Organising Faculty
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trusts
International Speakers
Mr Ali Al-sarrafConsultant Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr James BenthamConsultant Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Karina GopaulCardiology Consultant, Leeds General Infirmary
Mr Osama JaberConsultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Eleanor JoyACHD Consultant, Leeds General Infirmary
Doctor Mike SeedDivision Head, Cardiology, SickKids
Mr Simran KundanLocum Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Peter LillitosPaediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Giuseppe PelellaCongenital Cardiac Surgery, Leeds Teaching Hospital's Trust
BCCA Speakers
Mr Ali Al-sarrafConsultant Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor David BarronConsultant Cardiac Surgeon and Head of Service for Congenital Heart Surgery, Evelina London and Royal Brompton Hospitals, Honorary Professor of Surgery, King's College London
Dr Hannah Bellsham-RevellConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Dr James BenthamConsultant Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Kat BilbroughPrincipal Clinical Psychologist, Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust
Dr Malenka BissellConsultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital CMR, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Elspeth BrownConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Prof Michael BurchConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, Professor, University College London
Mr Stefano CongiuHead Of Department, Barcelona Children Hospital, Spain
Dr David CrosslandACHD and Paediatric Cardiologist, Newcastle Upon Tyne NHS Trust
Dr Antigoni DeriConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Associate Professor Kate EnglishHead of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Dr David FinnCardiac PICU Consultant, Leeds Children's Hospital
Dr Karina GopaulConsultant in ACHD and Congenital CMR, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Osama JaberConsultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Katrijn JansenConsultant Adult Congenital Cardiologist, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Eleanor JoyACHD Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Simran KundanConsultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Stephanie LäerHead of the Institute of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapy, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Dr Peter LillitosConsultant in Paediatric and Fetal Cardiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Wendy LimConsultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr David LloydConsultant in Paediatric And Fetal Cardiology, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Prof Attilio LottoConsultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, Professor, Liverpool John Moores University
Dr Christopher MalkinConsultant in Interventional Cardiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Chetan MehtaConsultant Paediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital
Dr Helen MichaelConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Mohamed NassarConsultant Paediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Dr Oscar NolanConsultant Fetal and Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospitals Leicester
Dr James OliverConsultant in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Steven ParkeConsultant in Elderly Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Mr Giuseppe PelellaCongenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Helen ParryACHD Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Vitor RamosACHD&CMR Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Dr William ReganConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Dr Zdenka ReinhardtConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Prof Mike SeedDivision Head of Cardiology, and Professor, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, and University of Toronto, Canada
Mr Keith SharpeElite Performance Consultant and Founder of You, Me and Us; former Head of Coaching and Leadership Development, GB Cycling Team
Hannah SwiftACHD Clinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Peter SzedlakConsultant Cardiac Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Mark TurnerConsultant Cardiologist and Lead Interventionalist for Adult Congenital and Structural Heart Disease, Bristol Heart Institute, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Ms Carin Van DoornHonorary Consultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary, Surgical Advisor to the Aswan Heart Centre and Rwanda- Egypt Heart Centre
Dr Daniel Velasco SanchezConsultant Paediatric and Congenital Interventional Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Professor Stephen WheatcroftProfessor of Cardiometabolic Medicine and Consultant Cardiologist, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Fiona WillcoxsonConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
BCCP Speakers
Samantha BainbridgeCongenital and Fetal Sonographer, Leeds General Infirmary
Sophie BancroftHighly Specialist Congenital Cardiac Sonographer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Carla BluntConsultant Fetal And Congenital Cardiac Physiologist, University Hospitals Of Leicester
Dr Kat BilbroughPrincipal Clinical Psychologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Linda BirkettHealth and Social Care Partnership, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Carla BluntConsultant Fetal and Congenital Cardiac Physiologist, University Hospitals of Leicester
Owen BurgessCardiac Scientist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Laura DuffyCardiac Physiologist, Leeds General Infirmary
Jan ForsterConsultant Congenital Clinical Scientist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Elaine GardinerMsc Medical Ultrasound Programme Lead, Glasgow Caledonian University
Daniel GrantHighly Specialist Respiratory Physiologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
John HobbsCongenital Cardiac Sonographer, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Anna JohnsonPaediatric and ACHD Echocardiographer, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Victoria JowettConsultant Fetal Cardiologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
