25 of the Best Pediatric Cardiologists Near Me in Laurel,, MD

Yue-Hin “Tom” Loke, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist at the Heart and Lung Center. Dr. Loke co-developed a new medical modeling app at Children's National with pediatric cardiologist Laura Olivieri, MD. Dr. Loke is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Subpulmonary Stenosis, Pulmonary Atresia, Coarctation of the Aorta, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Loke is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2018 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2014.

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 highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Tetralogy of Fallot, Heart Attack, Apoplexy, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Cedars is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Christopher Spurney is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. He has been practicing medicine for over 28 years. 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 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2001.

Shelby Kutty is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Kutty is highly rated in 24 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Tetralogy of Fallot, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heart Transplant, and Thrombectomy.

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 5 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypochondroplasia, Rommen Mueller Sybert Syndrome, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Pediatric Myocarditis. Dr. Dham is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2012 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2008.

Dr. Allen Everett is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include general pediatric cardiology. Dr. Everett earned his M.D. from East Tennessee State University. He completed his residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric cardiology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Everett joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2003. He has become the program leader at Johns Hopkins in pediatric biomarker discovery, with a particular focus on brain injury, pulmonary hypertension and effects of medical plastics exposure on congenital heart disease outcomes. He is the principal investigator (PI) or co-PI on multiple NIH- funded R01 studies. Dr. Everett also serves as the director of the Pediatric Proteome Center. Dr. Everett is an author of over 140 peer review papers, three book chapters, editor/author of the Illustrated Field Guide to Congenital Heart Disease and Repair, now in its fourth edition, and senior associate editor for the journal, Cardiology in the Young. He is a co-developer of PedCathTM cardiac catheterization software with Scientific Software Solutions which has been translated into five languages, has five US biomarker patents filed and brain injury biomarkers licensed to ImmunArray, Ltd. Dr. Everett is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heart Bypass Surgery, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Everett is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

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 Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2015, Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1988, and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1986.

Tyler H. Harris, MD, is a pediatric cardiologist and is certified in pediatrics and pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. He is an attending at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed his pediatrics residency and pediatric cardiology fellowship at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Harris is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Kawasaki Disease, Vasculitis, and Pediatric Myocarditis. Dr. Harris is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Harris is currently accepting new patients.

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.

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, Ebstein's Anomaly, and Ventricular Septal Defects. Dr. Franklin is board certified in Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2017 and Cardiovascular Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2007.

Dr. William J. Ravekes is an associate professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Ravekes serves as medical director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program as well as pediatric cardiology fellowship director. He also specializes in non-invasive imaging, fetal echocardiography and the perioperative and intensive care of fetuses, infants, children and adults with congenital heart disease. Dr. Ravekes earned his medical degree at the George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed a pediatrics residency and chief residency at Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford and a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. He served on the faculty of Texas Children’s Hospital prior to joining Johns Hopkins. His research interests include echocardiographic assessment of cardiac function, aortopathies, heart failure and transplantation, and medical education. He has published more than 90 scholarly articles. Dr. Ravekes is highly rated in 9 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Marfan Syndrome, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Ravekes is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

Dr. Melanie Kandt Nies is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in congenital heart disease, echocardiography and pulmonary hypertension. She completed her medical school education at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, followed by her residency and pediatric cardiology and fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Nies' research focuses on non-invasive diagnosis, therapeutic monitoring and prognosis of pulmonary hypertension using non-invasive imaging and biomarkers. She has advanced training in echocardiography and proteomic biomarker discovery. She works as part of a multidisciplinary team at Johns Hopkins Hospital, caring for patients with pulmonary hypertension, and as part of Kennedy Krieger Institute’s multidisciplinary team for the care of patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Dr. Nies lives in Baltimore City with her husband and two young sons. She and her family are fans of the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens, and enjoy the many city parks, food and cultural activities of Baltimore City. Dr. Nies is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cerebral Hypoxia, and High Blood Pressure in Infants. Dr. Nies is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

