MEET THE

SPEAKERS

Mouaz

Al-Mallah, MD, MSc, FACC

Houston Methodist

Director of Cardiovascular PET, Professor of Cardiology,

George

Arnaoutakis, MD

Ascension Seton Medical Center / Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Division Chief, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Stephen

Aylward, PhD

NVIDIA

Global Lead for Strategic Applied Research, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Medical Devices, NVIDUA; Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill

Daniel

Balcarcel, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) / Penn

Attending physician in the Division of Critical Care Medicine

Michele

Bucelli, PhD

University of Texas at Austin (Oden Institute)

Research Associate, Center or Computational Medicine

Anthony

Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS

CHOC Children's

Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, Founder of AIMed

Yiannis

Chatzizisis, MD, PhD

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Carlos

Collet, MD, PhD

Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF)

Director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Physiology and Translational Therapeutics

Amr

El-Bokl, MD, MPH

Dell Children's Medical Center / Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Pediatric Electrophysiologist, Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Matthew D.

Elias, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Penn

Attending Cardiologist, Cardiac Center; Medical Director, Kawasaki Disease Program

Daniel B.

Ennis, PhD

Stanford University School of Medicine

Professor of Radiology and Bioengineering; Division Chief, Radiological Sciences Laboratory; Director of Radiology Research, Palo Alto VA

Avihu Z.

Gazit, MD

University of Pittsburgh

Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine; Director, Cardiac Critical Care Services; Co-Director, Heart Institute

Michael P.

Goldsmith, MD

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia / Penn

Director of Cardiac Informatics; Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Nicholas

Heitkamp, MD, MSc

University of Virginia

Neonatal Critical Care Fellow PGY-6

David M.

Hoganson, MD

Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon; Director, Computational 3D Visualization Program; Assistant Professor of Surgery

Byron

Holt, MD, FPICS, FSCAI

Dell Children's Medical Center / Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology, Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart DiseaseI; Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist

Daniel

Howsmon, PhD

Tulane University

Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer (CIIO); Medical Director, Heart Failure Program; Director, Mi4 Institute

Omar

Khalique, MD, FSCAI

St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Cardiologist

Director, Cardiovascular Imaging at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center

Shaan

Khurshiid, MD, MPH

Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Electrophysiologist

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Adam

Klivans

University of Texas at Austin

Director, AI Initiatives for the School of Computing

Director, Machine Learning Lab

Director, Institute for Foundations of Machine Learning (IFML)

Professor of Computer Science, UT Austin

Christopher M.

Kramer, MD, FACC

University of Virginia

President, American College of Cardiology (2025–2026); Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine; George A. Beller Distinguished Professor

Bruce Xuefeng

Ling, PhD

Stanford University

Assistant Professor (Research) of Surgery (Pediatric Surgery); Principal Investigator, AI in Pediatric Medicine

Alison L.

Marsden, PhD

Stanford University

Douglass M. and Nola Leishman Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases; Professor of Pediatrics and Bioengineering; Director, Cardiovascular Biomechanics Computation Lab

Josh

Mayourian, MD, PhD

Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Founding Director, CHAI Lab; Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow

Mjaye

Mazwi, MD, MBChB

Seattle Children's Hospital

Division Head, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine

Co-Director, Heart Center

Peter P.

Monteleone, MD, FACC, FSCAI

UT Health Austin / Ascension Seton / Dell Medical School

Director of Cardiovascular Research, Ascension Healthcare; Director, Cardiac Catheterization Labs; Assoc. Professor & Assoc. Program Director, CV Disease Fellowship

Vivek

Muthurangu, MD

University College London

Professor of Cardiovascular Imaging and Physics; Deputy Director and Head of Research, University College London Institute of Cardiovascular Science

Sandra

Nagale, PhD

Boston Scientific

Director, AI and Digital Health Partnerships and Research

Stephen

Niederer

Stanford University

Professor, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division

Donnchadh

O'Sullivan, MBBCh

Mass General Brigham/ Boston Children's Hospital

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Fellow

Ryan

Quinn, MD

Ascension Texas Cardiovascular

Board-Certified Sports Cardiologist

Specialist in Preventative Cardiology and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)

Rahul H.

Rathod, MD, MBA, FSCMR

Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Director, Single Ventricle Program; Founder & Executive Director, FORCE; Associate Chair for Finance & Business Operations; Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Michael S.

Sacks, PhD

University of Texas at Austin (Oden Institute)

Moncrief Chair in Computational Cardiology; Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Willerson Center for Cardiovascular Modeling and Simulation