MEET THE TEAM
Medical Advisory Board.
Through the creation of our Medical Advisory Board, we have been able to accept proposals, review and fund many different research projects from some of the most respected researchers and institutions from around the country. We continue to receive more and more proposals each year and are given so much hope to see the breadth of needs that are being addressed. While we can’t say yes to every proposal, we take great pride in funding as many as we can based on the guidelines our board has created.
We are so appreciative of this remarkable team and their willingness to spend their time helping to advance our mission.
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Dr. Bret Mettler
LE BONHEUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Bret Mettler, M.D., is a pediatric cardiac surgeon in Memphis, TN, caring for infants and children with a variety of heart conditions and congenital heart defects
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Dr. David Parra
MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT
Dr. Parra is the director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and is an expert in all forms of echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI.
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Dr. Joshua Salvin
BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Joshua W. Salvin, MD MPH is a physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital.
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Dr. Cyrus Samai
SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY
Cyrus Samai has been employed as a pediatric cardiologist with Sibley Heart Center Cardiology since 2004, and is an Associate Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Mark Scheurer
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HEART CENTER
Dr. Scheurer currently serves as a pediatric cardiac intensivist in the MUSC heart center.
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Dr. Amanda Shillingford
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
Dr. Amanda Shilingford is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Joseph Turek
DUKE CHILDREN’S PEDIATRIC & CONGENITAL HEART CENTER
Since 2017, Dr. Turek has served as chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive co-director of Duke Children’s Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center.
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Dr. Bret Mettler
LE BONHEUR CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Bret Mettler, M.D., is a pediatric cardiac surgeon in Memphis, TN, caring for infants and children with a variety of heart conditions and congenital heart defects
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Dr. David Parra
MONROE CARELL JR. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AT VANDERBILT
Dr. Parra is the director of Advanced Cardiac Imaging for the Division of Pediatric Cardiology and is an expert in all forms of echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI.
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Dr. Joshua Salvin
BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Joshua W. Salvin, MD MPH is a physician in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Boston Children’s Hospital.
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Dr. Cyrus Samai
SIBLEY HEART CENTER CARDIOLOGY
Cyrus Samai has been employed as a pediatric cardiologist with Sibley Heart Center Cardiology since 2004, and is an Associate Professor at the Emory University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Mark Scheurer
MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HEART CENTER
Dr. Scheurer currently serves as a pediatric cardiac intensivist in the MUSC heart center.
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Dr. Amanda Shillingford
CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA
Dr. Amanda Shilingford is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Joseph Turek
DUKE CHILDREN’S PEDIATRIC & CONGENITAL HEART CENTER
Since 2017, Dr. Turek has served as chief of pediatric cardiac surgery and executive co-director of Duke Children’s Pediatric & Congenital Heart Center.