Congratulations to Heart Program physicians, Leo Lopez & Kristine Guleserian, on hosting the International Society for Nomenclature of Paediatric and Congenital Heart Disease's Annual Meeting, held January 6-9 at Nicklaus Children's Hospital. Attendees came from as far as South America, Europe, Asia and North America for this event.
About the Team
Dr. Cecilio “Leo” Lopez is the Medical Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging. Since beginning his career in 1994, Dr. Lopez has performed more than 20,000 echo imaging studies. Dr. Lopez enjoys seeing complex congenital heart diseases and also has special clinical interests in ventricular function and quality improvement in cardiac imaging.
World-renowned congenital heart surgeon, Dr. Kristine J. Guleserian, recently joined The Heart Program’s robust congenital heart surgery offerings. Dr. Guleserian brings with her a wealth of experience in congenital heart surgery as well as pediatric heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support.
About the Heart Program
The Heart Program at Nicklaus Children’s, a world leader in pediatric cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for the care of children with congenital heart disease, serves as a beacon to families confronting the reality of a child or newborn with a heart defect. The Heart Program offers the most innovative and least invasive approaches to the treatment of congenital heart disease, including many first-in-the-world procedures that were pioneered right here by The Heart Program’s own internationally renowned cardiologists and cardiovascular surgeons.