Our Team

Dr. William Novick MD MS
Medical Director: CEO Senior Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Elizabeth Novick BSN RN
Board of Directors, Treasurer, Social Media
Sri O. Rao MD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Interventional Cardiology Development Coordinator, Secretary Board Of Directors
Stacey Marr MSc RN NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Marcelo Cardarelli MD MPH
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeon, Research Coordinator
Brian C Forsberg MPH CCP FPP
Chief Perfusionist
Lazo Eremija
Pediatric Perfusionist
Martina Pavanic BSN RN
Director OR Nursing, Quality Assurance
Matt Norridge MSc BSc TCH RN (Child)
Education Consultant
Kathleen Fenton MD
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac SurgeonShe did her residency in general surgery at the University of Louisville, during which took two years’ sabbatical to do full time research in fetal cardiac surgery with Dr. Frank Hanley.
View full bio:
https://cardiac-alliance.org/kathleen-fenton/

Karen Bowtell PGDip RN
PICU Clinical Educator
Jean Towne
Director of Logistics
Igor Polivenok MD PhD
Interventional Cardiologist
Humberto Rodriguez-Saldana MD
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Farzana Shah BSN RN
PICU Clinical Educator
Frank Molloy MSc RN ANP
Clinical Nurse Specialist and Educator
Evgeni Suslin MD
Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Jack Cornell RRT-NPS
Pediatric Respiratory Care Practitioner
Roslyn Rivera BSN RN
PICU Clinical Educator
Vitaly Dedovich
Pediatric Cardiac SurgeonVitaly joined NCA team in January, 2018.

Dmitry Furmanchuk MD
Pediatric Cardiac AnesthesiologistDr Dmitry Furmanchuk graduated from Minsk state medical university in 1993. Certified for pediatric anesthesiology and intensive care. Completed fellowship in University Hospital of Lausanne (Switzerland).
Worked as a chief of ICU in National Centre for Pediatric oncology 1997 to 2002. In 2002 – 2012 Dmitry was educating ICU and anesthesia doctors at position of associate professor in National academy for postgraduate education.
Worked as chief of the anesthesia and intensive care unit, Belarusian pediatric cardiac centre in 2014-2016. He joined NCA team in January 2017.

Libby Sauter BSN, RN
PICU Clinical EducatorWhen not traveling with Cardiac Alliance, Libby spends most of her free time climbing big rocks and mountains all over the world.

Jordan Campbell
Strategic Communications DirectorJordan is a journalist, photographer and award-winning documentary filmmaker. He recently joined the NCA team after reporting on our work for National Geographic and Men’s Journal. Jordan is also a seasoned communications specialist and has represented globally recognized brands like The North Face and Marmot, bringing more than 25 years experience in marketing, brand development and media relations to NCA.

Artem Pershai
Pediatric Cardiac IntensivistDr Artem Pershai graduated from Belarusian state medical university in 2015, and has been dually trained as pediatric cardiac intensivist and anesthesiologist. He worked after that in Belarusian national pediatric heart centre. Artem was previously participating in our medical trips, and since August, 2018, he decided to dedicate his professionalism to educate and save lives around the globe by joining the Novick Cardiac Alliance team.

Iryna Lukashevich-Zimina
Pediatric Cardiac IntensivistDr Iryna Lukashevich-Zimina graduated from Belarusian state medical school in 2007, and has been dually trained as pediatric cardiac intensivist and anesthesiologist. She joined the Novick Cardiac Alliance team on January, 2018.