M3C-Necker, University of Paris Cité, Paris, France

Damien Bonnet is Professor of Pediatrics and Cardiology. He is currently the head of the Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology department at University of Paris Cité. He is the director of three National reference center for Rare Diseases: the M3C for complex congenital heart diseases, the Pediatric Pulmotension center for pediatric pulmonary hypertensions, and the Pediatric Cardiogen center for inherited cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias. His main research topics are perinatal management of congenital heart diseases, pediatric pulmonary hypertensions, therapies for heart failure in children, development and genetics of congenital heart diseases. His group has established many collaborations in a large variety of domains including genetics, epidemiology, neurodevelopment, therapeutic trials for rare diseases, nomenclature of congenital heart diseases among others.