Pediatric Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons

The Heart Institute's pediatric cardiac surgeons perform a wide range of heart procedures, including surgical repair of complex congenital heart defects.

David Kalfa, MD

Primary Office: Miami

Shyam K Sathanandam, MD

Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute

Primary Office: Miami

Sanjiv K Gandhi, MD

Congenital Heart Surgeon

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Complex congenital heart conditions, pediatric heart transplantation, and the use of ventricular assist devices.

Yadira L Martinez-Fernandez, MD

Director, Outpatient Cardiology Co-Director, NeuroCardiac and Development Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Congenital heart disease, preventive cardiovascular medicine, neurodevelopment in children with congenital heart disease, management of cardiovascular conditions in neuromuscular disorders

Joanna M Lowisz, DO

Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology Program Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist

Primary Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Clinical Interests:
Preventive cardiology, fetal cardiology and echocardiography

Utkarsh Kohli, MD

Medical Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Anthony F Rossi, MD

NCPS Director of Research, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Congenital heart surgery, congenital heart defects, improvement of post-operative care

Himanshu Adlakha, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Boynton Beach

Clinical Interests:
Fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease, echocardiography and preventive cardiology

Fernando Molina Berganza, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Coral Springs

Clinical Interests:
congenital heart defects, single ventricle outcomes, thrombosis prevention in congenital heart defects, preventive cardiology and exercise stress tests for congenital heart defects.

Dana M DeCarlo, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Preventive and congenital heart disease, fetal cardiology

Nancy C Dobrolet, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Weston

Clinical Interests:
The care of infants, children and young adults with congenital heart disease, with a particular interest in the neurodevelopment care of these patients

Farah H Garmany, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Davie

Ryan Halickman, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease, preventive cardiology and cardio-oncology

Danyal M Khan, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Congenital heart disease, cardiac intensive care.

Donna K Rhoden, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Coral Springs

Juan Carlos G Muniz, MD

Director, Cardiac Non-Invasive Imaging

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Multimodality heart imaging and 3D modeling of complex anatomical lesions.

Elizabeth Welch, MD

Director, Echocardiography Lab

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Morphology, 3D imaging.

Mubeena Abdulkarim, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist Non-invasive Imaging

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Non-invasive cardiac imaging, including MRI, CT and echocardiography

Stacie B Peddy, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Medical Director, CICU ECMO Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Cardiac critical care, cardiac simulation, ECMO, patient safety and quality outcomes

Jason C Katz, MD

Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric critical care, supporting advanced training for future pediatric cardiologists

Juan M Bolivar, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:

Alejandro J Martinez Herrada, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventricular assist device use, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and virtual reality-based simulation

Bhavi Patel, DO

Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Early extubation post-cardiac surgery, quality improvement, safety and efficiency in transfer of patient care.

Darline Santana-Acosta, MD

Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Risk factors influencing clinical outcomes in neonatal congenital heart disease surgery

Lourdes Rosa Prieto, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Primary Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Clinical Interests:
All types of transcatheter interventions for congenital heart disease in both children and adults.

Daniel Duarte Caceres, MD

Interventional Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Congenital interventional cardiology and cardiac catheterization, transcatheter valve replacements, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occlusion in extremely premature infants, septal defect closures, pulmonary artery and vein rehabilitation

Utkarsh Kohli, MD

Medical Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Ronald J Kanter, MD

Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Electrophysiology, cardiac channelopathies, syncope, arrhythmia, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, catheter ablation of tachycardia substrates

Sherrie Joy A Baysa, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Arrhythmias, cardiac channelopathies, sudden cardiac death, congenital heart disease, catheter ablation, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Richard G. Lagueruela, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Anesthesia

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric cardiac anesthesia, heart and lung transplants

Jaime L Bozentka, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Nelson R Riveros Perez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Maricarmen Roche Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Nurse Navigators

Our nurse navigators coordinate care for patients and communication between all team members. They will provide continuity of care between inpatient and outpatient settings. This includes educating families and staff about heart conditions, ordering diagnostic tests and managing medications, keeping your family, your child and the referring physician informed about progress and visiting your child daily while they are in the hospital.

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Almaha Alshehri, MD


Advanced Practice Professionals Specialized in Pediatric Cardiology

  • Melissa Olen, APRN (Supervisor of Advanced Practice Professionals)

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU)

  • Luisa Angel, APRN
  • Dyana Conway, APRN
  • Carmen Fraga-Soto, APRN
  • Allyson Gobus, APRN
  • Mayra Perrotta, APRN
  • Marcelle Reyes, APRN
  • Lisa Sosa Tuesta, APRN
  • Melissa Vidaechea, APRN

Catheterization Lab

  • Antonio Chantilla, APRN

Cardiovascular Surgery

  • Chantel Mouttet, APRN
  • Jessica Miller, APRN
  • Cristi Tyler, APRN
  • Natalie Llama, APRN
  • Jason Inoa, PA
  • Francisco Alonso, RNFA

Electrophysiology

  • Melissa Olen, APRN

High Risk Clinic

  • Stefania Sarno, APRN

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