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Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Your care may include multiple team members across a variety of specialties within the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. It's how we provide whole-person, multidisciplinary care, planning, and treatment for our patients.

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons

Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD

Executive Director
Institute for Cardiovascular Health

Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Arterial switch
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Blalock-Taussag shunt
  • Coarctation of the aorta repair
  • Double-switch procedures
  • Fontan procedure
  • Norwood operation
  • Patent ductus arteriosus ligation
  • Rastelli procedure
  • Repair of anomalous coronary artery
  • Ross procedure
  • Tetralogy of Fallot repair

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH

Associate Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Single Ventricle Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Aortic arch reconstruction
  • Arterial switch
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Coronary anomalies
  • Heart transplant
  • Simple and complex congenital heart disease
  • Single ventricle congenital heart disease
  • Tetralogy of Fallot repair
  • Ventricular assistance

Sujata Subramanian, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Davi Freitas Tenorio, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiothoracic surgery

Neil Venardos, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiothoracic surgery
  • Congenital cardiac surgery

Roderick Yang, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiologists

Hitesh Agrawal, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric interventional cardiology

Joseph Casadonte, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Preventative cardiology

Chesney Castleberry, MD

Medical Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Arnold Fenrich, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatrics

Lauren D. Glass, MD

Pediatric Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Physician
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric cardiomyopathy
  • Pediatric heart failure
  • Pediatric heart transplant
  • Pediatric mechanical circulatory support

Keren Hasbani, MD

Director of Cardiac MRI
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric echocardiography
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Non-invasive cardiac imaging

D. Byron Holt, MD, FSCAI

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Interventional catheterization of children and adults
  • Pediatric cardiology

Gregory Johnson, MD

Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Pediatric cardiology

Rana Khaznadar, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric Cardiology

Michael Y. Liu, MD

Medical Director of Cardiac Acute Care Service
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology and noninvasive imaging
  • Pediatric cardiology

Arjun K. Mahendran, MD

Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult Congenital cardiology
  • Pediatric cardiology

Christopher Mardy, MD

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Fetal cardiology

Hanoch Avraham Patt, MD, MPH

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Preventive cardiology

Michael Perez, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Stuart Rowe, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Consulting Clinician

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Echocardiography

Jeannine Schuman-McCoy, MD

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Advanced cardiac imaging
  • Fetal echocardiography
  • Pediatric cardiology

Kenneth Shaffer, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Ron Shapiro, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Consulting Clinician

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Daniel Shmorhun, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric electrophysiology

Eileen Stewart, MD

Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology
  • Single ventricle and complex congenital heart disease

Saradha Subramanian, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • General cardiology
  • Preventive cardiology

Roozbeh Taeed, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Frank Wong, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Karen Wright, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Austin Adair, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care medicine

Jeremy Affolter, MD

Associate Director of Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care

Mike J. Auth, DO

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric critical care

Michael Chomat, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Critical care medicine

Katie Colman, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Camille N. Immanuel, MD, MHS

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Jennifer Lehmberg, MD

Pediatric Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Intensive cardiac care

Richard Lion, DO, MPH

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Daniel Stromberg, MD

Director of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care
  • Pediatric heart disease

Sai Krishna Surapa Raju, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Hospitalists

Melissa Cossey, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric inpatient care

Peter Gilbreath, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Jennifer Hughes, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatrics

Meena Iyer, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Hanh Keyburn, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Alan “Wade” Mincher, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric hospital medicine

Kirsten Nieto, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Lynn Thoreson, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Toni Wakefield, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care conferences for care coordination
  • End-of-life/quality-of-life discussions
  • Manage inpatient pediatric illnesses

Donald Williams, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease


Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologists

Erin Gottlieb, MD, MHCM

Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anesthesia for neonates
  • Management of post-cardiopulmonary bypass coagulopathy
  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology

Paul Sheeran, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesia
  • Pediatric critical care

Sarah M. Smith, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anesthesiology

Perfusionists

Doug Fisher, CCP, FPP

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric perfusion

Madeline Loftin, ME, CCP, LP

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric perfusion

Richard Owens, BS-MT, CCP, FPP, LP

Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Mechanical circulatory support/​ventricular assist devices

Kellen Rosten, CCP, LP

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)

Nurses and Advanced Practice Providers

Katie Aldridge, CPNP, APRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric cardiology
  • Outpatient pediatric cardiology

Kelli Andrews, BSN, RN

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Natalie Beimel, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Heart failure/​transplant

Specialization(s)

  • Single ventricle physiology
  • Heart failure/​transplant

Anna Brauninger, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care

Rebecca Byars, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Critical care of infants and children with pediatric and congenital heart disease

Daina Chase, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart surgery

Shae Clark, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Mary Clipp, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Preoperative and postoperative care

Christine Dillingham, MN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Single ventricle heart disease

Casey Fitzgerald, APRN, CPNP-AC

Advanced Practice Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease
  • Pediatric heart disease

Elizabeth Hadi, MSN, MHA, APRN, CPNP-AC

Advanced Practice Provider
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care of acutely ill patients

Lily Harvison, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric cardiology
  • Cardiac surgery
  • Intensive care medicine

Stephanie Katznelson, MSPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Kimberly Krauklis, APRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pre-and post-surgery care for adults and children

Kari LeBret-Harris, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Transplantation (both pediatric and adult)

Marie Litschewski, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Adult cardiology
  • Chronic pain management

Julie Manning, MSN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Amber Matthews, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Neurodevelopmental outcomes
  • Open heart surgery

Elizabeth McBrearty, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Amanda McKinney, DNP, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Kristy Neff, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Charlotte Peeters, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart surgery

Barbara Pierce, LPN/LVN

Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiology
  • Congenital heart surgery
  • Pediatrics

Lisa Pomeroy, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Manager
Cardiology Advanced Practice Providers

Meghan Purdy, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital cardiology
  • Pediatric transition to adult care

Courtney Quintana, PA-C, MPAS

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric heart disease

Jodie Reed, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-C, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Cheryl Rhodes, BSN, RN

Fetal Cardiac Nurse Navigator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Nurse Navigator

Jennifer Sear, MSN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

MayaJoy Sheridan, BSN, RN

Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Vanessa Sliva, RN, BSN, CPN

Certified Pediatric Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Patient and family education
  • Staff education and nurse preceptor

Maira Souza, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K

Nurse Navigator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital and pediatric cardiac critical care and surgery

Hydeia Thomas, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric and adolescent cardiology

Kayleigh Todd, DNP, PNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Molly Trexler, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Joy Vanderway, DNP, MBA-HA, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Emily Viesca, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital heart disease

Lauren Westin, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Jonné Wilmore, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Joni Zauhar, MSN, ARNP, CPNP-AC/PC, FNP

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Psychologist

Alexandra Lamari-Fisher, PhD

Pediatric Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​at Dell Children’s

Pediatric Psychologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Exposure therapy
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PICT)
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy​(TF-CBT)

Genetic Counselor

Olivia Roy, MS, CGC

Genetic Counselor
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Genetic counseling

Social Workers and Child Life Specialists

Daniela McFarland, LCSW

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Child welfare
  • Pediatric cardiac care
  • Pediatric trauma services

Heather Van Diest, MPH, LCSW

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care coordination
  • Public health social work
  • Supporting families through a new diagnosis

Patrick Woodson, LCSW

Social Worker
Integrated Behavioral Health

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease