Patrick McNamara, MB, BCH, BAO, DCH, MSc (Paeds), MRCP, MRCPCH Staff Neonatologist – University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine – University of Iowa Vice Chair for Inpatient Acute Care, Stead Family Department of Pediatrics Director, Division of Neonatology Chair, PanAmerican Hemodynamics Collaborative Patrick McNamara graduated from Queens University Belfast in 1987, received his MRCPCH in Pediatrics in 1997 and Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Neonatal Medicine in 2002. He is currently a Staff Neonatologist and Director of the Division of Neonatology at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, University of Iowa. He is the current chair of the PanAmerican Hemodynamic Collaborative, Pediatric Academic Society Neonatal Hemodynamics Advisory and Neonatal Hemodynamics (TnECHO) Special Interest Group at the American Society of Echocardiography. His clinical and research interests include myocardial performance in the settings of a hemodynamically significant ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension and targeted neonatal echocardiography. He has published over 350 peer reviewed publications, chapters and other works.

Current Position: Medical Director of the Neonatology Division and NICU and Professor in Pediatrics at HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO “GREGORIO MARAÑON” Level IIIc, academic center associated to the Complutense University and belonging to the National Health System, Madrid (Spain). PhD, MD grade in Pediatrics. Full Professor in Pediatrics: Complutense University of Madrid. Type of Practice: Fulltime National University Hospital. Since: 1989. Fields of Specialization: Neonatology. Areas of Interest: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Respiratory physiology, Sepsis, Shock, personalized nutrition. Hospital type: Public Academic Hospital, Complutense University of Madrid. Level IIIc national reference center. 6.000 deliveries per year. Conferences, Chairs, at international and national Congress and workshops: more than 350. Publications in National and International scientific journals and books: >240. ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-7392 Member of the ESPR, ESICM, ESPNIC, ESN, UENPS, INA, SENEO, AEP. Ex-President of the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies, UENPS. Ex-President of the International Neonatology Association, INA MBA in Medical Governance and Hospital Administration Regular Fellow of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine Current President of the Spanish National Society of Neonatology from October 2019 Current Chair of the Neonatal Critical Care Section of the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, ESPNIC