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
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

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

George Spyropoulos, MD

Jamie Weller, 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, FACC

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
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

Megan J. Fulmer, BSN, RN

Sherri Kubis, RN, MSN, CCRN

Cara Rakow, RN, MSN, CPNP

Emily Schwartz, MSN, CRNP

Amanda Seelhorst, RN

Anna A. Simon, MA, BSN
Fellows

Ivor Asztalos, MD, MSCE

Sonu Bassi, MD

Elizabeth Carter, MD

Victoria Carvajal, MD

Rodrigo Cardoso Cavalcante, MD

Anila Chaudhary, MD
Ehssan Faraji, MD

Andrew Freddo, MD, PhD

Mathew Hakimi, MD

Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD

Grace Lee, MD

Avital Ludomirsky, MD

Jacqueline Morrison, MD

Maliha Naeem, MD

Divya Nair, MD

Emily M. Olson, MD

Radhika Rastogi, MD

William Russell, MD

Matthew Schreier, 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

Kristine Barry, MSN, CRNP

Sharna Basu, RN, MSN, CRNP

Lauren Biedron, MSN, CRNP

Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C

Christy Bosler, MS, PA-C
Bridget Boyle, PA-C

Carley Boyle, CRNP, MSN. RN, BSN

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
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
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

Social Workers
Lynn E. Callaway, 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