Our Medical Advisory Board

Bloom to life is a US based charity organization formed in July 2015 to save the lives of young children from around the world, who can’t afford to pay for their medical surgery. The financial assistance will be provided to the under privileged children and their parents who don’t have the resources to pay for their child’s surgery. We are in the process of broadening our efforts to include different countries in our program and also provide preventive care to residents at orphanages in need of such assistance.

Dr.Krishna Kumar

Dr.Krishna Kumar  

BTL - Medical Board Chair, Head of the Department of Pediatric Cardiology - AIMS Kochi

Dr. Brijesh P. Kottayil

Dr. Brijesh P. Kottayil  

Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon Professor, C. V. T. S., School of Medicine, Kochi

Dr. Neville Solomon

Dr. Neville Solomon  

Consultant Pediatric Cardio Thoracic Surgeon, Apollo Children's Hospital

Dr. Usha Krishnan

Dr. Usha Krishnan  

Professor of Pediatrics, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian

Dr. Aarthi Bhat

Dr. Aarthi Bhat  

Professor of Pediatrics, Chair, Faculty Council on University Relations, University of Washington School of Medicine, Director | Heart Center Quality Improvement Mesosystem Seattle Children’s Hospital

Dr. Mahesh K

Dr. Mahesh K  

Professor, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, School of Medicine, Kochi DCH, DNB , FNB (Paediatric Cardiology)

Dr. Seshadri Balaji

Dr. Seshadri Balaji  

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, Doernbecher Children’s Hospital, Portland, OR

Angela Barbetta, RN, BSN, MHP

Angela Barbetta, RN, BSN, MHP  

Unit Director Pediatric Cardiac ICU and CTCU UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco, CA

Robert Wenz, MS RN FACHE

Robert Wenz, MS RN FACHE  

Executive Director-Betty Irene Moore Heart Center, Thoracic Transplant, Interventional Services Stanford Children's Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford



Our Execution Team
Karthik Thanikachalam

Karthik Thanikachalam  

Sr. Tech Product Manager

First Rate, Inc

Preethi Sundaram

Preethi Sundaram  

Chief Strategy Officer

Catalyst Pharmacy

Sri Gowri

Sri Gowri  

Fund Treasury Analyst

Invesco Asset Management

Radhae

Radhae  

Junior

New Tech High @ Coppell

Sowmi Priya

Sowmi Priya  

BTL Co-Founder

Home Maker & Mother

Sangeetha Viswanathan

Sangeetha Viswanathan  

BTL Co-Founder

Pediatric Cardiologist AIMS Kochi

Ganesh Kumar

Ganesh Kumar  

BTL Founder & 1st Volunteer



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