Meet Our 2024 Speakers
We're excited to announce the faculty and industry-leading speakers for the 2024 Fetal & Neonatal Cardiac Symposium in Chicago.
Ra-id Abdulla, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine,
Northwestern University
Senior Editor, Pediatric CardiologyAlfred Abuhamad, MD
President and Provost
Dean of the School of Medicine
Mason C. Andrews Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Radiology
Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolCecilia Albaro, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaErnerio Alboliras, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaAmir Alhajjat, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineSawsan Mokhtar M. Awad, MD, MSc
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynecology
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, ILSoujanya Bogarapu, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaMatthew Bramlet, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
University of Illinois College of Engineering Urbana, ChampaignMichael R. Carr, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineTimothy M. Cordes, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of MedicineBettina Cuneo, MD
Research Professor
University of Arizona in TucsonKarim A. Diab, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Editor-In-Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, Springer NatureNina L. Gotteiner, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineAmanda L. Hauck, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineZiyad M. Hijazi, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Sidra Medicine
Honorary Professor University of JordanLisa Hornberger, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stollery Children’s Hospital
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaNazia Husain, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineHenri Justino, MD
Professor Of Clinical, Pediatrics
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
University of California San DiegoEdgar Jaeggi, MD
Professor of Paediatrics
University of TorontoAmy S. Lay, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineShaine A. Morris, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology
Texas Children's Hospital
Baylor University College of MedicineJohn Nigro, MD
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
University of California San DiegoAlan Nugent, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineSheetal R Patel, MD, MSCI
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineMark Plunkett, MD
Clinical Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery
Children’s Hospital of Illinois
University of Illinois College of Medicine at PeoriaNicolas F. M. Porta, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicinePriya Rajan, MD
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineBeth Rumack, RN, MBA, NNP-BC
Chief Operating Officer
Ollie Hinkle Heart FoundationStefani Samples, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineMichael B. Satzer, MD
Health System Clinician of Pediatrics (Cardiology),Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Saad Siddiqui, MD
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Program Director
Advocate Health Care
Norman Silverman, MD
Honorary Faculty Emeritus, Pediatrics
Stanford University Medical CenterMark S. Sklansky, MD
James H. Nicholson Professor of Pediatrics
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLARobin H. Steinhorn, MD
Vice Dean of Children’s Clinical Services, UC San Diego
Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Senior Vice President, Rady Children’s Hospital
President, Children’s Specialists of San DiegoBethany Stetson, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal Fetal Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineHeather Sun, MD
Associate Clinical Professor in Pediatrics
Rady Children’s Hospital
University of California, San DiegoNathaly M. Sweeney, MD, MPH
Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics
Rady Children’s Hospital
University of California San DiegoDavid S. Winlaw, MBBS, MD, FRACS
Willis J. Potts Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine