Cardiology


		Phone: 816-234-3255 Fax: 816-234-3701

The Children’s Mercy Cardiology Section is staffed by board-certified/eligible pediatric cardiologists with support from nursing, social work, nutrition and exercise physiology. Services are designed specifically for children, newborns to young adults, suffering from acquired or congenital heart disease . Treatments emphasize preventive care. Diagnostic and specialty cardiac catheterization procedures are provided to reduce adverse events related to hospitalization and surgery. We treat a variety of diagnoses, including atrial septal defect and heart murmur .

View some of our Cardiology patient stories.

Physicians:

Robert Ardinger, Jr. , MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Michael A. Bingler , MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Karina M. Carlson , MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
William B. Drake, III , MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Mark Gelatt , MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
R. Gowdamarajan , MD	Section Chief, Cardiology, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Marius M. Hubbell , MD	Cardiovascular Laboratory Director; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Stephen F. Kaine , MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Geetha Raghuveer , MD, MPH	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Richard Sabath , EdD, EdD	Exercise Physiologist, Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Catherine M. Simon , MD	Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Tara M. Swanson , MD	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Svjetlana Tisma-Dupanovic , MD	Electrophysiologist, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine