Medical Advisory Board
Dr. Junaid Ahmed, MD
Founder of Cardiac Vision, Dr. Junaid Ahmed is a graduate of Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, NE and completed a residency in internal medicine at Loyola University Medical Center. Following a fellowship in general cardiology at the University of Florida at Shands Jacksonville, he established Cardiac Vision which has pioneered in the field of transitional cardiology across the country and one of the few to start and lead in sports cardiology. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Cardiology and is a member of the American College of Cardiology - Sports Cardiology and a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Dr. Ahmed is trained in various aspects of nuclear cardiology and has completed training and received COCATS certification in the following: Echo, nuclear cardiology, cardiac CT, exercise testing, ambulatory monitoring, left and right heart catheterization, diagnostic coronary angiography, cardiopulmonary exercise stress tests, carotid-ABI-vascular ultrasounds, and arrhythmias. He has authored and co-authored a number of cardiology posters and publications and has served as a presenter at multiple cardiology events. A former competitive athlete, Dr. Ahmed now enjoys recreational sports, basketball, weightlifting, CrossFit training, volleyball, and surfing. His background in sports is what fuels his desire to ensure athletes of all abilities receive appropriate cardiovascular evaluation and the training guidance needed to enable them to compete safely and their highest ability. Dr. Ahmed is conversationally and medically fluent in Hindi and Spanish and his keen appreciation of history, culture, and traditions has led him to embark on extensive world travel.
Dr. Isabel Alfonso, PhD
Isabel Alfonso, PhD is a bilingual licensed psychologist in private practice in Tallahassee, FL. Dr. Alfonso received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University and completed her internship at The University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO. Dr. Alfonso has been working with adolescent and adult clients with significant medical issues for approximately 25 years with considerable training and experience with multidisciplinary teams in hospital, university, school, clinic, and state agency settings. She has been contacted by the Florida State University (Division 1) Athletic Department for the treatment of athletes since 2001. Dr. Alfonso has worked with student-athletes that have been injured, sidelined, and medically disqualified. Several years ago, she was deeply touched by a couple of intelligent, vibrant, and talented students. They were diagnosed with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia. Along with treating them for the significant distress the reality of this diagnosis created in their lives, Dr. Alfonso sought out to find additional support in the community for these young athletes. It was during this search that she came upon Who We Play For and has been an invaluable resource for children and families affected by heart conditions ever since.
Dr. Lisa Cosgrove, MD
Dr. Lisa Cosgrove has a longstanding history of leadership positions in health care, government, and clinical research. Medical Society elected positions include AAP District X Vice-Chair, Chapter Forum Management Committee; Board Member and Subspecialty Society Representative to the Florida Medical Association; President and Board Member of the Florida Chapter AAP and President and Board Member to the Brevard County Medical Society. She has also served the state of Florida as the Florida Medicaid Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee Chair as well as Chair of the Children’s Cabinet and leading the Florida Chipra Medical Home Project over a five year period. Dr. Cosgrove is a bilingual pediatrician who has diverse experience as a private practicing physician whose NCQA enrolled practice participates in the AAP PROS as Florida State Representative, and several QUINN Committee Projects to include Safe and Healthy Beginnings, Medical Home, Bright Futures and Newborn Screening. In her capacity as President of Florida Chapter AAP Dr. Cosgrove represented chapter membership in two lawsuit regarding access for children and safety of guns in the home. Native to Arkansas, she has practiced medicine internationally in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Ecuador and as such is an active board member on International Medical Graduates. Dr. Cosgrove is an integral part of the Space Coast of Florida community where her 24 year practice is located and where she raised her children. She is the proud mother of three young men, two daughter-in-laws, and 2 grandsons; some of whom live in Ecuador. Dr. Cosgrove’s love of children extends from home to all corners of the globe leading her to volunteer as director of a nonprofit agency. Home At Last Adoption Agency, offering domestic adoption services in Central Florida as well as internationally.
Dr. Gul Dadlani, MD
Dr. Gul Dadlani, MD is Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Nemours Children’s Hospital. Dr. Dadlani graduated from medical school at the State University of New York at Buffalo, then completed a residency at the Children’s Hospital of Buffalo. Following a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the Golisano Children’s Hospital at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York, Dr. Dadlani served as a pediatric cardiologist at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital Heart Institute in St. Petersburg, FL. Dr. Dadlani is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with subspecialty certification in pediatric cardiology and has special interests in pulmonary hypertension, congenital heart defects, heart failure, and Williams Syndrome.
