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Congenital Heart Collaborative for Medical Professionals

Meet the Team

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Leadership

Masrk Galantowicz, MD

Mark E. Galantowicz, MD, FACS

Co-Director, The Congenital Heart Collaborative at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Co-Director of the Heart Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor, Clinical Surgery at The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Murray D. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mark.Galantowicz@NationwideChildrens.org

Special interests: Surgical treatment and repair of newborns with congenital heart defects, adolescent and adult congenital heart disease, cardiopulmonary transplantation

Daniel Nento,MD Pediatrics 

Daniel Nento, MD

Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Daniel.Nento@UHhospitals.org

Special interests:  Minimally invasive (VATS) surgery, neonatal surgery, single ventricle heart disease, valve repair

Pediatric Cardiology Physicians

Arpit Agarwal, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE, FSCMR, MS 

Arpit Agarwal, MD, FAAP, FACC, FASE, FSCMR, MS

Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Pediatric Cardiologist
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Arpit.Agarwal@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Clinical informatics and management, advanced cardiac imaging, 3D modeling, 3D printing and use of artificial intelligence, pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease.

Janine Arruda, MD 

Janine Arruda, MD, FAAP FACC

Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Non-invasive Imaging
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Janine.Arruda@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Echocardiography, cardiac MRI, congenital heart disease, noninvasive imaging in congenital heart disease, transesophageal echocardiography

Aimee Armstrong, MD 

Aimee Armstrong, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Therapies
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Aimee.Armstrong@nationwidechildrens.org

Special interests: Interventional cardiac therapies

Martin Bocks, MD 

Martin L. Bocks, MD, FACC, FSCAI

Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Martin.Bocks@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Transcatheter valve therapies, neonatal interventions, pediatric medical device development, bioresorbable technologies, wireless pressure sensors

Tulasi Khandan, MD 

Tulasi Khandan, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Tulasi.Khandan@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: General pediatric cardiology

John Lozier, MD 

John Lozier, MD

Interim Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Fellowship Program Director
Medical Director, Cardiac Stepdown Unit
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
John.Lozier@UHhospitals.org

 

Daniel Pasternack, MD 

Daniel Pasternack, DO

Pediatric Cardiology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Daniel.Pasternack@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: General pediatric cardiology

Sarah Plummer, MD 

Sarah Plummer, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Director of Quality
Co-Director of Single Ventricle Program
Director of Cardiac Neurodevelopment Initiative
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Sarah.Plummer@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Fetal cardiology, noninvasive imaging, quality improvement, single ventricle heart disease, neurodevelopment

Harinder Singh, MD 

Harinder Singh, MD, FHRS, CEPS-(P), CCDS

Director, Electrophysiology 
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 
Harinder.Singh@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, arrhythmia and autonomic nervous system conditions.

James Strainic, MD 

James Strainic, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Fetal Heart Center
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
James.Strainic@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Fetal echocardiography, congenital heart disease, pediatric cardiology, echocardiography in congenital heart disease, 3-D echocardiography, pediatric exercise physiology, connective tissue disease in children, transesophageal echocardiography

Carolin Willhelm, MD 

Carolyn M. Wilhelm, MD, MS

Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Fellowship Program, Associate Program Director
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Carolyn.Wilhelm@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: noninvasive imaging- cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, transesophageal echocardiography and congenital heart disease 

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeons

Daniel Nento,MD Pediatrics 

Daniel Nento, MD

Chief, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University 
Daniel.Nento@UHhospitals.org

Special interests:  Minimally invasive (VATS) surgery, neonatal surgery, single ventricle heart disease, valve repair

Masrk Galantowicz, MD 

Mark E. Galantowicz, MD, FACS

Co-Director, The Congenital Heart Collaborative
Co-Director, Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Professor, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Murray D. Lincoln Endowed Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Mark.Galantowicz@NationwideChildrens.org

Special interests: Surgical treatment and repair of newborns with congenital heart defects, adolescent and adult congenital heart disease, cardiopulmonary transplantation

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia Physicians

Caroline Al-Haddadin, MD 

Caroline Sami Al Haddadin, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Caroline.AlHaddadin@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Cardiac anesthesia, cardiothoracic surgery, regional anesthesia

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Physicians

Ira Cheifetz, MD 

Ira M Cheifetz, MD FCCM FAARC

Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Co-Director, The Congenital Heart Collaborative at UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s
Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Ira.Cheifetz@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Cardiac critical care, congenital heart disease, mechanical ventilation, cardiorespiratory interactions, acute lung injury, extracorporeal life support

Meredith Broberg, MD 

Meredith Broberg, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Meredith.Broberg@UHhospitals.org

Special interests: Cardiac critical care, congenital heart disease, cardiorespiratory interactions, antimicrobial management

Kevin Kilgallon, MD 

Kevin Kilgallon, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Kevin.Kilgallon@UHhospitals.org

Special Interests: Pediatric cardiac intensive care medicine

Monty Mazer, MD 

Monty Mazer, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine
UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Monty.Mazer@UHhospitals.org

Special Interests: Pediatric cardiac intensive care medicine