Inova's outpatient cardiology network throughout Northern Virginia and Maryland makes it easier for patients to receive the care they need close to home.
Why Inova for your child?
As a leading heart program in the Washington, DC, region, our pediatric cardiology team is among the most respected cardiologists in the area. We care for children with the most common heart problems as well as those who have rare and complex cardiac conditions.
Our team’s main mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive and compassionate care with excellent outcomes in a family-centered environment. Given the uniqueness of Inova Women’s Hospital and Inova L.J. Murphy Children’s Hospital, we can care for patients from fetal life all the way through childhood, young adulthood and into adult life – all under a single roof.
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What to expect at your child’s first visit
Depending on your child’s symptoms, the first visit with pediatric cardiology will include a physical examination, where our team evaluates your child’s heart rate, blood pressure and other vitals. It may also include diagnostic tests and imaging, such as an echocardiogram or chest X-rays, to further evaluate how the heart is working. If our pediatric cardiologists detect a significant cardiac problem, they may recommend additional testing with the latest diagnostic tools, advanced therapeutic or surgical treatment, and regular follow-ups to continue to monitor your child’s condition.
Our depth and experience allows our ambulatory team to specialize in all areas of cardiology including fetal imaging and counseling, noninvasive imaging, electrophysiology, exercise stress testing, heart failure, interventional cardiology, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiogenetic evaluation and testing.
Know that if a congenital heart defect is detected, we offer a patient- and family-centered approach to your child’s care with a personalized treatment plan. And should your child need heart surgery, our cardiothoracic surgeons provide exceptional patient outcomes, year after year.
A team totally dedicated to your child's and your family's congenital cardiac care and recovery:
- Alan Benheim, MD
- Patrick Callahan, MD
- Ryan C. Closson, MD
- Mitchell Cohen, MD
- Bridget Curley, MD
- Christina Dillon, MD
- Jason F. Goldberg, MD
- Alazar Haregu, MD
- Christopher Jordan, MD
- William Kirby, MD
- Jennifer Lindsey, MD
- Jennifer O’Neil, MD
- Kinjal Parikh, MD
- Robert Przybylski, MD
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Kathyrn Reynolds, MD
- Harish Rudra, DO
- Anurag Sahu, MD
- Sherif Tawfik, MD
- Catherine Tomasulo, MD
- Kristen Barbieri, NP
- Carolyn Burke, NP
- Lauren L. Stollar, NP
Inova offers the following pediatric cardiology services:
- ADHD screening
- Cardiogenetic counseling and cardiogenetic testing
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiogram
- Event monitoring
- Exercise Lab
- Fetal echocardiography
- Holter monitoring and mobile telemetry
- Outpatient care
- Pacemaker/defibrillator checks
- Preventive cardiology
- Sports clearance
Inova treats the following pediatric cardiology conditions:
- Adult congenital heart disease
- Aortic dilation and related connective tissue disorders
- Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathies
- Congenital heart disease:
- Atrial septal defect
- Atrioventricular septal defect
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Pulmonary atresia
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Total anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Tricuspid atresia
- Transposition of the great arteries
- Truncus arteriosus
- Ventricular septal defect
- Family history of sudden cardiac death
- Heart murmurs
- Hyperlipidemia conditions
- Hypertension
- Kawasaki disease
- Long QT syndrome
- Myocarditis
- Palpitations
- Pediatric heart failure
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Syncope
- Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome
In addition to our dedicated ambulatory cardiology team, we offer additional highly specialized cardiac programs in one location as part of Inova Children’s Heart Center.
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