Faculty

Course Directors

Michael Landzberg, MD

Dr. Landzberg is a senior cardiologist in the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease group. He is extensively published and internationally recognized as a leader in adult congenital heart disease. In addition to his skills as an expert hemodynamic cardiologist and clinician, he is a dynamic and effective teacher with the ability to engage learners in a meaningful way.

 

Keri Shafer, MD

Dr. Shafer joined the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease group in 2014 as a clinician, researcher and educator. Building on her research and clinical experience in imaging and exercise physiology, she is focusing on education and the utility of using innovative techniques to result in a more comprehensive understanding of complex physiology.

 

2018 Planning Committee

Barbara Cockrill, MD
Pedagogical Consultant; Director of Faculty Development, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, HMS Acadamy; Pulmonary Vascular Disease Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Catherine Allen, MD
Simulation Consultant; Assistant in Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Charles Pozner, MD
Simulation Consultant; Director of Pre-Hospital Care, Medical Director, Stratus Center for Medical Simulation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Stephen Sanders, MD
Director, Cardiac Registry, Attending Cardiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Susan Herel, NP
Cardiac Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Boston Children’s Hospital

Jacqueline Massaro, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator, Medical Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Speakers

Peta Alexander, MBBS
Staff Physician, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Puja Banka MD
Director, Cardiac CT, Attending Cardiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nancy Barker, PA
Physician Assistant, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

Sitaram Emani, MD
Associate in Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director, Complex Biventricular Repair Program; Surgical Director, Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care, Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Tal Geva, MD
Cardiologist-in-Chief, Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michael Givertz, MD
Attending Cardiologist, Medical Director, Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Michelle Gurvitz, MD, MS
Attending Cardiologist, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH), Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Susan Herel, NP
Cardiac Surgery Nurse Practitioner, Boston Children’s Hospital

Michael Landzberg, MD
Associate Director, Adult Pulmonary Hypertension Program, Immediate Past Director, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH), Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Calum A. MacRae, MD,PhD
Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

Doug Mah, MD
Cardiologist, Director of Pacemaker and ICD Program, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

John Mayer Jr., MD
Senior Associate in Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Alexander (Sasha) Opotowsky, MD, MPH, MMsc
Attending Cardiologist, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH), Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor or Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Disty Pearson, PA
Physician Assistant, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH) Program, Boston Children’s Hospital

Diego Porras, MD, FAAP
Chief, Division of Invasive Cardiology; Co-Director, Center for Midaortic Syndrome and Renovascular Hypertension, Boston Children’s Hospital; Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Stephen Sanders, MD
Director, Cardiac Registry, Attending Cardiologist, Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Keri Shafer, MD
Attending Cardiologist, Boston Adult Congenital Heart (BACH), Boston Children’s Hospital

Michael Singh, MD
Co-Director, Adult Marfan Syndrome/Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic, Inpatient Director, Boston Adult Congenital Heart/Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Cardiovascular Genetics Service, Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Anne Marie Valente, MD
Attending Cardiologist, BACH Outpatient Director, BACH Senior Fellowship Director, Boston Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor in Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Joanne Wolfe, MD, MPH
Director, Pediatric Palliative Care, Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Division Chief, Pediatric Palliative Care Service, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute