Cardiac Imaging Specialists
The Cardiac Imaging team includes a highly specialized group of pediatric cardiologists, radiologists, cardiac sonographers and imaging technologists. The cardiology team is led by Section Head Joshua Robinson, MD, Medical Director of Echocardiography Angira Patel, MD, and Medical Director of Fetal & Neonatal Cardiology Sheetal Patel, MD. The sonographer team is led by Director of Cardiopulmonary Labs Aaron Wiles; and Sonographer Manager, Carrie McCaw. In addition to providing cutting edge echocardiography, our Cardiac Imaging team works in collaboration with Vice Chair Cynthia Rigsby, MD and the Department of Medical Imaging to acquire state-of-the-art computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) scans. Regardless of the type of heart imaging exam, our team and the newest technologies allow us to do the best and safest evaluations of congenital heart disorders for patients of any size or any age.
Joshua D. Robinson, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Section Head, Cardiac Imaging; Director, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Program
Angira Patel, MD, MPH
Associate Chair of Faculty Development, Department of Pediatrics; Co-Director, Education, Ethics Advisor Board; Attending Physician, Cardiology; Program Director, Advanced Pediatric Cardiology Imaging Fellowship
Sheetal R. Patel, MD, MSCI
Medical Director, Fetal Cardiology Program; Fetal Cardiac Co-Director, The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Cynthia K. Rigsby, MD, FACR
Chair, Department of Medical Imaging (Radiology); Earl J. Frederick Distinguished Professorship in Radiology
Nazia Husain, MPH
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Cardiology Lead, Clinical-Translational Cardiac MRI/CT
Pei-Ni Jone, MD
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Heart Center; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Simon Lee, MD, FASE, FSCMR
Medical Director, Kawasaki Disease Program; Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Ra-id Abdulla, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Joseph A. Camarda, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Clinical Practice Director
Michael R. Carr, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Fellowship Program Director
R. Andrew de Freitas, MD
Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Amy S. Lay, MD
Director, Non-Critical Care Inpatient Cardiology; Associate Medical Director, Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Shivani G. Patel, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Center
Andrada R. Popescu, MD
Attending Physician, Medical Imaging (Radiology); Section Head, Cardiac Imaging