Keila N. Lopez, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor and pediatric cardiologist in the Department of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital, where she serves as the medical director of the Cardiology Transition Medicine Program. She is an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Rice University and serves as a co-investigator for the Texas Children’s Policy and Advocacy Center. She received her MD degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 2003 and completed her pediatric residency at the University of Chicago in 2006. After completing her Master’s degree in Public health with a focus on Minority Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health in 2008, she completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship in 201 and advanced imaging training in 2012 at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and American College of Cardiology, and helps lead efforts to improve health equity through research as well as advocacy on various committees, including as current chair of the Young Hearts Congenital Cardiac Defects committee for the American Heart Association. She is a national health equity expert and has NIH funding in this area for patients with congenital heart disease across the lifespan. She seeks to incorporate cardiology, public health, and health policy to develop initiatives that inform health policy and improve the health of vulnerable populations.