Medical Advisory Board

The purpose of the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) is to determine which projects the Saving tiny Hearts Society will fund. With the help of our MAB (comprised of an elite group world-renown Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Reseachers and Cardiologists) we can assure that the Saving tiny Hearts Society will fund the most promising research of America’s #1 birth defect!

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Chair - Medical Advisory Board

  • Dr. Loren Wold
    Principal Investigator
    The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH
    Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Chair Pro Tempore - Medical Advisory Board

  • Dr. Merry Lindsey
    Associate Professor and Director, Cardiovascular Proteomics Center
    University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Members - Medical Advisory Board

  • Dr. Carl Backer
    Division Head, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery
    Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
    Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Dr. H. Scott Baldwin
    Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Dr. Daniel Bernstein
    Chief, Division of Cardiology Stanford University School of Medicine
    Director, Children's Heart Center, Lucile Salter Packard Chiildren's Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
  • Dr. Barbara Deal
    Division Head, Cardiology
    Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Dr. Vidu Garg
    Director of Translational Research
    Pediatric Cardiologist, The Heart Center
    Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
  • Dr. Peter Gruber
    D. Rees and Eleanor T. Jensen Presidential Chair in Surgery
    Investigator, University of Utah Molecular Medicine (U2M2) Program
    Eccles Institute of Human Genetics
    Chief, Section Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
    Primary Children’s Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Dr. Ronglih Liao
    Associate Professor, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • Dr. Michael Portman
    Director of Research, Division of Cardiology
    Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA
  • Dr. William Pu
    Assistant Professor, Cardiology
    Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Dr. Mark Russell
    Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiologist
    C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Dr. Thomas Scholz
    Director, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
    Universoty of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA
  • Dr. Anji Yetman
    Director, Adult Congenital Cardiology Program
    Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT