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Children’s Medical Center Dallas – Cardiac Function Team Members

Physicians Cardiac Surgeons
Richard Kirk MD – Medical Director Ryan Davies MD – Surgical Director
Ryan Butts MD – Associate Medical Director Robert Jaquiss MD
David Sutcliffe MD Camille Hancock Friesen MD
Maria Bano MD Timothy Pirolli MD
Vivian Dimas MD

Advanced Practice Nurses Nurse Coordinators
Nelia Soares, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC/PC Susan Daneman, RN, BSN, CCTC
Kristin Anton, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC Leah Knox, RN, BSN, CCTC
Jodie Lantz, RN, MSN, CNS Jodi McDermott, RN, MSN, CCTC
Judith Jose RN, CPNP Susan Riojas, RN, BSN, CCTC
Rhonda Hough, RN, MSN, NP Cassidy Schaffner
Jessica Dowhaniuk
Program Assistant
Ernestina Flores

Members of the Heart Failure Team can be reached through the Heart Center at 214-456-2333 or
Children’s Health hospital operator at 214-456-7000

Psychologists Social Worker
Kellie Triplett, PhD Jessica Roumillatt, MSW
Corinne Anton, PhD Mary Till Donaldson MSW

Dietician Child Life
Jill Rockwell RD, CSP, LD, CNSC Kenzie Thrasher, CCLS

Pharmacist Financial Counselor
Anh Hoang, PharmD Kristina Gonzalez
Angelica Zarate

Chaplain Palliative Care
Cassidy Wohlfarth Heather Patterson, RN, MSN, CPNP

Members of the Multidisciplinary Heart Function Team can be reached through the Heart Center at
214-456-8600 or Children’s Health hospital operator at 214-456-7000

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