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
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Karim Diab, MD
• Deneen Heath, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Sharon Karr, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Elisa Rhee, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD
• Shripriya O'Neill, NP

Cardiac Surgery

• James St. Louis, MD, Chief, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Kathryn Jolda, NP-AC

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

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

Cardiovascular Anesthesiology

• Rica Buchanan, MD
• Benjamin Cramer, MD
• Danica Han, MD
• Tiffany Minehart, MD
• Tricia Jordan, CRNA
• Oliver Jordan, CRNA
• Christine Quinn, CRNA

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Electrophysiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD

Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic

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

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Interventional Cardiology

• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Noninvasive Imaging

• Sarah Chambers Gurson, MD, Medical Director
• Melany Atkins, MD, (MRI/CT)
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, 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

Intensive Care

• Rana Sharara-Chami, MD, Director, Pediatric ICU
• Swati Agarwal, MD
• Julia Ashworth, 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

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Advanced Nurse Practitioners

• Kristen Barbieri, PA-C
• Fiona Baustein, CPNP-AC
• Kelly Ferran, CPNP-AC
• Lauren Hancock, CPNP-AC
• Louis Seay, CPNP-AC
• 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
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Sharon Karr, 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
• Jennifer O'Neil, MD
• Kimberly Hill, CCC SLP, Speech Therapist
• Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN, Single Ventricle Nurse Navigator
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Karyn Theis, RD, Nutrition

Cardiac Research

• Marcelo Cardarelli, MD
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• James St. Louis, 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
• Joanna Fazio, Vice President, Pediatric Service Line
• Ashley Virts, RN, MSN-FNP, Vice President, Nursing, Pediatric Service Line
• Christina Quint, Senior Director of Operations, Pediatric Service Line
• Cynthia Gibson, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN-K, Director of Clinical Specialty