Jeffrey A. Becker, MD, is a cardiologist at Children’s National Hospital. In previous roles, he has served as both the Medical Director and Program Director for Outpatient Cardiology. Before joining Children's in 2008, he served as Assistant Chief of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, retiring as an Army Colonel. Dr. Becker is board certified in general pediatrics and pediatric cardiology, a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Cardiology and a member of the North American Society for Cardiac Imaging. He received his doctorate of medicine from the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C. He completed his residency in pediatrics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C., and his fellowship training in cardiology at Children's National. His primary interests include: non-invasive cardiac imaging and outpatient cardiology. Dr. Becker is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Interrupted Aortic Arch, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, and Ventricular Septal Defects. Dr. Becker is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1998 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1991.

Dr. W. Reid Thompson is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric cardiology, cardiomyopathy, muscular dystrophy, and echocardiography. Dr. Thompson is a member of the pediatric cardiovascular team at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Thompson was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was a Morehead Scholar at the University of North Carolina, where he was also Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa. He received his M.D. from the Wake Forest University Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and performed a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at The Children’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School. Dr. Thompson's research interests include evaluation of ventricular function in patients with muscular dystrophy, Barth syndrome, and status post chemotherapy. He also studies novel methods of teaching and diagnosing heart disease through cardiac auscultation. Dr. Thompson is a physician at the Johns Hopkins Hospital as well as the Kennedy Krieger Institute. He was awarded an Individual National Research Service Award by the National Institutes of Health. He was also an American Heart Association Bugher Fellow and a Child Health Research Center New Program Development Awardee. Dr. Thompson is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Barth Syndrome, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Tetralogy of Fallot, and Ventricular Septal Defects. Dr. Thompson is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

Tom Choi is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. He has been practicing medicine for over 12 years. Dr. Choi is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Heart Murmurs, Mitral Atresia, and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS). Dr. Choi is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2022 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2017.

Jennifer Klein, MD, is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Children's National Hospital. She earned her medical degree from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She completed her pediatric residency, pediatric cardiology fellowship and advanced cardiac imaging fellowship at Children's National. Concurrent with her clinical training, she earned a master's in public health from George Washington University with a focus on maternal and child health. As a clinician-scientist, Dr. Klein's research interests include maternal health and nutrition, addressing disparities in prenatal care for fetal cardiac disease, and neurodevelopmental outcomes for patients with congenital heart disease. She has been awarded a postdoctoral research training grant from the American Heart Association to study the geographic distribution of congenital heart disease. She currently serves as a site principal investigator for an NIH-funded study on neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital heart disease. She is a member of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and American Academy of Pediatrics. She is involved in several national organizations to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in pediatric cardiac healthcare. Dr. Klein is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Transposition of the Great Arteries, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Mitral Valve Regurgitation. Dr. Klein is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2022 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2017.

Joseph May is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. May is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Murmurs, Heart Block, Kawasaki Disease, and Double Discordia.

Sarah Ballow Clauss, MD, joined Children’s National in 2002. She received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, and then earned her medical degree from SUNY Buffalo in Buffalo, NY. She completed her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA. She was a pediatric cardiology fellow at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Clauss specializes in fetal echocardiography and dyslipidemias. Dr. Clauss is involved in the Joint Council on Congenital Heart Disease National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative to improve outcomes in children with heart disease. She sees patients at the Children's Outpatient Center of Montgomery County on the second Tuesday of the month and at the Diabetes Care Complex in the main hospital on the second Friday of the month. Dr. Clauss is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Murmurs, High Cholesterol, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Dr. Clauss is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2002 and American Board Of Pediatrics, 1999.

Linda Russo, MD, specializes in pediatric cardiology and is certified in pediatric cardiology by the American Board of Pediatrics. She practices at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Cardiology, and is affiliated with UPMC Altoona, UPMC Bedford, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, UPMC Northwest, UPMC Hamot, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Horizon, and UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital. Dr. Russo completed her residency at Creighton University School of Medicine. Dr. Russo is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus and Transposition of the Great Arteries. Dr. Russo is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Russo is currently accepting new patients.

