The Section of Cardiology provides comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of infants, children and adolescents with congenital or acquired heart disease. The pediatric cardiology services are provided at the Heart Center for Children at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and satellite pediatric cardiology outpatient facilities. The diagnostic services are provided for patients with cardiac dysrhythmias, congenital cardiovascular malformations, acquired heart disease, hyperlipidemia and systemic hypertension.

Nonsurgical correction of certain cardiovascular malformations is provided by experts in interventional cardiology. Surgical correction of pediatric cardiovascular diseases and complex cardiovascular malformations of newborns and young infants are provided by a team of surgeons with expertise in pediatric cardiovascular surgery. Outpatient services are provided in clinics for cardiovascular disease of infants, children, and young adults with congenital cardiovascular disease:

• Arrhythmia and syncope clinics
• Hyperlipidemia clinic
• Cardiovascular surgical clinic

Noninvasive laboratories offer:

• Echocardiography laboratories for transthoracic, transesophageal and
prenatal echocardiology
• Ambulatory electrocardiography monitoring (Holter monitoring),
transtelephonic event, electrocardiography monitoring, and
pacemaker monitoring
• Exercise physiology and exercise electrocardiography
• Tilt table testing
• Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (cine MRI and MRA)

Invasive procedures include:

• Diagnostic cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography
• Interventional cardiac catheterization for balloon valvuloplasty and
angioplasty
• Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus and abnormal vessels
using coils and devices
• Transcatheter closure of arterial septal defect, PFO and fenestrations using
the Amplatzer Device
• Stent placement for correction of arterial and venous obstructions
• Transcatheter ablation to cure cardiac and rhythm disturbances

John Murphy, MD
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
Special Training:
Residency: Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA
Staff Appointment: 2005
Special Interests: Interventional cardiology

Appointments: 215-427-4820

Richard Kardon, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, (UMDNJ), New Brunswick, NJ
Special Training:
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Staff Appointment: 1999
Special Interests: Echocardiography

Appointments: 215-427-4820

Nandini Madan, MBBS, MD
Clinical Instructor, Cardiology

Medical School: Maulana Azud Medical College,
New Delhi, India
Special Training:
Residency: Maulana Azad Medical College and LNJP
Hospital, India; The Children's Hospital of New Jersey,
Newark, NJ
Fellowship: Children’s Hospital Medical Center,
Cincinnati, OH
Staff Appointment: 1999
Special Interests: Echocardiography, electrophysiology

Appointments: 215-427-4820

C. Igor Mesia, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cavetano Heredia,
Lima, Peru
Special Training:
Residency: Children’s Hospital at the University of Texas,
Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia and the Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Staff Appointment: 2004
Special Interests: Cardiac catheterization

Appointments: 215-427-4820

Anna C. O’Riordan, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Hahnemann Medical College
Special Training:
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 1961
Special Interests: Clinical cardiology, advanced cardiac
life support

Appointments: 215-427-4820

Mary C. Sokoloski, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD
Special Training:
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Fellowship: Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital,
Cleveland, OH; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Staff Appointment: 1996
Special Interests: Pediatric electrophysiology

Appointments: 215-427-4820

R. Lee Vogel, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara,
Jalisco, Mexico; CMDNJ-Rutgers Medical School,
Piscataway, NJ
Special Training:
Residency: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Fellowship: St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Staff Appointment: 2002
Special Interests: Clinical pediatric cardiology

Appointments: 215-427-4820