Children's Hospital

Physicians and Staff

Pediatric Cardiology

The Children's Heart Program performs cardiac evaluations using the most advanced technology to diagnose structural and functional cardiac abnormalities in patients from infancy through young adulthood.

In cooperation with Maternal/Fetal Medicine specialists from the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, the division provides comprehensive fetal echocardiographic services for high-risk pregnancies. Division members work closely with other disciplines to offer extensive medical and supportive care.

Director, Children's Heart Program

Geoffrey Rosenthal, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric and Congenital Heart Program
Special Interests: Pediatric Cardiology; Pediatric Intensive Care; Quality Improvement in Pediatric Cardiac Care; Children's Health Advocacy; Cardiovascular Research
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Texas Children's Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Texas Children's Hospital, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Certification: Pediatrics; Pediatric Cardiology
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Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

Sunjay Kaushal, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Special Interests: Pediatric Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, Neonatal Heart Surgery, Fontan Conversion, Valve repair, Adults with Congenital Heart Disease, and Stem Cell Research with a focus on pediatric patients with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Cardiomyopathy.
Medical Degree: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cardiothoracic Surgery; Johns Hopkins Hospital, General Surgery
Fellowship: Great Ormond Street Hospital, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery; University of Michigan-Mott Children's Hospital, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Certification: Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Congenital Cardiac Surgery
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Pediatric Cardiology

Carissa Baker-Smith, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Degree: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University Medical Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, Pediatric Cardiology
Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
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Alicia H. Chaves, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Degree: University of South Florida
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Yale University, Pediatric Cardiology; Medical College of Wisconsin, Advanced Pediatric Cardiac Non-Invasive Imaging
Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
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Stacy Fisher, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Special Interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Disease During Pregnancy, Pulmonary Hypertension, Echocardiography
Medical Degree: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: Duke University Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Rochester Medical Center, Cardiology
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Peter Gaskin, M.B.B.S.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interest: Pediatric Cardiology
Medical Degree: University of the West Indies
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center, Pediatric Cardiology and Interventional Catheterization
Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
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Phat P. Pham, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Special Interest: Pediatric Cardiology
Medical Degree: University of Washington
Residency: University of Minnesota, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Oregon Health Science University, Pediatric Cardiology; University of California San Francisco, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
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Sudhir Vashist, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Degree: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India
Residency: Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Pediatrics; Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine/St. Louis Children's Hospital, Pediatric Electrophysiology and Pediatric Cardiology
Certification:Pediatrics, Pediatric Cardiology
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This page was last updated on: February 5, 2013.

For more information about UMCH or to make an appointment, please call 410-328-4FIT (4348) (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).