Pediatric cardiology faculty

Advocate Children’s Hospital's Heart Institute is dedicated to research and education to advance the care and treatment of children with cardiovascular diseases. A central piece of Heart Institute's mission is to train the next generation of pediatric cardiologists and clinical investigators. We achieve this goal through the expertise of our internationally known faculty combined with the facilities and resources of the Advocate Children’s Hospital.

Fellowship Program Leadership

Rupali Ganhi

Rupali Gandhi, MD
Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong, MD
Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Non-Invasive Imaging

David Roberson

David Roberson, MD
Director, Non-Invasive Imaging
Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal Echocardiography

Kirsten Borsheim

Kirsten Borsheim, MD

Waseem Cossor

Waseem Cossor, MD
Director, Cardiac MRI and CT
Transthoracic and Fetal Echocardiography

Elenor Ross

Eleanor Ross, MD
Associate Director, Echocardiography Lab
Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal Echocardiography

Saad Siddiqui

Saad Siddiqui, MD
Associate Director, Fetal Echocardiography
Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal Echocardiography

Rupali Ganhi

Rupali Gandhi, MD
Transthoracic and Fetal Echocardiography

Saad Siddiqui

Tania Saroli, MD
Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal Echocardiography

Karla Wehrheim

Karla Wehrheim, MD
Cardiac MRI and CT
Transthoracic, Transesophageal and Fetal Echocardiography

Clinical Cardiology

Tarek Husayni

Tarek Husayni, MD
Single Ventricle Program

Saad Siddiqui

Sunthorn Muangmingsuk, MD
Outreach and Fetal Echocardiography

Interventional Cardiology

Alex Javois

Alex Javois, MD
Director, Catheterization Lab

Dhaval Patel

Dhaval Patel, MD
Interventional Cardiology and Cardiac Critical Care

Electrophysiology

Frank Zimmerman

Frank Zimmerman, MD
Director, Electrophysiology Lab

David Gamboa

Cardiac Critical Care

Nancy Ghanayem

Nancy Ghanayem, MD
Director, Cardiac Critical Care, Pediatric Cardiology Intensive Care Unit

Andrew Van Bergen

Rohit Loomba

Rohit Loomba, MD
Critical Care, Pathology and Single Ventricle Program

Melissa Nater

Melissa Nater, MD
Critical Care and ECMO Medical Director

Kristen Nelson McMillan

Kristen Nelson McMillan, MD
Critical Care, Coagulation Specialist, and Pulmonary Hypertension

Joshua Wong

Joshua Wong, MD
Critical Care and Single Ventricle Program

Sarah Gardner Yelton

Sarah Gardner Yelton, MD

Adult Congenital Cardiology

Michael Earing

Michael Earing, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Adult Congential Heart Disease Program

James Monaco

James Monaco, MD

Ira Shetty

Ira Shetty, MD
Adult Congenital Heart Disease and
Non-Invasive Electrophysiology

Cardiothoracic Surgeons

Heart Failure, Transplant

Stephen Pophal

Stephen Pophal, MD
Heart Failure, Transplant