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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; Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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

Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Sitaram Emani, MD

Associate in Cardiac Surgery; 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

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

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD

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

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

David Hoganson, MD

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

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Aditya "AK" Kaza, MD, MBA

Senior Associate, 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

Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Luis Guillermo Quinonez, MD, FRCSC

Assistant, 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); Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistants

Jennifer Brown, PA-C

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

Naomi Crilley, PA

Physician Assistant, Department of Cardiac Surgery

General Surgery

Somala Mohammed, MD

Attending Surgeon, Department of Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Farokh Demehri, MD

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

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Lianne Cole, MSN, PNP

Vascular Ring Clinical Coordinator, General Surgery

Cardiology

Daniel Castellanos, MD

Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Edward Walsh, MD

Associate Chief, Clinical Affairs; Senior Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Nao Sasaki, MD

Associate Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Linda Karnett, NP

Pulmonology

Gary Visner, DO

Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program; Attending Physician, 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

Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology

Denis Chang, MD, MS

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Peter Ngo, MD

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

Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Jessica Yasuda, MD

Attending Physician, 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

Coordinators and Schedulers

Paulina Bongay

Clinical Coordinator, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Iraida Carreras

Surgical Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Stephanie Flores

Post-Operative Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Lisandra Lopez

Post-Operative Scheduler, Vascular Ring & Airway Compression Program

Alicia Jimenez

Post-Operative Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Rebeca Ramirez

Surgical Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program

Michelle Walton

Surgical Scheduler, Vascular Ring and Airway Program