Organising Committee
Chief organiser
Dr Chetan Mehta
Consultant Cardiologist
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS FT
Co-organiser
Mr Phil Botha
Consultant cardiac Surgeon
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS FT
Co-organiser
Dr Paul Clift
Consultant Cardiologist
University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Trust
PECSIG
Chief organiser
Dr Milind Chaudhari
Consultant Cardiologist
Birmingham Women’s and Childrens Hospital NHS FT
Co-organiser
Dr Raghu Krishnamurthy
Consultant Paediatrician with expertise in Cardiology
Walsall Manor Hospital NHS Trust
Co-organiser
Dr Vikranth Venugopalan
Consultant Neonatologist with expertise in Cardiology
Birmingham City and Sandwell Hospital NHS Trust
CCNA
Anita Patel
Ward Sister
Ward 11
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
International Faculty
Prof David Barron
Division Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Dr Yoav Dori,
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Dr Tarique Hussain
Pediatric Cardiologist,
UT Southwestern Medical Centre, USA
Dr Damien Kenny
Consultant Congenital Cardiologist
Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, and Mater Hospital, Ireland
Dr Richard Mainwaring
Congenital Heart Surgeon
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Stanford University, USA
Dr Jeremy Moore
Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist
UCLA Medical Center, USA
Professor Olivier Raisky
Head of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Necker Sick Children Hospital, France
Dr K Sivakumar
Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Senior Consultant
The Madras Medical Mission Hospital, India
Dr Sara Thorne
Adult Cardiologist
UHN, Canada
Dr Peter Zartner
Head of Cathlab
Paediatric Hospital of the University of Bonn, Germany
BCCA Faculty
Professor Robert Anderson
Honorary Consultant
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Sonya Babu-Narayan
Consultant Cardiologist,
Royal Brompton Hospital, UK
Prof Elijah Behr
Cardiovascular Medicine and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist,
St George’s Hospital, London UK
Dr Vinay Bhole
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist,
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Phil Botha
Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Mr William Brawn
Honorary Consultant Congenital Heart Surgeon,
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Professor Massimo Caputo
Professor of Congenital Cardiac Surgery
University of Bristol, UK
Dr Ashish Chikermane
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Paul Clift
Consultant Cardiologist
University Hospital Birmingham, UK
Dr David Crossland
Consultant Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Freeman Hospital, UK
Dr Adrian Crucean
Specialty Doctor in Congenital Heart Surgery
Birmingham Women’s And Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Tarak Desai
Paediatric Cardiologist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Harshil Dhutia
Consultant Cardiologists
Glenfield Hospital
Mr Nigel Drury
Hunterian Professor and Consultant in Paediatric Cardiac Surgery
Birmingham Children’s Hospital and University of Birmingham, UK
Dr Kerry Gaskin
Head of Department for Midwifery
University of Worcester, UK
Dr Lucy Hudsmith
Consultant Cardiologist
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
Dr Caroline Jones
Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Lead
AlderHey Children’s Hospital
Dr Juan Pablo Kaski
Associate Professor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiology
Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London, UK
Miss Natasha Khan
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Clinical lead for Cardiac Surgery
Birmingham Women’s And Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Sachin Khambadkone
Consultant in Paediatric Cardiology
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
Dr Abbas Khushnood
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist & Transplant Physician NCHDA Clinical Lead, NICOR Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
Dr Simon McGuirk
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Birmingham Children’s hospital, UK
Dr Karen McLeod
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, UK
Dr Chetan Mehta
Consultant Cardiologist
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Juan Pablo Kaski
Associate Professor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiology
Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London
Dr Guido Pieles
Consultant Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Bristol Heart Institute, UK
Dr Kuberan Pushparajah
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Evelina London Children’s Hospital, UK
Sandra Ramsey
Parent
Dr Anna Seale
Consultant Paediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Prof John Simpson
Professor of Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Evelina London Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Oliver Stumper
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist
