We are proud to have the support of these fine institutions
Our dedicated leadership team
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (Executive Director)
David Bailly, DO, Primary Children’s Hospital (Voting member)
Geoffrey Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Voting member)
Titus Chan, MD, MS, MPP, Seattle Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee)
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Co-Chair, Database Committee)
John Charpie, MD, PhD, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Administrative Liaison)
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Emeritus)
John Costello, MD, MPH, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s (Voting member)
Michael Gaies, MD, MPH, MSc, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (Emeritus)
William Gaynor, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Emeritus)
Nancy Ghanayem, MD, Advocate Children’s Hospital (Emeritus and Chair, Scientific Review Committee)
Andy Glatz, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital (Catheterization Liaison)
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, University of Florida (Emeritus)
Javier Lasa, MD, FAAP, Children’s Health (Co-Chair, Database Committee)
Mary Lukacs, RN, BSN, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Co-Chair, Audit Committee)
Nicolas Madsen, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (PAC3 Liaison)
Dana Mueller, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (Voting member)
Tara Neumayr, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital (Voting member)
Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Children’s Hospital (Voting member)
Mark Scheurer, MD, MSc, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital (Emeritus and Administrative Liaison)
Jennifer Schuette MD, MS, University of Maryland Children’s Hospital (Voting member and Co-Chair, Audit Committee)
Kurt Schumacher, MD, MHS, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital (Voting member and Director, Data Coordinating Center)
Steven Schwartz, MD, MSc, The Hospital for Sick Children (Emeritus)
Subhadra Shashidharan, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Voting member and Surgical Liaison)
Andrew Shin, MD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford University (Voting member)
Page Steadman, APN, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital (Patient/Parent Liaison)
Kay Stewart-Huey, VP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Chair, Finance Committee; Hospital Executive Liaison)
Lie Tjoeng, MD, MS, Seattle Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee)
Kelly Veneziale, RN, BSN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Nursing Liaison)
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (Chair, Public Relations Committee)
Hayden Zaccagni, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Voting member)
Nancy Ghanayem, MD, MS, Advocate Children’s Hospital (Chair)
Peta Alexander, MBBS, Boston Children’s Hospital
Jeffrey Alten, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
David Bailly, DO, Primary Children’s Hospital
Priya Bhaskar, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Asaad Beshish, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Josh Blinder, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
John Charpie, MD, PhD, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Justin Elhoff, MD, MSCR, Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Eric Graham, MD, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital
Jim Hammel, MD
Marcus Haw, MD, MBBS, MS, FRCS, FECTS, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Anita Krishnan, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Swati Kunduri, PhD, Parent Liaison
David Kwiatkowski, MD, PhD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Maryam Naim, MD, MSCE, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sara Pasquali, MD, MHS, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Jamie Penk, MD, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Tanya Perry, DO, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Children’s Hospital
Michael Ruppe, MD, Norton Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Schramm, MD, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Kurt Schumacher, MD, MHS, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Subhadra Shashidharan, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Brittany Shutes, MD, MPH, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Andrew Smith, MD, MSCI, MMHC, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Melissa Smith-Parrish, MD, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Page Steadman, APN, Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital
Jim St. Louis, MD, Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Ronn Tanel, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Yuen Lie Tjoeng, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Priscilla Yu, MD, Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Co-Chair)
Javier Lasa, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Co-Chair)
Ashish Ankola, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Jeffrey Alten, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Sirine Baltagi, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Geoffrey Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Titus Chan, MD, MSCI, MPP, Seattle Children’s Hospital
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Yuliya Domnina, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Deborah Frank, MD, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
Janie Garza, MSN, RN, CCRN, Medical City Children’s Hospital
Nancy Ghanayem, MD, MS, Advocate Children’s Hospital
Jack Green, MD, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Viki Haro, MS, CNS, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Betsy Kannen, NP, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Minoo Kavarana, MD, FACS, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s
Mary Lukacs, RN, BSN Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Neysa Noreen, MS, RHIA, Children’s Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota
Ivo Pandjaitan, BSN, PHN, CCRN, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Parthak Prodhan, MD, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Jun Sasaki, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Jen Schuette, MD, MS, University of Maryland
Kurt Schumacher, MD, MHS, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Andrew Shin, MD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Andrew Smith, MD, MSCI, MMHC, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Jim St. Louis, MD, FACC, FACS, Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital
Suzanne Hamilton Strong, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Mekdela Tirfe, MSN, RN, Children’s National Medical Center
Kelly Veneziale, RN, BSN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Erin Ward, RN, BSN, Riley Children’s Hospital
Rebecca Zahn-Schaefer, MSN, BSN, RN, Texas Children’s
Hayden Zaccagni, MD, Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Jen Schuette, MD, MS, University of Maryland (Co-Chair)
