Cardiac Intensive Care Unit | Meet Our Team
At Boston Children’s Hospital, we consider you and your child integral parts of the care team and not simply recipients of care. We specialize in family-centered care, which means that during your hospital stay, you’ll work with a team of professionals who are committed to supporting all of your family’s needs.
Our award-winning nurses
Our Cardiac Intensive Care Unit has received the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) Beacon Award for Critical Care Excellence, which recognizes individual critical care units that have met rigid criteria for excellence in patient outcomes, care quality, patient safety, interdisciplinary practice, innovation and family-centered care.
Our Cardiac ICU is only the second pediatric Cardiac ICU in the country to receive this honor. Receiving the Beacon Award is a testament to the extraordinary Cardiac ICU staff that provides exceptional care to our critically ill patients and their families every day
Directors
Thomas Kulik, MD
Senior Associate, Department of Cardiology Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Jason Thornton, RN, MSN
Director of Nursing Patient Services, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitFaculty
Peta Alexander, MBBS
Attending, Department of Cardiology Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Catherine Allan, MD
Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit; Associate Program Director, Simulator Program Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Douglas B. Atkinson, MD
Associate, Cardiac Anesthesia Services; Associate, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Instructor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
Henry Cheng, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
James A. DiNardo, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Anesthesia; Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
John Kheir, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Thomas Kulik, MD
Senior Associate, Department of Cardiology Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Joan M. LaRovere, MD
Attending, Cardiovascular Critical Care Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Joshua Salvin, MD, MPH
Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Sarah Teele, MD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Ravi Thiagarajan, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Cardiac Critical Care Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolNursing Leadership
Jason Thornton, RN, MSN
Director of Nursing Patient Services, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Mary O'Brien, RN, BSN, CCRN
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitClinical Nurse Specialists
Dorothy Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Patricia Lincoln, MSN, RN, BC-CNS, CCRN
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitClinical Educators
Lauren Danforth, BSN, RN
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Toni Imprescia, BSN, RN, CCRN
Registered Nurse, Cardiac Intensive Care UnitAdvanced Nurse Practitioners
Whitney McCormick Parks, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Lisa Klosterboer, CPNP AC/PC
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Kathy Whelan, MSN, RN, NP-C, CCRN
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Nancy Braudis, MS, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Elizabeth Swanson, RN, MSN, CPN, CCRN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Caroline Morin, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Cardiac Instensive Care UnitAllied Health Professionals
Kate Huyler, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist, Department of CardiologyStaff
Lynne Patkin, MBA
Business Analyst, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Kimberly Lehner, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Shana Swartz, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Cardiology
Chelsea Cotnoir, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Department of Cardiology
