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

Primary Faculty | Affiliated Faculty

Primary Faculty

name	Position(s)	CONTACT
Holly Bauser-Heaton, MD, PhD	Assistant Professor Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Emory University School of Medicine	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)
Hee Cheol Cho, PhD	Urowsky-Sahr Scholar in Pediatric Bioengineering Associate Professor, Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pediatrics at Emory and Georgia Tech	p: 404-727-6356 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)
Steven L Goudy, MD	Director, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology Associate Professor Otolaryngology	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Usama B. Kanaan, MD	Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center 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)
Lazaros Kochilas, MD	Medical Director, Cardiac Clinical Research Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Professor Emory University Department of Pediatrics	p: 404-785-0930 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)
William T. Mahle, MD	Chief of Cardiac Services Director, Sibley Heart Center Cardiology, Division Director of Pediatric Cardiology 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)
Josh T Maxwell, PhD	Director, Animal Physiology Core Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics	p: 404-727-4441 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Matthew Oster, MD, MPH	Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center 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)
Changwon Park, PhD	Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics Center for Cardiovascular Biology Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-7143 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
Chunhui Xu, PhD	Associate 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)

Affiliated Faculty

Name	Position(s)	CONTACT
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, MD	Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Assistant Professor of Surgery Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University School of Medicine
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)
Wendy Book, MD	The Emory Clinic Associate Professor of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
William Border, MBChB, MPH	Director, Noninvasive Imaging Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Sibley Heart Center Professor Emory University School of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics	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)
Thomas Burns, PsyD, ABPP/CN	Director of Neuropsychology Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite Associate Clinical Professor Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-785-2854 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Robert M. Campbell, MD	Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Sibley Heart Center Cardiology 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)
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)
Allison Ross Eckard, MD	Associate Professor Division of Infectious Disease Medical University of South Carolina
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	p: 404-712-5649 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Eric Ferguson, MD	Assistant Professor Division of Pediatric Cardiology Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine Sibley Heart Center Cardiology	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 Sibley Heart Center Cardiology Emory Children’s Center Children’s Healthcare of America Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-256-2593 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 Sibley Heart Center 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)
Hyacinth Hyacinth, MD, PhD, MPH	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer & Blood Disorders Center Emory University School of Medicine	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 Sibley Heart Center 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)
Kirk Kanter, MD	Chief, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Director, Pediatric Heart Transplant Program Professor of Surgery Emory University School of Medicine Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dennis Kim, MD, PhD	Director, Cardiac Catheterization Lab Sibley Heart Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Clinical Assistant 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)
Brian Kogon, MD	Associate Professor of Surgery Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Emory University School of Medicine
Rebecca Levit, MD	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Emory Healthcare Network Physician
Kevin O Maher, MD	Co-Director Center for Pediatric Innovation Director, Pediatric Cardiac Nanomedicine Associate Director, Atlanta Pediatric Device Consortium Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Cardiology 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)
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, Yerkes National Primate Research Center	p: 404-712-0357 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)
Gretchen Neigh, PhD	Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Physiology
Matthew Paden, MD	Assistant 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)
W. James Parks, MS, MD	Pediatric Cardiologist Outpatient Clinic Locations: Sibley Heart Center Cardiology—Children’s at Scottish Rite (Medical Office Building) Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Radiology Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-256-2593 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Christopher Petit, MD	Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Cardiology 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)
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)
Ritu Sachdeva, MD	Medical Director, Cardiovascular Imaging Research Core (CIRC) Pediatric Cardiologist Children’s Sibley Heart Center Professor Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Denver Sallee III, MD	Director, Aortopathy Program Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-256-2593
Charles D. Searles Jr., MD	Associate Professor Cardiology Division Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-321-6111 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Timothy C Slesnick, MD	Director, Cardio MRI Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Associate Professor Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	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	Emergency Medicine and Pediatric Cardiology Sibley Heart Center Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Professor of Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-256-2593
Robert N. Vincent, MD	Pediatric Cardiologist Sibley Heart Center Egleston Hospital Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta 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)
Susan M. Wall, MD	Professor Renal Medicine Nephrology Division Department of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-2525 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Pamela D. Winterberg, MD	Director of Basic and Translational Research Division of Nephrology Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine Assistant Professor Division of Nephrology Department of Pediatrics Emory University School of Medicine	p: 404-727-7722 e: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Ajit Yoganathan, PhD	Associate Chair for Translational Research Regents’ Professor The Wallace H. Coulter Distinguished Faculty Chair in Biomedical Engineering Wallace H. Coulter Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology	p: 404-894-2849 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)