Dawn M. (Torrence) Ireland is the founder of CHERUBS – The Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research, Awareness and Support. Created in 1995, after the birth of Ms. Ireland’s son, who was born with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), she wished to create a supportive, collaborative community of families of researchers. It was built upon a foundation of research, awareness and support – providing as many services and as much information as the budget and volunteer system could withstand. With the encouragement of several prominent pediatric surgeons, CHERUBS began to have a presence at medical conferences in 1996. By 2000, the CDH Research Survey Database was created. In 2017, the charity was restructured. Ms. Ireland stepped away as President of CHERUBS and into the role of President of CDH International to further the research projects that the organization is involved in. CHERUBS still exists as the family support division of CDH International. Currently, Ms. Ireland oversees CDH International which now runs the world’s largest natural history database of CDH, has 3 boards, employees, many volunteers, assists over 6300 patient families in 70 countries, presents research abstracts, and works with both the NIH and the EU. Ms. Ireland also is a founding member of the Rare Advocacy Movement and senior level patient advocate, mentors several other non-profit organizations, is a founding member of the Alliance of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Organizations, has written/edited 4 books and spends her time between the United States and Europe to continue the organization’s growth and outreach.

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Dr. Ghorayeb has completed his PhD jointly between Iowa State University and the University of Iowa. He is Professor of Radiology and Molecular Medicine, and Professor of Biomedical and Electrical Engineering at Hofstra University. He has published over 100 papers in reputable journals, conferences, and invited presentations and has been serving as primary reviewer at NIH, and as an editorial board member of AIUM, JTU, and IEEE.

Radiology and Molecular Medicine

Dr. Dmytro has completed his PhD at the age of 24 years from Vinnitsa national medical University and postdoctoral studies from Odessa National medical university. Now I am a chief PICU Vinnitsa national medical university and Vinnitsa regional children hospital, a chief – editor Pain Medicine Journar (http://painmedicine.org.ua). I have published more than 200 papers (Ukranian journal) in more 15 reputed journals. ESPA ACORN Member (representative ESPA member –Ukraine). Reviever US-Medical Science Journal.

Pain management in children

Omer Ahmed has joined The American Hospital, Dubai (in 2009), after 15 years as a Consultant Paediatrician in UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health UK. His Paediatrics training was in Sabah Hospital- Kuwait, Alder Hay Hospital-Liverpool, Great Ormond Street and The Royal Free Hospital in London before taking a Consultant post in Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK. Earlier in his career, Dr Ahmed has worked in Sudan, Libya and Kuwait. His experience covers wide areas in Child Health as a General Paediatrician. Dr Ahmed has several publications and presented/attended in several Paediatrics meetings and conferences.

Paediatrics and Child Health

David James Riddell Hutchon has 28 years of experience as a Consultant Obstetrician. In 2003, he realized that clamping the umbilical cord quickly after birth severely disrupted neonatal circulation and interfered with transition. He has published and lectured extensively on the subject and co-operating with UK and international colleagues developed equipment and ways of providing neonatal resuscitation at the side of the mother without clamping the cord. He has co-authored a chapter on neonatal care immediately after birth, co-authored two Cochrane systematic reviews, and has organized five international conferences on the subject of mother side neonatal resuscitation.

Pediatrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation

Randal K Buddington has completed his PhD at University of California, Davis and Postdoctoral training at UCLA before initiating an academic career spanning 30 years and dedicated to understanding how to improve care of infants and young animals. He recently moved to the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center where, he is the Director of the new Institute for Prematurity and Perinatal Research and is developing an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional program supporting collaborative efforts by basic scientists and clinicians.

Neonatology, Perinatal research

A Cristina Rossi has completed her Medical degree in 1998 and Residency in Obstetrics/Gynecology in 2003. She is both Author and Reviewer of peer-reviewed journals. She is mainly interested in prenatal diagnosis and maternal-fetal medicine. She is actually a Consultant in Obstetrics/Gynecology at Ospedale Della Murgia "Fabio Perinei", Bari, Italy

prenatal diagnosis and maternal-fetal medicine

James Heubi, M.D. is Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research, Professor of Pediatrics at the University Of Cincinnati College Of Medicine. He is the Director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training which is the vehicle by which the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center administer the NIH-funded, Clinical Translational Science Award. He has been an active clinical investigator with over 200 peer reviewed publications and was the long term program director for the NIH funded General Clinical Research Center. He is the principal investigator and co investigator on NIH grants and participates is a local principal or co-investigator on 2 rare disease networks supported by the NIH. His research interests include cholestatic liver disease in childhood and its complications, inborn errors of bile acid metabolism, bone disease in gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders, fat absorption, and cholesterol absorption and metabolism.

