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The clinicians, researchers, and advocates working with iHOPE-Kids to protect young hearts.

Pediatric Electrophysiology

— the specialists who diagnose and treat heart-rhythm disorders in children

Christina Miyake, MD, MS

Director, Genetics Arrhythmia Program

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Greg Webster, MD, MPH

Section Chief, Electrophysiology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Jeffrey Kim, MD

Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Santiago Valdes, MD

Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology & Pacing

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Tam Dan “Tina” Pham, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Taylor Howard, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Sarah Yukiko Asaki, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

University of Utah · Primary Children's Hospital

Claire Newlon, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

UCLA Health · Children's Heart Center

Jeremy Moore, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

UCLA Health · Children's Heart Center

Jeff Vinocur, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Yale Medicine

Ron Kanter, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Nicklaus Children's Hospital

Cheyenne Beach, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Yale School of Medicine

Richard Czosek, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Nemours Children's Hospital

Rohan Kumthekar, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Children's National Hospital

Douglas Mah, MD

Chief, Division of Electrophysiology

Boston Children's Hospital

Joseph Atallah, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

University of Alberta · Stollery Children's Hospital

Peter Aziz, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic Children's

Anjan S. Batra, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

CHOC Children's

Prince Kannankeril, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Shubhayan Sanatani, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

BC Children's Hospital

Maully Shah, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Heather Giacone, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Children's National Hospital

Seshadri Balaji, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital

Christopher W. Follansbee, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Charles Berul, MD

Division Chief, Cardiology

Children's National Hospital

Leonardo Liberman, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital · Columbia

Reina Tan, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

NYU Langone Health

Mary C. Niu, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

University of Utah · Primary Children's Hospital

Michael J. Ackerman, MD, PhD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Mayo Clinic

Salim F. Idriss, MD, PhD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Duke Health

Ian Law, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

Naomi J. Kertesz, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Susan P. Etheridge, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

St. Luke's Children's, Boise

Gaurav Arora, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Chandra Srinivasan, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Benjamin Hale, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

Shaun Mohan, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

UK HealthCare · Kentucky Children's Hospital

Kara Motonaga, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Lindsey E. Malloy, DO

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Children's Mercy Kansas City

Andrew L. Papez, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiology

Phoenix Children's

Cardiology

— pediatric and adult cardiologists across the wider heart

Kristin Burns, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Children's National Hospital

Mina K. Chung, MD, FHRS

Cardiac Electrophysiology

Cleveland Clinic

Mohammad Ebrahim, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Kuwait University · Royale Hayat Hospital

Elizabeth Thomas, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

AdventHealth for Children

Stephanie Chandler, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Genetics & Genomics

— finding the inherited causes behind sudden cardiac events

Lilei Zhang, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Genetics

Baylor College of Medicine

Seema Lalani, MD

Medical Genetics

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Yuxin Fan, MD, PhD

Molecular Pathology

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Taylor Dawson, GC

Genetic Counseling

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Dolores H. Lopez-Terrada, MD, PhD

Chief, Division of Genomic Medicine

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Pathology & Forensic Medicine

— the examiners and coroners who find answers after a loss

Pramod Gumpeni, MD

Forensic Pathology

Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences

Melissa Blessing, DO

Pathology

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Tom Blomquist, MD, PhD

Forensic Pathology

University of Toledo · Lucas County Coroner's Office

Dwayne Wolfe, MD, PhD

Forensic Pathology

Lucas County Coroner's Office

Emergency, Critical Care & EMS

— the first minutes — dispatch, resuscitation, and intensive care

David Persse, MD

Emergency Medicine

City of Houston Health Department

Casey Patrick, MD

EMS & Paramedicine

Montgomery County Fire Department

Cameron Dezfulian, MD

Pediatric Critical Care

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Nursing & Allied Health

— the people families see most

Mark Olson, PA-C

Nurse Practitioner / PA

University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital

Research & Public Health

— turning cases into evidence

Sara Stephens, PhD, MPH

Co-Founder & Director of Operations

Texas Children's Hospital · Baylor College of Medicine

Ryan Ramphul, PhD, MS

Public Health

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Na Li, PhD

Research Scientist

Baylor College of Medicine

Carolina Malta Hansen, MD, PhD

Research Scientist

Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet

Jia Song, MD, MS

Research Scientist

Baylor College of Medicine

Students & Trainees

— the next generation, already at work

Yifan Chen, MD/PhD Candidate

Student / Trainee

Baylor College of Medicine

Anna Lang, MD Candidate

Student / Trainee

Baylor College of Medicine

Aarushi Nayak, BS

Student / Trainee

Jernie Rideb, BS

Student / Trainee

Baylor College of Medicine

Bhavesh Sayal, MD Candidate

Student / Trainee

Baylor College of Medicine

Tyler Novy, MD

Student / Trainee

Leadership & Board

— governance, strategy, and stewardship

Diana Skaggs

Board Member

Deborah Gilmore

Board Member

Youth Ambassadors

— students carrying the message to their schools and teams

Julieta Valdes

Youth Ambassador

Sammy Berko

Youth Ambassador

Gabby McGurk

Youth Ambassador

Advocacy & Community

— families, educators, and volunteers

Jennifer Berko

Family Advocate

Sylvia McGurk

Family Advocate

Gemma Huang

Volunteer

St. John's High School

Madyson Russell

Community Outreach

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Maria Jose Arredondo, MD

Grecia Garcia, MD

Houston Methodist Hospital

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