For more than 50 years, Sanger has been meeting the needs of pediatric heart patients with a team approach, including Charlotte's only pediatric heart surgeons.
Our philosophy: children are not just miniature adults -- their bodies have unique dynamics and they respond differently to medicine and intervention. We believe it is critical that each treatment be designed specifically for children, not a watered down adult treatment.
Our team of physicians and nurses is skilled in using the most advanced diagnostic and surgical technology available on the tiniest patients, bringing decades of experience and expertise to each patient's case.
Our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Your Pediatric Team
Dr. Christopher W. Baird
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgery
Dr. A. Resai Bengur
Expertise: Echocardiography, fetal cardiology, congenital cardiac defects
Dr. Andrew S. Bensky
Expertise: Echocardiography, fetal cardiology, TEE
Dr. Yuliya A. Domnina
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, pediatric cardiac intensive care medicine
Dr. J. Rene Herlong
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, echocardiography
Dr. Donald A. Riopel
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, preventive cardiology
Dr. Nicholas Sliz, Jr.
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, echocardiography
Dr. Richard T. Smith, Jr.
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology and electrophysiology, pediatric heart transplantation
Dr. Herbert J. Stern
Director, Division of Pediatic Cardiology
Expertise: Pediatric cardiology, pediatric interventional cardiology, congestive heart failure
Dr. Larry T. Watts
Expertise: Pediatric cardiac and thoracic surgery
Melissa Day, NP
Nurse Practitioner
Michele J. Borisuk, RN, MSN, CPNP-AC
Nurse Practitioner
The Sanger Clinic -- for more than 50 years, a proud tradition of pioneering cardiac care for infants and children.
