Cardiologists & Advanced Practice Nurses

Our team of pediatric cardiologists and advanced pr​actice 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. 

Stuart Berger, MD

Division Head, Cardiology; Getz Professorship in Cardiology

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Ra-id Abdulla, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Cardiology

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Kiona Y. Allen, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; 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

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Guilherme Baptista De Faria, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program

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Joseph A. Camarda, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Clinical Practice Director

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Michael R. Carr, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Fellowship Program Director

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Stephanie Chandler, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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A. Sami Chaouki, MD, PhD

Director, ECG Laboratories; Attending Physician, Cardiology; Program Director, Invasive Cardiology Fellowship

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Kelly L. Cox, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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R. Andrew de Freitas, MD

Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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Lajja P. Desai, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Jeremy L. Fox, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Nina L. Gotteiner, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Amanda L. Hauck, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program

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Nazia Husain, MPH

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Cardiology Lead, Clinical-Translational Cardiac MRI/CT

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Anna G. Joong, MD

Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Meera Keshary, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Paul J. Kim, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

Amy S. Lay, MD

Director, Non-Critical Care Inpatient Cardiology; Associate Medical Director, Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Bethan A. Lemley, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Jarrett R. Linder, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Brian A. Madden, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Defne A. Magnetta, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Adam K. Morrison, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Alan W. Nugent, MD

Section Head, Interventional Cardiac Catheterization

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Conor P. O'Halloran, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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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

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Sheetal R. Patel, MD, MSCI

Medical Director, Fetal Cardiology Program; Fetal Cardiac Co-Director, The Chicago Institute for Fetal Health; Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Shivani G. Patel, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Pediatric Outpatient Center

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Andrew N. Pelech, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Amanda Marma Perak, MD, MSCI, FAHA, FACC

Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program

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Joshua D. Robinson, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology; Section Head, Cardiac Imaging; Director, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Program

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Stefani Samples, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Michael B. Satzer, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Paul Tannous, MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Philip T. Thrush, MD

Medical Director, Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Kendra M. Ward, MD, MSCI

Director, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Lab; Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation Program; Director, Preventive Cardiology Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Gregory Webster, MD, MPH

Section Chief, Electrophysiology

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Brian Wolfe, MD

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Joyce Woo, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Cardiology

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Carrie Alden, APRN-NP

Vice President & Chief, Ambulatory and Advanced Practice

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Elizabeth S. Cappella, APRN

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

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Christy Del Salto, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology

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Stephanie P. Flynn, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology

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Anne Gordon, APRN-NP, PNP

Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

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Christina A. Grunwaldt, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology

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Amanda C. Hartmann, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC

Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology

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Jenifer P. Horn, APRN-NP

Director, Heart Center Advanced Practice & Nursing; Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

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Cosette Langga, MSN, CPNP-AC

Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

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Alexandra C. Martin, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

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Maria I. Murphy, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology

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Jillian M. Myers, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC

Director, POTS Program; Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

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Marisa L. Nally, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

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Jaclyn Reider, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CCDS

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Electrophysiology

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Amy E. Seraphin, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

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Patricia Lynch Stapleton, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program

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Michelle M. Steltzer, APRN-NP

Advanced Practice Provider, Single Ventricle Program Coordinator, Outpatient Cardiology

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Kimberly Torgerson, APRN-NP, FNP-BC

Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

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Sarah Williams, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery

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Nancy E. Zimmer, PA-C

Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology

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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