Pediatric Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons

Lourdes Rosa Prieto, MD

Director, Division of Cardiology
Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Palm Beach Gardens

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

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

Joseph M Forbess, MD

Chief, Cardiovascular Surgery

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart surgery from birth to adulthood, neonatal cardiac reconstructions and biventricular repairs in infants and young children

Joanna M Lowisz, DO

Medical Director, Preventive Cardiology Program 

Primary Office: Palm Beach Gardens

Additional Office: Palm City

Clinical Interests: Preventive cardiology, fetal cardiology and echocardiography

Redmond P Burke, MD

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon

Primary Office: Miami

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

Robert A Hanfland, MD

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Ethics in medicine, pediatric cardiology, congenital heart surgery, hypoplastic left heart syndrome and other complicated pediatric heart anomalies

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

Stephanie A Acosta, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Wellington

Additional Office: Palm City

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, fetal cardiology, echocardiography and preventative cardiology

Himanshu Adlakha, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Boynton Beach

Additional Offices: Miami, 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

Additional Office: Plantation

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

Clinical Interests: Fetal and pediatric cardiology

Ryan Halickman, MD

Fetal and Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

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

Danyal M Khan, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, cardiac intensive care

Michael Manuel Lopez, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Pinecrest

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, arrhythmia and cardiac channelopathies

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

Juan M Bolivar, MD

Director, Cardiac Intensive Care

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric intensive care

Jason C Katz, MD

Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program

Primary Office: Miami

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

Ariella G Barhen, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist 

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Congenital cardiovascular disease, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and cardiopulmonary interactions

Christopher J Carafa, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist 

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, cardio-renal interactions and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

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

Director, Division of Cardiology
Section Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine

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: Transcatheter valve replacements, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) occlusion in extremely premature infants, septal defect closures, pulmonary artery and vein rehabilitation

Ronald J Kanter, MD

Director, Electrophysiology

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Office: Palm Beach Gardens

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

Sherrie Joy A Baysa, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist

Primary Office: Miami

Additional Offices: Aventura, Coral Springs, Weston

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

Jaime L Bozentka, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiologist 

Primary Office: Miami

Richard G. Lagueruela, MD

Interim Medical Director, Cardiac Anesthesia

Primary Office: Miami

Clinical Interests: Pediatric cardiac anesthesia, heart and lung transplants

Nelson R Riveros Perez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Primary Office: Miami