Meet Our Cardiac Center Team

Here at the Cardiac Center, you have access to one of the largest and most accomplished teams of cardiac experts in the world. More than 125 experts are specially trained to care for your child, including pediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons, critical care intensivists, pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, advanced practice nurses and physician's assistants.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Leadership

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Jonathan M. Chen, MD

Cardiology Leadership

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Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC

Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Leadership

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Andrew T. Costarino Jr., MD, MSCE
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Venkat R. Shankar, MBBS, MBA

Cardiac Anesthesia Leadership

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Andreas W. Loepke, MD, PhD, FAAP

Cardiologists

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Humera Ahmed, MD
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Vivek Allada, MD
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Catherine Avitabile, MD
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Anirban Banerjee, MD
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Justin Berger, MD, PhD
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Shivani M. Bhatt, MD
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Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP
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Julie Brothers, MD, FAAP
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Ryan M. Callahan, MD
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Marie L. Carillo, MD, FAAP
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Jodi Chen, MD, MS
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Michele Cohen, DO
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Meryl S. Cohen, MD, MSEd
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Alex Davidson, MD, FACC
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Karl Degenhardt, MD, PhD
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Aaron G. DeWitt, MD
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Aaron T. Dorfman, MD
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Yoav Dori, MD, PhD
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Stacey Drant, MD
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Jonathan B. Edelson, MD
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Jonathan J. Edwards, MD
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Matthew Elias, MD
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Stanford G. Ewing, MD, FAAP, FRCP(C)
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Christine Falkensammer, MD
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Emmanuelle Favilla, MD
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Mark A. Fogel, MD, FACC, FAHA, FAAP
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David B. Frank, MD, PhD
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Therese M. Giglia, MD, FAHA
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Matthew J. Gillespie, MD
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David J. Goldberg, MD
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Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD, FAAP, FACC
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Michael P. Goldsmith, MD
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Ruchi Gupta, MD
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Louis W. Hansrote, MD, FAAP, FACC
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Matthew Harris, MD
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Alexa Hogarty, MD
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V. Ramesh Iyer, MD, MRCP
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Christopher M. Janson, MD
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Andrea Jones, MD, MSCE
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Yuli Y. Kim, MD
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Cheryl C. Kurer, MD, FAAP, FACC
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Hae-Rhi Lee, MD
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Katharine Levinson, MD
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Robert J. Levy, MD
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Kimberly Y. Lin, MD
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Ramiro W. Lizano Santamaria, MD
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Laura M. Mercer-Rosa, MD, MSCE
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Meghan K. Metcalf, MD
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Sumekala Nadaraj, MBBS, FAAP
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Shobha S. Natarajan, MD
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Michael L. O'Byrne, MD, MSCE
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Matthew J. O'Connor, MD
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Robert A. Palermo, DO, FACC
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Stephen Paridon, MD
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Sara L. Partington, MD
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Chandni Patel, MD, MBA
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Yalile Perez, MD, MS
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Tamar J. Preminger, MD
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Michael D. Quartermain, MD
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Chitra Ravishankar, MD
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Lindsay S. Rogers, MD, MEd
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Jonathan J. Rome, MD, FACC
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Joseph Rossano, MD, MS, FAAP, FACC
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Emily Sue Ruckdeschel, MD
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Jack Rychik, MD
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Jill J. Savla, MD, MSCE
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Susan K. Schachtner, MD
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Amy H. Schultz, MD, MSCE
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Maully J. Shah, MBBS, FACC, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS

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Amanda J. Shillingford, MD, FACC
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Rachel Shustak, MD
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Christopher L. Smith, MD, PhD
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Chandra Srinivasan, MD, FHRS, CCDS, CEPS
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James J. Starc, MD
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Paul Stephens, MD
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Anita L. Szwast, MD
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Jie (Jessica) Tang, MD, MS
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Jennifer E. Tingo, MD
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Sumeet S. Vaikunth, MD, MEd
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Danish Vaiyani, MD
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Victoria L. Vetter, MD, FAAP, FACC
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Brian R. White, MD, PhD
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Kevin K. Whitehead, MD, PhD
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Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgeons

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Jonathan M. Chen, MD
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Stephanie Fuller, MD
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J. William Gaynor, MD
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Katsuhide Maeda, MD, PhD
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Constantine D. Mavroudis, MD, MSc, MTR
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Muhammad Ataunur Khalid Nuri, MD

