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Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., M.P.H Chair, Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth Symposium Medical Director, Youth Heart Watch at the Cardiac Center of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, an affiliate of Project ADAM |
Dear Providers,
As a pediatric cardiologist, I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of conditions associated with Sudden Cardiac Arrest in youth and young adults. I invite medical providers, school health providers and staff, athletic trainers, coaches, physical education and health teachers, and PIAA representatives to attend this groundbreaking symposium, which addresses this critical issue. The goal of the symposium is to provide awareness of sudden cardiac arrest and death and the associated conditions, discuss strategies that can help to identify these potential life-threatening cardiac conditions, and to explore the latest screening, diagnostic, and treatment options to prevent sudden cardiac death in youth.
Please join The Peyton Walker Foundation as well as our esteemed faculty on April 4th in Hershey. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the most current research, discuss pros and cons of ECG screenings, receive hands-on training, and help identify best practices for children and adolescents at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Continuing education credits (CME and CEU) are available.
Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., M.P.H
Chair, Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth Symposium
Medical Director, Youth Heart Watch at the Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, an affiliate of Project ADAM
As a pediatric cardiologist, I have seen firsthand the devastating impact of conditions associated with Sudden Cardiac Arrest in youth and young adults. I invite medical providers, school health providers and staff, athletic trainers, coaches, physical education and health teachers, and PIAA representatives to attend this groundbreaking symposium, which addresses this critical issue. The goal of the symposium is to provide awareness of sudden cardiac arrest and death and the associated conditions, discuss strategies that can help to identify these potential life-threatening cardiac conditions, and to explore the latest screening, diagnostic, and treatment options to prevent sudden cardiac death in youth.
Please join The Peyton Walker Foundation as well as our esteemed faculty on April 4th in Hershey. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn about the most current research, discuss pros and cons of ECG screenings, receive hands-on training, and help identify best practices for children and adolescents at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Continuing education credits (CME and CEU) are available.
Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., M.P.H
Chair, Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Youth Symposium
Medical Director, Youth Heart Watch at the Cardiac Center of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, an affiliate of Project ADAM
FACULTY
Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., MPH is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Recognized for her leadership in pediatric electrophysiology with special expertise in long QT syndrome and other conditions associated with sudden cardiac death in children and young adults, she is the Medical Director for the Youth Heart Watch Program at CHOP, Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of Parent Heart Watch, and is on the Advisory Committee of the NIH/CDC Sudden Death in Youth Registry. A graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, she completed a residency in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. She completed her Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Policy and Health Services Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Vetter has received numerous awards for her work in pediatric cardiology and has presented nationally and internationally, and has over 150 publications.
Lee Beerman, M.D. is the Director of Electrophysiology Services and the Pediatric Arrhythmia Program with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is a nationally recognized Pediatric Electrophysiologist. He has won numerous awards for his teaching; has contributed to the literature of pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology; and conducts clinical research related to arrhythmias and sudden death in the pediatric population. Dr. Beerman is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, where he has remained on the Pediatric Cardiology staff. Dr. Beerman resides in the Point Breeze suburb of Pittsburgh, PA.
Salim Idriss, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at Duke University and is the Executive Co-Director of the Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. He is the Director of Duke Pediatric Electrophysiology, Fellowship Director for the Duke Pediatric Electrophysiology training program and the Director of the Duke Pediatric Catheterization Laboratories. Dr. Idriss serves on multiple medical advisory boards and national and international societies including Parent Heart Watch, the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium, and the cardiology division of GE Healthcare. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. His extensive research specializes in developmental EP, arrhythmia vulnerability, and prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young. Dr. Idriss co-directs the Project ADAM North Carolina program to certify schools in the SCDY prevention. Dr. Idriss earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Duke University, as well as his M.D. and Ph. D. in the area of cardiac electrophysiology and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and EP from Duke. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH.
