25 of the Best Pediatric Cardiologists Near Me in silver spring, MD

Alaa Aljiffry is a Pediatric Cardiologist and a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Aljiffry is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Pulmonary Atresia, Pulmonary Valves Agenesis, Mitral Atresia, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Aljiffry is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, 2022 and American Board Of Pediatrics, 2014. Dr. Aljiffry is currently accepting new patients.

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 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Tetralogy of Fallot, Subpulmonary Stenosis, Pulmonary Atresia, Tricuspid Atresia, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Loke is board certified in (Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology), Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2018, (Pediatrics), Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2014, and American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Loke 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. Dr. Kaltman is currently accepting new patients.

Linda Leatherbury is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington,, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Leatherbury is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heterotaxy Syndrome, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Situs Inversus. Dr. Leatherbury is currently accepting new patients.

Robin Doroshow is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington,, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Doroshow is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Heart Murmurs, His Bundle Tachycardia, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Congenital Mitral Malformation. Dr. Doroshow is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Slack is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Slack is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Atrial Septal Defect (ASD), Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect, Pulmonary Atresia, Patent Foramen Ovale Repair, and Angioplasty. Dr. Slack is currently accepting new patients.

Pascal Amedro, MD, PhD, is the inaugural Dunn Family Endowed Professor of Cardiac Research at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences. He is a pediatric and congenital cardiologist at Children’s National and remains affiliated with the University of Bordeaux in France as professor of Pediatrics, where he continues to contribute to international collaborative research programs. Dr. Amedro is an internationally recognized expert in pediatric cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and exercise physiology in children with chronic diseases. His research has contributed to the development and validation of pediatric normative values and Z-score–based interpretation frameworks, improving the precision and clinical applicability of functional assessment in growing children and adolescents. He leads international clinical research initiatives aimed at advancing prevention, rehabilitation and quality of life in children, adolescents and young adults living with chronic diseases. Dr. Amedro coordinates QUALIREHAB, an innovative hybrid (center- and home-based) cardiac rehabilitation and preventive cardiology program. QUALIREHAB addresses physical deconditioning across pediatric chronic conditions, including congenital heart disease, pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and childhood cancer survivorship. Previously, he served as division head of Pediatrics at Montpellier University Hospital in France, where he established and directed pediatric clinical and research infrastructures and led numerous multicenter studies supported by national and European funding agencies. Serving on international scientific boards and advisory committees, Dr. Amedro is committed to advancing collaborative research and implementing innovative, patient-centered healthcare solutions worldwide. Dr. Amedro is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Congenital Cardiovascular Shunt, Eisenmenger Syndrome, Gastrostomy, and Heart Transplant.

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.

Kristin Burns, MD, joined the Children’s National Health System faculty in 2011. She received a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Wellesley College and a medical degree from the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Burns’ clinical interest is general cardiology, and her research focuses on using administrative databases to examine outcomes for children with heart disease. She is a medical officer in the Heart Development and Structural Diseases Branch in the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the NIH. Dr. Burns is also Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. At Children’s, Dr. Burns sees patients in the outpatient setting and attends on inpatient and consult services. Before becoming a doctor, she was an educator for adolescents. The field of pediatric cardiology was a way to combine her interest in science with a passion for working with children and families. Dr. Burns has done clinical work on an Apache reservation, in Bolivia, Chile, Kenya, and Uganda, and she is fluent in Spanish. When she’s not practicing medicine, she plays soccer, flag football, and softball in addition to teaching English as a Second Language classes. Dr. Burns is highly rated in 3 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), and Coarctation of the Aorta. Dr. Burns is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2007 and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2012. Dr. Burns is currently accepting new patients.

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, Congenital Coronary Artery Malformation, Myocarditis, and Heart Block. Dr. May is currently accepting new patients.

Bryanna Schwartz, MD, MPH, is a cardiologist at Children’s National Hospital. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on the Morehead Cain Scholarship. Dr. Schwartz earned her medical degree and master of public health degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. She completed her training in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric cardiology at Children’s National. Her research interests are in health outcomes research, critical congenital heart disease detection, Down syndrome and clinical trials in the field of pediatric cardiology. Dr. Schwartz sees patients in clinic at Children's National, and works in the cardiology inpatient and consult services. Dr. Schwartz is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Myocarditis, and Pediatric Myocarditis. Dr. Schwartz is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2019 and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2022. Dr. Schwartz is currently accepting new patients.

Gail Pearson is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington,, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Pearson is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Marfan Syndrome. Dr. Pearson is currently accepting new patients.

Karen Kuehl is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Kuehl is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Heterotaxy Syndrome, and Double Inlet Left Ventricle. Dr. Kuehl is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Kinjal Parikh is a board-certified pediatric and fetal cardiologist. After 13 years away from her hometown of Clarksville, MD, she was excited to return to the DMV area in 2020 and join the Inova medical community. For her college and medical education, she attended an accelerated seven-year medical program at Drexel University in Philadelphia. After this, she completed her pediatrics residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa and her pediatric cardiology fellowship at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami. She has a special interest in noninvasive imaging, particularly fetal and transthoracic echocardiography, as well as pulmonary hypertension. Her research interests include cardiac imaging, fetal cardiology, outcomes in patients with congenital heart disease and quality improvement in pediatric cardiology. She has maintained an active role in several associations such as the American Society of Echocardiography and the Fetal Heart Society. Outside of work, Dr. Parikh enjoys spending time with her family. She loves outdoor adventures, traveling and trying new cuisines, and absolutely loves listening to audiobooks. Her clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Ventricular Septal Defects, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Pulmonary Valve Stenosis. Dr. Parikh is currently accepting new patients.

Kelsey Mclean is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Her clinical expertise encompasses Tricuspid Atresia. Dr. Mclean is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2024 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2021. Dr. Mclean is currently accepting new patients.

Susan Cummings is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Her clinical expertise encompasses Interrupted Aortic Arch, Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm, Ventricular Septal Defects, and Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum. Dr. Cummings is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, 1998 and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2016. Dr. Cummings is currently accepting new patients.

Gregory Yurasek, MD, is a graduate of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Subsequently, Dr. Yurasek completed his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Boston followed by a pediatric cardiology fellowship at Harvard University. After his fellowship in cardiology, Greg trained for two years in critical care medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Greg has been recognized for his exceptional teaching throughout his training and has won numerous awards, including the Fellow Teacher of the Year while at Massachusetts General Hospital. He has interest in pedagogical methods in medical education and has been involved in multiple projects aimed at re-tooling instructional methods for the new generation learners. His clinical expertise encompasses Transposition of the Great Arteries, His Bundle Tachycardia, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Double Outlet Right Ventricle. Dr. Yurasek is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2010, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2016, and Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2014. Dr. Yurasek is currently accepting new patients.

Uyen Truong, MD, specializes in pediatric cardiac non-invasive imaging, with a focus in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography (CT). Her primary research focus over the past decade has been the use of MRIs to derive hemodynamic data that were conventionally obtained from invasive cardiac catheterization measures. She believes that utilization of echocardiograms and MRIs are critical in caring for children and their full capability to understand the state of the disease has yet to be established. Dr. Truong led a team in developing and exploring the utility of 4-dimensional flow MRI in characterizing the vasculature of children at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado. She has received intramural and extramural funding to study the vasculature and deformation in the myocardium of children, including an NIH K23 from NHLBI that focuses on children with pulmonary hypertension. She has also worked in partnership with Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Advanced Vascular Imaging and Psychiatry to study early cardiovascular maladaptive changes associated with adverse childhood events, including trauma and abuse. Adverse childhood events, unfortunately, affects a large proportion of the population. Dr. Truong's team strongly believes that early identification of maladaptive cardiovascular function in response to stress allows for more effective intervention in this cohort of children. They hope through their successful collaboration that they can improve clinical outcomes and affect policies and improve resources allocated for these children. Her clinical expertise encompasses Patent Ductus Arteriosus, Interrupted Aortic Arch, Myocarditis, and Cor Triatriatum. Dr. Truong is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics, 2012. Dr. Truong is currently accepting new patients.

