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MEET THE FACULTY

Meet the national and international experts in fetal cardiology and maternal-fetal medicine, responsible for providing this in depth course.

Dragana Ostojic-Aitkens

Dragana Ostojic-Aitkens

PhD, C.Psych Clinical Neuropsychologist,
Division of Cardiology,
Hospital for Sick Children

Elsie Wen

Elsie Wen

Echo Sonographer III
Cardiology Division
Hospital for Sick Children

Faiza Khurshid

Faiza Khurshid

MBBS, FRCPC, MSc (HQ) Staff Neonatologist, Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor, University of Toronto

Jane Lougheed

Jane Lougheed

BA, MD, FRCPC
Cardiologist
Associate Professor
Division of Cardiology
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Koyelle Papneja

Koyelle Papneja

MD, PhD, FRCP, FAAP, FAAC
Staff Cardiologist,
Fetal Cardiology & Echocardiography 
Director, Cardiology Consultation Service 
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics 

Laura Zahavich

Laura Zahavich

MSc, CGC Genetic Counsellor,
Department of Genetic Counselling,
Hospital for Sick Children

Lindsay Freud

Lindsay Freud

MD, FASE, FAHA
Section Head, Fetal Cardiac Program
Hospital for Sick Children

Lisa Hornberger

Lisa Hornberger

MD Professor, Paediatrics, Adjunct Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Director, Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Section Head, Pediatric Echocardiography, University of Alberta, Stollery Children's Hospital

Marco Masci

Marco Masci

MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow
Hospital Sick Children

Marina Vainder

Marina Vainder

MD, FRCSC Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist,
Mount Sinai Hospital

Mario Panebianco

Mario Panebianco

MD
Clinical Fellow
Hospital for Sick Children

Mike Seed

Mike Seed

MD, MBBS
Division Head, Cardiology Department
Hospital for Sick Children

Nathalie Dutil

Nathalie Dutil

RN, BScN
Clinical Nurse Coordinator
Fetal Cardiac Program
Hospital for Sick Children

Nick Arbic

Nick Arbic

Paediatric & Fetal Cardiac Sonographer III
Division of Cardiology
Hospital for Sick Children



Renee Sananes

Renee Sananes

PhD, C.Psych
Registered Psychologist, Division of Cardiology,
Hospital for Sick Children

Sarah Lord

Sarah Lord

MD, FRCP(C), MHSc
Medical Director, Paediatric Advanced Care Team (PACT),
Hospital for Sick Children

Shabnam Peyvandi

Shabnam Peyvandi

MD Pediatric Cardiologist;
Director, Pediatric Cardiovascular Research Program;
Associate Director, Fetal Cardiovascular Program;
Co-Director, Healthy Hearts and Minds Program;
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals

Shi-Joon Yoo

Shi-Joon Yoo

Staff Radiologist, Cardiac, Fetal Cardiac and Diagnostic Imaging,
Professor of Medical Imaging, Dept. of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children

Swati Agarwal

Swati Agarwal

MD, MRCOG, MSc (Oxon)
Material Fetal Medicine Specialist,
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gyneocology,
McMaster University

Vitor Guerra

Vitor Guerra

MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Paediatrics,
University of Toronto
Staff Cardiologist,
Hospital for Sick Children




Wayne Tworetzky

Wayne Tworetzky

MD Director, Fetal Cardiology Program;
Benderson Chair, Boston Children's Hospital;
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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