The 2024 Happy Heart Festival
A Program of the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation and Camp del Corazon
We were so lucky to have these fantastic speakers at our
2024 Happy Heart Festival!
Anjan S. Batra, MD
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Pediatric Cardiologist
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Division Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at UCI and Medical Director of Electrophysiology at CHOC Heart Institute
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Children's Hospital of Orange County
Talk: "Pacemakers and Defibrillators: How Do They Work and Who Needs Them?"
Micheal Kuhn, MD
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Pediatric Cardiologist
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Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
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Loma Linda University Health
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Talk: "Exercise in Children with Complex Congenital Heart Disease"​
Saar Danon, MD
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Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist
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Medical Director of the Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Cardiac Catheterization
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Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach
Talk: "Heart Valves: What I Need to Know About Mine"
Gira Morchi, MD
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Interventional Pediatric Cardiologist
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Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
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Children's Hospital of Orange County
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Talk: "Hybrid Interventions"​
Priyanka Doshi, PsyD
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Licensed Psychologist​
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Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Talk: "Supporting the Whole Patient: Learning About Resources to Support Medical and Mental Health"
Kevin Shannon, MD
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Pediatric Cardiologist
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Co-Founder & Medical Director at​
Camp del Corazon​
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UCLA
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Talk: "Aortopathies: Hope the the best, plan for the worst"​
Adel Younoszai, MD
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Pediatric Cardiologist
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Co-Director of the Heart Institue,
and Division Chief of Cardiology, Department of Pediactrics, UC San Diego
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Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego
Talk: "Single Ventricles"​
Panel: "Adulting with CHD: Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Cardiac Care"​
Terra Chez​
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Mom of 3 CHD Kids​
Emily Earhart​
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ACHD Patient / Insurance Expert / P.A.C.E. Advisor
Klever Erazo​
ACHD Patient / Current P.A.C.E. Member & Ambassador
Roslyn Rivera, RN
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Pediatric Cardiology Nurse / ACHD Patient / P.A.C.E. Advisor
Michael Strane​
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P.A.C.E. Director / Heart Transplant Patient​
Panel: "CAMP 101: So You Want to be a Camper?"​
Kylie "Smalls" Knudson​
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Program Director,
Camp del Corazon
Karen Martinez​
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Camper Mom
Jacob Raway
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Former Camper, Current PACEr
Roslyn Rivera, RN
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Nurse Coordinator,
ACHD Patient
Kevin "Big Kahuna" Shannon, MD​
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Co-Founder & Medical Director,
Camp del Corazon
About Edwards Lifesciences: Edwards Lifesciences is a global leader in patient-focused innovations treating heart valve disease. Edwards is a longtime supporter of Camp del Corazon.
