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Dr. Jeremy Ringewald is fellowship trained in pediatric and congenital interventional cardiology, is board certified in pediatric cardiology and is with BayCare Medical Group in Tampa Bay, Florida, where he sees patients from birth throughout adulthood. Before joining BayCare Medical Group, he practiced at Pediatric Cardiology Associates, was on the faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina (2004-09) in Charleston, South Carolina, and was on the faculty at the Children’s Hospital at the University of Oklahoma Medical Center (2001-04) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Dr. Ringewald earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, and performed a pediatric internship and residency at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital/Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Memorial Hospital/Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, and a pediatric interventional cardiology fellowship at Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.Dr. Ringewald was the first pediatric interventional cardiologist in Oklahoma and the first in the state to close an atrial septal defect and a ventricular septal defect without open-heart surgery. At the Medical University of South Carolina, he served as co-director of the cardiac catheterization labs and director of the heart transplant program. While there, Dr. Ringewald contributed to several U.S. FDA clinical trials testing new devices and new medications in the catheterization lab. He has performed over 6,000 cardiac catheterizations and is a national leader in the field. Dr. Ringewald is a consultant for several medical industry vendors and teaches other physicians to perform the procedures he helped pioneer. He’s also an experienced researcher and has published numerous articles in medical journals.A few of the interventional program milestones achieved under Dr. Ringewald’s leadership at St. Joseph’s Hospital include many first applications, such as the Medtronic/Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve in Tampa Bay, the Edwards/Sapien transcatheter pulmonary valve in central Florida, the Gore/Cardioform ASD device in Florida, the Abbott/Piccolo device implant in a NICU premie in Tampa Bay, the Medtronic/Harmony transcatheter pulmonary valve in Florida, a Renata/Minima infant stent in the Southeastern U.S., and the world’s leading implanter of Alterra/Sapien transcatheter pulmonary valves in 2023.\xa0Dr. Ringewald educates his patients and their families about their unique cardiac conditions and includes them when developing the most viable treatment plan. He’s a Fellow of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions. Dr. Ringewald has served as the director of the cardiac catheterization labs at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital for over 10 years. He’s affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and many other hospitals throughout Tampa Bay. Dr. Ringewald is highly rated in 27 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Valve Stenosis, Tetralogy of Fallot, Pulmonary Supravalvular Stenosis, and Double Inlet Left Ventricle. Dr. Ringewald is board certified in AB Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).

Dr. Anna Bernus is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology and is with BayCare Medical Group in Tampa Bay, where she sees patients from birth throughout adulthood. Before joining BayCare Medical Group, she practiced at Pediatric Cardiology Associates for 15 years and served as the director of pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Bernus earned a Doctor of Medicine after finishing a Fifth Pathway Program at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, and performed a pediatric internship at Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She completed a pediatric residency at The Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, and a pediatric cardiology fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Bernus has volunteered with several medical missions with Heart Care International and Surgeons of Hope and has provided cardiac care to children in Senegal, Mozambique, Peru, El Salvador and Jamaica, among other countries. Her clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, noninvasive cardiology and cardiac intensive care unit/postoperative care. Dr. Bernus is certified in pediatric advanced life support. She’s a member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Dr. Bernus is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and many other hospitals throughout Tampa Bay. She speaks Catalan, French and Spanish. Dr. Bernus is highly rated in 47 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Ventricular Septal Defects, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Isthmian Coarctation, and Coarctation of the Aorta. Dr. Bernus is board certified in AB Pediatrics - Pediatrics and AB Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).

Dr. Stephanie Kurtz is dual board certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology and is with BayCare Medical Group in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she sees patients newborn to age 18. Before joining BayCare Medical Group, she practiced at Pediatric Cardiology Associates. Dr. Kurtz earned a Doctor of Medicine from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing, Michigan, completed a pediatric residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, and a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Michigan/Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Her clinical interests include pediatric echocardiography and noninvasive electrophysiology. Dr. Kurtz has a particular interest in caring for children with single ventricles. She’s a member of the American College of Cardiology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Kurtz is affiliated with St. Joseph’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital and St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. Dr. Kurtz is highly rated in 36 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Right Ventricle Hypoplasia, Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Ventricular Septal Defects. Dr. Kurtz is board certified in AB Pediatrics - Pediatrics and AB Pediatrics (Pediatric Cardiology).