Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Your care may include multiple team members across a variety of specialties within the Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease. It's how we provide whole-person, multidisciplinary care, planning, and treatment for our patients.

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeons

Ziv Beckerman, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Bicuspid aortic valve repair
  • Congenital heart disease

Ziyad Binsalamah, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FACS

Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiothoracic surgery

Charles D. Fraser, Jr., MD

Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric and Adult Congenital Heart Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Arterial switch
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Blalock-Taussag Shunt
  • Coarctation of the aorta repair
  • Double-switch procedures
  • Fontan procedure
  • Norwood operation
  • Patent ductus arteriosus ligation
  • Rastelli procedure
  • Repair of anomalous coronary artery
  • Ross Procedure
  • Tetralogy of Fallot Repair

Carlos M. Mery, MD, MPH

Associate Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiothoracic Surgery
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Surgical Director, Single Ventricle Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Aortic arch reconstruction
  • Arterial switch
  • Atrioventricular canal defect repair
  • Coronary anomalies
  • Heart transplant
  • Simple and complex congenital heart disease
  • Single ventricle congenital heart disease
  • Tetralogy of Fallot repair
  • Ventricular assistance

Lok M. Sinha, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Heart Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anomalies of the coronary arteries
  • Cardiac transplantation
  • Complete atrioventricular canal transposition of the great arteries
  • Double-outlet right ventricle
  • Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
  • Tetralogy of fallot
  • Truncus arteriosus interrupted aortic arch
  • Valve repair and replacement

Sujata Subramanian, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care

Jeremy Affolter, MD

Associate Director of Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Mike J. Auth, DO

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric critical care

Camille N. Immanuel, MD, MHS

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Preston Lavinghousez, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care
  • Pediatric critical care

Kyle Lieppman, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric critical care

Richard Lion, DO, MPH

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Daniel Stromberg, MD

Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care
  • Pediatric heart disease

Sai Krishna Surapa Raju, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Roozbeh Taeed, MD

Medical Director of Cardiac Acute Care Service
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Intensivist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiologists

Hitesh Agrawal, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric interventional cardiology

Joseph Casadonte, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Preventative cardiology

Chesney Castleberry, MD

Medical Director, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Katie Colman, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Arnold Fenrich, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatrics

Keren Hasbani, MD

Director of Cardiac MRI
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Medical Director, Coronary Anomalies Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric echocardiography
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Non-invasive cardiac imaging

D. Byron Holt, MD, FSCAI

Chief of Pediatric Cardiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Interventional catheterization of children and adults

Gregory Johnson, MD

Congenital Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Pediatric cardiology

Michael Y. Liu, MD

Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology and noninvasive imaging
  • Pediatric cardiology

Hanoch Avraham Patt, MD, MPH

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult and pediatric congenital heart disease
  • Preventive cardiology

Stuart Rowe, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Jeannine Schuman-McCoy, MD

Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Advanced cardiac imaging
  • Fetal echocardiography
  • Pediatric cardiology

Kenneth Shaffer, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Ron B. Shapiro, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric echocardiography

Daniel Shmorhun, MD

Pediatric Electrophysiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric electrophysiology

Eileen Stewart, MD

Fetal Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Fetal cardiology
  • Pediatric cardiology

Frank Wong, MD

Pediatric Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Karen Wright, MD

Interventional Cardiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology

Pediatric Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists

Erin Gottlieb, MD, MHCM

Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Anesthesia for neonates
  • Management of post-cardiopulmonary bypass coagulopathy
  • Pediatric cardiac anesthesiology

Anthony “Tony” Zapata, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Dietitian and Genetic Counselor

Kalisi Logan

Genetic Counselor
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Genetic Counselor
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Adult cancer genetic counseling
  • Pediatric cardiovascular genetic counseling

Patrice Scott, RD, LD, CNSC

Registered Dietitian
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Hospitalists

Melissa Cossey, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric inpatient care

Jorge Ganem, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Coordination of inpatient care
  • Pediatric hospital medicine

