Richard Jonas, MD
Dr. Jonas is chief of Cardiac Surgery
and Co-Director of the Children's National Heart Institute, and
performs over 350 cardiac surgeries each year. Dr. Jonas is one of the
foremost pediatric cardiac surgeons in the world. The single author of
one textbook, Dr. Jonas has written 30 book chapters, published 281
journals and collaborated on four textbooks.
Gerard Martin, MD
Dr. Martin is the executive director of the Center for the Heart, Lung and Kidney Disease and chief of the Division of Cardiology at Children's. Dr. Martin has more than 60 publications in the field of pediatric cardiology. He is an invited speaker nationally and internationally and is an acknowledged expert in the area of pediatric echocardiography and fetal cardiology. International patients see Dr. Martin for follow- up visits and evaluation at Children's Outpatient Centers.
Charles Berul, MD
Charles Berul, MD, is division chief of Cardiology. He was born in Washington, DC and raised in the area. He earned his bachelor's and Master’s degrees in biology from Bucknell University and then received his doctorate of medicine from University of Maryland. Dr. Berul completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at Yale, followed by specialty fellowship training in pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Berul was the director of the Pacemaker Program at Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School until coming to Children’s National Medical Center in 2009. Dr. Berul is a professor of Pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine. Dr. Berul is a fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Cardiology, the Society for Pediatric Research, and the American Heart Association’s Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young. Dr. Berul has more than 150 publications in pediatric cardiology and is an invited speaker nationally and internationally and is an acknowledged expert in the area of pediatric cardiac electrophysiology.
Michael Slack, MD
Once used primarily for diagnoses only, cardiac catheterization has evolved into a major treatment based procedure. Currently almost two thirds of all cardiac catheterization procedures performed at Children’s involve a therapeutic intervention. Dr. Slack is an internationally recognized expert in the field of cardiac catheterization. Children’s offers all currently available catheterization treatment options available in the United States.
Adre J. Du Plessis, MBChB
Adré du Plessis, MBChB joins Children’s National from
Children’s Hospital Boston, where he developed and directed the Critical
Care Neurology and Fetal-Neonatal Neurology programs within the
Department of Neurology. These were the first such programs of their
kind anywhere, and continue to be the largest in the United States and
abroad. He is one of the world’s leading experts on the neurology of the
fetal brain, and has been charged with bringing together existing and
new fetal medicine programs at Children’s National.
Max Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA
Max Coppes, MD, PhD, MBA, is the executive director of the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders.
For nine years, he served as the director of the Children’s Cancer
Program at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Canada. In
addition, Dr. Coppes was the Senior Medical Officer for Canadian Affairs
of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the Canadian Council for
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Directors. He also is an internationally
recognized expert in Wilms tumors, the most common form of kidney cancer
in children. Dr. Coppes is fluent in Dutch, French and Spanish and is
proficient in German.
Jeffrey S. Dome, MD
Jeffrey S. Dome, MD, is Children’s division chief of Oncology and acting division chief of Hematology at
Children’s. Dr. Dome joined Children’s from St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital. He is internationally renowned for his work in Wilms
tumors and telomere biology. Dr. Dome has recently been appointed to
chair of COG’s Renal Tumor Committee.
Oncology
Gregory H. Reaman, MD
Gregory H. Reaman, MD, is a pediatric oncologist at
Children’s National, and previously served as the executive director of
the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders. Dr. Reaman is currently the
chairman of the Children’s Oncology Group and executive vice president
for Scientific and Medical Affairs, National Childhood Cancer Foundation
in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a member of many medical societies
including the American Pediatric Society, the American Society of
Clinical Oncology, and the American Society of Pediatric
Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Reaman has done extensive research,
specifically in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). In addition to his
research, Dr. Reaman has authored or co-authored more than 250
publications and more than 175 abstracts that were presented at national
and international meetings.
David Alex Jacobsohn, MD
David Jacobsohn, MD, the Division Chief of the Blood and Marrow Transplantation
(Stem Cell Transplantation) joins Children's National from Children’s
Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where he served as a member of the Stem
Cell Transplant Program staff and as the Director of the Chronic
Graft-versus-Host Disease Clinic. He has lectured widely on GvHD/BMT in
Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Dr. Jacobsohn obtained a
Bachelor of Science from Yale University, his medical degree from Tufts
University, and a Masters in Clinical Investigation from from Johns
Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Roger J. Packer, MD
Roger J. Packer, MD, is the executive director of the Center for Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine
at Children’s and professor of Neurology and Pediatrics at the George
Washington University. Dr. Packer has long been a leader in the care of
children with brain tumors. Dr. Packer led the Brain Tumor Strategy
Group of the Children’s Cancer Group (COG). He serves as chairman of
COG’s Medulloblastoma Committee and is a chair of the Neuroscience
Committee. He is the group chair of the new Clinical Trials Consortium
for Neurofibromatosis. Dr. Packer’s past work has led to the development
of “standard” approaches for children in the United States and
throughout the world for medulloblastoma and low-grade astrocytomas, the
most common benign brain tumor in children. Through Children’s Brain Tumor Program, Dr. Packer evaluates one in every 10 children in the United States with a brain tumor.
