A cardiology expert witness with more than 20 years of experience in adult and pediatric congenital heart disease, this physician specializes in complex congenital cardiac disorders, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiovascular complications involving congenital structural heart disease across pediatric and adult patient populations. Areas of expertise include tetralogy of Fallot, aortic valve disorders, Fontan physiology, transposition of the great arteries, atrioventricular canal defects, single ventricle physiology, pulmonary arterial hypertension, congenital heart disease in pregnancy, and cardiovascular disease affecting women. The expert also has prior experience providing expert witness analysis involving congenital cardiology, cardiovascular disease management, and complications associated with structural heart disorders.

Distinguished leadership responsibilities include service as Director and Founder of a major Adult Congenital Heart Program, Chief of Cardiology for a women’s cardiovascular program, and Associate Professor appointments in Medicine-Cardiology, Pediatrics-Cardiology, and Obstetrics and Gynecology. Clinical and academic responsibilities have included management of adult congenital heart disease programs, pulmonary hypertension treatment, congenital cardiac surgery coordination, multidisciplinary cardiovascular care, congenital heart failure management, pregnancy-related cardiovascular complications, and cardiac catheterization review. The expert also serves as Director of an Adult Congenital Cardiology Fellowship and has held leadership and advisory appointments involving cardiac catheterization laboratory oversight, cardiovascular surgery case conferences, pediatric cardiology leadership initiatives, and fellowship curriculum development.

Extensive research and publication activities have focused on adult congenital heart disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension, congenital heart failure, electrophysiology procedures in congenital heart patients, ventricular assist device outcomes, Eisenmenger syndrome, and cardiac disease in pregnancy. The expert has participated extensively in multicenter pulmonary arterial hypertension and congenital heart failure clinical research and has served as Consulting Editor for Circulation, Texas Heart Institute Journal, Congenital Heart Disease, and American Heart Journal. Additional scholarly contributions include authorship of peer-reviewed publications and textbook chapters addressing congenital heart disease management, pulmonary hypertension, congenital cardiac surgery outcomes, neurocognitive outcomes in congenital heart disease populations, electrophysiology procedures in adults with congenital cardiac disorders, and maternal outcomes in women with congenital heart disease. Professional leadership and advisory involvement has also included participation with the Adult Congenital Heart Association, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, and the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology.

Recognized nationally and internationally for expertise in congenital cardiology and pulmonary vascular disease, the expert has delivered invited lectures involving congenital heart disease management, pulmonary hypertension, cardiovascular complications in pregnancy, imaging in congenital heart disease, congenital heart failure, and standards of care for adult congenital cardiology programs. Professional memberships include the American College of Cardiology, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Association of Black Cardiologists, the International Society for Adult Congenital Cardiac Disease, and the Cardiovascular Management Council of the American College of Cardiology. Board certifications include Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Medicine through the American Board of Internal Medicine. This expert holds a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Political Science and a Doctor of Medicine degree and completed residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics along with fellowship training in Adult Cardiovascular Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology.