Meet the editors

Dr. Sameh M. Said is a pediatric and adult congenital cardiac surgeon and the current chief of the Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery, at Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Westchester Medical Center Health Network, USA. He previously worked as a pediatric and adult cardiac surgeon at the Mayo Clinic, USA and the University of Minnesota, USA. Dr. Said graduated from Alexandria University, Egypt, in 1998,

where he also completed his cardiothoracic surgical residency. This was followed by an advanced cardiovascular surgery fellowship at Mayo Clinic, where he also completed an integrated general and thoracic surgery residency. He also completed an accredited pediatric congenital cardiac surgery fellowship at Lucile Packard's Children's Hospital, USA. Dr. Said is board certified in general, thoracic, and pediatric cardiac surgery and has special expertise and interest in neonatal surgery, complex cardiac reoperation, unifocalization and pulmonary artery branch rehabilitation, Ebstein's anomaly, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and the Ross procedure. He has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and 24 book chapters and edited two books. He is an active member of many cardiothoracic surgical societies and associations.

Dr. Jeffrey Shuhaiber is an adult cardiac surgeon with broad training and experience in congenital heart surgery, heart failure, and valve surgery. He is a cardiovascular surgeon practicing at the Geisinger Clinic, USA. He also is a physician investigator running a translational lab at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA. He graduated with distinction in pharmacology and medicine from Kings College London in

1998. He completed postgraduate training in London, Chicago, Cleveland, and Boston. Dr. Shuhaiber is board certified in general surgery and thoracic surgery. He has more than eighty peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters to his credit. He has also edited three books. While focusing on surgery, he works on standardizing safety, procedures, and processes in patient care. Dr. Shuhaiber is an active member of the Society of Thoracic Surgery.