Jason Imundo, M.D. is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology with the Children’s Heart Group at Penn State Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine. His primary focus is in cardiac device implantation, ablation procedures, arrhythmias management, noninvasive electrophysiology as well as general pediatric cardiology. He joined the faculty at Penn State Health following completion of his Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Imundo completed training in Pediatrics at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York City and Cohen Children's Medical Center (formerly Schneider Children's Hospital) and in Pediatric Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Imundo is involved in multiple publications in the field of Pediatric Electrophysiology. He is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and an active member of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society. Dr. Imundo is also the Medical Director for the Grantville Fire Company in Dauphin County, PA and has volunteered with Heart Screening Program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
Sunil Patel, M.D., MBBS is a Pediatric Cardiologist with the UPMC PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute. His areas of focus include pediatric and adult Congenital Heart Disease and Echocardiography. Dr. Patel attended the Medical College in Baroda, India. He completed his Pediatric residency at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York, and his Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Patel lives in Lancaster and has been actively involved as a volunteer with the Heart Screening program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
Chalese Richardson-Olivier, M.D. is a Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellow with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. Richardson-Olivier completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology from the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Richardson-Olivier is highly regarded and has received honors and recognition for her academic achievements, leadership and clinical performance in the area of pediatric cardiology. She lives in Lansdowne, which is in suburban Philadelphia, PA.
Paul Stephens, Jr. M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist in the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with special interest in exercise physiology. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. With a focus on the impact of exercise for athletes with congenital heart disease, Dr. Stephens is well published in the area sudden cardiac death and the topic of pre-sports screenings. Dr. Stephens attended medical school at Duke University, completed his pediatric residency from Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, Medical College of Georgia and his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology from St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Reina Tan, M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist as well as the Divisional Director of Fellow Research with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at New York Langone Health. Dr. Tan is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with New York University. Dr. Tan’s research in the area of Congenital Heart Disease and pediatric electrophysiology is highly regarded, and she has received awards and honors for her academics. She received her M.D. from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, completed her residency in Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York, her Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at NYU Langone Health and her Senior Fellowship at Senior Fellowship in Pediatric Electrophysiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Tan resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Shawn West, M.D. MSc. is a Pediatric Cardiologist with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at and an Assistant Professor with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. West’s specialties include cardiomyopathies, heart failure, heart transplant, and pulmonary hypertension in children, and he is well-published in those areas. He attended the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He resides in Wexford, which is a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA.
Chris Zachary, M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist with the UPMC PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute. He is also the Medical Director of the Pediatric Echo Lab with UPMC Pinnacle. Dr. Zachary’s research and lectures in the area of Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease and Electrocardiography have been highly regarded locally and nationally. Dr. Zachary attended The Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and completed his Pediatric residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is a Fellow with the American Academy of Cardiology. Dr. Zachary has been actively involved as a volunteer with the Heart Screening program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
Victoria L. Vetter, M.D., MPH is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Recognized for her leadership in pediatric electrophysiology with special expertise in long QT syndrome and other conditions associated with sudden cardiac death in children and young adults, she is the Medical Director for the Youth Heart Watch Program at CHOP, Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of Parent Heart Watch, and is on the Advisory Committee of the NIH/CDC Sudden Death in Youth Registry. A graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, she completed a residency in Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and Vanderbilt University Hospitals. She completed her Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and a Master of Public Health and a Master of Health Policy and Health Services Research at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Vetter has received numerous awards for her work in pediatric cardiology and has presented nationally and internationally, and has over 150 publications.
Lee Beerman, M.D. is the Director of Electrophysiology Services and the Pediatric Arrhythmia Program with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and is a nationally recognized Pediatric Electrophysiologist. He has won numerous awards for his teaching; has contributed to the literature of pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology; and conducts clinical research related to arrhythmias and sudden death in the pediatric population. Dr. Beerman is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, where he has remained on the Pediatric Cardiology staff. Dr. Beerman resides in the Point Breeze suburb of Pittsburgh, PA.