Mary Lukacs, RN, BSN, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Co-Chair)
Geoffrey Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jocelyn Furr, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU
Viki Haro, MS, CNS, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Josh Koch, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Joseph Kuebler, MD, MBA, Golisano Children’s Hospital
Laura Miller Smith, MD, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU
Ivo Pandjaitan, BSN, PHN, CCRN, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Kim Parrigin-Syme, MA, BSN, RN, CPN, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health
Jenny Root, RT, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Jun Sasaki, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Kelly Veneziale, RN, BSN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Melissa Wiggins, RN, BSN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sarah Youngberg, BS, Primary Children’s Hospital
Hayden Zaccagni, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Kay Stewart-Huey, VP, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Chair)
Geoffrey Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
John Charpie, MD, PhD, C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Aaron DeWitt, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Mark Scheurer, MD, MSc, Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital
Steven Schwartz, MD, MSc, The Hospital for Sick Children
Jason Simpson, Parent Liaison
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
David Bailly, DO, Primary Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair)
Dana Mueller, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (Co-Chair)
Claudia Algaze, MD, MS, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Jeffrey Alten, MD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Scott Aydin, MD, Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital
Raymond Barnett, MD, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Will Cagle, MD, Wellstar, Children’s Hospital of Georgia
Kristi Catton, NP, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Laura Commodore, RN, BSN, CCRN, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Christa Conley, MSN, APRN, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Aaron Dewitt, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Thomas Dietzman, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kimberly DiMaria, CPCP-AC, MSN, RN, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Lisa DiPietro, MD, Monroe Carrell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Yuliya Domnina, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Michael Fundora, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Nancy Ghanayem, MD, Advocate Children’s Hospital
Seth Gray, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children
Alaina Hale, NP, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Melina Handley, DNP, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Olivia Hoffman, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Brian Joy, MD, University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital
Katie Kennedy, MPH, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Josh Koch, MD, Phoenix Children’s Hospital
Andrew Koth, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Jennifer Kramer, MD, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Joseph Kuebler, MD, MBA, Golisano Children’s Hospital
Amy McCammond, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
David McMann, MD, Children’s Memorial Hermann
Laura Miller-Smith, MD, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital at OHSU
Ashley Moellinger, MSN, CPNP-AC, Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Pooja Nawathe, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Bridget Norton, MD, MBA, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Michal Palmon, BSc., MPH, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Children’s Hospital
Rosa Rodriguez, MHL, RN, CPHQ, LSSGR Nicklaus Children’s Hospital
Britt Sandler, MD, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital
Jun Sasaki, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Andrew Shin, MD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Melissa Smith-Parrish, MD, Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nate Sznycer-Taub, MD, University of Michigan C.S Mott Children’s Hospital
Mekdela Tirfe, RN, MSN, Children’s National Medical Center
Teresa Tobin, MSOD, RRT-NPS, Children’s Nebraska
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Joshua Wolovits, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Sarah Gardner Yelton, MD, Advocate Children’s Hospital
Hayden Zaccagni, MD, Children’s Hospital of Alabama
Janet Zarling, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Sarah Tabbutt, MD, PhD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (Chair)
Ashish Ankola, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Solange Benjamin, MD, Atrium Health
Nikhil Chanani, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Alicia DeMarco, MD, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Jay Duncan, Cook Children’s Hospital
Justin Elhoff, MD, MSCR, Sunrise Children’s Hospital
Seth Gray, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children
Viki Haro, RN, MSN, CPNP, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
Betsy Kannen, NP, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Jennifer Kreuter, RN, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Richard Lion, DO, MPH, FAAP, Texas Children’s Hospital
Katie McGinnis, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Dana Mueller, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Joyce Northrup, BSN, RN, CCRN, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Ivo Pandjaitan, BSN, PHN, CCRN, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Tia Raymond, MD, Medical City Children’s Hospital
Andy Shin, MD, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Sarah Schukei, MSN-NI, CPN, CNRN, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Jim St. Louis, MD, FACC, FACS, Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital
Raju Surapa, MD, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Lie Tjoeng, MD, MS, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Teresa Tobin, MSOD, RRT-NPS, Children’s Hospital and Medical Center Omaha
Wendy Torres, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Kelly Veneziale, RN, BSN, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Josh Wolovits, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Sarah Youngberg, BS, Primary Children’s Hospital
Oshri Zaulan, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego (Chair)
Jazmin Olvera Alonso, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Priya Bhat, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Arianna Braybrooks, PNP-AC, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health
David Cooper, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Samuel Davila, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Rod Ghassemzadeh, MD, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC
Karen Grossich, Parent Liaison
Aimee Jennings, ARNP, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Caylynn Markovitz, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Tara Neumayr, MD, St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Jason Simpson, Parent Liaison
Teresa Tobin, Children’s Nebraska
Deanna Rae Todd Tzanetos, MD, Norton Children’s Hospital
Carmen Watrin, RN, MSN, Texas Children’s Hospital
Titus Chan, MD, MS, MPP, Seattle Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair)
Lie Tjoeng, MD, MS, Seattle Children’s Hospital (Co-Chair)
Austin Adair, Dell Children’s Medical Center
Natasha Afonso, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Claudia Algaze, MD, MS, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Alaa Aljiffry, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jazmin Olvera Alonso, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Igor Areinamo, MD, Orlando Health, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children
Jennifer Bailey, MD Atrium Health
Rupal Bhakta, MD, Children’s of Alabama
Priya Bhat, MD, Texas Children’s Hospital
Solange Benjamin, MD, Atrium Health
Priya Bhaskar, MD, Children’s Medical Center of Dallas
Geoff Bird, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Marissa Brunetti, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeannean Carver, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
Shanelle Clark, MD, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Aaron DeWitt, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Isaura Diaz, MD, University of Virginia Children’s Hospital
Kimberly DiMaria, University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Denise Doherty, Inova Health Systen
Jack Green, MD, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Brian Han, MD, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Jeffrey Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP, University of Florida
Adam Kaplan, MD, Advent Health
Rebecca Kameny, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Minsoo Kim, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Jen Klein, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Anita Krishnan, MD, Children’s National Medical Center
Aparna Kulkarni, MD, MSc, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health
Carylynn Markovitz, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Katie Moynihan, MD, Boston Children’s Hospital
Maryam Naim, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Pooja Nawathe, MD, FAAP, FCCM, Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Krisjon Olson, MD, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Nina Panaligan, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Gina Patel, Children’s Mercy Hospital
Jarae Payne, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Aileen Reyes, Inova Children’s Hospital
Saide Rodriguez, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Priyanka Saha, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Carly Scahill, MD/DO, Children’s of Colorado
Elana Szabo, Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
Teresa Tobin, Children’s Nebraska
Nishma Valikodath, Boston Children’s Hospital
Karl Welke, MD, MPH, Atrium Health
David Werho, MD, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
PC⁴/PAC³ Spring Conference
Each Spring, we host our annual international PC⁴/PAC³ Conference in partnership with the Pediatric Acute Care Cardiology Collaborative.
This joint meeting allows us to have dedicated sessions about pediatric cardiac critical care as well as joint sessions that span both critical care and acute care for the hospitalized patient with cardiac disease. Our meeting is highly interactive and centers are encouraged to collaborate and learn from one another while openly and transparently sharing data, outcomes, and practices.
Thank you to all of you who were able to join us at the PC4/PAC3 Spring Conference in Dallas April 30th-May 2nd! We are very grateful to the outstanding Children’s Health team for so generously hosting this year’s conference.
We also wish to extend our gratitude to the following additional sponsors: Texas Children’s Hospital for sponsoring our hearty breakfasts, Dell Children’s Medical Center for sponsoring our delicious lunches, Nuwellis, Inc for sponsoring our PC4 social outing, and Cardiac Registries Support, Inc for sponsoring our URiM Scholarship.
Previous conferences were held and sponsored by the following centers.
2014-2017: University of Michigan
2018: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
2019: University of Michigan
2020-2021: Virtual Conference
2022: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
2023: The Hospital for Sick Children
2024: Children’s Health
We look forward to announcing the location and dates of the PC4/PAC3 Spring Conference in 2025 soon!
Please see a list of all PC⁴ Publications here:
DEI Statement
The PC⁴ Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee was developed in 2021 to address disparate outcomes in critically ill children with heart disease through the many avenues of PC⁴, including scientific research, quality improvement, and data collection. We aim to incorporate EDI principles into the structure and workflow of PC⁴ so that a health equity lens is fundamental to all PC⁴ operations. We also strive to understand and increase diversity and inclusion in the pediatric cardiac critical care workforce and collaborate with our Cardiac Network United colleagues to advance health equity in the pediatric cardiac patient population.
PC⁴, in partnership with PAC³, began a URiM (Underrepresented in Medicine) Cardiology & Cardiac Critical Care scholarship to help fund trainees from underrepresented backgrounds to travel to national and international cardiology and critical care meetings to share their science and gain valuable networking and other opportunities.
Our two first scholars were able to attend the 8th World Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Washington, D.C. in late 2023 to share their scientific findings with the world.
Thank you to Cardiac Registry Support, Inc. for sponsoring our second set of awardees. We were delighted to have Dr. Christian Bayingana from Maine Medical and Dr. Maria Pareja Zabala from Medical College of Wisconsin join us at the PC⁴/PAC³ meeting in Dallas in 2024!
Future scholarship opportunities will be listed here as they become available.
The PC⁴ Junior Investigator Mentoring and Sponsorship Program
Objective 1: To train junior investigators in health services research using clinical registry data
through an intensive one-on-one mentoring program with experienced senior investigators possessing methodological expertise in this domain.
Objective 2: Increasing diversity, inclusiveness and representation in the pediatric cardiac critical care scientific community and contribute to the promotion/advancement of underrepresented
investigators within academia.
For more information about this program, please see the following PDF: Junior Investigator Mentoring and Sponsorship Program
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