Dr. Amish Jain works as a staff neonatologist and clinician scientist at the Sinai Health System/Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and as an Associate Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. He completed his medical school in India, pediatric residency in the UK, and both his neonatal-perinatal fellowship and his PhD in cardiovascular physiology at the University of Toronto. He is also the site Director of the Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Program in the NICU at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Jain’s specific research interests are in the field of critical care, neonatal cardio-pulmonary physiology and functional echocardiography, particularly in the assessment and management of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular function in neonates.

Dr. Prakesh S Shah is a Professor in Department of Paediatric and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, Canada. He holds an Applied Research Chair from CIHR in Reproductive and Child Health Services Research. Currently, he is the director of the Canadian Neonatal Network (CNN) and the International Network for Evaluation of Outcomes of Neonates (iNeo) whereby he oversees a project of benchmarking outcomes of very low birth weight neonates in eleven countries with population-based neonatal networks with a final aim of improving quality of care across 240 NICUs participating in the network. His areas of interest include patient and disease oriented research in neonatal-perinatal medicine, health services and epidemiological research in maternal-newborn care, knowledge synthesis and quality improvement. He has evaluated and produced policy documents on interventions and programs for primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of preterm birth for provincial and national agencies. Dr. Prakesh S Shah has been a long-standing collaborator in hemodynamic research in Toronto, where he has significant contributions to research methodology.

Dr. Poorva Deshpande is a Staff Neonatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto. She completed her medical school in India, pediatric residency in the UK, and both her neonatal-perinatal fellowship her targeted neonatal echocardiography training at the University of Toronto. She has an interest in cerebral hemodynamics of preterm infants. She joined the Clinician-Scientist development program at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto while pursuing her Masters degree in Medical Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Deshpande is developing her research interests in the field of cerebral hemodynamics of intraventricular hemorrhage, combined multimodal brain and hemodynamic monitoring, and neuromonitoring in preterm infants using near infrared spectroscopy and amplitude integrated EEG.

Dr. Ashraf Kharrat is a staff neonatologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, ON and an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the University of Toronto. She completed her medical school at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, AB in 2012, her pediatrics residency at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON in 2015 and her neonatal-perinatal fellowship and targeted neonatal echocardiography training at the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON in 2018. She obtained a Master of Science in Healthcare Quality program from Queen’s University in 2019. Dr. Kharrat has a clinical and academic interest in bridging cardiopulmonary physiology with quality improvement and is undertaking research in neonatal hemodynamics in sepsis and septic shock.

Laura Thomas is the Research Program Coordinator for the Neonatal Hemodynamics Research Programs at Mount Sinai Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the coordinator for the NHRC. She completed her MSc at the Institute of Medical Science (Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto) with a specialized focus in neuroscience and brain health and completed a Project Management Program with a specialization in Community and Health Services Management at Ryerson University. She is currently managing multi-centre research projects for chronic pulmonary hypertension and the use of inhaled nitric oxide in preterm and extremely low birth weight infants in Canadian and international NICUs.

Dr. Dany Weisz is a neonatal intensivist and director of the Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada. He completed medical school at the University of Western Ontario, and residency in general pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. He completed his clinical fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, both at the University of Toronto. Dr. Weisz’s specific research interests include the epidemiology and management of patent ductus arteriosus, transitional hemodynamics and its association with early neonatal morbidity, and non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in extremely preterm infants.

Dr. Luc Mertens is currently the Echocardiography Section Head at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Mertens obtained his medical degree and a doctoral degree in Medical Sciences (Physiology and Molecular Biology) at the University of Leuven, Belgium. He trained in Paediatric and Paediatric Cardiology at the University Hospitals Leuven and at The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN (USA). He worked as a pediatric cardiologist at the University Hospitals in Leuven between 1998 and 2008. His clinical expertise is in paediatric echocardiography. His research interests focus on studying cardiac function in children.

Dr. Bonny Jasani is a staff neonatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He completed medical school and residency in general pediatrics at the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India. He completed his DM training in Neonatology at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, and clinical fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Jasani’s specific research interests include the use of acetaminophen for management of patent ductus arteriosus, and transcatheter device closure of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants.

