MEDICAID NOTICE: Lurie Children’s continues to serve all patients enrolled in Medicaid. As a safety-net hospital, we will continue providing high-quality care to every child who needs us.

AVISO SOBRE MEDICAID: Lurie Children’s continúa atendiendo a todos los pacientes inscritos en Medicaid. Como hospital perteneciente a la red de protección social, continuaremos brindando atención de alta calidad a cada niño que nos necesite.

Cardiac Intensivists

Pediatric cardiac intensivists are physicians specially trained in pediatric cardiac intensive care that treat children with complex congenital and acquired heart defects. Caring for children in the 44-bed Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit, these physicians are at the core of the Heart Center’s highly specialized, multidisciplinary pre and postoperative treatment. Our cardiac intensivists are faculty in the divisions of Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. They also conduct research studies in children with heart disease.

Select the names of our cardiac intensivists to learn more about their special interest areas and locations. Please note, not all of our specialists are available at every location.  

Kiona Y. Allen, MD

Medical Director, Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Medical Director, Single Ventricle Center of Excellence; Co-Director, NICU-Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Program, Gracias Family Professorship in Cardiac Critical Care

Call 1.800.543.7362

Erin Bressler, MD

Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362

Catherine Collins, MD

Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362

Conrad L. Epting, MD

Attending Physician, Critical Care

Call 1.800.543.7362

Candace N. Mannarino, MD, MS

Medical Director, ECMO; Associate Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Attending Physician, Cardiology and Critical Care

Call 1.800.543.7362

Karl Migally, MD

Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology; Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship Program

Call 1.800.543.7362

Amy O'Connor, DO, MSCI

Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362

Eric L. Wald, MD, MSCI

Attending Physician, Critical Care

Call 1.800.543.7362

Elizabeth S. Cappella, APRN

Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology; Advance Practice Nurse, Connective Tissue Disorders Program; Advance Practice Nurse, BAV Program

Call 1.800.543.7362

Laura Doyle, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC

Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362

Alexa Harris Tannous, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery

Call 312.227.4240

Emily Hoyt, APRN-NP

Manager, Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology (EP) Labs; Advance Practice Provider, Interventional Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362

Lindsay M. Jackson, APRN, CPNP-AC

Manager, Inpatient Heart Center Advanced Practice Providers

Call 1.800.543.7362

Megan Matiasek, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC/PC

Academic Manager, Advanced Practice Providers and Ambulatory Nursing, Heart Center

Call 312.227.2100

Michelle M. Steltzer, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Single Ventricle Program Coordinator, Outpatient Cardiology

Call 1.800.543.7362