Dr. Megan Pelter is triple board certified in Internal medicine, cardiovascular disease and heart failure/transplant. She completed her undergraduate bachelor of science degree in biology with minors in astrobiology and classics from the University of Southern California. She was part of USC’s Resident Honors Program, graduated Magna Cum Laude and a Renaissance Scholar. She received her MD degree from the University of California, Riverside and was a member of their inaugural class. She completed her Internship and Internal Medicine Residency at Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA. She completed her cardiology subspecialty training in 2023, during which time she served as a chief fellow of CV diseases and of all graduate medical education programs at Scripps Health, La Jolla, CA. Along with her administrative and educational duties, she has made many presentations, podcasts, and expert analysis for ACC, ISHLT, HFSA, amongst others. Dr. Pelter is a past Chair of the California chapter of the American College of Cardiology (CAACC) Fellows-in-Training (FIT) committee, for which she received the CA ACC Fellow of the Year award. She was also a co-host of the popular 2021 California ACC fellowship “bootcamp” lecture series. She has completed her advanced heart failure and transplant (AHF&T) subspecialty training at UCLA Ronald Regan Medical center. She has been appointed as a member of the ACC Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant (AHF&T) leadership council. Currently, she serves as an assistant medical director of the Cardiac Care Unit as well as associate program director of the heart failure and transplant fellowship program at the International Heart Institute at the Loma Linda Medical Center. She has recently been awarded “The Future Leader” Award of 2025 by the CA ACC.
Dr. Vicken Sepilian is a Reproductive Medicine specialist and is the founder and director of American Fertility Specialists Medical Group. He is double board-certified in Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, as well as Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Sepilian has been an active member of the Armenian American Medical Society (AAMS), holding multiple leadership positions, including serving as the President from 2009 to 2013. Dr. Sepilian served as the Chairman of the 11th and 13th Armenian Medical World Congress and currently is the President of the Armenian Medical International Committee(AMIC), a nonprofit organization with chapters all over the world, with the aim of coordinating global efforts in improving healthcare in Armenia. Passionate about community education, in 2008, Dr. Sepilian launched the “Your Health” educational TV program aimed at sharing with the community the latest and most important healthcare topics. Since 2008, the show has been making house calls to tens of thousands of viewers, helping educate them on preventative care and healthy lifestyles. In 2010, Dr. Sepilian, alongside other civic leaders and the former Mayor of the City of Glendale, co-founded the Glendale Health Festival. Dr. Sepilian worked closely with city and state officials and local hospitals to organize this large-scale event with the aim of improving the health of the community. Dr. Sepilian is a strong believer that success and wealth are measured by life’s experiences and human interactions and that true happiness and purpose are achieved by giving. Cherished memories include debates about life and death with Dr. Jack Kevorkian, delivering pens to students in villages in Sri Lanka, and teaching chess to orphans in Nepal.