PICS~AICS


FACULTY Information


Course Directors


Course CO-Directors

Darren Berman, MD, FPICS
Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles, California

Gianfranco Butera, MD, PhD, FPICS
Bambino Gesù Hospital
Rome, Italy

Allison K. Cabalka MD, FPICS
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN, USA

Vivian Dimas, MD, FPICS
Medical City Children’s Hospital
Dallas, TX, USA

Matt Gillespie, MD, FPIC
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Ralf Holzer, MD, MSC, FPICS
UC Davis Children's Hospital
Sacramento, CA, USA

Frank F. Ing, MD, FPICS 
UC Davis Children's Hospital
Sacramento, CA, USA

Clifford J. Kavinsky, MD, PhD, FPICS
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA

Alejandro R Peirone, MD
Children's Hospital of Córdoba &
Private University Hospital of
Córdoba, Argentina

Gejun Zhang, MD
National Cardiovascular Center of China
Beijing, China

3DI3

Aimee K. Armstrong, MD, FPICS
The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH, USA

Gregor Krings, MD
Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis UMC Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands

Director Emeritus

William E. Hellenbrand, MD, FPICS
Yale University Medical Center
New Haven, CT, USA


Fellows and Early Career Course Directors

Vivian Dimas, MD, FPICS
Medical City Children’s Hospital
Dallas, TX, USA

Gareth Morgan, MD, FPICS
University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital of Colorado
Aurora, CO, USA

Shabana Shahanavaz, MD, MBBS
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH, USA