Cardiac ICU
Meet the Team
Cardiac Critical Care Specialists
John T. Berger, MD
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Gabriel Aaron Bredin, MD
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- Medical Director, Advanced Cardiac Therapies and Heart Transplant Program
Shriprasad R. Deshpande, MD
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- 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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- Medical Director, Telemedicine
- Cardiac Critical Care Specialist
Alejandro Jose Lopez-Magallon, MD
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Kathy Sofia Mendieta, MD
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- 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
- 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
- Director, Inpatient Nursing, Heart Center
Colleen Marie Iler, DNP, CNS
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Melissa Beaudet Jones, NP
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- Team Lead, Advanced Practice Providers
- Dialysis Nurse Practitioner
Christine Marie Riley, NP, CPNP-AC
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Care Team Professionals
- Professional Practice Specialist, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Clinical Instructor, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
- Clinical Instructor, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit