
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.

Stuart Berger, MD
Division Head, Cardiology; Getz Professorship in Cardiology

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





R. Andrew de Freitas, MD
Attending Physician, Adult Congenital Heart Disease



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




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





Candace N. Mannarino, MD
Attending Physician, Cardiology and Critical Care


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


Alan W. Nugent, MD
Section Head, Interventional Cardiac Catheterization



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

Michelle E. Boushka, MPAS, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

Nicole L. Brazg, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-PC
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

Kristen L. Browning, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, 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

Emily Hoyt, APRN-NP
Advance Practice Provider, Interventional 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

Alison N. Kula, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

Amanda Labadie, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Nurse, Interventional Cardiology; Manager, Cardiac Catheterization and Electrophysiology (EP) Labs


Cosette Langga, MSN, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

Kerry Lazewski, APRN-NP, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiology

Mary G. Lewis, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology

Grace Macek, APRN-NP
Manager, Advanced Practice Providers; Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

Meghan A. Malone, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Cardiology

Alexandra C. Martin, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, 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

Elizabeth A. McGhee, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology


Stephanie Messerschmidt, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

Maria I. Murphy, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, 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

Marisa L. Nally, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

Randi O'Neill, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology

Stephanie P. Peters, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner, Anesthesiology

Jaclyn Reider, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC, CCDS
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Electrophysiology


Caroline Rodeman, MSN, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology


Melanie Sojka, APRN-NP
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology

Crystal A. Spaeth, APRN-NP
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Anesthesia

Gia Spiotto, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, 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

Quinn Tentinger, DNP, APRN-NP, CPNP-AC
Advanced Practice Provider, 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


Nancy E. Zimmer, PA-C
Advanced Practice Provider, Inpatient Cardiology








