Our Team
We are dedicated to providing the best quality care for your child. Our congenital heart specialists are experienced in treating a broad range of congenital heart conditions.
Find a Specialist:
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Pediatric Anesthesiology
- Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
- Adult Congenital Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiology

Benjamin Thea Barnes, M.D., M.S.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiac Imaging, Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Echocardiography, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics

Carmel Dee Bogle, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, Pediatric Heart Failure, Pediatric Heart Transplant, Ventricular Assist Device

Caridad Maylin De La Uz, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy, Atrial Flutter, Atrial Tachycardia, Brugada syndrome, Cardiac Ablation, Cardiac Arrhythmias, Cardiac Electrophysiology, Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (CPVT), Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy, Implantable Loop Recorders, Inherited Arrhythmia Disorders, Long QT Syndrome, Pacemakers, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Electrophysiology, Sudden Cardiac Death, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Syncope, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia

Ashish Nikhil Doshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Echocardiography, Non-invasive Imaging, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Transesophogeal Echocardiography (TEE)

Allen Dale Everett, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease

Shelby Kutty, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiovascular Imaging, Congenital Heart Disease, Internal Medicine, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatrics

Melanie Kandt Nies, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Echocardiography, Fetal Echocardiography, Non-invasive Imaging, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Transesophogeal Echocardiography (TEE)

Jennifer Pardo, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiology, Inherited Heart Diseases, Marfan Syndrome, Pediatric Cardiology

William John Ravekes, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiology, Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Cardiology, Fetal Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Heart Transplant

William R Thompson, III, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiomyopathy, Chemotherapy-Induced Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Muscular Dystrophies, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease

John Thomson, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Aortic Coarctation, Atrial Septal Defects (ASD), Cardiac Catheterization, Cardiovascular Interventions, Congenital Heart Disease, Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA), Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease, Ventricular Septal Defect

Rukmalee Erandika Vithana, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Congenital Heart Disease, Fetal Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease
Regional Cardiology Partners
The Children’s Heart Institute is a team of highly-regarded pediatric cardiology specialists in Maryland and Virginia who provide comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic services for children suspected of having heart disease.

Bret Allen Mettler, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Surgery
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Surgery

Danielle Gottlieb Sen, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Research
Director, Pediatric Surgery Quality & Outcomes Research
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Pediatric Surgery Quality & Outcomes Research
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Marshall Lewis Jacobs, M.D.
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Research
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Sean Steven Barnes, M.D., M.B.A.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Natalia Maria Diaz-Rodriguez, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiac Anesthesia, Pediatric Anesthesia

Dheeraj Kumar Goswami, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jamie McElrath Schwartz, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jochen Steppan, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology, Pulmonary Hypertension

Sean Steven Barnes, M.D., M.B.A.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Dennis Ryan Delany, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiology

Dheeraj Kumar Goswami, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Darren Klugman, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Critical Care Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Jamie McElrath Schwartz, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Cardiac Anesthesia, Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Ari Michael Cedars, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, General Cardiology

Stacy Dara Fisher, M.D.
Expertise, Disease and Conditions:
Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease in Pregnancy, Pulmonary Hypertension