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Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Coordinated, Compassionate Care for Your Child
When your child needs treatment for an inborn heart problem, your courage and love are essential. So is the skill of your child’s doctors, nurses and team. The experience of your heart specialists is also crucial. The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center cardiac critical care specialists offer expertise and a compassionate, family-centered approach to provide your child with the best care.
Why Choose Johns Hopkins
Our cardiac critical care experts offer you and your family:
More success
More clarity
We talk to you, and, more important, we listen. You will understand every step and recommendation so you can feel empowered and informed.
More expertise
Our experts in critical care medicine undergo additional training far beyond standard cardiac critical care. This ensures your child has the highest level of expertise by their side.
More connections
If needed, your child has access to other teams of experts across Johns Hopkins, including specialists in rehabilitation.
Our Services
We provide comprehensive care for children of all ages diagnosed with congenital and acquired heart disease.
- Early intervention fetal diagnosis
- ECMO program for critically ill
- Cardiac imaging
- Ventricular assist device program (temporary and permanent)
- Electrophysiology ablation
- Pacemaker implantation program
- Pre-operative and postoperative management
A Special Place for Young Cardiac Patients and Their Families
Babies and children with heart problems have an ICU to call their own. The 12-bed pediatric cardiac intensive care unit, or PCICU, balances advanced medical technology with compassionate care, creating the perfect environment for your child to recover from heart surgery, with a supportive environment for you and your family.
Private rooms allow you to stay with your son or daughter, cuddle, comfort, breastfeed and bond. A family kitchen gives you a place to enjoy familiar foods and snacks from home. Mothers whose newborns have a heart problem can rest easy – and close by. You can visit your baby in the same building, just a few floors away.
Throughout our unit, you will find dedicated family spaces for rest, refreshment, consultation and comfort while your child is treated.
Meet Our Experts
Dheeraj Kumar Goswami, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
Elizabeth Anne Hunt, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Joint Appointment in Health Sciences Informatics
Professor of Pediatrics
David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center
Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins CPR Advisory Committee
Joint Appointment in Health Sciences Informatics
Professor of Pediatrics
David S. and Marilyn M. Zamierowski Director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Simulation Center
Co-Chair of the Johns Hopkins CPR Advisory Committee
Darren Klugman, M.D.
Associate Professor (PAR) of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Professor (PAR) of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Director, Quality & Safety, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Associate Professor (PAR) of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Director, Quality & Safety, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Alison Hayden Miles, D.O.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship Program
Jennifer J Schuette, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Fellowship
Jamie McElrath Schwartz, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
Division Chief, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
