
Cardiac ICU
Meet the Team

Cardiac Critical Care Specialists
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John T. Berger, MD
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Gabriel Aaron Bredin, MD
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Shriprasad R. Deshpande, MD
- Medical Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Heart Transplant Program
Shriprasad R. Deshpande, MD
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Yuliya Domnina, MD
- Medical Director, Quality and Safety for the ICUs
- Medical Director, CICU
- Cardiac Critical Care Specialist
Yuliya Domnina, MD
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Craig Alan Futterman, MD
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LaTasha Monique Lewis, MD
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Alejandro Jose Lopez-Magallon, MD
- Medical Director, Telemedicine
- Cardiac Critical Care Specialist
Alejandro Jose Lopez-Magallon, MD
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Kathy Sofia Mendieta, MD
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Bao Nguyen Puente, MD
- Director, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
- Cardiac Critical Care Specialist
Bao Nguyen Puente, MD
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Melissa Iris Yildirim, MD
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Dietitians
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Laura Hashiguchi, RD, LD, CSP
- Lead Inpatient Dietitian, Expert
Laura Hashiguchi, RD, LD, CSP
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- English
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Biography
Laura Hashiguchi, RD, LD, CSP, graduated with her B.S. in dietetics from James Madison University and completed Sodexo’s Philadelphia dietetic internship with a pediatric emphasis. Laura has worked at Children’s National Hospital since 2014 and during this time covered a wide variety of patient populations both inpatient and outpatient. Laura obtained her board certification as specialist in pediatric nutrition in 2021. Laura works in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and also serves as inpatient lead dietitian.
Nursing Team
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Lucy Burrell, BSN, RSN, CCRN
- Director, Inpatient Nursing, Heart Center
Colleen Marie Iler, DNP, CNS
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Melissa Beaudet Jones, NP
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Christine Marie Riley, NP, CPNP-AC
- Team Lead, Advanced Practice Providers
- Dialysis Nurse Practitioner
Christine Marie Riley, NP, CPNP-AC
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Care Team Professionals
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Justine Fortkiewicz
- Professional Practice Specialist, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Martha Goldberg
- Clinical Instructor, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Cara Pleau
- Clinical Instructor, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit








