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 Baptist, 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

Justin Berger, MD, PhD

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

Ruchi Gupta, MD

Mudit Gupta, MD, PhD

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

Constantine D. Mavroudis, MD, MSc, MTR

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
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

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

Yekaterina (Kate) Spivak, PA, CCDS
Kaitlyn Spivak, MS, PA-C, IBCLC
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
Psychologists

Debra Lefkowitz, PsyD

Nicholas Seivert, PhD

Kara B. West, PhD
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
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
