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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 and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)

Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Marilyn G. Liang, MD

Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program; John B. Mulliken Chair in Vascular Anomalies

Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

John B. Mulliken, MD

Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Director, Craniofacial Center

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Anesthesiology

Mary Landrigan-Ossar, MD, PhD, FAAP

Director of Perioperative Services; Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Cardiology

Mary Mullen, MD, PhD

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Service; Senior Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dermatology

Marilyn G. Liang, MD

Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program; John B. Mulliken Chair in Vascular Anomalies

Associate Professor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Pierre-Olivier Grenier, MD

Associate Program Director, Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program; Director of Medical Student Education; Director of Urgent Access Clinic

Instructor of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School

Endocrinology

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, Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program; Senior Associate Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology/Nutrition

Victor L. Fox, MD

Director Emeritus, Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Gastroenterology Procedure Unit

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

General Surgery

Belinda Dickie, MD, PhD

Co-Director, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Program; Director, Colorectal and Pelvic Malformation Center; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Steven J. Fishman, MD

Surgeon-in-Chief and Chief of Surgery; Stuart and Jane Weitzman Family Chair in Surgery; Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center (VAC)

Robert E. Gross Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Heung Bae Kim, MD

Surgical Director, Kidney, Liver, & Intestine and Multi-visceral Transplant Programs; Vice-Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations; Director, Pediatric Transplant Center; Co-Director, Midaortic & Renovascular Hypertension Center

Robert C. Shamberger Professorship in Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Weitzman Family Chair in Surgical Innovation Boston Children’s Hospital; Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Genetics

Aya Abu-El-Haija, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Genetics and Genomics

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Wen-Hann Tan, BMBS

Attending Physician, Division of Genetics and Genomics

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Matthew Warman, MD

Director, Orthopedic Research Laboratories

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Kaycee Carbone, MS, CGC

Licensed Genetic Counselor, Division of Genetics and Genomics

Hematology/Oncology

Melisa Ruiz-Gutierrez, MD

Attending Physician, Department of Hematology

Tishi Shah, MD

Attending Physician, Blood Disorders Center

Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Cameron Trenor, MD

Attending, Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Interventional 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

Mohammad Amarneh, MD

Associate Program Director, Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program; Pediatric Interventional Radiologist, Department of Radiology

Instructor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Gulraiz Chaudry, MB, ChB, MRCP, FRCR, FSIR

Director, Pediatric Interventional Radiology Fellowship Director; Pediatric and Interventional Radiologist, Department of Radiology

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Josée Dubois, MD, MRCP

Interventional Radiology Division Chief

Member of the Faculty of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Kyung Rae Kim, MD, FSIR

Staff Interventional Radiologist, Department of Radiology

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Horacio M. Padua, MD

Radiologist, Department of Pediatric Interventional Radiology

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Raja Shaikh, MBBS, DNB, MD

Attending Physician, Vascular Anomalies Center; Director of Pediatric Interventional Oncology, Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Neurology

Siddharth Srivastava, MD

Assistant, Department of Neurology

Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Neurointerventional 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 School

Neurosurgery

Edward Robert Smith, MD, MBA

Vice Chair, Department of Neurosurgery, Co-Director, Cerebrovascular Surgery and Interventions Center

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Ophthalmology

Alexandra Elliott, MD

Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology; Director, Pediatric and Adult Oculoplastics Program

Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Edith Reshef, MD

Ophthalmologist, Department of Ophthalmology

Instructor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School

Orthopedic Surgery

James Kasser, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department; Emeritus Surgeon-in-Chief

Catherine Ormandy Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Samantha Spencer, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Department; Director, Lower Extremity and Deformity Program

Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Otolaryngology

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 School

Pathology

Alyaa Al-Ibraheemi, MD

Director of Surgical Pathology; Director of Patient Safety and Quality Assurance; Department of Pathology; Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology; Vascular Anomalies

Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Harry P.W. Kozakewich, MD

General Pediatric Pathology, Department of Pathology

Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Juan Putra, MD

Director of the Training Program; General Pediatric Pathology; Gastrointestinal Pathology; Renal Pathology

Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

Plastic Surgery

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

Pulmonology

Timothy Klouda, DO

Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Radiology

Harriet Paltiel, MD

Ultrasound Medical Director, Department of Radiology; Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Staff Nurses and Nurse Practitioners

Bridget DeYoung, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center

Vicki Hamel, RN

Staff Nurse, Department of Surgery

Soumey Lui, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center

Meghan O'Hare, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center

Erin Spera, RN, MSN, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Vascular Anomalies Center

Clinical Social Work

Clarice Contente, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Vascular Anomalies Center

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