Uri Elkayam

Uri Elkayam, MD, is presently Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of maternal at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. In addition, he is the president of the Foundation for Heart Failure Education. Professor Elkayam’s research and clinical interests are in the areas of Cardiac problems in pregnancy, cardiomyopathies, […]

Avraham Shotan

Prof. Avraham Shotan is a graduate of the Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Hadassah Medical Center, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, from 1980 to 1982. He then undertook his cardiology residency and served as a senior cardiologist at the Heart Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, from 1982 […]

Afshan Hameed

MD, MBA, is Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and a Cardiologist at the University of California, Irvine. Board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, OB/GYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Committed to improve maternal morbidity and mortality particularly due to cardiovascular disease. Dr. Hameed has served on the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC) pregnancy mortality surveillance system since 2006. Co-Chaired Cardiovascular […]

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 […]