Staff Directory

Daphne Hsu, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: dhsu@montefiore.org

François Lacour-Gayet, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-920-7580
Email: flacour@montefiore.org

Samuel Weinstein, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-920-7745
Email: sweinste@montefiore.org

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Scott I. Aydin, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2524
Email: saydin@montefiore

Scott Ceresnak, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, North Central Bronx Hospital
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: sceresnak@montefiore.org

Nadine Choueiter, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: nchoueit@montefiore.org

Steven J. Choi, MD
Director, Inpatient Pediatric Cardiac Services, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Director, Quality Improvement, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Critical Care,The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Phone: 718-741-2524
Email: stchoi@montefiore.org

Eric D. Fethke, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics,  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Specialty Practice of the GHV, PLLC
Phone: 845-703-7000
Email: efethke@montefiore.org

Sarika Kalantre, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Associate Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: skalantr@montefiore.org

Emily Jackness, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology,  The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, Jacobi Medical Center
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: ejacknes@montefiore.org

Jacqueline M. Lamour, MD
Director, Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2315
Email: jlamour@montefiore.org

Leo Lopez, MD
Director of Noninvasive Cardiac Imaging, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2184
Email: leolopez@montefiore.org

Robert Pass, MD
Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology and Pediatric Interventional Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Phone: 718-741-2183
Email: rpass@montefiore.org

Dimitrios P. Papavassiliou, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 845-703-7000 
Email: dpapavas@montefiore.org 

Rajesh Shenoy, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Attending Physician, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: rshenoy@montefiore.org

Myles Schiller, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, St. Barnabas Hospital
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: mschille@montefiore.org

Nicole Sutton, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: nsutton@montefiore.org

Christine A. Walsh, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for CardioGenetics (MECC)
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: cwalsh@montefiore.org

Nurses

Kelly Ann Balem, RN
Research Nurse Coordinator

Imelissa Blancas, RN
Nurse Manager, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Hybrid Suite

Janice Migniuolo, RN
Nurse, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, Pediatric Cardiology

Lynn Nappo, RN
Electrophysiology Nurse, Pediatric Cardiology

Jenny Nova, RN, CCTC
Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology

Betsy Tirado, RN
Nurse, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Hybrid Suite

Amanda Usenko, RN
Nurse, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Hybrid Suite

Jennifer Vasserman, RN

Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistant

Sadahf Shujauddin, NP

Sharon Weber, PA
Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology

 

Child Life Specialist

Amanda Hoskins, Child Life

 

Social Workers

Krista McCarthy, MSW
Erin Lauinger, MSW