Speakers

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.

Maria-Luisa Alegre University of Chicago USA	Doug Farmer UCLA Mednet USA	Lisa Mellon Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Brock Andreatta University of Cambridge UK	Julia Foutz United Network for Organ Sharing USA	David Mercer University of Nebraska USA
Yaron Avitzur Sick Kids Children’s Hospital Canada	Simon Gabe St. Mark’s Hospital UK	Louisa Muniain UMPC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh USA
Carrie Barbro Elevance Health USA	Jennifer Garcia University of Miami USA	Marie Neumann University of Nebraska USA
Christina Belza Hospital for Sick Children Canada	Greg Hachaj GhFit lab USA	Reid Nishikawa Nutrishare, Inc USA
Enrico Benedetti University of Illinois at Chicago USA	Dirk Haller Technical University of Munich Germany	Linda Ohler New York University USA
Mette Berger Lausanne University Hospital Switzerland	Francisco Hernandez la Paz University Hospital Spain	Mihai Oltean University of Gothenburg Sweden
Joan Bishop Oley Foundation USA	Jonathan Hind King’s College UK	Loris Pironi University of Bologna Italy
Dana Boctor University of Alberta Canada	Judy Hopkins Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles USA	Eamon Quigley The Methodist Hospital of Houston USA
Geoff Bond University of Pittsburgh USA	Palle Jeppesen University of Copenhagen Denmark	Deborah Rubin Washington University USA
Luccas Borges USA	Francisca Joly University of Paris France	Jessica Salgado Cook County Hospital USA
Patricia Brubaker University of Toronto Canada	Tomoaki Kato Columbia University USA	Balfor Sartor University of North Carolina USA
Alan Buchman University of Illinois at Chicago USA	Eiji Kobayashi The Jikei University School of Medicine Japan	Timothy Sentongo University of Chicago USA
James Bui University of Illinois at Chicago USA	Sam Kocoshis University of Cincinnati USA	Lisa Sharkey University of Cambridge UK
Andrew Butler University of Cambridge UK	Beverly Kosmach-Park University of Pittsburgh USA	Allison Speer University of Texas at Houston USA
Gordon Carlson Salford Royal Hospital UK	Alexander Kroemer Georgetown University USA	Debra Sudan Duke University USA
Alana Carr USA	Florence Lacaille Necker Children’s Hospital France	Megan Sykes Columbia University USA
Robert Carroll University of Illinois at Chicago USA	Simon Lal Northern Care Alliance UK	Kelly Tappenden University of Illinois at Chicago USA
Laurens Ceulmans University of Leuven Belguim	Cécile Lambe Necker Children’s Hospital France	Akin Tekin University of Miami USA
Eugene Chang University of Chicago USA	Beth Logan Boston Children’s Hospital USA	Anil Vaidya Cleveland Clinic USA
Christophe Chardot Necker Children’s Hospital France	Richard Magnus Indiana University USA	Timothy Vanuytsel University of Leuven Belgium
Valerie Cohran Lurie Children’s Hospital USA	Lisa Mariano University of Illinois at Chicago USA	Robert Venick UCLA USA
Roberto De Giorgio University of Ferrara Italy	Camilia Martin Cornell University USA	Rodrigo Vianna University of Miami USA
Gerard Dijkstra University of Groningen Netherlands	James Mathew Northwestern University USA	Paul Wales University of Cincinnati USA
Carlo DiLorenzo Ohio State University USA	Cal Matsumoto Georgetown University USA	Joshua Weiner Columbia University USA
James Dunn Stanford University USA	George Mazariegos University of Pittsburgh USA	Yannick Wouters Radboud University Medical Centre Netherlands
Heather Eisele University of Illinois at Chicago USA