Our Team
Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Karl Reyes, MD
Co-Director, Patel Heart Institute
Director, Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Victor Morell, MD
Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Bari Murtuza, MD
Congenital Cardiac Surgeon
Kathryn Garner, PA-C
Physician Assistant-Cardiothoracic Surgery
Emilee La Puente, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Additional Information
Fetal Cardiology
Blaine John, MD
Co-Director, Patel Heart Institute
Director, Pediatric and Fetal Cardiology
Pediatric and Fetal Cardiologist
Lori Ewing, RDMS, RVT, RDCS
Fetal Cardiology Program Coordinator
Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer-Cardiac and Vascular
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Jeremy Ringewald, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Pediatric Cardiologist
Jennifer Carter, DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care
Jarrod Knudson, MD
Co-Director, Patel Heart Institute
Director, Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care (PCICU)
Pediatric Intensivist
Morgan E. Doughty, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Rachel Hansen, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Julia Mercer Niebauer, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Salar Syed Badruddin, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Intensivist
Rhiannon Hickok, MD
Pediatric Intensivist
Renay Hall, APRN
PCICU Lead
Advanced Practice Nurse
Deanna Critchfield, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Christine Mele, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Kelly Thatcher, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Lauren Smith, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Sue Coltran, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Kari Hyotala, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Noninvasive Cardiology
Javier Gonzalez, MD
Director, Pediatric Noninvasive Cardiology
Pediatric Cardiologist
Electrophysiology
Dr. Jorge McCormack, MD
Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology
Pediatric Cardiologist
Cardiac Anesthesia
Samantha Franco, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Adam Willis, MD
Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesiologist
Inpatient Cardiology
Shannon Schmelzer, APRN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Jennifer Carter, DNP
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Seth Larson, APRN
Advance Practice Nurse
Adult Congenital Disease
Joel Hardin, MD
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Adult Congenital Cardiologist
Seth Larson, APRN
Advance Practice Nurse
Nurse Navigators
Cindy Dyer, BSN, RNC-OB
Perinatal Nurse Navigator
Natalie Jackson, BSN, RN, CCRN
Congenital Heart Program Nurse Navigator
Siobhan McCoy, BSN, RN, CCRN
Cardiac Critical Care Nurse Navigator
For more information about our pediatric heart services, call our KIDS Heart Hotline: (813) 644-6679.