Jacqueline Wheatley is a paediatric cardiac sonographer and quality leader at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Currently part of the cardiovascular ultrasound research team, and in partnership with Mount Sinai and Sunnybrook Hospitals, her focus is on neonatal echocardiographic research analysis. She is also a cardiac sonography skills instructor in the nationally recognized and accredited Diagnostic Cardiac Sonography Graduate Program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario.

Dr. Joseph Ting is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia and Staff Neonatologist at BC Women’s Hospital. He completed his Residency in Pediatrics at Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, in 2006 and obtained his Postgraduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases and Master of Public Health (Medical Statistics) from the University of Hong Kong in 2007 and 2009, respectively. In 2010-2013 he received his fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in Vancouver, six months of which was spent at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to receive further training in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TNE). His main research interests fall into two aspects: (i) neonatal infections; and (ii) small-for-gestational age infants. He is interested in conducting (i) population studies to understand their associations with predictive variables and neonatal outcomes; and (ii) TNE studies to describe their haemodynamic changes to develop supportive strategies to these vulnerable infants.

Dr. Michael Castaldo is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of British Columbia and Staff Neonatologist at BC Women’s Hospital. He completed his Residency in Paediatric at Cohen Children’s Medical Centre in New York, in 2013 and obtained his Fellowship Training in Neonatology with the University of Toronto. His interest in TNE derived from an appreciation of how the technology offers a non-invasive assessment of cardiovascular health and illustrates the underlying pathophysiology otherwise unseen. Michael was trained in TNE at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. His goal is to evaluate and demonstrate the presumed benefits of TNE as it relates to clarification of cardiovascular physiology, earlier identification of disease states, more focused cardiovascular decision-making and avoidance of treatment in certain situations.

Dr. Soraisham is a Staff Neonatologist and Professor of Pediatrics, at Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. He completed medical school and Pediatric (MD) residency training at JIPMER, Pondicherry, India in 1999. He obtained Postdoctoral (DM) Neonatology training from PGIMER, Chandigarh, in 2002 and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at University of Calgary, Canada. He holds a MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from University of Calgary. Currently he is the Medical Director for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Foothills Medical Centre and the Director of Calgary Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Program.

Dr. Kumaran is the section head of Newborn Health at the Royal Alexandra Hospital site and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. He trained in Pediatrics and Neonatology in India, UK, Canada (London, ON) and Australia, and worked as a Staff Neonatologist in New Zealand before settling in Edmonton. Dr. Kumaran trained in Echocardiography in UK and Australia and has been integrating TNE practice with clinical Neonatology since 2005. Dr. Kumaran’s interests are quality improvement, hemodynamics-integrated practice, TNE training, as well as neonatal palliative care and mindfulness for stress reduction.

Dr. Hyderi is a staff neonatologist for the Northern Alberta Neonatal Program at Stollery Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. He had his preliminary medical and Pediatric training in India, completed Neonatal fellowship training in Calgary and another 2 years of PGME fellowship at the University of Alberta (Clinical & Research fellowship in Neonatal Cardiology and Echocardiography). He is the Education Lead for the Targeted Neonatal Program and Service in Edmonton. His passion includes education/advancement of TNE hemodynamics learning, and is currently the TNE Education Lead at the TNE Fellowship Program, University of Alberta.

Dawn Pepper has worked in the NICU since 2002, as a bedside RN initially and then a transport RN. She graduated from the Master of Nursing, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program in 2009 and is an Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse in Edmonton zone. She completed Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography training in 2016 in Edmonton – the first Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to be certified in Canada.  She is currently involved with training and precepting of new learners in the Edmonton TNE program, as well as providing hemodynamic consults through the TNE service.

Dr. Hornberger is the Section Head of Pediatric Echocardiography and a Professor of Pediatrics and Adjunct Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.  For nearly 2 decades she has been involved in clinical, educational and research endeavors in fetal and neonatal cardiovascular health and disease. She has established three fetal cardiovascular programs at the University of Toronto (1996-2003), at the University of California, San Francisco (2003-2008), and since 2008 at the University of Alberta. The Stollery Children’s Hospital Echo Lab, under her direction, performed over 12,000 pediatric and fetal echocardiograms and is internationally recognized for leading research in clinical applications of 3D, virtual and functional echocardiography.

