TnECHO-Qc Collaborative Day - 2026

Dr. Dany Weisz is a neonatal intensivist and Co-Director of the Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatal Hemodynamics and Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography Program at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada. He completed medical school at the University of Western Ontario, and residency in general pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. He completed his clinical fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine and Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, both at the University of Toronto. Dr. Weisz’s specific research interests include the epidemiology and management of patent ductus arteriosus, transitional hemodynamics and its association with early neonatal morbidity, and non-invasive cardiac output monitoring in extremely preterm infants.

Dr. Nadya Ben Fadel is a Neonatologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa Hospital, and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa. She completed her medical degree at Al Fateh University in Tripoli, Libya, and joined the University of Ottawa faculty in 2010. Dr. Ben Fadel’s clinical and academic expertise centers on neonatal cardiac function and hemodynamics, with a strong focus on the application of Targeted Neonatal Echocardiography (TnEcho) and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to guide cardiovascular management in critically ill newborns. She is deeply committed to advancing education in this evolving field and holds a master’s degree in Health Professions Medical Education. Dr. Ben Fadel serves as Program Director for both the Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship and the Neonatal Hemodynamics / TnEcho AFC programs in Ottawa. She supervises and mentors residents and fellows engaged in research aimed at improving physiologic understanding and treatment strategies in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Alan Groves is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin and an Attending Neonatologist at Dell Children’s and Ascension Seton Medical Centers. He received his medical degree from the University of Edinburgh and undertook postgraduate pediatric training in the UK and New Zealand where he completed a research degree in neonatal echocardiography. His subsequent research has been related to identifying optimal methods to monitor circulatory function in newborn infants, with a particular focus on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography, and in multiple aspects of respiratory and circulatory physiology.