Staff
![Dr. Kevin Harris](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Kevin%20Harris.jpg?h=cc5503c0&itok=V2rgtkc0)
Dr. Kevin Harris
Director of Research at the BC Children’s Hospital Heart Centre; Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC; Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist and Investigator at BC Children’s; and President of the Canadian Pediatric Cardiology Society
Research Areas: Interventional pediatric cardiology, cardiovascular outcomes, preventive cardiology
![Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Shubhayan%20Sanatani.jpg?h=0fb9e35e&itok=rgXgkhf1)
Dr. Shubhayan Sanatani
Division Head of Cardiology, BC Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC; Pediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist and Investigator, BC Children’s; and Former President of Research for the Pediatric and Congenital Electrophysiology Society
Research Areas: Pediatric electrophysiology, arrhythmias, inherited arrhythmias, sudden death
![Dr. Martin Hosking](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Martin%20Hosking.jpg?h=3df4481b&itok=i7tg4ZHE)
Dr. Martin Hosking
Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist, Clinical Associate Professor and Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital
Research Area: Coronary Artery Vasculopathy and applications of Optical Coherence Tomography
![Dr. Kathryn Armstrong](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Kathryn%20Armstrong.jpg?h=4cf1d9f6&itok=hFN46qGB)
Dr. Kathryn Armstrong
Pediatric Cardiologist and Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC
Research Area: Heart function, pediatric heart transplant, dysautonomia of adolescence
![Dr, Derek Human](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/derek%20human.jpg?h=7e0ce859&itok=kwnV6d4B)
Dr. Derek Human
Pediatric Cardiologist, Outpatient Cardiologist, Medical Director for Quality and Safety, Clinical Professor and Investigator
Research Area: Management of congenital heart disease, delivery of healthcare
Highlights: Established travelling cardiology clinics
![Dr. Shreya Moodley](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Shreya%20Moodley.jpeg?h=2893bdba&itok=gqzJTSUP)
Dr. Shreya Moodley
Pediatric Cardiologist, Clinical Assistant Professor
![Dr. Ashok Kakadekar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Ashok%20Kakadekar.jpg?h=446dc163&itok=7p0i0gq9)
Dr. Ashok Kakadekar
Pediatric Cardiologist
![Dr. George Sandor](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/George%20Sandor.jpg?h=e436d970&itok=AEsLZvtG)
Dr. George Sandor
Professor Emeritus and Investigator
Research Area: Congenital heart disease, echocardiography, cardiac vascular function
![Dr. Jim Potts](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.jimpotts.jpg?h=9492fb07&itok=xq7Efsmi)
Dr. Jim Potts
Clinical Epidemiologist and Research Associate
![Dr. Steven Rathgeber](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Steven%20Rathgeber.jpg?h=06ecae11&itok=xx0tuh-_)
Dr. Steven Rathgeber
Cardiologist
![Sonia Franciosi](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Sonia%20Franciosi.jpg?h=3ce2d45e&itok=FA4wSRFL)
Sonia Franciosi
Research Associate
Research Area: Pediatric Arrhythmia, sudden death, and the autonomic nervous system
![Astrid De Souza](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Astrid%20De%20Souza.jpg?h=cff2c167&itok=eQU0lZnx)
Astrid De Souza
Clinical Exercise Physiologist and Research Associate
![Dania Kallas](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Dania%20Kallas.jpg?h=b4ddf348&itok=QEQkiqFc)
Dania Kallas
Research Coordinator
Research Area: Pediatric Arrhythmia, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Inherited Arrhythmias, Sudden Death
![Claire Galvin](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Claire%20Galvin.jpg?h=0f6b3603&itok=KvZ_zti7)
Claire Galvin
Research Coordinator
Research Focus: Digital Health, quality of life and symptom management in dysautonomia of adolescence
![Dr. Najah Adreak](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.-najah-adreak.jpg?h=a3123789&itok=a-E9Y380)
Dr. Najah Adreak, MD, MSc
Research Assistant
Research Area: Mini-invasive cardiac surgery, congenital heart surgery, digital health, women’s heart health
Affiliated Researchers
![Dr. Christine Voss](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/c-voss-headshot.jpg?h=d4b446f1&itok=SnQVsHRo)
Dr. Christine Voss
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC Faculty of Medicine; Investigator, UBC Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Affiliate Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital; Affiliate Investigator, Interior Health
Research Areas: Physical activity and Congenital Heart Disease
Clinical Trainees
![Eva Kapravelou](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.evakapravelou.jpg?h=f065c973&itok=eKZMNNGu)
Eva Kapravelou
Research focus: Echocardiography
![Francesca de la Cruz](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.francescadelacruz.jpg?h=2fada287&itok=RRqIjWn3)
Francesca de la Cruz
Research focus: Congenital heart disease
![](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.sripadhupadhya.jpg?h=594519f1&itok=21HSR_w_)
Sripadh Upadhya
Research focus: Systematic Review of the MAPCAS- Outcome and prognosis
Graduate Students
![Bianca Fukakusa](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/biancafukakusa.jpg?h=0a56c553&itok=6k7Yc8YX)
Bianca Fukakusa
Experimental Medicine Master’s Student
Research focus: Testing the feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability of a physical activity counselling intervention for children with congenital heart disease
![Nikol Grishin](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/nikolgrishin.png?h=dc162ddf&itok=ez_0wm_t)
Nikol Grishin
Kinesiology Master’s Student
Research focus: Exercise rehabilitation in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients and congenital heart disease
Undergraduate Students
![Monika Jandu](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/monikajandu.jpg?h=459a2a22&itok=vTGrtD04)
Monika Jandu
![No image available](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/avatar-image-placeholder.png?itok=i9Ii1OvG)
Pearl Waraich
Previous Staff
![Dr. Walter Duncan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/walter%20duncan.jpg?h=2eb8118d&itok=mt4N5yqn)
Dr. Walter Duncan
Pediatric Cardiologist, Clinical Professor, Program Director (Subspecialty Program in Pediatric Cardiology) and Investigator
Research Area: Clinical pediatric cardiology, echocardiography, and cardiac catheterization
![Nicole Hemphill](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/preferred-hemphill-nicole-may-2018.jpg?h=ae197bba&itok=F5yUZIbc)
Nicole Hemphill
Previous Trainees
![Eimear McGovern](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Eimear%20McGovern.jpg?h=d5165884&itok=zfnPTbjQ)
Eimear McGovern
Pediatric Cardiology Fellow
Research Area: Interventional pediatric cardiology
Winner (Fellow category): 29th Annual National Pediatric Resident and Fellow Research Competition for work entitled “Optical coherence tomography for the early detection of cardiac allograft vasculopathy in cardiac transplant recipients: Findings from the International Pediatric OCT Registry” - 2017
![No image available](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/avatar-image-placeholder.png?itok=i9Ii1OvG)
Nitin Arora
![Mimi Kuan](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Mimi%20Kuan.jpg?h=619b6042&itok=_GF3Jg9_)
Mimi Kuan
![Caroline Illmann](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/Caroline%20Illmann_1.jpg?h=add5ff88&itok=6sNu1qVk)
Caroline Illmann
![Saketh Vijayashankar](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/group-childrens-heart-centre/dr.sakethvijayashankar_0.jpg?h=dc6d8d90&itok=XMLhPvDd)