Ian Hovis, MD, completed a bachelor’s degree from University of Wisconsin in natural sciences and communication arts – film, radio and television, before earning a medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, and moving on to a pediatric residency at Montefiore Children’s Hospital in Bronx, NY. He joined Children's National as a cardiology fellow in 2015 and became a faculty member in August 2018. Dr. Hovis has a deep interest in education and clinical cardiology, and is very active in clinical research projects. He sees patients in both the inpatient and outpatient settings at the main campus in Washington, D.C., as well as at the cardiology clinic at the Montgomery County Outpatient Center and the Calvert Cardiology Clinic. Dr. Hovis is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Murmurs, Congenital Heart Block, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Scarlet Fever. Dr. Hovis is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, 2018 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2015.

Dr. Ashish Doshi is a pediatric cardiologist specializing in advanced cardiac imaging at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Doshi completed a combined M.D./Ph.D. program at Duke University School of Medicine. His doctoral research was in the field of biomedical engineering, specifically computational modeling of cardiac electrophysiology. He completed his pediatrics residency at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC. During his cardiology fellowship, Dr. Doshi conducted research at The Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering. After finishing fellowship, he continued this work through a research fellowship funded by the American Heart Association, investigating MRI-based computational models for arrhythmia risk prediction in tetralogy of Fallot and pediatric myocarditis. He subsequently completed training in advanced cardiac imaging at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. Dr. Doshi’s research interests involve the use of computational methods, particularly image-based biomedical modeling and computer simulation, for risk stratification and clinical decision support in children with congenital and acquired heart disease, with particular interests in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, repaired tetralogy of Fallot, and single-ventricle disease. He has also conducted work in fetal electrocardiography and the use of cardiac MRI native T1 mapping for detection of heart transplant rejection. Selected Publications Sethi N, Doshi A, Doshi T, Cross R, Cronin I, Amin E, Kanter J, Scheel J, Khan S, Campbell-Washburn A, Olivieri L. Quantitative Cardiac Magnetic Resonance T2 Imaging Offers Ability to Non-Invasively Predict Acute Allograft Rejection in Children. Cardiol Young. 2020; 30(6):852-859. Shade JK, Cartoski MJ, Nikolov P, Prakosa A, Doshi A, Binka E, Olivieri L, Boyle PM, Spevak PJ, Trayanova NA. Ventricular arrhythmia risk prediction in repaired Tetralogy of Fallot using personalized computational cardiac models. Heart Rhythm 2020; 17(3): 408-14. Shade JK, Doshi AN, Sung E, Popescu DM, Minhas AS, Gilotra NA, Aronis KN, Hays AG, Trayanova NA. COVID-HEART: Development and Validation of a Multi-Variable Model for Real-Time Prediction of Cardiovascular Complications in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19. MedRxiv [Preprint]. January 10, 2021 [cited Oct 7, 2021] Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.03.21249182 Doshi AN, Mass P, Cleary KR, Moak JP, Funamoto K, Kimura Y, Khandoker AH, Krishnan A. Feasibility of non-invasive fetal electrocardiographic interval measurement in the outpatient clinical setting. Pediatric Cardiology 2019; 40(6): 1175-82. Dr. Doshi is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Aortopulmonary Window, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Ventricular Tachycardia, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Doshi is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

Christopher Jordan is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Jordan is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses GM1 Gangliosidosis, Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, and Ventricular Septal Defects.

Nicholas Pietris is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Pietris is highly rated in 6 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Patent Foramen Ovale, and Ventricular Septal Defects.

James Telep is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Annapolis,, Maryland. Dr. Telep is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Interrupted Aortic Arch, X-Linked Cardiac Valvular Dysplasia, and Cardiac Diverticulum.

Alicia Chaves is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Baltimore,, Maryland. Dr. Chaves is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Ventricular Septal Defects, Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Pulmonary Atresia, and Gastrostomy.