Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

Congenital Heart Center - University of Florida serves children and adults with congenital heart disease through cardiac surgeons, cardiologists, intensive care specialists, nurses, anesthesiologists, radiologists and allied professions. All of our physicians are board-certified in their fields.
Team
Pediatric Cardiologist  
Faris Al-Mousily, M.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Randall M. Bryant, M.D. Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Interventional Electrophysiology and Pacing
Barry J. Byrne, M.D., Ph.D. Virginia Root Sutherland Professor
Associate Chair Department of Pediatrics
Co-Director, Congenital Heart Center
Arun Chandran, M.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Curt DeGroff, M.D. Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Director of Imaging, Congenital Heart Center
Nicole Dobija, D.D.S., M.D. Assistant Professor, Anesthesia and Pediatrics
F. Jay Fricker, M.D. Gerold L. Schiebler Eminent Scholar Chair in Pediatric Cardiology
Division Chief and Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Ira H. Gessner, M.D. Professor Emeritus, Pediatric Cardiology
Tomislav Ivsic, M.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Don Marangi, M.D. Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Clinical Electrophysiology
Joseph A. Paolillo, Jr., M.D. Assistant Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Congenital Catheterization Program, Congenital Heart Center
Arwa Saidi, M.B.DCH Associate Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, Congenital Heart Center
Jai Udassi, M.D. Assistant Professor
Lodewyk H.S. Van Mierop, M.D. Professor Emeritus
Benjamin E. Victorica, M.D Professor Emeritus
   
Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgeon  
Mark S. Bleiweis, MD The William G. Lassiter, Jr., and Aneice R. Lassiter Professorship
Associate Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
Director, Congenital Heart Center
Eric L. Ceithaml, M.D. Associate Professor, Surgery (Jacksonville)
Sunil Malhotra, M.D. Assistant Professor, Surgery and Pediatrics
   
Pediatric Cardiology Fellow  
Hao Hua 'Howard' Hsu, M.D.
Maria Dorotan-Guevara, M.D.
Gonzalo Wallis, M.D.
 
Pediatric Physician Extenders  
Julie Berthy, ARNP
Petar Breitinger, PA-C
Lee Ann Lawson, ARNP
Cimaron Neel. PA
Joni Zauhar, ARNP
   
Pediatric Nurse Specialist  
Connie Nixon, RN
   
Pediatric ECHO Technicians  
Tina Cousins, RDCS
Jennifer Hardy-Bass, RDCS
Vicki Hay, RDCS
Aubrey Hope, RCIS
Rafael Leon
Jessica Lohman, RCS
   
CHC Administrative Director  
Madel Sotomayor (352) 273-6794
   
Pediatric Cardiology Staff  
Susan Andrews
Debbie Cruz
Larry Ebersole, CPC, CCP
Deborah L. Floyd, CPC (352) 273-5422
Bobby E. Ross, Jr.
Danielle Sessions
Melissa Watson
Mimi Zarate