The Heart Institute Doctors

At the Heart Institute, our team is the force behind the excellent outcomes our patients experience. Their expertise and dedication are why we are routinely ranked among the top programs in the nation for pediatric cardiology and heart surgery.

You can be confident that our team has the experience and knowledge to provide exceptional care for your child. We believe that the best care is also compassionate, which is why we also focus on your child’s comfort with everything we do.

Leadership

  • Chief, Division of Cardiology
  • Co-Director, Heart Institute
  • Associates Chair in Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Co-Director, Heart Institute
  • H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, Executive Director, Cardiovascular Thoracic Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Surgeon-in-Chief, Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148

Expert Physicians

  • Director, Electrophysiology
  • Co-Director of Southern California Consortium For Technology and Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP)
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Director, Congenital Interventional Catheterization
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician-Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Fetal Cardiology, Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Licensed Psychologist
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Specialty: Pediatric Psychology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiography, Fetal Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program
  • Executive Director, Gender Equity, Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Ryan Winston Family Chair in Transplant Cardiology
Associate Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148
  • Director, Outpatient Cardiology Service
  • Co-Director, Center for Cardiogenomics
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology, Cardiogenomics, Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-8202
  • Co-Associate Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Critical care medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Director, ECMO
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-5918
  • Interim Director, Echocardiography
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Hyperlipidemia
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-361-2262
  • Chief of Staff
  • Medical Director, Heart Failure and Transplant Program, and Cardiac Mechanical Support Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, Cardiac Transplantation
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-660-2450
  • Medical Director, ECMO
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2262
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Interventional Catheterization, Exercise Testing
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Critical care medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Director, Fetal Cardiology Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiography, Fetal Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-361-5918
  • Chief Patient Safety Officer
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-361-2262
  • Pediatrician-in-Chief
  • Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs
  • Pasadena Guild Chair
  • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure
Phone: 323-361-6248
  • Director, Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-6351
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology, Cardiogenomics
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Chief, Division of Critical Care Medicine
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2557
  • Director, Cardiovascular Acute Care Unit
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology, Echocardiography, Exercise Testing, Hyperlipidemia
Phone: 323-361-8308
  • Associate Director, Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Cardiac Transplantation, Cardiogenomics
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
  • Investigator, Regenerative Medicine
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Interventional Catheterization
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Pulmonary Hypertension, Kawasaki Disease, MIS-C
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Co-Director, Interventional Catheterization
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Interventional Catheterization
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-660-2450
  • Intensivist
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Clinician Educator), Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Phone: 323-361-2262
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesiology
Phone: 323-361-2262
  • Associate Director, Fetal Cardiology Program
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Fetal Cardiology, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Associate Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148
  • Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Phone: 323-361-4148
  • Attending Physician
  • Investigator, Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Adult Congenital Cardiology
Phone: 323-361-2303
  • Attending Physician
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-2461
  • Director, Cardiovascular MRI
  • Attending Physician
  • Investigator, Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics and Radiology, Keck School of Medicine of USC
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Specialty: Pediatric Cardiology, Cardiac MRI, Echocardiography
Phone: 323-361-5470

Community Physicians

  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 626-796-9259
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phone: 323-442-5849
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 626-796-9259
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 818-784-6269
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 626-796-9259
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 818-784-6269
  • Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 818.839.7101
  • Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiothoracic Surgery
Phone: 323-783-4595
  • Attending Physician
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Attending Physician
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Specialty: Cardiology
Phone: 818-784-6269