Robert P Foglia, MD is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Surgeon-in-Chief at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. He is Co-Editor of a major textbook of Pediatric Surgery and has 30+ years of experience in Perioperative Management and Performance Improvement. He is responsible for the clinical growth of surgical programs at Children’s and leads process improvement initiatives in the areas of quality, service, and stewardship.

Pediatric Surgery

Asif Hasan has completed his MBBS in 1992 and MD (Medicine) in 1995 from J N Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (India). He did his training in Cardiology from Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh (India) to obtain his DM (Cardiology) degree. He joined the Centre of Cardiology as Deputy Director in August 2010 and currently is working as Director for Centre of Cardiology since 11th Oct 2016. His main interests are coronary and cardiac structural interventions. During his training in Medicine, he received several gold medals and awards. He has several national and international publications to his name and presented papers at various national and international conferences. He is also an active member of American College of Cardiology and Indian College of Physicians. He has been awarded fellowships of ACC and ICP (Indian College of Physicians) in 2016.

Pediatrics Cardiology

Rizwana Popatia is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medical College and Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatrics Pulmonology. Her medical expertise includes pediatric asthma, interstitial lung disease, primary ciliary dyskinesia and pediatric bronchoscopy. She received her Medical Degree (MD) from M P Shah Medical College, India, with top honors and 17 gold medals and was awarded a “Best Resident Physician Award” during her residency tenure in Jamnagar, India. She completed her Residency in Pediatrics at the State University of New York – Downstate Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, and a fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. She also served as a Chief Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School. In addition to her clinical work, she is active in medical education and research, and global health. Her current research interests include outcome based research in asthma, Asthma Education (PACE Program) and Cardiopulmonary exercise training. She has multiple publications in eminent journals and have reviewed articles for eminent journals like American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, JAMA, Journal of Neonatology and Perinatology and BMC Medical Genetics. She is currently the Editorial Board Member of Journal of Pediatrics and Child Care as well as International Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Advancements.

Pediatrics Allergy and Infections

Andrew J A Holland graduated from London University in 1988 and obtained his FRCS in 1992. He is trained in London, Perth, Adelaide and Sydney, obtaining his FRACS. As a Surgeon Scientist Scholar of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney. He became a Senior Lecturer at the university in the same year and a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead. He was given a Personal Chair in Paediatric Surgery at The University of Sydney in 2010 and has over 200 publication in the scientific literature.

Pediatrics Surgery

Howard I Pryor II has completed his MD and General Surgery Residency at the George Washington University; a Research Fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Pediatric Surgery Fellowship at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is an Instructor of Pediatric Surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. He has published more than 20 journal articles and chapters and serves as a reviewer of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery.

Pediatric Surgery

Minu Bajpai is a Professor of Paediatric Surgeon at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. He is Fulbright Scholar at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He is Executive Editor of Journal of Progress in Paediatric Urology. He is President of Indian Association of Paediatric Surgeons (IAPS) from 2014-2015. He Received ICMR National awards twice i.e., 1995-Dr. Kamla Menon Award in Paediatrics and 2009-Kunti Omprakash Gold Medal in Paediatrics. He founded the Indian Society for Paediatric Urology & Asian Society for Paediatric Urology in 1998. He published 201 articles in peer reviewed journals.

Pediatrics Surgery, Pediatrics Nephrology and Urology