ebstein
Diretor Cirúrgico, Centro de Terapia de Válvulas
Professor de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica
Divisão de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica Pediátrica
Departamento de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica
Pittsburgh, PA, EUA

Mark Friedberg

Cardiologista pediátrico no Hospital for Sick Children em Toronto, no Canadá.
Professor de Pediatria na Universidade de Toronto
Cientista Associado Sênior no Instituto de Pesquisa SickKids.
Toronto, Canadá

Osami Honjo

Cirurgião cardiovascular da equipe do Hospital for Sick Children.
Sua prática clínica se concentra em cirurgia cardíaca aberta em neonatos e bebês, paliação cirúrgica para pacientes com ventrículo único, suporte cardiopulmonar mecânico na população pediátrica e cirurgia para pacientes com doenças cardíacas congênitas em adultos.
Toronto, Canadá

Ricardo muñoz

Cardiologista Pediátrico
Chefe de Medicina de Cuidados Críticos Cardíacos 
Diretor Executivo de Serviços de Telemedicina do Children’s National Hospital
Co-diretor do Heart Institute
Washington, DC, E.U.A.

Vibeke E. Hjortdal

Professora de Cirurgia Cardíaca Congênita
Departamento de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica,
Rigshospitalet, Hospital Universitário de Copenhague.
Copenhague, Dinamarca

Jacqueline Kreutzer

Chefe da Divisão de Cardiologia Pediátrica,
Professora, Departamento de Pediatria, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Pittsburgh
Cátedra Peter e Ada Rossin em Cardiologia Pediátrica
Codiretora, Instituto do Coração UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (Hospital Infantil UPMC de Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh, PA – E.U.A.

Joseph Rossano

Cardiologista Pediátrico
Co-diretor do Centro Cardíaco e
Chefe da Divisão de Cardiologia do Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Filadélfia, PA, E.U.A.

Michael Rigby

Cardiologista pediátrico consultor sênior do Royal Brompton Hospital, em Londres. 
Autor ou editor de vários livros didáticos altamente conceituados, escreveu muitos capítulos e artigos. 
Interesse especial em cateterismo cardíaco intervencionista em bebês, crianças e adultos com doença cardíaca congênita.
Londres, Inglaterra

Renate Oberhoffer-Fritz

Professora titular e presidente de Pediatria Preventiva na Escola de Medicina e Saúde, na Universidade Técnica de Munique, Alemanha.
Cardiologista pediátrica com foco científico em Prevenção de Doenças Cardiovasculares na Infância, Medicina Desportiva Pediátrica,
Chefe da Clínica Ambulatorial de Cardiologia Fetal do Centro Cardíaco Alemão, em Munique, Alemanha

Shabnam Peyvandi

Professora de Pediatria, Epidemiologia e Bioestatística no Hospital Infantil Benioff da Universidade da Califórnia em São Francisco
Diretora do Programa de Pesquisa Cardiovascular do Pediatric Heart Center
Diretora Associado do Programa Cardiovascular Fetal.
Cardiologista pediátrica
São Francisco, Califórnia, EUA

Wayne Tworetzky

Director, Fetal Cardiology Program; 
Benderson Chair, Boston Children’s Hospital;
Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

David S. Cooper

Diretor Médico, The Heart Institute
Diretor Médico, Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca
Diretor Médico, Unidade de Recuperação de Anestesia Cardíaca – Centro Médico do Hospital Infantil de Cincinnati
Professor de Pediatria – Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio, EUA

Adnan T.Bhutta

Professor de Pediatria Clínica
Chefe da Divisão de Medicina de Cuidados Pediátricos Intensivos na Riley Children’s Health – Indiana University Health
Indianápolis, IN, E.U.A.

