Staff Directory
Daphne Hsu, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiology
Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: dhsu@montefiore.org
François Lacour-Gayet, MD
Chief, Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Pediatric Heart Center
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: flacour@montefiore.org
Samuel Weinstein, MD
Director, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: sweinste@montefiore.org
Scott Ceresnak, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: sceresnak@montefiore.org
Steven J. Choi, MD
Phone: 718-741-2315
Email: stchoi@montefiore.org
Eric D. Fethke, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 845-703-700
Email: efethke@montefiore.org
Sarika Kalantre, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: skalantr@montefiore.org
Emily Jackness, MD
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2315
Email: ejacknes@montefiore.org
Jacqueline M. Lamour, MD
Director, Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Therapies
Attending Physician, Pediatric Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: jlamour@montefiore.org
Leo Lopez, MD
Director of Noninvasive Imaging, Pediatric Cardiology
Phone: 718-741-2184
Email: leolopez@montefiore.org
George K. Lui, MD
Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-920-7116
Email: glui@montefiore.org
Robert Pass, MD
Director, Pediatric Electrophysiology Director, Pediatric Interventional Cardiology
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2183
Email: rpass@montefiore.org
Dimitrios P. Papavassiliou, MD
Attending Physician, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 845-703-7000
Email: dpapavas@montefiore.org
Rajesh Shenoy, MD
Attending Physician, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Attending Physician, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
Attending Physician, Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-920-4793
Email: rshenoy@montefiore.org
Myles Schiller, MD
Attending Physician, The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology, St. Barnabas Hospital
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: mschille@montefiore.org
Nicole Sutton, MD
Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: nsutton@montefiore.org
Email: 718-741-2316
Christine Tracy, MD
Attending Physician
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2310
Email: ctracy@montefiore.org
Christine A. Walsh, MD
Director of the Outpatient Pediatric Dysrhythmia Center
Co-Director, Montefiore Einstein Center for CardioGenetics (MECC)
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Phone: 718-741-2343
Email: cwalsh@montefiore.org
Nurses
Darlene Fountain, RN
Nurse, Pediatric Cardiology
Janice Migniuolo, RN
Nurse, Pediatric Echocardiography Laboratory, Pediatric Cardiology
Lynn Nappo, RN
Electrophysiology Nurse, Pediatric Cardiology
Jenny Nova, RN, CCTC
Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology
Nurse Practitioners
Esma Paljevic, NP
Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Cardiology
Arzellra Walters, NP, CCTC
Clinical Transplant Coordinator, Pediatric Cardiology
Child Life Specialists
Amanda Hoskins, Child Life
Social Workers
Erin Lauinger, MSW
Contact information - Pediatric Heart Center
Phone: 718-741-2343
The Children's Hospital at Montefiore
3400 Bainbridge Avenue, Suite 5B
Bronx, NY 10467