Birmingham Women’s And Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Dr Niki Walker
Consultant Cardiologist
Golden Jubilee National Hospital, UK
PECSIG Faculty
Dr Bikash Bhojnagarwala
Consultant Neonatologist, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, UK
Dr Sarah Boynton
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital, UK
Dr Ashish Chikermane
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Adrian Crucean
Specialty Doctor in Congenital Heart Surgery, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Mr Ram Dhannapuneni
Consultant Paediatric Cardiac Surgeon, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, UK
Prof Alain Fraisse
Consultant Paediatric and Interventional Cardiologist, Royal Brompton Hospital London, UK
Dr Kalyan Gurusamy
Neonatal Consultant, New Cross Hospital, UK
Dr Sajeev Job
Consultant Neonatologist, Addenbrookes Hospital, UK
Dr Sandeep Kapoor
Consultant Paediatrician, Scunthorpe General Hospital, UK
Dr Raghu Krishnamurthy
Consultant Paediatrician, Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Prof Satyan Lakshminrusimha
Professor and Chair, Department of Paediatrics, Paediatrician-in-Chief, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, Califonia
Dr Paul Miller
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Cho Ng
Consultant Intensivist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
Dr Zdenka Rheinhardt
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Transplant Physician, Freeman Hospital, UK
Dr Shankar Sadagopan
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospital Southampton, UK
Prof Yogen Singh
Consultant Neonatologist with expertise in Paediatric Cardiology, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr Greg Skinner
Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, UK
Dr Poothirikovil Venugopalan
Deputy Course Leader, Paediatrics and Child Health, and Cardiology, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, UK
Dr Vikranth Venugopalan
Consultant Neonatologist with expertise in Paediatric Cardiology, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
BACCNA Faculty List
Dr James Anthony
Clinical Nurse Specialist – Adults with Congenital Heart Disease
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Edward Callus
Clinical Psychologist, psychotherapist
University of Milan and IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Hospital and European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation
George Pennance
Patient
Sam Pennance
Parent
Dr Nicky Pope
ACHD Lead Nurse Specialist
University Hospitals Birmingham
Mrs Maggie Simpson
Advanced Clinical Nurse Specialist
Golden Jubilee National Hospital
PCCNA Faculty List
Afeda Ali
Consultant PICU
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Kathryn Butler
Cardiac Nurse Specialist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK
Pippa Cairns
Staff Nurse
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Dr Kerry Gaskin
Principle Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice and Head of Department Midwifery and CPD
Three Counties Scholl of Nursing and Midwifery and University of Worcester, UK
Cillian Gray
Cardiac Adolescent and Transition Clinic Nurse Specialist
Great Ormond street Hospital, UK
Samantha Haslem
Deputy Ward Sister
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Gill Holliday
Senior Cardiac Nurse Specialist
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Kelly Jones
Ward Sister
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Jacqueline Nisbett
Cardiac Nurse Specialist
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Margaret Maye
Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Acorns Children’s Hospice
Aishah Mughal
Medical Student
University of Birmingham, College of Medical and Dental Sciences
Amber Oliver
Placement, Preceptorship and Clinical Skills Facilitator
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Anita Patel
Ward Sister
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Michèle Puckey
Consultant Paediatric Clinical Psychologist and Deputy Lead Clinician for Safeguarding in Paediatrics
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Mary Salama
Consultant Paediatrician
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Jane Storor
Staff Nurse
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital, UK
Michelle Wakelin
Surgery B Flow / Education Sister
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Physiologist Faculty List
Ms Sarah Edwards
Cardiac Physiologist
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Mrs Jan Forster
Consultant Congenital Sonographer
Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
Dr Saleha Kabir
Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist and Lead of Paediatrics and Advanced Imaging
Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Mr Martin Nelson
Principle Echocardiographer
Bristol Heart Institute
Dr Tristan Ramcharan
ST8 Paediatric Cardiology
Birmingham Children’s Hospital
Ms Isabel Ribeiro
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Ms Alex Savis
Senior Chief Cardiac Physiologist and Physiologist Lead in Research and Training
Evelina London Children’s Hospital