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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Open New Outpatient Cardiac Center Location in Somerset, NJ

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to Open New Outpatient Cardiac Center Location in Somerset, NJ
CHOP remains committed to providing world-class heart care to children in New Jersey
March 23, 2026
Somerset Cardiac Team
CHOP Cardiac Center, Somerset will be staffed by trusted CHOP clinicians and staff who have served the New Jersey community for more than 20 years, including Sumekala Nadaraj, MBBS, FAAP, Ezequiel Sagray, MD, Michele Cohen, DO, and Chandni Patel, MD, MBA.

Demonstrating a continued commitment to providing convenient care for pediatric patients with congenital and acquired heart disease in New Jersey, the Cardiac Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will open a new outpatient location in Somerset, NJ in April 2026.

Located at 61 Veronica Avenue, the new clinic with free parking was designed for comfort and convenience and will be staffed by trusted CHOP clinicians and staff who have served this community for more than 20 years. CHOP Cardiac Center, Somerset will offer cardiology clinic visits for new and existing patients, along with non-invasive testing such as EKG, IAC accredited pediatric echocardiograms (ECHO), and Holter tests. This location will also offer fetal echocardiography with seamless access to expert fetal cardiology services and consultation in partnership with CHOP’s Fetal Heart Program, a national leader in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of fetal heart disease.

“We are excited to continue providing CHOP’s world-class pediatric cardiac services in a convenient location for families in central New Jersey,” said Vivek Allada, MD, Medical Director of Outpatient and Community Cardiology at CHOP. “As the top-ranked pediatric cardiology program in the region, we remain committed to delivering the highest quality care closer to home for our New Jersey patients and families.” 

As one of the largest outpatient cardiology services in the country, CHOP’s Cardiac Center sees patients at 16 outpatient CHOP Care Network locations throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey – including outpatient clinics and surgery centers in Voorhees, Plainsboro and Mays Landing, NJ. In addition to outpatient clinics, CHOP cardiac experts partner with more than 30 community hospitals in the region to provide consultations, electrocardiography and echocardiography services.  

Learn more about the Cardiac Center at CHOP: www.chop.edu/cardiac.

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