Exceptional doctors bring expertise and compassion to your child's care

Inova Children's Heart Center offers some of the most experienced pediatric cardiac surgeons and pediatric interventional cardiologists in the field. Meet our medical directors and physicians who work together to provide exceptional patient care and discover what drives their passion for their work.

Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director, Chief of Cardiology

Chawkhi Elzein, MD, Co-Director, Chief of Cardiac Surgery

Inova Children's Heart Center Team

Pediatric Cardiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Caroline Burke, NP
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, MD
• Christina Dillon, MD
• Jason Goldberg, MD
• Alazar Haregu, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Sharon Karr, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Kathryn Reynolds, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Cardiac Surgery

• Chawki Elzein, MD
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Eileen Kim, PA

Acute Care Step Down Unit

• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Alan Benheim, MD
• Jason Goldberg, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Alex Haregu MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Lauren Stollar, CRNP

Adult Congenital Heart Disease

• Anurag Sahu, MD, Medical Director
• Lucas Collazo, MD, Surgical Director
• Qurratulaen (Annie) Khawaja-Javaid, PA-C
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Pradeep Nayak, MD
• Sherif Tawfik, MD
• Mark Tanenbaum, MD
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD

Cardiac Anesthesia

• Rica Buchanan, MD
• Benjamin Cramer, MD
• Danica Han, MD
• Tiffany Minehart, MD
• Tricia Jordan, CRNA
• Oliver Jordan, CRNA
• Christine Quinn, CRNA

Electrophysiology

• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD
• Carolyn Burke, NP

Inherited Cardiac Conditions Clinic

• Mitchell Cohen, MD, Co-Director, Pediatrics
• Palak Shah, MD, Co-Director, Adult (Inova Schar Heart & Vascular)
• Robert Przybylski, MD (Channelopathies)
• Christopher Jordan, MD (Aortopathies)
• Jason Goldberg, MD (Cardiomyopathies)
• Akos Bethold, CGC
• Rebecca Miller, MS, CGC

Interventional Cardiology

• Catherine Tomasulo, MD, Director
• Katie Reynolds, MD
• Kristen Barbieri, PA-C

Noninvasive Imaging

• Melany Atkins, MD, (MRI/CT)
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Ryan Closson, MD
• Bridget Curley, MD
• Christine Dillon, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Sharon Karr, MD
• William Kirby, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Kinjal Parikh, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO

Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit

• Ilias Iliopoulos, MD, Medical Director, PCICU
• Dana A. Barry, DO
• Suneet A. Bhansali, MD
• Kathleen Donnelly, MD
• Jeremy C. Lamkin, MD
• Siarhei Liauchonak, MD
• Mahsheed Taeb, DO
• Megan B. Tzeng, MD

Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Advanced Nurse Practitioners

• Fiona Baustein, CPNP-AC
• Kelly Ferran, CPNP-AC
• Lauren Hancock, CPNP-AC
• Louis Seay, CPNP-AC
• Joyce Vamja, CPNP-AC/PC

Fetal Care Team

• Margot Ahronovich, MD, Medical Director
• Patrick Callahan, MD
• Sharon Karr, MD
• Jennifer Lindsey, MD
• Jennifer O’Neil, MD
• Harish Rudra, DO
• Erin Caufield, BSN
• Melissa Eatherly, FNP-BC

Single Ventricle Care Team

• Harish Rudra, DO, Medical Director
• Lucas Collazo, MD
• Jennifer O'Neil, MD
• Kimberly Hill, CCC SLP, Speech Therapist
• Kristine Lewis, RN, BSN, MS, CCRN, Single Ventricle Nurse Navigator
• Glenn Bailey, PA
• Mechelle Fleischer, PA
• Karyn Theis, RD, Nutrition

Cardiac Research

• Jason Goldberg, MD (Director)
• Catherine Tomasulo, MD (Director)
• Christine Tawfik CCRC (Manager, Pediatric Research)
• Mitchell Cohen, MD
• Christopher Jordan, MD
• Robert Przybylski, MD

Child Life Services

• Jamie Gentille, Director
• Nicole Johnson, Cardiac CCLS

Multi-Modal Imaging

• Melany Atkins, MD
• Edmund D. Hong, MD

Pulmonary Hypertension

• Kinjal Parikh, MD (Director)
• Emily McDonald, RN

Administration

• Steve Narang, MD, MHCM, President, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus
• Joanna Fazio, Vice President, Pediatric Service Line
• Ashley Virts, RN, MSN-FNP, Vice President, Nursing, Pediatric Service Line
• Cynthia Gibson, MD, Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Gail Green, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN, Senior Director, Inova Children’s Heart Center
• Allison Barberio, Interim Senior Director of Operations, Pediatric Service Line

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