Adult Congenital Heart Center

Your Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center Team

The team at the Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center is dedicated to caring for adults living with congenital heart disease. We will make sure you and your family understand what to expect and what you might need now and in the future.

Adult Congenital Cardiologists

Maan Jokhadar, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center 
Emory Center for Advanced Heart Failure Therapy

Wendy Book, MD
Professor of Medicine         

Joel T. Hardin, MD 
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Fred H. (Rusty) Rodriguez III, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Clayton (Tony) Smith, Jr., MD                               
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Congenital Heart Surgeons  

Joshua M. Rosenblum, MD PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Emory Adult Congenital Heart Center 

Structural and Congenital Interventional Cardiologists

Vasilis Babaliaros, MD
Professor of Medicine
Co-director, Emory Structural Heart & Valve Center at Emory Healthcare
Co-director, Emory Adult Congenital Heart Intervention Team

Dennis Kim, MD               
Professor of Pediatrics

R. Allen Ligon, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologists 

Michael Lloyd, MD
Professor of Medicine                                

Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants 

Andrea Lynn Ledbetter, PA 
Physician Assistant

Heather B. Smith MSN, APRN, FNP-C, ACNPC-AG 

Cardiac Imaging Specialists   

Maria Alexandra (Sandra) Pernetz, RDCS, RVT, RCCS, ACS, FASE
Technical Director, Congenital Heart Disease Echocardiography Laboratory

Sherricka Lakell Cunningham RDCS (AE, PE, FE)

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Request an Appointment 

To request an appointment, please call 404-778-5299