Fetal Heart Specialists

At the University of Maryland Medical Center, our fetal heart program includes a team of doctors, sonographers, genetic counselors, nurses and social workers who are specially trained to diagnose and treat a variety of heart conditions.

Shifa Turan, MD

Director of Fetal Heart Program

Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialists

Andrea Nina Desai, MD

Katherine R. Goetzinger, MD

Allison Shannon Lankford, MD

Krista Maree Mehlhaff, DO

Donna Maria Neale, MD

Geralyn Alicia O'Reilly, MD

Ozhan Mehmet Turan, MD, PhD, FACOG

Pediatric Cardiologists

Alicia Heather Chaves, MD

Nicholas P. Pietris, MD

Neonatology Intensive Care Unit (NICU)

Sripriya Sundararajan, MD

Genetic Counselors

We are health care providers trained in both genetics and counseling to help you understand if your pregnancy is at risk for genetic syndromes, chromosome abnormalities or birth defects and the testing options available to get more information. Our goal is to help empower you to make the best decisions for you and your family in your current or future pregnancy

Genetic Counselors

Left to right: Austin Janaitis, MS, CGC; Hannah Johnstonbaugh, MCG; Amy Malinowski, MCG, CGC; Amanda Higgs, MCG, CGC; Patrick Semesky, MCG, CGC

Social Worker

Ashley Dumais, LMSW

Program Coordinators

Nicole Pedersen, BSN, RN, Program Nurse Coordinator: Nicole is an expert cardiac nurse coordinator She will arrange all of your appointments with high risk obstetrics, genetics, pediatric cardiology, neonatal intensive care unit and cardiac surgery. She will help you navigate through the University of Maryland care system and will be your primary point of contact. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 410-328-3865.

Lindsey Seger, BS, RDMS Ob/Gyn/FE
Program Sonographer Coordinator