Dr. Jamie A. Decker

Alfred Asante-Korang, M.D., F.A.C.C., pediatric cardiologist with the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute, has been working with heart transplant patients for more than 20 years. Dr. Asante-Korang was named Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital best consulting physician in the 2023 Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards. Dr. Asante-Korang graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School, where he also completed an internship in pediatrics. He completed pediatric residencies at the University of Liverpool and the University of Chicago, as well as fellowships in pediatric cardiology at the IWK Children’s Hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Asante is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Infantile Neutropenia, Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy Due to Anthracyclines, Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant.

Dr. Laks is a pediatric cardiologist who specializes in heart failure and transplantation. She sees patients as part of the Heart Transplant Program at the Johns Hopkins All Children’s Heart Institute. She joined the hospital staff in 2021. She was previously a pediatric cardiologist at Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario. Dr. Laks earned her medical degree from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario. She completed a residency in pediatrics at University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where she also served as pediatric co-chief resident. She completed a pediatric cardiology fellowship, where she served as chief pediatric cardiology fellow, followed by additional training in a pediatric heart function and transplant fellowship both at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She earned her Master of Science in Community Health with a specialization in Health Practitioner Teacher Education from the University of Toronto. She has a special interest in medical education. Dr. Laks is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Marfan Syndrome, Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation, Cardiomyopathy, and Heart Transplant.

Dr. Puchalski is co-director of the Heart Institute and medical director of cardiology at Johns Hopkins All Children’s. He joined the hospital staff in 2020. He was previously associate director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He also served as director of noninvasive imaging for cardiology after building the Fetal Heart Center and starting the cardiovascular MRI program. He was director of quality improvement for the Heart Center at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and medical director of outpatient services at Primary Children’s Medical Center in Riverton, Utah. Dr. Puchalski has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, authored numerous book chapters and given many talks both nationally and internationally. He is a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology and Board member of the Fetal Heart Society. He is also a reviewer for numerous medical journals. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. He then completed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at University of California San Francisco. Dr. Puchalski is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Heart Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Ebstein's Anomaly, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Tetralogy of Fallot, and Heart Transplant.