The International Steering Committee

M. Sertaç Çiçek, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Istanbul, Turkey

Chair, World Congress International Steering Committee (2023)

Co-Chair, 7th World Congress (2017)

Zohair Y. Al Halees, MD, MSC, FACC, FRCSC, FACS

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Lee Benson, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FSCAI

Toronto, Canada

Chair, 3rd World Congress (2001)

Horacio Capelli, MD

Buenos Aires Argentina

Chair, 4th World Congress (2005)

Professor John Eric Deanfield, CBE

London, England

Professor Junbao Du, MD

Beijing, China

Christopher Hugo-Hamman

Cape Town, South Africa

Chair, 6th World Congress (2013)

Krishna Subramony Iyer, MD

New Delhi, India

Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, FACS, FACC, FCCP

Gainesville, Florida, US

Co-Chair, 8th World Congress (2023)

Marcelo Biscegli Jatene, MD

São Paulo, Brazil

Tom R. Karl, MS, MD, FRACS

Queensland, Australia

Folkert J. Meijboom

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Professor Sir Shakeel Ahmed Qureshi, MBChB, FRCP, FRCPCH

London, United Kingdom

Irfan Levent Saltik, MD, FPICS

Istanbul, Turkey

Co-Chair, 7th World Congress (2017)

Susan Vosloo, MD

Cape Town, South Africa

Co-Chair, 6th World Congress (2013)

Gil Wernovsky, MD, FAAP, FACC

Co-Chair,
8th World Congress (2023)

James (Jim) Wilkinson AM, MBChB, FRCP, FRACP, FRCPCH, FACC, FCSANZ

Melbourne, Australia

Chair, 5th World Congress (2009)