Our Team

ECMO Medical Director

It is both an honor and a privilege to care for children and families both here in Houston and in resource-limited settings. Clinical Interests: Innovative approaches to treatment of cardiopulmonary failure. Clinical ethics at the limits of technology, viability, and resources. Designing… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

ECMO Surgical Director

Adam M. Vogel, MD

Dr. Adam Vogel was born and raised in Hauppauge, New York. As a child and teenager he had frequent visits to his family pediatrician which, combined with an interested in biologic sciences evolved into a desire to pursue a career in medicine and to help sick children. His passion for problem… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Lead, Cardiac Intensive Care

Patricia Bastero, MD

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, cardiac disease, ECMO, International collaboration Research Interests: Simulation applications to health care and their impact in patient safety

Phone: 832-826-6230

Leads, Neonatal Medicine

Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, MD

My interests are a combination of clinical care and the medical education of our neonatology fellows, pediatric residents, and Baylor College of Medicine students, Neonatal Nurse Practitioners. Clinical research also has a central role in all that we do and I am attempting to integrate more time… read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Christopher J. Rhee, MD, MS

My goal is to provide the best quality of care to the sickest infants and their families. I focus on providing excellent family centered care in my practice, utilizing the knowledge of all team members and the family. Clinical Interests: My clinical areas of interest are management of infants… read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Lead, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit

Marc Michael Anders, MD

Based on best evidence and broadest experience delivering the highest standard of care for every individual patient. Clinical Interests: Congenital Heart Disease, ECMO, VAD, clinical education Research Interests: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, ECMO, Ventricular Assist Devices, VAD

Phone: 832-826-6230

Lead, ECMO Quality

Andrea Ontaneda, MD

Clinical Interests: Pediatric Extracorporeal life support, E-CPR Research Interests: Pediatric ECMO, long term outcomes

Phone: 832-826-6230

Lead, ECMO Education

Corey A. Chartan, DO

I am dedicated as a clinician to providing high quality, safe, and compassionate care of critically ill children in the ICU. I have additional training and interest in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the Pediatric ICU setting as well as the NICU and CVICU. I am also one of a small team… read more

Phone: 832-822-3300 (Pulmonary) | 832-826-6230 (Critical Care)

Lead, Congenital Heart Surgery

Iki Adachi, MD

Dr. Adachi is a board-certified cardiac surgeon specialized in congenitally malformed hearts both in pediatric and adult patients. Dr. Adachi performs a full range of congenital heart surgeries, including neonatal single ventricle repairs and reoperative procedures in adults with history of… read more

Phone: 832-826-2030 (CHS)

Lead, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Surgery

Edward John Hickey, MD

My goal is for all children born with congenital heart disease to enjoy healthy and active lives, far beyond their childhood years. Although I operate on the full age and diagnostic spectrum, a particular focus of mine is to expand and develop our Adult Congenital Heart Program practice. Adults… read more

Phone: 832-826-2030

Lead, Transfusion Medicine

Jun Teruya, MD, DSc, FCAP

Dr. Teruya has extensive experience and expertise in patients with bleeding and thrombosis, pheresis procedures, and blood component therapy. He was an adult hematologist in Japan, and trained in Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine/Coagulation at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard… read more

Phone: 832-824-5850

Lead, Pharmacy

Katherine Lemming

PGY1: University of Virginia Health System PGY2 (Pediatric): University of Virginia Health System

Lead, ECMO Services

Lee W. Evey, MHA, RRT

I am fully committed to helping our ECMO program grow to be one of the best pediatric ECMO centers in the world. With the faculty and staff that we have, we are well on our way.

Phone: 832-826-6049

Lead, Primers and ECMO Specialists

Cole Burgman, CCP

Pediatric Critical Care ECMO Physicians

Dalia A. Bashir, MD

I strive to provide compassionate and empathetic care to critically ill children in both the cardiac ICU and the Pediatric ICU. It is humbling to be entrusted with and be able to care for someone’s ill child, and to be with the families during their most difficult and challenging times. I am… read more

Phone: 832-822-6230

Patricia Bastero, MD

Clinical Interests: Congenital heart disease, cardiac disease, ECMO, International collaboration Research Interests: Simulation applications to health care and their impact in patient safety

Phone: 832-826-6230

Danny Castro, DO

Simply put, I am dedicated to providing empathetic care that is of the highest quality. I am devoted to fostering and promoting inter-disciplinary teamwork and collaboration which will accomplish this mission. I am equally dedicated to educating our next generation of healthcare providers in how… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Corey A. Chartan, DO

