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

Inova Children's Heart Program offers some of the most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons and pediatric interventional cardiologists in the field. Meet our medical directors and physicians and learn more about why they love what they do. 

Inova Pediatric Cardiology Care Team

Cardiology
Cardiac Surgery
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Electrophysiology
Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic
Interventional Cardiology
Noninvasive Imaging
Intensive Care
Nursing Leadership
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Fetal Care Team
Multi-Modal Imaging
Cardiac Research
Single Ventricle Care Team
Child Life Services
Administration

 

Pediatric Cardiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD
• Karim Diab, MD
• Deneen Heath, MD
• Sharon Karr, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Elisa Rhee, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Cardiac Surgery

• Lucas Collazo, MD, Chief, Cardiac Surgery
• Marcelo Cardarelli, MD
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Kathryn Jolda, NP-AC

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Chris Talluto, MD, Medical Director
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Pradeep Nayak, MD
• Carolyn Rosner, CRNP
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Mark Tanenbaum, MD

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology

• Benjamin Cramer, MD
• Ahmed Elrefai, MD
• Erin Foley, MD
• James Konigsberg, MD
• Jennifer Maher, MD
• Robert Mesrobian, MD

Electrophysiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD

Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director, Pediatrics
• Palak Shah, MD, Co-Director, Adult (IHVI)
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Ryan Hartman, MS CGC 
• Rebecca Miller, MS, CGC

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Interventional Cardiology

• Steve Shapiro, MD
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Noninvasive Imaging

• Sharon Karr, MD, Medical Director
• Melany Atkins, MD, (MRI/CT)
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO

Intensive Care

• Rana Sharara-Chami, MD, Director, Pediatric ICU
• Keith Kocis, MD, Director, Pediatric Cardiac ICU
• Swati Agarwal, MD
• Julia Asworth, MD
• Kathleen Donnelly, MD
• Mariam Gabrial, MD
• Cynthia Gibson, MD
• Peter Grundl, MD
• Jeremy Lamkin, MD
• William Stotz, MD
• Mahsheed Taeb, MD
• Megan Tzeng, MD

Nursing Leadership

• Lynda Mullinix, MSN, RN, Interim Senior Director
• Megan Mahan, Clinical Director, Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
• Gail Green, RN Clinical Director, PICU/CICU
• Denise Doherty, Clinical Director, Pediatric Specialty Care Unit
• Amber Fuller, Clinical Director, Neonatal ICU
• Paula Thompson, Clinical Director, Neonatal ICU
• Shayna Dixon, Clinical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department
• Leilani Jankus, Clinical Director, Pediatric Surgery & Sedation
• Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN, Single Ventricle Nurse Navigator

Advanced Nurse Practitioners

• Kristen Barbieri, PA-C
• Fiona Baustein, CPNP-AC
• Kelly Ferran, CPNP-AC
• Lauren Hancock, CPNP-AC
• Louis Seay, CPNP-AC
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP
• Joyce Vamja, CPNP-AC/PC

Fetal Care Team

• Margot Ahronovich, MD, Medical Director
• Karim Diab, MD, Director, Fetal Cardiology
• Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD, Director, Pediatric Echocardiography
• Sharon Karr, MD
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Erin Caufield, BSN
• Melissa Eatherly, FNP-BC

Single Ventricle Care Team

• Harish Rudra, DO, Medical Director
• Marcelo Cardarelli, MD
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Kimberly Hill, CCC SLP, Speech Therapist
• Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN, Single Ventricle Nurse Navigator
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Jamie MacIntosh, RN
• Karyn Theis, RD, Nutrition

Cardiac Research

• Marcelo Cardarelli, MD
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Serina Zorrilla, RN, CCRC, Manager, Pediatric Research

Child Life Services

• Jamie Gentille, Director
• Nicole Johnson, Cardiac CCLS

Multi-Modal Imaging

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

Administration

• Steve Narang, MD, MHCM, President, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
• Christopher O'Connor, MD, CEO, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
• Joanna Fazio, Vice President, Pediatric Service Line
• Christina Quint, Senior Director of Operations, Pediatric Service Line
• Cynthia Gibson, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Megan Hindenburg, Program Coordinator