Dr Eleanor JoyACHD Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ryan LonglyClinical Scientist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Daniel MeiringFetal and Paediatric Cardiac Physiology Service Manager, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and BNSSG ICB
Sara MooreSpecialist Sonographer, Leeds General Infirmary
Kelly PeacockPrincipal Paediatric Cardiac Physiologist, Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Krishnakumar PillaiCardiac Physiologist, Birmingham Children's Hospital
Nuno Riscado DuarteLead Cardiac Physiologist, Bristol Hospital for Children
CCAN Speakers
Dr Philip ArnoldConsultant Paediatric Cardiac Anaesthetist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
Dr Subbarayalu BalajiConsultant Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Teodora GrozaConsultant Anaesthetist, Leeds General Infirmary
Mr Osama JaberConsultant Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Thomas LawrenceAnaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Wendy LimConsultant Paediatric Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Joe MellorConsultant Anaesthetist, Leeds General Infirmary
Dr Tim MurphyConsultant Anaesthetist, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Prof Dr André RüfferHead and Chairman, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Germany
Prof Mike SeedDivision Head of Cardiology, and Professor, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, and University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Peter SzedlakConsultant Cardiac Anaesthetist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Dan TaylorConsultant Anaesthetist, Evelina London Children's Hospital
Dr Jess WebsterConsultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Procedural ECHO, Bristol Royal Infirmary
PECSIG Speakers
Lyndsay BamfordChildren's Cardiac Nurse Speciaist Leeds Children's Hospital
Dr Raghav BhatiaConsultant Cardiologist, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Bikash BhojnagarwalaConsultant, Medway Nhs Foundation Trust
Dr Malenka BissellConsultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital CMR, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Claire DavidsonPaediatrician with Expertise in Cardiology, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Dr Prakash Deynsultant, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Dr Saravanan DurairajConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre and University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust
Professor Juan Pablo KaskiProfessor of Paediatric Inherited Cardiovascular Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital and University College London
Dr Mahmoud MontasserConsultant Neonatologist, University Hospital Wishaw and ScotSTAR
Dr Josephine MurphyConsultant Paediatrician with Expertise in Cardiology, Sheffield Children's Hospital
Dr Rebecca NewbeginPaediatric Consultant with Expertise In Cardiology, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Venugopalan PoothirikovilConsultant Paediatrician, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Brighton
Dr Matthew PyeConsultant Paediatrician, Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Dr Sadia QuyamConsultant in Paediatric Cardiology and Pulmonary Hypertension, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Vikranth VenugopalanConsultant Neonatologist with Expertise In Paediatric Cardiology, Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Dirk WilsonConsultant Paediatric Cardiologist, University Hospital of Wales
CCNA Speakers
Dr Pallavi AgadoorappaConsultant Paediatrician, Cardiology, Sheffield Children's Hospital
Dr Shuba BarwickConsultant in Fetal and Paediatric Cardiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Joanna BirkettACHD Clinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Teresa BrooksPharmacist, Leeds Children’s Hospital
Cat BrownLead Nurse, Yorkshire & Humber CHD Network, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Alison ConchieManager, Yorkshire & Humber Congenital Heart Disease Network
Dr Sharon EnglishConsultant in Neonatal Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Susie GageConsultant Paediatric Cardiac and Intensive Care Pharmacist and Paediatric Pharmacist Team Lead for PICU, Cardiology, and Surgery, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Prof Kerry GaskinProfessor of Congenital Cardiac Nursing, Birmingham City University
Christine HelmChildren's Cardiac Nurse Specialist Team Leader, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Sarah HibbertClinical Service Manager for Paediatric Physiotherapy and a Specialist Cardiac Physiotherapist, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Stephen MorrisNIHR Doctoral Fellow, University of Leeds
Alix RhodesLead Cardiac Dietitian, Leeds Children’s Hospital
Hanna SavenSister, Leeds Children’s Hospital
Jessica SymondsSpeech and Language Therapist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Amy WeedenTransition Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Dr Mark WintonConsultant Paediatric Intensivist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
BACCNA Speakers
Joanna BirkettACHD Clinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Lorna CarruthersAdult Congenital Nurse Specialist, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle
Susana De SousaLead Nurse for the Lifelong Network, Guy’s and St. Thomas Trust, London
Hajar HabibiConsultant Nurse in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London
Sandra LadkinClinical Nurse Specialist, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
Becky LambertLead Nurse, South Wales and South West Congenital Heart Disease Network, Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Rebecca MercaldiInterim Lead Nurse for Inherited Cardiac Conditions, Barts Health NHS Trust, London
Dr Helen ParryACHD Consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Joseph & Kate PowellParent Speakers
Daniel RobinsonClinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds General Infirmary
Dione RogersDigital Health & AI Ethics Consultant, The Flourishing Hub Ltd
Lynda ShaughnessyCo-clinical Director and Lead Nurse, Lifelong CHD Network and Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Hannah SwiftACHD Clinical Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Juliet WardCardiac Congenital Nurse Consultant, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia
Amy WeedenTransition Nurse Specialist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust