Board of Directors

Anita J. Moon-Grady, MD, FAAP, FAAC

President [2023 - 2026]

Dr. Anita Moon-Grady is a Professor, Pediatrics, at the University of California, San Francisco, and she is the Director of the Fetal Cardiovascular Program at Benioff Children’s Hospital.

Mary T. Donofrio, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE

Immediate Past - President [2023-2026]

Dr. Mary Donofrio is a Professor of pediatrics at George Washington University and the Van Metre Companies Endowed Chair of Fetal Cardiology, Medical Director of Prenatal Cardiology and Director of the Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship at Children’s National Hospital.

Nelangi Pinto, MD, MS

Vice-President [2022 - 2026]

Dr. Nelangi Pinto is a Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington. Her research, clinical and advocacy efforts focus on improving early diagnosis of CHD and improving family centered care particularly in low resource settings.

Christopher Lindblade, MD

Secretary [2021 - 2026]

Dr. Christopher Lindblade is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine and the Director of the Fetal Cardiology Program at Phoenix Children’s.

Bhawna Arya, MD

Treasurer [2022 - 2025]

Dr. Bhawna Arya is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital and the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is the director of the Fetal Cardiology Program and the Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

Shabnam Peyvandi, MD, MAS

Research Officer [ 2024 - 2026]

Dr. Shabnam Peyvandi is a pediatric cardiologist and Benioff Professor in Children's Health, specializing in diagnosing and managing congenital heart disease before birth. She co-directs the Pediatric Healthy Hearts and Minds Program, which supports the long-term development of children with heart defects through national and international collaborations. Her research, funded by various grants, focuses on early developmental markers in children with heart disease, and she directs the UCSF Pediatric Heart Center’s cardiovascular research program. Dr. Peyvandi earned her medical degree from New York Medical College and completed her training at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She holds a master's degree in clinical research and is a fellow of the American Heart Association and American Society of Echocardiography.

Lisa Hornberger, MD

Publication Officer [2023 - 2026]

Dr. Lisa Hornberger is the current Director of the Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Program, Professor of Pediatrics (Division of Cardiology) and Obstetric & Gynecology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Theresa Tacy, MD

Education Officer [2022 - 2025]

Dr. Theresa Tacy is the Echocardiography Lab and Fetal Cardiology Director at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford.

Lindsay freud, MD

Member-At-Large [2021 - 2025]

Dr. Lindsay Freud, MD serves as is a pediatric cardiologist and Associate Director of Fetal Cardiology at The Hospital for Sick Children and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.

Reem S. Abu-Rustum, md

Member-At-Large [2024 - 2026]

Dr. Abu-Rustum serves as Associate Professor, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Florida College of Medicine.

erik "Rick" michelfelder, MD

Member-At-Large [2023 - 2026]

Dr. Michelfelder is Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine and Director of the Fetal Cardiology Program at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Heart Center. He has been practicing cardiology for 25 years. Dr. Michelfelder’s primary clinical and academic interests are fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease and non-invasive cardiac imaging in children. 

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