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PCICS Leadership
Ivie D. Esangbedo, MD, MPH
Editor-In-Chief, PCICS Newsletter
Co-Chair, PCICS Connections Committee
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Cardiac Intensivist, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, Washington, USA
David Cooper MD, MPH
Vice President, PCICS
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Medical Director, Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Medical Director, CICU, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinatti, Ohio, USA
Editorials
Guest Editorial: Incremental Innovation in the Medical Education of Pediatric Cardiac Intensivists
Karl Migally, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Guest Editorial: Assessing Our Trainees in the CICU
David K. Werho, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, Cardiac Intensivist
Associate Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology
UC San Diego – Rady Children’s Hospital
San Diego, California, USA
Guest Editorial: The Road to Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care in the Netherlands
Peter P. Roeleveld, MD, PhD
Pediatric Intensivist
PICU Medical Director
ECMO Director
Leiden University Medical Center
The Netherlands
Guest Editorial: Caring for Tiny Hearts! Training Physicians in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Dr. Mirjana Cvetkovic
Consultant in Paediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Training Director in Paediatric Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
Honorary Lecturer, University College London, UK,
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Katherine Brown
Consultant in Children’s Intensive Care, Great Ormond Street Hospital, UK
Associate Professor, University College London, UK
London, United Kingdom
Committees and SIGs
Christin Diller DNP, CPNP-AC
Nurse Practitioner
The Heart Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jason Buckley, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Michael P. Fundora, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Sibley Heart Center Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Lindsey Justice, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC
APP Clinical Manager for CICU and Acute Care Cardiology
The Heart Institute
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Shilpa Vellore Govardhan MD
Co-Chair, Education Committee
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist, Rady Children’s Hospital
UC San Diego
San Diego, California, USA
Justine Fortkiewicz, MSN, RN, CCRN, CPN
Co-Chair, Education Committee
Professional Practice Specialist, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC
Washington, DC, USA
Anna C. Fisk, PhD, RN, CCRN
Clinical Coordinator, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Jamie S. Penk, MD
Cardiac Intensivist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Quality Improvement & Safety Committee Update
Dana Mueller, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Rady Children’s Hospital
Early Career and Fellow Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
Neha Purkey, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford
Stanford, California, USA
Saidie Rodriguez, MD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine
Cardiac Intensivist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Victoria Surma, MD
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
Future Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Advanced Practice Provider Special Interest Group (SIG) Update
Jessica L. Mann, DNP, CPNP-AC
NP Supervisor, St. Louis Children’s Heart Center
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jill Zender, APRN, CPNP-AC
Co-Chair, Connections Committee
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Children’s Health/UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas, USA
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