Anesthesiologists

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Eduardo Goenaga Diaz, MD
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Matthew A. Jolley, MD
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Andreas W. Loepke, MD, PhD, FAAP
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Lindsey M. Loveland Baptist, MD
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Jennifer M. Lynch, MD, PhD
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John J. McCloskey, MD
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Manal Mirreh, MD
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Teresa Murray-Torres, MD
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Susan C. Nicolson, MD
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Asif Padiyath, MBBS
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Jayant Pratap, MB, BChir, MRCPCH, FRCA
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Lindsey V. Weidmann, DO, MS

Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Physicians

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Pilar Anton-Martin MD, PhD
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Geoffrey L. Bird, MD, MSIS, FAAP
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Marissa A. Brunetti, MD
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Jodi Chen, MD, MS
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Andrew T. Costarino Jr., MD, MSCE
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Aaron G. DeWitt, MD
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J. Wesley Diddle, MD
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Thomas W. Dietzman, MD
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Monique-Anne Maslak Gardner, MD
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Michael P. Goldsmith, MD
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David A. Hehir, MD, MS
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Elizabeth Herrup, MD
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Benjamin Kozyak, MD
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Felina K. Mille, MD
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Maryam Y. Naim, MD, MSCE
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Jayant Pratap, MB, BChir, MRCPCH, FRCA
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Amy J. Romer, MD
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Venkat R. Shankar, MBBS, MBA
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Jamie Weller, MD
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Renee C. Willett, MD
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Mahsun Yuerek, MD

Director, Cardiac Service Line

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Mark E. Schwartz, MBA, MEd, FACHE

Inpatient Nursing Leadership

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Donna Calfin, RN
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Denise D. Donaghue, RN, MSN
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Gail Keyser, RN
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Sherri Kubis, RN, MSN, CCRN
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Amanda Seelhorst, RN
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Austin Turnbull BSN, RN, CCRN

Outpatient Cardiology Nurse Manager

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Lisa Mitchell, RN

Advanced Practice Provider Manager

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Kerri Lombardi, MSN, APRN-BC, MJ, MBA

Advanced Practice Providers

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Sarah Bakke, MSN, CRNP
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Kristine Barry, MSN, CRNP
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Sharna Basu, MSN, RN, CRNP
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Lauren Biedron, MSN, CRNP
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Sarah Bond, MS, PA-C
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Christy Bosler, MS, PA-C
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Carley J. Boyle, CRNP, MSN. RN, BSN
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Stephanie L. Braun, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
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Ellen Cannon, MHS, PA
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Julie Chang, MSN, RN, CRNP
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Kerri Cram, CRNP
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Shweta David, MS, MSN, RN, CRNP
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Jessica DeCastro, MSN, CPNP
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Kathryn M. Dodds, RN, MSN, CRNP
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Jessica Eichner, MSN, BSN, CRNP
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Lauren K. Ford, MSN, CRNP
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Louise A. Fromuth, MSN, CRNP, CPNP-PC
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Lisa Gervasi, MSN, BSN, CRNP
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Jenna Heichel, MSN, BSN, CRNP
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Emily Johnson, MSN, CRNP
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Eryn Johnstone, CRNP
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Carolyn Karpiak, CRNP
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Rachel Keashen, CRNP
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Rosemary Koul, MSN, CRNP
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Erin Kramer, MSN, CRNP
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Amy Jo Lisanti, PhD, RN, CCNS, CCRN-K
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Meghan Long, MSN, CRNP
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Sarah Madden, MSN, CRNP
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Jordy Martino, MSN, CRNP
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Annie Mathew, MSN, CPNP-AC, PPCNP-BC
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Kara McGonigal, MSN, BSN, CRNP, CPNP-AC
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Heather L. Meluskey, CPNP-AC, MSN
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Kelley D. Miller, MSN, BSN, CRNP
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Laura Murphy, PA-C
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Kimberly Nemzoff, MSN, CRNP
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Stephanie Neubert, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC
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Jacquelyn Oswald, MSN, CRNP
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Rachel Pancoe, MSN, CRNP
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Jarae Payne, MSN, CRNP
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Melissa Phipps, MS, PA
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Alexandria Pietrafesa, MSN, CRNP
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Erin M. Pinto, MSN, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC
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Mikayla (Griffin) Pirrera, PA-C
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Erica Reighard, MSN, APRN
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Sophia Rubenstein, BA, BSN, MSN, RN
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Kaitlyn Rubnitz, PA-C
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Jacquelyn Sager, MSN, CRNP
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Emily Schwartz, MSN, CRNP
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Farzana Shah, MSN, APRN-BC
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Vikram V. Shenoy, PA-C
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Alyson Stagg, MSN, CRNP
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Teresa Stegmann, MSN, CRNP
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Elizabeth Swantz, MSN, CRNP
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Alex Tabone, PA-C
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Alyssa Tani, MSN, CRNP
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Lynda J. Tobin, MSN, APN-C
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Elizabeth Trovato, MS, PA-C
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Stephen H. Walker, MSN, CRNP
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Adrienne D. Walker, BSN, RN, RNC-NIC
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Farrell Weiss, MSN, CRNP-AC
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Christine Welch, PA-C
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Rebekah Westdorp, CPNP-AC
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Rebecca White, MSN, RN, CPNP
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Kirsten Young, PA-C
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Jordyn Youth, PA-C
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Meghan Yowell, MSN, BSN, CRNP
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Taylor Zulli, MS, PA-C

