For children who are born with, or develop, problems with their hearts (cardiac disease), the pediatric cardiology team at Boston Medical Center (BMC) provides non-invasive inpatient and outpatient cardiac care and collaborates with Boston Children’s Hospital if an intervention is needed.
The pediatric cardiology team works closely with many other medical specialties at BMC—especially pediatric primary care; maternal–fetal medicine, obstetrics, and newborn medicine (neonatology); and adult cardiology—to provide care for children with:
- Acquired heart disease
- Arrhythmias
- Chest pain
- Congenital heart disease
- Heart murmurs
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypertension
- Kawasaki disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Syncope (fainting)
Contact Us
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Programs and Services
Preventive Cardiology (Pediatrics)
The Preventive Cardiology program in the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center serves as a resource for patients up to age 21 and focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating hypertension and high cholesterol. This multidisciplinary program is designed to make it as easy as possible for patients and their families to access an array of services in one place at one time. Our team guides and supports the lifestyle changes needed to reduce cardiovascular risk factors, with individual assessment by a dietician at every visit.
Conditions We Treat
Diagnostics and Tests
Our Team
Sharon E O'Brien, MD
Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Meena Bolourchi, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Amrit Misra, MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric + Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
Sepehr Sekhavat, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
Nikhil Thatte, MBBS
Pediatric Cardiologist
Elizabeth S. Yellen, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist
