Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, 

Dianna Milewicz, Scientific Co-Chair of the Montalcino Aortic Consortium and international leader in cardiovascular genetics research.

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, USA

Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD, 

Reed Pyeritz, Past Executive Chair of the Montalcino Aortic Consortium and pioneer in connective tissue and genetic disease research.

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, USA

Julie De Backer, MD, PhD, FESC

Julie De Backer, Scientific Co-Chair of MAC and specialist in cardiovascular genetics and hereditary aortic disease.

Associate Professor / Cardiologist, Clinic Deputy Head / Departments of Cardiology and Medical Genetics / University Hospital Ghent, Belgium

Catherine Boileau, PharmD, PhD

Catherine Boileau, Scientific Co-Chair of MAC and internationally recognized researcher in genetic vascular disorders.

Department of Genetics Head / University Hospital Xavier Bichat-Claude Bernard / Professor of Medical Genetics, University Denis Diderot / Paris, France

Guillaume Jondeau, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC

Guillaume Jondeau, Clinical Chair of MAC and expert in Marfan syndrome and hereditary thoracic aortic disease.

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, FACC

Alan Braverman, Executive Member of MAC and leader in aortopathy and Marfan syndrome clinical care.

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, USA

Richmond Jeremy, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Richmond Jeremy, Executive Member of MAC and specialist in inherited aortic and connective tissue disorders.

Professor in Medicine, Department of Cardiology / 
University of Sydney / Director, Marfan & Aortic Disease Clinic / Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Shaine A. Morris, MD, MPH

Shaine Morris, Executive Member of MAC and pediatric cardiologist specializing in genetic cardiovascular disease.

Assistant Professor in Pediatrics / Division of Pediatric Cardiology / Baylor College of Medicine / Texas Children’s Hospital / Houston, Texas, USA

Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Maral Ouzounian, Executive Member of MAC and cardiovascular surgeon advancing clinical research in aortic disease.

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

Anji Yetman, MD

Anji Yetman, Executive Member of MAC and pediatric cardiologist specializing in congenital and genetic cardiovascular conditions.

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