Peter Gilbreath, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Danielle Glade, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Jennifer Hughes, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatrics

Meena Iyer, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Hanh Keyburn, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Janice Loh, MD, MPH

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Alan “Wade” Mincher, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric hospital medicine

Kirsten Nieto, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Molly Ray, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatrics

Lynn Thoreson, DO

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Toni Wakefield, MD, FAAP

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care conferences for care coordination
  • End-of-life/quality-of-life discussions
  • Manage inpatient pediatric illnesses

Donald Williams, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Inpatient pediatric care

Pediatric Nurses and Advanced Practice Providers

Jan Alexander, DNP, MSN, RN

Cardiac Clinic Manager
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Holistic nursing care and resiliency support
  • Magnet designation for hospitals and clinics
  • Patient and family centered care
  • Pediatric palliative care
  • Pediatrics

Kelli Andrews, BSN, RN

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Julie Arldt-McAlister, MSN, APRN, FNP

Family Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Interventional cardiology

Anna Brauninger, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiac critical care

Rebecca Byars, MSN, RN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Critical care of infants and children with pediatric and congenital heart disease

Cathryn Calantonio, BSN, RN

VAD Program Coordinator, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Mechanical circulatory support

Rachel Cano Brendlinger, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Shae Clark, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC, CCRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Christine Dillingham, MN, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Single ventricle heart disease

Amy Greenwood Hemingway, RN, MSN, CNS, CPNP-AC/PC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Bethany Hart, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric cardiology
  • Pediatric intensive care

Stephanie Katznelson, MSPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Kimberly Krauklis, APRN

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pre-and post-surgery care for adults and children

Kari LeBret-Harris, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Transplant Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Transplantation (both pediatric and adult)

Julie Manning, MSN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Elizabeth McBrearty, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiac critical care

Amanda McKinney, DNP, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Christianna "Nina" Mueller, BSN, RN, CPN

Nurse Navigator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Kristy Neff, MSN, APRN, FNP-C

Family Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Barbara Pierce, LPN/LVN

Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiology
  • Congenital heart surgery
  • Pediatrics

Lisa Pomeroy, MSN, APRN, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

MayaJoy Sheridan, BSN, RN

Transplant Nurse Coordinator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Katelyn Smith, MPAS, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Maira Souza, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN-K

Nurse Navigator
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Registered Nurse
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Congenital and pediatric cardiac critical care and surgery

Jonné Wilmore, MSN, APRN, NP-C, CPNP-AC

Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Jessica A. Zink, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Pediatric Psychologist

Alexandra Lamari-Fisher, PhD

Psychologist
UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry​at Dell Children’s

Psychologist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Exposure therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Parent-child interaction therapy (PICT)
  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy​(TF-CBT)

Perfusionists

Blake Denison, CCP, FPP, LP

Director of Clinical Perfusion
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass

Richard Owens, BS-MT, CCP, FPP, LP

Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • Mechanical circulatory support/​ventricular assist devices

Jake Plafker, CCP, LP

Perfusionist, Heart Failure, VAD, and Transplant Program
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Pediatric perfusion

Tiffany Robb, MS, CCP, LP

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Proficiency in centrifugal and roller pump cardiopulmonary bypass care management
  • Perfusion expertise in areas of pediatric and adult extracorporeal technology

Kellen Rosten, CCP, LP

Perfusionist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Cardiopulmonary bypass
  • Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Social Workers and Child Life Specialists

Brittany Barnhill, MS, CCLS

Child Life Specialist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Daniela Boyce, LMSW

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Child welfare
  • Pediatric cardiac care
  • Pediatric trauma services

Alyssa Geis, MPH, CCLS

Child Life Specialist
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Carrie St. John, LCSW

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Child welfare
  • Pediatric medical social work
  • Research coordination

Heather Van Diest, MPH, LCSW

Social Worker
Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

Specialization(s)

  • Care coordination
  • Public Health Social Work
  • Supporting families through a new diagnosis