Pediatrics

Dr. Donna Mendez is a board certified Pediatrician and Pediatric Emergency Medicine physician. She completed her pediatric residency at University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) in San Antonio, and a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. She is currently an attending at McGovern Medical School in Houston. She is the director of the pediatric emergency fellowship established in 2014. She has received her Doctorate in Professional Leadership with an Emphasis in Health Science Education from The University of Houston in 2016. She has published more than 20 papers in journals and online resources.

Pediatrics Critical Care and Emergency Medicine

Prof. Dafina Kuzmanovska has held the position of nephrologists at University Children’s’ Hospital in Skopje, since achieving her subspecialisation in paediatric nephrology in 1986. In 1997 she became Professor in Paediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine and in 2002 full professor in Paediatrics. She has been on a position of head of Cathedra of Pediatrics in the period 2009-2013 and since September 2014 she is emeritus professor. During her career she has written more than 100 research and professional papers published in recognised international journals and on major conferences and co-authored some textbooks.

Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology

Sasigarn Bowden, MD, is a pediatric endocrinologist at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Bowden is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and Sub-Board of Pediatric Endocrinology. Her clinical and research interests include metabolic bone disorders, pediatric osteoporosis, and diabetes. Dr. Bowden is the associate program director for the fellowship program and a pediatric bone expert for the Metabolic Bone Clinic at Nationwide children’s Hospital. She is the Chief Editor for eMedicine and has published more than 60 articles and abstracts in reputed journals.

Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Dr. Hu graduated from Zhejiang University School of Medicine in 1984. He was an internist in China and a researcher in Canada. In 2001, after his residency training in USA, he became an anesthesiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He is the founder and executive director of No Pain Labor & Delivery - Global Health Initiative and the editor-in-chief of its journal. He has published three books as the author or associate-author and five books as a chief translator or associate-chief translator. He has published 23 papers in reputable journals and serves as an editorial board member of three.

Neonatology, Pediatrics

Ann Quinlan-Colwell has completed her PhD at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Chair of the Nurse Research Committee at New Hanover Regional Medical Center which is a regional trauma center in Wilmington, NC, USA. She has published in and reviews for reputed peer review journals, has published book chapters and a book on pain management. She is current president of the Nu Omega chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International; president-elect of the Southern Pain Society and serves on the board of the American Society for Pain Management Nurses.

Neonatology, Pediatrics

Anne-Catherine ROLLAND is the chair of child psychiatrist at the University of Reims and the head of the child psychiatry ward at the University Hospital of Reims since 2012. After her medical studies in Reims Medical School, with a specialization in psychiatry and child psychiatry, she has completed her PhD from Paris VII Descartes University in 2010. She did a research year at Melbourne University next to Jeannette Migrom and Anne Buist in 2007-2008. She is specialized in mother infant interactions, and works preferentially on all the mothers’ feelings around the pregnancy and the maternity.

maternity, Infancy

Dr. Olaya-C is pediatric pathologist and PhD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She is the director of Pathology Department and associated professor at the same University and its Hospital Universitario San Ignacio. She has published more than 25 papers and has worked for fetuses’ health for 20 yerars.

Neonatology, Pathology

Terence Lao graduated MBBS from the University of Hong Kong, and obstained his MD in 2002. He received training in Obstetric Medicine at the Queen Charlotte’s Maternity Hospital, London, UK in 1983-4, and completed the fellowship programme in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1989-93. He is professor at the Department of Obstetrcs & Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published 300+ papers in international journals and is a reviewer for 24 journals, and serves on the editorial board of three international journals. His major interest is in maternal medicine and high risk pregnancy.

Obstetrcs & Gynaecology

Robert P Foglia, MD is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. He is Co-Editor of a major textbook of Pediatric Surgery and has 30+ years of experience in Perioperative Management and Performance Improvement. He is responsible for the clinical growth of surgical programs at Children’s and leads process improvement initiatives in the areas of quality, service, and stewardship.

Pediatric Surgery

Asif Hasan has completed his MBBS in 1992 and MD (Medicine) in 1995 from J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). He did his training in Cardiology from Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India) to obtain his DM (Cardiology) degree. He joined the Centre of Cardiology as Deputy Director in August 2010 and currently is working as Director for Centre of Cardiology since 11th Oct 2016. His main interests are coronary and cardiac structural interventions. During his training in Medicine, he received several gold medals and awards. He has several national and international publications to his name and presented papers at various national and international conferences. He is also an active member of American College of Cardiology and Indian College of Physicians. He has been awarded fellowships of ACC and ICP (Indian College of Physicians) in 2016.

