Inova Children’s Heart Center Leaders

Caring for a child with a heart condition takes expertise, compassion, and a team you can trust. At Inova Children’s Heart Center, our leaders and team are dedicated to providing seamless, world-class care in a warm, family-centered environment.

As Northern Virginia’s only pediatric heart program, we offer advanced treatments with excellent outcomes, always striving to help our patients live the healthiest, happiest lives possible.

Meet the leaders guiding our mission of excellence and compassionate care.

Mitchell I. Cohen, MD

Co-Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center

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Chawki Elzein, MD

Co-Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center

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Ilias Iliopoulos, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

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Lucas Collazo, MD

Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program

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Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN

Senior Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center

Inova Children's Heart Center Team

Exceptional doctors bring expertise and compassion to your child's care

Inova Children's Heart Center offers some of the most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons and pediatric interventional cardiologists in the field. Meet our medical directors and physicians who work together to provide exceptional patient care and discover what drives their passion for their work.

Pediatric Cardiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Caroline Burke, NP
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, MD
• Christina Dillon, MD
• Jason Goldberg, MD
• Alazar Haregu, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD
• Kathryn Reynolds, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Cardiac Surgery

• Chawki Elzein, MD, Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Glenn "Chuck" Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Eileen Kim, PA

Acute Cardiac Care Unit

• Alan Benheim, MD
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Jason Goldberg, MD
• Alazar Haregu, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Maia Maitland, PA
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Anurag Sahu, MD, Medical Director
• Lucas Collazo, MD, Surgical Director
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Chawki Elzein, MD
• Pradeep Nayak, MD
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Mark Tanenbaum, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD
• Qurratulaen (Annie) Khawaja-Javaid, PA-C

Cardiac Anesthesia

• Martina Richtsfeld, MD - Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
• Luca Allais, MD
• Rica Buchanan, MD
• Benjamin Cramer, MD
• Danica Han, MD
• Tiffany Minehart, MD
• Brigit Alcantara, CRNA
• Brandy Flanagan, CRNA
• Amanda Gatti, CRNA
• Sarah Given, CRNA
• Oliver Jordan, CRNA
• Tricia Jordan, CRNA
• Courtney Lateer, CRNA
• Samantha Nicholson, CRNA
• Christine Quinn, CRNA

Electrophysiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD
• Carolyn Burke, NP

Pediatric Cardiovascular Genomics Program

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director, Pediatrics
• Palak Shah, MD, Co-Director, Adult (Inova Schar Heart & Vascular)
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Jason Goldberg, MD (Cardiomyopathies)
• Christopher Jordan, MD (Aortopathies)
• Robert Przybylski, MD (Channelopathies)
• Akos Berthold, CGC
• Rebecca Miller, MS, CGC
• Traevia Morris, CGC

Interventional Catheterization

• Catherine Tomasulo, MD, Director
• Katie Reynolds, MD
• Kristen Barbieri, PA-C

Noninvasive Imaging

• Melany Atkins, MD, (MRI/CT)
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, MD
• Christine Dillon, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

• Ilias Iliopoulos, MD, Medical Director, PCICU
• Dana A. Barry, DO
• Suneet A. Bhansali, MD
• Kathleen Donnelly, MD
• Jeremy C. Lamkin, MD
• Siarhei Liauchonak, MD
• Mahsheed Taeb, DO
• Megan B. Tzeng, MD
• Fiona Baustein, CPNP-AC
• Beth Boshart, PA-C
• Katie Kauffman, CPNP-AC
• Deborah Kelley, CPNP-AC
• Katie Kline, CPNP-AC
• Louis Seay, CPNP-AC
• Joyce Vamja, CPNP-AC/PC
• Kristin Young, CPNP-AC

Fetal Care Team

• Margot Ahronovich, MD, Medical Director
• Melissa Eatherly, FNP-BC
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Brooke Beander, MSW, LCSW
• Erin Caufield, BSN
• Lori Stockel, BSN, RNC-NIC
• Mara Watts, LPC

Single Ventricle Care Team

• Harish Rudra, DO, Medical Director
• Jennifer O'Neil, MD
• Meredith Breeden, LMSW
• Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN
• Lauren Manganello, RD
• Christa Ondiak, SLP

Cardiac Research

• Jason Goldberg, MD (Director)
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD (Director)
• Christine Tawfik CCRC (Manager, Pediatric Research)
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD

Child Life Services

• Jamie Gentille, Director
• Nicole Johnson, Cardiac CCLS

Advanced Multimodal Imaging

• Melany Atkins, MD
• Edmund D. Hong, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension

• Kinjal Parikh, MD (Director)
• Timothy A. Kline, MD, Neonatologist and Perinatologist
• Luis Lozada-Marrero, MD, Neonatologist and Perinatologist
• Dinesh Pillai, MD, Pediatric Pulmonologist
• Christopher Tsang, MD, Otolaryngology (ENT)
• Lauren Mangenello, RDN
• Emily McDonald, RN

Administration

• Steve Narang, MD, MHCM, President, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
• Joanna Fazio, Vice President, Pediatric Service Line
• Ashley Virts, RN, MSN-FNP, Vice President, Nursing, Pediatric Service Line
• Cynthia Gibson, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN, Senior Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
• Allison Barberio, Interim Senior Director of Operations, Pediatric Service Line

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