
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.

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

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

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





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

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







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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kimberly Torgerson, APRN-NP, FNP-BC
Advanced Practice Provider, Outpatient Cardiology


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



