16 - 19 April 2026 | Barcelona, Spain

Michal Simchen

Professor Michal Simchen studied medicine at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University. She later on undertook residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Sheba Medical Center. After completing her residency, she went on to specialize in high risk obstetrics with a 2-year Maternal-Fetal Medicine fellowship at the University of Toronto, Toronto, On. Canada. Upon her […]

Samuel Siu

Prof. Samuel Siu received his MD at University of Alberta and underwent postgraduate training at Mayo Clinic, Harvard Teaching Hospitals, and Harvard School of Public Health. He co-established the Pregnancy and Heart Disease program at University of Toronto and his research has received sustained funding by Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Institutes for […]

Danna Spears

Danna Spears is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, at the University Health Network.Dr. Spears obtained her medical degree at Queen’s University, and completed her training at the University of Toronto, including an adult cardiology residency and three years of interventional electrophysiology. She also completed subspecialty training in […]

John Spertus

John Spertus is a cardiologist and the Lauer/Missouri Endowed Chair and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he serves as Clinical Director of Outcomes Research at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute. He is a graduate of UCSF Medical School and completed his internal medicine, cardiology and health services training at […]

Irving Steinberg

Professor Irving Steinberg, Pharm.D., is the Dean of Faculty and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at the USC Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and at the Keck School of Medicine of USC where he has been a faculty member since 1985. He established and directs the Division of Pediatric Pharmacotherapy in the […]

Lorna Swan

Dr. Lorna Swan, MB ChB, MD, FRCP (UK) is a Consultant Cardiologist with the Scottish Adult Congenital Cardiac Service (SACCS) and Director of Medical Education at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital in Glasgow. In 2020, Dr. Swan joined SACCS after working as a Consultant Cardiologist for 15 years in London and Toronto. She completed […]

Sarah Thordsen

Dr. Sarah Thordsen is Director of Nuclear Cardiology and Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her clinical interests include nuclear cardiology and cardio-obstetrics. She is particularly passionate about reducing cardiovascular causes of maternal mortality.

Rachel Wald

Dr. Rachel Wald completed her paediatric cardiology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto and did additional training in cardiac imaging at the Children’s Hospital, Harvard University Boston. She is a staff cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. Her areas of expertise include adult congenital heart disease, pregnancy and heart disease […]

Diana S. Wolfe

Diana S Wolfe, MD MPH, FACOG is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine and a Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.   She established the MFM Cardiology Joint Program in 2015 in response to the […]