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.
Meet the leadership team of Inova Children’s Heart Center
Left to right: Mitchell Cohen, MD, Lucas Collazo, MD, Ilias Illiopolis, MD, Chawki Elzein, MD, Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN
- Mitchell I. Cohen, MD; Co-Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
- Chawki Elzein, MD; Co-Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
- Lucas Collazo, MD; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
- Ilias Iliopoulos, MD; Medical Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN; Senior Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
Specialty teams
- 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
- Brian Holland, 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
- Kristen E. Barbieri, PA
- Maia Maitland, PA
Pediatric Perfusionists
- Doug Fischer, CCP, FPP (Chief of Pediatric Perfusionists)
- Kali Begum
- Hannah Gray
- Meghan Thomas
- 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
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Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director, Pediatrics
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Harish Rudra, DO, Medical Director
- Jennifer O'Neil, MD
- Meredith Breeden, LMSW
- Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN
- Lauren Manganello, RD
- Christa Ondiak, SLP
- Jamie Gentille, Director
- Nicole Johnson, Cardiac CCLS
- 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
- 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 and Interim Chief Nursing Officer, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
- Cynthia Gibson, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
- Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN, Senior Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
- Allison Barberio, Senior Director of Operations, Pediatric Service Line