Meet your Cardiac Center team
Your child will be cared for by one of the most accomplished teams of pediatric cardiology experts in the world. We make sure you and your child get the highest level of support.
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Cardiothoracic Surgery Leadership
Jonathan M. Chen, MD
Cardiology Leadership
Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC
Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Leadership
Andrew T. Costarino Jr., MD, MSCE
Venkat R. Shankar, MBBS, MBA
Cardiac Anesthesia Leadership
Andreas W. Loepke, MD, PhD, FAAP
Chief, Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging
Zhiyun Tian, MD, RDCS
Anesthesiologists
Molly F. Deacutis, MD, MP
Eduardo Goenaga Diaz, MD
Matthew A. Jolley, MD
Andreas W. Loepke, MD, PhD, FAAP
Lindsey M. Loveland, MD
Jennifer M. Lynch, MD, PhD
John J. McCloskey, MD
Manal Mirreh, MD
Reese Murray-Torres, MD
Susan C. Nicolson, MD
Asif Padiyath, MBBS
Jayant Pratap, MB, BChir, MRCPCH, FRCA
Deborah A. Romeo, MD, ScM
George Spyropoulos, MD
Lindsey V. Weidmann, DO, MS
Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Physicians
Pilar Anton-Martin MD, PhD, MD
Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP
Marissa A. Brunetti, MD
Jodi Chen, MD, MS
Andrew T. Costarino Jr., MD, MSCE
Aaron G. DeWitt, MD
J. Wesley Diddle, MD
Thomas W. Dietzman, MD
Monique-Anne Maslak Gardner, MD
Michael P. Goldsmith, MD
David A. Hehir, MD, MS
Elizabeth Herrup, MD
Benjamin Kozyak, MD
Felina K. Mille, MD
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Maryam Y. Naim, MD, MSCE
Jayant Pratap, MB, BChir, MRCPCH, FRCA
Amy J. Romer, MD
Venkat R. Shankar, MBBS, MBA
Jamie Weller, MD
Renee C. Willett, MD
Mahsun Yuerek, MD
Cardiologists
Humera Ahmed, MD
Vivek Allada, MD
Catherine Avitabile, MD
Anirban Banerjee, MD
Shivani Bhatt, MD
Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP
Julie Brothers, MD, FAAP
Ryan M. Callahan, MD
Marie L. Carillo, MD, FAAP
Jodi Chen, MD, MS
Meryl S. Cohen, MD, MSEd
Michele Cohen, DO
Alex Davidson, MD, FACC
Karl Degenhardt, MD, PhD
Aaron G. DeWitt, MD
Aaron T. Dorfman, MD
Yoav Dori, MD, PhD
Stacey Drant, MD
Jonathan B. Edelson, MD
Jonathan J. Edwards, MD
Matthew Elias, MD
Stanford G. Ewing, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)
Christine Falkensammer, MD
Emmanuelle Favilla, MD
Mark A. Fogel, MD, FACC, FAHA, FAAP
David B. Frank, MD, PhD
Therese M. Giglia, MD, FAHA
Matthew J. Gillespie, MD
David J. Goldberg, MD
Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD, FAAP, FACC
Michael P. Goldsmith, MD
Mudit Gupta, MD, PhD
Ruchi Gupta, MD
Louis W. Hansrote, MD, FAAP, FACC
Matthew Harris, MD
Alexa Hogarty, MD
V. Ramesh Iyer, MD, MRCP
Christopher M. Janson, MD
Andrea Jones, MD, MSCE
Yuli Y. Kim, MD
Cheryl C. Kurer, MD, FAAP, FACC
Hae-Rhi Lee, MD
Katharine Levinson, MD
Robert J. Levy, MD
Kimberly Y. Lin, MD
Ramiro W. Lizano Santamaria, MD
Laura M. Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSCE
Meghan K. Metcalf, MD
Sumekala Nadaraj, MBBS, FAAP
Shobha S. Natarajan, MD
