The Children's Heart Foundation: Medical Advisory Council

The Children's Heart Foundation's Medical Advisory Council

The Children's Heart Foundation's Medical Advisory Council (MAC), which oversees the Foundation's research granting process, is comprised of 15 esteemed MD and PhD professionals from across the country, and two well respected lay reviewers. In the review process, lay reviewers help evaluate the potential impact of research applications on the mission of The Children's Heart Foundation.

John Costello, MD, MPH

Chairman
MUSC Children's Hospital
Charleston, SC
Titus Chan, MD, MSCI, MPP

Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
David S. Cooper, MD, MPH

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Nancy Ghanayem, MD, MS

University of Chicago/Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance
Chicago, IL
Bernhard Kühn, MD

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
Damien J. LaPar, MD

University of Texas McGovern Medical School - Children’s Heart Institute
Houston, TX
Keila Lopez MD, MPH

Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE

Cleveland Clinic Children’s
Cleveland, OH
Wendy Nembhard, PhD, MPH, FACE

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, AK
Marla A. Mendelson, MD

Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
Jane W. Newburger, MD, MPH

Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Kathryn Osteen, PhD, RN, CMSRN, CNE

Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing
Dallas, TX
Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS

C.S. Mott Children's Hospital
Ann Arbor, MI
Nelangi Pinto, MD, MS

Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle, WA
Thomas J. Weigel, MD

Chicagoland Community Pediatric Cardiology
Chicago, IL
Tawanna Williams

Lay Reviewer
Race Equity Solutions, LLC
Chicago, IL
Jane Lee, PhD, MSW

Lay Reviewer
Assistant Professor at the UW School of Social Work
Seattle, WA

Medical Advisory Council

The Children's Heart Foundation's Medical Advisory Council

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