Robert F. Keating, MD
Robert F. Keating, MD, is the division chief of Neurosurgery
at Children’s and an associate professor of Neurological Surgery and
Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. A
renowned neurosurgeon, his sub-specialties include brain tumors,
craniofacial malformations, spina bifida, and spasticity. Dr. Keating is
the lead editor of Tumors of the Pediatric Central Nervous System, a
standard reference for this sub-specialty. As the lead surgeon in a conjoined twins’ separation, Dr. Keating led the separation of spinal cords and neurological function monitoring.
Phillip L. Pearl, MD
Phillip L. Pearl, MD, is chief of the Division of Neurology, interim director of Developmental Pediatrics,
and director of Medical Student Education (Neurology) at George
Washington University School of Medicine. The division of General
Neurology is one of the largest pediatric neurology practices in the
area, serving the greater Washington, DC/Maryland/Northern Virginia
region through outpatient centers located at Children's National Medical
Center - Sheikh Zayed Campus for Advanced Children's Medicine, as well as through its Regional Outpatient Centers and a number of satellite offices. Dr. Pearl's research interests
are focused in epilepsy and neurotransmitter disorders, specifically
SSADH deficiency. He serves as an investigator in protocols at
Children's National Medical Center and the National Institutes of
Health, and in that capacity makes the best practices in pediatric
neurological care available to the patients and families for whom he
cares. In addition to his impressive work in clinical care and research,
Dr. Pearl is a jazz musician and frequently plays at area venues,
including Blues Alley.
Gary Francis Rogers, MD
Gary F. Rogers, MD, JD, MBA, MPH, joins Children’s National as the chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, from Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Rogers has authored over 60 peer-review articles and has presented at numerous national and international meetings. He has contributed to the invention of 2 patented devices to treat deformational plagiocephaly. His clinical interests include hand/wrist trauma, craniofacial surgery (including facial trauma and reconstruction), and ear construction.
Orthopaedics
Laurel Blakemore, MD
Laurel Blakemore, MD, is the division chief of Orthopaedic Surgery
at Children’s. She received her training at the University of Alabama
School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of
Michigan. Additionally, she completed her fellowship at Rainbow Babies
and Children’s Hospital. She was a faculty member in pediatric
orthopaedics at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland, as
well as Mott Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor before joining Children’s
National. Dr. Blakemore specializes in treating children with scoliosis
and spinal deformities, as well as adolescent sports medicine and
pediatric trauma.
Laura Tosi, MD
Laura Tosi, MD, is the director of the Bone Health Program
at Children’s. Her practice focuses on orthopaedic management of
children with physical disabilities and birth defects. Dr. Tosi also
works to increase physician awareness of bone health issues for women
and children, with the goal of reducing debilitating bone injury as the
population ages. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School and
completed her internship and residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical
School. Additionally, Dr. Tosi completed a fellowship in orthopaedic
surgery at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
John Snyder, MD
John Snyder, MD, is the chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
at Children’s National. He is considered an expert in a variety of GI
disorders and has worked extensively in the fields of infant nutrition
and international child health. His current research interests include
H. pylori and celiac disease.
Pulmonary, Sleep Medicine & Cystic Fibrosis
Anastassios C. Koumbourlis, MD
Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, is Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. Apart from treating pulmonary and sleep disorders, he also evaluates and treats cystic fibrosis at our Cystic Fibrosis Center (Pediatric and Adult). Dr. Koumbourlis previously was a professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonology at the Schneider Children’s Hospital in New York. Prior to this, he was on the faculty of Columbia University and Director of the Pulmonary Function and Exercise Laboratories at the Children’s Hospital of New York at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Koumbourlis has extensive experience in pediatric pulmonary medicine with special interests in congenital lung and airway anomalies, chest wall deformities, and pulmonary complications of neuromuscular and sickle cell disease.
Genetics
Marshall Summar, MD
Dr. Marshall Summar is the Chief of the Division of Genetics and Metabolism
and the Margaret O’Malley Chair of Molecular Genetics. He joined
Children's National from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, where
he directed the Program in Translational Genetics, the DNA Core
program, and started the inborn errors of metabolism program. Dr. Summar
is board-certified in Pediatrics, Clinical Genetics, and Biochemical
Genetics.
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