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

Our Investigators

name	Position(s)	CONTACT
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	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology Emory University School of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Wendy Book, MD	The Emory Clinic Associate Professor of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
William Border, MBChB, MPH	Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Director, Noninvasive Imaging. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Luke P. Brewster, MD, PhD, MA, RVT	Assistant Professor Division of Vascular Surgery Department of Surgery Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-778-3712 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Erin M. Buckley, PhD	Assistant Professor Georgia Tech/Emory Department of Biomedical Engineering Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Research Scholar	p: 404-727-4323 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404.785.6330 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Nikhil Chanani, MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-727-9858 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Eric Ferguson, MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-778-1429 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Steven L Goudy, MD	Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology Professor Otolaryngology Emory University School of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Kathy Griendling	Professor of Medicine Emory University	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-785-6670 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ahsan Husain, PhD	Professor, Cardiology Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-8125 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Hanjoong Jo, PhD	Associate Chair of Emory Affairs Professor Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Biomedical Engineering Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-712-9654 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dennis Kim, MD, PhD	Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Lazaros Kochilas, MD	Medical Director, Cardiac Clinical Research Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Cardiology Professor Emory University Department of Pediatrics	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Jennifer Q. Kwong, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics	p: 404-727-1336 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Rebecca Levit, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Emory Healthcare Network Physician
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-712-0357 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Erik C Michelfelder, MD	Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Director of Fetal Cardiology. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Nawazish A. Naqvi, PhD	Assistant Professor Cardiology Division Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Matthew Paden, MD	Professor Division of Critical Care Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-785-1600 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Sung Jin Park	Assistant Professor	p: 404-712-8596 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Arshed Quyyumi, MD	Co-Director Emory Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute Professor, Cardiology Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-3655 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ilanit Ronen Itzhaki, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ritu Sachdeva, MD	Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Medical Director, Cardiovascular Research Core (CIRC). Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Denver Sallee III, MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Vahid Serpooshan, PhD	Assistant Professor Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Tech & Emory University Children’s Pediatric Research Scholar
Timothy C Slesnick, MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine Director of Cardio MRI. Pediatric Cardiologist, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
W. Robert Taylor, MD, PhD	Professor, Cardiology	p: 404-727-3754 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Chunhui Xu, PhD	Professor Director, Cardiomyocyte Stem Cell Laboratory Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-7774 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Young-Sup Yoon, MD, PhD	Director of Stem Cell Biology Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-8176 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)