Julia Pantalone

  • Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Undergraduate school: Vassar College
  • Medical school: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Internal medicine/pediatrics at UPMC
  • Academic interests: ACHD, heart failure/transplant, cardio-obstetrics
  • Hobbies: Running, reading, CrossFit, travel, dessert

Elif Ozdogan

  • Hometown: Istanbul, Turkey
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: St. George’s University of London; Koc University School of Medicine, Istanbul
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Translational research, intersection of immunology and cardiology, medical education
  • Hobbies: Reading international literature, looking for the best Indian food in Boston, hanging out with my two cats, wind surfing in Turkey

Lauren Ledingham

  • Hometown: Wellesley, Mass.
  • Undergraduate school: Brown University
  • Medical school: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Post-graduate training: Med/peds at Nationwide/Ohio State University
  • Academic interests: Utilization of advanced imaging to understand progression of heart disease in ACHD patients to inform screening practices
  • Hobbies: Running, baking, spending time with family and friends, skiing, trying new foods

Tara Jamieson

  • Hometown: Guelph, Ontario
  • Undergraduate school: Berklee College of Music
  • Medical school: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Palliative care, social determinants of health
  • Hobbies: Music, knitting, running, and my dog Sirius

Shyam Harinarayanan

  • Hometown: Coimbatore, India
  • Undergraduate school: Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Medical school: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
  • Post-graduate training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
  • Academic interests: Intervention, imaging, AI in pediatric cardiology
  • Hobbies: Cooking, singing, cricket, watching tennis

Tomini Fashina

  • Hometowns: Lagos, Nigeria, and Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Undergraduate school: N/A
  • Medical school: Leicester Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: MPH at Yale School of Public Health; Pediatric Residency at the Mayo Clinic
  • Academic interests: CICU, AI, global health
  • Hobbies: I am happiest outdoors — hiking, running, cycling, sailing, skiing, Fun fact, I am a certified open water scuba diver! On the rare occasion I am indoors, I am likely playing an intense game of squash.

Daniel Diaz-Gil

  • Hometowns: Mainz, Germany, and Sevilla, Spain
  • Undergraduate school: Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
  • Medical school: Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
  • Post-graduate training: Boston Combined Residency Program
  • Academic interests: Heart failure/transplant, CICU, molecular and cellular mechanisms of congenital heart disease
  • Hobbies: Paddle-boarding, hiking, trying out new recipes from all over the world, and spending time with my husband and our dog

John Braucher

  • Hometown: Athens, Ga.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Georgia
  • Medical school: Medical School of Georgia
  • Post-graduate training: Pediatric Residency at Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt Theology, Medicine, and Culture Fellowship, Duke Divinity School (M.T.S.)
  • Academic interests: Interventional, narrative medicine, theology
  • Hobbies: Cycling, reading, cocktails, being outside with my wife (Maggie), son (Charlie), and dog (Penn)

Rachel Wyand

  • Hometown: Canfield, Ohio
  • Undergraduate school: Miami University
  • Medical school: University of Toledo College of Medicine
  • Post-graduate training: Pediatrics Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina
  • Academic interests: CICU, nutrition, ambulatory care, exercise
  • Hobbies: CrossFit, weight lifting, running, pickleball, cornhole, reading, baking

Nishma Valikodath

  • Hometown: Rockwood, Mich.
  • Undergraduate school: University of Michigan
  • Medical school: University of Michigan Medical School
  • Post-graduate training: Vanderbilt University Medical Center (pediatrics residency)
  • Academic interests: CICU
  • Hobbies: Running, cooking