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CDH International Medical Advisory Board

Executive Board of Directors

Medical Advisory Board

Patient Advocacy Board

CDH International’s Medical Advisory Board is comprised of some of the world’s greatest Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia research leaders:

N. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

N. Scott Adzick, MD, MMM, FACS, FAAP
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Kristin Aigner, RN, BSN OSF St. Francis Medical Center CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member CDHi UK Trustee

Kristin Aigner, RN, BSN
OSF St. Francis Medical Center
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
CDHi UK Trustee
Charles Carapinha, MBBcH (Wits), MRCS (Eng), FC Paed Surg (SA), MMED (Surg), MPH (Liverpool) University of the Witwatersrand Medical Advisory Board Member

Charles Carapinha, MBBcH (Wits), MRCS (Eng), FC Paed Surg (SA), MMED (Surg), MPH (Liverpool)
University of the Witwatersrand
Medical Advisory Board Member

Badr Chaban, MD
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
London, UK
Priscilla Chiu, MD Sick Kids, University of Toronto CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Priscilla Chiu, MD
Sick Kids, University of Toronto
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD Columbia Presbyterian / DHREAMS CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD
Columbia Presbyterian / DHREAMS
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Jan Deprest, MD, PhD University Hospital Gasthuisberg | Belgium CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Jan Deprest, MD, PhD
University Hospital Gasthuisberg | Belgium
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Patricia Donahoe, MD Massachusetts General Hospital CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Patricia Donahoe, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Mahmoud El Fiky, MD Cairo University, Harvard University, WOFAPS, CDH International Medical Advisory Board Member

Mahmoud El Fiky, MD
Cairo University, Harvard University, WOFAPS, CDH International Medical Advisory Board Member
Florian Friedmacher, MD NHS, Oxford, UK

Florian Friedmacher, MD
NHS, Oxford, UK
Matthew T. Harting, MD Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, CDH Study Group CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Matthew T. Harting, MD
Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston, CDH Study Group
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member


Tim Jancelewicz, MD MA MS FAAP FACS
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital at Memphis
Gabrielle Kardon, MS University of Utah CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Gabrielle Kardon, MS
University of Utah
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Richard Keijzer, MD, PhD, MSc
University of Manitoba and Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Steadman McPeters, PhD, CPNP University of Alabama at Birmingham CDH Survivor CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Steadman McPeters, PhD, CPNP
University of Alabama at Birmingham
CDH Survivor
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Giovanna Riccipetitoni, MD
Ospedaleidei Bambini Buzzi
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Henry Rice, MD Duke University Medical Center CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Henry Rice, MD
Duke University Medical Center
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Dick Tibboel, MD, PhD Erasmus University MC, Sophia Children’s Hospital | Netherlands CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Dick Tibboel, MD, PhD
Erasmus University MC, Sophia Children’s Hospital | Netherlands
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Jay Wilson, MD Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston CDH Study Group CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Jay Wilson, MD
Univ. of Texas Medical School at Houston
CDH Study Group
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Naomi Wright, MBChB, BSc, MRCS, DCH, MSc Paediatric Surgery Registrar, London CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member CDHi UK Trustee

Naomi Wright, MBChB, BSc, MRCS, DCH, MSc
Paediatric Surgery Registrar, London
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
CDHi UK Trustee
Edmund Yang, MD Peace Health Sacred Heart Medial Center at River Bend CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Edmund Yang, MD
Peace Health Sacred Heart Medial Center at River Bend
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member
Augusto Zani. MD Zani Lab University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

Augusto Zani. MD
Zani Lab
University of Toronto, Hospital for Sick Children
CDHi Medical Advisory Board Member

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