House Physicians

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Elizabeth Ciaravino, MD, MPH
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Luma Essaid, MD
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Michael Pham, MD
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Brett J. Russell, MD

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists

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Therese Brady, MSN, CRNA
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Joseph Brunelli, DNP, CRNA
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Lisa A. Jones, MSN, BSN, CRNA
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Deirdre McFillin, MSN, CRNA
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Rebecca Motykiewicz, DNAP, CRNA
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Jamie L. Sloan, MSN, CRNA
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Carolyn Srinivasan, MSN, BSN, CRNA

Cardiac Social Workers

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Lynn E. Callaway, MSW, LSW
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Lucia Figueroa, MSW, LSW
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Taylor Goldberg, MSW, LSW
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Melissa Greberman, MSW, LSW
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Gino Poliziani, LSW
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Charisse Rhone, MSS

Clinical Pharmacists

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Hailey Collier, PharmD, BCPPS
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Alyssa Hager, PharmD, BCPPS
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Evan Zachary Ramsey, PharmD, BCPPS

Dietitians

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Danielle H. Campbell, MS, RD, LDN
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Megan Evans, RD, LDN, CLC
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Kathryn O'Donnell, RD, LDN
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Kelsey Palm, RD, LDN, CNSC
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Melanie Savoca, MS, RD, CNSC, LDN
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Erin Sullivan, RD, LDN, CSPCC

Chief, Fetal Cardiovascular Imaging

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Zhiyun Tian, MD, RDCS

Perfusionists

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Alexander M. Chappell, CCP, LP
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Molly Dreher, BSE, BS, CCP, LP
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Douglas R. Fisher, BS, CCP, LP
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Celia Gagnon, MS, CCP, LP
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Richard W. Melchior, BS, MPS, CCP, LP, FPP
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Tami M. Rosenthal, BS, MBA, CCP, LP, FPP
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Kellie L. Schiavo, BS, CCP, LP, FPP
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Brandon C. Shade, MPS, CCP, LP

Cardiothoracic Surgery, Research Nurse

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Nancy Burnham, CRNP, MSN, CCRC

Transplant Psychologist

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Debra Lefkowitz, PsyD

Psychologist

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Nicholas Seivert, PhD

Child Life Specialists

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Samantha Flick
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Erin Prendergast, BA, CCLS

Cardiology Fellows

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Ivor Asztalos, MD, MSCE
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Sheri Balsara, MD
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Elizabeth Carter, MD
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Rodrigo Cardoso Cavalcante, MD
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Anila Chaudhary, MD
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Marc Delaney, MD
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Ehssan Faraji, MD
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Andrew Freddo, MD
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Mudit Gupta, MD
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Jill Hsia, MD
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Rebecca Josowitz, MD, PhD
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Jeremiah Joyce, MD
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Avital Ludomirsky, MD
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Rebecca Moore, MD
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Jacqueline Morrison, MD
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Maria Niccum, MD
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Emily M. Olson, MD
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Kathryn Restaino, MD
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Ilana Schwartz, MD
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Helen Stanley, MD
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Christian H. Tan, MD
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Scott Weinreb, MD
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Trevor Williams, MD

Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows

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Yasin Essa, MD
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Tracy R. Geoffrion, MD, MPH