Member directory

Members & clinical centres

A global network of clinicians, researchers, geneticists, surgeons, and institutions dedicated to advancing the understanding and management of Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease (HTAD). Through international collaboration, MAC connects expertise across disciplines, centres, and countries to support research, education, and scientific exchange.

MAC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Our members bring multidisciplinary expertise across cardiology, genetics, cardiovascular surgery, and translational research, working collaboratively to generate high-impact data and improve patient outcomes. Through shared knowledge, standardized data collection, and international collaboration, MAC members play a critical role in shaping clinical guidelines, driving discovery, and advancing precision medicine in the treatment of Hereditary Thoracic Aortic Disease (HTAD). 

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

Dianna Milewicz, MD, PhD, 

Role: Scientific Co-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, USA

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

Reed Pyeritz, MD, PhD, 

Role: 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, USA

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

Julie De Backer, MD, PhD, FESC

Role: Scientific Co-Chair

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

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

Catherine Boileau, PharmD, PhD

Role: Scientific Co-Chair

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

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

Guillaume Jondeau, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC

Role: 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, Executive Member of MAC and leader in aortopathy and Marfan syndrome clinical care.

Alan Braverman, MD, FACC

Role: Executive Member

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

Richmond Jeremy, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Role: Executive Member

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

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

Shaine A. Morris, MD, MPH

Role: Executive Member

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

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

Maral Ouzounian, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Role: Executive Member

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

Anji Yetman, MD

Role: Executive Member

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

ALL MAC MEMBERS

Richard B. Devereux, MD
Director of the Adult Echocardiography Laboratory
Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York Presbyterian Hospital
New York, NY, USA

Josephine Grima, PhD
Vice President of Research and Legislative Affairs
Marfan Foundation
Port Washington, New York, USA

Ronald Lacro, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Department of Cardiology
Cardiology Research Centre
Boston Children's Hospital, USA

Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Texas Heart Institute, USA

Alex V. Levin, MD, MHSc, FAAP, FAAO, FRCSC
Adeline Lutz - Steven S.T. Ching, M.D. Distinguished Professorship in Ophthalmology
Chief, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Ocular Genetics
Flaum Eye Institute
Chief, Pediatric Genetics
Golisano Children’s Hospital

David Liang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrical Engineering
Stanford University Medical Centre
Stanford, California, USA

Irene Maumenee, MD
Professor of Ophthalmology
Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University
St, New York, NY 10032

Rocio Moran, MD
Division Director of Genetics
MetroHealth Medical Center
2500 MetroHealth Dr. G730A
Cleveland, OH, USA

Francesco Ramirez, PhD
Chair of Molecular Biology Connective Tissue Diseases
Professor of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics
Professor of Medicine-Cardiology
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York, USA

Peter Robinson, MD, MSc
Professor of Computational Biology
The Jackson Laboratory
Genomic Medicine
Farmington, CT, USA

Lynn Sakai, PhD
Senior Investigator, Portland Shriners Research Center,
Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States

Denver Sallee, MD
Sibley Heart Center Cardiology
Director, Aortopathy Program
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Emory University School of Medicine, USA

Sherene Shalhub, MD, MPH, FACS
Assistant Professor, Vascular Surgery
University of Washington, USA

Michael N. Singh, MD
Instructor, Harvard Medical School, Pediatric Cardiology
Boston Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston MA, USA

Ellen S. Regalado, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor
Division of Medical Genetics
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
6431 Fannin St. MSB 6.100, Houston, TX, USA

Marion A Hofmann Bowman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
2547 Cardiovascular Center
University of Michigan
1500E medical Center, SPC 5853
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-5853

Andrew Michael Crean, MD, MRCP, FRCR
Principal Investigator/Professor
Laboratory Director, Department of Medicine (Cardiology)
University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati Childrens' Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Joseph Bavaria, MD
Co-Director, Transcatheter Valve Program
Director, Thoracic Aortic Surgery Program
Vice Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery
Brooke Roberts - William Maul Measey Professor in Surgery
Penn Medicine, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Apostolos “Paul” Psychogios, MD, FACMGG
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
Diplomate Medical Clinical Geneticist
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology
Department of Pediatrics, Genetics and Metabolism Clinic
Lexington, KY, USA

Vidyasagar Kalahasti, MD, FACC
Staff - Department of Cardiovascular Imaging
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Director, Marfan syndrome and connective tissue disorder clinic
Associate Director, Clinical Endpoints Committee (CEC), C5 Research Desk J1-5, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, OH, USA

