Clinical

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