Yasmin Akhtar, DO

Dr. Ari Cedars is a cardiologist in Baltimore, Maryland. He also serves as director of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center at both the Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute and the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center. Dr. Cedars is an associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.Dr. Cedars specializes in adult congenital heart disease.He is a member of the leadership committee for the Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION), an organization focused on the improvement of outcomes for pediatric ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. He is an administrative board member of the Alliance for Adult Research in Congenital Cardiology (AARCC), a multi-institutional academic research network devoted to producing new research in adult congenital heart disease. He is also a member of the medical advisory board for the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA). Dr. Cedars’ research focuses on patient-centered outcomes, mechanical circulatory support and ventricular assist devices, and the biological mechanisms underlying clinical disease progression in congenital heart disease.

Duc Nguyen, M.D., is an orthopaedic surgeon with expertise in a variety of hand, wrist, elbow and shoulder conditions affecting children and adults. He specializes in treating patients with arthritis, dislocations, fractures, stiffness and other problems in the joints of the arm and hand, as well as biceps and triceps injuries. He is experienced in minimally invasive arthroscopic surgery and other surgical techniques.Dr. Nguyen believes in partnering with patients to help them understand their conditions and treatment options, so that together they can make an informed decision about the treatment plan. He focuses on evidence-based treatments, including cutting-edge surgical techniques, that help minimize impact on healthy tissues and improve recovery of function and return to activity. An assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Nguyen completed his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, followed by an orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital and Ryder Trauma Center. He trained as a hand and upper extremity orthopaedic fellow at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center under the mentorship of Mark Baratz and several other renowned faculty members. Dr. Nguyen’s research interests include basilar thumb arthritis, wrist dislocations and instability, and wrist and upper extremity fractures. He co-authored multiple publications on these topics and presented his research at national conferences. He is also involved in teaching and improving resident education with contributions to various textbooks.

Dr. Carmel Bogle is a pediatric cardiologist seeing patients at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center’s locations in Annapolis, Columbia, Bethesda, Hagerstown and Frederick, Maryland in addition to telemedicine visits. Dr. Bogle specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiomyopathy, heart failure in children and pediatric heart transplantation. After completing her pediatric residency at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford in 2016, Dr. Bogle completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship in 2019 at Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. In 2020, she completed training in advanced cardiac therapies for heart failure, heart transplant, and ventricular assist devices at Boston Children’s Hospital.