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Pediatric Cardiologists & Advanced Practice Nurses
Our team of pediatric cardiologists and advanced practice nurses provide innovative clinical care with a unique family-centered approach. We diagnose and treat a wide range of pediatric congenital heart defects, as well as numerous other heart conditions (including electrophysiology issues and connective tissue disorders). Cardiologists are faculty in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
The following physicians and advanced practice nurses specialize in treating children with heart conditions. Please note, not all of our specialists are available at every location. Select their names to learn more about their special interest areas and locations.
Michael R. Carr, MD
Interim Division Head, Cardiology; Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Program
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
Guilherme Baptista De Faria, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program
Stuart Berger, MD
Vice President, Physician Relations Officer; Attending Physician, Cardiology
A. Sami Chaouki, MD, PhD
Director, ECG Laboratories; Attending Physician, Cardiology; Program Director, Invasive Cardiology Fellowship
Kelly L. Cox, MD
Co-Director, Connective Tissue Disease Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Amanda L. Hauck, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Nazia Husain, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Clinical and Translational Cardiac MRI/CT; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Anna Joong, MD
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology/Heart Failure & Heart Transplantation
Paul J. Kim, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Amy S. Lay, MD
Director, Non-Critical Care Inpatient Cardiology; Associate Medical Director, Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Co-Medical Director, Pulmonary Artery Reconstruction (PAR); Co-Medical Director, Priority Second Opinion (PSO); Attending Physician, Cardiology
Defne A. Magnetta, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Transplantation; Program Director, Advanced Fellowship in Pediatric Heart Failure & Transplantation
Mary E. McBride, MD, MEd
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Critical Care Medicine
Keira R. Nassetta, MD
Director, Medical Student Clerkship, Pediatric Cardiology; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Angira Patel, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Associate Chair, Faculty Development; Director, Advanced Cardiac Non-Invasive 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
Shivani G. Patel, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Center
Amanda Marma Perak, MD, MSCI
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program
Joshua D. Robinson, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Section Head, Cardiac Imaging; Director, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Program
Philip Thrush, MD
Section Head, Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplantation; Medical Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Kendra M. Ward, MD, MSCI
Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Lab; Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program; Director, Preventive Cardiology Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Kristen L. Browning, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology
Christina A. Grunwaldt, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology
Amanda C. Hartmann, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Jenifer P. Horn, APRN-NP
Director, Heart Center Advanced Practice & Nursing; Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Nicole J. Janus, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, FNP-BC, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology
Jillian M. Myers, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Director, POTS Program; Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology
Michelle M. Steltzer, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Single Ventricle Program Coordinator, Outpatient Cardiology
Kimberly Torgerson, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Brie Ann Muller, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Guy R. Randolph, MD
Member, Children's Community Physicians Association
Justin N. Uhl, MD
Member, Children’s Community Physicians Association
Thomas J. Weigel, MD
Member, Children's Community Physicians Association