Philip F. Giampietro, MD, PhD
Section Chief of Clinical Genetics
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Professor of Pediatrics
Drexel University College of Medicine
Section of Clinical Genetics
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Mark Evan Lindsay, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Research
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Massachusetts, USA

Juan Manuel Bowen, MD
Consultant - Division of Primary Care Internal Medicine
Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Director – Mayo Clinic Marfan and Thoracic Aorta Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA

Shuping Ge, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Heart Center for Children
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine
Chair, Dept. of Pediatric Cardiology, Deborah Heart and Lung Center
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Anthony David Caffarelli, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute
Director of Aortic Clinic, Hoag Memorial Hospital
Newport Beach, CA, USA

ary B. Sheppard, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Department of Surgery
Saha Aortic Center
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, KY

Enid R. Neptune, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Smilow Institute of Marfan Research
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Institute of Genetic Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD USA

Melissa L. Russo, MD
Assistant Professor, Brown University
Warren Alpert School of Medicine
Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Genetics
Rhode Island, USA

Mitra Esfandiarei, PhD
Associate Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Midwestern University
Arizona, USA

Seda Tierney, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Director of Research, Non-Invasive Imaging Laboratory
Director of Vascular Laboratory
Stanford CHRI Faculty Scholar, Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA USA

Jessica Wang, MD, PhD
Director, UCLA Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Kevin Michael Harris, MD, FACC, FASE
Co-Director, Aortic Dissection Program,
Minneapolis Heart Institute,
University of Minnesota School of Medicine,
Minneapolis, MN, USA

Scott Michael Damrauer, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Attending Physician, Department of Surgery,
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, USA

Lois Starr, MD, PhD, FAAP, FACMG
Medical Co-Director, Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics,
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Nebraska Medical Center,
Omaha, USA

Bo Yang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Cardiac Surgery,
Department of Cardiac Surgery
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA

ay B. Shah, M.D.
Cardiologist
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
Mayo Clinic Arizona
5777 E. Mayo Blvd, 3rd floor Desk, Building 2
Phoenix, AZ, USA

Justin T Tretter , M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatric Cardiology
Heart Institute, Division of Cardiology
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
3333 Burnet Avenue, Mail-stop: MLC 2003
Cincinnati, OH USA

Irman Forghani , MD.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Clinical and Translational Genetics
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
1501 NW 10th Avenue BRB-359
Miami, FL USA

Kelly Cox , MD.
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Lurie Children's Hospital
225 E Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL USA

Siddharth K. Prakash, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Medical Genetics
Cardiovascular Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
at McGovern Medical School
UTHealth Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, USA

Justin A Weigand, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiac Imaging
Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, USA

Taylor A Beecroft , MS, CGC
Genetic Counsellor, Pediatric Genetics,
Cardiovascular Genetics Clinic,
Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, USA

Alan Frederick Rope , MD
Clinical Geneticist
Genome Medical
701 Gateway Boulevard, Ste. 380
South San Francisco, USA

David Dichek, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director for Research, Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
University of Washington
1959 NE Pacific St
Seattle, USA

Talha Niaz, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Mayo Clinic & Texas Children Hospital
200 First Street SW
Rochester, Minnesota USA

Mirela Tuzovic, MD
Cardiologist, Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California USA

Anthony L. Estrera, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
Texas, USA

Timothy Carter, MD
Director of Aortic Surgery
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery
St. Francis Hospital
West Islip, NY

Brett Carroll, MD
Director, Section of Vascular Medicine
Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, USA

William T. Brinkman, MD
Cardiovascular Surgery
The Heart Hospital Baylor Scott and White Plano
Plano, USA


David R. Murdock, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Medical Genetics
Houston, Texas USA

Christopher Phillips Jordan, MD
Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Inova Health System
Fairfax, VA, USA

Rita Weise , MSN, NP, ACNPC-AG
Hoag Elaine & Robert Matranga Aortic Center
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, One Hoag Drive
Newport Beach, CA, USA

Dr. Arora Pankaj, MD, FAHA
Dept of Cardiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
510 20th Street South, Fot 705 A
Birmingham, AL 35233, USA

Dr. Matthew Solomon
Matthew Solomon, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, VP of Research and Analytics, Sutter Health
Director of Aortopathy, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
California Pacific Medical Center
California, USA

Chelsey Torres, MS, CGC
Licensed, Certified Genetic Counselor
Genetic Counseling Supervisor
Hoag Cancer Institute | Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute
Newport Beach, CA, USA

Xinjiang Cai, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA, USA

Nicholas Burris, MD
Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Madison, WI, USA

Geraldine Ong, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FASE
Cardiologist
Medical Director of Aortic Disease Program,
NYU Langone Health, New York University,
New York, NY, USA

