All Team Members

Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Heart Failure Research University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Professor Emeritus, UBC Centre for Heart Lung Innovation Founding CEO, PROOF Centre of Excellence Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

President, International Society of Cardiomyopathies, Myocarditis and Heart Failure Visiting Director, Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center, Japan

Dr. Bettina Heidecker, one of our first Fellowship Grant recipients in 2007, has just been awarded a full professorship in 2025 at the Charite University in Berlin. Dr. Heidecker’s newly…

Gary is happy to bring his background on organization and strategy to the Myocarditis Foundation.

As a longtime friend of a Viral Myocarditis survivor and heart transplant recipient, and a supporter of the Myocarditis Foundation, I have been able to learn extensively about the impact…

I attended the Family Support Meeting in 2016, just a few months after I learned what took my child from me. I observed the outpouring of support to the families…

I have been a follower of the Myocarditis Foundation and supporter of its efforts for many years now. I look forward to working with the Foundation to raise awareness and…

Why did you choose to join the board of the Myocarditis Foundation? I chose to serve on the board because I have a passion for treating children with heart failure,…