Overview
Dr. Decker is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and heart failure. He offers innovative and minimally invasive techniques to benefit patients at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute. He was named the 2023 William A. Baumgartner Physician of the Year for Johns Hopkins All Children's in the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. Before joining All Children’s, Dr. Decker was an assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, where he completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology, an advanced fellowship in heart failure/transplantation, and an advanced fellowship in pediatric electrophysiology at Baylor College of Medicine. A graduate of Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Camden, New Jersey, Dr. Decker did his pediatric residency training at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Decker is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). His top areas of expertise are Arrhythmias, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS), Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, and Heart Transplant.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 23 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 260, Suite 260, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
5881 Rand Boulevard, Sarasota, FL 34238
Clinical Research
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Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
Dr. Thompson specializes in interventional cardiology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. He joined the hospital staff in 2020. He was previously a pediatric cardiologist and medical director for Child Cardiology Associates in Fairfax, Virginia, and chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute at Inova Fairfax Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency, serving as chief resident, at Children’s National Medical Center. He then completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship with a focus in catheterization and interventional cardiology at University of California, San Francisco. He has been a principal investigator for multiple clinical trials for devices to close defects in the heart through catheters rather than open-heart surgery. He has performed device closures of over 1,500 defects. He was the first physician in the United States to use a novel transcatheter suture delivery system and is leading a multicenter, multinational trial on that device. His passion is the delivery of compassionate care to his patients and their families. Dr. Thompson is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). His top areas of expertise are Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Pulmonary Atresia, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair.
Pediatric Cardiology Associates
Stephanie Kurtz is a Pediatric Cardiologist in St Petersburg, Florida. Dr. Kurtz is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Right Ventricle Hypoplasia, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Ventricular Septal Defects.
St Josephs Diagnostic Center LLC
Jeremy Ringewald is a Pediatric Cardiologist in Tampa, Florida. Dr. Ringewald is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Supravalvular Stenosis, and Double Inlet Left Ventricle.
Areas of Expertise
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- Experienced
- Aortopulmonary WindowDr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Aortopulmonary Window.
- ArrhythmiasDr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Arrhythmias.
- Atrial Septal Defect (ASD)Dr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Atrial Septal Defect (ASD).
- Cardiofaciocutaneous SyndromeDr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome.
- Cardiomyopathic LentiginosisDr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Cardiomyopathic Lentiginosis.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Decker isExperienced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.