Vasum Peiris is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. His clinical expertise encompasses Heart Tumor. Dr. Peiris is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2010, Adult Congenital Heart Disease: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 2015, and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2008. Dr. Peiris is currently accepting new patients.

Alejandro Lopez-Magallon is a Pediatric Cardiologist practicing medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. His clinical expertise encompasses Cardiac Arrest. Dr. Lopez-Magallon is currently accepting new patients.

Mitchell Cohen, MD, FACC, FHRS, is the current Co-Director of the Pediatric Heart Program and Chief of Pediatric Cardiology at Inova L.J. Murphy Children's Hospital. Dr. Cohen is a pediatric and adult congenital electrophysiologist. He joined Inova Children's Hospital in 2017 from Phoenix Children's Hospital, where he served as Co-Director of Phoenix Children’s Heart Center for 12 years.Dr. Cohen's clinical and research interests address long-term outcomes of children with cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, genotype specific therapies for patients with channelopathies, catheter ablation for all types of arrhythmias including Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and late arrhythmic outcomes in adults with congenital heart disease. Dr. Cohen's advocacy interests extend to sudden cardiac death prevention and awareness for all high-school students.Dr. Cohen has has performed more than 4,000 EP procedures and ablations over the last 25 years. Dr. Cohen has lectured at over 300 national and international scientific meetings and has published more than 100 papers and book chapters. He has been a visiting professor at Primary Children's Hospital and Duke Children's Hospital. Dr. Cohen has served on the Scientific Clinical Documents Committee for the Heart Rhythm Society and been the lead or co-author on more than six nationally published guidelines by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. He is currently the pediatric liaison on the Arrhythmia and Clinical EP Committee of the American College of Cardiology. He is the associate editor (electrophysiology) for both Cardiology in the Young and the World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Dr. Cohen is highly rated in 15 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome, Sick Sinus Syndrome, Ventricular Fibrillation, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Cohen is currently accepting new patients.

Mary T. Donofrio, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE, is a professor of pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist at Children's National Hospital in Washington D.C. She is the VanMetre Companies endowed chair of fetal cardiology and is medical director of Prenatal Cardiology, director of the Critical Care Delivery Program and Advanced Cardiac Imaging Fellowship, and co-director of the Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcome Program. She is the founding president of the Fetal Heart Society, a non-profit international organization created to advance the field of fetal cardiovascular care and science through collaborative research, education and mentorship. Dr. Donofrio is an international expert in fetal cardiology and is known for her work in establishing multidisciplinary protocols for specialized delivery room management of babies diagnosed in utero with complex congenital heart disease. She has collaborated with scientists in the field to study how alterations in the fetal circulation affect in utero brain development as well as to investigate potential treatment strategies to improve neurodevelopmental outcome in babies with congenital heart disease. She has published over 150 papers, including the American Heart Association Scientific Statement on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Fetal Cardiac Disease, the American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines and Recommendations for Performance of the Fetal Echocardiogram, and the Call to Action Report on Prioritizing Delivery Room Care for Neonates with Critical Congenital Heart Disease. Publications: PUBMED. Dr. Donofrio is highly rated in 14 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Double Aortic Arch, Vascular Ring, Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), and Septoplasty. Dr. Donofrio is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1996 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Cardiology, 1996. Dr. Donofrio is currently accepting new patients.

Charles Berul, MD, is emeritus chief of Cardiology at Children's National Hospital. He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the area. Dr. Berul was the director of the Pacemaker Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School until coming to Children’s National Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Berul is a professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and the Van Metre Companies professor of Cardiology. Dr. Berul is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. Dr. Berul has more than 150 publications in pediatric cardiology and is an invited speaker nationally and internationally and is an acknowledged expert in the area of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology. Dr. Berul is highly rated in 13 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), Ventricular Fibrillation, Long QT Syndrome, Cardiac Ablation, and Heart Transplant. Dr. Berul is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1994. Dr. Berul 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.