Dr. Jonathan Drezner, MD
Dr. Drezner is a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington and Director of the UW Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology. He is board certified in Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. He serves as a team physician for the Seattle Seahawks (NFL), Reign FC (NWSL), and the University of Washington Huskies men’s basketball, track & field and cross country teams. He is Deputy Editor for the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Vice-Chair of the NFL General Medical Committee, and past-President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (2012-13). He is also Director of the Division for Cardiac Injury in Sport for the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. He serves as Medical Director for the Nick of Time Foundation, and is on the Medical Advisory Board for Parent Heart Watch and Who We Play For. Dr. Drezner has dedicated his career to the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest and death (SCA/D) in young athletes and the development of effective models for prevention. His primary research focuses on the incidence and etiology of SCA/D, cardiovascular screening and electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation in athletes, and emergency response planning and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the school and athletic settings.
As Director of the UW Medicine Center for Sports Cardiology (www.uwsportscardiology.org) his mission is to transform the delivery of cardiovascular care in athletes of all ages and to promote safe physical activity and sports participation. The Center for Sports Cardiology is a unique collaboration between sports medicine and cardiology specialists to establish clinical and academic resources that advance the cardiovascular health and safety of active children, adults, and competitive athletes. Dr. Drezner has expanded the clinical services available to young athletes through advanced heart screens and multidisciplinary consultations. He also helped develop the Cardiovascular Wellness & Prevention Program intended for master’s athletes and physically active adults. A major educational initiative led by Dr. Drezner was the development of the consensus International Criteria for ECG interpretation in athletes, and the accompanying ECG training modules available open access at: https://uwsportscardiology.org/E-Academy
Dr. Drezner had the great honor of highlighting his scientific contributions as the opening keynote lecture on the prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes at the 2011 International Olympic Committee (IOC) World Conference on the Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport, and again as the closing keynote lecture at the 2017 IOC World Conference. Dr. Drezner was also co-editor of the IOC Manual of Sports Cardiology and has over 150 publications in refereed journals.
A complete list of his publications can be found at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Drezner+J%5BAuthor%5D https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Drezner+J%5BAuthor%5D
Dr. Kimberly G. Harmon, MD
Kimberly G. Harmon is a Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Section Head of the Sports Medicine Section at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She is a Past-President of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (2009-2010) and was on the AMSSM Foundation Board from 2011-2022 serving as President from 2019-2020. She is a team physician and the Head Football Physician at the University of Washington and has been involved with the Pac-12 Student Athlete Health and Well-Being Board Initiative as board representative (2015 - 2020) and Chair (2017-2019) and the Research Development Director for the Pac-12 (2020 – 2023) during which time over 18 million dollars in funding for research projects selected to benefit the health and wellness of the student-athletes was awarded.
She has been the medical advisor to the National Basketball Players Association (2014-2019), is a member of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee and is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for the National Hockey League as well as a member of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. She is on the medical advisory boards of the Nick of Time Foundation and Parent Heart Watch.
Her research interests include the prevention of sudden cardiac death in athletes specifically the incidence and etiology of SCD and screening. Other research interests also include concussion in athletes.
Full list of publications:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=harmon%2C+kimberly%5BAuthor%5D&sort=date
Dr. Bhavya Trivedi, MD, PhD
Dr. Bhavya Trivedi, MD, PhD is a board-certified pediatric cardiologist and the Medical Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology at AdventHealth for Children in Orlando. He specializes in pediatric heart arrhythmias caused by congenital heart disease, management of long QT syndrome and other sudden-death syndromes, electrophysiology procedures that minimize children’s radiation exposure and catheter ablation procedures. He is also a leading authority on pacemakers and internal defibrillators. Dr. Trivedi’s outstanding credentials include his medical degree earned as part of a six-year combined bachelor’s and MD honors program at the University of Miami, his PhD in neuroscience from the University of Miami, and his residency training, pediatric cardiology fellowship, and pediatric electrophysiology fellowship at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina.
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AED Placement Programs
AEDs assist in life-saving, time-sensitive measures that must be taken when a person has a SCA event. Make sure your community has an AED.
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Physicians
The physicians involved in WWPF help us to read ECGs from our participants and host ECGs in their offices.