Gisela Ponce

Especialista em ECLS/ECMO – Hospital de Pediatria Juan P. Garrahan
Coordenadora do Elso Center 320
Presidente dos Congressos Elso Latam
Instrutora certificada pela ELSO
Buenos Aires, Argentina

JILL ZENDER

Enfermeira na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca Pediátrica do Hospital Infantil em Dallas, Texas. EUA

Nikhil Kumar Chanani

Professor associado de Pediatria – Divisão de Cardiologia na Escola de Medicina da Universidade de Emory,
Cardiologista pediátrico,
Cardiologista intensivista,
Diretor de Resultados e Qualidade na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca,
Diretor médico de Resultados e Qualidade no Centro Cardíaco Infantil no Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta — Hospital Egleston.
Atlanta, GA, EUA

Lindsey B. Justice

Gerente Clínica Provedora de Prática Avançada para CICU e Cardiologia de Cuidados Intensivos
Instituto do Coração
Centro Médico do Hospital Infantil de Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, EUA

David Werho

Intensivista cardíaco pediátrico
Professor associado de Pediatria na Universidade da Califórnia em São Francisco e no Hospital Infantil Rady.
San Diego, California, EUA

Guillermo Eduardo moreno

Chefe da Unidade Clínica. Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Cardíaca (UTI 35) do Hospital de Pediatria Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan.
Presidente ELSO Latino Americana 2024-2025
Buenos Aires, Argentina,  

Lillian Su

Diretora médica e chefe associada da CVICU no Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Vice-presidente da PCICS e uma das produtoras executivas do podcast da PCICS.
Phoenix, Arizona, EUA

René Goméz Gutiérrez

Presidente da ELSO, Diretor da Unidade de ECMO (Adulto e Pediátrico) no Christus Muguerza Hospital,
Cofundador/Presidente do Conselho de Administração da Genomi-k.
Monterrey, México

AWAIS ASHFAQ

Pediatric cardiac surgeon
Assistant professor of surgery at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital.
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

CHRISTINE RILEY

Researcher and nurse practitioner specializing in pediatric cardiac critical care.
Children’s National Hospital, Washington D.C. USA

Daniel Garros

Clinical Professor, Division of Intensive Care, Dept. of Pediatrics, University of Alberta School of Medicine; Professor at the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta;
Staff intensivist in the Pediatric ICU at Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Director of the Pediatric ICU Quality Committee.
Edmonton, AB, Canada

José Pedro da Silva

Founding Surgical Director, Da Silva Center for Ebstein’s Anomaly
Surgical Director, Center for Valve Therapy
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Osami Honjo

Staff cardiovascular surgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children.
His clinical practice focuses on open heart surgery in neonates and infants, surgical palliation for single ventricle patients, mechanical cardiopulmonary support in the pediatric population, and surgery for patients with adult congenital heart diseases.
Toronto, Canada

Ricardo muñoz

Pediatric Cardiologist
Chief of Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
Executive Director of Telemedicine Services at Children’s National Hospital
Co-Director of Heart Institute
Washington, DC, U.S.A.

Jacqueline Kreutzer

Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology,
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Peter and Ada Rossin Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Heart Institute
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA – USA

Joseph Rossano

Pediatric Cardiologist
Co-Director of the Cardiac Center and
Chief of the Division of Cardiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.

Michael Rigby

Senior Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
The author or Editor of a number of Highly Regarded Textbooks, he has written many chapters and papers.
Special interest in Interventional Cardiac Catheterisation in infants, children and adults with congenital heart disease.
London, England

Adnan T.Bhutta

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Riley Children’s Health – Indiana University Health
Indianapolis, IN, U.S.A.

Gisela Ponce

ECLS/ECMO Specialist – Hospital de Pediatria Juan P. Garrahan
Elso 320 Center Coordinator
President of Elso Latam Congresses
ELSO Certified Instructor
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Guillermo Eduardo moreno

Chief of Clinic – Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (ICU 35) at Hospital de Pediatría Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan.
ELSO Latin American President 2024 – 2025
Buenos Aires, Argentina

René Goméz Gutiérrez

President at ELSO, ECMO Unit Director (Adult Pediatric) at Christus Muguerza Hospital,
Co-Founder /President of the Board at Genomi-k.
Monterrey, Mexico