Pediatrics Cardiology

Rizwana Popatia is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatrics Pulmonology. Her medical expertise includes pediatric asthma, interstitial lung disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia and pediatric bronchoscopy. She received her Medical Degree (MD) from M P Shah Medical College, India, with top honors and 17 gold medals and was awarded a “Best Resident Physician Award” during her residency tenure in Jamnagar, India. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics at the State University of New York – Downstate Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, and a fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She also served as a Chief Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. In addition to her clinical work, she is active in medical education and research, and global health. Her current research interests include outcome based research in asthma, Asthma Education (PACE Program) and Cardiopulmonary exercise training. She has multiple publications in eminent journals and have reviewed articles for eminent journals like American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Neonatology and Perinatology and BMC Medical Genetics. She is currently the Editorial Board Member of Journal of Pediatrics and Child Care as well as International Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Advancements.

Pediatrics Allergy and Infections

Andrew J A Holland graduated from London University in 1988 and obtained his FRCS in 1992. He is trained in London, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, obtaining his FRACS. As a Surgeon Scientist Scholar of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney. He became a Senior Lecturer at the university in the same year and a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. He was given a Personal Chair in Paediatric Surgery at The University of Sydney in 2010 and has over 200 publication in the scientific literature.

Pediatrics Surgery

Howard I Pryor II has completed his MD and General Surgery Residency at the George Washington University; a Research Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an Instructor of Pediatric Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He has published more than 20 journal articles and chapters and serves as a reviewer of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Pediatric Surgery

Minu Bajpai is a Professor of Paediatric Surgeon at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He is Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He is Executive Editor of Journal of Progress in Paediatric Urology. He is President of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (IAPS) from 2014-2015. He Received ICMR National awards twice i.e., 1995-Dr. Kamla Menon Award in Paediatrics and 2009-Kunti Omprakash Gold Medal in Paediatrics. He founded the Indian Society for Paediatric Urology & Asian Society for Paediatric Urology in 1998. He published 201 articles in peer reviewed journals.

Pediatrics Surgery, Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology

Kaye studied Bachelor of Science – Nursing, at Curtin University and graduated as a Registered Nurse in 2008. Kaye currently works as Registered Nurse (part-time) looking after babies under 28 days at Neonatal Department at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Perth (WA). Her previous paediatric nursing experience includes working at the Emergency Department, Gastroenterology and Immunology Departments at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. She has also worked for Edith Cowan University as a Paediatric Clinical Facilitator. Kaye commenced at Perth Paediatrics in 2016. She brings her skills and dedicated passion of working with children, to the first multi-specialty private paediatric clinic in Western Australia

Pediatric Nursing

Marina Reznik is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a General Pediatrician and a Child Health Researcher at Montefiore Medical Center. Her research focuses on development and evaluation of community-and school-based interventions to improve the health care services and outcomes for medically underserved minority children with asthma. She teaches and mentors medical students, residents and post-doctoral students, and provides clinical care to children from 0-21 years of age. She is an author of over 60 articles, book chapters and editorials and her research has been presented both nationally and internationally.

Pediatrics

Omer Ahmed has joined The American Hospital, Dubai (in 2009), after 15 years as a Consultant Paediatrician in UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health UK. His Paediatrics training was in Sabah Hospital- Kuwait, Alder Hay Hospital-Liverpool, Great Ormond Street and The Royal Free Hospital in London before taking a Consultant post in Stevenage, Hertfordshire UK. Earlier in his career, Dr Ahmed has worked in Sudan, Libya and Kuwait. His experience covers wide areas in Child Health as a General Paediatrician. Dr Ahmed has several publications and presented/attended in several Paediatrics meetings and conferences.

Paediatrics

Ashutosh Kumar has completed his MBBS from Manipal University, India, Residency in Pediatrics from The Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York, USA and fellowship in Pediatric Neurology from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), USA. He recently started working as a Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Neurology at Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center. He is involved in multiple clinical trials as a Principal Investigator in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in Children

Ozuah’s background includes a medical degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a rotating internship at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. He later earned a master’s degree in Education from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, and a PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He obtained his pediatric internship and residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, and his post-doctoral research fellowship in Medical Education at the University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles. Dr. Ozuah joined the faculty of the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1992 and served as director of the Residency Training Program in Social Pediatrics from 1999 to 2005.

Pediatrics

Dr. Towner has completed his PhD at the age of 33 years from the University of Guelph in Canada and postdoctoral studies from the University of Queensland in Australia. He is the director of Advanced Magnetic Resonance Center at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, a premier biomedical research institution. He has published more than 127 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as a charter member of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Molecular Imaging and Probe development (CMIP) study section, and an editorial board member of repute.

Research interest is on to develop the vivo MRI methods that can be used in the clinic as tools for tumor grading and to predict the extent of tissue injury from toxin exposure in human patients. Having the ability to use a non-invasive technique such as in vivo MRI in both the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, among other diseases, provides great benefit to both the patient and physician.

