Meet Our Staff
The Children's Heart Center team at Schneider Children's Hospital
is composed of physicians, nurses and allied-health professionals
who specialize in caring for children with heart disease. Our
team consists of pediatric cardiologists and pediatric cardiothoracic
surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals who specialize
in caring for children with heart disease. Our team works closely
with pediatric anesthesiologists, neonatologists and pediatric
intensivists to provide outstanding, personalized care for patients
of all ages. Our interdisciplinary approach to patient care combines
the experience and expertise of all members of the health care
team.
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGISTS
Fredrick Z. Bierman,
MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Schneider Children's Hospital Satellite Services
Andrew D. Blaufox, MD
Section Chief, Pediatric Electrophysiology
Areas of interest: arrhythmias (heart rhythm problems in children)
Preeta Dhanantwari, MD
Areas of interest: echocardiography, fetal echocardiography
Shilpi Epstein, MD
Areas of interest: interventional cardiology (non-surgical treatment
of heart disease in children)
Dipak Kholwadwala, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
Areas of interest: interventional cardiology (non-surgical treatment
of heart disease in children and adults)
Michael LaCorte, MD
Assistant Chief of Staff, Schneider Children's Hospital for Staten
Island & Brooklyn
Deborah Mensch, MD
Areas of interest: pediatric echocardiography, cardiomyopathy
(abnormal heart muscle function)
Angela Romano-Adesman, MD
Areas of interest: pediatric echocardiography, fetal echocardiography,
Marfan syndrome.
Howard Seiden, MD
Associate Chief of Service, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Program Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Areas of interest: cardiac critical care, heart failure in children
Yehuda Shapir, MD
Areas of interest: pediatric echocardiography, fetal echocardiography
PEDIATRIC CARDIOTHORACIC SURGEONS
Vincent A. Parnell, Jr, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, Schneider Children's Hospital
Vice-Chairman, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Long Island
Jewish Medical Center
Associate Director Thoracic Surgery Residency, Long Island Jewish
Medical Center
David B. Meyer, MD
Attending Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY NURSES
Phone: 718-470-7374
Idalia Burkitt, RN, BSN
Lisa Felice, RN, BSN, CPNP
Joanne Gubitosi, RN, BSN
Judy Jacobellis, RN
Mary Beth Kearney, RN, BSN, MA, CCRN, CPNP
Anne Sweeney, RN, BSN, CDE
Elizabeth Vinas, RN, BSN
Kathryn Dillon, RN
PEDIATRIC CARDIOTHORACIC NURSE
Phone: 718-470-3582
Jayne Cashman, RN, BSN, MSN
PEDIATRIC CARDIOTHORACIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Dominick DiCapua, PA-C
SOCIAL WORK
Phone: 718-470-3127
Sue Huh, MSSW, ACSW