CIRTA XVIII Speakers
Cirta XVIII is proud to feature programming from over 80 speakers from all over the world! Stay tuned for speaker bios, photos, and session information.
Brock Andreatta University of Cambridge UK | Simon Gabe St. Mark’s Hospital UK | Lisa Metzger Oley Foundation USA |
Yaron Avitzur Sick Kids Children’s Hospital Canada | Jennifer Garcia University of Miami USA | Dejan Micic University of Chicago USA |
Carrie Barbro Elevance Health USA | Olivier Goulet Necker Children’s Hospital France | Louisa Muniain UMPC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh USA |
Enrico Benedetti University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Greg Hajaj GhFit lab USA | Reid Nishikowa Nutrishare, Inc USA |
Mette Berger Lausanne University Hospital Switzerland | Dirk Haller Technical University of Munich Germany | Linda Ohler New York University USA |
Joan Bishop Albany Medical Center USA | Patty Harris University of Pittsburgh USA | Mihai Oltean University of Gothenburg Sweden |
Dana Boctor University of Alberta Canada | Francisco Hernandez la Paz University Hospital Spain | Loris Pironi University of Bologna Italy |
Geoff Bond University of Pittsburgh USA | Jonathan Hind King’s College UK | Eamon Quigley The Methodist Hospital of Houston USA |
Pat Brubaker University of Toronto Canada | Judy Hopkins Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles USA | Debra Rubin Washington University USA |
James Bui University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Palle Jeppesen University of Copenhagen Denmark | Jessica Salgado Cook County Hospital USA |
Andrew Butler University of Cambridge UK | Francisca Joly University of Paris France | Balfor Sartor University of North Carolina USA |
Gordon Carlson Salford Royal Hospital UK | Tomoaki Kato Columbia University USA | Carol Semrad University of Illinois Chicago USA |
Alana Carr USA | Eiji Kobayashi Keio University Japan | Timothy Sentongo University of Chicago USA |
Robert Carroll University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Sam Kocoshis University of Cincinnati USA | Lisa Sharkey University of Cambridge UK |
Laurens Ceulmans University of Leuven Belguim | Alexander Kroemer Georgetown University USA | Allison Speer University of Texas at Houston USA |
Eugene Chang University of Chicago USA | Florence Lacaille Necker Children’s Hospital France | Debra Sudan Duke University USA |
Christophe Chardot Necker Children’s Hospital France | Simon Lal Northern Care Alliance UK | Megan Sykes Columbia University USA |
Valerie Cohran Lurie Children’s Hospital USA | Beth Logan Boston Children’s Hospital USA | Kelly Tappenden University of Illinois at Chicago USA |
Roberto De Giorgio University of Ferrara Italy | Richard Magnus Indiana University USA | Akin Tekin University of Miami USA |
Pierpaolo Di Cocco University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Lisa Mariano University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Ivo G. Tzvetanov University of Chicago USA |
Gerard Dijkstra University of Groningen Netherlands | Camilia Martin Cornell University USA | Timothy Vanuytsel University of Leuven Belguim |
Carlo DiLorenzo Ohio State University USA | Laura Matarese East Carolina University USA | Robert Venick UCLA USA |
James Dunn Stanford University USA | James Mathew Northwestern University USA | Rodrigo Vianna University of Miami USA |
Heather Eisele University of Illinois at Chicago USA | Cal Matsumoto Georgetown University USA | Paul Wales University of Cincinnati USA |
Pablo Farinelli University of Buenos Aires Argentina | George Mazariegos University of Pittsburgh USA | Joshua Weiner Columbia University USA |
Doug Farmer UCLA USA | Lisa Mellon Royal College of Surgeons Ireland | Yannick Wouters Radboud University Medical Centre Netherlands |
Julia Foutz United Network for Organ Sharing USA | David Mercer University of Nebraska USA |