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Benjamin Barnes is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in fetal cardiology and fetal echocardiography in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Barnes was born at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, which is where he also completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowships in pediatric cardiology and pediatric advanced cardiac imaging prior to joining the pediatric cardiology team in 2019. He earned his medical degree from Chicago Medical School. Dr. Barnes is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Mitral Atresia, Tetralogy of Fallot, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Double Inlet Left Ventricle.

Dr. Ari Cedars is a cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He also serves as director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at both the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Cedars is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Cedars specializes in adult congenital heart disease. He is a member of the leadership committee for the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), an organization focused on the improvement of outcomes for pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. He is an administrative board member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC), a multi-institutional academic research network devoted to producing new research in adult congenital heart disease. He is also a member of the medical advisory board for the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). Dr. Cedars’ research focuses on patient-centered outcomes, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, and the biological mechanisms underlying clinical disease progression in congenital heart disease. Dr. Cedars is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, and Heart Transplant.

Nak Choi is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Cardiologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Choi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Mitral Atresia. His top areas of expertise are Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Heart Murmurs, Mitral Atresia, and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). Dr. Choi is currently accepting new patients.