Salim Idriss, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics with tenure at Duke University and is the Executive Co-Director of the Duke Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. He is the Director of Duke Pediatric Electrophysiology, Fellowship Director for the Duke Pediatric Electrophysiology training program and the Director of the Duke Pediatric Catheterization Laboratories. Dr. Idriss serves on multiple medical advisory boards and national and international societies including Parent Heart Watch, the Cardiac Safety Research Consortium, and the cardiology division of GE Healthcare. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society. His extensive research specializes in developmental EP, arrhythmia vulnerability, and prevention of sudden cardiac death in the young. Dr. Idriss co-directs the Project ADAM North Carolina program to certify schools in the SCDY prevention. Dr. Idriss earned a B.S. in biomedical engineering from Duke University, as well as his M.D. and Ph. D. in the area of cardiac electrophysiology and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology and EP from Duke. He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital in Cleveland, OH.
Jason Imundo, M.D. is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology with the Children’s Heart Group at Penn State Children's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine. His primary focus is in cardiac device implantation, ablation procedures, arrhythmias management, noninvasive electrophysiology as well as general pediatric cardiology. He joined the faculty at Penn State Health following completion of his Pediatric Cardiac Electrophysiology fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). Dr. Imundo completed training in Pediatrics at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in New York City and Cohen Children's Medical Center (formerly Schneider Children's Hospital) and in Pediatric Cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Imundo is involved in multiple publications in the field of Pediatric Electrophysiology. He is a Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society and an active member of the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society. Dr. Imundo is also the Medical Director for the Grantville Fire Company in Dauphin County, PA and has volunteered with Heart Screening Program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
Sunil Patel, M.D., MBBS is a Pediatric Cardiologist with the UPMC PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute. His areas of focus include pediatric and adult Congenital Heart Disease and Echocardiography. Dr. Patel attended the Medical College in Baroda, India. He completed his Pediatric residency at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in New York, and his Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Dr. Patel lives in Lancaster and has been actively involved as a volunteer with the Heart Screening program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
Chalese Richardson-Olivier, M.D. is a Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellow with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania. Richardson-Olivier completed her fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology from the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Richardson-Olivier is highly regarded and has received honors and recognition for her academic achievements, leadership and clinical performance in the area of pediatric cardiology. She lives in Lansdowne, which is in suburban Philadelphia, PA.
Paul Stephens, Jr. M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist in the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia with special interest in exercise physiology. He is also an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. With a focus on the impact of exercise for athletes with congenital heart disease, Dr. Stephens is well published in the area sudden cardiac death and the topic of pre-sports screenings. Dr. Stephens attended medical school at Duke University, completed his pediatric residency from Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, Medical College of Georgia and his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology from St. Christopher's Hospital for Children.
Reina Tan, M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist as well as the Divisional Director of Fellow Research with the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at New York Langone Health. Dr. Tan is also a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with New York University. Dr. Tan’s research in the area of Congenital Heart Disease and pediatric electrophysiology is highly regarded, and she has received awards and honors for her academics. She received her M.D. from the University of Santo Tomas in Manila, Philippines, completed her residency in Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in New York, her Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at NYU Langone Health and her Senior Fellowship at Senior Fellowship in Pediatric Electrophysiology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Tan resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Shawn West, M.D. MSc. is a Pediatric Cardiologist with UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at and an Assistant Professor with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics. Dr. West’s specialties include cardiomyopathies, heart failure, heart transplant, and pulmonary hypertension in children, and he is well-published in those areas. He attended the Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine and completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He resides in Wexford, which is a suburb of Pittsburgh, PA.
Chris Zachary, M.D. is a Pediatric Cardiologist with the UPMC PinnacleHealth CardioVascular Institute. He is also the Medical Director of the Pediatric Echo Lab with UPMC Pinnacle. Dr. Zachary’s research and lectures in the area of Pediatric Cardiovascular Disease and Electrocardiography have been highly regarded locally and nationally. Dr. Zachary attended The Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University and completed his Pediatric residency and Cardiology fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is a Fellow with the American Academy of Cardiology. Dr. Zachary has been actively involved as a volunteer with the Heart Screening program with The Peyton Walker Foundation.