Stephen Philip, MD, MS
Division of Cardiology University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI, USA

Nanette Alvarez, B.A., M.D., FRCPC
Calgary Marfan & Connective Tissue Disorders Clinic
Director, Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Centre
The Peter Lougheed Centre
3500 26 Avenue Northeast
Calgary, AB, Canada T1Y 6J4

Ismail El-Hamamsy, MD, PhD, FRCSC
Assistant Professor of Department of Surgery, University of Montréal
Aortic and Connective Tissue Clinic
Associate Researcher, Montreal Heart Institute
Montréal, Québec, Canada

David Chitayat, MD, FABMG, FACMG, FCCMG, FRCPC
Head, Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program
Mount Sinai Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics, Molecular and Medical Genetics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Division of Clinical Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Bridget Fernandez, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG
Associate Professor and Chair, Discipline of Genetics
Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

Gabrielle Horne, MD, PhD
Prof., Cardiology & Biomedical Engineering
Director, Maritimes Connective Tissue Clinic
Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Nancy Poirier, MD
Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, CHU Sainte-Justine
Aortic and Connective Tissue Clinic
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Dieter Reinhardt, PhD
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Cell-Matrix Biology
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Biomedical Sciences
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

George Sandor, MD
Clinical Investigator, CFRI Professor, University of British Columbia
Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics
BC Children's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Derek Human BA, BM. BCh (Oxf), MRCP(UK),FRCPC
Clinical Investigator, CFRI,
Clinical Professor, Division of Cardiology,
Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Pascal-Nicolas Bernatchez, PhD
Associate Professor
Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics,
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC Canada

Julien Marcadier, MD
Clinical Geneticist
Alberta Children’s Hospital
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB Canada

Sara B. MacKay, MS, CCGC
Genetic Counsellor,
Maritime Medical Genetics Service,
IWK Health Centre,
Halifax, NS, Canada

Andrea L. Rideout, MS, CCGC, CGC
Genetic Counsellor,
Maritime Medical Genetics Service,
IWK Health Centre,
Halifax, NS, Canada

Sandhya Parkash, MD
Medical Geneticist
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Maritime Medical Genetics Service,
IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada

Anthony Martin Vandersteen, MA, PhD, BM, FRCP (Lond.), FRCPC, FCCMG
Medical Geneticist
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Maritime Medical Genetics Service,
IWK Health Centre, Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada

Michelle Keir, MD, MSc, BJourn
Cardiologist,
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Cardiology
Libin Cardiovascular Institute
University of Calgary
3500 26th Ave NE
4th Flr, CV Labs, Peter Lougheed Centre
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Dr. Gnalini Sathananthan, MBBS BSc (Med) FRCPC MPhil
Dept of Cardiology

St. Paul's Hospital

1081 Burrard St

Vancouver, BC, Canada

James Kelly, MD, MBChB, PhD
Toronto General Hospital
Toronto, ON, Canada

Sarah Dyack, MD, FRCPC, FCMG
Medical Geneticist, IWK Health Centre
Professor of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, Canada

Eloisa Arbustini, MD
Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases, IRCCS
Pavia, Italy

Anne H. Child, MD, MRCP, FRCP
Reader in Cardiovascular Genetics
Honorary Consultant Cardiology and Genetics
Department of Cardiac and Vascular Sciences
St George's Hospital University of London
London, United Kingdom

Bo Carlberg, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of Medicine, Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Umeå University, Sweden

Anne De Paepe, MD, PhD
Department Head, Center for Medical Genetics
Ghent University, Belgium

Maarten Groenink, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Cardiology
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Program
Department of Cardiology and Radiology
Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam

Dr. Yskert von Kodolitsch
Department of General and Interventional Cardiology
Universitäres Herzzentrum Hamburg GmbH
UKE - Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
Hamburg, Germany

Vivienne McConnell
Consultant in Genetic Medicine
Department of Genetic Medicine
Belfast City Hospital
Belfast, Ireland

Alex Pitcher, MRCP, PhD
Clinical Research Fellow, British Heart Foundation
Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
University of Oxford
Honorary Specialist Registrar in Cardiology and General (Internal) Medicine
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
England, United Kingdom

Meike Rybczynski, MD
Cardiologist, University Heart Centre Hamburg GmbH
Kardiologische Zentralambulanz
Hamburg, Germany

Bert Callewaert, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Clinical geneticist, Clinic Deputy Head
Department of Pediatrics and Genetics
Ghent University Hospital, Belgium

Fabien Labombarda, MD
Cardiology Department,
Caen University Hospital and University of Caen,
14033 Caen, France

