Dr. Aboulhosn, ABIM Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the Director of the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center. He was awarded the Streisand American Heart Association Chair in Cardiology in 2014.

Previously, Dr. Aboulhosn served as the Director of Clinical Research at the Ahmanson/UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center and as the Director of the Westwood Heart Center Non-Invasive Imaging Laboratory. From 2009 to 2012, he served as the Director of Adult Congenital Heart Disease at Children's Heart Center Nevada.

Dr. Aboulhosn is the current Chairman of the Global Research Working Group for the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease. He is also the Vice-Chairman of the Adult Congenital Heart Association's Medical Advisory Board. He is also an active member and fellow of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions and the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Aboulhosn is a founding member and former President and Secretary of the Association for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology. He serves on the editorial board of The American Journal of Cardiology and is a guest editor for Circulation.

Dr. Aboulhosn received his bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences from the University of California, Riverside and his medical degree from UCLA. He completed his house-staff and adult cardiology training at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center followed by a fellowship in adult congenital heart disease at UCLA.

As of April 2025, Dr. Aboulhosn reported the following external relationships:

Funding for clinical trial expenses and staff, paid to UCLA School of Medicine, from the following companies:

• Venus Medtech, serving as principal investigator for a VenusP-Valve trial site

Consulting on design of new drugs or devices, clinical trials, the use of specific agents or other research-related activities for the following companies, with honoraria:

• Edwards Lifesciences 
• Medtronic
• Siemens

Teaching in satellite symposia funded by the following companies, with honoraria:

• Medtronic
• Zoll

Dr. Cedars is the Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He also serves as director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center.

He is a member of the leadership committee for the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network, an organization focused on the improvement of outcomes for pediatric ventricular assist device patients. He is an administrative board member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology, a multi-institutional academic research network devoted to producing new research in adult congenital heart disease. He is also a member of the medical advisory board for the Adult Congenital Heart Association. Dr. Cedars’ research focuses on patient-centered outcomes, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, and the biological mechanisms underlying clinical disease progression in congenital heart disease.

Dr. Cedars earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He completed internal medicine residency training at the University of Michigan, and fellowships in cardiovascular disease at the Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital.

As of April 2025, Dr. Cedars reported no ongoing external relationships.

Dr. Daniels is the Dottie Dohan Shepard Endowed Chair and Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Pediatrics in the Division of Cardiology at the Ohio State University and the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. He is the Director of the Columbus Ohio Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension Programs (COACH) at both facilities. Dr. Daniels is ABIM Board Certified in Cardiovascular Disease and Adult Congenital Heart Disease and board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatric Cardiology. He also serves on the ABIM Cardiovascular Board. He served as chair of the former ABIM Adult Congenital Heart Disease Test Committee and helped ABIM develop the certification in that discipline.

Dr. Daniels serves on the Adult Congenital/Pediatric Cardiology Council and is the Chair of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Working Group of the American College of Cardiology (ACC). In addition, Dr. Daniels serves as Chair of the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA) Medical Advisory Board and the ACHA ACHD Program Accreditation Committee. Dr. Daniels is committed to education and has trained fellows in ACHD since 2001. 

Dr. Daniels has led a bimonthly regional patient education lecture series for ACHD patients and has led the effort to provide a personalized electronic medical record for all patients followed in the ACHD program. Dr. Daniels has designed, implemented and successfully completed multiple ACHD research studies and presented his research nationally and internationally. In collaboration with colleagues from the Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Heart Center, he has mentored fellows training through the National Institutes of Health T32 Training Grant entitled, “Training in Congenital Heart Disease.” In 2011, Dr. Daniels was elected president of the International Society for Adult Congenital Heart Disease and plans to develop global health initiatives for ACHD. In 2014, he was selected as co-chair of the ACC/AHA ACHD Care Guidelines.

Dr. Daniels is a graduate of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at the Ohio State University Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

As of November 2024, Dr. Daniels reported no ongoing external relationships.

Dr. Kim serves as the Medical Director of the Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Center, a joint program between the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine, as well as the Director for the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Fellowship Program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and ABIM Board Certified in Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

Dr. Kim completed her undergraduate degree at Georgetown University and received a medical degree from the University of Virginia. She was an Osler internal medicine resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital and went on to the Cleveland Clinic for cardiovascular medicine fellowship training. She completed a two-year fellowship in ACHD at Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

As of October 2024, Dr. Kim reported the following external relationships:

Dr. Kim serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:

• The Adult Congenital Heart Association, Medical Advisory Board, Member, without compensation.
• The International Society of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, United States Representative, without compensation.

Dr. Kim also reported consulting for Merck on an as-needed basis. 

Dr. Saidi is an adult congenital cardiologist and Director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program at the University of Florida. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, and board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology.

Dr. Saidi joined the faculty at the University of Florida in 2003. In 2015, she served as Director of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) (ACHD) Self-Assessment Product and has previously served as topic coordinator for the congenital cardiology sessions of the ACC 12. She was a Writing Committee Member of the ACC/American Heart Association Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Congenital Heart Disease (2014 to 2015) and the Pediatric Cardiology Training Guidelines as the American Academy of Pediatrics' representative for ACHD section (2014 to 2015). Dr. Saidi is a course developer and instructor for the Health Care Transition Course at the University of Florida College of Education.

Dr. Saidi has been a member of the Adult Congenital Heart Association Medical Advisory Board and currently serves on the Board of Directors. She has received the University of Florida Exemplary Teacher Award (2011, 2015) and Outstanding Achievement for Medical Student Education Award (2009).

Dr. Saidi received her medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and completed her internal medicine/pediatrics and pediatric cardiology fellowship training at Baylor College of Medicine. She completed her Master of Education at the University of Florida College of Education in 2012.

As of October 2024, Dr. Saidi reported the following external relationships:

Grant funding, paid to the University of Florida and Louisiana Public Health Institute, from the following:

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, serving as site principal investigator for a project utilizing PCORnet to support the transition from pediatric- to adult-centered care.