Phone: 832-822-3300 (Pulmonary) | 832-826-6230 (Critical Care)

Ryan D. Coleman, MD

Care for critically ill children requires not only an understanding of the disease, but of the child and family affected by the disease as well. My approach to providing care to these children and their families is to always keep in mind “what would I want if it were one of my children?” and… read more

Phone: 832-822-3300 (Pulmonary) | 832-826-6230 (Critical Care)

Thomas P. Fogarty III, MD, FAAP

I aim to provide the highest level of evidence based care, along with providing support and compassion to the families that are coping with their child’s stay in an intensive care unit. It is critical for healthcare providers to understand how stressful and difficult it is to have a child that is… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Fong Wilson Lam, MD, FAAP

As an intensivist, I am focused on providing excellent care to the entirety of all patients, and helping families cope with the stress of having an ill child. I treat all patients as how I would like my family members to be treated, with respect and patience. I welcome family members to our rounds… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Laura L. Loftis, MD

Dr. Loftis continues as the Baylor liaison to the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators group. She is the Baylor Principal Investigator for several multi-institutional clinical research trials, including examining the genetics of severe influenza infections, and studying the… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Matthew Allen Musick, MD

In my role, I strive to evaluate the quality of patient care that is provided in our intensive care units in a collaborative effort with our hospital and nursing partners. We constantly attempt to find creative solutions to new problems while trying to constantly provide opportunities for the… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Trung Chanh Nguyen, MD

Dr. Nguyen's research interest is focused on coagulopathy in critically ill children. He is currently under the mentorship of Dr. Miguel Cruz in the Thrombosis Research Section at the Baylor College of Medicine. In the lab, Dr. Nguyen is investigating whether ADAMTS-13 and von Willebrand factors… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Renan A. Orellana, MD

Dr. Orellana has focused his research on the influence of development on the molecular mechanisms that regulate muscle protein metabolism during critical illness, aiming to develop nutritional support therapies for children in intensive care. By using the neonatal pig as a model for the human… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Andrea Ontaneda, MD

Clinical Interests: Pediatric Extracorporeal life support, E-CPR Research Interests: Pediatric ECMO, long term outcomes

Phone: 832-826-6230

Venessa Lynn Pinto, MD

I am committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care for my patients by partnering with families and multi-disciplinary team members, and by constantly striving for excellence in all I do. Clinical Interests: Extracorporeal Life Support, Neuro-critical care, Global Health, Ethics,… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Kevin M. Roy, MD

As Senior Medical Director of the Pediatric ICUs I work to identify opportunities to enhance patient care and decrease the harm to patients through multi-disciplinary collaboration across Pediatric ICUs. My academic interests focus on the intersection of quality improvement, education, and… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Amanda Ruth, MD

Critical care is delivered best when there is a strong therapeutic alliance between the multidisciplinary team of providers and families. Clinical Interests: ECMO, septic shock Research Interests: Collaborative, multi institutional approach to management of extracorporeal therapy… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Michael Smaglick, MD

Caring for critically ill children and their families requires a highly skilled multidisciplinary team working together to achieve the best possible outcomes. It is a privilege for me to work as a member of that team at Texas Children’s. I strive to treat patients with the same empathy, compassion… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

Mohammad Hossein Tcharmtchi, MD

Dr. Tcharmtchi is the program director for Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program, the largest pediatric critical care medicine fellowship training program in the world. His main focus is on the education of fellows to competent academician leading them to the forefront of the delivery and… read more

Phone: 832-826-6230

James A. Thomas, MD, FAAP

Phone: 832-826-6230

Neonatal Intensive Care ECMO Physicians

Jonathan Lyle Davies, MD

Phone: 832-826-1380

Caraciolo J. Fernandes, MD, MBA

Dr. Caraciolo Fernandes is an academic neonatologist whose clinical experience and training spans three different countries/continents (India/Asia, Australia and the United States) and over three decades. He has been at Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine since 1994. In the Texas… read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, MD

Phone: 832-826-1380

Charleta Guillory, MD, MPH

Professional Interests: Infant Mortality Health Disparities Prematurity Patient Advocacy Newborn Screening

Phone: 832-826-1380

Karen Elaine Johnson, MD

Phone: 832-826-1380

Pablo Lohmann, MD

Professional Interests: GI and Lung Microbiome of Preterm Neonates And Correlation With BPD Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation management and outcomes

Phone: 832-826-1380

George Thomas Mandy, MD

My clinical and research interest includes respiratory distress of preterm infants, surfactant administration and chronic lung disease of prematurity, bronchopulmonary displasia. I am focusing on providing the best, evidence based quality of care for the tiniest premature infants. I am interested… read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Christopher J. Rhee, MD, MS