Dr. Aimann Surak is a staff neonatologist for the Northern Alberta Neonatal Program at Stollery Children’s Hospital and a clinical lecturer in pediatrics at the University of Alberta. His training was in Ontario, Canada where he completed a pediatric residency (London ON), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship (London ON), Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine departmental fellowship (Toronto ON) and most recently a subspecialty program in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography and Hemodynamics (Ottawa ON). He is obtaining Master of Science degree in epidemiology and clinical trials through The London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London, UK). Dr. Surak’s clinical and research interests are in neonatal hemodynamics, cardiovascular physiology and improving the quality of imaging acquisition.

Dr. Bitar is a clinical assistant for Alberta Health Services and a clinical lecturer of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. He had his Pediatric training in Syria, completed a neonatal training program in United Arab Emirates, neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship and targeted neonatal echocardiography training at the University of Alberta. His main research focus includes pulmonary hypertension, neonatal hemodynamics and integrating echocardiography and point of care ultrasound in the clinical practice. Dr. Bitar is also pursuing a Master of Science in clinical epidemiology at the University of Alberta.

Yasser Elsayed is an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Manitoba, a staff neonatologist,and researcher at the Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba. He is the funder and director of the Integrated Hemodynamics and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography program and point of care ultrasound in Winnipeg and the co-chairof POCUNEO group. Using a combination of ultrasound, echocardiography and near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), he has been able to optimize the management of critically ill newborns by providing a thorough assessment of end organ (heart, lung and brain) performance. His research interests are in the field of hemodynamics and physiology oriented practice.

Dr. Deepak Louis is a Neonatologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba and is one of two Neonatologists with targeted neonatal echocardiography expertise in Winnipeg. He was trained in TnEcho at the University of Toronto. His research interests are in the field of Neonatal hemodynamics and point of care ultrasound.

Dr. Bhattacharya is a Neonatologist and Assistant Professor at Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and an Associate Scientist at Children’s Health Research Institute, London and Lawson Health Research Institute. Dr. Bhattacharya did a 3-year Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Western University (2013-2016) followed by a 1 year Fellowship in, Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography, and Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. (2016-2017). She has also completed her Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology from McMaster University (2017). Dr. Bhattacharya’s research interest revolves around neonatal hemodynamics, cardiovascular physiology, neonatal brain injury and technological innovations in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Dr. Renjini Lalitha is a Neonatologist and Assistant Professor at Western University, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. She did 3year fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Western University (2013-2016) followed by 2.5years of Targeted Neonatal Echocardiogram fellowship at University of Alberta (2017-2020). Dr.Lalitha’s area of research interest revolves around application of different modalities for assessing hemodynamics during transitional period, pulmonary hypertension and exploring the role of TNE in BPD prediction. She also maintains interest in POCUS and is interested in exploring the application of POCUS in predicting preterm brain injury.

Dr. Amneet Sidhu is a Staff Neonatologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at McMaster University. She completed medical school at the University of Ottawa and her paediatrics residency and neonatal-perinatal medicine fellowship at the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Sidhu’s clinical and research interests relate to transitional hemodynamics and its impact on neonatal morbidity, integration of POCUS with bedside clinical decision making, and quality improvement in neonatal hemodynamics.

Dr. Ben Fadel is a Neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa Hospital (TOH) and an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa. She received her MD from Al Fateh University in Tripoli, Libya. Dr. Ben Fadel has a great interest in studying neonatal cardiac function and hemodynamics.  Her main research focus is on the use of TnEcho and point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Dr. Ben Fadel has a master’s degree in Health Professional Medical Education, and is the program director of both the Neonatal Perinatal Medicine fellowship and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Fellowships.

