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Caregiver Profiles

Program Leadership

Christopher W. Baird, MD

Benderson Family Chair, Congenital Heart Valve Center; Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Heart Valve Program; Co-Director, Vascular Ring & Airway Program; Surgical Director, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Program

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Benjamin Zendejas-Mummert, MD, MSc

Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center; Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Advanced Practice Providers

Jennifer Brown, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Co-Coordinator, Vascular Ring and Airway Compression Program

Lianne Cole, PhD, CPNP

Nurse Practitioner, Department of Surgery; Co-Coordinator, Vascular Ring and Airway Compression Program

Linda Karnett, NP

Nurse Practitioner, Department of Cardiology

Naomi Crilley, PA

Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Margaret Holland, PRN PA

Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Adult Heart Care Liaison, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Case Coordinator

Paulina Bongay

Clinical Coordinator, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Cardiac Surgery

Pedro J. del Nido, MD

Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery

William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Peter Chiu, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Sitaram Emani, MD

Cardiac Surgeon; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director, Complex Biventricular Repair Program; Surgical Director, Division of Cardiovascular Critical Care

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Eric N. Feins, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Surgical Electrophysiology Program

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD

Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director: Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program, Heart Transplant Program, Lung Transplant Program; Co-Director, Center for Airway Disorders

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

David Hoganson, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Computational 3D Visualization Program

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Aditya "AK" Kaza, MD, MBA

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Neonatal Cardiac Surgery Program; Surgical Medical Director, Patient-Flow and Capacity Center

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Michael H. Kwon, MD

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Luis Guillermo Quinonez, MD, FRCSC

Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Surgical Coronary Artery Program

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Nathalie Roy, MD

Director, Enhanced Recovery Cardiac Program (ERAS Cardiac); Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

General Surgery

Somala Mohammed, MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Farokh Demehri, MD

Pediatric Surgeon, Department of Surgery; Associate, Division of Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Cardiology

Daniel Castellanos, MD

Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Edward Walsh, MD

Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Pulmonology

Gary Visner, DO

Pulmonologist, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Leah Frain, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Lauren Cardoni, FNP-C

Nurse Practitioner, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Otolaryngology

Sukgi Choi, MD, MBA

Otolaryngologist, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Michelle Jewett, PA-C

Physician Assistant, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Gastroenterology

Denis Chang, MD, MS

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Peter Ngo, MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Yasuda, MD

Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Feeding Team

Kathryn Davidson, MS, CCC-SLP

Speech-Language Pathologist II, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Schedulers

Iraida Carreras

Surgical Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Stephanie Flores

Post-Operative Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Nastashia Kennard

Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Lisandra Lopez

Post-Operative Scheduler, Vascular Ring & Airway Program

Michelle Walton

Surgical Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program