Dr. Sable is Interim Chief of Cardiology at Children’s National Health System and Professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship training at Children’s National from 1989 – 1995 and returned as a faculty member in 1997. Dr. Sable is recognized as an international leader in pediatric echocardiography, telemedicine and global cardiovascular disease. He has authored nearly 200 peer-reviewed articles (over 60 in rheumatic heart disease), given over 100 invited talks, and coauthored ten book chapters. He has mentored over 100 trainees, serving as Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Director from 1998 – 2011. Dr. Sable has been working in Uganda since 2003 visiting over 40 times to help advance echocardiography, catheterization and surgery at Uganda Heart Institute, improve care of children and young adults with congenital and rheumatic heart disease, support research in rheumatic heart disease, and train the next generation of cardiologists. Dr. Sable has also been doing collaborative research in Belo Horizonte, Brazil in rheumatic heart disease since 2013.Dr. Sable served as one of four Center Directors in the AHA Strategically Focused Children’s Research Network; his center focuses on prevention of rheumatic heart disease. He has held key leadership roles in the American Heart Association (Past Chair, Council for Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Chair of Congenital Heart Defect and Adult Congenital Heart Committees, CVDY Liaison for Saving Children’s Lives, and member of Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease Committee and CSSP), American Board of Pediatrics (Medical Editor of Cardiology Subboard), Joint Council of Congenital Heart Disease (Past Chair), World Heart Federation (Rheumatic Heart Disease Working Group and Pediatric Program chair) and WCPCCS chair of the global health/rheumatic heart disease track in 2023. Dr. Sable received AHA/CVDY’s Meritorious Achievement award in 2018 and delivered the 2019 T. Duckett Jones Memorial Lecture on Rheumatic Heart Disease.