Michael L. O'Byrne
Matthew J. O'Connor, MD
Robert A. Palermo, DO, FACC
Stephen Paridon, MD
Sara L. Partington, MD
Chandni Patel, MD, MBA
Yalile Perez, MD, MS
Tamar J. Preminger, MD
Michael D. Quartermain, MD
Chitra Ravishankar, MD
Lindsay S. Rogers, MD
Jonathan J. Rome, MD, FACC
Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC
Emily Sue Ruckdeschel, MD
Jack Rychik, MD
Ezequiel Sagray, MD
Jill J. Savla, MD, MSCE
Susan K. Schachtner, MD
Amy H. Schultz, MD, MSCE
Maully J. Shah, MBBS, FACC, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS
Amanda J. Shillingford, MD, FACC
Rachel Shustak, MD
Christopher L. Smith, MD, PhD
Chandra Srinivasan, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS
James J. Starc, MD
Paul Stephens, MD
Anita L. Szwast, MD
Jie (Jessica) Tang, MD, MS
Jennifer E. Tingo, MD
Sumeet S. Vaikunth, MD, MEd
Danish Vaiyani, MD
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Victoria L. Vetter, MD, FAAP, FACC
Brian R. White, MD, PhD
Kevin K. Whitehead, MD, PhD
Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeons
Jonathan M. Chen, MD
Stephanie Fuller, MD
J. William Gaynor, MD
Katsuhide Maeda, MD, PhD
Muhammad A.K. Nuri, MD
House Physicians
Elizabeth Ciaravino, MD, MPH
Luma Essaid, MD
Michael Pham, MD
Brett J. Russell, MD
Director, Cardiac Service Line
Mark E. Schwartz, MBA, MEd, FACHE
Inpatient Nursing Leadership
Donna Calfin, RN
Sherri Kubis, RN, MSN, CCRN
Cara Rakow, RN, MSN, CPNP
Emily Schwartz, MSN, CRNP
Amanda Seelhorst, RN
Fellows
Ivor Asztalos, MD, MSCE
Elizabeth Carter, MD
Rodrigo Cardoso Cavalcante, MD
Anila Chaudhary, MD
Ehssan Faraji, MD
Andrew Freddo, MD, PhD
Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD
Avital Ludomirsky, MD
Jacqueline Morrison, MD
Emily M. Olson, MD
Helen Stanley, MD
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists
Therese Brady, MSN, CRNA
Peter Caruso, DNP, CRNA
Lisa A. Jones, MSN, BSN, CRNA
Deirdre McFillin, MSN, CRNA
Christopher R. McMichael, DNP, CRNA
Jamie L. Sloan, MSN, CRNA
Lapio Tkach, DNP, CRNA
Advanced Practice Provider Manager
Kerri Lombardi, MSN, APRN-BC, MJ, MBA
Advanced Practice Providers
Alexandra L. Ahern, PA-C
Sarah Bakke, MSN, CRNP
Kristine Barry, MSN, CRNP
Sharna Basu, RN, MSN, CRNP
Lauren Biedron, MSN, CRNP
Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C
Christy Bosler, MS, PA-C
Carley Boyle, CRNP, MSN. RN, BSN
Bridget Boyle, PA-C
Stephanie L. Braun, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Ellen Cannon, MHS, PA
Julie Chang, MSN, RN, CRNP
Kerri Cram, CRNP
Jasmine Crawford, MSPAS, PA-C
Shweta David, MS, MSN, RN, CRNP
Jessica DeCastro, MSN, CPNP
Kathryn M. Dodds, RN, MSN, CRNP
Jessica Eichner, MSN, BSN, CRNP
Lauren K. Ford, MSN, CRNP
Louise A. Fromuth, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC
Lisa Gervasi, MSN, BSN, CRNP
Monica M. Gianopulos, MSN, CPNP-PC, CRNP
Fiona Halloran, PA-C
Jenna Heichel, MSN, BSN, CRNP
Emily Johnson, MSN, CRNP
Eryn Johnstone, CRNP
Carolyn Karpiak, CRNP
Rachel Keashen, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC
