Pediatric Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons

Shyam K Sathanandam, MD

Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine
Co-Director, Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Interventional cardiology , atrial septal defects (ASD), ventricular septal defects (VSD), and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).

Redmond P Burke, MD

Interim Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery, complex aortic arch reconstruction, minimizing surgery trauma, surgical innovation and technology

Sanjiv K Gandhi, MD

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Complex congenital heart conditions, pediatric heart transplantation, and the use of ventricular assist devices.

Yadira L Martinez-Fernandez, MD

Director, Outpatient Cardiology
Co-Director, NeuroCardiac and Development Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, preventive cardiovascular medicine, neurodevelopment in children with congenital heart disease, management of cardiovascular conditions in neuromuscular disorders

Joanna M Lowisz, DO

Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology Program
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist 

Primary Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Additional Office: Palm City

Clinical Interests: Preventive cardiology, fetal cardiology and echocardiography

Utkarsh Kohli, MD

Medical Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital and acquired heart disease in children, arrhythmias and syncope.

Anthony F Rossi, MD

NCPS Director of Research, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart surgery, congenital heart defects, improvement of post-operative care

Himanshu Adlakha, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Boynton Beach

Additional Office: Palm City

Clinical Interests: Fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease, echocardiography and preventive cardiology

Dana M DeCarlo, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami Beach

Additional Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Preventive and congenital heart disease, fetal cardiology

Nancy C Dobrolet, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Weston

Clinical Interests: The care of infants, children and young adults with congenital heart disease, with a particular interest in the neurodevelopment care of these patients

Farah H Garmany, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Coral Springs

Ryan Halickman, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Offices: Miami, Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease, preventive cardiology and cardio-oncology

Danyal M Khan, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, cardiac intensive care.

Donna K Rhoden, MD

Primary Office: Coral Springs

Additional Office: Wellington

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, prenatal cardiology, echocardiography, heart murmur, and arrhythmia

Juan Carlos G Muniz, MD

Director, Cardiac Non-Invasive Imaging

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Multimodality heart imaging and 3D modeling of complex anatomical lesions.

Elizabeth Welch, MD

Director, Echocardiography Lab

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Morphology, 3D imaging.

Mubeena Abdulkarim, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist Non-invasive Imaging

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Non-invasive cardiac imaging, including MRI, CT and echocardiography

Stacie B Peddy, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Medical Director, CICU ECMO Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Cardiac critical care, cardiac simulation, ECMO, patient safety and quality outcomes

Jason C Katz, MD

Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric critical care, supporting advanced training for future pediatric cardiologists

Juan M Bolivar, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric intensive care

Alejandro J Martinez Herrada, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and ventricular assist device use, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and virtual reality-based simulation

Bhavi Patel, DO

Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Early extubation post-cardiac surgery, quality improvement, safety and efficiency in transfer of patient care.

Darline Santana-Acosta, MD

Cardiac Intensivist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Risk factors influencing clinical outcomes in neonatal congenital heart disease surgery

Lourdes Rosa Prieto, MD

Interventional Cardiology

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Clinical Interests: All types of transcatheter interventions for congenital heart disease in both children and adults.

Daniel Duarte Caceres, MD

Interventional Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital interventional cardiology and cardiac catheterization, transcatheter valve replacements, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occlusion in extremely premature infants, septal defect closures, pulmonary artery and vein rehabilitation

Utkarsh Kohli, MD

Medical Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital and acquired heart disease in children, arrhythmias and syncope.

Ronald J Kanter, MD

Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Clinical Interests: Electrophysiology, cardiac channelopathies, syncope, arrhythmia, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators, catheter ablation of tachycardia substrates

Sherrie Joy A Baysa, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Arrhythmias, cardiac channelopathies, sudden cardiac death, congenital heart disease, catheter ablation, pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Richard G. Lagueruela, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Anesthesia

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia, heart and lung transplants

Jaime L Bozentka, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist 

Primary Office: Miami

Nelson R Riveros Perez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Maricarmen Roche Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami