Cardiac ICU
At Children’s Hospital Boston, 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 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 CICU is only the second pediatric CICU in the country to receive this honor. Receiving the Beacon Award is a testament to the extraordinary CICU staff that provides exceptional care to our critically ill patients and their families every day
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Intensive Care: Peter C. Laussen, MBBS
Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit: Melvin C. Almodovar, MD
Nurse Manager: Jeanne P. Ahern, BSN, MHA, RN, CCRN
+ Faculty
Catherine K. Allan, MD
Melvin C. Almodovar, MD
Cindy S. Barrett, MD
James A. DiNardo, MD
Sitaram Emani, MD
John N. Kheir, MD
Thomas J. Kulik, MD
Peter Lang, MD
Peter C. Laussen, MBBS
Mary P. Mullen, MD, PhD
Satish K. Rajagopal, MD
Joshua W. Salvin, MD, MPH
Sarah A. Teele, MD
RaviR. Thiagarajan, MD, MPH
Vamsi V. Yarlagadda, MD
+ Fellows
Sarosh P Batlivala, MD
Daniel Springmuller, MD
Anita Sumpter, MBBS
Kelly Rood MD, Senior Clinical Fellow
+ Nursing Leadership
Jeanne P. Ahern, BSN, MHA, RN, CCRN, Nurse Manager
Mary Baron, BSN, RN, CCRN, CPA, Clinical Coordinator
+ Clinical Nurse Specialists
Dorothy Beke, MS, RN, CPNP-PC/AC
Nancy Braudis, MS, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Lindyce Kulik, MSN, RN, CPNP, CCRN
Patricia Lincoln, MSN, RN, BC-CNS, CCRN
+ Clinical Educators
Ruth Brediger, MSN, RN, CCRN, RRT
Toni Imprescia, RN, CCRN
Mary O’Brien, RN, BSN, CCRN
+ Advanced Nurse Practitioners
Kathryn Barrett, MSN, RN, NP-C, CCRN
Joylyn Headings, MSN, RN, FNP, CCRN
Meena LaRonde, MSN, RN, NP-C, CCRN
Whitney McCormick, MSN, RN, CPNP-AC, CCRN
Lauren Westgate, RN, CPNP-AC/PC, CCRN
Kathy Whelan, MSN, RN, NP-C, CCRN
+ Allied Health Professionals
Lauren Garcia, RD, LDN
Amber Soulvie, Child Life Therapist
+ Staff
Thomas Howe BA, CVP Patient Services Administrator
Lynne Patkin, MBA, Business Analyst
KimberleyPeterson, MSW, LICSW
Joana Shubert, Administrative Associate
LenaSteinhorn, MSW, LICSW
Shana Swartz, MSW, LICSW