Speakers

Mark S. Sklansky, M.D. is Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, and Professor of Pediatrics within the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Sklansky received his B.A. degree in biomedical ethics from Brown University in 1984, and his medical degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Sklansky then completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (1987-1990). This general pediatrics training was followed by a three-year fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston (1990-1993). After a year of private practice in Sacramento, Dr. Sklansky joined the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of California, San Diego (1994-2002), where he pursued his passion for the prenatal detection and evaluation of the fetal heart, and where he helped to pioneer the field of three-dimensional fetal cardiac imaging. In 2002, he returned to Los Angeles as founder and director of the Fetal Cardiology Program at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, dedicated to providing state-of-the-art medical care, teaching, and clinical research for the lay and professional communities. During this time, Dr. Sklansky served as an Associate, then full Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics/Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California. Dr. Sklansky has been board-certified in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics since 1994. He has served as an Associate Editor of Pediatric Cardiology since 1996. An internationally recognized leader in the field of fetal cardiology and fetal cardiac imaging, Dr. Sklansky serves as Vice-Chair of the Section on Fetal Echocardiography of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. He has authored or co-authored over 50 articles and chapters in his fields of expertise, including fetal cardiology, three-dimensional fetal echocardiography, general pediatric echocardiography and cardiology, biomedical ethics, and veterinary cardiology. In his new role at UCLA, Dr. Sklansky will lead the UCLA Division of Pediatric Cardiology in providing comprehensive, collaborative, state-of-the-art and compassionate evaluation and management of fetal and pediatric patients with a wide range of congenital and acquired forms of heart disease.

Dr Lalendra Upreti has completed his MD Radiology from Delhi University, and is currently Professor & Head of Department at the Rajeev Gandhi Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi. He has authored a book on Brain Imaging, and written chapters in several books. He is currently Chairman of the Indian College of Radiology & Imaging 2019-2020, and has been Joint Editor of the IJRI in 2016. He has given the Sir JC Bose Memorial Oration in 2015 and the NG Gadekar Memorial Oration in 2017. He was the Joint Organising Secretary of the AOCR2018 conference.

Dr Sanjay Jain completed his MD Radiology from BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai. His current position is as Head of Radiology Department, at Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, a position that he has been at since 1992. He has been Joint Editor of the Indian J of Radiology from 2007-2012, and then Editor-in-chief of the IJRI from 2013-2015. The website was converted onto a digital platform during his tenure as Joint Editor. He has given more than 200 invited lectures across India & abroad, and has more than 27 articles, and 7 book chapters to his name. Dr Sanjay Jain has been given the honor of the Roentgen Oration in 2008, Dr K.M. Rai Memorial Oration in 2011, and Dr Arcot Gajaraj Memorial Oration in 2015.