Dianna Milewicz, MD PhD
Executive Chair
President George Bush Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
Vice-Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Division of Medical Genetics
University of Texas at Houston Health Science Centre
Houston, Texas, United States
Reed Pyeritz, MD PhD
Past Executive Chair
William Smilow Professor of Medicine & Professor of Genetics
Vice-chair for Academic Affairs, Department of Medicine
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Smilow Center for Translational Research
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Julie de Backer, MD PhD
Scientific Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Cardiologist, Clinic Deputy Head
Departments of Cardiology and Medical Genetics
University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
Catherine Boileau, PhD
Scientific Co-Chair
Department of Genetics Head
University Hospital Xavier Bichat-Claude Bernard
Professor of Medical Genetics, University Denis Diderot
Paris, France
Guillaume Jondeau, MD PhD
Clinical Chair
Director, Heart Failure Unit, Cardiology Department, Claude Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital
Director, Centre de référence sur le syndrome de Marfan et apparentés
Professor of Cardiology, University Denis Diderot
Paris, France
Alan Braverman, MD
Director, Marfan Syndrome Clinic, Washington University Medical Center
Professor of Medicine, Professor in Cardiovascular Diseases
Director and Chief-of-Service, Inpatient Cardiology Unit, Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Faculty, Center for Diseases of the Thoracic Aorta
Washington University School of Medicine
Arturo Evangalista, MD
Head, Department of Aortic Disease
Hospital Universitari Vall d´Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
Shaine A. Morris, MD
Assistant Professor in Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, Texas, United States
Maral Ouzounian , MD PhD
Cardiovascular surgeon, Surgeon Scientist
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Principal Investigator
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Anjela Yetman, MD
Professor, Pediatrics & Medicine
Director, Clinical Research Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship Director, Adult Congenital Cardiology
Medical Director, Aortic Program, Nebraska Medicine
Children’s Hospital & Medical Center
University of Nebraska, Omaha USA
Richmond Jeremy, MB BS PhD FRACP FACC FESC FCSANZ GAICD
Professor in Medicine, Department of Cardiology, University of Sydney
Director, Marfan & Aortic Disease Clinic, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
President, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
NSW, Australia
Sherene Shalhub, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.
Associate Professor and Head of Vascular Surgery
Co-Director of OHSU’s Heart and Vascular Service Line
Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, School of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Josipa Paska
President, GADA Canada
Toronto, Canada