16 - 19 April 2026 | Barcelona, Spain

Jena Pizula

Dr. Pizula is a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine. She has a background in internal medicine, pediatrics and adult cardiovascular medicine, and specializes in cardio-obstetrics. Her research interests include the intersection of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy. She focuses on how pre-existing conditions […]

Johanna Quist-Nelson

Dr. Johanna Quist-Nelson is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and leads cardio-obstetrics at UNC. She has multiple research interests including cardiac disease in pregnancy, preeclampsia, and how quality-improvement measures can affect the labor experience. Dr Quist-Nelson is committed to reducing disparities while providing patient-centered care during routine and complex pregnancies.

Jolien Roos-Hesselink

Jolien Roos-Hesselink is Professor of Cardiology at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She is director of the Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Her clinical work and research involves adult congenital heart disease, aortic pathology and heart disease in pregnancy. She has authored and co-authored over 600 scientific publications and mentored 28 PhD […]

Melissa Russo

Melissa L. Russo is a specialist in maternal-fetal medicine and clinical genetics.  She currently works at Women and Infants Hospital, an affiliate of Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.  She pursued her residency in obstetrics and gynecology and fellowship training in maternal fetal medicine and clinical genetics at Johns Hopkins […]

Katherine Salciccioli

Dr. Katie Salciccioli completed Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Cardiology training at Baylor College of Medicine and advanced training in Adult Congenital Heart Disease at the University of Michigan. Her clinical interests include cardio-obstetrics, genetic aortopathies, the role of exercise in long term congenital heart outcomes, and transition from pediatric to adult congenital cardiology. She […]

Nandita Scott

Dr. Scott earned her MD from the University of Ottawa in Canada. She completed her Internal Medicine and Cardiology residencies at the Ottawa Hospitals and Heart Institute, where she also served as Chief Internal Medicine Resident and Chief Cardiology Resident. Following this, she pursued an echocardiography and clinical research fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. In […]

Amir Shamshirsaz

Amir A. Shamshirsaz is a board-certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist with specialties in Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Surgical Critical Care and certification in Critical Care Echo Examination. He currently serves as the Co-director of Maternal Critical Care and Co-Director of the Placenta Accreta Spectrum Care Team Program at Texas Children’s Hospital/Pavilion for Women.He completed his medical school […]

Garima Sharma

Garima Sharma is a national leader in Women’s Health and Preventive Cardiology, serving as the Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health Program and Cardio-Obstetrics at Inova Health System. With extensive experience, including faculty roles at Johns Hopkins University and founding the Cardio-Obstetrics Program there, she has published over 150 peer-reviewed articles and led numerous conferences on […]

Hezzy Shmueli

Director of Intermediate ICCU and Director of the Joint Maternal Heart Disease clinic,Soroka University Medical Center, affiliated to Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva.

Candice Silversides

Dr Candice Silversides is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is Head of the Division of Cardiology, the Miles Nadal Chair in Pregnancy and Heart Disease, and Director of the CardioObstetrics Program at Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network. She specializes in CardioObstetrics, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, and Echocardiography. Dr. Silversides is the […]