Alan D. Rogol, MD, Ph.D is Professor Emeritus (Pediatrics and Pharmacology) at the University of Virginia. He received an undergraduate degree in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and doctorates in medicine and physiology (Endocrinology) from Duke University. He completed a residency in pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Following a fellowship in endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), he moved to the University of Virginia (UVA), ultimately serving as Professor of Pediatrics and Pharmacology and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology. Since 1999 Dr Rogol has led an eclectic existence, first in the pharmaceutical industry and then as a safety monitor, but continuing to practice pediatric endocrinology and to teach at UVA and Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis, IN. Dr Rogol has been a member and Chief of the American Board of Pediatrics, sub-board in endocrinology; Secretary of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (now known as the Pediatric Endocrine Society), and has recently served as Vice-President of The Endocrine Society. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Sports Medicine and a member of the American Pediatric Society. His interests in endocrinology have included growth and puberty and lately the endocrinology of sport and exercise. Dr Rogol has published more than 500 scientific articles, is a member of several editorial boards, and was the co-editor of The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine: An International Olympic Commission (IOC) Medical Commission Publication (vol 11): The Endocrine System in Sports and Exercise.

His interests in endocrinology have included growth and puberty and lately the endocrinology of sport and exercise

Dr. Rivard received her Ph.D. from Université de Sherbrooke in 1994 and completed a 3.5-year postdoctorate at the Centre de Biochimie-CNRS, Université de Nice, in France with Dr. J. Pouysségur in 1997. Then, she accepted a faculty position in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Faculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la santé de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Since 2008, she is the Chair of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Chair of the Cancer Axis at Université de Sherbrooke. Dr. Rivard’s research focuses on the analysis of signalling pathways that control proliferation, differentiation, tumorigenesis and inflammatory response of intestinal epithelial cells. She has published more than 80 papers in reputed journals. She is the recipient of 2013 Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Research Excellence Award and holds a Canada Research Chair.

Dr. Rivard’s research focuses on the analysis of signalling pathways that control proliferation, differentiation, tumorigenesis and inflammatory response of intestinal epithelial cells

Dr Bolduc has completed his urology residency at Université Laval and completed a fellowship in pediatric urology at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He is chief of pediatric urology and the director of Regenerative Medicine of CHU de Québec Research Center. He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as section editor of pediatric urology of CUAJ.

He is chief of pediatric urology and the director of Regenerative Medicine of CHU de Québec Research Center

Zhi-gang Yang has completed his PhD in radiology at the Shinshu University in Japan 2001. Now he serves as the director of Medicine Administration of Sichuan University and vice dean of Office of Scientific Research Development of Sichuan University. He is also one of the editorial board member of European Radiology. His research focus on lung and esophageal cancer imaging, cardiovascular radiology, and imaging for acute trauma. He has published about 150 articles in reputed journals, such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Radiology, International Journal of Cardiology, American Journal of Roentgenology and European Radiology.

His research focus on lung and esophageal cancer imaging, cardiovascular radiology, and imaging for acute trauma.

Jace Pillay completed his PhD in 1996 at the Rand Afrikaans University in South Africa. He is the South African Research Chair in Education and Care in Childhood. He has published more than 25 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of two highly reputable international journals. His research has been presented in numerous international conferences.

Ethical considerations in educational research involving children: Implications for educational researchers in South Africa

Dinah Duarte, Pharmacist, MSc in Regulatory Affairs and Evaluation of Medicinal Products (University of Lisbon). Head of Scientific Evaluation Unit of the Portuguese regulatory authority for medicines and health products. Assistant Professor; member of Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use at European Medicines Agency; member of Human Scientific Committees Working Party With Healthcare Professionals Organisations; Member of the Portuguese scientific Evaluation Board of Medicines; Member of the Coordinating Committee for the Treatment of Lysosomal Storage Disorders. She has presented more than 30 oral communications in national and international meetings and more than 50 poster presentations.

Pediatrics

Dr.UTHEN has completed his MD, Pediatrics board and Emergency board from Mahidol University, Thailand. Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellowship from University of Toronto, Canada and Research Fellow in Pediatric Emergency Medicine from Masaachusettes General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School. He is the first pediatric emergency physician in Thailand, and Director of pediatric simulation training center at faculty of medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. He interested in pediatric resuscitation and has been teaching Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course across Thailand.

He interested in pediatric resuscitation and has been teaching Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) course across Thailand.

Professor Mehmet Emre Atabek has completed his PhD at the age of 37 years from Erciyes University and postdoctoral studies from Selcuk University School of Meram Medicine. He is the director of Pediatric Endocrinology, a premier pediatric endocrinolgy and diabetology service organization. He has published more than 120 papers in reputed journals. He has been interested in searching metabolic problems of obese children in most of his articles. His articles have been cited more than 1100 citations so far.

He has been interested in searching metabolic problems of obese children in most of his articles. His articles have been cited more than 1100 citations so far.