Team
Physicians
Cardiovascular Surgery
John J. Nigro, M.D., Division Chief; Director, Heart Institute; Director, Cardiac Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Device Program; Clinical Professor of Surgery, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Congenital Heart Surgery, Heart Transplantation
John Artrip, M.D., FRACS, Assistant Professor of Surgery, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Congenital Heart Surgery, Complex Valve Surgery, Heart Transplantation
Cardiology
Christopher Davis, M.D., Ph.D., Interim Chief, Division of Cardiology, Director, Exercise Laboratory; Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Coronary Artery Anomalies, General Cardiology
Harjot Bassi, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care
Matthew Bock, M.D., Medical Director, Heart Transplant Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Cardiomyopathy, Cardio-Oncology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Heart Disease
Alejandro Borquez, M.D.
Specialty Interests: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances, Advanced Monitoring & Diagnostic Techniques, Antiarrhythmic Medications, Catheter-Based Therapies for Arrhythmias, Heritable Arrhythmia Syndromes, Rhythm Disturbances, Pacemaker and ICD Implantation
Jane Burns, M.D., Director, Kawasaki Disease Program; Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Kawasaki Disease
Peter Chau, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty Interests: Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Heart Transplantation
Thomas Do, M.D., M.S., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care
Kirsten Dummer, M.D., Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Fetal Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Howaida El-Said, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory; Co-director, Adult Congenital Heart Programs, UC San Diego; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, General Cardiology
Brian Fagan, M.D., Director, Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Program; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: General Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Cardiac Catheterization, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
Ian (Fraser) Golding, M.D., Director of Echocardiography; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Fetal Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Juliana Gomez-Arostegui, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Physician of Pediatrics, UC San Diego Specialty interests: Inpatient and General Cardiology Care, Delivery Care
Paul Grossfeld, M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiovascular Genetics, General Cardiology
Aamisha Gupta, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Inpatient Cardiology Care
Jessica Haley, M.D., Director, Preventive Cardiology, Director Home Monitoring Program; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Exercise Stress Testing, Preventive Cardiology, General Cardiology
Sanjeet Hegde, M.D., Ph.D., Medical Director, Cardiac MRI; Co-Director of Research, Heart Institute; Program Director, 3D Innovations Lab; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Henri Justino, M.D., Associate Physician Diplomate, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology, General Cardiology
Rachel McCandless, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Fetal Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging
Dana Mueller, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care
Hari Narayan, M.D., M.S.C.E., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
James Perry, M.D., Director, Electrophysiology, Co-Director Adult Congenital Heart Programs; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Affiliate Professor of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Electrophysiology, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Beth Printz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Aparna Rao, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Pulmonary Hypertension
Rohit Rao, M.D., M.B.A., Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Hypertension Program and Project Adam; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care, Pulmonary Hypertension
Serena Sah, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Eleanor Lehnert Schuchardt, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Imaging, Fetal Cardiology, General Cardiology
Jose Sepulveda, M.D., Director, Single Ventricle Program, Co-Director, ACHD Programs; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Adult Congenital Heart Disease, General Cardiology
Jesse Stringer, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care
Heather Sun, M.D., Director, Fetal Cardiology; Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Fetal Cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, General Cardiology
Adriana Tremoulet, M.D., Associate Director, Kawasaki Disease Program; Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Kawasaki Disease
Gabrielle Vaughn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Heart Failure/Heart Transplant, General Cardiology
Shilpa Vellore Govardhan, M.D., Associate Physician Diplomate
Specialty interests: Intensive Care
David Werho, M.D., Associate Director of Cardiology Fellowship Program; Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Cardiac Intensive Care
Matthew Williams, M.D., Director, Cardiac Pacing; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Specialty interests: Electrophysiology, General Cardiology
Associated Physicians
Ryan Alanzalon, M.D. (Kaiser, San Diego)
David Aurigemma, M.D. (Naval Medical Center, San Diego)
Benjamin Blevins, M.D. (Naval Medical Center, San Diego)
Andras Bratincsak, M.D., Ph.D. (Kapiolani Children’s Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Ryan Flanagan, M.D. (Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Denis Levy, M.D. (Kaiser Medical Center, San Diego)
Charles Nguyen, M.D. (Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Colin Petko, M.D. (Kaiser Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Venu Reddy, M.D. (Kapiolani Children’s Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii)
James Sim, M.D. (Kapiolani Children’s Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Christopher Stefanelli, M.D. (Kaiser Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Melissa Yamauchi, M.D. (Kapiolani Children’s Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Associated Specialists
Kelly Branch, N.P., Cardiovascular Surgery
Kelly Brand, P.A., Cardiovascular Surgery
Kristen Browning, D.N.P., CPNP-AC
Erin Stone, M.S.N., CPNP-AC/PC
Deborah Walter, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Melissa Campbell, M.S.N., CPNP-PC
Stacey Grohall, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Vanessa Kalis, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Deborah Raleigh, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Sarah Olson, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Adam Denson, M.S.N., CPNP-AC
Fellows
Heidi Bark, M.D.
Arpine Davtyan, M.D.
Thomas Glenn, M.D.
Jessica Heibel, M.D.
Elizabeth LaSalle, M.D.
Andres Moreno Rojas, M.D.
Bruke Tedla, M.D.