Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect in the United States. Infants born with a heart defect are a particularly vulnerable population, with the needs of both a newborn and a patient with a heart condition. Riley Hospital for Children has created a one-of-a-kind unit that brings together world class neonatologists, cardiologists, cardiac intensivists and pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons to provide the most comprehensive care for these patients. The Department of Pediatrics partners with IU Health advanced practice providers to provide excellent clinical care in neonatal-perinatal medicine.
Conditions Treated
Congenital structural heart disease
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Hypoplastic right heart syndrome
- Shone’s complex
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- AV canal
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Interrupted aortic arch
- VSD
- Ebstein’s anomaly
- Double outlet right ventricle
- Double inlet left ventricle
- Pulmonary atresia
- Transposition of the great vessels
- Total anomalous pulmonary vein return
- Truncus arteriosus
- Heterotaxy
Congenital arrhythmias
- Congenital heart block
- Long Q-T syndrome
- Supraventricular tachycardia
Congenital cardiomyopathies
Services
- Neonatal echocardiography
- Neonatal cardiac catheterization (diagnostic and interventional)
- Neonatal advanced cardiac imaging (MRI, CT)
- Neonatal cardiothoracic surgery
Program Faculty and Providers
Jessica Griffith, NNP
Heart Center Team Lead
Abigail Bolls, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Angela Shearon, PA-C
Heart Center Program Liason
Ashley Nagel, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Laura Murt, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Jackie Kepple, NNP
APP Education Team Lead
Tisha Nolan, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Lisa Schepper, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Chad Sikora, NNP
Simon Family Tour Clinical Operations Manager
Rachel Montgomery, NNP
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner