Pediatric Cardiology near New Hyde Park, NY

Biography: Jeffrey Kern is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the Weill Cornell campus of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. He is a assistant attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital as well.Dr. Kern performs a variety of non-invasive tests, including exercise stress tests, tilt-table tests, stress electrocardiography, holter monitoring and echocardiography. He sees patients at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital & NewYork-Presbyterian Medical Group Queens in Flushing.Dr. Kern completed his undergraduate degree at Yeshiva University and his medical degree at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. After completing a residency in General Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, Dr. Kern completed further training in pediatric cardiology at the Babies and Children's Hospital of Columbia Presbyterian where he completed a fellowship.In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Kern has published extensively on a variety of topics, including early results and developmental outcomes after surgical repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome, arrhythmias and their management in the setting of congenital heart disease, and fetal echocardiography and its impact on modern pediatric cardiology.

Care Philosophy: Dr. Maria Thanjan is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at New York Hospital Queens. She has a particular interest in pediatric echocardiography and cardiac imaging. Dr. Thanjan also specializes in fetal echocardiography allowing her to make the diagnosis of congenital heart lesions prenatally.She feels that it is her goal as a pediatric cardiologist to empower families and patients to make the best most educated decisions in the management of their condition.