Carissa Baker-Smith

Carissa Bakers-Smith

Dr. Baker-Smith (MD MPH FAHA FACC FAAP) is a board-certified (Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology) physician and physician-scientist. She is a nationally recognized Preventive Pediatric Cardiologist who specializes in the management of youth with risk factors for premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), including obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension (HTN). She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the […]

Rahul Chanchlani

Dr. Rahul Chanchlani is a pediatric nephrologist, clinician-researcher, and epidemiologist at McMaster University, Canada, where he serves as an Associate Professor in Pediatrics and a staff nephrologist at McMaster Children’s Hospital. He is cross-appointed as a Scientist at ICES and the Population Health Research Institute.Dr. Chanchlani’s research centers on childhood hypertension, a critical and modifiable […]

Phil Chowienczyk

Prof. Phil Chowienczyk is a distinguished expert in cardiovascular physiology and pharmacology, with a particular focus on hypertension and heart failure. Currently serving as Vice President of the British and Irish Hypertension Society, Prof. Chowienczyk is at the forefront of advancing research in the field. He is also leading consortia dedicated to precision medicine, aimed […]

Dorota Drozdz

Professor Dorota Drozdz, MD, PhD leads the Paediatric Nephrology and Hypertension Department at Jagiellonian University Medical College in Krakow. Prof. Drozdz has over 35 years of expertise in clinical and experimental research on paediatric kidney diseases and hypertension. Her research interests include hypertension, cardiovascular complications in chronic kidney disease, peritoneal dialysis and renal disease progression.

Ali Düzova

Professor of Pediatrics & Pediatric NephrologyHead, Division of Pediatric NephrologyHacettepe University Faculty of MedicineIhsan Dogramaci Children’s Hospital Ankara

Bonita Falkner

Dr. Bonita Falkner is currently a Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Pediatrics at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Falkner’s research has focused on characterizing preclinical phenotypes of hypertension and cardiovascular disease in the young. She has examined the role of cardiovascular reactivity, sodium sensitivity, ion transport, insulin resistance, obesity, and nutrition as early markers of developing […]

Daniel Feig

Dr. Daniel Feig is a pediatric nephrologist and hypertension researcher. He has been at University of Alabama, Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine since 2011. He is currently Director of both the Division of Nephrology and Pediatric Nephrology Training Program.