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Jonathan Kaltman is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Silver Spring,, Maryland. Dr. Kaltman is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Long QT Syndrome, Partial Atrioventricular Canal, Endocardial Cushion Defect, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Kaltman is currently accepting new patients.

Christopher Spurney is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Spurney is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy, Cardiomyopathy, and Atrioventricular Septal Defect. Dr. Spurney is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2004, Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2001, American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2001, and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology, 2004. Dr. Spurney is currently accepting new patients.

Seiji Ito, MD, is a board certified cardiologist at Children's National. Dr. Ito is highly rated in 12 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tricuspid Atresia, Ebstein's Anomaly, Pulmonary Atresia, Pulmonary Valves Agenesis, and Pacemaker Implantation. Dr. Ito is board certified in Internal Medicine: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2011, Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2017, Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2011, and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2014. Dr. Ito is currently accepting new patients.

Gerard Martin, MD, FAAP, FACC, FAHA, is a cardiologist at Children's National Hospital, where he has been in practice since 1986. Dr. Martin was promoted to professor of pediatrics (with tenure) at George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences in 1995 and served as the chief of cardiology, 1997-2009, and senior vice president for the Center for Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease, 1999-2015. He founded the Heart and Lung Center in 2004, and was named the 2007 C. Richard Beyda professor of cardiology. Dr. Martin was educated at Syracuse University and the State University of New York, Upstate School of Medicine. After a residency at Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital, he received training in pediatric cardiology at the Cardiovascular Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and invited publications and has presented abstracts at over 125 meetings. Dr. Martin is an invited lecturer who has traveled to over 200 meetings, hospitals and universities within the U.S., as well as around the world. Additionally, Dr. Martin is an advocate for congenital heart disease (CHD) efforts nationally and internationally. He played integral roles in the development of CCHD screening and the sub-board of Adult Congenital Heart Disease in the U.S. Dr. Martin also has served as a volunteer on medical missions to developing countries, and as a consultant within the U.S., South America, Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Martin is board-certified in pediatric cardiology, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology, and a member of the Society for Pediatric Research and the American Board of Pediatrics. He has served or is currently serving on the sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology, American Board of Pediatrics; the chair of the Section Adult Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology, American College of Cardiology; a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine, sub-board of Adult Congenital Heart Disease; and the board of trustees, American College of Cardiology. Dr. Martin is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Ventricular Septal Defects, Pulmonary Atresia, and Heart Murmurs. Dr. Martin is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1988, Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2015, and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1986. Dr. Martin is currently accepting new patients.

Wayne Franklin, MD, MBA, FACC, is the senior vice president of the Heart and Lung Center. Dr. Franklin oversees the full spectrum of heart care services including cardiac imaging and diagnostics, interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac anesthesia, cardiac surgery and cardiac intensive care. Dr. Franklin is involved with research focused on adults with congenital heart disease, specifically single ventricle-Fontan physiology, neurocognitive outcomes, pulmonary hypertension, cardiac disease in pregnancy and transition medicine. Dr. Franklin is a graduate of Williams College in Williamstown, MA, and UCLA School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in internal medicine and pediatrics at Duke University. He then completed two simultaneous fellowships in adult cardiology and pediatric cardiology at St. Luke’s/Texas Heart Institute and at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Dr. Franklin is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Double Inlet Left Ventricle, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Tricuspid Atresia. Dr. Franklin is board certified in Internal Medicine (Sub: Adult Congenital Heart Diseas, Cardiovascular Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2007, Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2017, Internal Medicine (Sub: Cardiovascular Disease), and Internal Medicine. Dr. Franklin is currently accepting new patients.

Niti Dham, MD, joined the Division of Cardiology at Children's National Hospital as a full-time attending in July 2009. She completed a non-invasive cardiac imaging fellowship at Children’s National. Dr. Dham is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Prior to this, her cardiology fellowship included training at Children’s National, Columbia University and Tulane University. Dr. Dham's clinical focus includes heart failure, transplant, cardiomyopathy, cardiology-oncology, pulmonary hypertension and echocardiography. She is a key member of the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Team (Heart Failure and Transplant) and is the director of the Cardio-Oncology Program in Cardiology. In addition, she is the lead physician of the cardiomyopathy cardiogenetics clinic. She has experience in multiple forms of cardiac imaging including transthoracic, transesophageal and fetal echocardiography. Her research interests involve early cardiac detection in cancer survivors, evaluation of pulmonary hypertension with non-invasive cardiac modalities, heart failure and cardiogenetics. Dr. Dham is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypochondroplasia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Pediatric Myocarditis, and Myocarditis. Dr. Dham is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2008 and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2012. Dr. Dham is currently accepting new patients.