Laurence Faivre, MD, PhD
Genetics Department
CHU Dijon
14 rue Gaffarel
Dijon, France

Claire Bouleti, MD, PhD
Cardiology Department
Bichat Hospital,
46 rue Henri Huchard
75018 Paris, France

Marjolijn Renard, MSc, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Center for Medical Genetics
Ghent University
De Pintelaan 185
Ghent 9000 Belgium

Prof Zoltan Szabolcs , MD PhD MSc
Division Chief, Research Program Director
Department of Heart and Vascular Center
Semmelweis University
Varosmajor Street 68
Budapest Hungary

Laura Muiño-Mosquera, MD
Clinical Fellow Paediatric Cardiology
Research Fellow Human Genetics
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent.
Ghent. Belgium

Gisela Teixido-Tura, MD, PhD
Cardiologist, Medicine,Internal Medicine
Hospital Vall d'Hebron
Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129
Barcelona, Spain

Olivier Milleron, MD
Cardiologist, Medicine
Bichat-Claude Bernard Hospital
46 rue Henri Huchard
Paris, France

Prof. Dr. J.W. Roos-Hesselink
Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Department of Cardiology
University Medical Centre
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Alessandro Pini, M.D.
Department of Cardiology, ASST-Fatebenefratelli-Sacco
A.O. Luigi Sacco, University Hospital
Medical Director at Cardiology service
In Charge of Rare Disease – Cardiological Operative Unit
Founder of Marfan Clinic
Founder of Chronic Heart Failure Centre and tele surveillance
Milan, Italy

Germano Melissano, M.D.
Associate Professor of Vascular Surgery
San Raffaele University, Senior Surgeon,
Vice-Chief of Division, Ospedale San Raffaele,
Milano, Italy

Elisabetta M Mariucci, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiology and GUCH Unit
Marfan Clinic, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital
University of Bologna
Bologna, Italy

Elena Cervi, MD, PhD
Consultant Cardiologist
Centre for Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
London, UK

Nadine Hanna, PharmD, PhD
Genetics, Family Medicine
Department of Genetics,
University Hospital Xavier Bichat-Claude Bernard,
Paris, France

Carine Le Goff, PhD
Senior Research Investigator
Department of Genetics,
University Hospital Xavier Bichat-Claude Bernard,
Paris, France

Quentin Pellenc, MD,MSc
Senior Vascular Surgeon, Lead Aortic Team
Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Marfan Syndrome French National Referral Center
Hopital Bichat
Paris, France

Patrick Sips, PhD
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher
Center for Medical Genetics,
Ghent University,
Ghent, Belgium

Yaso Emmanuel , MBChB, DPhil, FRCP
Consultant Cardiologist
Cardiovascular Department
St Thomas's Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road,
London, UK

Klaus Kallenbach, Prof. Dr.
Cardiac Surgery
INCCI Heart Center Luxembourg
2, rue Barblé L-1210
Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Martin Czerny, MD, MBA, FESC, FEBCTS, FEBVS
Professor and Chairman
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery
University of Hospital Freiburg
Freiburg, Germany

Anna Sabaté Rotés, MD, PhD
Pediatric Cardiology
Vall d’Hebron Hospital
Barcelona, Spain

Hiroko Morisaki, MD, PhD
Chief Physician
Department of Medical Genetics
Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan

Takayuki Morisaki, MD, PhD
Project Professor
BioBank Japan/Division of Molecular Pathology IMSUT Hospital Department of Internal Medicine
The Institute of Medical Science The University of Tokyo, Japan

Andrew Choong, MBBS, MFSTEd, FRCS (Gen Surg), FEBVS (Hons)
Assistant Professor & Consultant
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery
National University Heart Centre
1E Kent Ridge Road
Singapore

Zhou Zhou, MD, PhD
Director of Beijing Key Laboratory
for Molecular Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases,
Diagnostic Laboratory Service, Fuwai Hospital,
National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases,
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College,
Beijing, China

Sachiko Kanki, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University,
Osaka, Japan

Glauber Monteiro Dias, PhD, MSc, BSc
Associate Professor, Center for Biosciences and Biotechnology
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF)
“Darcy Ribeiro State University of Northern Fluminense,”
Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lesley Ades, MD, HGSA, FRACP
Senior staff specialist
Department of Clinical Genetics,
Conjoint senior lecturer in clinical genetics
Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health,
University of Sydney
Head, Marfan Research Group,
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead

Dominica Zentner A/Prof, MBBS(Hons), FRACP, PhD
Dept of Cardiology and Dept of Clinical Genomics

The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Grattan St

Parkville, VIC, Australia