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.

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