Our Team

Visionary Experts. Global Mission. One Heart at a Time.

Empowering Hearts Globally is driven by a coalition of the world’s leading experts in pediatric and congenital cardiac care, global health, medical education, and health systems design. With decades of experience and deep commitment to health equity, our team is reimagining how care is taught, delivered, and sustained—starting in the places that need it most.

This global alliance of clinician-educators, technology pioneers, and policy strategists is building scalable, high-impact programs that will save lives and reshape the future of pediatric cardiac care worldwide.

Advisory Committee

Wyman W. Lai

Wyman W. Lai

Dominique Vervoot

Dominique Vervoot

Ericka Perez Albrecht

Ericka Perez Albrecht

Paul Barach

Paul Barach

Carolina de Campos

Carolina de Campos

Kevin Glover

Kevin Glover

Babar Hasan

Babar Hasan

Ruth Heying

Ruth Heying

Jeffrey P. Jacobs

Jeffrey P. Jacobs

Kathy Jenkins

Kathy Jenkins

R. Krishna Kumar

R. Krishna Kumar

Sandra Mattos

Sandra Mattos

Colin McMahon

Colin McMahon

Liz Miller

Liz Miller

Nelva Pelaez

Nelva Pelaez

Kenneth Remy

Kenneth Remy

Fenny Shidhika

Fenny Shidhika

Bhuwan Srivastava

Bhuwan Srivastava

Shubhika Srivastava

Shubhika Srivastava

Sandra Staveski

Sandra Staveski

Nana-Akyaa Yao

Nana-Akyaa Yao

Bistra Zheleva

Bistra Zheleva

Liesl Zuhlke

Liesl Zuhlke

Anthony Chang

Anthony Chang

“...the envisioned results fully justify the effort.”

– Sir Magdi Yacoub, Circulation 2007

Establishing Pediatric Cardiovascular Services in the

Developing World: A Wake-up Call