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