Rosemary Koul, MSN, CRNP
Erin Kramer, MSN, CRNP
Brianna Kyncl, PA-C
Kaitlin Lewis, MSN, CPNP-PC
Amy Jo Lisanti, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K
Meghan Long, MSN, CRNP
Sarah Madden, MSN, CRNP
Susan I. Maeder-Chieffo
Jordy Martino, MSN, CRNP
Annie Mathew, MSN, CPNP-AC, PPCNP-BC
Kara McGonigal, MSN, BSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Heather L. Meluskey, CPNP-AC, MSN
Amy Mesce, CRNP
Kelley D. Miller, MSN, BSN, CPNP
Kristen Mueller, PA-C, MPH
Laura Murphy, PA-C
Victoria Neale, PA-C
Kimberly Nemzoff, MSN, CRNP
Stephanie Neubert, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC
Jacquelyn Oswald, MSN, CRNP
Rachel Pancoe, MSN, CRNP
Jarae Payne, MSN, CRNP
Melissa Phipps, MS, PA
Alexandria Pietrafesa, MSN, CRNP
Erin M. Pinto, MSN, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC
Mikayla (Griffin) Pirrera, PA-C
Erica Reighard, MSN, APRN
Sophia Rubenstein, BA, BSN, MSN, RN
Kaitlyn Rubnitz, PA-C
Farzana Shah, MSN, APRN-BC
Vikram V. Shenoy, PA-C
Kaitlyn Spivak, MS, PA-C, IBCLC
Yekaterina (Kate) Spivak, PA, CCDS
Alyson Stagg, MSN, CRNP
Teresa Stegmann, MSN, CRNP
Emily Stevenson, CRNP
Elizabeth Swantz, MSN, CRNP
Alex Tabone, PA-C
Alyssa Tani, MSN, CRNP
Victoria L. Thomson, MS, RD, PA-C
Lynda J. Tobin, MSN, APN-C
Elizabeth Trovato, MS, PA-C
Adrienne D. Walker, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
Rachel Way, BSN, CCRN, RNC-NIC
Farrell Weiss, MSN, CRNP-AC
Christine Welch, PA-C
Rebekah Westdorp, CPNP-AC
Rebecca White, MSN, RN, CPNP
Paige Womack, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
Kirsten Young, PA-C
Jordyn Youth, PA-C
Meghan Yowell, MSN, BSN, CRNP
Taylor Zulli, MS, PA-C
Clinical Pharmacists
Madeline Abbott, PharmD
Brendan T. Homanick, PharmD, BCPPS
Evan Zachary Ramsey, PharmD, BCPPS
Andrew Sweigart, PharmD
Outpatient Cardiology Nurse Manager
Lisa Mitchell, BSN, RN, NE-BC
Social Workers
Lynn E. Callaway, MSW, LSW
Lucia Figueroa, MSW, LSW
Taylor Goldberg, MSW, LSW
Melissa Greberman, MSW, LSW
Gino Poliziani, LSW
Sasha Rose Relyea, MSW, LCSW
Charisse Rhone, MSS
Sue M. White, MSW, LCSW
Psychologists
Debra Lefkowitz, PsyD
Nicholas Seivert, PhD
Kara B. West, PhD
Child Life Specialists
Samantha Bachrach, MS, CCLS
Elizabeth Becraft, CCLS
Samantha Flick
Megan Fogerty, MS, CCLS
Kaylee O’Brien, MS, CCLS
Brittany Wickham, BA
Clinical Dietitians
Julia Amariti, MS, RD, CSP, LDN, CNSC
Danielle H. Campbell, MS, RD, LDN
Megan Evans, RD, LDN, CLC, CSP
Kelsey Palm, RD, LDN, CNSC
Melanie Savoca, MS, RD, CNSC, LDN
Erin Sullivan, RD, LDN, CSPCC
Perfusionists
Alexander M. Chappell, CCP, LP
Marc DeCarlo
Molly Dreher, BSE, BS, CCP, LP
Justin P. Farr, MS, CCP
Celia Gagnon, BS, CCP, LP, MLS(ASCP)
John A. Kernan, BS
Min-Ho Lee, PhD
Richard W. Melchior, BS, MPS, CCP, LP, FPP
Krysta G. Parker, DBA, MS, CCP
Tami M. Rosenthal, BS, MBA, CCP, LP, FPP
Kellie L. Schiavo, BS, CCP, LP, FPP
Joseph W. Schimmel, MS, CCP
Brandon C. Shade, MPS, CCP, LP
Technicians
Ashley E. Driscoll, CCT
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Research Nurse
