Clinical Pediatrics

Robert P Foglia, MD is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. He is Co-Editor of a major textbook of Pediatric Surgery and has 30+ years of experience in Perioperative Management and Performance Improvement. He is responsible for the clinical growth of surgical programs at Children’s and leads process improvement initiatives in the areas of quality, service, and stewardship.

Pediatric Surgery

Asif Hasan has completed his MBBS in 1992 and MD (Medicine) in 1995 from J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). He did his training in Cardiology from Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India) to obtain his DM (Cardiology) degree. He joined the Centre of Cardiology as Deputy Director in August 2010 and currently is working as Director for Centre of Cardiology since 11th Oct 2016. His main interests are coronary and cardiac structural interventions. During his training in Medicine, he received several gold medals and awards. He has several national and international publications to his name and presented papers at various national and international conferences. He is also an active member of American College of Cardiology and Indian College of Physicians. He has been awarded fellowships of ACC and ICP (Indian College of Physicians) in 2016.

Pediatrics Cardiology

Rizwana Popatia is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatrics Pulmonology. Her medical expertise includes pediatric asthma, interstitial lung disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia and pediatric bronchoscopy. She received her Medical Degree (MD) from M P Shah Medical College, India, with top honors and 17 gold medals and was awarded a “Best Resident Physician Award” during her residency tenure in Jamnagar, India. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics at the State University of New York – Downstate Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, and a fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She also served as a Chief Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. In addition to her clinical work, she is active in medical education and research, and global health. Her current research interests include outcome based research in asthma, Asthma Education (PACE Program) and Cardiopulmonary exercise training. She has multiple publications in eminent journals and have reviewed articles for eminent journals like American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Neonatology and Perinatology and BMC Medical Genetics. She is currently the Editorial Board Member of Journal of Pediatrics and Child Care as well as International Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Advancements.

Pediatrics Allergy and Infections

Andrew J A Holland graduated from London University in 1988 and obtained his FRCS in 1992. He is trained in London, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, obtaining his FRACS. As a Surgeon Scientist Scholar of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney. He became a Senior Lecturer at the university in the same year and a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. He was given a Personal Chair in Paediatric Surgery at The University of Sydney in 2010 and has over 200 publication in the scientific literature.

Pediatrics Surgery

Howard I Pryor II has completed his MD and General Surgery Residency at the George Washington University; a Research Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an Instructor of Pediatric Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He has published more than 20 journal articles and chapters and serves as a reviewer of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Pediatric Surgery

Minu Bajpai is a Professor of Paediatric Surgeon at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He is Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He is Executive Editor of Journal of Progress in Paediatric Urology. He is President of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (IAPS) from 2014-2015. He Received ICMR National awards twice i.e., 1995-Dr. Kamla Menon Award in Paediatrics and 2009-Kunti Omprakash Gold Medal in Paediatrics. He founded the Indian Society for Paediatric Urology & Asian Society for Paediatric Urology in 1998. He published 201 articles in peer reviewed journals.

Pediatrics Surgery, Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology

James Heubi, M.D. is Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Professor of Pediatrics at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. He is the Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training which is the vehicle by which the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center administer the NIH-funded, Clinical Translational Science Award. He has been an active clinical investigator with over 200 peer reviewed publications and was the long term program director for the NIH funded General Clinical Research Center. He is the principal investigator and co investigator on NIH grants and participates is a local principal or co-investigator on 2 rare disease networks supported by the NIH. His research interests include cholestatic liver disease in childhood and its complications, inborn errors of bile acid metabolism, bone disease in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, fat absorption, and cholesterol absorption and metabolism.

Pediatrics

Dr. Donna Mendez is a board certified Pediatrician and Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician. She completed her pediatric residency at University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) in San Antonio, and a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. She is currently an attending at McGovern Medical School in Houston. She is the director of the pediatric emergency fellowship established in 2014. She has received her Doctorate in Professional Leadership with an Emphasis in Health Science Education from The University of Houston in 2016. She has published more than 20 papers in journals and online resources.

Pediatrics Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

Prof. Dafina Kuzmanovska has held the position of nephrologists at University Children’s’ Hospital in Skopje, since achieving her subspecialisation in paediatric nephrology in 1986. In 1997 she became Professor in Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine and in 2002 full professor in Paediatrics. She has been on a position of head of Cathedra of Pediatrics in the period 2009-2013 and since September 2014 she is emeritus professor. During her career she has written more than 100 research and professional papers published in recognised international journals and on major conferences and co-authored some textbooks.

Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology

Sasigarn Bowden, MD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Bowden is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and Sub-Board of Pediatric Endocrinology. Her clinical and research interests include metabolic bone disorders, pediatric osteoporosis, and diabetes. Dr. Bowden is the associate program director for the fellowship program and a pediatric bone expert for the Metabolic Bone Clinic at Nationwide children’s Hospital. She is the Chief Editor for eMedicine and has published more than 60 articles and abstracts in reputed journals.

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Eduardo Antonio Lara Perez is a renowned pediatrician and a member of Pneumology and Thorax surgery of Veracruz State Society and a founder of Hospital de Gineco-Pediatría. He published more than 30 articles. He is honoured with International Conference Officer Zipan award. As he is an Ex- Investigator in the pediatric department and well known as an investigator under the title “BREATHE”. His research interest includes neonatology, primary care of child, pediatrics, Adolescent medicine, Child abuse pediatrics, Hospice & palliative care etc.,

Clinical Pediatrics, Neonatology

Dr. Rabi F. Sulayman, born and brought up in Lebanon and earned his medical degree from the American University of Beirut. Then completed his Pediatric residency at Boston’s Children’s Hospital in Boston at the same he was appointed as an instructor at Harvard Medical School. He finished the Pediatric Cardiology fellowship in 1975 from the University of Chicago and in 1979 joined the Department of Pediatrics at Advocate Christ Medical Center and Rush Medical School. Currently, he is the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital on the campus of Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, IL. Dr. Sulayman is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics as well as a member of the Chicago Medical Society, Illinois Medical Society and American College of Physicians Executives.

Clinical Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology

Dr. Daley graduated from Boston University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at the Naval Regional Medical Center Portsmouth, VA. She is a board-certified pediatrician and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. After serving as a medical officer in the United States Navy, she entered private practice. She is currently a pediatrician at Cape Cod Healthcare and former chief of Pediatrics for Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts.

Clinical Pediatrics, General Pediatrics

Maria Albina, a Pediatrician with a subspecialty in neonatology at the Hospital de Braga is also a collaborator at the University of Minho in medical education and research. Alongside her research, is accountable for many international and nationally acknowledged papers

Neonatology

Prof. Aspazija Sofijanova, PhD, MD is presently working as a Chief of the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and President of the Macedonian Pediatric Association

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

DDS - 2007 (School of Dentistry of Araçatuba, São Paulo State University), Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry - 2010 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), Specialist in Syndromes and Craniofacial Anomalies - 2013 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), MSc in Orofacial Clefts and Related Anomalies - 2014 (Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo), Specialist in Health Management - 2016 (Federal University of São Paulo), PhD in Experimental Pathology (Department of Pathology and Legal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil).

Pediatric Dentistry