Published: November 13, 2020 | Updated: August 23, 2021
The affiliation between Norton Healthcare, UofL Physicians – Pediatrics and the University of Louisville School of Medicine makes it easier for children and their families to access comprehensive heart care connected to the Norton Children’s network.
At Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, patients benefit from access to outpatient care with cardiology specialists and inpatient care at Norton Children’s Hospital.
The heart institute is home to the only comprehensive pediatric surgery, heart failure and transplant program serving Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Our board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric cardiologists, heart surgeons and other professional staff provide care to over 5,000 children with congenital heart defects heart failure and acquired heart conditions each year.
Norton Children’s Heart Institute has one of the only adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) programs in Kentucky, with expertise in caring for the unique health care needs of adults with ACHD. Norton Children’s Hospital is home to the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), the largest dedicated CICU in the state of Kentucky. With 29 tele-echocardiography sites and 17 outreach clinics, Norton Children’s Heart Institute is dedicated to ensuring that pediatric heart patients in Kentucky and Southern Indiana have access to a comprehensive heart program close to home.
Bahaaldin Alsoufi, M.D. Cardiothoracic Surgeon Chief, Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery
Erle H. Austin III, M.D. Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Smitha Bullock, M.D. Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Novak Center for Children’s Health and Telemedicine
Brian J. Holland, M.D., FAAP, FACC, FASE Pediatric Cardiologist Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
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Christopher L. Johnsrude, M.D., M.S., FAAP, FACC Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Pediatric and Adult Arrhythmia Services
Edward S. Kim, M.D. Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Catheterization
Deborah J. Kozik, D.O. Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Joshua D. Kurtz, M.D. Pediatric Cardiologist Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Catheterization
Lisa Klein, M.D. FAAP, FACC Pediatric Cardiologist
Jyothi Matta, M.D., FAAP Pediatric Cardiologist
Ashley E. Neal, M.D., FAAP Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Noninvasive Cardiology Imaging
Melissa L. Perrotta, M.D., FAAP Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Co-director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Walter L. Sobczyk, M.D., FAAP, FACC Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiologist Medical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program Director, Outreach Programs
Joshua D. Sparks, M.D. Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program
Deanna R. Todd Tzanetos, M.D., MSCI, FAAP Medical Director, Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Medical Director, PICU/CICU ECMO
Sarah J. Wilkens, M.D., MPH Pediatric Cardiologist Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program
Lucinda T. Wright, M.D., FAAP, FACC Pediatric Cardiologist Medical Director, Fetal Cardiology Program
Farah Craig, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Brittany Black, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Lesli Carter, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Dana M. Fentress, APRN Nurse Practitioner Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program
Jessica King, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Rachael Koebel, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Mary T. Massey, APRN, MSN, FNP-C, CCTC, CPN Nurse Practitioner Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Program
Casey Potter, APRN Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Ashley J. Rhinehart, MSN, APRN, FNP Nurse Practitioner General Pediatric Cardiology
Rebecca A. Smith, MSN, APRN, FNP-C Nurse Practitioner Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program