Phone: 832-826-1380

Dajana Sabic, DO

I am passionate about providing the highest quality of care to our critically ill infants. I believe that family centered care is vital. As a clinician-educator, I enjoy working in a multidisciplinary setting with learners of all levels to expand their knowledge base and improve the care of… read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Rita Shah, MD

I am honored to have the opportunity to care for our most vulnerable infants. I strive to provide evidenced-based quality care centered on our patients and their families within a strong network of multidisciplinary teams focused on achieving the best outcomes for our critically ill newborns. … read more

Phone: 832-826-1380

Michael Emery Speer, MD

Dr. Speer is currently involved in defining the roles that patient safety and health literacy play in health-care delivery systems within the paradigm of neonatal-perinatal medicine.

Phone: 832-826-1830

Pediatric Surgeons

Sundeep G. Keswani, MD

Dr. Sundeep Keswani is the Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery and holds the Clayton Endowed Chair in Surgical Research at Texas Children’s Hospital. He leads the division of Pediatric Surgery which performs near 7000 operative cases and 15,000 clinic visits annually. His clinical areas of… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Timothy C. Lee, MD

Dr. Timothy Lee is a steering committee associate director of the Fetal Center and director of the Colorectal and Pelvic Health Program. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in 2001, continued at BCM to pursue his residency in general surgery and completed his… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Mark V. Mazziotti, MD

Dr. Mazziotti is primarily a clinical pediatric surgeon and delivers surgical care to Texas Children's Health Centers in Cy-Fair and Sugar Land, in addition to his practice at Texas Children's. He has special interest and training in minimally invasive surgery and specialized expertise in pectus… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Paul K. Minifee, MD

Dr. Paul K. Minifee MD, FAAP, FACS, has nearly 30 years of expertise in the clinical practice of pediatric surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. He is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Minifee is accomplished in open and videoscopic surgery of the abdomen and… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Jed G. Nuchtern, MD

Dr. Jed Nuchtern is a pediatric surgeon specializing in pediatric surgical oncology. In addition to performing general neonatal and pediatric surgery, he is a member of the Surgical Oncology Team at Texas Children's Hospital and is actively involved with taking care of patients with neuroblastoma,… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

J. Ruben Rodriguez, MD

Dr. Ruben Rodriguez is a general and thoracic pediatric surgeon whose primary practice is at Texas Children’s Hospital – The Woodlands. His focus is on complex gastrointestinal surgery with a specific interest in minimally invasive approaches. He specializes in surgeries for Inflammatory Bowel… read more

Phone: 936-267-7333 (The Woodlands)

Shawn J. Stafford MD, FACS, FAAP

Dr. Shawn J. Stafford entered medical school at the Medical University of South Carolina after serving an eight-year enlistment in the United States Navy. He went on to complete a residency at Louisiana State University. During his time at LSU he was involved in research looking at angiogenesis and… read more

Phone: 936-267-7333 (The Woodlands) | 281-812-0280 (Kingwood)

Sanjeev A. Vasudevan, MD

Dr. Vasudevan is a pediatric surgeon who specializes in pediatric surgical oncology. In addition to performing general neonatal and pediatric surgery, he is a member of the Surgical Oncology Program at Texas Children's Hospital and is actively involved with taking care of patients with… read more

Phone: 832-822-2778

Transfusion Medicine Physicians

Lisa Hensch, MD

Research Interests: Dr. Hensch is a member of the Division of Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation. Her primary research interests include developing evidence-based strategies for safe transfusion in the pediatric patient population. She is also actively involved in several research projects… read more

Phone: 832-824-5850

Amir Hassan Navaei, MD

Dr. Navaei is a board certified pediatric intensivist. He has a special interest in management of children requiring extra-corporeal life support technologies. He is also board certified in Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation and serves as a consultant for transfusion support and management of… read more

Phone: 832-824-5850

Juan Vitelio Rodriguez, MD, FASCP

Dr. Rodriguez is an accomplished, board-certified clinical pathologist with comprehensive knowledge of laboratory medicine. He is committed to advancing the fields of pathology and transfusion medicine through his teaching, research and contributions to medical literature. Dr. Rodriguez is… read more

Phone: 832-824-5850

ECMO Primers

Raymund Benigay, CRN

Helen Conforti, RRT

Claudia Cuevas, RRT

Janus Guda, BSN, CCRN

Bonnie Hedrick, BSN, CCRN

Guian Mirabueno, BSN, CCRN

Tan Phan, RRT

Abraham Valayil, RRT