Dr. Ilias Iliopoulos MD, FRCPCH, FRCPC, FAAP is the Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care at INOVA L.J. Children’s Hospital. He graduated from Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece and has trained in Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Critical and Cardiac Critical Care in the United Kingdom in prestigious academic Hospitals (Royal Free Hospital, Royal London Hospital, Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital). He completed his Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK and Miami Children’s Hospital. Prior to joining INOVA, Dr Iliopoulos served as an Attending in Cardiac Critical Care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (2012-2023) and had an academic appointment with University of Cincinnati Medical School raising to the rank of Associate Professor in Clinical Pediatrics. His research has been focused on outcomes after congenital heart surgery, NIRS and hemodynamic monitoring.