Global ARCH Advisory Councils

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Medical Advisory Council

Babar S. Hasan, MD
Medical Council Co-Chair
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation
Pakistan

Disty Pearson, PA
Medical Council Co-Chair
Global ARCH
United States

Jack Colman, MD, FRCPC
University of Toronto
Canada

Kathy Jenkins, MD, MPH
Boston Children's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
United States

Sandra da Silva Mattos, MD, PhD
Real Hospital Português de Beneficência em Pernambuco Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Brazil

R Krishna Kumar, MD (KK)
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Amrita University
India

Christopher Hugo Hamman, MD
Ministry of Health of Namibia
South Africa

Matt Oster, MD, MPH
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
United States

Alexis Palacios-Macedo, MD
Instituto Nacional de Pediatría (INP) ABC Medical Center/Kardias Congenital Heart Surgery Program
Mexico

Sivakumar Sivalingam, FRCS(CTh)
National Heart Institute
Malaysia

Dominique Vervoort, MD, MPH, MBA
University of Toronto
Global Surgery Foundation
Canada

Fenny Fiindje Shidhika, MD
Ministry of Health and Social Services
Namibia

Andrea Beaton, MD
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
United States

Liza Morton, SFHEA, CPsychol, PhD
Glasgow Caledonian University
United Kingdom

Bruna Cury, RN, MHS
CardioPedBrasil®
Hospital da Criança e Maternidade
Brazil

Muneera A. Rasheed, MS
University of Bergen
Norway

Liesl Zühlke, MBChB, DCH, FCPaeds, MPH, FESC, FACC,FAHA MAssaf, MSc, PhD
University of Cape Town
South African Medical Research Council

South Africa

Sreehari M Nair, MBBS, MBA, PGD DN
Health Service Kerala
Department of Health & Family Welfare, Kerala
India

Member Relations Council

Shelagh Ross
Member Council Co-Chair
Global ARCH
Canada

Ruth Ngwaro
Member Council Co-Chair
Kenya Mended Hearts
Kenya/United States

Rajwant Kaur Singh
Children's Heart Federation
United Kingdom

Carissa Ostrom
Conquering CHD
United States

Beth Rumack
Ollie Hinkle Heart Foundation
United States

Suchismita Halder
Rare Warriors of Bengal Association
India

Appu K George
Justice for Heart Warriors
India

Tania Potts
HeartKids
Australia

Nazette Bost
Brave Little Hearts SA
South Africa

Lavinia Ndemutila Ndinangoye
Namibia Rheumatic and Congenital Hearts
Namibia

Glory Eshiet
Mending Hearts
Nigeria

Audelia Villarreal
Ayuda a Corazón de Niño, A.C.
Mexico

Cecilia Ramírez Armijo
Fundación Corazones Luchadores
Chile

Shirley Effio
Amigos de Corazón
Peru

Global ARCH’s leadership team works hand-in-hand with our Advisory Councils to achieve our goals. Click the button above to get to know the individuals driving our vision forward.

 

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Amy Verstappen, President

Amy Verstappen has been a patient advocate and health educator since 1996, when her own challenges living with a complex heart defect led her to the Adult Congenital Heart Association, where she served as president from 2001 to 2013. She has served as an advisor to the Centers for Disease Control the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; and the International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease, and worked with congenital heart patient and professional groups throughout the USA and the world.  Ms. Verstappen received a Masters in Education in 1990 and a Masters in Global Health in 2019.