Medical Advisory Board

The purpose of the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) is to determine which projects the Saving tiny Hearts Society will fund. Saving tiny Hearts Society’s MAB is comprised of an elite group of world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeons, researchers and cardiologists. With the help of these medical professionals, we can assure that the Saving tiny Hearts Society will fund the most promising research for the #1 birth defect worldwide.

Dr. Farah Sheikh, PhD Chair – Medical Advisory Board Professor of Medicine University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA USA

Dr. Jonathan Kirk, PhD Chair Pro Tempore – Medical Advisory Board Director, Loyola Proteomics Core Associate Professor Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood, IL USA

Dr. Brian P. Delisle PhD Member – Medical Advisory Board Associate Professor, Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY USA

Dr. Michael Portman, MD Member – Medical Advisory Board Director of Research, Division of Cardiology Seattle Children’s Hospital Seattle, WA USA

Dr. Mark Russell, MD Member – Medical Advisory Board Aaron Stern Professor of Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiologist C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital Ann Arbor, MI USA

Dr. Stuart Campbell, PhD Member – Medical Advisory Board Associate Professor Of Biomedical Engineering & Cellular and Molecular Physiology Yale University New Haven, CT USA

Dr. Jason Gardner, PhD Member – Medical Advisory Board Professor, Department of Physiology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine New Orleans, LA USA

Dr. Thomas Hund, PhD Member – Medical Advisory Board Professor of Biomedical Engineering The Ohio State University Columbus, OH USA

Emeritus Medical Advisory Board

Dr. Peter J. Mohler, PhD Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board Senior Associate Dean for Research Director, Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute Chair, Department of Physiology & Cell Biology Professor, Departments of Physiology & Cell Biology & Internal Medicine William D. and Jacquelyn L. Wells Chair in Cardiovascular Research The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH USA

Dr. Carl Backer Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board Chief of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery; Kentucky Children’s Hospital Lexington, KY USA Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati, OH USA

Dr. Merry Lindsey, PhD Emeritus Member – Medical Advisory Board Chair and Stokes-Shackleford Professor, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Director of Center for Heart and Vascular Research University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE USA