Vascular Anomalies Center | Meet Our Team
The Vascular Anomalies Center's interdisciplinary clinical team brings together physicians and nurses from more than 17 medical and surgical specialties, all of whom have a clinical focus on vascular anomalies, to care for children and adults with a range of common and rare vascular tumors and malformations.
In remembrance of Judah Folkman, MD, Scientific Director of the Vascular Anomalies Center
Center Co-Directors
Ahmad Alomari, MD, MSc, FSIR
P.E. Burrows Chair in Interventional Radiology & Vascular Anomalies; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Steven J. Fishman, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief ; Chief, Department of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Marilyn G. Liang, MD
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School
John B. Mulliken, MD
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Director, Craniofacial Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolAnesthesiology
Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD, PhD, FAAP
Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical SchoolCardiology
Mary Mullen, MD, PhD
Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolDermatology
Marilyn G. Liang, MD
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical SchoolEndocrinology
Jessica Smith, MD
Associate Medical Director, Thyroid Center; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Ari J. Wassner, MD
Medical Director, Thyroid Center; Director, Fellowship Program, Division of Endocrinology; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolGastroenterology/Nutrition
Victor L. Fox, MD
Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy; Director, Pediatric Polyposis Program; Medical Director, Gastroenterology Procedure Unit; Co-Director, Pancreatic Disorders Program Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolGeneral Surgery
Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD
Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Assistant in Surgery, Department of Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Steven J. Fishman, MD
Surgeon-in-Chief ; Chief, Department of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Heung Bae Kim, MD
Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolGenetics
Hematology/Oncology
Whitney Eng, MD
Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Hematology Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolInterventional Radiology
Ahmad Alomari, MD, MSc, FSIR
P.E. Burrows Chair in Interventional Radiology & Vascular Anomalies; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Gulraiz Chaudry, MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCR, FSIR
Director, Pediatric Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship; Pediatric and Interventional Radiologist Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Rush Chewning, MD
Interventional Radiologist, Department of Radiology Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Horacio M. Padua, MD
Acting Interventional Radiology Division Chief, Department of Radiology; Staff Pediatric Interventional Radiologist, Department of Radiology Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Raja Shaikh, MBBS, MD
Attending Physician, Vascular Anomalies Center Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical SchoolNeurology
Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD
Director, Translational Neuroscience Center; Director, Translational Research Program; Rosamund Stone Zander Chair Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Siddharth Srivastava, MD
Assistant, Department of Neurology Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical SchoolNeurointerventional Radiology
Darren B. Orbach, MD, PhD
Chief, Neurointerventional Radiology; Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center; Sage Schermerhorn Chair in Image-Guided Therapy Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical SchoolNeurosurgery
Edward Robert Smith, MD
Director, Pediatric Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery; Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center; Co-Director, Head, Neck and Skull Base Surgery Program; Associate, Department of Neurosurgery; R. Michael Scott Chair in Neurosurgery Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolOrthopedic Surgery
Samantha Spencer, MD
Director, Lower Extremity and Deformity Program; Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic Center Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical SchoolOtolaryngology
Sara Gallant, MD
Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Instructor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School
Reza Rahbar, DMD, MD
Associate Otolaryngologist-in-Chief; Director, Center for Airway Disorders; Co-Director, Head, Neck and Skull Base Surgery Program Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical SchoolPathology
Alyaa Al-Ibraheemi, MD
Associate Director of the Training Program; General Pediatric Pathology; Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology; Renal Pathology, Department of Pathology Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Harry P.W. Kozakewich, MD
General Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical SchoolPlastic Surgery
Salim Afshar, DMD, MD
Attending Surgeon, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery Clinical Instructor, Harvard Medical School
Daniel M. Balkin, MD, PhD
Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Ingrid Ganske, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Arin K. Greene, MD, MMSc
Vascular Anomalies and Pediatric Plastic Surgery Chair; Director Lymphedema Program; Laboratory Director Professor, Harvard Medical School
John B. Mulliken, MD
Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Director, Craniofacial Center Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Amir H. Taghinia, MD
Attending Physician, Department of Plastic & Oral Surgery Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Joseph Upton, MD
Senior Associate in Surgery, Vascular Anomalies Center Associate Professor, Harvard Medical SchoolPulmonology
Gary Visner, DO
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program; Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical SchoolRadiology
Harriet Paltiel, MD
Ultrasound Physician Liaison, Department of Radiology; Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical SchoolNursing
Bridget DeYoung, RN, MSN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center
Vicki Hamel, RN
Staff Nurse, Division of Immunology
Meghan O'Hare, RN, MSN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center
Erin Spera, RN, MSN, CPNP
Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies CenterSocial Work
Clarice Contente, MSW, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker, Vascular Anomalies Center