Dr. Jankov is Professor and Vice Chair (Research) in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Ottawa, a Clinician-Scientist in the Division of Neonatology and a Senior Scientist in the Molecular Biomedicine Program at CHEO Research Institute. He obtained his MB, BS at the University of Melbourne, Australia and completed his residency training in Paediatrics at the Royal Children’s Hospital. He subsequently completed a Clinical Fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, followed by a PhD (Physiology), at the University of Toronto. Dr. Jankov’s research program is focused upon understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms of vascular remodeling, right-ventricular dysfunction and nitric oxide unresponsiveness in pulmonary hypertension during early life.

Dr. Gabriel Altit is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Neonatology at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and staff neonatologist at Montreal Children’s Hospital. He is the principal investigator of the NeoCardio Lab at the MUHC Research Institute. He graduated from McGill University medical school and completed his residency in general pediatrics and his training in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Université de Montréal – CHU Sainte-Justine. Dr. Altit was trained in echocardiography at Montreal Children’s Hospital. He then completed a post-doctoral year of neonatal echocardiography research at Stanford University. He obtained his MSc (Epidemiology) from McGill University. His research interests are in neonatal hemodynamics and populations with congenital diaphragmatic hernia, congenital heart defect, pulmonary hypertension, and prematurity.

After her residency in neonatal-perinatal medicine at CHU Sainte-Justine, Dr. Villeneuve continued with an additional year of training in functional echocardiography at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney (Australia), and completed the “Advanced Neonatal Clinician Performed Ultrasound” Certificate from the Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine. During her clinical training, Dr. Villeneuve completed a Clinician-Researcher program of the Royal College of Canada and a master's degree in Biomedical Sciences. She is a staff neonatologist at CHU Sainte-Justine and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal. Her interests are in the field of transfusion medicine in neonatology, including expertise in neonatal hemodynamics.

Dr. Anie Lapointe obtained her medical degree in 2005 and completed residency in general pediatrics at the Laval’s University in Quebec City in 2008. In 2010, she completed her fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal. In 2010-2011, she received training in Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography at The Hospital for SickChildren in Toronto. She added a master’s degree in Cardiovascular Physiology from Universityof Montreal in 2016. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at University of Montreal and astaff neonatologist at CHU Sainte-Justine in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Dr. Lapointe’s specificresearch interests include neonatal sepsis, management of PDA, andtransitional hemodynamics in extremely preterm infants.

Dr. Audrey Hebert is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at Laval University and staff neonatologist at CHU de Quebec. She completed her Pediatrics residency training and Neonatal-Perinatal fellowship at Université Laval – CHU de Quebec. She completed formal training in Neonatal Hemodynamics/TNE at BC Women’s Hospital and at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Health Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Hebert is developing her research interest in the field of chronic pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and training program development in TNE.

Dr. Christine Drolet is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Neonatology at Laval University and staff neonatologist at CHU de Quebec. She obtained her Pediatrics residency training and Neonatal-perinatal fellowship at Université Laval – CHU de Quebec. She completed her training in neonatal follow-up at Sunnybrook Hospital while pursuing training in TNE at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Her clinical and research interests in the field of chronic pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and quality improvement.

Dr. Walid El-Naggar is a neonatologist at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia and an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University. He had fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at the University of Toronto followed by a fellowship year in Echocardiography at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.  He moved to Halifax in 2008 and is currently the TNE and Research Director of the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. His research interests include neonatal resuscitation, placental transfusion, neonatal thrombosis and neonatal hemodynamics. Dr. El-Naggar served as a member of the Canadian Pediatric Society NRP Executive Committee and Scientific Subcommittee and is currently a member of the CNN Executive Committee, International Liaison Committee on Neonatal Resuscitation (ILCOR) and NLS Task Force.

Dr. Mitra is a staff Neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, cross-appointed with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. He completed his fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine and MSc in Clinical Epidemiology from McMaster University and is currently pursuing his PhD in Epidemiology and Applied Health Research from Dalhousie University. His research interests revolve around improving outcomes of preterm babies with PDA. He is the Principal Investigator of aCIHR funded pan-Canadian study comparing different medications currently used for PDA therapy. He is also the co-chair of the Evidence Based Practice for Improving Quality Hemodynamic Group of the Canadian Neonatal Network involved in developing evidence-based clinical practice bundles for pretermswith hemodynamic issues.