Specialties & ConditionsHeart Center Specialists
Pediatric Heart Specialists
From pre-admission contact to post-surgical follow-up, our goal is to provide your child and family with the highest quality clinical care. At the core of our unique approach to cardiac care are experienced, multidisciplinary teams of expert pediatric clinicians collaborating at specialized Centers of Excellence.
Meet our center’s specialists:
- Cardiologists and advanced practice nurses
- Cardiovascular-thoracic surgeons
- Cardiac care intensivists
- Cardiac anesthesiologists
- Cardiovascular perfusionists
- Cardiac imaging specialists
Our cardiologists are faculty in the Division of Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Our cardiovascular-thoracic surgeons are faculty in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School. Our cardiac care intensivists are faculty in the divisions of Critical Care and Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at the Feinberg School. Our cardiac anesthesiologists are faculty in the Department of Anesthesia at the Feinberg School.
The center also offers compassionate pediatric nurses, skilled technologists and dedicated support staff. As part of our family-centered approach to care, Family Services provides many resources to help navigate your healthcare experience with us. Our comprehensive team includes administrative staff to assist with insurance certification, coordinate patient admissions and hospital paperwork, and serve as a liaison for directed blood donations and pre-operative scheduling.
Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD
Division Head, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; A.C. Buehler Professorship in Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Kenneth M. Brady, MD
Division Head, Cardiac Anesthesia; Section Head, Regenstein Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Gracias Family Professor in Cardiac Critical Care
Ra-id Abdulla, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Editor-in-Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
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
Guilherme Baptista De Faria, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program
Irwin Benuck, MD, PhD
Division Head, Community-Based Primary Care Pediatrics; Attending Physician, Pediatric Preventive Cardiology; Pediatrician, Lurie Children’s Primary Care - Chicago Area Pediatrics
Joseph A. Camarda, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Clinical Practice Director
Michael R. Carr, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Fellowship Program Director
A. Sami Chaouki, MD, PhD
Director, ECG Laboratories; Attending Physician, Cardiology; Program Director, Invasive Cardiology Fellowship
Osama M. Eltayeb, MD
Director, Vascular Rings Program; Director, Tracheal Reconstruction Program; Attending Physician, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Amanda L. Hauck, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Nazia Husain, MPH, MBBS
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Cardiology Lead, Clinical-Translational Cardiac MRI/CT
Pei-Ni Jone, MD
Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, Heart Center; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Anna G. Joong, MD
Medical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Paul J. Kim, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Amy S. Lay, MD
Director, Non-Critical Care Inpatient Cardiology, Regenstein Cardiac Care Unit; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Simon Lee, MD, FSCMR
Medical Director, Kawasaki Disease Program; Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Devin C. McNulty, PhD
Pediatric Psychologist, The Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health; Heart Center
Karl Migally, MD
Cardiac Intensivist, Cardiology; Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Fellowship Program
Michael C. Mongé, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Failure/Heart Transplant Program; Attending Physician, Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery; Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation
Angira Patel, MD, MPH
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Medical Director, Echocardiography Lab
Sheetal R. Patel, MD, MSCI, FAAP
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, FAHA, FACC
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program
Sandhya R. Ramlogan, MD
Associate Medical Director, 3D and Procedural Echocardiography; Attending Physician, Cardiology
Joshua D. Robinson, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology; Section Head, Cardiac Imaging; Director, Bicuspid Aortic Valve Program
Philip T. Thrush, MD
Medical Director, Heart Failure/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
Carrie Alden, APRN-NP
Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Advanced Practice Providers
Jodi M. Bohl, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Elizabeth S. Cappella, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Christy Del Salto, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology
Laura Doyle, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Catherine Dziedzic, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Christina A. Grunwaldt, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology
Nora Hammond, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient 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
Lindsay M. Jackson, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Lead Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Nicole J. Janus, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, FNP-BC, CCRN
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology
Emily Klinefelter, APRN-CRNA, MSN
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Anesthesiology
Amanda Labadie, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology; Manager, Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology (EP) Labs
Grace Macek, APRN-NP
Manager, Advanced Practice Providers; Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Keegan L. Marz, DNP, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Family Nurse Practitioner, Interventional Cardiology
Megan Matiasek, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC/PC
Manager, Inpatient Cardiology and Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgery Advanced Practice Providers
Stephanie Messerschmidt, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Jillian M. Myers, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
POTS Program Coordinator; Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology
Mary K. Nagel, DNP, APRN, CPNP, FNP-BC, CCRN, CPN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology
Randi O'Neill, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Jaclyn Reider, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CCDS
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Electrophysiology
Caroline Rodeman, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Patricia Lynch Stapleton, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology and Preventive Cardiology Program
Michelle M. Steltzer, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Single Ventricle Program Coordinator, Outpatient Cardiology
Catherine Theis, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Kimberly Torgerson, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology
Ariel Warren, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC/PC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology
Sawsan M. Awad, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Brie Ann Muller, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Joshua J. Murphy, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology
Cyndi R. Sosnowski, 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
