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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; Program Director, Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship

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

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

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Dermatology

Marilyn G. Liang, MD

Co-Director, Vascular Anomalies Center; Attending Physician, Dermatology Program; Program Director, Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship

Associate Professor 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, Fellowship Program, Division of Endocrinology; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology/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 School

General 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 School

Genetics

Matthew Warman, MD

Professor, Harvard Medical School

Hematology/Oncology

Whitney Eng, MD, MPH

Physician, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

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

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, 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

Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD

Managing Director, Rosamund Stone Zander 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 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

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 School

Orthopedic Surgery

Samantha Spencer, MD

Director, Lower Extremity and Deformity Program; Orthopedic Surgeon, Orthopedic Center

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

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 School

Juan Putra, MD

Staff Pathologist, Department of Pathology

Plastic 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

Pulmonology

Gary Visner, DO

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program; Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Surgery

Juan Putra, MD

Staff Pathologist, Department of Pathology

Radiology

Harriet Paltiel, MD

Ultrasound Physician Liaison, Department of Radiology; Staff Radiologist, Department of Radiology

Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

Nursing

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 Center

Social Work

Clarice Contente, MSW, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker, Vascular Anomalies Center

Jacqueline Wehrli, MSW, LICSW

Clinical Social Worker, Vascular Anomalies Center