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.
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Dr. Lucas Collazo, Co-Director
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Dr. Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director
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Dr. Harish Rudra, Pediatric Cardiologist
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Dr. Jim Thompson, Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Keith Kocis, Director, Pediatric Cardiac ICU
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
Hassan Abdallah, MD
Annette Ansong, MD
Alan Benheim, MD
Patrick Callahan, MD
Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD
Amir Dangol, MD
Jared Hershenson, MD
Sharon Karr, MD
William Kirby, MD
Jennifer Lindsey, MD
Ramiro Lizano, MD
Keyur Mehta, MD
Jennifer O’Neil, MD
Jin Park, MD
Jaheedah Roane, MD
Harish Rudra, DO
Christopher Talluto, MD
Sherif Tawfik, MD
Kalpana Thammineni, MD
Jim Thompson, MD
Cardiac Surgery
Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Cardiovascular Anesthesiology
Electrophysiology
Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic
Interventional Cardiology
Noninvasive Imaging
Sharon Karr, MD | Medical Director
Hassan Abdallah, MD
Annette Ansong, MD
Melany Atkins, MD, (MRI/CT)
Alan Benheim, MD
Patrick Callahan, MD
Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD
Amir Dangol, MD
Jared Hershenson, MD
William Kirby, MD
Jennifer Lindsey, MD
Ramiro Lizano, MD
Jennifer O’Neil, MD
Jin Park, MD
Jaheedah Roane, MD
Harish Rudra, DO
Kalpana Thammineni, MD
Intensive Care
Keith Dockery, MD | Medical Director, Pediatric ICU
Keith Kocis, MD | Director, Pediatric Cardiac ICU
Swati Agarwal, MD
Nina Censoplano, MD
Kathleen Donnelly, MD
Cynthia Gibson, MD
Peter Grundl, MD
Jeremy Lamkin, MD
William Stotz, MD
Mahsheed Taeb, MD
Nursing Leadership
Lynda Mullinix, MSN, RN, Interim Senior Director
Gail Green, RN Clinical Director, PICU/CICU
Deidre Griffith-Ball, RN, Clinical Director, IMG
Cecilia Harris, Clinical Director, NICU
Kristine Lewis, RN3, BSN, MS, CCRN, Single Ventricle Nurse Navigator
Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Maria Liz Bullock, CRNP
Penny Drake, CRNP
Kelly Feran, CRNP
Louis Seay, CRNP
Lauren Stollar, CRNP
Fetal Care Team
Margot Ahronovich, MD, Medical Director
Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD, Medical Director, Fetal Cardiology
Sharon Karr, MD
Annette Ansong, MD
Patrick Callahan, MD
Jared Hershenson, MD
Jennifer Lindsey, MD
Jennifer O’Neil, MD
Jin Park, MD
Harish Rudra, DO
Erin Caufield, BSN
Melissa Eatherly, FNP-BC
Single Ventricle Care Team
Harish Rudra, DO, Medical Director
Annette Ansong, MD, Associate Medical Director
Marcelo Cardarelli, MD
Lucas Collazo, MD
Kimberly Hill, CCC SLP, Speech Therapist
Kristine Lewis, RN, Coordinator
Glenn Bailey, PA
Mechelle Fleischer, PA
Jamie MacIntosh, RN
Karyn Theis, RD, Nutrition
Cardiac Research
Child Life Services
Jamie Gentille, Director
Nicole Johnson, Cardiac CCLS
Multi-Modal Imaging
Administration
Steve Narang, MD, MHCM, President, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
Christopher O'Connor, MD, CEO, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute
David Ascher, MD, MBA,Chairman, Pediatrics
Joanna Fazio, Vice President, Pediatric Service Line
Megan Hindenburg, Program Coordinator
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