Dr. Williams studied medicine at the University of North Carolina.  She served as director of the echocardiography laboratory and medical director of the cardiothoracic intensive care service at Boston Children’s Hospital. She went on to become chief of pediatric cardiology at UCLA.  In 1995, she became chair of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, returning to Los Angeles to join USC in 2000. She currently  is a specialist in pediatric cardiology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

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Dr. Williams studied medicine at the University of North Carolina.  She served as director of the echocardiography laboratory and medical director of the cardiothoracic intensive care service at Boston Children’s Hospital. She went on to become chief of pediatric cardiology at UCLA.  In 1995, she became chair of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina, returning to Los Angeles to join USC in 2000. She currently  is a specialist in pediatric cardiology at the USC Keck School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.

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Dr. Tchervenkov is the chief of cardiac surgery at Montreal Children’s Hospital and Professor of Surgery at McGill University. He trained in general surgery, cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at McGill University. He was Chief Resident in pediatric cardiac surgery at the Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School with Aldo Castaneda. He was the founding president of the World Society of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and currently serves as Executive Director

Dr. Murphy studied at the University of Vermont. He completed a residency at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is currently an attending cardiologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine in Phildelphia.

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Dr. Murphy studied at the University of Vermont. He completed a residency at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is currently an attending cardiologist at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine in Phildelphia.

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Dr Richard Van Praagh is an internationally renowned pediatric cardiologist with a special interest in cardiac pathology and cardiac embryology. He is originally from Toronto and undertook training with the pathologist Jesse Edwards at the Mayo Clinic before moving to Children’s Hospital Boston. Together with his wife Stella he has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the morphology of congenital heart disease. One of his most important contributions was the publication in 1972 of “Segmental approach to diagnosis in congenital heart disease”. Dr. Aldo Castaneda in a recent tribute to Dr. Van Praagh said the following: “Richard impressed me very much, as a renaissance type of individual. He is extremely intelligent and pursues many interests beyond cardiac pathology. His background in philosophy and mathematics, to mention just a few of his many talents, is remarkably broad and deep. His alert and inquisitive mind often races in various direction simultaneously… he is brilliant at conceptualizing embryologic, anatomic sequential developments and deducing their anatomical and functional consequences”.

Dr Richard Van Praagh is an internationally renowned pediatric cardiologist with a special interest in cardiac pathology and cardiac embryology. He is originally from Toronto and undertook training with the pathologist Jesse Edwards at the Mayo Clinic before moving to Children’s Hospital Boston.

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Dr. Kreutzer studied at the University of Buenos Aires. After completing his surgical training he took a position at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires. He held many leadership positions at Ricardo Gutierrez until his retirement as Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr Kreutzer was a pioneer in developing surgical treatment for the child with a single ventricle.

Dr. Kreutzer studied at the University of Buenos Aires. After completing his surgical training he took a position at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children’s Hospital in Buenos Aires. He held many leadership positions at Ricardo Gutierrez until his retirement as Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery. Dr Kreutzer was a pioneer in developing surgical treatment for the child with a single ventricle.

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Dr. Somerville was educated at Queen’s College and Guy’s Hospital Medical School in London. She was a consultant physician and pediatric cardiologist at the Royal Brompton and National Heart Hospital in London until her retirement. For many years she worked closely with Mr Donald Ross. She was instrumental in developing the field of adult congenital cardiac care or as she preferred to call it “GUCH” or “grown-up congenital heart care”. She was also the founder of the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology which subsequently became the World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

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