Faculty Directory / Children’s Heart Research and Outcomes Center (HeRO)

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Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD

Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine

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David Archer, PhD

Director of Pediatric Flow Cytometry Service
Director of Basic Research for Sickle Cell Program
Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Emory University School of Medicine

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Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine

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Asaad G. Beshish, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Intensivist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine

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Wendy Book, MD

The Emory Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine

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William Border, MBChB, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Director, Noninvasive Imaging. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Luke P. Brewster, MD, PhD, MA, RVT

Assistant Professor
Division of Vascular Surgery
Department of Surgery
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-778-3712
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Erin M. Buckley, PhD

Assistant Professor
Georgia Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Scholar

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404-727-4323
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Paul J. Chai

Co-Chair, The Heart Center
Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Professor of Surgery, Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

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404.785.6330
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Nikhil Chanani, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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Michael E. Davis, PhD, FAHA

Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medicine
Emory University
Director, Children’s Heart Research and Outcomes Center
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Scholar

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404-727-9858
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Allison Ross Eckard, MD

Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Disease
Medical University of South Carolina

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Baowei Fei, PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Emory and Georgia Tech
Georgia Research Alliance Distinguished Scientist
Director, Quantitative Bioimaging Laboratory, Emory School of Medicine

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404-712-5649
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Eric Ferguson, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Peter Fischbach , MD, MA

Chief Academic Officer, Children’s Pediatric Cardiologist
Fellowship Program; Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Emory Children’s Center
Children’s Healthcare of America

Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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Holly Gooding, MD, MSc

Adolescent & Internal Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

Childrens at Hughes Spalding
Adolescent Health Clinic
Hughes Spalding hospital
35 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Atlanta, GA 30303

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404-778-1429
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Steven L Goudy, MD

Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Professor
Otolaryngology
Emory University School of Medicine

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Kathy Griendling

Professor of Medicine
Emory University

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Nina Guzzetta, MD

Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-785-6670
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Ahsan Husain, PhD

Professor, Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-8125
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Hanjoong Jo, PhD

Associate Chair of Emory Affairs
Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Professor
Biomedical Engineering
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-712-9654
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Usama B. Kanaan, MD

Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Associate Professor
Children’s Heart Center
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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Dennis Kim, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Lazaros Kochilas, MD

Medical Director, Cardiac Clinical Research
Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Professor
Emory University
Department of Pediatrics

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Jennifer Q. Kwong, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

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404-727-1336
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Rebecca Levit, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Emory Healthcare Network Physician

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Kevin O Maher, MD

Director, Cardiac Intensive Care, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Pediatric Technology Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA

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William T. Mahle, MD

Division Director of Pediatric Cardiology, Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Director of Clinical Research Program. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Hui Mao, PhD

Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences,
Emory Center for Systems Imaging
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Emory-GT Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Affiliate Scientist, Emory National Primate Research Center

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404-712-0357
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Erik C Michelfelder, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Director of Fetal Cardiology. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Nawazish A. Naqvi, PhD

Assistant Professor
Cardiology Division
Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

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Matthew Oster, MD, MPH

Pediatric Cardiologist
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Associate Professor
Children’s Heart Center
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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Matthew Paden, MD

Professor
Division of Critical Care
Department of Pediatrics,
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-785-1600
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Sung Jin Park

Assistant Professor

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404-712-8596
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Arshed Quyyumi, MD

Co-Director
Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor, Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-3655
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Ilanit Ronen Itzhaki, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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Ritu Sachdeva, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Medical Director, Cardiovascular Research Core (CIRC). Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Denver Sallee III, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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Vahid Serpooshan, PhD

Assistant Professor
Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Georgia Tech & Emory University

Children’s Pediatric Research Scholar

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Timothy C Slesnick, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine

Director of Cardio MRI. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

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W. Robert Taylor, MD, PhD

Professor, Cardiology

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404-727-3754
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Benjamin Toole, MD

Pediatric Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Professor of Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics Emory
University School of Medicine

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Chunhui Xu, PhD

Professor
Director, Cardiomyocyte Stem Cell Laboratory
Department of Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-7774
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Young-Sup Yoon, MD, PhD

Director of Stem Cell Biology
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine

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404-727-8176
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