Presenting Faculty

The Third Phoenix Fetal Cardiology Symposium will be taught by nationally and internationally prominent experts. Here is a list of our distinguished presenters:

Guest Faculty

Local Faculty

Guest Faculty

Nancy Ayres, MD

Director of Non-Invasive Imaging and Perinatal Cardiology

Texas Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Bettina Cuneo, MD

Director of Perinatal Cardiology

The Heart Institute for Children

Oak Lawn, Illinois

Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics

Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science

Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD

Attending Cardiologist

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lisa K. Hornberger, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Director, Fetal and Neonatal Cardiology Program

Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute

Mazankowski Heart Institute

School of Human Development

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Edgar Jaeggi, MD

Director of Fetal Cardiac Program

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Norman Silverman, MD

Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology)

Stanford University Medical Center Palo Alto, CA

Mark Sklansky, MD

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Mattel Children’s

Hospital UCLA

Professor of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine

UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Anita Szwast, MD

Attending Cardiologist – Fetal Heart Program

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wayne Tworetzky, MD

Director of Fetal Cardiac Medicine and Co-Director

Advanced Fetal Care

Center, Boston Children’s Hospital

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Local Faculty

Ernerio T. Alboliras, MD – Course Director

Director of Fetal Cardiology
Director of Non-Invasive Imaging
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Phoenix Children’s Medical Group
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Linda Chambliss, MD, MPH – Course Co-Director

Chief, Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Karim Diab, MD

Division of Pediatric Cardiololgy
Phoenix Children’s Medical Group
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Arizona School of Medicine
Phoenix, Arizona

Gregg Giannina, MD

Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Christopher Lindblade, MD

Co-Director of Fetal Heart Program
Arizona Pediatric Cardiology Consultants
Phoenix, Arizona

John Nigro, MD

Director of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Stephen Pophal, MD

Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Phoenix Children’s Medical Group
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Robert Puntel, MD

Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Phoenix Children’s Medical Group
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Julia Solomon, MD

Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Director, CHW Fetal Diagnostic Center
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Evan Taber, MD

Section of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Beth Rumack, MSN, NNP-BC

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiac Nurse Practitioner
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Jonathan Quintana, BS, RDMS, RDCS, RDVT

Cardiac Sonographer
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona

Hyehyun Reynolds, BS, MLS, RDCS

Cardiac Sonographer
Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Phoenix, Arizona